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Procédé d'acquisition d'informations de configuration de réseau, et dispositif associé Download PDF

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WO2020035000A1
WO2020035000A1 PCT/CN2019/100593 CN2019100593W WO2020035000A1 WO 2020035000 A1 WO2020035000 A1 WO 2020035000A1 CN 2019100593 W CN2019100593 W CN 2019100593W WO 2020035000 A1 WO2020035000 A1 WO 2020035000A1
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吴晓波
辛阳
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  • the present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and more particularly, to a method and related equipment for acquiring network configuration information.
  • 5G Fifth-generation mobile communication
  • 5G Fifth-generation mobile communication
  • 5G Fifth-generation mobile communication
  • 5G Fifth-generation mobile communication
  • Slicing networks can provide operators with customized networks. Operators can meet the differentiated needs of users in terms of priority, billing, policy control, security, and mobility through sliced networks, as well as the differentiated needs in terms of performance such as latency, reliability, and speed. Operators can also use slicing networks to reduce network operation investment costs and enrich network operation models.
  • the industry has not yet proposed an effective solution to obtain the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network.
  • the present application provides a method and related equipment for acquiring network configuration information, and can provide an effective method for acquiring network configuration information.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a method for obtaining network configuration information.
  • the method includes: a policy control network element sends request information to a data analysis network element, and the request information is used to request each slice in at least one slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may send the service quality requirements of the slice network list to be acquired to the data analysis network element.
  • the data analysis network element may send the corresponding network configuration information to the policy control network element according to the demand of the policy control network element. Therefore, the above technical solution provides an effective method for acquiring network configuration information.
  • the request information includes an identifier of a slice network included in each slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may obtain the network configuration information through the identification request of the slice network in the slice network list. The above technical solution can reduce the content carried in the request information, thereby shortening the length of the request information and improving communication efficiency.
  • the request information further includes a service quality requirement of the slice network list.
  • the policy control network element can directly indicate which service quality requirements need to be met by the network configuration information that needs to be obtained.
  • the data analysis network element does not need to obtain and save the correspondence relationship between the slice network list and the service quality requirements in advance, which can reduce the occupation of storage space for the data analysis network element, and also does not require additional information to transmit the slice network list and Correspondence between service quality requirements.
  • the service quality requirement of the each slice network list includes a service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network in the one or more slice networks.
  • the service quality requirements of each slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to one or more slice networks.
  • the policy control network element can request the service quality requirements corresponding to one or more slice networks at one time. This can reduce the number of times the requested information is sent and save signaling overhead.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network include service quality requirements of one or more services in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements of one or more services.
  • the policy control network element can request the service quality requirements of one or more services at one time. This can reduce the number of times the requested information is sent and save signaling overhead.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network includes a service quality requirement corresponding to at least one user type in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements corresponding to one or more user types.
  • the policy control network element can request the service quality requirements corresponding to one or more user types at one time. This can reduce the number of times the requested information is sent and save signaling overhead.
  • the method further includes: the policy controlling the network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information Determining a quality of service requirement for each slice network list in the at least one slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may determine a slice network list that needs to obtain network configuration information according to slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information.
  • the method further includes: the policy controlling network element determines the one or more slice networks included in each slice network list according to slice network priority information.
  • the policy control network element can determine a slice network list that needs to obtain network configuration information according to slice network priority information.
  • the method further includes: the policy controlling the network element to send the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or to the data analysis network element User type priority information.
  • the policy control network element can obtain data quality requirements for each slice network list provided by the data analysis network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information. Network configuration information.
  • the method further includes: the policy controls the network element to send the service quality requirements of all slice networks to the data analysis network element.
  • the data analysis network element may determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list based on the service quality requirements of all slice networks and the slice network identifier included in the slice network list.
  • the method further includes: the policy controlling network element sends the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the network management network element, the first The slice network list is included in the at least one slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may determine the first slice network list from at least one slice network list, and send the received network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the network management network element. Network configuration information. In this way, the policy control network element can determine the slice network that needs to be guaranteed to run according to the current network resource status.
  • the method further includes: the policy controlling the network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information And, from the network configuration information corresponding to the each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element, determining the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may determine the network configuration information that needs to be sent to the network management network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information.
  • the method further includes: the policy control network element receives notification information sent by the network management network element, and the notification information is used to notify the policy control network element
  • the network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the policy control network element can learn that the network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list according to the notification message, which can facilitate the subsequent operation of the policy control network element. .
  • the method further includes: the policy controlling network element determines network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list according to the notification information; the policy controlling network element will The network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list is sent to the network management network element.
  • the policy control network element may re-determine the other sent to the network management network element when it is learned that the network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list. Network configuration information corresponding to a sliced network list.
  • the policy control network element determines the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list according to the notification information, including: the policy control network element receives In the case of the notification information, the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list is determined from the network configuration information corresponding to the each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element, where the at least one slice network list includes The second slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may need to resend the received network configuration information when it is learned that the network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list. Give the network configuration information corresponding to another slice network list of the network management network element.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element is determined to correspond to the second slice network list.
  • the network configuration information includes: the policy controls the network element to analyze each slice network sent by the network element from the received data according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the list determines network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may determine the network configuration information that needs to be sent to the network management network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information.
  • the policy control network element determines the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list according to the notification information, including: the policy control network element receives the In the case of notification information, sending request information to the data analysis network element for requesting to obtain network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list; the policy controls the network element to receive the second slice network sent by the data analysis network element Network configuration information corresponding to the list.
  • the policy control network element may re-send the data analysis network element to the data analysis network element when it is learned that the network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list. Network configuration information corresponding to another slice network list of the network management network element.
  • the notification information further includes cause information, and the cause information is used to indicate a reason why the network management network element cannot perform network configuration.
  • the policy control network element can re-select the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list to be sent to the network management network element based on the reason that the network management network element cannot perform network configuration.
  • the notification message further includes a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the policy control network element can re-select the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list that needs to be sent to the network management network element according to the network parameter measurement value corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the slice network is one of a network slice, a network slice instance, and a network slice sub-instance.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network includes the service quality requirement of at least one service in each slice network, and the service quality requirement of the service is The proportion of users who meet the single-user service quality requirements of the service.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a method for obtaining network configuration information.
  • the method includes: a data analysis network element determining network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in at least one slice network list; and the data analysis network element direction
  • the policy control network element sends network configuration information corresponding to each sliced network list. Therefore, the above technical solution provides an effective method for notifying network configuration information.
  • the method further includes: the data The analysis network element receives request information sent by the policy control network element, and the request information is used to request network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list; the data analysis network element determines each slice in at least one slice network list
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the network list includes: the data analysis network element determines, according to the request information, network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the at least one slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may send the service quality requirements of the slice network list to be acquired to the data analysis network element.
  • the data analysis network element may send the corresponding network configuration information to the policy control network element according to the demand of the policy control network element. Therefore, the above technical solution provides an effective method for acquiring network configuration information.
  • the request information includes an identifier of a slice network included in each slice network list.
  • the request information further includes a service quality requirement of the each slice network list.
  • the policy control network element can directly indicate which service quality requirements need to be met by the network configuration information that needs to be obtained.
  • the data analysis network element does not need to obtain and save the correspondence relationship between the slice network list and the service quality requirements in advance, which can reduce the occupation of storage space for the data analysis network element, and also does not require additional information to transmit the slice network list and Correspondence between service quality requirements.
  • the data analysis network element determines network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in at least one slice network list.
  • the method includes: the data analysis network element is based on The slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information determine network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the at least one slice network list.
  • the method further includes: receiving, by the data analysis network element, the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or service priority information sent by a policy control network element. Or user type priority information.
  • each slice network list includes one or more slice networks
  • the service quality requirement of each slice network list includes the one or more slice networks Quality of service requirements for each slice network in.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network include service quality requirements of one or more services in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network includes a service quality requirement corresponding to at least one user type in each slice network.
  • the data analysis network element determining network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in at least one slice network list includes: the data analysis network element obtaining the The historical network configuration information corresponding to each slice network in each slice network list; the data analysis network element obtains the historical service quality of each slice network in the each slice network list; the data analysis network element according to the each slice network
  • the corresponding historical network configuration information, the historical service quality of each slice network, and the service quality requirements of each slice network determine the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network; the data analysis network element according to the each slice network Network configuration information, and determine network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the at least one slice network list.
  • the method further includes: receiving request information sent by a policy control network element, for requesting network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list, which is used for The request information for requesting the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list includes the service quality requirements of the second slice network list; and sending the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list to the policy control network element.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network includes the historical service quality of one or more services of each slice network.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network includes the historical service quality of at least one user type of each slice network.
  • the slice network is one of a network slice, a network slice instance, and a network slice sub-instance.
  • the quality of service corresponding to each slice network requires service quality requirements of at least one service in each slice network, and the service quality requirements of the service are to meet Percentage of users requiring single-user service quality for this service.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a method for obtaining network configuration information.
  • the method includes: a network management network element obtaining network configuration information corresponding to a first slice network list; and the network management network element according to the first slice Network configuration information corresponding to the network list is used to perform network configuration on at least one slice network included in the first slice network list.
  • the obtaining, by the network management network element, network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list includes: the network management network element receiving a policy control network element Network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the at least one slice network list, the at least one slice network list includes the first slice network list, and the network management network element receives from the received each slice network list the corresponding The network configuration information determines network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the network management network element determines a network corresponding to the first slice network list from the received network configuration information corresponding to the each slice network list.
  • the configuration information includes: the network management network element determines, based on the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information, the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list. Network configuration information corresponding to a sliced network list.
  • the obtaining, by the network management network element, network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list includes: the network management network element receiving a policy control network element Network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the method before the network management network element receives network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list sent by a policy control network element, the method further includes: The network management network element sends a request message requesting network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the policy control network element.
  • the method further includes: the network management network element sends notification information to the policy control network element, and the notification information is used to notify the policy control network element that The network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the method further includes: the network management network element obtaining network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list.
  • the notification information further includes cause information, and the cause information is used to indicate a reason why the network management network element cannot perform network configuration.
  • the notification message further includes a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the slice network is one of a network slice, a network slice instance, and a network slice sub-instance.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, and the network device includes a unit for executing the method according to the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, and the network device includes a unit for executing the method according to the second aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the second aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, and the network device includes a unit for executing the method according to the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium that stores instructions for implementing the first aspect or the method described in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium that stores instructions for implementing the second aspect or the method described in any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium that stores instructions for implementing the third aspect or the method described in any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
  • the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions, and when the computer program product runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect. method.
  • the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions, and when the computer program product runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
  • the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions.
  • the computer program product runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the third aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the third aspect. method.
  • the present application provides a chip capable of implementing the method described in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
  • this application provides a chip that can implement the method described in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
  • the present application provides a chip that can implement the method described in the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another method for obtaining network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • At least one means one or more, and “multiple” means two or more.
  • “And / or” describes the association relationship of related objects, and indicates that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent: the case where A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B alone exists, where A, B can be singular or plural.
  • the character “/” generally indicates that the related objects are an "or” relationship.
  • “At least one or more of the following” or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single or plural items.
  • At least one item (a), a, b, or c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, where a, b, and c may be single or multiple.
  • the words “first”, “second” and the like do not limit the number and execution order.
  • the slice network referred to in the embodiment of the present application may be one of a network slice, a network slice instance, and a network slice sub-instance.
  • a network slice also referred to as a slice for short, refers to the customization of different logical networks on the physical or virtual network infrastructure according to the service needs of different tenants' business services.
  • the network slice can be a complete end-to-end network including terminal equipment, access network, transmission network, core network, and service server, or it can include only the core network but supplemented by terminal equipment, access network, transmission network, and
  • a business server can provide complete communication services with certain network capabilities.
  • Network slicing can be a communication resource that guarantees that a bearer service or service can meet the requirements of a service level agreement, or it can be considered as a place to complete a certain communication service or some communication service The combination of required network functions and communication resources.
  • a network slice is identified by a single network slice selection assistance information (single network selection information, S-NSSAI).
  • S-NSSAI consists of a slice / service type (SST) and a slice differentiator (SD).
  • SST and SD can be defined by the standard or customized by the operator; SD is optional information that supplements SST to distinguish multiple network slices of the same SST, for example, it can be used to characterize the ownership relationship of network slices.
  • a network slice instance also known as a slice instance network, is an instantiated network created by an operator on the infrastructure according to a network slice template, which is a collection of different network functional entities and physical resources. Logical isolation between different network slice instances.
  • a network slice can instantiate one or more NSIs, and each NSI is identified by a network slice instance identifier (NSI ID). That is, one S-NSSAI corresponds to one or more NSI IDs.
  • Network slice sub-instances also known as slice sub-instance networks, are a set of network functional network elements and the arrangement and configuration of the resources of these functional network elements. They are used to form a local logical network.
  • the network slice sub-instance is mainly to facilitate the management of a network slice instance. For example, the network slice is divided into two network slice sub-instances according to the core network element and the access network element. Easy to manage.
  • Service level agreement A contract between a service provider and its customer, used to record application services provided by the service provider, and define the performance standards that the service provider provider is obligated to meet.
  • SLAs can build customer expectations for service providers in terms of performance and quality.
  • SLA can include a series of qualitative or quantitative details such as availability, performance indicator baseline, reliability, and response time.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • the communication system includes a network data analysis function (NWDAF) network element, an application function (AF) network element, a core network (CN) network element, and a radio access network (radio access network).
  • NW / AN network element
  • transmission network element transmission network element
  • OAM operation management and maintenance
  • NEF network capability opening
  • Core network elements may include policy control function (PCF) network elements, session management function (SMF) network elements, access and mobility management function (AMF) network elements 2.
  • PCF policy control function
  • SMF session management function
  • AMF access and mobility management function
  • UPF User plane function
  • NRF network storage function
  • the NWDAF network element may be deployed inside the core network, that is, NWDAF also belongs to a core network element, or may not be deployed inside the core network. This embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit this.
  • NWDAF can directly communicate with network elements that need to communicate through the service-oriented interface.
  • network data analysis equipment can communicate with network elements such as PCF, SMF, AMF, UPF, NRF, and RAN through the service-oriented interface. Services. It can be understood that in the communication system shown in FIG.
  • each network element is only exemplary, and not all functions are necessary when each network element is applied in the embodiment of the present application. .
  • this application does not exclude that network network elements communicate based on a point-to-point interface, such as NWDAF connected to a PCF network element through an N23 interface.
  • the PCF connects to the AF network element through the N5 interface, connects to the SMF network element through the N7 interface, and connects to the AMF network element through the N15 interface.
  • the PCF can perform dynamic QoS policy formulation and distribute the corresponding policies to network elements such as SMF and AMF.
  • the UPF is connected to the SMF network element through the N4 interface, and is connected to the RAN network element through the N3 interface.
  • the AN is connected to the AMF network element through the N2 interface.
  • the UE is connected to the AMF network element through the N1 interface. Only some of the interfaces listed above are shown in FIG. 1.
  • Terminal equipment includes but is not limited to: user equipment (UE), user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal device, mobile terminal device, user terminal device, wireless communication device, user agent, User device, cellular phone, cordless phone, session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, wireless local loop (WLL) station, personal digital processing (personal digital assistant, PDA), wireless communication function Handheld devices, computing devices, processing devices connected to wireless modems, in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, end device devices in the Internet of Things, home appliances, virtual reality devices, end device devices in future 5G networks, or public land that will evolve in the future Terminal equipment in a public network (PLMN).
  • UE user equipment
  • PLMN public network
  • a tenant is a customer who leases a communications operator's network and uses the network to provide one or more services to its users. It can come from a vertical industry tenant, or from an OTT industry tenant or other third-party tenant.
  • the operator network leased by the tenant may be a network slice, or a slice network instance, a slice network sub-instance, or other types of networks in the slice network, which is not specifically limited in the implementation of this application.
  • the application function network element is a server that provides users with certain types of services, so it can also be called an application server or a service server.
  • the access network element may be a network element that communicates with the terminal device.
  • the access network element can provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area, and can communicate with terminal equipment located in the coverage area (cell).
  • the access network element can communicate with any number of terminal devices.
  • the network elements of the access network can support communication protocols of different standards, or can support different communication modes.
  • the network element of the access network may be a 5G base station or a next generation base station (gNB), an evolved base station (eNodeB), or a wireless fidelity access point (WiFi AP), or It is a global microwave access interoperability base station (worldwide microwave access base station, WiMAX BS), or a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN), or the network equipment may be for the future Evolving access network equipment in PLMN, etc.
  • gNB next generation base station
  • eNodeB evolved base station
  • WiFi AP wireless fidelity access point
  • It is a global microwave access interoperability base station (worldwide microwave access base station, WiMAX BS), or a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN), or the network equipment may be for the future Evolving access network equipment in PLMN, etc.
  • WiMAX BS global microwave access interoperability base station
  • CRAN cloud radio access network
  • the PCF network element has the function of policy control and decision making, and provides a policy for the network.
  • AMF network elements are used for mobility management, lawful interception, or access authorization and authentication.
  • SMF network elements are used to implement session and bearer management, address allocation, and so on.
  • User plane function network elements are used for user plane data routing and forwarding, threshold control, traffic monitoring, verification and other functions.
  • the network storage function network element is used to provide a service discovery or network element discovery function, and to maintain the characteristics of the network element and the functions supported by the network element.
  • the transmission network element has the function of transmitting network data.
  • the transmission network element may be a routing repeater.
  • the network operation and maintenance management (OAM) network element or NSMF network element has network management functions, including deployment and setting of network (such as network slice or network slice instance), device-level or network-level performance parameter measurement statistics, fault monitoring, fault declaration , Fault location, and fault repair.
  • OAM network operation and maintenance management
  • NWDAF has data statistics and analysis functions, which can be used to collect and analyze relevant data from network network elements, third-party service servers, terminal equipment or network management systems, and provide terminal equipment to network network elements, third-party service servers, and terminal equipment based on the relevant data
  • the network management system provides data analysis results.
  • the analysis results can assist the network in selecting service quality parameters of the business, or assist the network in performing traffic routing, or assist the network in selecting background traffic transmission strategies.
  • the data analysis device may be further configured to provide a network (for example, a network slice or a network slice instance) analysis result, so that the network performs deployment or adjustment of the network (for example, a network slice or network slice instance) according to the analysis result Internet resources.
  • the open network element NEF has the function of providing or opening the functions of the operator's network to external servers or external devices, and it acts as an intermediate medium for internal and external communications within the network. For example, when a third-party untrusted service server needs to communicate with the network, it needs to forward and process network elements through network capabilities to open network elements. Of course, if it is an internal service server or a third-party trusted service server that communicates with the network, the network elements can be opened without going through network capabilities.
  • all or part of the network elements of the access network device and the core network may belong to a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) network, or may belong to a non-3GPP network, for example, an enterprise The internet.
  • All or part of the network elements of the core network may be physical physical network elements or virtualized network elements, which is not limited herein.
  • the network applied by the resource management method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be a network slice (for example, a slice in a 5G network), or a network slice instance in the network slice (for example, a network slice instance in a 5G network slice), or A 4G network corresponding to a dedicated core network (DCN), or other granular network, such as a network distinguished by a PLMN identifier, etc., is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • a network slice for example, a slice in a 5G network
  • a network slice instance in the network slice for example, a network slice instance in a 5G network slice
  • DCN dedicated core network
  • other granular network such as a network distinguished by a PLMN identifier, etc.
  • the data analysis network element in this application refers to a network element capable of providing a data analysis function, and the data analysis function involved in this application may be deployed on a network data analysis function network element (NWDAF) or on other network elements. That is, the data analysis network element in this application may include, but is not limited to, NWDAF.
  • NWDAF network data analysis function network element
  • the data analysis network element may be a network element located on the control plane of the core network and having the data analysis function according to the present invention, or a network element located on the network management plane and having the data analysis function according to the present invention.
  • the policy control network element in this application refers to a network element capable of providing a policy control function, and the policy control function involved in this application can be deployed on a policy control function network element (PCF) or on other network elements, that is,
  • PCF policy control function network element
  • the policy control network element in this application may include, but is not limited to, a PCF.
  • the network management network element in this application refers to a network element capable of providing network operation management and maintenance functions, and the network operation management and maintenance functions involved in this application can be deployed in operation management and maintenance (OAM) network elements or network slice management functions
  • OAM operation management and maintenance
  • NSMF network slice management functions
  • the (NSMF) network element may also be deployed on other network elements.
  • the network management network element in this application may include, but is not limited to, OAM and NSMF.
  • the data analysis function and other functions can be combined and deployed on the same network element.
  • the data analysis function and the policy control function may be combined and deployed, the data analysis network element and the policy control network element are physically the same entity.
  • the data analysis function and the network management function can be combined and deployed on the same network element, so the data analysis network element and the network management network element are physically the same entity.
  • this application does not limit whether the policy control function and the network management function involved in the present invention are deployed together.
  • the policy control network element and the network management network element are actually the same network element. For example, they are both network management network elements or policy control network elements.
  • service quality referred to in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a service experience.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • a policy control network element sends request information to a data analysis network element, where the request information is used to request network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the data analysis network element receives the request information sent by the policy control network element.
  • the slice network list may include one or more slice networks.
  • the request information may include an identifier of one or more slice networks included in a slice network list.
  • the request information includes an identifier of a slice network; when the slice network list includes multiple slice networks, the request information includes an identifier of the multiple slice networks.
  • the slicing network identifier can be S-NSSAI, NSI ID, NSSI ID, etc.
  • the correspondence between the slice network list and the service quality requirements may be pre-configured in the data analysis network element, or may be sent to the data analysis network element by other network devices or tenants.
  • the policy control network element may send the service quality requirements corresponding to all slice networks to the data analysis network element.
  • the data analysis network element After the data analysis network element receives the request message sent by the policy control network element, it may query or map out the request message.
  • the service quality requirements of each slice network in the included slice network list, and the service quality requirements of each slice network constitute the service quality requirements of the slice network list.
  • Table 1 is the correspondence between a list of sliced networks and quality of service requirements.
  • Slicing network 1 Proportion of users with MOS> 3> 95%
  • Slicing Network 2 Proportion of users with MOS> 3> 90%
  • Slicing network 3 Proportion of users with MOS> 3> 85%
  • the slice network list shown in Table 1 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • Each of the three slice networks corresponds to the quality of service requirements of a slice network.
  • the service quality requirement of the slice network may be a user satisfaction requirement of a service in the slice network, where the user satisfaction of the service refers to a proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirement of the service.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to slice network 1 is a voice service average opinion score (MOS) greater than 3 and the proportion of users greater than 95%;
  • the slice network 2 corresponding service quality requirement is a voice service MOS greater than 3
  • the proportion of users of the service is greater than 90%;
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to the slice network 3 is that the proportion of users of the voice service MOS greater than 3 is greater than 85%.
  • a MOS greater than 3 points is an example of a single user service quality requirement for a voice service, that is, for each individual user, a MOS for a voice service is required to be greater than 3 points.
  • the proportion of users with a MOS greater than 3 is greater than 95%, which indicates that the voice service MOS of more than 95% of the users in the slice network is greater than 3 points.
  • the service quality requirements of the slicing network may include other requirements or be other requirements.
  • the service quality requirements of a slice network may also include the number of users in the slice network, where the number of users in the slice network refers to the number of registered users or online users in the slice.
  • the slice network list in the request information sent by the policy control network element may include the identities of slice networks 1 to 3. After the data analysis network element has obtained the request information, it can determine the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network according to the corresponding relationship in Table 1.
  • the request information may further include a service identification corresponding to all or part of the services of each slicing network identification.
  • the data analysis network element can determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list according to the correspondence between the slice network list and the service quality requirement. The correspondence between the slice network list and the service quality requirements may be pre-configured in the data analysis network element, or may be sent to the data analysis network element by other network devices or tenants.
  • the policy controls the network element to determine the identifier of the slice network and the service identifier included in the slice network list according to the priority information and service priority information of the slice network.
  • the request information may further include quality of service requirements of a sliced network list.
  • the slice network list may include only one slice network.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list include the service quality requirements corresponding to the one slice network.
  • the slice network list may include multiple slice networks.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list include the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the multiple slice networks.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of the slice network list. Specifically, when the network management device performs network configuration on each slice network in the slice network list according to the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network, the services in the slice network can satisfy each slice. Quality of service requirements for the network. In other words, if the service quality requirements of the slice network list include the service quality requirements of a slice network, the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of the slice network.
  • the services in the slice network can meet the service quality requirements corresponding to the slice network; if the service quality requirements of the slice network list include The service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the multiple slice networks, then the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list can meet the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network.
  • each slice in the slice network list is a service in the network and can meet service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include multiple service quality requirements, and each of the multiple service quality requirements is a service quality requirement corresponding to a slice network.
  • the quality of service requirement of the slice network list may include the identifier of the slice network in addition to the quality of service requirement.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include identifiers of N slice networks and N service quality requirements. The identifiers of the N slice networks correspond to the N service quality requirements one by one, and N is greater than or A positive integer equal to 1.
  • One of the service quality requirements in the service quality requirements of the slice network list is the service quality requirements corresponding to the corresponding slice network.
  • the above Table 1 may also be a schematic diagram of the service quality requirements of the sliced network list.
  • the service quality requirements of the three slice networks shown in Table 1 are all the service quality requirements of the same service (that is, the voice service).
  • the services corresponding to different slice networks in the slice network list may be different.
  • one slice network corresponds to a voice service
  • the other slice network corresponds to a data service.
  • the single user service quality requirements for the service may be different.
  • the single user service quality requirements of the voice services corresponding to the three different slice networks in Table 1 may also be different, which may be determined through negotiation between the tenant network and the operator network of the slice network.
  • the single-user service quality requirement for voice services in slice network 1 is MOS> 3
  • the single-user service quality requirement for voice services in slice network 2 is MOS> 4.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network include the service quality requirements of at least one service in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network may include the identification of the slice network and the service quality requirement.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network may further include service identification information of the service.
  • the content of the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network may be shown in Table 1.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include each service quality in addition to the identification of the slice network and the service quality requirements.
  • the identity of the corresponding service is required.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include identifiers of N slice networks, and the identifiers of each slice network in the identifiers of the N slice networks correspond to the identifiers of M services and the M service quality requirements.
  • the M service quality requirements are in one-to-one correspondence with the M service identifiers, and each of the service quality requirements in the service quality requirements of the slice network list is the service quality requirements of the corresponding service.
  • Table 2 is an illustration of the quality of service requirements for a sliced network list.
  • the slice network list shown in Table 2 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • the service quality of each of the three slice networks includes the service quality requirements of two services.
  • the slice network 1 includes the service quality requirements of video services and the service quality requirements of voice services.
  • the service quality requirements of video services are that the user satisfaction of video services is greater than 95%, and the user satisfaction of video services refers to the average opinion of video.
  • the service quality of the voice service requires the user satisfaction of the voice service to be greater than 95%.
  • the user satisfaction of the voice service refers to the proportion of users with a MOS greater than 3.
  • a vMOS score greater than 4 is an example of single user service quality requirements for video services, that is, for each individual user, a vMOS score of video services is required to be greater than 4 points; a MOS score greater than 3 is a single user service quality requirement for voice services An example is that for each individual user, the MOS of the voice service is required to be greater than 3 points.
  • the proportion of users with vMOS greater than 4 is greater than 95%, which means that the vMOS of the video service for more than 95% of the users in the slice network is greater than 4 points.
  • the proportion of users with a MOS greater than 3 is greater than 95%, which indicates that the voice service MOS of more than 95% of the users in the slice network is greater than 3 points.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to a service is a service quality requirement.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to one service may also be multiple service quality requirements.
  • the number of service quality requirements corresponding to different services may also be different.
  • Table 3 is a schematic diagram of service quality requirements of a slice network, where multiple service quality requirements of a service refer to service user satisfaction requirements corresponding to multiple single-user service quality intervals.
  • the slice network list shown in Table 3 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • the service quality of each of the three slice networks includes the service quality requirements of two services.
  • the slice network 1 includes service quality requirements for video services and service quality requirements for voice services.
  • each slice network includes two services, and the two services have different service quality requirements.
  • the service quality requirements of the video service included in the slice network 1 include 3 service quality requirements
  • the service quality requirements of the voice service included in the slice network 1 include 2 service quality requirements
  • the service quality requirements of the video service included in the slice network 2 Includes 2 service quality requirements.
  • the service quality requirements for the voice service included in the slice network 2 include 1 service quality requirement.
  • the service quality requirements for the video service included in the slice network 3 includes 1 service quality requirement.
  • the voice service included in the slice network 2 includes.
  • the quality of service requirements include 2 quality of service requirements.
  • the number of service quality requirements corresponding to the same service in different slice networks may also be different.
  • the video service corresponds to 3 service quality requirements in slice network 1, 2 service quality requirements in slice network 2, and 1 service quality requirement in slice network 3.
  • the voice service corresponds to 2 in slice network 1.
  • Each service quality requirement corresponds to one service quality requirement in slice network 2 and two service quality requirements in slice network 3.
  • the quality of service requirements corresponding to each slice network include quality of service requirements corresponding to at least one user type in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may only include the identification of the slice network and the service. Quality requirements.
  • the content of the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network can be shown in Table 1.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network may be It further includes a user type identifier.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include, in addition to the identification of the slice network and the service quality requirements, each User type identifier corresponding to the quality of service requirement.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include identifiers of N slice networks, and the identifiers of each slice network in the identifiers of the N slice networks correspond to M user types and M service quality requirements.
  • the M service quality requirements correspond to the M user types on a one-to-one basis, and each of the service quality requirements in the service quality requirements of the slice network list is the service quality requirements corresponding to the corresponding user type.
  • Table 4 is an illustration of the quality of service requirements for a sliced network list.
  • the slice network list shown in Table 4 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • the service quality of each of the three slice networks includes the service quality requirements corresponding to the two user types.
  • the slicing network 1 includes the service quality requirements corresponding to the gold user and the service quality requirements corresponding to the silver user.
  • the service quality requirement corresponding to the gold user is 95% of the users with a MOS greater than 3 points, and the service quality requirement corresponding to the silver user. In order to reach MOS greater than 3, the proportion of users is 90%.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements corresponding to at least one user type in one or more services in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include the service quality requirements of a service of a user type in each slice network.
  • the content of the service quality requirements of the slice network list can be shown in Table 1.
  • the content of the service quality requirements of the slice network list may further include a user type identifier and / or a service identifier.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements for multiple services of one user type in each slice network.
  • the content of the service quality requirements of the slice network list can be shown in Table 2.
  • the content of the service quality requirements of the sliced network list may also include a user type identifier.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements for one service of multiple user types in each slice network.
  • the content of the service quality requirements of the slice network list can be shown in Table 4.
  • the content of the service quality requirements of the slice network list may also include a service identifier.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to multiple user types in multiple services in each slice network.
  • Table 5 is an illustration of the quality of service requirements for a sliced network list.
  • the slice network list shown in Table 5 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • the service quality of each slice network in the three slice networks includes two services, and each service includes service quality requirements corresponding to two types of users.
  • the slicing network 1 includes service quality requirements corresponding to gold users of voice services, service quality requirements corresponding to silver users of voice services, service quality requirements corresponding to gold users of video services, and service quality requirements corresponding to silver users of video services.
  • the service quality requirement for the gold user of the voice service is that the satisfaction of the gold user of the voice service is greater than 95%.
  • the satisfaction of the gold user of the voice service means that for the type of gold user, the user with a MOS of the voice service greater than 3 points accounts for the gold.
  • the corresponding service quality requirement of the silver user of the voice service is that the satisfaction of the silver user of the voice service is greater than 90%.
  • the silver user satisfaction of the voice service refers to the MOS of the voice service for the type of silver user.
  • the proportion of users greater than 3 to the total number of silver users is greater than 90%.
  • the corresponding service quality requirement for the gold users of the video service is that the satisfaction of the gold users of the video service is greater than 95%.
  • the satisfaction of the gold users of the video service refers to the gold users.
  • the vMOS of the video service is greater than 4 points Of users who account for the total number of gold users.
  • the corresponding service quality requirement for the silver users of this video service is that the silver user satisfaction of the video service is greater than 90%.
  • the silver user satisfaction of the video service refers to the video service for the type of silver user
  • the proportion of users with vMOS greater than 4 accounts for the total number of silver users.
  • the quality of service requirements corresponding to each slice network may include the quality of service requirements of one or more spatial information in each slice network.
  • the spatial information may be spatial information defined in a 3GPP communication network, such as serving cell A or registration area B.
  • the spatial information may also be spatial information defined in a non-3GPP communication network, such as the spatial information is a specific geographical location range ( For example, latitude and longitude or global positioning system (Global Positioning System (GPS) spatial information).
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • Table 6 illustrates the quality of service requirements for a sliced network list.
  • the slice network list shown in Table 6 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • the service quality of each of the three slice networks includes the service quality requirements of the two regions.
  • each of the slicing network 1, the slicing network 2, and the slicing network 3 includes the service quality requirements of area 1 and the service quality requirements of area 2.
  • one spatial information corresponds to one quality of service requirement.
  • one spatial information may also correspond to multiple quality of service requirements.
  • the service quality requirements of a spatial information may be multiple service quality requirements of the same service; for another example, the service quality requirements of a spatial information may be the service quality requirements of multiple services.
  • the number of service quality requirements and / or service quality requirements for different spatial information may also be different.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements of one or more time information in each slice network.
  • the specific form of the time information is not limited in the embodiments of the present application, as long as the time information can reflect time.
  • the time information may be divided on an hourly basis, for example, the first time information is from 8 to 10 o'clock, and the second time information is from 10 to 12 o'clock.
  • the time information may also be divided on a day basis, for example, the first time information is from the 1st to the 10th of each month, and the second time information is from the 11th to the 20th of each month.
  • the time information may also be divided by the length of time the user is turned on. For example, the first time information is 0 to 4 hours after being turned on, and the second time information is 4 to 8 hours after being turned on.
  • Table 7 illustrates the quality of service requirements for a sliced network list.
  • the slice network list shown in Table 7 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • the service quality of each of the three slice networks includes the service quality requirements of two time information.
  • each of the slicing network 1, the slicing network 2, and the slicing network 3 includes a service quality requirement of the time information 1 and a service quality requirement of the time information 2.
  • Table 7 illustrates that one time information corresponds to one service quality requirement, while in other embodiments one time information may correspond to multiple service quality requirements.
  • the service quality requirements of one time information may be multiple service quality requirements of the same service; for another example, the service quality requirements of one time information may be service quality requirements of multiple services.
  • the number of service quality requirements and / or service quality requirements for different time information may also be different.
  • the service quality requirements of the sliced network list shown in Table 2, Table 4, Table 3, Table 6, and Table 7 are all one-dimensional service quality requirements of the sliced network list. Specifically, Tables 2 and 3 are the service quality requirements of the service type dimension of the sliced network list, Table 4 is the service quality requirements of the user type dimension of the sliced network list, and Table 6 is the service quality requirements of the spatial dimension of the sliced network list. Table 7 shows the quality of service requirements in the time dimension of the sliced network list.
  • any two or more of the business type dimension, user type dimension, spatial dimension, time dimension, and business quantity dimension can be combined to obtain the service quality requirements of multiple dimensions of the sliced network list.
  • Table 8 shows the service quality requirements of the sliced network list obtained by the combination of the business dimension and the user type dimension.
  • Table 8 shows the service quality requirements of the slice network list obtained by combining the service type dimension and the spatial dimension.
  • the slice network list shown in Table 8 includes three slice networks, and the three slice networks are slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3, respectively.
  • the service quality of each slice network in the three slice networks includes two services, and each service includes service quality requirements in two regions.
  • the slice network 1 includes the service quality requirements of area 1 of the voice service, the service quality requirements of area 2 of the voice service, the service quality requirements of area 1 of the video service, and the service quality requirements of area 2 of the video service.
  • one area of one service type of one slice network in Table 8 has only one quality of service requirement
  • the number of service quality requirements in one area of one service type of one slice network is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • a region of a service type of a slice network may include multiple service quality requirements.
  • Tables 1 to 8 are described by using only voice services and video services as examples. Actually, other different types of services may exist in a slice network, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the service quality requirement of a service is the requirement for the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirement of the service.
  • the requirement of the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirement of the service can also be referred to as the user satisfaction of the service Degree requirements.
  • Single-user service quality refers to data that evaluates the service experience of each user. The specific method of how to evaluate the service experience of each user can be determined by the service provider. For example, the voice service server decides to use MOS to evaluate the single-user voice service quality.
  • the value range of MOS score is [0,5].
  • the video service server decides to use vMOS score to evaluate each user's video service experience.
  • the calculation method of MOS score and vMOS is different.
  • the evaluation of single-user service quality using MOS points and vMOS is just two examples for voice and video services.
  • there are many other methods for evaluating single-user service quality for example, for data services, it is possible Using the parameters such as data packet loss rate and average delay of data packet transmission to comprehensively evaluate the service quality of a single user of a data service, this patent is not limited.
  • the preset single-user service quality requirements are negotiated in advance by the operator and the service provider. For example, for voice services, the single-user service quality requirements can be preset to MOS> 3.
  • a single user initiates only one service of the same service type.
  • the number of services is equivalent to the number of users executing the service. Therefore, the user satisfaction requirement of a service is the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirements of the service.
  • a single user can initiate multiple services of the same service type. For example, a user can initiate two voice services simultaneously. In this case, the number of services is not equivalent to the number of users executing the service.
  • the user satisfaction requirement of a service may be a service proportion requirement that meets the single user service quality requirement of the service. For example, suppose there are a total of 1,000 users, and each user initiates two voice services at the same time. At this time, there are a total of 2,000 voice services.
  • the proportion requirement for MOS greater than 4 is the proportion requirement for MOS greater than 4. If each user initiates only one voice service, the service ratio requirement is equivalent to the user ratio requirement.
  • the service quality requirements of a service are described as an example of the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirements of the service as an example.
  • the service quality requirements of a service are not limited to this. Other requirements can be included or included.
  • the service quality requirement for a service may also include the number of services required for the service, where the number of services requirement refers to the service for the service being executed in the slice network The total number of requirements, such as the requirement that the slice network be able to accommodate 10,000 voice services simultaneously.
  • the number of services of one service is equivalent to the number of users who execute the service.
  • the requirement for the number of services may be a requirement for the number of services corresponding to each service quality requirement. For example, taking Table 3 as an example, when multiple service quality requirements refer to service user satisfaction requirements corresponding to multiple single-user service quality intervals, then the service quality requirements of the service at this time may also include correspondences for each single-user service quality interval. Number of businesses required.
  • the service quality requirement information of the service of the slice network mentioned in this application can actually be understood as the requirement for the overall service quality of the service in the slice network.
  • the service quality requirements of the slicing network services can also have other meanings, such as the average data transmission delay requirements of the slicing network services, the data throughput requirements of the slicing network, and the load requirements of the slicing network Wait.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may also be in the form of any combination of slice networks in Table 1, Table 2, Table 4, and Table 5.
  • the quality of service requirements of the slice network list may be a combination of slice network 1 in Table 1, slice network 2 in Table 2, slice network 3 in Table 4, and slice network 3 in Table 5. This embodiment of the present application does not limit the combination of the slice network list sent by the policy control network element to the data analysis network element.
  • Table 1 may be the correspondence between the slice network list and the service quality requirements, or may be the service quality requirements of the slice network list.
  • Tables 2 to 5 may also be the correspondence between the slice network list and the service quality requirements.
  • the request information includes the identifications of the slice network 1 to the slice network 3 in the slice network list
  • the data analysis network element may determine the corresponding one of the slice network 1 according to the corresponding relationship shown in Table 2.
  • the service quality requirements include the service quality requirements of the video service and the service quality requirements of the voice service.
  • the service quality requirements of the video service are that the user satisfaction of the video service is greater than 95%, and the service quality requirements of the voice service are that the user satisfaction of the voice service is greater than 95. %.
  • the data analysis network element may also determine the service quality requirements corresponding to the slice network 2 and the slice network 3 according to the correspondence relationship shown in Table 2.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list according to the slice network priority information. For example, the policy controls the network element to determine the slice network included in the slice network list according to the priority information, and then determines the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network, where the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network can come from each slice network
  • the tenant or the corresponding service server can also be configured in the policy control network element.
  • the operator network can provide and run multiple slicing networks at the same time.
  • the multiple slicing networks have slicing network priority information, which guarantees that slicing networks can be configured or operated according to the slicing network priority information under special circumstances such as resource constraints.
  • the priority of each slice network in multiple slice networks may be different, or some slice networks may have the same priority, which will be described below as an example.
  • Table 9 shows a slice network priority information including a total of 5 slice networks.
  • Slicing network 1 Slicing Network 2 2 Slicing network 3 2 Slicing network 4 3 Slicing network 5 4
  • the priority of slice network 1 is value 1
  • the priority of slice network 2 is value 2
  • the priority of slice network 3 is value 2
  • the priority of slice network 4 is value 3
  • the priority of slice network The value is 4. It is assumed here that the larger the priority value, the lower the priority.
  • the priority value of the slice network 1 is the smallest, so the slice network 1 has the highest priority.
  • the priority values of slice network 2 and slice network 3 are greater than the priority values of slice network 1, so the priorities of slice network 2 and slice network 3 are lower than the priorities of slice network 1.
  • the priority value of the slice network 4 is greater than the priority value of the slice network 2, so the priority of the slice network 4 is lower than the priorities of the slice network 2 and the slice network 3.
  • the slice network 5 has the highest priority value, so the slice network 5 has the lowest priority.
  • the policy control network element may determine that the service quality requirements of the slice network list in the request information include the service quality requirements corresponding to several high-priority slice networks, that is, including a priority value less than a preset priority.
  • the preset priority value is set by a policy control network element according to a network resource state and an internal policy. For example, when network resources are sufficient or a specific value, the preset priority value may be set to a first priority value, and the first priority value may be a maximum value of the priority.
  • the slice network list may be composed of all slice networks, and the service quality requirements of the slice network list in the corresponding request message may include service quality requirements corresponding to all slice networks.
  • the first priority value may be 4.
  • the slice network list is composed of slice networks with a priority value less than 4.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to slice networks with a priority value less than 4.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to the slice networks 1 to 5.
  • the preset priority value may be set as a second priority value, and the second priority value is smaller than the first priority value.
  • the slice network list may consist of slice networks whose priority value is less than or equal to the second priority value, and the service quality requirements of the slice network list in the corresponding request message may include that the priority value is less than or equal to Quality of service requirements corresponding to the slice network of the second priority value.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list in the slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to slice networks with priority values less than or equal to 3.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3.
  • the network resource status information can come from the network management network element.
  • the status information can be qualitative status information or quantitative status information.
  • the policy control network element receives the instruction information of the network management network element before sending the request message in step 201.
  • the instruction information user informs the policy control control network element of the current network resource status.
  • the policy controls the network element to set the specific value of the preset priority value according to the current network resource status.
  • the network resource status information may also be from a data analysis network element.
  • the network resource status information is statistically analyzed by the data analysis network element during the historical process of the slice operation. For example, the data analysis network element statistically analyzes that the network resource is always insufficient in a certain period of time, resulting in failure to meet the service quality requirements of all slices. Then the data analysis network element can feed this information as network resource status information to the policy control network element, and then the policy control network element decides to request only certain high priority slices to form the slice network combination during this time period.
  • the network resource status information can help the data analysis network element to generate applicable conditions corresponding to the network configuration information.
  • the applicable conditions may include conditions such as when and where each group of network configuration information is applicable.
  • the network management network element may also determine the slice list or preset priority by itself, and request the policy control network element to provide the network configuration information applicable to the slice list or the slice list corresponding to the preset priority, and the policy control network element according to the The request from the network management network element directly sends a request message to the data analysis network element.
  • the policy control network element determines the identity of one or more slice networks included in the slice network list included in the request information according to the priority information of the slice network. For a specific method, reference may be made to the description of the method for determining the slice network included in the slice network list according to the slice network priority information, and it is unnecessary to repeat it here.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirements of the sliced network list according to the service priority information.
  • Table 10 is a schematic diagram of service priority information including a total of 5 services.
  • the priority of service 1 is value 1
  • the priority of service 2 is value 2
  • the priority of service 3 is value 2
  • the priority of service 4 is value 3
  • the priority of service is value 4. It is assumed that the larger the priority value, the lower the priority.
  • the priority value of service 1 is the smallest, so service 1 has the highest priority.
  • the priorities of services 2 and 3 are greater than the priorities of service 1. Therefore, the priorities of services 2 and 3 are lower than the priorities of service 1.
  • the priority value of service 4 is greater than the priority value of service 2, so the priority of service 4 is lower than the priority of services 2 and 3.
  • Service 5 has the highest priority value, so service 5 has the lowest priority.
  • the policy control network element may determine that the service quality requirement of the sliced network list in the request information includes a service quality requirement of a service whose service priority value is less than a preset priority value. Specifically, the policy control network element can determine which services can be included according to the service priority information, and then determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list according to the service quality requirements of each service included.
  • the preset priority value is set by the policy control network element according to the network resource status and internal policies. For example, when network resources are sufficient or a specific value, the preset priority value may be set to a first priority value, and the first priority value may be a maximum value of the priority.
  • the service quality requirements of all services may be requested, and the service quality requirements of the slice network list in the request message may include the service quality requirements of all services.
  • the first priority value may be 4.
  • the service quality requirements of all services can be requested.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include service quality requirements of services with a priority value less than 4.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to services 1 to 5.
  • the preset priority value may be set as a second priority value, and the second priority value is smaller than the first priority value.
  • a service quality requirement for a service whose priority value is less than or equal to the second priority value may be requested, and the service quality requirement for the slice network list in the corresponding request message may include a priority value less than or equal to the first Service quality requirements for services with two priority values.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include service quality requirements of service 1, service 2, and service 3.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list according to the slice network priority information and the service priority information.
  • Table 11 shows the priority information and service priority information of a slice network.
  • the priority value of slice network 1 is 1, the priority value of slice network 2 is 2, and the priority value of slice network 3 is 3. It is assumed that the larger the priority value, the lower the priority. As shown in Table 11, slice network 1 has the lowest priority value, so slice network 1 has the highest priority. The priority value of slice network 2 is greater than the priority value of slice network 1, so the priority of slice network 2 is lower than the priority of slice network 1. The slice network 3 has the highest priority value, so the slice network 3 has the lowest priority.
  • the priority of service 1 is value 1
  • the priority of service 2 is value 2
  • the priority of service 3 is value 3. It is assumed that the larger the priority value, the lower the priority.
  • the priority value of service 1 is the smallest, so service 1 has the highest priority.
  • the priority value of service 2 is greater than the priority value of service 1, so the priority of service 2 is lower than the priority of service 1.
  • Service 3 has the highest priority value, so service 3 has the lowest priority.
  • the policy control network element may first determine the slice network included in the slice network list according to the slice network priority information, then determine the services that can request the service quality requirements according to the service priority information, and finally determine the service quality of the slice network list. Claim.
  • the policy control network element may determine that the slice network list includes slice networks whose slice network priority value is less than a preset slice network priority value. For example, when network resources are sufficient or a specific value, the preset slice network priority value may be set to the first slice network priority value, and the first slice network priority value may be the largest slice network priority. value. In this case, the slice network list may consist of all slice networks. Taking Table 11 as an example, the first priority value may be 3. Assuming that the preset slice network priority value is the first slice network priority value, the slice network list is composed of slice networks whose slice network priority value is less than 3.
  • the preset slice network priority value may be set to a second slice network priority value, and the second slice network priority value is smaller than the first slice network priority value.
  • the slice network list may be composed of slice networks whose slice network priority value is less than or equal to the second slice network priority value. Taking Table 11 as an example, assuming that the preset slice network priority value is 2, the slice network list may include slice networks whose slice network priority value is less than or equal to 2. In this case, the slice network list includes slice network 1 and slice network 2.
  • the policy control network element may determine that the slice network list in the request information includes a service quality requirement of a service whose service priority value is less than a preset service priority value.
  • the preset service priority value may be set to a first service priority value, and the first service priority value may be a maximum value of the service priority.
  • quality of service requirements for all services can be requested.
  • the first service priority value may be 3. Assuming that the preset service priority value is the first service priority value, the service quality requirements of all services can be requested.
  • the preset service priority value may be set as a second service priority value, and the second service priority value is smaller than the first service priority value.
  • a service quality requirement of a service whose service priority value is less than or equal to the second service priority value may be requested.
  • Table 11 assuming that the preset service priority value is 2, you can request the service quality requirements for services with a service priority value less than or equal to 2. In this case, service 1 and service 2 and service 3 can be requested.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list may include the service quality requirements of service 1 of the slice network 1, and the slice network.
  • the quality of service requirements of service 2 of service 1 the service quality requirements of service 1 of slice network 2 and the service quality requirements of service 2 of slice network 2.
  • the policy control network element may further send priority information of the slice network and / or service priority and / or quality of service requirements of the slice network to the data analysis network element, and the priority information of the slice network
  • the priority of the service and / or the quality of service of the slice network may be included in the request information, or may not be included in the request information, and the time sequence with the request information is not limited.
  • the policy control network element sending the request information to the data analysis network element may specifically belong to a type of real-time request information or a type of subscription request information. If the request information is the real-time request information, after receiving the request information, the data analysis network element can immediately return the content requested by the policy control network element without performing the model training operation described in step 202, among which the model training operation Completed before receiving the request message. If the request information is the subscription request information, after receiving the request information, the data analysis network element needs to undergo model training before returning the content requested by the data analysis network element.
  • the data analysis network element sends network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list to the policy control network element.
  • the policy controls the network element to receive network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent by the data analysis network element.
  • step 201 may not be performed. That is, the data analysis network element may determine and execute the network configuration information corresponding to a sliced network list to the policy control network element by itself. For example, the data analysis netizen may determine the network configuration information corresponding to a slice network list according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information, and send the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list to the policy control network element. For the manner in which the data analysis network element determines the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information, refer to the policy to control the network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information. The method for determining the service quality requirements of the sliced network list need not be repeated here.
  • the slice network priority information and / or service priority information may be obtained by the data analysis network element in advance from the policy control network element, service server or network management network element, or it may be configured in advance on the data analysis network element.
  • the data analysis network element may also need to know the service quality corresponding to each slice network in all slice networks. Requirements, and the service quality requirements of each slice network can be obtained in advance by the data analysis network element from the policy control network element, service server, or network management network element, or it can be configured on the data analysis network element in advance, here No restrictions.
  • the data analysis network element may determine the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list that needs to be sent to the policy control network element according to the request information.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent to the policy control network element is the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list obtained by the request information request.
  • the network configuration information is used to guide setting of each slice network in the slice network list and network elements related to the slice network.
  • the network slice can be a complete end-to-end network including terminal equipment, access network, transmission network, core network, and service server.
  • the network configuration information can be used to guide the setting of the network slice. Parameters of the access network, transmission network, core network, and / or service server; the network slice can also include only the core network but supplemented by terminal equipment, access network, transmission network, and service server, and the network configuration information can be It is used to guide the setting of the network slicing parameters and related access network, transmission network, and / or service server parameters.
  • the parameters in the network configuration information include end-to-end parameters of network slices, parameters of a single network element device, or parameters on corresponding interfaces between the network element devices.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list may include a set of network configuration information.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list may include multiple sets of network configuration information.
  • Table 12 is a schematic table corresponding to multiple sets of network configuration information for a sliced network list.
  • Table 12 is network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list corresponding to Table 2.
  • Y1, Y2, and Y3 are three sets of network configuration information.
  • Each group of network configuration information can be used to guide the setting of each slice network and related network elements in the three slice networks.
  • Y1 can be used to guide the network settings of slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3.
  • Y2 can be used to guide the network settings of slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3.
  • Y3 can be used to guide the slice network Network settings for network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3.
  • the policy control network element may also receive the applicable conditions corresponding to the network configuration information sent by the data analysis network element.
  • the applicable conditions may include conditions such as when and where each group of network configuration information is applicable. This applicable condition can be used as part of the network configuration information or as additional information. In the case where the applicable condition is additional information, the applicable condition may be sent to the network management network element together with the network configuration information, and the applicable condition and the network configuration information may be sent to the network management network separately. yuan.
  • the policy control network element may also receive the data analysis network element to send configuration effect information, and the configuration effect information is used to indicate multiple sets of network configuration information included in the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the quality of service effect that each group of network configuration information can achieve For example, in a case where the service quality requirement of each slice network in the slice network list is the user satisfaction requirement of the services in the slice network, the configuration effect information is that each group of network configuration information can achieve for each slice network service. User satisfaction effect.
  • the configuration effect information can be used as a part of the network configuration information or as an additional information. In a case where the configuration effect information is an additional information, the configuration effect information may be sent to the network management network element together with the network configuration information, and the configuration effect information and the network configuration information may also be sent to the network management information separately. Network management network element.
  • the service quality effect is a service quality effect that can be achieved by each slice network. If the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network includes the service quality requirement of at least one service in each slice network, the service quality effect is a service quality effect that each service can achieve. If the service quality requirement corresponding to each slice network includes the service quality requirement corresponding to at least one user type in each slice network, the service quality effect is a service quality effect that can be achieved by each user type. If the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements corresponding to at least one user type in one or more services in each slice network, the quality of service effect is The quality of service that the user type can achieve.
  • Y1, Y2, and Y3 represent three sets of network configuration information, respectively.
  • the service quality effect that Y1 can achieve is that the video service of slicing network 1 has a proportion of users with vMOS> 4 greater than 98%, the voice service of slicing network 1 has a proportion of users with MOS> 4 greater than 98%, and the video service of slicing network 2 has more than 98%
  • the proportion of users with vMOS> 4 is greater than 92%
  • the proportion of users with MOS> 4 in the slicing network 2 is greater than 98%
  • the proportion of users with vMOS> 4 in the video service for slicing network 3 is greater than 85%
  • the voice for slicing network 3 is greater than 85%
  • the proportion of users with MOS> 4 for services is greater than 90%. It can be seen that the three sets of network configuration information shown in Table 13 can meet the service quality requirements of slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3 shown in Table 2.
  • the policy control network element may also receive the use priority information of the network configuration information sent by the data analysis network element, and the use priority information indicates the priority of each group of network configuration information to be adopted or used.
  • Y1, Y2, and Y3 respectively represent three sets of network configuration information.
  • the usage priority of Y1 is 1, the usage priority of Y2 is 2, and the usage priority of Y3 is 3. Has the lowest priority.
  • the use priority information can be used as a part of the network configuration information or as an additional information. In the case where the usage priority information is additional information, the usage priority information may be sent to the network management network element together with the network configuration information, and the usage priority information and the network configuration information may also be sent to The network management network element.
  • the following describes how the data analysis network element determines network configuration information.
  • the data analysis network element obtains historical network configuration information corresponding to each slice network in the slice network list; the data analysis network element obtains historical service quality of each slice network in the slice network list; and the data analysis network element according to the The historical network configuration information corresponding to each slice network, the historical service quality of each slice network, and the service quality requirements of each slice network determine the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network; the data analysis network element is based on the The network configuration information corresponding to each slice network determines the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list.
  • the historical service quality data of each slice network includes the historical service quality of each service of each slice network.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network includes the network identification information of the slice network and the number of users in the slice network.
  • the network identification information of the slice network is used to uniquely identify the slice network and the number of users in the slice network. The number of registered users or online users in the slice.
  • the historical service quality of each service may include at least one of the following information: service identification information of the service, network identification information of the slice network, number of services of the service, and users who meet the single user service quality requirements of the service Scale information.
  • the service identification information of the service is used to uniquely identify the service; the network identification information of the network is used to uniquely identify the network and the network is the network on which the service runs; the number of services of the service refers to the number of The total number of services, for example, the number of voice services being executed is 10,000, and the number of video services being executed is 2,000.
  • the number of services of one service is equivalent to the number of users who execute the service.
  • the number of services may be a requirement for the number of services corresponding to each single-user service quality value range.
  • the proportion of users who meet the single-user service quality requirement of the service that is, the user satisfaction of the service.
  • the proportion of users of the single-user service quality requirement of the service is the proportion of users corresponding to a single-user service quality requirement, such as The proportion of users with a voice service MOS greater than 3, and in other embodiments, the proportion of users with single-user service quality requirements for this service is the proportion of users with multiple single-user service quality requirements, such as users with voice service 3 ⁇ MOS ⁇ 4 Ratio and 4 ⁇ MOS ⁇ 5 user ratio.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network may also be a service quality distinguished by the user type dimension, that is, the historical service quality of each slice network includes the history of at least one user type of each slice network. Quality of business.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network also includes user type information. The user type information is used to distinguish the historical service quality corresponding to different user types, such as the historical service quality and Historical service quality for silver users.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network may also be a historical service quality distinguished by a service type dimension, that is, the historical service quality of each slice network includes at least one service type of each slice network. Historical business quality.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network also includes service type information or service identification information. The service type information or service identification information is used to distinguish historical service quality corresponding to different service types. For example, the historical service quality corresponding to the voice service and the historical service quality corresponding to the video service.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network may also be a historical service quality distinguished by a spatial dimension, that is, the historical service quality of each slice network includes a history corresponding to at least one spatial information of each slice network. Quality of business.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network also contains spatial information.
  • the historical service quality of the slice network may include the historical service quality of area 1 and the historical service quality of area 2.
  • the specific form of the spatial information in the embodiments of the present application is not limited, as long as it can reflect the space.
  • the spatial information may be spatial information defined in the 3GPP communication network, such as serving cell A or registration area B.
  • the space may also be spatial information defined in a non-3GPP communication network, for example, the spatial information is a specific geographic location range (for example, latitude and longitude or GPS spatial information).
  • the historical service quality of each slice network may be a historical service quality distinguished by a time dimension, that is, the historical service quality of each slice network includes a historical service corresponding to at least one time information of each slice network. quality.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network also contains time information.
  • the specific form of the time information is not limited in the embodiment of the present application, as long as it can reflect the time.
  • the time information may be divided on an hourly basis, for example, the first time information is from 8 to 10 o'clock, and the second time information is from 10 to 12 o'clock.
  • the time information may also be divided on a day basis, for example, the first time information is from the 1st to the 10th of each month, and the second time information is from the 11th to the 20th of each month.
  • the time information may also be divided by the length of time the user is turned on.
  • the first time information is 0 to 4 hours after being turned on
  • the second time information is 4 to 8 hours after being turned on.
  • the historical service quality may include historical service quality of time information 1 and historical service quality of time information 2.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network may be combined according to any two or more of the service type dimension, user type dimension, spatial dimension, and time dimension, that is, the historical service Quality is the historical service quality corresponding to multiple dimensions of the slice network.
  • the historical service quality of each slice network also includes one or more of service type information, user type information, spatial information, and time information.
  • the data analysis network element can obtain the historical service quality of the service in the following three ways, as shown below.
  • the data analysis network element obtains the historical service quality of the service from the service server of the service.
  • the service server can obtain user-level service quality by its own measurement and calculation methods.
  • the user-level service quality is used to indicate that at least one single user corresponds to the service quality of the service (for example, the service server can The measurement and calculation methods determine the quality of service for each single user executing the service), the service server can also obtain the single user service quality requirement information for the service, and the single user service quality requirement information refers to the service of a single user for the service Quality requirements (for example, the MOS score requirement for a single-user voice service is greater than 3).
  • the service server determines the service quality data of the service corresponding to the historical time according to a large amount of single user service quality data and single user service quality requirement information corresponding to a historical time (time or time period), and the service server determines similarly multiple times
  • the process can generate multiple service quality data corresponding to historical time, and multiple service quality data corresponding to historical time constitute the historical service quality of the service.
  • the service server judges that 80 of 100 users have a voice service MOS greater than 3, and the service server determines that the service quality data corresponding to a historical time is 80%; in another determination process, , The service server judges that 90 of 100 users have voice service MOS greater than 3, then the service server determines that the quality of service data corresponding to another historical time is 90%; similarly, after multiple determination processes, the service server can generate Historical business quality.
  • the service server sends the historical service quality of the service to the data analysis network element.
  • the service server may actively send historical service quality of the service to the data analysis network element; or, the data analysis network element sends request information for obtaining the historical service quality of the service to the server of the service, thereby When the service server receives the request information, it can send the historical service quality of the service to the data analysis network element.
  • the user-level quality of service data is used to indicate the quality of service of one or more single users corresponding to the service.
  • the service quality of each single user corresponding to the service includes, but is not limited to, the service quality of the service during a single service of the user, or the service quality of the service within a certain period of time of the user, or the The quality of the service at that point in time.
  • the service quality data of each single user includes at least one of the following information: user identification information, user's associated identification information, user's service quality evaluation data, and service description information.
  • the identification information of the user is used to uniquely identify the user.
  • the identification information of the user may be one or more of the following: Internet protocol address (IP), subscription permanent identifier (SUPI), permanent device Identification (PEI), universal public subscription identifier (GPSI), international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI), international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), IP 5-tuple and mobile station international integrated service digital network number (MSISDN), etc .;
  • IP Internet protocol address
  • SUPI subscription permanent identifier
  • PEI permanent device Identification
  • GPSI universal public subscription identifier
  • IMSI international mobile subscriber identifier
  • IMEI international mobile equipment identity
  • IP 5-tuple and mobile station international integrated service digital network number (MSISDN) etc .
  • MSISDN mobile station international integrated service digital network number
  • the user's associated identification information can be the IP address of the user terminal used by the user or the temporary identification allocated by the network for a single service flow of the user terminal.
  • the temporary identifier may be assigned by the PCF network element or the NWDAF network element or the NRF network element or other service network element to the service flow during the user's single service flow establishment process, and the assigned temporary identity is in the service flow establishment process
  • the PCF network element, NWDAF network element, NRF network element, or other service network element is distributed to each network element corresponding to this service flow.
  • the temporary identifier is used to associate network data of various flow levels corresponding to the service flow with the network flow.
  • User service quality data; user service quality evaluation data refers to the data used to evaluate the user's service quality.
  • the evaluation data can be the MOS score and smooth voice of a user's voice service.
  • the service description information can include one or more of the following information: the service identifier to which the service flow belongs, IP filtering information, media bandwidth requirements, traffic routing information, jitter buffer requirements, media encoding type requirements, and media encoding type Required encoding rate requirements, TCP congestion window requirements, TCP receive window requirements, buffer requirements, and at least one data Type value requirements.
  • the service server obtaining the service quality data of each single user may include data after normalization processing, so as to ensure the security of user information.
  • the normalization processing here refers to the operation of mapping the physical value of the parameter to a fixed value space, for example, using the maximum and minimum normalization method, Z-Score normalization method, etc. to map the physical value of each feature. Into a fixed numeric space.
  • the single-user service quality requirement information of the service is used to indicate the single-user service quality requirement of the service, that is, the tenant or the service server's requirements for the service quality of each single user of the service can be transferred from the tenant to the service server.
  • the single user service quality requirement information of the service may be included in the SLA.
  • the single user service quality requirement information of the service can also be configured in the service server.
  • the service is a voice service
  • the single-user service quality requirement information of the service provided by the tenant is that each user's voice service MOS score is greater than or equal to 3 points.
  • the method or algorithm used by the service server to determine the historical service quality of the service and the type of historical service quality generated can be customized according to the user-level service quality data and the single user service quality requirement information of the service. This embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit this.
  • the service quality of multiple single users can be obtained according to the time dimension to form user-level quality of service data, or the service quality of multiple single users can be obtained according to the spatial dimension to form user levels.
  • Quality of service data or obtain the quality of service of multiple single users according to the time and space dimensions to form user-level quality of service data.
  • the service server of the service obtains user-level service quality data according to the time dimension, it can obtain service quality data of each user of the service at a certain point in time (for example, 8 o'clock in the morning), or obtain a certain period of time (For example, 8 am to 6 pm) quality of service data for each user of the service.
  • the service server of the service When the service server of the service obtains user-level service quality according to the spatial dimension, it can obtain service quality data of each user in the entire slice network running the service, or obtain a certain area (such as a certain latitude and longitude range or registration area ( Registration (area, RA) or tracking area (TA) or cell list (cell list) quality of service data of each user, or to obtain each location at a certain location (for example, a certain cell or a certain latitude and longitude point) User quality of service data.
  • a certain area such as a certain latitude and longitude range or registration area (Registration (area, RA) or tracking area (TA) or cell list (cell list) quality of service data of each user, or to obtain each location at a certain location (for example, a certain cell or a certain latitude and longitude point) User quality of service data.
  • the service server of the service When the service server of the service obtains user-level service quality data according to the time dimension and the space dimension, it can obtain the service quality data of each user of the service at a certain point in time or within a certain period of time, for example,
  • the data analysis network element can obtain service quality data of each user of the service cell A at 8 am to form a user-level service quality, or obtain each service of the service cell A from 8 am to 6 pm
  • the user's quality of service data forms user-level quality of service data and the like.
  • the service server obtains user-level service quality data according to the above-mentioned time dimension, space dimension, time or space dimension, then the service server obtains each historical service quality data of the service according to the user-level service quality data.
  • the data analysis network element can obtain the service quality data of each user of the service in the historical serving cell A from 8 am to 6 pm to form the historical service quality data of the service.
  • the obtained historical service quality data of the service corresponds to the historical service quality of all or multiple users of the service cell A from 8 am to 6 pm.
  • the second type is that the data analysis network element obtains the user-level historical service quality data of the service from the service server, and obtains the historical service quality of the service according to the user-level historical service quality data.
  • the user-level historical service quality data refers to the historical service quality data obtained by a single user performing the service.
  • the user-level historical service quality data includes historical service quality data of one or more single users.
  • the quality of service data of each single user is as described in the first method, and is not repeated here.
  • the service server can directly obtain user-level quality of service data.
  • the service server sends user-level service quality data (that is, user-level historical service quality data) in the past period to the data analysis network element.
  • user-level service quality data that is, user-level historical service quality data
  • the service server may actively send historical user quality data of the user level to the data analysis network element; or, the data analysis network element sends request information to the service server for obtaining historical service quality data of the user level, Therefore, when the request information is received by the service server, historical service quality data at the user level can be sent to the data analysis network element.
  • the data analysis network element obtains the historical service quality of the service according to the historical service quality data of the user level, including: the data analysis network element obtains the single user service quality requirement information of the service from the service server or the policy control network element, and the single user Service quality requirement information refers to the service quality requirements for a single user to perform this service.
  • the voice service single user service quality requirement is MOS greater than 3 points; based on a large number of user-level historical service quality data and single user service quality requirement information, determine Historical business quality of the business.
  • the data analysis network element judges whether the quality of service data of each user at a historical moment meets the user-level quality of service requirements, thereby determining the proportion of users who meet the single-user quality of service requirements of the service, and uses this proportion as the historical moment.
  • Historical business quality is a measure of how to deliver the quality of service data to the user.
  • the user-level historical service quality data sent by the service server to the data analysis network element may be multiple user-level data obtained by the service server in a time dimension, a space dimension, or a combination of the time dimension and the space dimension. Historical business quality data.
  • the data analysis network element can customize the method or algorithm used to determine the historical service quality of the service and the type of historical service quality generated based on the user-level historical service quality data and single-user service quality requirement information.
  • the application embodiment does not specifically limit this.
  • the data analysis network element obtains user-level or flow-level network data of the service, and obtains historical service quality of the service according to the user-level or flow-level network data.
  • the user-level or flow-level network data refers to network flow data corresponding to a single service process for each user.
  • the network flow in the 5G network may specifically be a quality of service (QoS) flow.
  • the network flow data may specifically include quality of service (QoS) parameters provided by the network device for the user's single service process, such as Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR), Maximum Flow Bit Rate (Maximum Flow Bit Rate (MFBR), Uplink and Downlink Maximum Packet Loss Rate, UL or DL Max PLR, Packet Delay Budget (PDB), Packet Error Rate (Paper Error Rate, PER) ), Average window size (Average window size), Maximum data burst number (Maximum Data Burst Volume).
  • GFBR Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate
  • MFBR Maximum Flow Bit Rate
  • MFBR Maximum Flow Bit Rate
  • PDL Max PLR Packet Delay Budget
  • PDB Packet Error Rate
  • PER Packet
  • this method can be divided into three execution phases:
  • Phase 1 The data analysis network element obtains the single-user service quality model of the service, that is, the user-level service quality model.
  • the model refers to the change in user-level service quality of the service with user-level or stream-level network data. relationship.
  • the data analysis network element can obtain the single-user service quality model of the service in the following two steps:
  • the network element obtains the training data of the service.
  • the training data corresponds to the above-mentioned user-level service quality data and user-level or stream-level network data.
  • the data analysis network element is first from the service server (such as AF), the access network element (such as RAN), the user plane function network element (such as UPF), the terminal device (such as UE), and the mobility management function network element (such as AMF) , Session management function network element (such as SMF), policy control function network element (such as PCF) and other network elements collect data separately, and then through the service identity, service flow identity, terminal identity, session identity where the service flow is located, each network element The associated identification information, time, and other information on each link the data of each network element to obtain complete training data.
  • the training data includes:
  • the user-level quality of service data includes at least one single user's quality of service data.
  • the content of the single user's quality of service data can be specifically referred to in the first method, and will not be repeated here.
  • TCP congestion window data TCP reception window data, jitter buffer data, media encoding type and encoding rate data, buffer data, at least one data type data from the AF network element;
  • RAN network element stream bit rate data, packet loss rate data, delay data, wireless channel quality data, data of at least one data type
  • Stream bit rate data packet loss rate data, delay data, at least one data type data, TCP congestion window data, TCP reception window data, jitter buffer data, media encoding type and encoding rate data, buffer data from the UE Data of at least one data type, CPU usage, memory usage;
  • user-level or flow-level network data may also include network data after being subjected to normalization processing, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the data analysis network element obtains a user-level service quality data and user-level or stream-level network data relationship model based on the Linear Regression method, that is, a single-user business experience model, as follows
  • h (x) is the user-level service quality of a certain service, for example, the MOS value of a single user's voice service
  • X (x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , ..., x D ) Is a feature vector, for example, x 1 represents a delay, x 2 represents a packet loss rate, x 3 represents a stream bit rate, ..., x D represents a TCP congestion window, and x 0 is a constant 1
  • W (w 1 , w 2 , w 3 ,..., w D ) are parameter vectors, also called weight vectors, and w i represents the weight of the impact of the i-th parameter on the quality of service at the user level.
  • the above linear regression is only an exemplary data analysis algorithm.
  • the data analysis network element can obtain a single user service experience model based on other algorithms, and the present invention does not specifically limit it.
  • Phase 2 Data analysis
  • the network element obtains user-level service quality data based on the existing single-user service quality model and user-level or flow-level network data.
  • the difference between the user-level or stream-level network data described in phase two and the user-level or stream-level network data described in phase one is that in time, the former occurs after the latter, that is, described in phase one
  • user-level or stream-level network data is historical user-level or stream-level network data described in phase two, and it can be inferred that the user-level service corresponding to user-level or stream-level network data described in phase one
  • the quality data is also historical data of user-level service quality data corresponding to the user-level or flow-level network data in phase two.
  • the difference between the user-level quality of service data in phases 1 and 2 is that the former is obtained from the data analysis network element from the service server, and the latter is obtained from the data analysis network element itself.
  • h (x) model in the above formula (1.1)
  • X (x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , ..., x D ) at a subsequent time point (That is, the network data of the stream level corresponding to a subsequent point in time).
  • the data analysis network element can calculate the specific value of h (x) at the subsequent point in time.
  • the value of h (x) is the derived quality of service for a single user. A large number of single-user service quality data obtained by using this process method for many times constitute user-level service quality data.
  • the data analysis network element can use the user-level or flow-level network data to infer the corresponding user-level service quality. data.
  • Phase 3 Data analysis The network element obtains the historical service quality of the service based on the historical user-level service quality data obtained in phase 2.
  • the network element obtains the historical service quality of the service according to the historical user-level service quality data.
  • the second method described above, which will not be repeated here.
  • the user-level quality of service data sources are different.
  • the user-level quality of service data originates from the service server, and here comes from the data analysis network element itself generated in phase two.
  • the data analysis network element obtains the historical service quality of the service from other network elements with data analysis functions.
  • the data analysis network element in this embodiment is a network element with a data analysis function (such as MDAS) in the network management system
  • the data analysis function network element may be obtained from a data analysis function network element (such as MDAS) on the control plane of the core network. NWDAF) to obtain the historical service quality of the service.
  • the other network element with data analysis function Before sending the historical service quality of the service to the data analysis network element, the other network element with data analysis function can use any of the methods described in the first, second, and third to obtain the historical service quality of the service. Here, No longer.
  • the other network element having a data analysis function may actively send historical service quality data of the service to the data analysis network element;
  • the data analysis network element sends request information for obtaining historical service quality data of the service to the other network element with the data analysis function, so that the data received by the other network element with the data analysis function When the information is requested, historical service quality data of the service may be sent to a data analysis network element.
  • the request information is generated by the data analysis network element according to the service quality requirements of the sliced network list in step 201.
  • MDAS receives the service quality requirement information of the slice list as shown in Table 2 via step 201
  • MDAS requests the following information from NWDAF: historical service quality data corresponding to the voice service of slice network 1, and video service of slice network 1.
  • NWDAF historical service quality data corresponding to the voice service of the slice network 1
  • video service of slice network 1 corresponds historical service quality data corresponding to the voice service of the slice network 1
  • Corresponding historical service quality data historical service quality data corresponding to the voice service of the slice network 2, historical service quality data corresponding to the video service of the slice network 2, historical service quality data corresponding to the voice service of the slice network 3, and Historical service quality data corresponding to video services.
  • the request information is generated by the data analysis network element according to the priority information and / or service priority information of the slice network sent in 201.
  • the MDAS may decide to request the NWDAF to request the slice network priority less than 2 and the service priority less than 1.
  • Historical service quality data that is, MDAS requests the following information from NWDAF: historical service quality data corresponding to service 1 of slice network 1, and historical service quality data corresponding to service 1 of slice network 2.
  • the historical service quality of the slice network requested by the data analysis network element in the request information corresponds to the network configuration information of the slice network list sent by the data analysis network element to the policy control network element in step 202.
  • the data analysis network element obtains the spatial information in the historical service quality data and the spatial information in the flow-level historical network data, there may be inconsistencies.
  • the former is GPS spatial information and the latter is cell identification information.
  • Meta can use the user's associated identification information contained in historical service quality data and flow-level historical network data to establish a mapping relationship between two different types of spatial information. Thereafter, the data analysis network element can train a service experience model based on one of the spatial information.
  • the previous article took a service in a slice network as an example, and introduced how the data analysis network element obtains historical service quality data of each slice network in the slice network list.
  • the data analysis network element obtains the historical network configuration information of each slice network corresponding to the historical service quality data of each slice network in the slice network list.
  • the data analysis network element can use the time information to correlate the service quality of the slice network at a historical point in time (for example, at 8 o'clock in the morning, the voice service user satisfaction of slice network 1 is 80% and video service (The satisfaction rate is 90%) corresponding to the historical network configuration information of the slice network.
  • the historical network configuration information of the slice network can be obtained from the network management network element or other network function network elements.
  • the historical network configuration information of the sliced network includes the historical measurement data or historical performance data on the end to end of the network slice, a single network element device, or a corresponding interface between the network element devices. For details, see the explanation of the network configuration information in step 202.
  • the data analysis network element can use spatial information to correlate the service quality of the slice network in a certain space (such as the user satisfaction of the voice service of the slice network 1 in the cell 1 and the satisfaction of the video service 80%). 90%) of the historical network configuration information of the slice network.
  • the data analysis network element can use the spatial information and time information to correlate the service quality of the slice network at a certain time in a certain space (for example, 8 o'clock in the morning, cell 1 slice network 1 voice service). (User satisfaction is 80% and video service satisfaction is 90%) corresponding to the historical network configuration information of the slice network.
  • the historical network configuration information of the slice network can be obtained from the network management network element or other network function network elements.
  • the historical network configuration information of the sliced network includes the historical measurement data or historical performance data on the end to end of the network slice, a single network element device, or a corresponding interface between the network element devices. For details, see the explanation of the network configuration information in step 202.
  • the following describes how a data analysis network element determines the network configuration corresponding to a service in a slice network for a service in a slice network:
  • the data analysis network element may use the historical service quality data of the service in the slice network and the historical network configuration information data of the slice network to train a training model for the service of the slice network, where the training model refers to the service
  • the quality of service should be a function of the network configuration information of the slice network.
  • the training model obtained by the data analysis network element based on the linear regression method is as follows:
  • g (y) indicates the service quality of the service, for example, the user satisfaction of the service, that is, the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirements of the service.
  • the Y (y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y D ) feature vector refers to the network configuration information that affects the service quality of the service, where the network configuration information refers to the slice network and the slice network. Network parameter settings of related network elements. These network configuration information may be collected by the data analysis network element from the network management network element or directly from the related network elements of the slice network.
  • y 1 represents the uplink packet loss rate of the next generation radio access network (NG RAN)
  • y 2 represents the average delay of the air interface
  • y 3 represents the uplink / downlink usage rate of the N6 interface.
  • W (w 1 , w 2 , w 3 ,..., W D ) is a parameter vector, also called a weight vector identifier, and w i identifies the i-th parameter y i in the network configuration information, which affects the service quality of the service The size of the weights.
  • a data analysis network element obtains 100 types of network configuration information for a sliced network from a network management network element, but after model training, it learns that 50 types of network configuration information affects the quality of service of the service for the sliced network.
  • the configuration information is the feature vector,
  • the data analysis network element After obtaining the above training model, according to the model and the service quality requirements of the service in the slice network, the data analysis network element obtains network configuration information that meets the requirement, where the network configuration information refers to if the network management network element If the configuration information is used to set network settings for the slice network, the service of the slice network can meet the service quality requirements corresponding to the service.
  • the data analysis network element can obtain g (y)> 95% corresponding
  • the specific values of the Y (y 1 , y 2 , y 3 ,..., Y D ) feature vector.
  • the value of the feature vector corresponding to the service quality requirement according to the training model is a multiple objective decision making (MCDM) problem.
  • the data analysis network element can obtain the feature vector based on the existing MCDM method. value.
  • multiple sets of feature vectors that meet service quality requirements can be obtained, and multiple sets of corresponding network configuration information can be obtained.
  • the data analysis network element determines the network configuration corresponding to the service in the slice network.
  • the data analysis network element can obtain a training model corresponding to multiple services according to similar methods, such as g i (y):
  • formula 1.3 represents the training model corresponding to the ith service in the slice network
  • Y (y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y D ) represents the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network, which indicates that there is y 1-
  • the y D parameters affect the service quality of each service in the slice network.
  • the method for the data analysis network element to obtain the corresponding network configuration information of the slice list is similar to the above.
  • the following uses the service quality requirements of the sliced network list shown in Table 2 as an example to describe this method in detail:
  • the data analysis network element obtains the corresponding multiple service training models for the multiple services of the sliced network list listed in Table 2 as shown in the following table:
  • (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y h ) are feature vectors that affect the video service of slice network 1;
  • the data analysis network element uses multiple models in Table 14 above to obtain multiple sets of solutions that meet the service quality requirements as shown in the following table, that is, services are obtained Multiple sets of network configuration information corresponding to quality requirements:
  • Y1 (y 10 , y 11 , y 12 , y 13 , ..., y 1h , ..., y 1i , ..., y 1j , ..., y 1k , ..., y 1q );
  • Y2 (y 20 , y 21 , y 22 , y 23 , ..., y 2h , ..., y 2i , ..., y 2j , ..., y 2k , ..., y 2q );
  • Y3 (y 30, y 31 , y 32, y 33, ..., y 3h, ..., y 3i, ..., y 3j, ..., y 3k, ..., y 3q).
  • Y1, Y2, and Y3 are the three specific values of the total feature vector, that is, three sets of solutions that meet the six service quality requirements listed in Table 2 above, that is, the network configuration parameters of the slice network 1, 2, and 3. If configured according to the values of the vectors listed in Y1, the six service quality requirements in the above slice list combination can be satisfied at the same time, and the meanings of Y2 and Y3 are similar.
  • the network configuration parameters of slice network 1 involved here are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y h , ..., y i ), and the network configuration parameters of slice network 2 are ( y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y j , ..., y k ), the network configuration parameters of slice network 3 are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y p , ... , Y q ), and Y1 is a set of values for all network configuration parameters included in the slice networks 1, 2, and 3, and Y2 and Y3 have similar meanings.
  • the network management device can determine that the network configuration parameters of the slice network 1 involved are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y h , ..., y i ), and the slice network
  • the network configuration parameters of 2 are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y j , ..., y k ), and the network configuration parameters of slice network 3 are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3). , ..., y p , ..., y q ).
  • slice networks 1, 2, and 3 share certain network resources, such as access network resources, AMF resources, and the like, and different services in each slice network are affected by the configuration of these common resource parameters. Therefore, the phenomenon that there are the same elements y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , and y 3 in the above several feature vectors has appeared.
  • this application does not limit whether resources are shared between different slice networks, or whether different network resources are shared between different services in the same slice network.
  • common elements will not appear in the feature vectors of services in different slices.
  • feature vectors of different services will not. Common elements appear.
  • the method for the data analysis network element to obtain the corresponding network configuration information of the slice list is similar to the above.
  • the following uses the service quality requirements of the sliced network list shown in Table 5 as an example to describe this method in detail:
  • the data analysis network element obtains the corresponding multiple service training models for the multiple services of the slice network list listed in Table 5 as shown in the following table:
  • the data analysis network element uses multiple models in Table 16 above to obtain multiple sets of solutions that meet the service quality requirements as shown in the following table, that is, services are obtained Multiple sets of network configuration information corresponding to quality requirements:
  • Y4 (y 40 , y 41 , y 42 , y 43 , ..., y 4h , ..., y 4i , ..., y 4j , ..., y 4k , ..., y 4p , ..., y 4q , ..., y 4r , ..., y 4s , ..., y 4t , ..., y 4u , ..., y 4v , ... y 4w )
  • Y5 (y 50 , y 51 , y 52 , y 53 , ..., y 5h , ..., y 5i , ..., y 5j , ..., y 5k , ..., y 5p , ..., y 5q , ..., y 5r , ..., y 5s , ..., y 5t , ..., y 5u , ..., y 5v , ... y 5w ).
  • Y4 and Y5 are two specific values of the total feature vector, that is, two sets of solutions that meet the service quality requirements of the two user types listed in Table 5 above, that is, the network configuration parameters of the slice network 1, 2, and 3. If configured according to the values of the vectors listed in Y4, the 12 service quality requirements in the above slice list combination can be satisfied at the same time, and the meaning of Y5 is similar.
  • (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y h ) is a feature vector that affects the video service of the gold user of the slice network 1;
  • (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y i ) is the feature vector that affects the silver user video service of slice network 1;
  • (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y j ) is the feature vector that affects the gold user voice service of slice network 1;
  • (y 0, y 1, y 2, y 3, ..., y k) is sliced 1 Effect silver voice service network user feature vector, then sliced network 1 network configuration parameter relates to a combination of the four feature vectors, thereby analogy.
  • Y4 is a set of values for all network configuration parameters included in slice networks 1, 2, and 3.
  • Y5 has similar meaning.
  • the network management device can determine that the network configuration of the slice network 1 involved is (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y i ) + (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y h ) + (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y j ) + (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y k ), and so on . .
  • slice networks 1, 2, and 3 share certain network resources, such as access network resources, AMF resources, and the like, and different services in each slice network are affected by the configuration of these common resource parameters. Therefore, the phenomenon that there are the same elements y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , and y 3 in the above several feature vectors has appeared.
  • this application does not limit whether resources are shared between different slice networks, or whether different network resources are shared between different services in the same slice network.
  • common elements will not appear in the feature vectors of services in different slices.
  • feature vectors of different services will not. Common elements appear.
  • the above linear regression algorithm is only a specific example algorithm of the data analysis network element training related model.
  • the data analysis network element can also train the above model and seek network configuration information based on other algorithms, which is not limited in this patent.
  • the above data analysis network element trains a corresponding model for each user type corresponding to a service in a slice, for example, a gold model user for the voice service of slice network 1 trains a model, and at the same time, the voice of slice network 1 Silver users of the business also trained a model.
  • the data analysis network element can aggregate the two user types to generate a comprehensive model.
  • the comprehensive model expresses the relationship between the aggregated service satisfaction of all user types and the network configuration information of the slice network.
  • the relationship between the changes in the aggregated service of all user types may be an index that expresses the service quality of the service as defined by the data analysis network element itself or obtained from the policy control network element. See the following schematic method for details:
  • the objective function f i (y) is the aggregated service satisfaction of all user types corresponding to the slice network i.
  • the data analysis network element may use the weighted service satisfaction of each type of user as the aggregated service satisfaction.
  • the weight of each type of user satisfaction is the proportion of the type of users to the total number of users. Assuming that the above number of gold users accounts for 30% of the total users and silver users account for 70% of the total users, the aggregate satisfaction It can be defined as 30% ⁇ gold user business satisfaction + 70% ⁇ silver user business satisfaction.
  • the Y feature vector on the left is a feature vector that affects the value of the objective function, and its meaning is similar to the previous one.
  • the data analysis network element Before the process of training the model described above, the data analysis network element first obtains the historical business satisfaction data of the gold and silver users from the historical service quality data of the slice network, and then calculates the historical aggregation of the slice network according to the definition of the aggregate satisfaction Satisfaction data, and the historical aggregated satisfaction data will be used as the above-mentioned objective function value f i (y) for the model training process.
  • the final data analysis network element can obtain the function model illustrated in Table 18 above.
  • the data analysis network element can also calculate the aggregate service quality requirements for the service according to similar definitions.
  • the total number of users is 30%, and the number of silver users accounts for 70% of the total number of users.
  • the service satisfaction requirement for the gold users of the voice service of the slice network 1 is MOS> 3, and the proportion of users is> 95%.
  • the satisfaction rate of silver users of the voice service of network 1 is MOS> 3, and the proportion of users is> 90%.
  • the proportion of users is greater than 91.5%.
  • the data analysis network can obtain multiple sets of solutions that meet the aggregate service quality requirements as shown below:
  • Y6 (y 60, y 61 , y 62, y 63, ..., y 6a, ..., y 6b, ..., y 6c, ..., y 6d, ..., y 6e ..., y 6f);
  • Y7 (y 70 , y 71 , y 72 , y 73 , ..., y 7a , ..., y 7b , ..., y 7c , ..., y 7d , ..., y 7e ..., y 7f )
  • Y6 and Y7 are two specific values of the total feature vector, that is, two sets of solutions that meet the aggregate service quality requirements of each service of each slice network, that is, the network configuration parameters of slice networks 1, 2, and 3.
  • the network configuration parameters of slice network 1 involved here are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y a , ..., y b )
  • the network configuration parameters of slice network 2 are ( y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y c , ..., y d )
  • the network configuration parameters of slice network 3 are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y e , ...
  • the network management device can determine that the network configuration parameters of the slice network 1 involved are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y a , ..., y b ), and the slice network
  • the network configuration parameters of 2 are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y c , ..., y d )
  • the network configuration parameters of slice network 3 are (y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , ..., y e , ..., y f ).
  • slice networks 1, 2, and 3 share certain network resources, such as access network resources, AMF resources, and the like, and different services in each slice network are affected by the configuration of these common resource parameters. Therefore, the phenomenon that there are the same elements y 0 , y 1 , y 2 , and y 3 in the above several feature vectors has appeared.
  • this application does not limit whether resources are shared between different slice networks, or whether different network resources are shared between different services in the same slice network.
  • common elements will not appear in the feature vectors of services in different slices.
  • feature vectors of different services will not. Common elements appear.
  • Table 18 illustrates the process in which a data analysis network element trains a comprehensive model of a slice network for a scenario where a slice network corresponds to the service quality requirements of multiple user types.
  • the data analysis network element may also train a comprehensive model corresponding to one service of a slice network.
  • the implementation method may be similar to the method referred to in Table 18.
  • the data analysis network element can also train a comprehensive model corresponding to the slice network.
  • implement The method may be similar to the method referred to in Table 18.
  • the data analysis network element may also train a comprehensive model corresponding to the slice network.
  • implement The method may be similar to the method referred to in Table 18.
  • the data analysis network element may also train a comprehensive model corresponding to the slice network.
  • implement The method may be similar to the method referred to in Table 18.
  • the data analysis network element may also train a slice
  • the comprehensive model corresponding to the network optionally, the implementation method may be similar to the method mentioned in Table 18.
  • the policy control network element may further send slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information to the data analysis network element.
  • the policy control network element may further send corresponding service quality requirements of all slice networks to the data analysis network element.
  • the slice network priority information and / or service priority information and / or user type priority information, and the corresponding service quality requirement information of all slice networks may or may not be included in the request information of step 201, and is related to the request There is no chronological order in which messages are sent.
  • the data analysis network element determines that when the service quality requirements of the sliced network list are met, the quality of service requirements of the sliced network / service / user type of the sliced network list are also as far as possible satisfied according to the priority.
  • the data analysis network element For example, if the data analysis network element reaches Y1, Y2, and Y3 according to the above method, but Y1 meets the service quality requirements corresponding to the medium and high priority slice network in the slice network list, then the data analysis network element prioritizes the use of Y1. Set higher.
  • the policy controls the control network element and the network management network element to preferentially use Y1 as the network configuration information for configuring the slice network.
  • Each group of the network configuration information in the one or more groups of network configuration information may include at least one network configuration parameter.
  • the network configuration parameter may be one of a performance parameter or a specific setting parameter.
  • each of the multiple network configuration parameters may be one of a performance parameter or a specific setting parameter.
  • Performance parameters refer to the requirements for a certain performance index in the network.
  • the network management network element performs internal processing accordingly to meet the requirements of the performance index.
  • the end-to-end delay of a network slice is a performance parameter.
  • the network management network element performs internal resource settings according to the delay requirement to meet the delay requirement.
  • the key performance indicator (KPI) of network slicing defined on the current standard is a specific example of a performance parameter
  • the specific setting parameter refers to a parameter that the network management network element can directly perform the network setting accordingly.
  • the number of access network buffer resources and antenna tilt are two setting parameters.
  • the network management network element directly sets the number of access network buffer resources and the antenna tilt angle accordingly.
  • the network configuration information includes but is not limited to the network configuration parameters listed in the following table.
  • the method shown in FIG. 2 may further include step 203.
  • the policy control network element may further send the received network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list to the network management network element.
  • the network management network element receives network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent by the policy control network element.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list may include one or more groups of network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may send all the network configuration information included in the received network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list to the network management network element. In other words, if the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list includes multiple sets of network configuration information, the policy control network element may send the multiple sets of network configuration information to the network management network element.
  • the policy control network element may send a set of network configuration information included in the received network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list to the network management network element.
  • a set of network configuration information in the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent to the network management network element is hereinafter referred to as first target network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may also receive the applicable conditions corresponding to the network configuration information sent by the data analysis network element.
  • the applicable conditions may include conditions such as when and where each group of network configuration information is applicable.
  • the applicable condition may be sent to the network management network element together with the network configuration information. This applicable condition can be used as part of the network configuration information or as additional information.
  • the first target network configuration information is a group of network configuration information included in the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list.
  • the first target network configuration information may be determined according to various methods.
  • the policy control network element may determine that any one of the plurality of sets of network configuration information is the first target network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may determine the multiple sets of network configuration information according to the applicable conditions of the network configuration information. One of them configures information for the first target network.
  • the first target network configuration information may be network configuration information applicable to the current time or location.
  • the policy control network element when the policy control network element receives the data analysis network element and sends the configuration effect information, the policy control network element may determine that one of the multiple sets of network configuration information is the first target according to the configuration effect information.
  • the first target network configuration information may be a set of network configuration information capable of achieving the best service quality effect.
  • the ability to achieve the best service quality effect can mean that all slice networks in the slice network list can achieve the best service quality effect, or it can mean that the specified slice network or the specified service in the slice network list can achieve the best service quality. effect.
  • the designated slice network may be determined according to the slice network priority. That is, the policy control network element may determine the first target network configuration information according to the slice network priority information. For example, the slice network with the highest priority is the specified slice network.
  • the designated service may be determined according to a service priority. That is, the policy control network element may determine the first target network configuration information according to the service network priority information. For example, the service with the highest service priority is the specified service.
  • the first target network configuration information is such that the slicing network with the highest priority of the slicing network can achieve the best quality of service effect, and assuming that the slicing network 1 has the highest priority, the first target network configuration information Can be Y1.
  • the first target network configuration information is to enable the service with the highest service priority to achieve the best service quality effect
  • the voice service has the highest priority
  • the first target network configuration information may be Y2, because Y2 makes the service quality of the voice service of slice network 2 the highest.
  • the policy control network element may also determine the first target network configuration information according to service priority information and slice network priority information.
  • the first target network configuration information is such that the service with the highest service priority in the slice network with the highest slice network priority can achieve the best service quality.
  • Table 13 it is assumed that the slice network 1 has the highest priority and the service priority of the voice service is the highest.
  • the first target network configuration information may be Y2.
  • the policy control network element in a case where the policy control network element can also receive the use priority information of the network configuration information sent by the data analysis network element, the policy control network element can directly according to the network configuration information of each group. Use the priority to select the first target network configuration information.
  • the first target network configuration information may be the network configuration information with the highest priority among the plurality of sets of network configuration information.
  • the first target network configuration information may be a group of network configuration information in the multiple groups of network configuration information.
  • the first target network configuration information may also be multiple sets of network configuration information.
  • the first target network configuration information may be S 2 group network configuration information in the S 1 group network configuration information, where S 1 is a positive integer greater than 2 , S2 is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to S 1 .
  • S 1 is a positive integer greater than 2
  • S2 is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to S 1 .
  • the method shown in FIG. 2 may further include step 204.
  • the network management network element sends notification information to the policy control network element, and the notification information is used to notify the policy control network element that the network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the policy controls the network element to receive the notification information sent by the network management network element.
  • the network management network element may send the notification information according to the access network resources and / or core network resources that cannot meet the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the policy control network element may further send first indication information to the network management network element, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the network management network element is unable to When network configuration is performed on the corresponding network configuration information, the notification information is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element receives the first instruction information.
  • the network management network element when the network management network element receives the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent by the policy control network element, if the network management network element determines that the network cannot be networked according to the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list If set, the network management network element can immediately send notification information to the policy control network element. In other words, after receiving the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list, the network management network element first determines whether the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list can be used for network settings. If it is determined that the sliced network list corresponds to If the network configuration information cannot be used for network settings, the notification information is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element after the network management network element receives the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent by the policy control network element, if the network management network element determines that it cannot If the corresponding network configuration information is used for network settings, the network management network element can send notification information to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element when the network management network element receives the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent by the policy control network element, it may first perform network settings according to the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list, but the slice network runs for a period of time.
  • the network management network element finds that it is no longer possible to perform network settings based on the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list, such as in scenarios such as shortage of network resources, then the network management network element sends the notification information to the policy control network element at this time.
  • the notification information further includes reason information, and the reason information is used to indicate a reason why the network management network element cannot perform network configuration.
  • the policy control network element may further send second instruction information to the network management network element, where the second instruction information is used to indicate that the network management network element is unable to When the corresponding network configuration information is used for network configuration, the reason why the network management network element cannot perform network configuration is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element receives the second instruction information.
  • the cause information may specifically indicate which network configuration parameters in the network configuration information cannot be met, for example, the average delay requirement or other network configuration parameters cannot be met. Examples of the other network configuration parameters are shown in Table 20.
  • the cause information may further indicate an internal cause that these network configuration parameters cannot be met.
  • the cause information may include that the average delay requirement cannot be met due to insufficient access network buffer resources.
  • the current user capacity cannot be carried due to insufficient CPU resources of the AMF, or the delay of the N3 interface cannot meet the requirements due to insufficient link capacity of the N3 interface.
  • the notification information may further include a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the network parameter measurement value corresponding to the slice network list is a network parameter measurement value of the slice network in the slice network list.
  • the network parameter measurement value may be a specific measurement value of all or part of the network configuration parameters listed in Table 20, for example, a specific measurement value including an average delay, a measurement value of a downlink packet loss ratio, an average or maximum wireless Resource control (radio resource control, RRC) connection number measurement value, etc.
  • the policy control network element may further send third instruction information to the network management network element, where the third instruction information is used to indicate that the network management network element is unable to When the corresponding network configuration information is used for network configuration, a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the sliced network list is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element receives the third instruction information.
  • the network management network element may separately send the notification information, the cause information, and / or a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • this embodiment of the present application does not exclude that after receiving the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list sent by the policy control network element, the network management network element sends to the policy control network element the information corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the network configuration information is used to perform notification of network settings, or to send notification information that network settings have been successfully performed according to the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list sent by the policy control network element to the network management network element may be all the network configuration information in the plurality of sets of network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may request the data analysis network element again to obtain the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list, and correspond to the newly obtained slice network list.
  • the network configuration information is sent to the management network element.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list sent by the policy control network element to the network management network element may be a set of network configuration information (i.e., the first target network configuration) among multiple sets of network configuration information. information).
  • the policy control network element may determine the second target network configuration information, which is different from the first target network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may determine that any set of network configuration information other than the first target network configuration information in the plurality of sets of network configuration information is the second target network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may determine the second target network configuration information according to the configuration effect information, for example, the second target network configuration information is In addition to the first target network configuration information, a set of network configuration information with the best service quality effect.
  • the configuration effect information corresponding to the second target network configuration information and the method for the policy control network element to determine the second target network configuration information based on the configuration effect information may refer to step 201, and details are not described herein again.
  • the policy control network element may determine the second target network configuration information according to the cause information. For example, if the reason information is that the average delay requirement cannot be met, the policy control network element may select another group of network configuration information with a lower average delay requirement as the second target network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may determine the second target network configuration information according to the measurement value of the network configuration information. For example, if the specific measurement value of the average delay is included in the notification information and the measured value of the packet loss rate of the downlink data packet is 3%, the policy controls the network element to select a group of average delay requirements greater than 5 ms and the packet loss rate of the downlink data packet. More than 3% of network configuration information is required as the second target network configuration information.
  • the method shown in FIG. 2 may further include step 205.
  • the policy control network element may request again from the data analysis network element to obtain network configuration information corresponding to another slice network list, where the other slice network list includes one or more slice networks.
  • the data analysis network element sends the network configuration information corresponding to another slice network list to the policy control network element.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list sent by the policy control network element to the network management network element may be all the network configuration information in the plurality of sets of network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element can request the data analysis network element again to obtain the network configuration information corresponding to another slice network list, where the other slice network list contains one Or multiple slice networks.
  • the policy control network element may receive the network configuration information corresponding to another slice network list sent by the data analysis network element, and the network configuration information corresponding to the other slice network list may also be one or more types of network configuration information .
  • the process of re-requesting and obtaining network configuration information corresponding to another sliced network list can completely reuse the methods of steps 201-202 described above, and will not be repeated here.
  • the policy control network element may first determine the other slice network list according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information. Quality of service requirements.
  • slice network list 1 the slice network list requested to obtain network configuration information in step 201 is hereinafter referred to as slice network list 1, and the other slice network list is referred to as slice network list 2.
  • the policy control network element may determine a service quality requirement of another slice network list according to slice priority information. Specifically, the policy control network element can determine the slice networks included in slice network list 1 and slice network column 2 according to the slice priority information, and then determine the service quality requirements of slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements of slice network list 2. .
  • the slice networks included in the slice network list 1 may be determined according to a first preset priority value
  • the slice networks included in the slice network list 2 may be determined according to a second preset priority value.
  • the first preset priority value and the second preset priority value refer to a priority value in the slice network priority information. In some embodiments, the first preset priority value is greater than the second preset priority value.
  • the slice network list 2 may be a subset of the slice network list 1. Taking Table 9 as an example, assuming that the first preset priority value is 3, the slice network list 1 includes slice network 1, slice network 2, slice network 3, and slice network 4. Assuming that the second preset priority value is 2, the slice network list 2 includes slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirement of another slice network list according to the service priority information. Specifically, the policy control network element may determine, based on the service priority information, each slice in the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the service quality requirements of slice network list 1 and each slice in the service quality requirements in slice network list 2 The services included in the service quality requirements corresponding to the network, and the service quality requirements of the services in the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements in the slice network list 2 are determined. The service quality requirements of the service in the service quality requirements corresponding to the slice network.
  • the service requested by each slice network in the slice network list 1 may be determined according to a third preset priority value, and the service requested by each slice network in the slice network list 2 may be determined according to a fourth preset priority value.
  • the third preset priority value and the fourth preset priority value are priority values in the service priority information.
  • the third preset priority value is greater than the fourth preset priority value.
  • the services requested by each slice network in slice network list 2 are a subset of the services requested by each slice network in slice network list 1. Taking Table 10 as an example, assuming that the third preset priority value is 3, the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the slice network list 1 include the service quality requirements of service 1 and service quality requirements of service 2. 2.
  • the policy control network element may also determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements of the slice network list 2 according to the slice network priority information and the service priority information. Taking Table 11 as an example, it is assumed that the first preset priority value is 3, the second preset priority value is 2, the third preset priority value is 3, and the fourth preset priority value is 1. .
  • the slice network list 1 includes service quality requirements for services 1 to 3 of slice network 1, service quality requirements for services 1 to 3 of slice network 2, and service quality requirements for services 1 to 3 of slice network 3. Claim.
  • the slice network list 2 includes the service quality requirements of the service 1 of the slice network 1 and the service quality requirements of the service 1 of the slice network 2.
  • the policy control network element may determine the slice network included in the other slice network list according to the slice network priority information. Accordingly, the request information for requesting the network configuration information corresponding to the other slice network list may also include only the identifier of the slice network included in the other slice network list. For details, refer to the description in step 201.
  • the normal operation of the high-priority slice network and the high-priority service can be guaranteed as much as possible.
  • the policy control network element may also consider the foregoing reason information when determining the slice network list 2.
  • the policy control network element may also consider the foregoing network parameter measurement value when determining the slice network list 2.
  • a network device can implement the functions that the data analysis network element shown in FIG. 2 can implement and the functions that the policy control network element can implement.
  • a network device can implement functions that can be implemented by the data analysis network element as shown in FIG. 2 and functions that can be implemented by the network management network element.
  • a network device can implement functions that can be implemented by a policy control network element as shown in FIG. 2 and functions that can be implemented by a network management network element. In this case, some steps shown in FIG. 2 need not be performed. For example, if a network device implements the functions that the policy control network element shown in FIG. 2 and the network management network element can implement, the network management network element and the policy control network element shown in step 203 and step 204 Interaction steps may not be performed.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another method for obtaining network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • a policy control network element sends request information to a data analysis network element, where the request information is used to request network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in a plurality of slice network lists.
  • the data analysis network element receives the request information sent by the policy control network element.
  • the list of each slice network may include one or more slice networks.
  • the request information may include an identification of one or more slice networks included in each slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists.
  • the data analysis network element can determine the service quality requirements of each slice network list in the multiple slice network lists according to the correspondence between the slice network lists and the service quality requirements. For the specific determination method and the correspondence between the slice network list and the service quality requirements, refer to the description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and it is unnecessary to repeat them here.
  • the request information includes service quality requirements of each slice network list in the multiple slice network lists, and the request information is used to request network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list.
  • the data analysis network element sends the corresponding network configuration information of each slice list to the policy control network element.
  • the policy controls the network element to receive the network configuration information corresponding to the each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in that: in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the request information is used to request network configuration information corresponding to the one slice network list.
  • the data analysis network element also returns the network configuration information corresponding to the one slice network list.
  • the request information is used to request the network configuration corresponding to each slice network list in the multiple slice network lists. Information, and the data analysis network element returns the network configuration information corresponding to each sliced network list.
  • step 301 may not be performed.
  • the data analysis network element can determine which network configuration information corresponding to the slice list needs to be sent to the policy control network element, and send the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list to be sent to the policy control network element.
  • the data analysis network element may determine network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the multiple slice network lists according to slice network priority information and / or service priority information, and The network configuration information corresponding to each sliced network list is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the data analysis network element determines the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the multiple slice network lists according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information, refer to the policy to control the network element according to the slice network priority.
  • the manner in which the information and / or service priority information determine the service quality requirement of each slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists need not be described herein.
  • the data analysis network element may determine, according to the request information, network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the multiple slice network lists that needs to be sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists sent to the policy control network element is the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists requested by the request information.
  • Each slice network list in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 may have the same characteristics as the slice network list in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
  • the each slice network list includes one or more slice networks
  • the service quality requirements of each slice network list may include service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the one or more slice networks.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of each slice network list.
  • the service quality requirements of each slice list include the service quality requirements of a slice network
  • the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of the slice network
  • the service quality requirements of each slice network list include the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the multiple slice networks, and then the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list can meet the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements of one or more services in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements corresponding to at least one user type in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include service quality requirements corresponding to at least one user type in one or more services in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network may include the service quality requirements of at least one service in each slice network.
  • the service quality requirements of the service refer to the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirements of the service. Requirements.
  • Table 1 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 may be a service quality requirement of a slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists.
  • the request information since the request information includes the service quality requirements of each slice network list in the multiple slice network lists, the request information may include multiple service quality requirements of the slice network list shown in Table 1. Or multiple service quality requirements of the sliced network list shown in Table 2 or multiple service quality requirements of the sliced network list shown in Table 4 or multiple service quality requirements of the sliced network list shown in Table 5.
  • the service quality requirements of different slice network lists may be different.
  • the difference here may mean that the number of slice networks included in the service quality requirements of different slice network lists is different, but the service quality requirements corresponding to the same slice network may be the same.
  • Table 2 is a service quality requirement of one slice network list among the service quality requirements of the plurality of slice network lists
  • Table 21 is a service quality requirement of another slice network list of the plurality of slice network lists.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list include service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 1 and service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 2.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 1 in Table 21 are the same as the service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 1 in Table 2.
  • the service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 2 in Table 21 are the same as the service quality corresponding to slice network 2 in Table 2. The requirements are the same.
  • the slice networks included in the service quality requirements of different slice network lists are the same, but the service quality requirements corresponding to the same slice network are different.
  • Table 4 is a service quality requirement of one slice network list among the service quality requirements of the plurality of slice network lists
  • Table 22 is a service quality requirement of another slice network list of the plurality of slice network lists.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list include the service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 1 to slice network 3.
  • the difference from Table 2 is that the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in Table 2 include the service quality requirements for two services, while the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in Table 22 include the service quality requirements for one service .
  • the difference here may also mean that the number of slice networks included in the service quality requirements of different slice network lists and the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network are different.
  • Table 2 is a service quality requirement of one slice network list among the service quality requirements of the plurality of slice network lists
  • Table 23 is a service quality requirement of another slice network list of the plurality of slice network lists.
  • the service quality requirements of the slice network list include the service quality requirements corresponding to the slice network 1 and the service quality requirements corresponding to the slice network 2.
  • Table 2 includes the service quality requirements corresponding to 3 slice networks, and the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network include the service quality requirements of two services, while Table 23 includes a total of 2 slice network correspondences.
  • the quality of service requirements for each slice network include the quality of service requirements for one service.
  • the policy control network element may determine a service quality requirement of each slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists according to slice network priority information and / or service priority information.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements of the slice network list 2 in the following manner.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements of the slice network list 2 according to the slice priority information. Specifically, the policy control network element can determine the slice networks included in slice network list 1 and slice network column 2 according to the slice priority information, and then determine the service quality requirements of slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements of slice network list 2. .
  • the slice networks included in the slice network list 1 may be determined according to a first preset priority value
  • the slice networks included in the slice network list 2 may be determined according to a second preset priority value.
  • the first preset priority value and the second preset priority value refer to a priority value in the slice network priority information. In some embodiments, the first preset priority value is greater than the second preset priority value.
  • the slice network list 2 may be a subset of the slice network list 1. Taking Table 9 as an example, assuming that the first preset priority value is 3, the slice network list 1 includes slice network 1, slice network 2, slice network 3, and slice network 4. Assuming that the second preset priority value is 2, the slice network list 2 includes slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements of the slice network list 2 according to the service priority information. Specifically, the policy control network element may determine, based on the service priority information, each slice in the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the service quality requirements of slice network list 1 and each slice in the service quality requirements in slice network list 2 The services included in the service quality requirements corresponding to the network, and the service quality requirements of the services in the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements in the slice network list 2 are determined. The service quality requirements of the service in the service quality requirements corresponding to the slice network.
  • the service requested by each slice network in the slice network list 1 may be determined according to a third preset priority value, and the service requested by each slice network in the slice network list 2 may be determined according to a fourth preset priority value.
  • the third preset priority value and the fourth preset priority value are priority values in the service priority information.
  • the third preset priority value is greater than the fourth preset priority value.
  • the services requested by each slice network in slice network list 2 are a subset of the services requested by each slice network in slice network list 1. Taking Table 10 as an example, assuming that the third preset priority value is 3, the service quality requirements corresponding to each slice network in the slice network list 1 include the service quality requirements of service 1 and service quality requirements of service 2. 2.
  • the policy control network element may also determine the service quality requirements of the slice network list 1 and the service quality requirements of the slice network list 2 according to the slice network priority information and the service priority information. Taking Table 11 as an example, it is assumed that the first preset priority value is 3, the second preset priority value is 2, the third preset priority value is 3, and the fourth preset priority value is 1. .
  • the slice network list 1 includes service quality requirements for services 1 to 3 of slice network 1, service quality requirements for services 1 to 3 of slice network 2, and service quality requirements for services 1 to 3 of slice network 3. Claim.
  • the slice network list 2 includes the service quality requirements of the service 1 of the slice network 1 and the service quality requirements of the service 1 of the slice network 2.
  • the method may further include: the policy control network element may send network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to a network management network element, and the first slice network list is included in the plurality of slice networks List.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list may be one or more groups of network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may send all network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the network management network element.
  • the policy control network element may further determine that the first slice network list corresponds to the first target network configuration information, and send the first target network configuration information to the network management network element.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list includes the first target network configuration information.
  • the policy control network element may determine the first switch from the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information. Network configuration information corresponding to the chip network list.
  • the policy control network element may determine the network configuration corresponding to the first slice network list from the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element according to the slice network priority information. information.
  • the policy control network element may determine that the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements corresponding to several high-priority slice networks, that is, the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list It can meet the service quality requirements of a slice network with a priority value less than a preset priority value.
  • the preset priority value is set by a policy control network element according to a network resource state and an internal policy. For example, when network resources are sufficient or a specific value, the preset priority value may be set to a first priority value, and the first priority value may be a maximum value of the priority.
  • the first slice network list may be composed of all slice networks. Taking Table 9 as an example, the first priority value may be 4.
  • the first slice network list is composed of slice networks with a priority value less than 4.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet service quality requirements corresponding to slice networks with a priority value less than 4.
  • the preset priority value may be set as a second priority value, and the second priority value is smaller than the first priority value.
  • the first slice network list may be composed of slice networks whose priority value is less than or equal to the second priority value. Taking Table 9 as an example, assuming that the preset priority value is 3, the first slice network list may include slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3. Accordingly, the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements corresponding to slice network 1, slice network 2, and slice network 3.
  • the policy control network element may determine the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list from the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element according to the service priority information. .
  • the policy control network element may determine that the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of services whose service priority value is less than a preset priority value.
  • the preset priority value may be set to a first priority value, and the first priority value may be a maximum value of the priority.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of all services. Taking Table 10 as an example, the first priority value may be 4. It is assumed that the preset priority value is the first priority value.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of services with a priority value less than 4.
  • the preset priority value may be set as a second priority value, and the second priority value is smaller than the first priority value.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of services whose priority value is less than or equal to the second priority value. Taking Table 10 as an example, assuming that the preset priority value is 3, the service quality requirements of services with priority values less than or equal to 3 can be requested. In this case, the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of service 1, service 2, and service 3.
  • the policy control network element may determine the first slice network from the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element according to the slice network priority information and service priority information. Network configuration information corresponding to the list.
  • the policy control network element may determine that the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements corresponding to several high-priority slice networks, that is, the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list It can meet the service quality requirements of a slice network with a slice network priority value less than a preset priority value.
  • the preset slice network priority value is set by a policy control network element according to a network resource state and an internal policy. For example, when network resources are sufficient or a specific value, the preset slice network priority value may be set to the first slice network priority value, and the first slice network priority value may be the largest slice network priority. value. In this case, the first slice network list may be composed of all slice networks.
  • the preset slice network priority value may be set as a second slice network priority value, and the second slice network priority value is smaller than the first slice network priority value.
  • the first slice network list may be composed of slice networks whose slice network priority value is less than or equal to the second slice network priority value.
  • the policy control network element may determine that the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of a service whose service priority value is less than a preset priority value. For example, when network resources are sufficient or a specific value, the preset service priority value may be set to a first service priority value, and the first service priority value may be a maximum value of the service priority. In this case, the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of all services. The network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of services whose service priority value is less than 4.
  • the preset service priority value may be set as a second service priority value, and the second service priority value is smaller than the first service priority value.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality requirements of services whose service priority value is less than or equal to the second service priority value.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can meet the service quality of service 1 of slice network 1.
  • the requirements are the service quality requirements of service 2 of slice network 1, the service quality requirements of service 1 of slice network 2, and the service quality requirements of service 2 of slice network 2.
  • the first slice network list includes slice network 1 and slice network 2.
  • the policy controls the network element to determine the network configuration corresponding to the first slice network list from the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information. Information, you can also refer to other information at the same time, for example, based on network resource information.
  • the strategy controls the network element to ensure that the determined first slice network list can ensure the normal operation of the high-priority slice network and the high-priority service when the network element is aware of insufficient network resources.
  • the policy control network element may determine the first slice network list according to other rules. For example, the policy control network may randomly determine that the network configuration information corresponding to a slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists is the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list. As another example, the policy control network element may determine that a group of network configuration information having the largest number of network configuration information groups is the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list. As another example, the policy control network element may determine the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice list according to a request message sent by the network management network element. The request message may include a slice network identifier included in the slice network list to be obtained. Take slice network list 1 and slice network list 2 as examples. Assuming that the request message includes slice network 4, the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list is the network configuration information corresponding to slice network list 2. Alternatively, the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list is network configuration information corresponding to the slice network 4.
  • the network management network element may further send notification information to the policy control network element, where the notification information is used for Notify the policy control network element that the network management network element cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may further send the first instruction information to the network management network element, where the first instruction information is used to indicate that the network management network element is unable to correspond to the first slice network list.
  • the notification information is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element receives the first indication information.
  • the network management network element when the network management network element receives the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list sent by the policy control network element, if the network management network element determines that it cannot correspond to the first slice network list If the network configuration information is used for network settings, the network management network element can immediately send notification information to the policy control network element. In other words, after receiving the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list, the network management network element first determines whether the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list can be used for network settings. If it is determined that the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list cannot be used for network setting, the notification information is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element may send notification information to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element may first perform network settings according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the network management network element finds that it is no longer possible to perform network settings according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list. For example, in scenarios such as shortage of network resources, the network management network element only applies this policy at this time.
  • the control network element sends the notification information.
  • the notification information further includes reason information, and the reason information is used to indicate a reason why the network management network element cannot perform network configuration.
  • reason information is used to indicate a reason why the network management network element cannot perform network configuration.
  • the policy control network element may further send second instruction information to the network management network element, where the second instruction information is used to indicate that the network management network element is unable to perform corresponding network configuration information according to the slice list.
  • the reason why the network management network element cannot perform network configuration is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element receives the second instruction information.
  • the notification information may further include a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may further send third instruction information to the network management network element, where the third instruction information is used to indicate that the network management network element is unable to perform corresponding network configuration information according to the slice list.
  • the third instruction information is used to indicate that the network management network element is unable to perform corresponding network configuration information according to the slice list.
  • a network parameter measurement value corresponding to the sliced network list is sent to the policy control network element.
  • the network management network element receives the third indication information.
  • the network management network element may separately send the notification information, the cause information, and / or the network parameter measurement value corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may determine the second target network configuration information after receiving the notification message.
  • a method for determining the configuration information of the second target network reference may be made to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and details are not described herein.
  • the policy control network element may determine the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list according to the notification information; the policy control network element sends the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list to the network management Network element.
  • the second slice network list includes at least one slice network.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list may be a group of network configuration information, or may be a plurality of groups of network configuration information.
  • the manner in which the policy control network element sends the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list to the network management network element and the policy control network element sends the corresponding network configuration information in the first slice list to the network management network The method of meta is the same, so it is unnecessary to repeat it here.
  • the policy control network element determining the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list according to the notification information includes: the policy control network element analyzes the network element from the data when the policy control network element receives the notification information
  • the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list sent determines network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list, and the multiple slice network lists include the second slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may determine the service quality requirement of the second slice network list according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information.
  • the method for the policy control network element to determine the service quality requirements of the second slice network list according to the slice network priority information and / or service priority information may refer to determining the service quality of another slice network list in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 The required method need not be repeated here.
  • the second slice network list may be a subset of the first slice network list.
  • the slice networks included in the second slice network list may have a higher priority than the first slice network list. Priority of the slice network.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list may be network configuration information corresponding to any slice network column in the plurality of slice lists other than the first slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may request the network analysis information corresponding to the second slice network list from the data analysis network element, and receive the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list sent by the data analysis network element.
  • Network configuration information In order to distinguish it from the request information in step 301, the request information in step 301 is hereinafter referred to as the first request information, and the request information including the quality of service requirements of the second slice list is referred to as the second request information.
  • the policy control network element may send the second request information to the data analysis network element, the second request information may include a quality of service requirement of the second slice network list, and the second request information is used to request the second slice network Network configuration information corresponding to the list.
  • the policy control network element may receive network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list sent by the data analysis network element.
  • the service quality requirements of the multiple slice network lists in the first request information do not include the service quality requirements of the second slice network list.
  • the policy control needs to request to obtain network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list through the second request information.
  • the second request information may include the service quality requirements of other slice network lists in addition to the service quality requirements of the second slice network list.
  • the data analysis network element also feeds back the service quality requirements of the other sliced network list to the policy control network element.
  • the second request information may also include an identifier of a slice network included in the second slice network list. For details, refer to the description of step 301.
  • the policy control network element may also consider the foregoing cause information when determining the second slice network list.
  • the policy control network element may also consider the foregoing network parameter measurement value when determining the second slice network list.
  • the slice network referred to in the embodiment of the present application may be one of a network slice, a network slice instance, and a network slice sub-instance. Accordingly, the sliced network list referred to in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a network slice list, a network slice instance list, and a network slice sub-instance list.
  • a network device can implement the functions that the data analysis network element shown in Figure 3 can implement and the functions that the policy control network element can implement.
  • a network device can implement functions that can be implemented by the data analysis network element and network management network elements as shown in FIG. 3.
  • a network device can implement functions that can be implemented by a policy control network element as shown in FIG. 3 and functions that can be implemented by a network management network element. In this case, some steps shown in FIG. 3 need not be performed. For example, if a network device implements the functions that the policy control network element shown in FIG. 3 can implement and the functions that the network management network element can implement, the network management network element and the policy control network element shown in FIG. 3 Interaction steps need not be performed.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the PCF sends an analysis information request message to the NWDAF.
  • the analysis information request message includes service quality requirement information of at least one slice network list, and the analysis request message is used to request network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the at least one slice network list.
  • the NWDAF receives the analysis information request message sent by the PCF.
  • the specific form of the service quality requirement information of the slice network list 1 is given here, as shown in Table 24.
  • a range of 1 in the slice network requirement list in Table 24 indicates that the table is for the service quality requirements of the slice network list 1.
  • the range of the slice network requirement is 1 to M, which indicates that the slice network list 1 may include 1 to M slice networks, where each slice network is identified by a specific S-NSSAI.
  • the range of the service requirement list is 1 to N, which indicates that a specific slice network includes 1 to N services, where each service is distinguished by a service ID (application ID).
  • the service quality requirements of each service are requirements for the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirements of the service, that is, the user satisfaction requirements of the service. Whether it is required refers to whether the content of the corresponding entry is required or optional.
  • Table 24 shows the specific form of service quality requirement information for slice network list 1.
  • the request message sent by the PCF to NWDAF contains service quality requirement information for X (X> 1) slice network lists, the slice network list 2-
  • the specific form of the service quality requirement information of X is similar to Table 24, and is not repeated here.
  • the PCF sending the analysis information request message to the NWDAF may specifically belong to a real-time request message (for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Request) or a subscription request message (for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Subscribe).
  • a real-time request message for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Request
  • a subscription request message for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Subscribe.
  • the NWDAF sends an analysis information request feedback message to the PCF.
  • the analysis information request feedback message includes network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list.
  • the PCF receives the analysis information request feedback message sent by the NWDAF.
  • the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list For the meaning and content of the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list, refer to the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in step 202 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 or step 302 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3. Content, need not repeat them here.
  • a specific form of a set of network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list 1 is given here, as shown in Table 25, where key performance indicators (KPIs) of the slice network are used as examples of the network configuration information.
  • KPIs key performance indicators
  • the range of the key performance indicator (key performance indicator (KPI)) of the slice network in Table 25 is 1, which indicates that the table is the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list 1.
  • the time range of 09: 00-12: 00 indicates that the applicable time of the network configuration information is 09: 00-12: 00.
  • the range of the KPI of the slice network is 1 to M, which means that the network configuration information includes the network configuration information corresponding to each slice network of 1 to M slice networks in the slice network list 1. For example, when The specific network configuration information of the second slice in.
  • the slice network list 1 corresponds to at least one set of network configuration information, and a set of network configuration information is shown in Table 25.
  • the corresponding network configuration information of the P (P> 1) group of the sliced network list 1 is used, the specific form of the network configuration information of the second to P groups is similar to Table 23, and details are not described herein again.
  • Table 25 gives a set of network configuration information corresponding to sliced network list 1.
  • the request message sent by the PCF to NWDAF in step 501 contains service quality requirement information for X (X> 1) sliced network lists, the slice is sliced.
  • the specific form of the corresponding set of network configuration information of the network list 2-X is similar to Table 25, and details are not described herein again.
  • the NWDAF sends the analysis information request feedback message to the PCF, which may specifically belong to a real-time response message (for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Response) or a subscription report message (for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Notify).
  • a real-time response message for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Response
  • a subscription report message for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Notify.
  • the PCF sends the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the OAM.
  • the OAM receives network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the first slice network list is the slice network list included in the request message, in other words, the first slice network list corresponds to
  • the network configuration information is the network configuration information corresponding to the sliced network list.
  • the first slice network list is a list of the multiple slice network lists, in other words, the first slice network list
  • the corresponding network configuration information is network configuration information corresponding to one slice network list in the plurality of slice network lists.
  • the PCF may according to the slice network priority information and / or The service priority information determines network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list. For a specific determination method, refer to the description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3.
  • the PCF sends a set of network configuration information to the OAM. If the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list is multiple sets of network configuration information, the PCF sends multiple sets of network configuration information to the OAM.
  • the OAM sends notification information to the PCF, and the notification information is used to indicate that the OAM cannot perform network configuration according to the received network configuration information.
  • the PCF receives the notification information sent by the OAM.
  • the PCF sends the network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list to the OAM.
  • the OAM receives network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list sent by the PCF.
  • step 402 If the analysis information request feedback message received by the PCF in step 402 contains network configuration information corresponding to multiple slice network lists, and the second slice network list is included in the multiple slice network lists, the specific method in this step is referred to step In 403, the method in which the PCF sends network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the OAM.
  • the PCF sends a request to the NWDAF for the network corresponding to the second slice network list.
  • Configuration information request message For a method for determining the second slice network list, reference may be made to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring network configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • this embodiment only uses specific network element entities such as PCF, NWDAF, and OAM as examples, but it does not exclude that these entities can be replaced by other network element entities with equivalent or similar functions.
  • the PCF in this embodiment may be replaced by another network element having the policy control function according to the present invention, for example, the PCF is replaced by an NSSF or a network storage function (network storage function (NRF) network element or management plane policy control network element).
  • NRF network storage function
  • NWDAF can be replaced by other network elements with the data analysis function of the present invention, such as NWDAF by management data analysis service (MDAS) network element;
  • OAM can be replaced by other network management with the present invention
  • Functional network elements are replaced, such as OAM is replaced by NSMF.
  • the PCF sends an analysis information request message to the NWDAF, where the analysis request message is used to request network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the NWDAF receives the analysis information request message sent by the PCF.
  • the difference between the method in this embodiment and the method in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 lies in that the analysis request message is used to request network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list, and will be directly sent to OAM by NWDAF.
  • the analysis information request message carries identification information of one or more slice networks included in the first slice network list.
  • the identification information of a slice network in this embodiment is a specific S-NSSAI.
  • the PCF determines the first slice network list according to the slice network priority information, that is, determines which slice network identification information is included in the first slice network list. For a specific method, refer to step 201. I won't repeat them here.
  • the PCF may also send the service quality requirement information of all slice networks and / or the priority information of all slice networks to NWDAF.
  • the time sequence of sending the quality of service requirement information of all slice networks and / or the priority information of all slice networks and sending the analysis information request message is not limited here.
  • NWDAF After NWDAF receives the analysis request message sent by the PCF, NWDAF determines the quality of service requirements corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • NWDAF may determine the service quality requirement information of all slice networks and the identification information of one or more slice networks included in the first slice network list. The service quality requirement information of the first slice network list is obtained.
  • NWDAF may also according to the service quality requirement information of all slice networks and one or more of the first slice network list included The identification information of the slice network determines the service quality requirement information of the first slice network list.
  • the specific form of the service quality requirement information of the first slice network list is shown in Table 26.
  • a range of 1 in the slice network requirement list in Table 26 indicates that the table is a service quality requirement for the first slice network list.
  • the range of the slice network requirement is 1 to M, which indicates that the first slice network list may include 1 to M slice networks, where each slice network is identified by a specific S-NSSAI.
  • the range of the service requirement list is 1 to N, which indicates that a specific slice network includes 1 to N services, where each service is distinguished by a service ID (application ID).
  • the service quality requirements of each service are requirements for the proportion of users who meet the single user service quality requirements of the service, that is, the user satisfaction requirements of the service. Whether it is required refers to whether the content of the corresponding entry is required or optional.
  • the PCF sending the analysis information request message to the NWDAF may specifically belong to a real-time request message (for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Request) or a subscription request message (for example, Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Subscribe).
  • NWDAF can immediately feedback the content of the PCF request to OAM without the model training operation described in step 202, and the model training operation is receiving the request message. It has been done before; if the analysis information request message is specifically a subscription request message, after receiving the request message, NWDAF needs to undergo model training before it can feed back the content requested by the PCF to OAM.
  • the analysis information request message sent by the PCF includes identification information of one or more slice networks included in the first slice network list, and the first slice network list is determined by NWDAF Corresponding service quality requires information methods. This embodiment does not exclude that the analysis information request message sent by the PCF directly includes the service quality requirements of the first slice network list.
  • the NWDAF sends network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the OAM.
  • the OAM receives network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list sent by the NWDAF.
  • step 202 For the meaning and content of the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list, reference may be made to step 202 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and it is unnecessary to repeat them here.
  • the specific form of a set of network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list is given here, as shown in Table 27, where the KPI of the slice network is used as an example of the network configuration information.
  • the range of the key performance indicator (KPI) of the slice network in Table 27 is 1. It means that the table is the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the time range of 09: 00-12: 00 indicates that the applicable time of the network configuration information is 09: 00-12: 00.
  • the KPI range of a slice network is 1 to M, which means that the network configuration information includes network configuration information corresponding to each slice network of the 1 to M slice networks in the first slice network list. For example, when Specific network configuration information for the second slice in a slice network.
  • the first slice network list corresponds to at least one group of network configuration information, where a group of network configuration information is shown in Table 27.
  • the slice network list corresponds to the network configuration information of group P (P> 1)
  • the specific form of the network configuration information of groups 2 to P is similar to Table 27, and details are not described herein again.
  • the NWDAF sends a set of network configuration information to the OAM. If the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list is multiple sets of network configuration information, the NWDAF sends the multiple sets of network configuration information to the OAM. Of course, if the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list is multiple sets of network configuration information, the NWDAF uses one or more groups of network configuration information in the multiple sets of network configuration information as the first section of the first slice network list. A target network configuration information is sent to OAM.
  • step 203 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in the policy control network element sending the network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list to the network management network element.
  • step 502 the NWDAF sends all network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the OAM, then steps 503-505 are performed subsequently. If in step 502, the NWDAF sends one or more sets of network configuration information in the plurality of sets of network configuration information to the OAM as the first target network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list, then steps 506-507 are performed subsequently.
  • the OAM sends first notification information to the PCF, where the first notification information is used to indicate that the OAM cannot perform network configuration according to the network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the PCF receives the notification information sent by the OAM.
  • the OAM may directly send the first notification information to the PCF.
  • the OAM may also send the first notification information to the NWDAF, and the NWDAF forwards the first notification information to the PCF.
  • the PCF sends an analysis information request message for requesting network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list to the NWDAF.
  • the NWDAF receives an analysis information request message sent by the PCF for requesting network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list.
  • step 501 For the specific method in this step, refer to step 501, which is not described again here.
  • the NWDA sends network configuration information corresponding to the second slice network list to the OAM.
  • step 502 For the specific method of this step, refer to step 502, and details are not described herein again.
  • the OAM sends second notification information to the NWDAF, where the second notification information is used to indicate that the OAM cannot perform network configuration according to the first target network configuration information.
  • the NWDAF receives the second notification information sent by the OAM.
  • the NWDAF sends the second target network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list to the OAM.
  • step 502 For the specific method of this step, refer to step 502, and details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device 600 shown in FIG. 6 includes a processing unit 601, a sending unit 602, and a receiving unit 603.
  • the network device 600 may be a policy control network element in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and a PCF in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the processing unit 601 is configured to use the request information to request network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in at least one slice network list, where each slice network list includes one or more slice networks.
  • the sending unit 602 is configured to send the request information to a data analysis network element.
  • the receiving unit 603 is configured to receive network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list sent by the data analysis network element.
  • the processing unit 601 may be implemented by a processor, the sending unit 602 may be implemented by a transmitter, and the receiving unit 603 may be implemented by a receiver.
  • the processing unit 601, the sending unit 602, and the receiving unit 603 reference may be made to the methods shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, and details are not described herein again.
  • a communication device may be a network device or a component (such as a chip or a circuit) of the network device.
  • the communication device may include a processor.
  • the communication device may further include a receiver, a transmitter, and a memory.
  • the processor may be used to implement the corresponding functions and operations of the processing unit.
  • the transmitter may be used to implement the corresponding functions and operations of the above-mentioned transmitting unit.
  • the receiver can be used to implement the functions and operations of the receiving unit described above.
  • the transmitter and receiver can be integrated together, called a transceiver.
  • the device used to implement the receiving function in this transceiver is regarded as the receiving unit, and the device used to implement the transmitting function is regarded as the transmitting unit.
  • the memory may be used to store execution instructions or application program code, and controlled by the processor to implement the method provided by the foregoing embodiments of the present application in combination with the receiver and the transmitter; and / or, it may also be used to temporarily store some data and instructions Information, etc.
  • the memory may exist independently of the processor. At this time, the memory may be connected to the processor through a communication line. In another possible design, the memory may also be integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device 700 includes a processor 701 and a memory 702.
  • the processor 701 may be configured to process a communication protocol and communication data, control a network device, execute a software program, and process data of the software program.
  • the memory 702 is mainly used to store software programs and data.
  • FIG. 7 For ease of explanation, only one memory and processor are shown in FIG. 7. In an actual network equipment product, there may be one or more processors and one or more memories.
  • the memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device.
  • the memory may be set independently of the processor or integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • the transceiver 703 having a transmitting / receiving function circuit or device may be regarded as a network device, and the processor having a processing function may be regarded as a processing unit of the network device.
  • the transceiver may also be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiver device, and the like.
  • the processing unit may also be called a processor, a processing single board, a processing module, a processing device, and the like.
  • the device for implementing the receiving function in the transceiver 703 can be regarded as a receiving unit, and the device for implementing the transmitting function in the transceiver 703 can be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the transceiver 703 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit.
  • the receiving unit may also be called a receiver, a receiver, or a receiving circuit.
  • the transmitting unit may also be called a transmitter, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit.
  • the processor 701, the memory 702, and the transceiver 703 communicate with each other through an internal connection path, and transfer control and / or data signals
  • the method disclosed in the foregoing embodiments of the present application may be applied to the processor 701, or implemented by the processor 701.
  • the processor 701 may be an integrated circuit chip and has a signal processing capability.
  • each step of the above method may be completed by using hardware integrated logic circuits or instructions in the form of software in the processor 701.
  • the processor described in the embodiments of the present application may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and a ready-made programmable gate array (field programmable gate array). , FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
  • the steps of the method disclosed in combination with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented and executed by a hardware decoding processor, or may be executed and completed by using a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
  • Software modules can be located in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc.
  • Storage media The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the instructions in the memory and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with its hardware.
  • the memory 702 may store instructions for executing a method performed by a policy control network element in the method shown in FIG. 2.
  • the processor 701 may execute the instructions stored in the memory 702 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 703) to complete the steps performed by the policy control network element in the method shown in FIG. Description.
  • the memory 702 may store instructions for executing a method performed by a policy control network element in the method shown in FIG. 3.
  • the processor 701 may execute instructions stored in the memory 702 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 703) to complete the steps performed by the policy control network element in the method shown in FIG. 3.
  • other hardware for example, the transceiver 703
  • the memory 702 may store instructions for performing a method performed by the PCF in the method shown in FIG. 4.
  • the processor 701 may execute instructions stored in the memory 702 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 703) to complete the steps performed by the PCF in the method shown in FIG. 4.
  • other hardware for example, the transceiver 703
  • the memory 702 may store instructions for performing a method performed by the PCF in the method shown in FIG. 5.
  • the processor 701 may execute instructions stored in the memory 702 in combination with other hardware (such as the transceiver 703) to complete the steps performed by the PCF in the method shown in FIG. .
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, and the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit.
  • the transceiver unit may be an input / output circuit or a communication interface;
  • the processing unit is a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.
  • the chip may execute the method of controlling the network element side or the PCF side of the policy in the foregoing method embodiment.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed, the method of the policy control network element side or the PCF side in the foregoing method embodiment is executed.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product including instructions, and when the instructions are executed, the method of the policy control network element side or the PCF side in the foregoing method embodiment is executed.
  • FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device 800 shown in FIG. 8 includes a processing unit 801 and a sending unit 802.
  • the network device 800 may be a data analysis network element in the embodiments shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, and an NWDAF in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the processing unit 801 is configured to determine network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the at least one slice network list.
  • the sending unit 802 is configured to send network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list to a policy control network element.
  • the processing unit 801 may be implemented by a processor, and the sending unit 802 may be implemented by a transmitter.
  • the processing unit 801 and the sending unit 802 reference may be made to the methods shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, and details are not described herein again.
  • a communication device may be a network device or a component (such as a chip or a circuit) of the network device.
  • the communication device may include a processor.
  • the communication device may further include a transmitter and a memory.
  • the processor may be used to implement the corresponding functions and operations of the processing unit.
  • the transmitter can be used to implement the corresponding functions and operations of the above-mentioned transmitting unit.
  • the transmitter and receiver can be integrated together, called a transceiver.
  • the device used to implement the receiving function in this transceiver is regarded as the receiving unit, and the device used to implement the transmitting function is regarded as the transmitting unit.
  • the memory may be used to store execution instructions or application program code, and controlled by a processor to implement the method provided by the foregoing embodiments of the present application in combination with a transmitter; and / or, it may also be used to temporarily store some data and instruction information.
  • the memory may exist independently of the processor. At this time, the memory may be connected to the processor through a communication line. In another possible design, the memory may also be integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device includes a processor 901 and a memory 902.
  • the processor 901 may be configured to process a communication protocol and communication data, control a network device, execute a software program, and process data of the software program.
  • the memory 902 is mainly used to store software programs and data.
  • FIG. 9 For ease of explanation, only one memory and processor are shown in FIG. 9. In an actual network equipment product, there may be one or more processors and one or more memories.
  • the memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device.
  • the memory may be set independently of the processor or integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • the transceiver 903 having a transmitting / receiving function circuit or device may be regarded as a network device, and the processor having a processing function may be regarded as a processing unit of the network device.
  • the transceiver may also be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiver device, and the like.
  • the processing unit may also be called a processor, a processing single board, a processing module, a processing device, and the like.
  • the device for implementing the receiving function in the transceiver 903 may be regarded as a receiving unit, and the device for implementing the transmitting function in the transceiver 903 may be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the transceiver 903 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit.
  • the receiving unit may also be called a receiver, a receiver, or a receiving circuit.
  • the transmitting unit may also be called a transmitter, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit.
  • the processor 901, the memory 902, and the transceiver 903 communicate with each other through an internal connection path, and transfer control and / or data signals
  • the methods disclosed in the foregoing embodiments of the present application may be applied to the processor 901, or implemented by the processor 901.
  • the processor 901 may be an integrated circuit chip and has a signal processing capability.
  • each step of the above method may be completed by using hardware integrated logic circuits or instructions in the form of software in the processor 901.
  • the processor described in the embodiments of the present application may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and a ready-made programmable gate array (field programmable gate array). , FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
  • the steps of the method disclosed in combination with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or may be performed by using a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
  • Software modules can be located in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc.
  • Storage media The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the instructions in the memory and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with its hardware.
  • the memory 902 may store instructions for performing a method performed by a data analysis network element in the method shown in FIG. 2.
  • the processor 901 may execute instructions stored in the memory 902 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 903) to complete the steps performed by the data analysis network element in the method shown in FIG. Description.
  • the memory 902 may store instructions for performing a method performed by a data analysis network element in the method shown in FIG. 3.
  • the processor 901 may execute the instructions stored in the memory 902 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 903) to complete the steps performed by the data analysis network element in the method shown in FIG. Description.
  • the memory 902 may store instructions for performing a method performed by NWDAF in the method shown in FIG. 4.
  • the processor 901 may execute instructions stored in the memory 902 in combination with other hardware (such as the transceiver 903) to complete the steps performed by the NWDAF in the method shown in FIG. 4.
  • other hardware such as the transceiver 903
  • the memory 902 may store instructions for performing a method performed by NWDAF in the method shown in FIG. 5.
  • the processor 901 may execute instructions stored in the memory 902 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 903) to complete the steps performed by the NWDAF in the method shown in FIG. 5.
  • other hardware for example, the transceiver 903
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, and the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit.
  • the transceiver unit may be an input / output circuit or a communication interface;
  • the processing unit is a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.
  • the chip may execute the method of the data analysis network element side or the NWDAF side in the foregoing method embodiment.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores instructions thereon, and when the instructions are executed, the method of the data analysis network element side or the NWDAF side in the foregoing method embodiment is executed.
  • the embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product containing instructions, and when the instructions are executed, the method of the data analysis network element side or the NWDAF side in the foregoing method embodiment is executed.
  • FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device 1000 shown in FIG. 10 includes a processing unit 1001 and a receiving unit 1002.
  • the network device 800 may be a network management network element in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and an OAM in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • a receiving unit 1002 configured to receive network configuration information sent by a policy control network element
  • the processing unit 1001 is configured to perform network configuration on at least one slice network included in the first slice network list according to network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list.
  • the receiving unit 1002 is specifically configured to receive network configuration information corresponding to each slice network list in the at least one slice network list sent by a policy control network element, where the at least one slice network list includes the first slice Network list.
  • the processing unit 1001 is further configured to determine network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list from the received network configuration information corresponding to the slice network list.
  • the receiving unit 1002 is specifically configured to receive network configuration information corresponding to the first slice network list sent by a policy control network element.
  • the processing unit 1001 may be implemented by a processor, and the sending unit 1002 may be implemented by a transmitter.
  • the processing unit 1001 and the sending unit 1002 reference may be made to the methods shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, and details are not described herein again.
  • a communication device may be a network device or a component (such as a chip or a circuit) of the network device.
  • the communication device may include a processor.
  • the communication device may further include a receiver and a memory.
  • the processor may be used to implement the corresponding functions and operations of the processing unit.
  • the receiver can be used to implement the functions and operations of the receiving unit described above.
  • the transmitter and receiver can be integrated together, called a transceiver.
  • the device used to implement the receiving function in this transceiver is regarded as the receiving unit, and the device used to implement the transmitting function is regarded as the transmitting unit.
  • the memory may be used to store execution instructions or application program code, and controlled by a processor to implement the method provided by the foregoing embodiments of the present application in combination with a receiver; and / or, it may also be used to temporarily store some data and instruction information.
  • the memory may exist independently of the processor. At this time, the memory may be connected to the processor through a communication line. In another possible design, the memory may also be integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device includes a processor 1101 and a memory 1102.
  • the processor 1101 may be configured to process a communication protocol and communication data, control a network device, execute a software program, and process data of the software program.
  • the memory 1102 is mainly used to store software programs and data.
  • FIG. 11 For ease of description, only one memory and processor are shown in FIG. 11. In an actual network equipment product, there may be one or more processors and one or more memories.
  • the memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device.
  • the memory may be set independently of the processor or integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • the transceiver 1103 having a transmitting / receiving function circuit or device may be regarded as a network device, and the processor having a processing function may be regarded as a processing unit of the network device.
  • the transceiver may also be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiver device, and the like.
  • the processing unit may also be called a processor, a processing single board, a processing module, a processing device, and the like.
  • the device for implementing the receiving function in the transceiver 1103 can be regarded as a receiving unit, and the device for implementing the transmitting function in the transceiver 1103 can be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the transceiver 1103 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit.
  • the receiving unit may also be called a receiver, a receiver, or a receiving circuit.
  • the transmitting unit may also be called a transmitter, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit.
  • the processor 1101, the memory 1102, and the transceiver 1103 communicate with each other through an internal connection path, and transfer control and / or data signals.
  • the methods disclosed in the foregoing embodiments of the present application may be applied to the processor 1101, or implemented by the processor 1101.
  • the processor 1101 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
  • each step of the above method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1101 or an instruction in the form of software.
  • the processor described in the embodiments of the present application may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and a ready-made programmable gate array (field programmable gate array). , FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
  • the steps of the method disclosed in combination with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or may be performed by using a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
  • Software modules can be located in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc.
  • Storage media The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the instructions in the memory and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with its hardware.
  • the memory 1102 may store instructions for performing a method performed by a network management network element in the method shown in FIG. 2.
  • the processor 1101 may execute instructions stored in the memory 1102 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 1103) to complete the steps performed by the network management network element in the method shown in FIG. 2.
  • other hardware for example, the transceiver 1103
  • the memory 1102 may store instructions for performing a method performed by a network management network element in the method shown in FIG. 3.
  • the processor 1101 may execute instructions stored in the memory 1102 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 1103) to complete the steps performed by the network management network element in the method shown in FIG. 3.
  • other hardware for example, the transceiver 1103
  • the memory 1102 may store instructions for performing a method performed by the OAM in the method shown in FIG. 4.
  • the processor 1101 may execute the instructions stored in the memory 1102 in combination with other hardware (for example, the transceiver 1103) to complete the steps performed by the OAM in the method shown in FIG. 4.
  • other hardware for example, the transceiver 1103
  • the memory 1102 may store instructions for performing a method performed by the OAM in the method shown in FIG. 5.
  • the processor 1101 may execute instructions stored in the memory 1102 in combination with other hardware (such as the transceiver 1103) to complete the steps performed by the OAM in the method shown in FIG. 5.
  • other hardware such as the transceiver 1103
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, and the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit.
  • the transceiver unit may be an input / output circuit or a communication interface;
  • the processing unit is a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.
  • the chip may execute the method of the network management network element side or the OAM side in the foregoing method embodiment.
  • the embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores instructions thereon, and when the instructions are executed, the method of the network management network element side or the OAM side in the foregoing method embodiment is executed.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product including instructions, and when the instructions are executed, the method of the network management network element side or the OAM side in the foregoing method embodiment is executed.
  • the network device includes a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on the hardware layer, and an application layer running on the operating system layer.
  • This hardware layer includes hardware such as a central processing unit (CPU), a memory management unit (MMU), and a memory (also called main memory).
  • the operating system may be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes, such as a Linux operating system, a Unix operating system, an Android operating system, or a windows operating system.
  • the embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the specific structure of the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, as long as the program that records the code of the method provided by the embodiment of the application can be run to provide the program according to the embodiment of the application.
  • the communication may be performed by using the method described above.
  • the method execution subject provided in the embodiment of the present application may be a network device, or a function module in the network device that can call a program and execute the program.
  • various components are communicatively connected, that is, the processing unit (or processor), the storage unit (or memory), and the transceiver unit (transceiver) communicate with each other through an internal connection path to transfer control and / Or data signals.
  • the foregoing method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the steps of the foregoing method embodiments may be implemented by a processor.
  • the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
  • each step of the foregoing method embodiment may be completed by using an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a form of software.
  • the above processor may be a central processing unit (CPU), a network processor (NP) or a combination of CPU and NP, a digital signal processor (DSP), and an application specific integrated circuit (application) specific integrated circuit (ASIC), ready-made programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • NP network processor
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps combined with the method disclosed in this application can be directly embodied as being executed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed and executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
  • the software module may be located in a mature storage medium such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, or an electrically erasable programmable memory, a register, and the like.
  • the storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with its hardware.
  • the apparatus may include multiple processors or the processor may include multiple processing units.
  • the processor may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor, or may be a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor.
  • the memory is used to store computer instructions executed by the processor.
  • the memory may be a memory circuit or a memory.
  • the memory may be volatile memory or non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory.
  • the non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable PROM, EPROM), electrical memory Erase programmable read-only memory (EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory.
  • the volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache.
  • the memory may be independent of the processor or a storage unit in the processor, which is not limited herein. Although only one memory is shown in the figure, the device may also include multiple memories or the memory includes multiple storage units.
  • the transceiver is used to implement the content interaction between the processor and other units or network elements.
  • the transceiver may be a communication interface of the device, a transceiver circuit or a communication unit, or a transceiver.
  • the transceiver may also be a communication interface or a transceiver circuit of the processor.
  • the transceiver may be a transceiver chip.
  • the transceiver may further include a transmitting unit and / or a receiving unit.
  • the transceiver may include at least one communication interface.
  • the transceiver may also be a unit implemented in software.
  • the processor may interact with other units or network elements through a transceiver. For example, the processor obtains or receives content from other network elements through the transceiver. If the processor and the transceiver are two physically separated components, the processor may interact with the other units of the device without going through the transceiver.
  • the processor, the memory, and the transceiver may be connected to each other through a bus.
  • the bus may be a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (EISA) bus, or the like.
  • PCI peripheral component interconnect
  • EISA extended industry standard architecture
  • the bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.
  • words such as “exemplary” or “for example” are used as examples, illustrations or illustrations. Any embodiment or design described as “exemplary” or “for example” in the embodiments of the present application should not be construed as more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of the words "exemplary” or “for example” is intended to present the relevant concept in a concrete manner.
  • names of request messages, response messages, and other various messages are used.
  • these messages are merely examples of the content or functions to be carried, and the specific names of the messages do not limit the application, for example, they may be the first message, the second message, the third message, and so on.
  • These messages can be specific messages or certain fields in the message.
  • These messages can also represent various service-oriented operations.
  • various aspects or features of the present application may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and / or engineering techniques.
  • article of manufacture encompasses a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or medium.
  • computer-readable media may include, but are not limited to: magnetic storage devices (eg, hard disks, floppy disks, or magnetic tapes, etc.), optical disks (eg, compact discs (CD), digital versatile discs (DVD) Etc.), smart cards and flash memory devices (for example, erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), cards, sticks or key drives, etc.).
  • various storage media described herein may represent one or more devices and / or other machine-readable media used to store information.
  • machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and / or carrying instruction (s) and / or data.
  • the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other ways.
  • the device embodiments described above are only schematic.
  • the division of the unit is only a logical function division.
  • multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not implemented.
  • the displayed or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, which may be electrical, mechanical or other forms.
  • the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objective of the solution of this embodiment.
  • each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
  • the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
  • the technical solution of this application is essentially a part that contributes to the existing technology or a part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product.
  • the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the aforementioned storage media include: U disks, mobile hard disks, read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), magnetic disks or compact discs and other media that can store program codes .

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La présente invention concerne un procédé d'acquisition d'informations de configuration de réseau, et un dispositif associé. Le procédé comprend les étapes suivantes : un élément de réseau de commande de politique envoie des informations de demande à un élément de réseau d'analyse de données, les informations de demande étant utilisées pour demander des informations de configuration de réseau correspondant à chaque liste de réseaux de tranche dans au moins une liste de réseaux de tranche, chaque liste de réseaux de tranche comprenant au moins un réseau de tranche ; et l'élément de réseau de commande de politique reçoit les informations de configuration de réseau correspondant à chaque liste de réseaux de tranche envoyée par l'élément de réseau d'analyse de données. Selon les solutions techniques ci-dessus, l'élément de réseau de commande de politique peut envoyer des exigences de qualité de service de la liste de réseaux de tranche qui doivent être acquises à l'élément de réseau d'analyse de données. L'élément de réseau d'analyse de données peut envoyer des informations de configuration de réseau correspondant à l'élément de réseau de commande de politique conformément aux exigences de l'élément de réseau de commande de politique. Par conséquent, les solutions techniques fournissent un procédé efficace pour acquérir les informations de configuration de réseau.
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