CN113727374B

CN113727374B - Network resource management method and device

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Publication number: CN113727374B
Application number: CN202110989496.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 董秋丽; 李静; 曹亘; 李福昌
Original assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-26
Filing date: 2021-08-26
Publication date: 2023-07-07
Anticipated expiration: 2041-08-26
Also published as: CN113727374A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a network resource management method and device, which relate to the field of communication and are used for simultaneously configuring cell attribute information for a plurality of logic cells, so that an operator can conveniently manage network resources related to the logic cells. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a network resource management model; the network resource management model includes: physical IOCs and logical IOCs; the physical IOC and the logical IOC are mutually independent; wherein the physical IOC comprises attributes related to physical cells, and the logical IOC comprises attributes related to logical cells; and managing the resources of the wireless network according to the acquired network resource management model. The method and the device are used for network resource management.

Description

Network resource management method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for managing network resources.

Background

With the need for service development, the sum of various information resources (hereinafter referred to as network resources) available by the network environment is continuously increased or exited, and in order to facilitate the management of the network resources, a network resource model (network resource model, NRM) is proposed in the industry. The NRM is an abstract representation of real network resources, comprises network resource classes, resource class attributes, association relations among the resource classes and the like, and abstract description of the network resources in a unified mode, and aims to provide complete and accurate description of the network resources, support rapid generation and expansion of the network resources, realize dynamic maintenance management of the network resources, resource object expansion, resource association and association of networks, services and clients, and provide support for upper-layer applications such as network planning, service opening and service guarantee.

With the rapid development of the fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation,5G), the shared network will become the main stream direction for future construction of the mobile communication network, while in the scenario of the shared network, the 5G system only has a multi-operator core network (multi operator core network, MOCN) sharing mode, and in the MOCN sharing mode, the management of the shared network can configure cell attribute information for one or more logical cells at the same time. However, each information object class (information object class, IOC) in the existing NRM refers to a single physical cell, and thus it is apparent that the existing NRM cannot configure cell attribute information for a plurality of logical cells at the same time.

Therefore, how to ensure that the cell attribute information can be configured for a plurality of logical cells at the same time when managing the shared network, and further manage the network resources related to the logical cells, becomes a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a network resource management method and device, which are used for simultaneously configuring cell attribute information for a plurality of logic cells so as to manage network resources related to the logic cells.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the application adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, a network resource management method is provided, where the network resource management method provided in the present application includes: obtaining a network resource management model, wherein the network resource management model comprises: a physical IOC and a logical IOC, the physical IOC and the logical IOC being independent of each other. Wherein the physical IOC includes an attribute related to a physical cell, and the logical IOC includes an attribute related to a logical cell. According to the network resource management model, the resources of the wireless network are managed.

That is, the network resource management model in the present application includes a physical IOC including an attribute related to a physical cell and a logical IOC including an attribute related to a logical cell, and then performs management of wireless network resources according to the network resource model. In this way, the physical cell is distinguished from the attribute related to the logical cell, and in the shared scene supporting a plurality of logical cells, the physical cell only needs to configure the logical IOC related to the logical cell when configuring the cell attribute information of the plurality of logical cells, and the attribute related to the physical cell cannot be repeated, so that different cell IDs can be flexibly configured, and the management of the cell by an operator is improved.

The physical IOC and the logical IOC included in the network resource management model are independent from each other and can be configured independently.

In one possible design, the network resource management model includes multiple levels of IOCs, each level of IOC including a physical IOC and a logical IOC, the physical IOCs in a first level of IOCs in the multiple levels of IOCs being associated with the logical IOCs in a common attribute setting, the first level of IOCs being any level of IOCs. That is, the physical cells of each level are isolated from the logical cells, so that the physical attributes and the logical attributes related to the cells are separated, and the management of the cells by operators is facilitated.

In one possible design, the multi-level IOC includes a cell-level IOC and a function-level IOC; the cell-level IOC is used to describe cell-related attributes; the function level IOC is used to describe attributes related to Distributed Units (DUs) in a split architecture.

In one possible design, the physical IOCs of the cell-level IOC include: an operation state (operationalState) attribute, a management state (administeravelstate) attribute, a cell state (cellState) attribute, a New Radio Physical Cell Identity (NRPCI) attribute; the logical IOCs of the cell-level IOC include a cell local identification (cellocid) attribute, a public land mobile network list (plmninglist) attribute, and a new wireless tracking area code (NRTAC) attribute; the logical IOCs of the cell-level IOCs also include attributes of the physical IOCs used to associate the cell-level IOCs. The physical IOCs of the functional level IOCs include: a base station distribution unit identity (GNB DUID) attribute, a base station distribution unit name (gnbdunae) attribute, and a remote interference management reference signal report configuration (rimRSReportConf) attribute; the logical IOCs of the functional level IOCs include: base station identification (GNBID) attribute and base station identification length (GNBID length) attribute. To be compatible with the NRM model defined in the 5G protocol.

In one possible design, one physical cell being shared in a wireless network may correspond to multiple logical cells in a shared network scenario.

In one possible design, the physical IOC includes attributes in the logical IOC and is configured to be in a selectable state. Wherein the selectable state refers to a selectable state, in which the attribute exists when in the selected state (or displayed or turned on) and in which the attribute does not exist when in the unselected state (or hidden or turned off). In the shared network scene, the physical IOC and the logical IOC are mutually independent, and the attribute in the logical IOC which is configured into the selectable state and is included in the physical IOC is set into the unselected state, namely the physical IOC does not include the attribute related to the logical cell, and the physical IOC and the logical IOC are completely different in attribute. In a non-shared network scenario, the physical IOC includes an attribute in the logical IOC configured as a selectable state, which is set to a selected state, without configuring the logical IOC.

In a second aspect, a network resource management device is provided, where the network resource management device provided in the present application includes: an acquisition unit and a management unit. Wherein:

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the network resource management model; the network resource management model includes: a physical information object class IOC and a logical IOC; wherein the physical IOC includes an attribute related to a physical cell, and the logical IOC includes an attribute related to a logical cell.

And the management unit is used for managing the resources of the wireless network according to the network resource management model.

It should be noted that, the network resource management device provided in the second aspect is configured to implement the network resource management method described in the first aspect or any one of the possible designs thereof, and the specific implementation of the network resource management method described in the first aspect or any one of the possible designs thereof may refer to the specific implementation of the network resource management method described in the first aspect or any one of the possible designs thereof.

In a third aspect, a communication network element is provided, the communication network element comprising: one or more processors, and memory; the memory is coupled to the one or more processors; the memory is for storing computer program code comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communications network element to carry out any one of the methods provided by the first aspect or any one of its possible designs.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium comprising computer instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the methods provided by the first aspect or any of its possible designs.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising computer instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any one of the methods provided by the first aspect or any one of its possible designs.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2a is a schematic structural diagram of an access node of an access network according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2b is a schematic structural diagram of an NRM model according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flow chart of a network resource management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network resource management model according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a network resource management model according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network resource management device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication network element according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Wherein, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, "/" means or is meant unless otherwise indicated, for example, a/B may represent a or B; "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, "plurality" means two or more than two. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or plural. In addition, in order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, the words "first", "second", and the like are used to distinguish the same item or similar items having substantially the same function and effect. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the words "first," "second," and the like do not limit the amount and order of execution, and that the words "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ.

In addition, the network architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, and as a person of ordinary skill in the art can know, with evolution of the network architecture and appearance of a new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems.

The network resource management method provided in the present application may be used in any standard communication system, which may be a third generation partnership project (3rd generation partnership project,3GPP) communication system, for example, a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, or a 5G or New Radio (NR) system, or a non-3 GPP communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a simplified schematic diagram of a communication system 10 architecture to which embodiments of the present invention may be applied. As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 may include: a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) device 101, a core network 102, etc.

The RAN device 101 is configured to provide an access service to a coverage area thereof to access the core network 102, and a terminal located in the coverage area thereof accesses the core network 102 through the access service of the RAN device 101 to implement service data transmission.

For example, the RAN device may be a base station, broadband network service gateway (broadband network gateway, BNG), aggregation switch, non-3 GPP access device, or the like. The base station may include various forms of base stations, such as: macro base stations, micro base stations (also referred to as small stations), relay stations, access points, and the like. The embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited thereto. For example, the RAN device may be an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (evolved universal terrestrial radio access network, E-UTRAN) device in a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4th generation,4G) network, a next generation radio access network (next generation radio access network, NG-RAN) device in a 5G network, an evolved node B (eNodeB), a next generation base station (gNB), a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, WIFI) access node (AP), a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (world interoperability for microwave access, WIMAX) Base Station (BS), and the like.

Illustratively, taking a 5G system as an example, the structure of the RAN device and the access node of the core network may be specifically shown in fig. 2a, where a gNB may include a gNB Centralized Unit (CU), and one or more gNB Distributed Units (DUs). The gNB CUs and gNB DUs are connected through the F1 interface, one gNB DU is connected to only one gNB CU, and the gNB and 5G core network may be connected through the NG interface. It should be noted that, if the gNB is further divided, one gNB CU may include one gNB CU-Control Plane (CP) and one gNB CU-User Plane (UP).

Further, an NRM model defined according to the existing standards of the NG-RAN deployment scenario may be as shown in fig. 2 b. The GNBCUCP function (gnbcucpfucing) IOC illustrated in fig. 2b is used to represent CU-CP function of the gnnb, gnbcuupfucing (GNBCUUP function) IOC is used to represent CU-UP function of the gnnb, NR CELL (CELL) CU IOC is used to represent CELL-level function of the CU of the gnnb, gnbdufucing (GNBDU function) IOC is used to represent DU function of the gnnb, NR CELL (CELL) DU IOC is used to represent CELL-level function of the DU of the gnnb.

Whether the gNB of the split architecture or the gNB of the non-split architecture, the gNB can be composed of a GNBCUCP function (GNBCUCPFUNIT function) IOC, GNBCUUPFunction (GNBCUUP function) IOC, a NR CELL (CELL) CU IOC, a GNBDUFU function (GNBDU function) IOC, a NR CELL (CELL) DU IOC as illustrated in FIG. 2 b.

Each operator may individually set up a dedicated RAN device for providing an access network of the operator to a coverage area of the RAN device, and thereby providing network services of the operator to users in the coverage area. The cells included in the coverage area provided by the RAN equipment established by one operator are referred to as physical cells, and it should be understood that the physical cells are cells physically provided by the RAN equipment.

In a shared network scenario, the access network of one area may be shared with other operators, so that multiple operators in one area may share the access (sharing) network. When a cell in an access network is shared by multiple operators, the cell corresponding to each operator is called a logical cell, and thus a physical cell is formed to correspond to multiple logical cells.

Embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 3, the network resource management method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

s301, the network resource management device acquires a network resource management model.

Wherein, this network resource management model includes: the physical IOC and the logical IOC are independent of each other, the physical IOC comprises attributes related to physical cells, and the logical IOC comprises attributes related to logical cells.

The attribute related to the physical cell may be an attribute not related to the logical cell, and the attribute related to the physical cell is not required to be used or repeated when defining the logical cell.

The attribute related to the logical cell refers to an attribute that is related to both the physical cell and the logical cell, and must be used when defining the logical cell.

Alternatively, the physical IOC may be a physical DU cell (NRCellDU) IOC, a physical CU cell (NRCellCU) IOC, GNBCUUP Function (Function) IOC, GNBCUCPFunction IOC, or the like.

Alternatively, the logical IOC may be a logical DU cell (LogicalCellDU) IOC, a logical DU function (LogicalDUFunction) IOC, or the like.

Illustratively, the physical IOC may include a physical cell-related attribute: an operationalState attribute, an administtrativestate attribute, a cellState attribute, an NRPCI attribute, and the like. The logical IOC includes the following attributes related to the logical cell: cellocid attribute, plmninaglist attribute, NRTAC attribute, GNBID length attribute, and the like.

It should be noted that, the physical cell related attribute and the logical cell related attribute may be configured according to actual requirements, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

One possible implementation, the network resource management model may include a multi-level IOC; each stage of IOC includes a physical IOC and a logical IOC.

Wherein, the physical IOC and the logical IOC in the first level IOC in the multi-level IOC are provided with common attribute association, and the first level IOC is any level IOC.

Alternatively, a physical IOC and a logical IOC may be associated by an NRCellDuRef attribute.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 4, the network resource model includes a first level IOC and a second level IOC, where both the first level IOC and the second level IOC contain a physical IOC and a logical IOC, and in the second level IOC, the logical IOC and the physical IOC may be associated by an NRCellDuRef attribute.

Further, the multi-level IOC includes a cell-level IOC and a function-level IOC.

The cell-level IOC is used for describing the cell-related attribute; the function level IOC is used to describe attributes associated with the distribution unit DU in the split architecture.

Alternatively, the cell-level IOC may include: logicalCellDU IOC, NRCellDU IOC, NRCellCU IOC.

Alternatively, the function level IOC may include: logicalDUFunction IOC, GNBDUFunction IOC, GNBCUUPFunction IOC, GNBCUCPFunction IOC.

Note that GNBDU IOC may be connected to NRCellDU IOC, and GNBCUCP IOC may be connected to NRCellCU IOC.

Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 5, the first level IOC is a functional level IOC, which is: logic DU function, GNBDU function, GNBCUCP function. The second level IOC is a cell level IOC, which is: logical DU cell, physical CU cell. The logical DU cell IOC is connected with the logical DU function IOC, the physical DU cell IOC is connected with the GNBDU function IOC, and the physical CU cell IOC is connected with the GNBCUCP function IOC.

Wherein, optionally, the attributes in the physical IOC (i.e. the physical DU cell IOC) of the cell-level IOC may include: an operationalState attribute, an administtrativestate attribute, a cellState attribute, and an NRPCI attribute.

Optionally, the attributes in the logical IOC of the cell-level IOC (i.e., the logical DU cell IOC) may include: the cellocial id attribute, the plmnifellist attribute, and the nrthac attribute.

Optionally, the attributes of the logical IOCs of the cell-level IOCs (i.e., logical DU cell IOCs) may also include attributes of the physical IOCs used to associate the cell-level IOCs. For example, the attribute of the physical IOC associated with the cell-level IOC may be the NRCellDuRef attribute.

Optionally, the attributes of the physical IOCs of the function level IOCs (i.e., GNBDU function IOCs) may include: GNB DUID attribute, gnbdunae attribute, and rimRSReportConf attribute.

Optionally, the attributes of the logical IOCs of the function level IOCs (i.e., logical DU function IOCs) may include: GNBID attributes and GNBID length attributes.

In one possible implementation, one physical DU cell IOC in the wireless network corresponds to a plurality of logical DU cells IOC. That is, a plurality of logical DU cells can be supported in one physical DU cell, and when the cells are managed, the plurality of cells can be managed through the physical DU cell.

In one possible implementation, the physical IOC includes attributes in the logical IOC, and its attributes are configured to be selectable states.

Wherein the selectable state refers to a selectable state, in which the attribute exists when in the selected state (or displayed or turned on) and in which the attribute does not exist when in the unselected state (or hidden or turned off).

In an exemplary embodiment, in a shared network scenario, the physical IOC and the logical IOC are independent of each other, and the attribute in the logical IOC configured to be in the optional state included in the physical IOC is set to be in the unselected state, that is, the physical IOC does not include the attribute related to the logical cell, and the physical IOC and the attribute of the logical IOC are completely different. In a non-shared network scenario, the physical IOC includes an attribute in the logical IOC configured as a selectable state, which is set to a selected state, without configuring the logical IOC.

By way of example, the list of attributes of GNBDUFunction IOC in the NRM model in the current 5G illustrated in fig. 2b may be as shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

The logical IOC corresponding to the physical IOC for describing the physical cell, which is illustrated in table 1, may be newly added, which is called LogicalDUFunction IOC, to describe the logical cell.

Wherein the new addition LogicalDUFunction IOC is at the same level as the original GNBDUFunction IOC, splits the gNBId attribute and gNBIdLength attribute of GNBDUFunction IOC to LogicalDUFunction IOC, and identifies the gNBId attribute and gNBIdLength attribute in GNBDUFunction IOC as optional states.

Thus, in the newly defined NRM model, the attribute list of gnbdufection may be shown in table 2, and the attribute list of LogicalDUFunction IOC added is shown in table 3.

TABLE 2

TABLE 3 Table 3

Attribute name	Support Qualifier (support qualifier)
		gNBId (base station identification)	M
gNBIdLength (base station identification Length)	M

Illustratively, the attribute list of NRCellDU IOCs in the NRM model in the current 5G illustrated in fig. 2b may be as shown in table 4.

TABLE 4 Table 4

The logical IOC corresponding to the physical IOC for describing the physical cell, which is illustrated in table 4, may be newly added, which is called LogicalCellDU IOC, to describe the logical cell.

The new addition LogicalCellDU IOC is in the same level as the original NRCellDU IOC, splits the cellocid attribute, plmningfolist attribute and nRTAC attribute of the NRCellDU IOC to LogicalCellDU IOC, and marks the cellocid attribute, plmningfolist attribute and nRTAC attribute in the NRCellDU IOC as optional states.

Thus, in the newly defined NRM model, the NRCellDU IOC attribute list may be as shown in table 5, and the newly added LogicalCellDU IOC attribute list may be as shown in table 6.

TABLE 5

TABLE 6

Wherein the NRCellDU ref attribute illustrated in table 6 is used to correlate NRCellDU IOC illustrated in table 6 with LogicalCellDU IOC illustrated in table 5.

For example, in managing a shared network, logical IOCs as illustrated in tables 3 and 6 may be configured, and the attributes of the "CM" states in tables 2 and 5 may be configured to be unselected.

Illustratively, in managing a non-shared network, the attribute of the "CM" state in tables 2 and 5 may be configured as a choice, without configuring a logical IOC as illustrated in tables 3 and 6.

S302, the network resource management device manages the resources of the wireless network according to the network resource management model.

Among them, wireless networks can be classified into shared networks and non-shared networks.

One possible implementation, when managing the resources of the shared network, configures a logical IOC, where the physical IOC is different from the attributes in the logical IOC, and where the physical IOC and the logical IOC are independent of each other.

Illustratively, when managing resources of a shared network, the attribute list of the physical IOCs may be as shown in table 2 and table 3 above, and the attribute list of the logical IOCs may be as shown in table 5 and table 6 above.

In another possible implementation, attributes in a logical IOC may be included in a physical IOC and no logical IOC is present when managing resources of a non-shared network.

For example, in managing resources of a non-shared network, the attributes of the physical IOCs may be as shown in tables 2 and 3 above, and wherein the attributes of the selectable states are set to the selected states.

According to the scheme provided by the application, the network resource management model comprises a physical IOC and a logical IOC, wherein the physical IOC comprises attributes related to a physical cell, the logical IOC comprises attributes related to a logical cell, and then the management of wireless network resources is carried out according to the network resource model. In this way, the physical cell is distinguished from the attribute related to the logical cell, and in the shared scene supporting a plurality of logical cells, the physical cell only needs to configure the logical IOC related to the logical cell when configuring the cell attribute information of the plurality of logical cells, and the attribute related to the physical cell cannot be repeated, so that different cell IDs can be flexibly configured, and the management of the cell by an operator is improved.

The foregoing description of the solution provided in the present application has been mainly presented in terms of a network resource management device. It is to be understood that the apparatus, for example, in order to implement the above-described functions, comprises corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

The present application may divide the functional modules of the apparatus according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of the modules in this application is illustrative, and is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in practice.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic diagram of a network resource management device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the network resource management device 60 includes: an acquisition unit 601 and a management unit 602.

Wherein, the acquiring unit 601 is configured to acquire a network resource management model; the network resource management model includes: a physical information object class IOC and a logical IOC; the physical IOC and the logical IOC are mutually independent; wherein the physical IOC includes an attribute related to a physical cell, and the logical IOC includes an attribute related to a logical cell. For example, the acquisition unit 601 may be used to perform the process S301 illustrated in fig. 3.

A management unit 602, configured to manage resources of the wireless network according to a network resource management model. For example, the management unit 602 may be used to perform the process S302 illustrated in fig. 3.

Optionally, the network resource management model includes multiple levels of IOCs, each level of IOC including a physical IOC and a logical IOC. The physical IOC in the first-stage IOC in the multi-stage IOC is associated with the common attribute set by the logic IOC, and the first-stage IOC is any one-stage IOC.

Optionally, the multi-level IOC includes a cell-level IOC and a function-level IOC; the cell-level IOC is used to describe cell-related attributes; the function level IOC is used to describe attributes associated with the distribution unit DU in the split architecture.

Optionally, the physical IOCs of the cell-level IOCs include: an operationalState attribute, an administtrativestate attribute, a cellState attribute, and an NRPCI attribute; the logical IOCs of the cell-level IOCs include: a cellocial id attribute, a plmnifensist attribute, and an NRTAC attribute; the logical IOCs of the cell-level IOCs further include attributes of physical IOCs for associating the cell-level IOCs; the physical IOCs of the functional level IOCs include: GNB-DUID attribute, gnbdunae attribute, and rimRSReportConf attribute; the logical IOCs of the functional level IOCs include: GNBID attributes and GNBID length attributes.

Optionally, one physical cell in the wireless network corresponds to a plurality of logical cells.

Optionally, the physical IOC includes attributes in the logical IOC and is configured to be in an optional state.

The units in fig. 6 may also be referred to as modules, e.g., the processing units may be referred to as processing modules. In addition, the names of the respective units may not be those shown in the drawings, and for example, the acquisition unit may be referred to as an input unit.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a hardware structure schematic of a communication network element, as shown in fig. 7, where the communication network element 70 includes a processor 701, and optionally, the communication network element 70 further includes a memory 702 and a transceiver 703 connected to the processor 701. The processor 701, the memory 702 and the transceiver 703 are connected by a bus 704.

The processor 701 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), a general purpose processor network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processor (digital signal processing, DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), or any combination thereof. The processor may also be any other means for performing a processing function, such as a circuit, device, or software module. The processor 701 may also include multiple CPUs, and the processor 701 may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

The memory 702 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (compact disc read-only memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, as the embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard. The memory 702 may be separate or integrated with the processor 701. Wherein the memory 702 may contain computer program code. The processor 701 is configured to execute computer program code stored in the memory 702, thereby implementing the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application.

The transceiver 703 may be used to communicate with other devices or communication networks such as ethernet, RAN, wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc. The communication interface may be a module, a circuit, a transceiver, or any device capable of enabling communication.

Bus 704 may be a peripheral component interconnect standard (peripheral component interconnect, PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (extended industry standard architecture, EISA) bus, among others. The bus 704 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 7, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

The individual units in fig. 6 may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as separate products. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application may be essentially or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods of the embodiments of the present application. The storage medium storing the computer software product includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer-executable instructions. When the computer-executable instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with embodiments of the present application are produced in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer-executable instructions may be stored in or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). Computer readable storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer or data storage devices including one or more servers, data centers, etc. that can be integrated with the media. Usable media may be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (e.g., high-density digital video discs (digital video disc, DVDs)), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid State Disks (SSDs)), or the like.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the methods described above.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the methods described above.

The embodiment of the application also provides a chip, which comprises: a processor and an interface through which the processor is coupled to the memory, which when executed by the processor executes a computer program or computer-executable instructions in the memory, cause any of the methods provided by the embodiments described above to be performed.

Although the present application has been described herein in connection with various embodiments, other variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed application, from a review of the figures, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. A single processor or other unit may fulfill the functions of several items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.

Although the present application has been described in connection with specific features and embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that various modifications and combinations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are merely exemplary illustrations of the present application as defined in the appended claims and are considered to cover any and all modifications, variations, combinations, or equivalents that fall within the scope of the present application. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present application without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof, the present application is intended to cover such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method of network resource management, the method comprising:

acquiring a network resource management model; the network resource management model includes: physical IOCs and logical IOCs; the physical IOC and the logical IOC are independent; wherein, the physical IOC comprises an attribute related to a physical cell, and the logical IOC comprises an attribute related to a logical cell;

according to the network resource management model, managing the resources of the wireless network;

the network resource management model comprises a plurality of stages of IOCs, wherein each stage of IOC comprises a physical IOC and a logical IOC;

setting common attribute association between a physical IOC and a logical IOC in a first-stage IOC in the multi-stage IOC, wherein the first-stage IOC is any-stage IOC;

the multi-level IOC comprises a cell-level IOC and a function-level IOC;

the cell-level IOC is used for describing the cell-related attribute; the function level IOC is used to describe attributes related to the distribution unit DU in the split architecture.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the position of the substrate comprises,

the physical IOCs of the cell-level IOCs include: an operation state attribute, a management state administtrative state attribute, a cell state attribute, a new wireless physical cell identifier NRPCI attribute; the logic IOC of the cell-level IOC comprises a cell local identification cellocid attribute, a public land mobile network list plmninglist attribute and a new wireless tracking area code NRTAC attribute; the logical IOCs of the cell-level IOCs further include attributes of physical IOCs for associating the cell-level IOCs;

the physical IOCs of the functional level IOCs include: the base station distribution unit identifies a GNB DUID attribute, a base station distribution unit name gnbdunae attribute, and a remote interference management reference signal report configuration rimRSReportConf attribute; the logic IOC of the function level IOC includes: base station identification GNBID attribute and base station identification length GNBID length attribute.

3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that one physical cell in the wireless network corresponds to a plurality of logical cells.

4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the physical IOC includes an attribute in the logical IOC and is configured to be in a selectable state.

5. A network resource management device, the device comprising:

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the network resource management model; the network resource management model includes: physical IOCs and logical IOCs; the physical IOC and the logical IOC are independent; wherein, the physical IOC comprises an attribute related to a physical cell, and the logical IOC comprises an attribute related to a logical cell;

a management unit, configured to manage resources of a wireless network according to the network resource management model acquired by the acquisition unit;

the multi-level IOC comprises a cell-level IOC and a function-level IOC;

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the device comprises a plurality of sensors,

the physical IOCs of the functional level IOCs include: the base station distribution unit identifies a GNB-DUID attribute, a base station distribution unit name gnbdunae attribute, and a remote interference management reference signal report configuration rimRSReportConf attribute; the logic IOC of the function level IOC includes: base station identification GNBID attribute and base station identification length GNBID length attribute.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 or 6, wherein one physical cell in the wireless network corresponds to a plurality of logical cells.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 or 6, wherein the physical IOC comprises an attribute in the logical IOC and is configured to be in a selectable state.

9. A communication network element, the communication network element comprising: one or more processors, and memory;

the memory is coupled with the one or more processors; the memory is configured to store computer program code comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communications network element to perform the method of any of claims 1-4.

10. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-4.