Technique for Counting Objects in a Telecommunications Network

摘要

A technique for counting distinct objects in a telecommunications network (500) including a plurality of nodes (502-506) is provided. Each of the nodes counts a subset of the distinct object. As to a method aspect of the technique, configuration parameters (700) are sent to the plurality of nodes (502-506). The configuration parameters specify a data structure for representing a number of the distinct objects. The data structure includes an array of integers for representing the number. Two or more data records according to the data structure are received from at least one of the nodes. Each of the data records represents the number of distinct objects counted by the corresponding one of the nodes. The received data records are merged in a merged data record ac cording to the data structure by comparing corresponding integers in the received data records. The merged data record represents the number of distinct objects underlying at least one of the two or more received data records.