8.4 Enabling data collection by [dataCollection] resource

When an AE needs to measure or collect data to be later reported to a Hosting CSE , report measured data to a CSE, the ASN/MN/ADN may be instructed when to measure/collect the data and then when to report the measured/collected data along with where to place the data within the Hosting CSE.

Once AE is configured with the [dataCollection] resource AE performs CREATE operation for new <contentInstance> resource as the child resource of <container> resource which is specified as 'containerPath' attribute of [dataCollection] resource to report the measured/collected data. The frequency of collection/measurement and reporting are accordingly specified as 'reportingSchedule' and 'measurementSchedule' attributes of the [dataCollection] resource.