| CPC H04L 41/5009 (2013.01) [H04L 43/022 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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1. A method performed by a network entity (NE) for handling key performance indicator (KPI) data in a telecommunication network, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of KPI data generated by a plurality of NEs in the telecommunication network;
identifying current KPI data and previous KPI data based on the plurality of KPI data;
determining whether a difference between the current KPI data and the previous KPI data is greater than a threshold value;
in accordance with a determination that the difference between the current KPI data and the previous KPI data is greater than the threshold value, transmitting a file comprising the current KPI data to an operations support system (OSS); and
in accordance with a determination that the difference between the current KPI data and the previous KPI data is less than or equal to the threshold value, transmitting, a file comprising an empty field to the OSS,
wherein the file comprising the empty field indicates that the current KPI data is same as the previous KPI data.
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