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User Data Collection and Reporting

The tools provide the Data Collection AF: a library and a standalone Application Function that serve provisioning (R1), data reporting (R2 to R4) and event exposure (R5, R6), against Release 18 (TS 26.531, TS 26.532). Its integration with 5G Media Streaming is in progress. For each feature and component, see Implementation status.

Contributors & How to Contribute​

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What's Built​

Generic architecture
Data collection reference architecture, with Reference ToolsBased on TS 26.531 V19.0.0, figure 4.2-1
In 5G Media Streaming
Data collection in 5G Media Streaming (Release 17), with Reference ToolsBased on TS 26.501 V17.10.0, figure 4.7.1-1, the release the 5GMS AF is built against

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For each feature and component, see Implementation status.

Repositories & Releases​

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Generic 3GPP Data Collection AFrt-data-collection-application-function
rt-data-collection-application-function-1.1.02025-05-13 · 76w ago
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Also used by 5G Media Streaming (5GMS) Architecture

CMCD Toolkitcmcd-toolkit
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Standards implemented​

3GPP3GPP

Implemented specifications: 3GPP TS 26.531 (Data Collection and Reporting; General Description and Architecture) and TS 26.532 (Data Collection and Reporting; Protocols and Formats), Release 18, with event exposure from TS 29.517. See Implementation status for what each component implements.

See User Data Collection and Reporting: Specification list for the specifications and their evolution.

Developer Updates​

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Open Pull Requests​

rt-data-collection-application-functionFix DCAF subproject integrationReady#34 · 4w ago
rt-data-collection-application-functiondocs: apply the 5G-MAG README formatReady#33 · 4w ago
rt-data-collection-application-functionci: run DCAF regression tests automatically and fix test expectationsReady#32 · 9w ago
cmcd-toolkitFix spelling of 'Length' in dashboard titlesReady#2 · 17w ago