WO2023125281A1

WO2023125281A1 - Intention execution method and communication device

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Publication number: WO2023125281A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/141391
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘银萍; 李贤明
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2021-12-30
Filing date: 2022-12-23
Publication date: 2023-07-06
Also published as: CN116419261A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide an intention execution method and a communication device. The method comprises: when an identifier of a first network element having a first function and an identifier of a second network element having the first function are received, determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element, or determining that the network element set performance of a first network element set is better than that of a second network element set, the first network element set comprising first network elements, and the second network element set comprising second network elements, such that a network element having better network element performance can be called to achieve a target intention, thereby improving an achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing an achievement duration of the target intention.

Description

Intention execution method and communication device

This application claims the priority of a Chinese patent application with application number 202111652052.3 and application title "Intention Execution Method and Communication Device" filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of China on December 30, 2021, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in this application middle.

technical field

The embodiments of the present application relate to the communication field, and more specifically, relate to an intent execution method and a communication device.

Background technique

Currently, work can be automated through cognitive network management systems. Cognitive network management systems support the processing of intent, where intent is the expectation of an acting system. With the continuous improvement of network intelligence, each function involved in the intention workflow has a variety of solutions. For example, the analysis function can be realized through the knowledge management function (knowledge management, KM), or it can call the self-organizing network (self -organizing network (SON) function or management data analysis function (management data analysis function, MDAF) implementation. How to implement intent workflow more efficiently has become an urgent problem to be solved.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the present application provides an intent execution method, so as to reasonably select a network element for realizing the intent, thereby increasing the probability of achieving the intent.

In a first aspect, an intent execution method is provided, the method comprising: receiving a target intent from an intent consumption network element; receiving an identification of a first network element having a first function from a knowledge management network element, the first function including a perception function , an analysis function or a decision function; receiving an identifier of a second network element having the first function from the knowledge management network element; determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, The network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the execution time of the first function; or, determining the network element set of the first network element set The performance of the network element set is better than that of the second network element set, the first network element set includes the first network element, the second network element set includes the second network element, and the network element set performance includes the purpose of achieving Probability and/or intention achievement duration, the intention achievement probability indicates the achievement probability of achieving the goal intention, and the intention achievement duration indicates the achievement achievement duration of the goal intention; send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, or , sending the identifier of the first network element.

Based on the above technical solution, if the identification of the first network element with the first function and the identification of the second network element with the first function are received, determine the first network element with better network element performance, or determine the set of network elements A first network element set with better performance. Further, an instruction corresponding to the first function is sent to the first network element, so that the first network element can execute the first function according to the instruction to achieve the target intention. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better, invoking the first network element to realize the goal intention can increase the achievement probability of the goal intention and/or reduce the achievement time of the goal intention.

Alternatively, the identifier of the first network element is sent, so that the intended consumer network element can send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

Alternatively, the identifier of the first network element is sent, so that the intention management network element can send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, which can improve the achievement probability of the goal intention and/or reduce the achievement time of the goal intention.

Or, sending the identifier of the first network element, so that the knowledge management network element can send the identifier of the first network element to the intention management network element, so that the intention management network element can call the first network element with better network element performance, thereby improving Probability of achievement of goal intentions and/or reduced duration of achievement of goal intentions.

Exemplarily, the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, including one or more of the following: the accuracy of the first network element is better than that of the second network element The accuracy is high; the execution duration of the first network element is shorter than the execution duration of the second network element; or, the expected duration of the first network element is shorter than the expected duration of the second network element, and the expected duration of the first network element is based on the The accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element are determined, and the expected duration of the second network element is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: receiving performance information of the first network element and performance information of the second network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used for Indicating the network element performance of the first network element, the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the second network element; wherein it is determined that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element The network element performance of the second network element includes: according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element, determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element Network element performance.

Exemplarily, the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, including one or more of the following: the intent achievement probability of the first network element set is higher than that of the second network element set The intention achievement probability of the second network element set is high; or, the intention achievement duration of the first network element set is shorter than the intention achievement duration of the second network element set.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: receiving performance information of the first set of network elements and performance information of the second set of network elements, and the network of the first set of network elements The element set performance information is used to indicate the network element set performance of the first network element set, and the network element set performance information of the second network element set is used to indicate the network element set performance of the second network element set; wherein, Determining that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the network element set of the second network element set includes: according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set, determining the The network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the sending the identifier of the first network element includes: sending the identifier of the first network element and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, and the first The indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element.

Based on the above technical solution, the identification of the first network element and the first indication information are sent to the knowledge management network element, so that when the knowledge management network element receives the query request of the target intention, it can send the information to the intention management network element according to the first indication information. The identifier of the first network element is sent instead of the identifier of the second network element. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, the achievement probability of the goal intention can be improved and/or the achievement of the goal intention can be reduced duration.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: sending performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate that the first network element The network element performance of a network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the sending the identifier of the first network element includes: sending the identifier of the first network element to the network element intended to consume or the network element intended to manage.

Based on the above technical solution, the identifier of the first network element is sent to the intended consumption network element, so that the intended consumption network element can send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

Alternatively, the identifier of the first network element is sent to the intention management network element, so that the intention management network element can send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, which can improve the achievement probability of the goal intention and/or reduce the achievement time of the goal intention.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the identifier of the first network element is sent to the intended consumption network element, and the method further includes: receiving target performance information from the intended consumption network element, the target performance The information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of realizing the target intention and/or the target achievement duration of the target intention; according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, it is determined to send the first network element to the intended consumption network element. An identifier of a network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the determining according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element to send the identity of the first network element to the network element intended to consume includes : If one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the goal is less than the first threshold; or, the ratio of the execution time of the first network element to the time to achieve the goal is greater than the second threshold , it is determined to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the method further includes: receiving target performance information from the intended consumption network element, the target performance The information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of realizing the target intention and/or the target achievement time period of the target intention; according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, it is determined to send the second network element to the first network element. An instruction corresponding to a function.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, determining to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element includes: If one or more of the following is met: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the goal is greater than or equal to the first threshold; or, the ratio of the execution time of the first network element to the achievement of the goal is less than or equal to If the second threshold is used, it is determined to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: sending second indication information to the first network element, where the second indication information is used to instruct the first network element to send the instruction The execution result is fed back to the intention consumption network element or intention management network element.

In a second aspect, an intent execution method is provided, the method comprising: receiving a first request message from an intent management network element, where the first request message is used to request performance information of a first network element having a first function and having the The performance information of the second network element of the first function, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function, the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element, the second The performance information of the network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the second network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the The execution duration of the first function; sending the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element to the intent management network element.

Based on the above technical solution, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element according to the first request message, so that the intention management network element can and the performance information of the second network element, select a network element with better network element performance from the first network element and the second network element to execute the target intention, so as to improve the probability of achieving the target intention and/or reduce the time for achieving the target intention.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: sending a second request message to the first network element, where the second request message is used to request performance information of the first network element; Performance information of the first network element is received from the first network element.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementation manners of the second aspect, the method further includes: sending a third request message to the second network element, where the third request message is used to request performance information of the second network element; Performance information of the second network element is received from the second network element.

In a third aspect, an intent execution method is provided, the method comprising: receiving a fourth request message from an intent management network element, where the fourth request message is used to request performance information and The performance information of the second set of network elements used to realize the target intention, the performance information of the first set of network elements is used to indicate the performance of the set of network elements of the first set of network elements, and the second set of network elements is used to indicate the performance of the set of network elements The performance of the network element set of the second network element set, the performance of the network element set includes the probability of achieving the intention and/or the duration of the intention, the probability of achieving the intention represents the probability of achieving the goal, and the duration of the goal represents the goal of achieving the goal the achievement duration; sending the performance information of the first set of network elements and the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intention management network element.

Based on the above technical solution, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set to the intention management network element according to the first request message, so that the intention management network element can The performance information of the network element set and the performance information of the second network element set, select the network element set with better network element set performance from the first network element set and the second network element set to execute the target intention, so as to improve the target intention achievement probability and/or Reduced time to achieve goal intent.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementation manners of the third aspect, the first network element set includes a first network element having a first function, where the first function includes a sensing function, an analysis function, or a decision-making function, and the method further Including: sending a second request message to the first network element, the second request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element, and the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element of the first network element Performance, the performance of the network element includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the execution time of the first function; receiving the first Performance information of the network element: determining the performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the first network element.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementation manners of the third aspect, the second network element set includes a second network element having a first function, and the first function includes a sensing function, an analysis function, or a decision-making function, and the method further Including: sending a third request message to the second network element, where the third request message is used to request the performance information of the second network element, and the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate the network element of the second network element Performance, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the execution time of the first function; receiving the second from the second network element Performance information of the network element: determining the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of the second network element.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an intention execution method, the method comprising: sending goal performance information, the goal performance information is used to indicate the goal achievement probability of realizing the goal intention and/or the goal achievement duration of realizing the goal intention; from the intention management A network element receives an identifier of a first network element with a first function, where the first function includes a sensing function, an analysis function, or a decision-making function; determines an instruction corresponding to the first function according to the identifier of the first network element; The network element sends the command.

Based on the above technical solution, the intended consumption network element receives the identifier of the first network element, so that an instruction corresponding to the first function can be sent to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

In a fifth aspect, an intention execution method is provided, the method comprising: receiving target performance information from an intention consuming network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of achieving the target intention and/or the target achievement of the target intention Duration: Receive the performance information of the first network element from the knowledge management network element, the first network element has a first function, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision-making function, and the performance information of the first network element is used for Indicating the network element performance of the first network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the execution time of the first function; according to The target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element send the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, or, according to the target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element Send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

Based on the above technical solution, the intention management network element may determine whether the intention management network element calls the first network element or the intention consumption network element calls the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element. It is beneficial to realize that when the accuracy of the first network element is too small and/or the execution time of the first network element is too long, the intended consumption network element calls the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fifth aspect, it is determined according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element to send the identity of the first network element to the intended consumer network element, or determining to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, including: if one or more of the following is satisfied: the first network element's The ratio of the accuracy to the target achievement probability is lower than the first threshold; or, the ratio of the execution time of the first network element to the target achievement exceeds the second threshold, then it is determined to send the first network element to the intended consumption network element. The identification of the network element; or, if one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the target intention is not lower than the first threshold; or, the execution duration of the first network element is equal to If the ratio of the target achievement time does not exceed the second threshold, it is determined to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the method further includes: sending second indication information to the first network element, where the second indication information is used to instruct the first network element to send the instruction The execution result is fed back to the intention consumption network element or intention management network element.

According to a sixth aspect, an intention execution method is provided, the method includes: receiving an identifier of a first network element having a first function and first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate a network element of the first network element The performance is better than the performance of the network element of the second network element having the first function, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function, and the performance of the network element includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy means The execution accuracy of the first function, the execution duration indicates the execution duration of the first function; receive the identification of the target intent from the intent management network element; send the first network element to the intent management network element according to the first indication information ID of the element.

Based on the above technical solution, the knowledge management network sends the identification of the first network element with better network element performance among the first network element with the first function and the second network element to the knowledge management network element according to the first indication information, The intent management network element can invoke the first network element to achieve the target intent. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, the achievement probability of the goal intention can be improved and/or the achievement of the goal intention can be reduced duration.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementation manners of the sixth aspect, the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element means one or more of the following: the first network element The accuracy of the element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution duration of the first network element is shorter than the execution duration of the second network element; or, the first expected duration is shorter than the second expected duration, the first The expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the second expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element .

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementation manners of the sixth aspect, the method further includes: receiving performance information of the first network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element performance; sending the performance information of the first network element to the intention management network element.

In a seventh aspect, a communication device is provided, and the communication device may include various modules or units configured to execute the method in the first aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a communication device is provided, the communication device includes a transceiver unit, and the transceiver unit is configured to receive a first request message from an intent management network element, where the first request message is used to request a first network with a first function Performance information of a unit and performance information of a second network element having the first function, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision function, and the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the performance of the first network element Network element performance, the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the second network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, and the accuracy indicates that the execution of the first function is accurate The execution duration indicates the execution duration of the first function; the transceiver unit is further configured to send the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in some implementation manners of the eighth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send a second request message to the first network element, where the second request message is used to request performance information of the first network element ; The transceiving unit is also used to receive performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in some implementation manners of the eighth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send a third request message to the second network element, where the third request message is used to request performance information of the second network element ; The transceiver unit is also used to receive performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

In a ninth aspect, a communication device is provided, the communication device includes a transceiver unit, and the transceiver unit is configured to receive a fourth request message from an intent management network element, where the fourth request message is used to request the first network for realizing the target intent The performance information of the set of network elements and the performance information of the second set of network elements used to realize the target intention, the performance information of the first set of network elements is used to indicate the performance of the set of network elements of the first set of network elements, the second set of network elements The element set is used to indicate the performance of the network element set of the second network element set, and the network element set performance includes the probability of achieving the intention and/or the duration of the achievement of the intention. The duration indicates the achievement duration of the goal intention; the transceiver unit is also used to send the performance information of the first set of network elements and the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intention management network element.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in some implementation manners of the ninth aspect, the first network element set includes a first network element with a first function, where the first function includes a sensing function, an analysis function, or a decision-making function, and the transceiver unit further It is used to send a second request message to the first network element, where the second request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element, and the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element of the first network element Performance, the performance of the network element includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the execution time of the first function; the transceiver unit is also used to obtain from the first The network element receives the performance information of the first network element; the communication device further includes a processing unit, and the processing unit is further configured to determine the performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the first network element.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in some implementation manners of the ninth aspect, the second network element set includes a second network element having a first function, where the first function includes a sensing function, an analysis function, or a decision-making function, and the transceiver unit It is also used to send a third request message to the second network element, where the third request message is used to request the performance information of the second network element, and the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate the network Element performance, the network performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the execution time of the first function; the transceiver unit is also used for receiving from the second The network element receives the performance information of the second network element; the communication device includes a processing unit configured to determine the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of the second network element.

In a tenth aspect, a communication device is provided, the communication device includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit, the transceiver unit is used to send target performance information, the target performance information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of achieving the target intention and/or to achieve the target The goal achievement duration of the goal intention; the transceiver unit is also used to receive the identification of the first network element with the first function from the intention management network element, and the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision-making function; the processing unit is used for An instruction corresponding to the first function is determined according to the identifier of the first network element; the transceiving unit is also configured to send the instruction to the first network element.

In an eleventh aspect, a communication device is provided, and the communication device may include various modules or units for performing the fifth aspect and the method in any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, a communication device is provided, the communication device includes a transceiver unit, the transceiver unit is used to receive the identification of the first network element with the first function and first indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate The network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element having the first function, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function, and the network element performance includes accuracy and/or or execution duration, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration indicates the execution duration of the first function; the transceiver unit is also used to receive the target intent identifier from the intent management network element; the transceiver unit It is also used to send the identifier of the first network element to the intent management network element according to the first indication information.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in some implementation manners of the twelfth aspect, the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, including one or more of the following: the The accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution duration of the first network element is shorter than the execution duration of the second network element; or, the first expected duration is shorter than the second expected duration, The first expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the second expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element The duration is fixed.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in some implementation manners of the twelfth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of the first network element, and the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate that the first network element The performance of the network element; the transceiver unit is further configured to send the performance information of the first network element to the intent management network element.

In a thirteenth aspect, a communication device including a processor is provided. The processor is coupled with the memory, and can be used to execute instructions in the memory, so as to implement the method in the above first aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect. Optionally, the communication device further includes a memory. Optionally, the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In an implementation manner, the communication device is an intent management network element or an intent evaluation network element. When the communication device is an intent management network element or an intent evaluation network element, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation manner, the communication device is a chip configured in an intent management network element or an intent evaluation network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in an intent management network element or an intent evaluation network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

Optionally, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit. Optionally, the input/output interface may be an input/output circuit.

In a fourteenth aspect, a communication device including a processor is provided. The processor is coupled with the memory, and can be used to execute instructions in the memory, so as to realize the method in any possible implementation manner of the above-mentioned second aspect and the second aspect, or realize any of the above-mentioned third aspect and the third aspect Methods in Possible Implementations. Optionally, the communication device further includes a memory. Optionally, the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In an implementation manner, the communication device is an intent evaluation network element. When the communication device is a network element intended to evaluate, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation manner, the communication device is a chip configured in an intent evaluation network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in an intention assessment network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

A fifteenth aspect provides a communication device, including a processor. The processor is coupled with the memory, and can be used to execute instructions in the memory, so as to implement the fourth aspect and the method in any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect. Optionally, the communication device further includes a memory. Optionally, the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In an implementation manner, the communication device is an intended consumption network element. When the communication device is intended to consume network elements, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation manner, the communication device is a chip configured in a network element intended to consume. When the communication device is a chip configured in a network element intended for consumption, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In a sixteenth aspect, a communication device including a processor is provided. The processor is coupled with the memory, and may be used to execute instructions in the memory, so as to implement the fifth aspect and the method in any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect. Optionally, the communication device further includes a memory. Optionally, the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In an implementation manner, the communication device is an intent management network element. When the communication device is intended to manage network elements, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation manner, the communication device is a chip configured in an intent management network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in a network element intended to be managed, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In a seventeenth aspect, a communication device including a processor is provided. The processor is coupled with the memory, and can be used to execute instructions in the memory, so as to implement the sixth aspect and the method in any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect. Optionally, the communication device further includes a memory. Optionally, the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In an implementation manner, the communication device is a knowledge management network element. When the communication device is a knowledge management network element, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation manner, the communication device is a chip configured in a knowledge management network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in a knowledge management network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In an eighteenth aspect, a processor is provided, including: an input circuit, an output circuit, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive a signal through the input circuit and transmit a signal through the output circuit, so that the processor executes the method in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect to the sixth aspect.

In the specific implementation process, the above-mentioned processor can be one or more chips, the input circuit can be an input pin, the output circuit can be an output pin, and the processing circuit can be a transistor, a gate circuit, a flip-flop and various logic circuits, etc. . The input signal received by the input circuit may be received and input by, for example but not limited to, the receiver, the output signal of the output circuit may be, for example but not limited to, output to the transmitter and transmitted by the transmitter, and the input circuit and the output The circuit may be the same circuit, which is used as an input circuit and an output circuit respectively at different times. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific implementation manners of the processor and various circuits.

In a nineteenth aspect, a processing device is provided, including a processor and a memory. The processor is used to read instructions stored in the memory, and may receive signals through the receiver and transmit signals through the transmitter, so as to execute the method in any one possible implementation manner of the first aspect to the sixth aspect.

Optionally, there are one or more processors, and one or more memories.

Optionally, the memory may be integrated with the processor, or the memory may be set separately from the processor.

In the specific implementation process, the memory can be a non-transitory (non-transitory) memory, such as a read-only memory (read only memory, ROM), which can be integrated with the processor on the same chip, or can be set in different On the chip, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the type of the memory and the configuration of the memory and the processor.

It should be understood that a related data interaction process such as sending indication information may be a process of outputting indication information from a processor, and receiving capability information may be a process of receiving input capability information from a processor. Specifically, data output by the processor may be output to the transmitter, and input data received by the processor may be from the receiver. Wherein, the transmitter and the receiver may be collectively referred to as a transceiver.

The processing means in the above nineteenth aspect may be one or more chips. The processor in the processing device may be implemented by hardware or by software. When implemented by hardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit, etc.; when implemented by software, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, which is implemented by reading software codes stored in a memory, which can Integrated in a processor, it can exist independently of that processor.

In a twentieth aspect, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product including: a computer program (also referred to as code, or an instruction), when the computer program is executed, the computer executes the above-mentioned first aspect to The method in any possible implementation manner in the sixth aspect.

In the twenty-first aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, and the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program (also referred to as code, or instruction) when it is run on a computer, so that the above-mentioned first aspect The method in any one of possible implementation manners up to the sixth aspect is executed.

In a twenty-second aspect, a communication system is provided, including one or more of the foregoing intention management network element, intention assessment network element, intention consumption network element, and knowledge management network element.

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Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a workflow for intent execution;

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a system suitable for the method provided by the embodiment of the present application provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a chip system provided by an embodiment of the present application.

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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical solution of this application can be applied to various types of network function virtualization (network function virtualization, NFV) systems, and the system can use standard formal language to integrate the current operator's business technical solutions, network construction solutions and network operation and maintenance methods It is described as patterns and strategies, and based on these patterns and strategies, technical solutions, construction solutions, and operation and maintenance methods are implemented. For example, the technical solution of the present application can be applied to one or more of the following systems: wireless intent driven network (wireless intent driven network, wIDN) system, experiential networked intelligence (ENI) system, intent driven management service ( intent driven management service (IDMS) system or open network automation platform (open network automation platform, ONAP) system, etc.

For clarity, some terms in the embodiments of the present application are explained below.

Intent: Refers to the expectations of the acting system. An intent can include one or more of the following: requirements, intent goals, and constraints. The active system may include one or more of the following systems: wIDN system, ENI system, IDMS system, ONAP system, etc.

Intent Workflow: Used to describe the steps to achieve an intent. Workflows are accomplished by one or more administrative functions.

Intention translation: the process of converting intent into executable commands, executable rules, or policies.

Awareness (awareness) function: network data and service data (such as configuration data, performance data, alarm data, etc.) collection and data preprocessing (such as data filtering, statistics, etc.).

Analysis (analysis) function: analyze the acquired network data and business data, identify the network status and business status; or based on the historically acquired network data and historically acquired business data, predict the future trend of the above network status and business status, and give Suggested optimizations.

Decision function: Evaluate and decide on the actions to be performed.

Execution function: issue the executable commands and/or executable rules of the network elements, and adjust the executable commands and/or executable rules of the network elements according to the network environment and the achievement of the intention.

Intent goal: used to indicate the target value that the intention needs to achieve.

Intention achievement: the system detects that the key performance indicator (KPI) value in the network reaches the target value in the intention expression, or the intention goal is achieved.

Intent Execution Result: Indicates the evaluation result of the achievement of the intention after the execution of the intention is completed. For example, intent execution results may include results of whether the intent was achieved and/or network performance metrics.

Knowledge management: gather all kinds of knowledge and information, and provide users with intelligent and efficient query and search capabilities by building the internal relationship between knowledge and information.

Intent creation: Create a new intent in the intent system and create a corresponding intent context.

Intention implementation: deliver the pending operations generated by the intent to the execution network element.

As shown in Figure 1, the third generation partnership project (3rd generation partnership project, 3GPP) divides the workflow of intent execution into five dimensions, which are intent translation, perception function, analysis function, decision function and execution . Exemplarily, the intent driven management function (intent driven management function, IDMF) expresses the intent into a set of management services (management service, MnS) or management functions (management function, MnF) requirements, the group of MnS or MnF jointly complete the perception function, analysis function, decision-making function and execute the entire workflow. Wherein, when implementing the execution function, the IDMF sends the network element executable command and/or the network element executable rule to the managed entity; correspondingly, the managed entity executes the network element executable command and/or the network element executable rule. The managed entity may be a network resource entity, such as a base station. Finally, IDMF evaluates the intention and returns the result of the intention to the operator or consumer.

As the network becomes more intelligent, there are multiple solutions for every function involved in the intent workflow. For example, the perception function can be realized through data collection coordination function (DCCF) or performance assurance MnS (performance assurance MnS). For another example, the analysis function may be realized through a knowledge management function, or through a self-organizing network (self-organizing network, SON) function or a management data analysis function (management data analysis function, MDAF). For another example, the decision-making function can be realized by MDAF or by IDMF.

In view of this, the embodiment of the present application provides an intent execution method, so as to reasonably select a network element for realizing the intent, thereby increasing the probability of achieving the intent.

In order to facilitate the understanding of the embodiment of the present application, the intention processing system provided by the embodiment of the present application will first be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 . As shown in FIG. 2 , the intention processing system includes an intention consumption network element 210 , a knowledge management network element 230 , an intention management network element 220 , and an intention evaluation network element 240 .

The intended consumption network element 210, also called the intended consumer, is the intended consumer. For example, the intended consumption network element 210 may be an operation support system (operation support system, OSS), a business support system (business support system, BSS), an application (application, APP) or other user equipment. For an intent driven management service (intent driven management service, IDMS) system, the intent consumption network element 210 may be a service consumer or an MnS or an MnF. For example, the intended consumption network element 210 may be a network management system (network management system, NMS). The intention consumption network element 210 may communicate with the intention management network element 220 , for example, the intention consumption network element 210 may send a request for creating or implementing an intention to the intention management network element 220 .

The intent management network element 220 is responsible for intent control, network management and decision-making functions. Exemplarily, for an IDMS system, the intent management network element 220 is an IDMF network element. Wherein, the intent control means that the intent management network element 220 can call different network elements to realize the perception function, analysis function, decision-making function and execution function. Network management refers to that the intention management network element 220 can manage network elements with perception functions, analysis functions, decision-making functions or execution functions. The decision function refers to evaluating and deciding on the actions to be performed.

The knowledge management network element 230 is responsible for intent translation and knowledge query functions.

The intent evaluation network element 240 can communicate with the intent realization network element (such as DCCF 250, SON function 260 or MDAF 270) to obtain the accuracy and/or execution time of the intent realization network element, and can realize the accuracy of the intent network element according to the intent The probability of achieving the intention is determined, and the time for achieving the intention is determined according to the execution time of the network element that realizes the intention. Specifically, for more functional descriptions of the intent evaluation network element 240 , reference may be made to the descriptions in the method 300 , method 400 , method 800 , method 900 or method 1000 below.

As shown in FIG. 2 , this embodiment of the present application does not intend to evaluate whether the network element 240 is independently deployed. In a possible implementation manner, the intent evaluation network element 240 may be deployed in the intent management network element 220 , that is, the intent management network element 240 implements all functions of the intent evaluation network element 220 . In another possible implementation manner, the intent assessment network element 240 is deployed independently.

Optionally, the intent processing system further includes an intent realization network element, configured to implement any one or more of the following functions: perception function, analysis function or decision function. For example, the DCCF 250 shown in FIG. 2 is used as an example of an intent management network element to implement a perception function; the SON function 260 shown in FIG. 2 is another example of an intent management network element and can be used to implement an analysis function; FIG. The MDAF 270 shown in 2, as another example of the intent management network element, can be used to implement the decision-making function.

It should be noted that, in FIG. 2 , the DCCF 250 is used as an example to realize the intention realization network element for realizing the perception function. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the intention realization network element for realizing the perception function. The intent realization network element for realizing the perception function may also be a performance assurance MnS. In FIG. 2, the SON function 260 is an example of an intent-to-implement network element used to implement the analysis function. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the intent-to-implement network element used to implement the analysis function. For example, the network element used to implement the analysis function The intent realization network element may also be the knowledge management network element 230 . And in Fig. 2, MDAF 270 is used to realize the intention realization network element of the decision-making function as an example, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the intention realization network element used to realize the decision-making function, for example, the network element used to realize the decision-making function The intent realization network element may also be an IDMF.

It should also be noted that the names of the network elements shown in FIG. 2 are only examples. The network elements shown in FIG. The embodiments of the application do not limit this.

The intent execution method provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described below by taking the coverage optimization process in the IDMS system as an example with reference to FIG. 3 . The intent execution method provided in the embodiment of this application includes the following steps:

S301. The NMS sends an intent creation request message to the IDMF.

Wherein, the intent creation request message includes a coverage-optimized area and a coverage-optimized target. For example, the coverage optimization area included in the intent creation request is area #A, and the coverage optimization target is that the weak coverage rate of area #A is less than 5%.

Optionally, the intent creation request message may also include one or more of the following: coverage-optimized time period, coverage-optimized user group, or coverage-optimized service. For example, if the intent creation request message further includes that the time period for coverage optimization is period #A, then the intent of the creation request message is to make the weak coverage of area #A in the period #A less than 5%.

S302. The IDMF sends an intent creation response message to the NMS.

After the IDMF receives the intent creation request message from the NMS, it allocates an intent identifier (intent identifier, intent ID) for the intent that the intent creation request message requests to create, and then IDMF feeds back the intent creation response message to the NMS, and the intent creation request message includes the intent ID. logo. Wherein, the identification of the intent is used to identify the intent.

S303. The IDMF sends an intent knowledge query request message to the knowledge management network element.

The intent knowledge query request message includes one or more of the following: coverage optimized target, coverage optimized area, coverage optimized time period, coverage optimized user group, and coverage optimized service. Exemplarily, the content included in the intent knowledge query request message is the same as that included in the intent creation request message.

Optionally, the intent knowledge query request message further includes an identifier of the intent.

S304, the knowledge management network element queries the intent knowledge.

Exemplarily, the knowledge management network element performs intent translation according to the content query knowledge contained in the intent knowledge query request message, so as to translate the intent into a set of network element executable commands, executable rules, or executable policies.

For example, the knowledge management network element performs intent translation to obtain one or more of the following: data collection rules, problem analysis strategies, program evaluation and decision-making strategies, and intent goal achievement calculation formulas (fulfillmentCriterion).

Wherein, the data collection rule is used to instruct the network element with the perception function how to collect network data and/or service data. Optionally, the data collection rule is also used to instruct the network element with the perception function how to perform data preprocessing. For example, data collection rules may include monitoring areas, monitoring objects, and coverage-related data categories. The monitoring area refers to the area where data is collected, and the monitoring object refers to the object where data is collected. Coverage-related data categories include one or more of the following: coverage-related performance data (i.e. performance measurement data, minimization of drive tests (MDT) data), network configuration data, stock data (such as equipment information, engineering parameters etc.) and environmental data (such as electronic maps). Optionally, the data collection rule may also include a data collection period.

The problem analysis policy is used to instruct the network element with the analysis function how to determine the coverage problem and generate a coverage optimization solution based on the collected data. For example, a problem analysis strategy may include one or more criteria covering the problem. For example, problem analysis strategies include discriminant conditions for weak coverage problems. Discrimination conditions for the weak coverage problem include one or more of the following: weak coverage pilot strength threshold, weak coverage signal to interference plus noise radio (SINR) threshold, and weak coverage level threshold.

The solution evaluation and decision policy are used to instruct the network element with decision function how to evaluate and decide the operation to be executed.

The calculation formula for achieving the intended goal indicates the calculation method for judging the achievement of the intended goal. If the intended goal is that the weak coverage rate of area #A is less than 5%, then the calculation formula for judging the achievement of the goal is the number of weak coverage cells in area #A/all of area #A number of cells.

S305. The knowledge management network element sends an intent knowledge query response message to the IDMF.

The intent knowledge query response message includes one or more of the following: data collection rules, problem analysis strategies, program evaluation and decision strategies, and intent goal achievement calculation formulas.

Optionally, the intent knowledge query response message further includes an identifier of the intent.

S306. The IDMF sends a data collection request message to the DCCF.

The IDMF determines the DCCF that can execute the data collection rule according to the data collection rule fed back by the knowledge management network element, and sends a data collection request message to the DCCF. The data collection request message includes data collection rules.

S307. The DCCF collects data according to the data collection rules.

S308. The DCCF sends a data collection feedback message to the IDMF.

The data collection feedback message includes the data collected by the DCCF. Optionally, if the data collection rule further instructs the DDCF to preprocess the collected data, the data collection feedback message also includes the result of preprocessing the collected data.

S309. The IDMF sends a problem analysis request message to the MnF1.

The IDMF determines the MnF1 that can implement the problem analysis strategy according to the problem analysis strategy fed back by the knowledge management network element, and sends a problem analysis request message to the MnF1. The problem analysis request message includes the data collected by the DCCF and the problem analysis strategy.

S310, MnF1 performs problem analysis and solution generation.

MnF1 performs coverage problem analysis and coverage optimization scheme generation according to the data included in the problem analysis request message and the problem analysis strategy. For example, the types of coverage problems analyzed are weak coverage, coverage holes, out-of-area coverage, and so on.

S311. The MnF1 sends a problem analysis feedback message to the IDMF.

The problem analysis feedback message includes the root cause of the coverage problem and several alternative coverage optimization schemes generated by MnF1 according to the root cause of the coverage problem. Coverage problem root cause refers to the cause of the coverage problem.

S312. The IDMF sends a solution evaluation and decision request message to the MnF2.

The IDMF determines the MnF2 that can implement the scheme evaluation and decision-making strategy according to the scheme evaluation and decision-making strategy fed back by the knowledge management network element, and sends a scheme assessment and decision-making request message to the MnF2. The solution evaluation and decision request message includes the root cause of the coverage problem and at least one alternative coverage optimization solution generated by MnF1, and also includes the solution evaluation and decision strategy.

S313, MnF2 performs program evaluation and decision-making.

MnF2 evaluates and makes a decision on at least one alternative coverage optimization solution according to the received solution evaluation and decision request message. Optionally, MnF2 also sorts the execution order of at least one alternative coverage optimization solution.

S341. The MnF2 sends an evaluation feedback message to the IDMF.

The evaluation feedback message may include a network element entity list (entityList) and an operation instruction list (instructionList) involved in each coverage optimization scheme. Optionally, the evaluation feedback message further includes a recommended execution sequence of at least one alternative coverage optimization solution.

S315. The IDMF sends an operation instruction to the network element.

According to the network element entity list and the operation instruction list involved in the coverage optimization scheme to be executed, the IDMF sends the operation instruction list of the implementation scheme to the corresponding network element. For example, the IDMF sends an instruction for instructing to adjust coverage-related network configurations to the access network device. Wherein, the coverage-related configuration may include the azimuth, tilt angle or downlink power of the antenna array in a massive multiple input multiple output (Massive multiple input multiple output, Massive MIMO) coverage scenario.

S316. The IDMF evaluates the achievement of the intention.

According to the operation instruction list received from the IDMF, the network element implements the operation instruction, and the IDMF calculates whether the intention is fulfilled according to the fulfillmentCriterion. If the intention is not achieved, IDMF sequentially executes all alternative coverage optimization schemes generated by MnF1 until the intention is achieved. Optionally, the IDMF sequentially executes alternative coverage optimization solutions according to the recommended execution sequence included in the evaluation feedback message.

S317. The IDMF sends an intent execution result notification to the NMS.

After the IDMF evaluates the intention, it sends the notification of the execution result to the NMS. The intention execution result notification is used to indicate the achievement of the intention. Among them, the achievement of the intention is used to indicate whether the intention is achieved. Optionally, the achievement of the intent further includes the network state (for example, coverage-related KPI) after the network element completes the operation.

In the embodiment of the present application, taking the coverage optimization process in the IMDS system as an example, the five dimensions of the intended execution workflow are described in detail, thereby clarifying the specific execution process of the intended workflow. As mentioned above, each function involved in the intent workflow can be realized by different network elements, however, in the method shown in Figure 3, it is not defined how the knowledge management network elements are selected for realizing the perception function, analysis function or A network element with a decision-making function.

In view of this, the implementation of the present application also provides the intention execution method shown in Fig. 4 , in order to reasonably select the network elements used to realize the perception function, analysis function or decision-making function, so as to improve the probability of achieving the intention.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic flowchart of an intention execution method provided by an embodiment of the present application, and each step included in the method 400 will be described in detail below.

S410. The evaluating network element receives the target intention from the intention consuming network element. Correspondingly, in S410, the intention consumption network element sends the target intention to the evaluation network element.

Wherein, the evaluation network element is the intent management network element or the intent evaluation network element in FIG. 2 . Exemplarily, in S410, the intention consuming network element sends the target intention to the evaluating network element through an intention creation request message. For example, an intent creation request message is used to request creation of a target intent.

Optionally, in S410, the network element intending to consume indicates the target intention to the evaluating network element through an identification of the target intention. That is to say, the intention consumption network element sends the identification of the target intention to the evaluation network element. Correspondingly, the evaluation network element determines the target intent according to the identification of the target intent. The identification of the target intent is used to uniquely identify the target intent.

Exemplarily, if before S410, the intended consumption network element receives the identification of the target intention from the intention management network element or the knowledge management network element, then in S410, the intended consumption network element may send the identification of the target intention to the evaluation network element. For example, if before S410, the intent consumption network element sends a request message for requesting creation of the target intent to the intent management network element, the intent management network element can assign an identifier to the target intent according to the request message, and send the identifier to the intent Consumer NE. Further, in S410, the intention consumption network element may send the identification of the target intention to the evaluation network element.

S420. The evaluation network element receives the identifier of the first network element from the knowledge management network element. Correspondingly, in S420, the knowledge management network element sends the identifier of the first network element to the evaluation network element.

The identifier of the first network element is used to indicate the first network element, for example, the identifier of the first network element may be an identifier (identifier, ID) assigned to the first network element by the intended management network element, or the identifier of the first network element is Rules or policies supported by the first network element. For example, if the first network element is a network element with a perception function, the identifier of the first network element may be a data collection rule. For another example, if the first network element is a network element with an analysis function, the identifier of the first network element may be a problem analysis policy. For another example, if the first network element is a network element with a decision-making function, the identifier of the first network element may be a solution evaluation and a decision-making strategy.

The first network element has a first function, and the first function is used to realize the target intention. Exemplarily, the first function includes one or more of the following: perception function, analysis function, and decision-making function. For example, the first network element can be the DCCF 250 in Figure 2 or the performance assurance MnS, and the first function is a perception function; or, the first network element can be the SON function 260 in Figure 2 or the knowledge management network element in Figure 2 230. The first function is an analysis function; or, the first network element may be the MDAF 270 in FIG. 2 or the intent management network element 220 in FIG. 2, and the first function may be a decision-making function. For another example, the first network element is the MDAF 270 in FIG. 2, and the first function includes: an analysis function and a decision-making function.

Exemplarily, in S420, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element to the evaluation network element, including: the knowledge management network element sends the identification of each network element included in the first network element set to the evaluation network element, the first The network element set is used to realize the target intention, and the first network element set includes the first network element. Exemplarily, the first network element set includes all network elements that need to be called to realize the target intent, and each network element included in the first network element set uses a different function in the process of realizing the target intent. For example, the first network element set includes a network element with a perception function, a network element with an analysis function, and a network element with a decision function. That is to say, the first network element may be a network element with a perception function, a network element with an analysis function, or a network element with a decision function in the first network element set. Among them, the network element with perception function uses the perception function in the process of realizing the goal intention, the network element with analysis function uses the analysis function in the process of realizing the goal intention, and the network element with decision-making function uses the function in the process of realizing the goal intention. decision function.

Exemplarily, the first network element set includes an MnF1 with a perception function, an MnF2 with an analysis function, and an MnF3 with a decision function. The identification of each network element included in the first network element set sent by the knowledge management network element to the evaluation network element may be expressed as: <MnF1 identification, MnF2 identification, MnF3 identification>. Wherein, the MnF1 identifier may be data collection rule #1, the MnF2 identifier may be problem analysis strategy #1, and the MnF3 identifier may be solution evaluation and decision-making strategy #1. That is to say, the identification of each network element included in the first network element set sent by the knowledge management network element to the evaluation network element can be expressed as: <data collection rule #1, problem analysis strategy #1, solution evaluation and decision-making strategy #1 >.

S430. The evaluation network element receives the identifier of the second network element from the knowledge management network element. Correspondingly, in S430, the knowledge management network element sends the identifier of the second network element to the evaluation network element.

The identifier of the second network element is used to indicate the second network element. For example, the identifier of the second network element may be the ID assigned to the second network element by the intended management network element, or the identifier of the second network element is the ID of the second network element Supported rules or policies. For example, if the second network element is a network element with a perception function, the identifier of the second network element may be a data collection rule. For another example, if the second network element is a network element with an analysis function, the identifier of the second network element may be a problem analysis strategy. For another example, if the second network element is a network element with a decision-making function, the identifier of the second network element may be a solution evaluation and a decision-making strategy.

The second network element has the first function. For example, the second network element is a network element different from the first network element among the network elements having the first function. For the description of the second network element, reference may be made to the description of the first network element, which will not be repeated here. Exemplarily, if the first function is an analysis function, the first network element can be the MDAF 270 in Figure 2, and the second network element can be the intention management network element 220; or, the first network element can be the intention management network element 220. The second network element may be the MDAF 270 in FIG. 2 .

Exemplarily, in S420, the knowledge management network element sends the identifier of the second network element to the evaluation network element, including: the knowledge management network element sends the identifier of each network element included in the second network element set to the evaluation network element, and the second The network element set is used to realize the target intention, and the second network element set includes the second network element. Exemplarily, the second network element set includes all network elements that need to be invoked to realize the target intent, and each network element included in the second network element set uses a different function in the process of realizing the target intent. For example, the second network element set includes a network element with a perception function, a network element with an analysis function, and a network element with a decision function. That is to say, the second network element may be a network element with a perception function, a network element with an analysis function, or a network element with a decision function in the second network element set.

Exemplarily, the second set of network elements includes MnF4 with a perception function, MnF5 with an analysis function, and MnF6 with a decision-making function, and the identity of each network element included in the second set of network elements sent by the knowledge management network element to the evaluation network element It can be expressed as: <MnF4 ID, MnF5 ID, MnF6 ID>. Wherein, the MnF4 identifier may be data collection rule #2, the MnF5 identifier may be problem analysis strategy #2, and the MnF6 identifier may be solution evaluation and decision-making strategy #2. That is to say, the identification of each network element included in the second network element set sent by the knowledge management network element to the evaluation network element can be expressed as: <data collection rule #2, problem analysis strategy #2, solution evaluation and decision-making strategy #2 >.

It should be noted that if the first function is the sensing function, MnF1 and MnF4 are different network elements, and the data collection rule #2 is different from the data collection rule #1. If the first function is an analysis function, MnF2 and MnF5 are different network elements, and problem analysis strategy #2 is different from problem analysis strategy #1. If the first function is a decision-making function, MnF3 and MnF6 are different network elements, and solution evaluation and decision-making strategy #2 is different from solution evaluation and decision-making strategy #1.

The embodiment of the present application does not limit the manner in which the knowledge management network element sends the identifier of the first network element and the identifier of the second network element to the evaluation network element. For example, the following four methods can be used to send:

In a first manner, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element and the identification of the second network element to the evaluation network element in different messages. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are different steps.

Method 2: The knowledge management network element carries the identification of each network element included in the first network element set in message #1 and sends it to the evaluation network element, and carries the identification of each network element included in the second network element set in message # 2, message #1 is different from message #2. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are different steps.

Mode 3, the knowledge management network element carries the identifier of the first network element and the identifier of the second network element in the same message and sends it to the evaluation network element. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are one step.

Method 4: The knowledge management network element carries the identification of each network element included in the first network element set in message #1 and sends it to the evaluation network element, and also carries the identification of each network element included in the second network element set in the message #1. #1 sent to the evaluation network element. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are one step.

Optionally, if the knowledge management network element also finds a third network element with the first function, the knowledge management network element may also send the identification of the third network element to the evaluation network element. Alternatively, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of each network element included in the third network element set to the evaluation network element, the third network element set is used to realize the target intention, and the third network element set includes the third network element.

Optionally, if the knowledge management network element also finds the fourth network element with the second function and the fifth network element with the second function, the knowledge management network element may also send the identification of the fourth network element to the evaluation network element and the identification of the fifth network element. The second function is used to achieve the goal intent, and the second function is different from the first function. For example, the first function is a perception function, and the second function may be an analysis function or a decision function. For another example, the first function is an analysis function, and the second function may be a perception function or a decision function. For another example, the first function is a decision-making function, and the second function may be an analysis function or a perception function.

Further, the method 400 executes S440a or S440b.

Exemplarily, if in S420, what the evaluation network element receives is the identifier of the first network element, instead of the identifiers of each network element included in the first network element set, and in S430, what the evaluation network element receives is The identifier of the second network element is not the identifier of each network element included in the second network element set, then the method 400 may perform S440a.

For another example, if in S420, the evaluation network element receives the identification of each network element included in the first network element set, and in S420, the evaluation network element receives the identification of each network element included in the second network element set ID, except for the first network element and the second network element, other network elements included in the first network element set are the same as other network elements included in the second network element set, then the execution of the method 400 may be S440a. For example, the first network element set includes network element #1 (namely the first network element), network element #2 and network element #3, and the second network element set includes network element #4 (ie the second network element), network element #2 and network element #3.

For another example, if in S420, what the evaluation network element receives is the identification of each network element included in the first network element set, and in S420, what the evaluation network element receives is each network element included in the second network element set , the method 400 may be executed at S440b.

For another example, if in S420 and S430, the evaluation network element receives the identification of multiple network elements, the multiple network elements include the first network element and the second network element, if the first network element and the multiple network elements Some of the network elements form the first network element set, and the second network element and some of the multiple network elements form the second network element set, then the execution of the method 400 may be S440b.

S440a, evaluating the network element to determine that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element.

The network element performance of the first network element includes the accuracy (accuracy) of the first network element and/or the execution time (executionTime) of the first network element.

The accuracy of the first network element indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, that is, the accuracy of the output result when the first network element historically uses the first function to achieve the target intention. Taking the sensing function as an example for the first function, the accuracy of the first network element may be expressed as: the ratio of the data actually collected by the first network element using the sensing function in history to the data requested to be collected by the first network element (for example, a percentage may be used) express). Taking the first function as a decision-making function as an example, the accuracy of the first network element can be expressed as: the number of times to implement alternative solutions according to the results output by the decision-making network element. For example, according to the decision result output by the first network element, the target intention is achieved after three alternatives are implemented, and the accuracy of the first network element is three times. Exemplarily, if the first network element has historically used the first function multiple times to achieve the target intent, the accuracy of the first network element may be an average value of multiple historical execution accuracy of the first function. For example, if the first network element has used the first function twice in history to achieve the target intent, then the accuracy of the first network element can be the accuracy of using the first function for the first time and the accuracy of using the first function for the second time average of.

The execution duration of the first network element indicates the execution duration of the first function, that is, the execution duration of using the first function to achieve the target intention in the history of the first network element. Taking the first function as an example of a perception function, the execution duration of the first network element is the duration used by the first network element to collect data according to the request. Exemplarily, if the first network element has historically used the first function multiple times to achieve the target intention, the execution duration of the first network element may be an average value of multiple historical execution durations of the first function. For example, if the first network element has used the first function twice in history to achieve the target intent, the accuracy of the first network element can be the execution time of the first use of the first function and the execution time of the second use of the first function average of.

The network element performance of the second network element includes the accuracy of the second network element and the execution time of the second network element. For the description of the accuracy of the second network element, please refer to the above description of the accuracy of the first network element, and for the description of the execution time of the second network element, please refer to the above description of the execution time of the first network element .

The network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element. The network element performance includes one or more of the following: the accuracy of the first network element is higher than that of the second network element; the execution time of the first network element is shorter than the execution duration of the second network element; or, the expected duration of the first network element is shorter than the expected duration of the second network element. Wherein, the expected duration of the first network element is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, for example, the expected duration of the first network element is equal to the execution duration of the first network element divided by the first The value obtained by the accuracy of the network element. The expected duration of the second network element is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element, for example, the expected duration of the second network element is equal to the accuracy of the second network element divided by the second network element The value obtained for the accuracy.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also receives the identification of the third network element with the first function, after the evaluation network element determines that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, further It may be determined that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the third network element. For the description of the network element performance of the third network element, reference may be made to the above description of the network element performance of the first network element.

Optionally, the evaluating network element may also determine that the network element performance of the second network element is better than the network element performance of the third network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also receives the identification of the fourth network element with the second function and the identification of the fifth network element with the second function, the evaluation network element can also determine the network element performance of the fourth network element The network element performance is better than that of the fifth network element. The network element performance of the fourth network element includes the accuracy of the fourth network element and/or the execution time of the fourth network element. The accuracy of the fourth network element indicates the execution accuracy of the second function, that is, the accuracy of the output result when the fourth network element historically uses the second function to achieve the target intention. The execution duration of the fourth network element represents the execution duration of the second function, that is, the execution duration of using the second function to achieve the target intention in the history of the fifth network element. The network element performance of the fifth network element includes the accuracy of the fifth network element and/or the execution time of the first network element. The accuracy of the fifth network element represents the execution accuracy of the second function, that is, the accuracy of output results when the fifth network element historically uses the second function to achieve the target intention. The execution duration of the fifth network element indicates the execution duration of the second function, that is, the execution duration of using the second function to achieve the target intention in the history of the fifth network element.

The network element performance of the fourth network element is better than that of the fifth network element. The network element performance includes one or more of the following: the accuracy of the fourth network element is higher than that of the fifth network element; the execution time of the fourth network element is is shorter than the execution duration of the fifth network element; or, the expected duration of the fourth network element is shorter than the expected duration of the fifth network element. Wherein, the expected duration of the fourth network element is determined according to the accuracy of the fourth network element and the execution duration of the fourth network element, for example, the expected duration of the fourth network element is equal to the execution duration of the fourth network element divided by the fourth The value obtained by the accuracy of the network element. The expected duration of the fifth NE is determined according to the accuracy of the fifth NE and the execution duration of the fifth NE, for example, the expected duration of the fifth NE is equal to the accuracy of the fifth NE divided by the fifth NE The value obtained for the accuracy.

Optionally, in S440a, the evaluating network element determines that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element. The performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element, and the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the second network element.

For example, the first network element performance information may include the accuracy and/or execution time of the first network element. The performance information of the second network element may include the accuracy and/or execution time of the second network element.

Optionally, if before S440a, the evaluation network element has not obtained the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element, before S440a, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element receives the first network element The performance information of the element and/or the performance information of the second network element.

S440b. Evaluate the network elements and determine that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than the performance of the network element set of the second network element set.

The first network element set is used to realize the target intention, and the first network element set includes the first network element. For more description about the first network element set, reference may be made to S420 above.

The second network element set is used to realize the target intention, and the second network element set includes the second network element. For more description about the second network element set, reference may be made to S430 above.

The network element set performance of the first network element set includes an intention achievement probability (may be expressed as successRate) of the first network element set and/or an intention achievement time period of the first network element set (may be expressed as expectedTime).

The intent achievement probability of the first network element set represents the achievement probability of the first network element set realizing the target intention.

Exemplarily, the intent achievement probability of the first network element set is determined according to the accuracy of the network elements included in the first network element set. For the description of the accuracy of the network element, reference may be made to the above description of the accuracy of the first network element. For example, the intent achievement probability of the first network element set is equal to the accuracy of the network element with the lowest accuracy among all network elements included in the first network element set, for example, the accuracy of network element #1 included in the first network element set is 100%, the accuracy of network element #2 is 90%, and the accuracy of network element #3 is 3 times, then the intent achievement probability of the first network element set can be 90% or 3 times. For another example, the intent achievement probability of the first network element set is equal to the product of the accuracies of the network elements included in the first network element set, for example, the intent achievement probability of the first network element set is equal to 90%×100%.

Also exemplary, the intent achievement probability of the first set of network elements is determined according to the following two items: the total number of times the history of the first set of network elements is invoked to achieve the target intention (denoted as the first item), the first set of network elements The total number of times the goal intent was achieved when the history was dispatched to achieve the goal intent (recorded as the second term). Wherein, the first network element set being called refers to that each network element included in the first network element set is called. For example, the probability that the first network element set is achieved is equal to the ratio of the second item to the first item.

The intention achievement duration of the first network element set indicates the achievement duration of the first network element set to realize the target intention.

Exemplarily, the intention achievement duration of the first network element set is determined by the execution duration of each network element included in the first network element set. For the description of the execution duration of the network element, reference may be made to the above description of the execution duration of the first network element. For example, the intention achievement duration of the first network element set is equal to the sum of the execution durations of all network elements included in the first network element set, for example, the execution duration of network element #1 included in the first network element set is 2 minutes (min) , the execution duration of network element #2 is 8 minutes, and the execution duration of network element #3 is 5 minutes, then the intent achievement duration of the first network element set is equal to 15 minutes.

In another example, the intent achievement duration of the first set of network elements is equal to the execution duration of the first set of network elements when the history of the first set of network elements is invoked to realize the target intent. If the history of the first set of network elements is invoked multiple times to achieve the target intent, the duration of the purpose of the first set of network elements is the longest execution duration among the multiple execution durations of the first set of network elements, or, the first network element The aggregated intention achievement duration is an average value of multiple execution durations of the first network element aggregation. Wherein, the historical execution time of the first network element set is the sum of the execution time of each network element included in the first network element set.

The network element set performance of the second network element set includes the intent achievement probability of the second network element set and/or the intention achievement duration of the second network element set. For the description of the probability of achieving the intent of the second set of network elements, please refer to the above description of the probability of achieving the intent of the first set of network elements, and for the description of the duration of the achievement of the intention of the second set of network elements, please refer to the above description of the first set of network elements A description of how long the collective intent is achieved.

The network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, including one or more of the following: the intent achievement probability of the first network element set is higher than the intent achievement probability of the second network element set ; or, the intention achievement duration of the first set of network elements is shorter than the achievement duration of the second set of network elements.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also receives the identification of the third network element or the identification of each network element included in the third network set, the evaluation network element determines that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the second network element set. After evaluating the performance of the network element set of the network element set, it may also be determined that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the network element set of the third network element set. For the description of the performance of the network element set of the third network element set, reference may be made to the above description of the performance of the network element set of the first network element set.

Optionally, the evaluating network element may also determine that the performance of the network element set of the second network element set is better than that of the network element set of the third network element set.

Optionally, before S440b, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element determines the network element set performance of the first network element set and/or the network element set performance of the second network element set according to historical data.

Exemplarily, if the assessment network element is a management network element, the intention assessment network element may determine the network element set performance of the first network element set and/or the network element set performance of the second network element set according to the stored historical data. The historical data includes one or more of the following: the total number of times the first network element set was called in history to achieve the goal intention, the total number of times the goal intention was achieved when the first network element set was called in history to achieve the goal intention, the first network element set was called in history The execution time of the first set of network elements to achieve the target intent, the total number of times the second set of network elements were dispatched to achieve the target intent, the total number of times the target intention was achieved when the second set of network elements was called to achieve the target intent, and the history The execution time of the second set of network elements when calling the second set of network elements to achieve the target intent.

Optionally, the evaluation network element may also determine the performance of the network element set of the third network element set according to historical data. The historical data also includes one or more of the following: the total number of times the third network element set was called historically to achieve the goal intention, the total number of times the goal intention was achieved when the third network element set was called historically to achieve the goal intention, the third network element set was called historically The execution time of the third network element assembly when the element assembly is used to realize the target intent.

Optionally, in S440b, the evaluation network element determines that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the network element set of the second network element set according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set. Meta collection performance. The performance information of the first network element set is used to indicate the network element set performance of the first network element set, and the performance information of the second network element set is used to indicate the network element set performance of the second network element set.

For example, the performance information of the first network element set may include the intention achievement probability and/or the intention achievement duration of the first network element set. The performance information of the second network element set may include the intent achievement probability and/or the intention achievement duration of the second network element set.

Optionally, if before S440b, the evaluation network element has not obtained the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set, before S440b, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element receives the first Performance information of a set of network elements and/or performance information of a second set of network elements.

Further, if the evaluation network element is the intended management network element, the method performs S450a or S450b; if the evaluation network element is the intended evaluation network element, the method executes S450b.

S450a. The evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

The instruction corresponding to the first function is used to instruct the first network element to execute the first function to achieve the target intention. For example, if the first function is a sensing function, the instruction corresponding to the first function is used to instruct the first network element to perform data collection. For another example, if the first function is an analysis function, the instruction corresponding to the first function is used to instruct the first network element to analyze the problem according to the collected data, and generate at least one alternative optimization solution. For another example, the first function is a decision-making function, and the instruction corresponding to the first function is used to instruct the first network element to evaluate and make a decision on at least one alternative optimization solution.

Correspondingly, the first network element executes the instruction according to the instruction corresponding to the first function, and outputs an execution result.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than that of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the second function to the fourth network element .

It should be understood that if S440b is executed in the method 400, the evaluation network element may also send instructions corresponding to functions possessed by other network elements to other network elements included in the first network element set. For example, the first network element set includes network element #1 (namely the first network element), network element #2 and network element #3, network element #1 has a perception function, network element #2 has an analysis function, network element #3 With the decision-making function, the evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the sensing function to network element #1, and the evaluation network element also sends an instruction corresponding to the analysis function to network element #2, and the evaluation network element also sends a decision-making function to network element #3 corresponding instructions.

In this embodiment of the present application, the evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element with the first function and the second network element with better network element performance, so that the first network element The first function may be executed according to the instruction to achieve the target intent. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, which can improve the achievement probability of the goal intention and/or reduce the achievement time of the goal intention.

S450b. The evaluation network element sends the identifier of the first network element.

In a possible implementation manner, the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, and the evaluation network element sends the identifier of the first network element to the intention consumption network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends the identification of the fourth network element to the intended consumption network element .

Optionally, if S440b is executed in the method 400, the evaluating network element may also send identifiers of other network elements included in the first network element set to the intended consumption network element. For example, the first network element set includes network element #1 (i.e. the first network element), network element #2 and network element #3, then the evaluation network element can also send the identity of the network element #2 to the intended consumption network element and/or Or the ID of network element #3.

In the embodiment of this application, the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element with better network element performance to the intended consumption network element among the first network element and the second network element with the first function, so that the intended consumption network element The element may send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

In another possible implementation manner, the assessment network element is an intention assessment network element, and the assessment network element sends the identifier of the first network element to the intention management network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends the identity of the fourth network element to the intent management network element .

Optionally, if S440b is executed in the method 400, the evaluation network element may also send identifiers of other network elements included in the first network element set to the intent management network element. For example, the first network element set includes network element #1 (namely the first network element), network element #2 and network element #3, then the evaluation network element can also send the identification and network Identity of element #3.

In this embodiment of the present application, the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element with better network element performance to the intention management network element among the first network element and the second network element with the first function, so that the intention management network element The element may send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, which can improve the achievement probability of the goal intention and/or reduce the achievement time of the goal intention.

In another possible implementation, the evaluation network element intends to evaluate the network element, and the evaluation network element sends the first network element identifier and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the first network element The network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element. Of course, the evaluation network element may also send the identifier of the first network element, the identifier of the second network element and the first indication information to the knowledge management network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also determines that the network element performance of the second network element is better than that of the third network element, the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element. The network element performance of the second network element is better than the network element performance of the third network element.

Optionally, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sending the performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends the identification of the fourth network element to the intended consumption network element and third indication information, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than that of the fifth network element.

Optionally, the evaluation network element may also send the performance information of the fourth network element to the knowledge management network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 executes S440b, the evaluation network element may also send the identifiers of other network elements included in the first network element set to the knowledge management network element, and the first indication information is used to indicate the identity of the first network element set. The performance of the set of network elements is better than that of the set of network elements of the second set of network elements.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element also determines that the performance of the network element set of the second network element set is better than that of the network element set of the third network element set, the first indication information is used to indicate the network element set of the first network element set The performance is better than that of the network element set of the second network element set, and the performance of the network element set of the second network element set is better than that of the network element set of the third network element set.

Optionally, the evaluation network element may also send the performance information of other network elements included in the first network element set to the knowledge management network element.

In the embodiment of this application, the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element with better network element performance and the first indication information among the first network element and the second network element with the first function to the knowledge management network element so that when the knowledge management network element receives the query request of the target intention, it can send the identity of the first network element to the intention management network element according to the first indication information instead of sending the identity of the second network element. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, the achievement probability of the goal intention can be improved and/or the achievement of the goal intention can be reduced duration.

As mentioned above, if the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, the intention management network element may execute S450a or S450b. The embodiment of the present application does not limit how the intention management network element determines to execute S450a or S450b. For example, the intent management network element may execute S450a by default, or execute S450b by default. For another example, the intent management network element may determine to execute S450a or S450b according to the target performance information received from the intent consumption network element. The goal performance information is used to indicate the goal attainment probability of realizing the goal intention and/or the goal achievement time period of realizing the goal intention.

Optionally, similar to how the intention management network element determines to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element or send the identity of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, the intention management network element may also use the fourth network element's network The element performance and the target performance information determine to send an instruction corresponding to the second function to the fourth network element, or send the identifier of the fourth network element to the intended consumption network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 executes S440b, the intent management network element may also determine to send the function information possessed by other network elements to other network elements according to the network element performance and target performance information of other network elements included in the first network element set. Corresponding instructions or sending identifications of other network elements to the intended consumption network element.

In the embodiment of this application, the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element with better performance among the first network element and the second network element with the first function to the intended consumption network element, so that the intended consumption network element can An instruction corresponding to the first function is sent to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element is an intended management network element, the method 400 further includes S460: the evaluation network element sends second indication information to the first network element, and the second indication information is used to instruct the first network element to send the instruction execution result to the first network element. Feedback to the intent management network element or intent consumption network element.

Similar to the evaluation network element sending the second instruction information to the first network element, the evaluation network element may also send fifth instruction information to the fourth network element, and the fifth instruction information is used to instruct the fourth network element to assign the instruction corresponding to the second function The execution result is fed back to the intention management network element or the intention consumption network element. Alternatively, the evaluation network element may send sixth indication information to other network elements included in the first set, where the sixth indication information is used to instruct other network elements to feed back the execution results of instructions corresponding to the functions possessed by other network elements to the intent management network element Or intend to consume network elements.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the evaluation network element receives the identification of the first network element with the first function and the identification of the second network element with the first function, then determine the first network element with better network element performance, Or determine the first network element set with better performance of the network element set. Further, the achievement probability of the target intention can be increased and/or the duration of the target intention can be reduced by any of the following three methods: Method 1: The evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element , so that the first network element can execute the first function according to the instruction to achieve the target intention. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better, the evaluation network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, which can improve the achievement probability of the goal intention and/or reduce the achievement time of the goal intention. Method 2: The evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, so that the intended consumption network element can send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identification of the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention. Mode 3: The evaluation network element sends the identity of the first network element to the intention management network element, so that the intention management network element can send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identity of the first network element. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, which can improve the achievement probability of the goal intention and/or reduce the achievement time of the goal intention.

The step of the evaluation network element receiving the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element included in the method 400 will be described below with reference to FIG. 5 . It should be noted that S410 to S430, S440a, and S460 shown in (a) in FIG. 5 have been described in detail in FIG. 4 above, and are not repeated here for brevity. S410 to S430, S440a, and S450b shown in (b) of FIG. 5 have been described in detail in FIG. 4 above, and are not repeated here for brevity.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) in FIG. 5, if the evaluation network element is a network element intended to be managed, the manner in which the evaluation network element receives the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element includes Mode A (S4411 and S4412), or, including Mode B (S4413 to S4416).

In way A:

S4411. The intent management network element sends a first request message to the intent evaluation network element. Correspondingly, in S4411, the intention evaluation network element receives the first request message from the intention management network element.

The first request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element. Exemplarily, the first request message may include identifiers of different network elements, so as to request performance information of different network elements. For example, the first request message includes the identifier of the first network element, and the first request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element. For another example, the first request message includes the identifier of the first network element and the identifier of the second network element, and the first request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element.

Correspondingly, the intent evaluation network element acquires the performance information of the first network element from the first network element according to the first request message, and/or acquires the performance information of the second network element from the second network element. Specifically, reference may be made to the description of S4421 to S4424 of (b) in FIG. 5 below.

S4412. The intent evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element to the intent management network element. Correspondingly, in S4412, the intention management network element receives the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element from the intention evaluation network element.

For example, the first request message in S4411 is used to request the performance information of the first network element, and in S4412 the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the intention management network element. In S4411, the first request message is used to request the performance information of the second network element, and in S4412, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element. In S4411, the first request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element, and in S4412, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element and the second network element to the intention management network element performance information.

Optionally, similar to the manner in which the intent management network element obtains the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element from the intent evaluation network element, the intent management network element may also obtain the third network element from the intent evaluation network element. The performance information of the network element, the performance information of the fourth network element, or the performance information of the fifth network element.

In way B:

S4413. The intended management network element sends a second request message to the first network element. Correspondingly, in S4413, the first network element receives the second request message from the intent management network element.

The second request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element.

S4414. The first network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the intent management network element. Correspondingly, in S4414, the intention management network element receives the performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

S4415. The intent management network element sends a third request message to the second network element. Correspondingly, in S4415, the second network element receives the third request message from the intent management network element.

The third request message is used to request the performance information of the second network element.

S4416. The second network element sends the performance information of the second network element to the intent management network element. Correspondingly, in S4416, the intention management network element receives the performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

Optionally, similar to the step in which the intent management network element obtains the performance information of the first network element from the first network element, the intent management network element may also obtain the performance information of the third network element from the third network element, or, the intent management The network element may acquire the performance information of the fourth network element from the fourth network element, or the intent management network element may acquire the performance information of the fifth network element from the fifth network element.

Exemplarily, as shown in (b) in FIG. 5, if the evaluation network element intends to evaluate the network element, the method for the evaluation network element to obtain the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element includes S4421 to S4424.

S4421. The intent assessment network element sends a second request message to the first network element. Correspondingly, in S4421, the first network element receives the second request message from the intent management network element.

S4422. The first network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the intent evaluation network element. Correspondingly, in S4422, the intention management network element receives the performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

S4423. The intent assessment network element sends a third request message to the second network element. Correspondingly, in S4423, the second network element receives the third request message from the intent evaluation network element.

S4424. The second network element sends the performance information of the second network element to the intent evaluation network element. Correspondingly, in S4424, the intention evaluation network element receives performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

Optionally, similar to the step in which the intent evaluation network element obtains the performance information of the first network element from the first network element, the intent evaluation network element may also obtain the performance information of the third network element from the third network element, or, the intent evaluation The network element may acquire the performance information of the fourth network element from the fourth network element, or, the intention assessment network element may acquire the performance information of the fifth network element from the fifth network element.

The step of receiving performance information of the first set of network elements and/or performance information of the second set of network elements by the evaluation network element included in the method 400 will be described below with reference to FIG. 6 . It should be noted that S410 to S430, S440b, and S460 shown in (a) in FIG. 6 and (c) in FIG. 6 have been described in detail in FIG. 4 above, and will not be repeated here for brevity. S410 to S430, S440b, and S450b shown in (b) of FIG. 6 have been described in detail in FIG. 4 above, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) in FIG. 6, if the evaluating network element is a network element intended to be managed, the evaluating network element acquires the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set Ways include S4431 and S4432.

S4431. The intent management network element sends a fourth request message to the intent evaluation network element. Correspondingly, in S4431, the intention evaluation network element receives the fourth request message from the intention management network element.

The fourth request message is used to request the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements. Exemplarily, the fourth request message may include identifiers of network elements included in different network element sets, so as to request performance information of different network element sets. For example, the fourth request message includes identifiers of network elements included in the first network element set, and the fourth request message is used to request performance information of the first network element set. For another example, the fourth request message includes the identification of each network element included in the first network element set and the identification of each network element included in the second network element set, then the fourth request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set.

Correspondingly, the intent evaluation network element determines the performance information of the first set of network elements, and/or, the performance information of the second set of network elements. Specifically, for the purpose of evaluating the manner in which the network element determines the performance information of the network element set, reference may be made to the description of S4451 to S4456 in (c) in FIG. 6 below.

S4432. The intent assessment network element sends the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intent management network element. Correspondingly, in S4432, the intention management network element receives the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements from the intention evaluation network element.

For example, in S4431, the fourth request message is used to request the performance information of the first set of network elements, and in S4432, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first set of network elements to the intention management network element. In S4431, the fourth request message is used to request the performance information of the second set of network elements, and in S4432, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intention management network element. In S4431, the fourth request message is used to request the performance information of the first set of network elements and the performance information of the second set of network elements, then in S4432, the intent evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first set of network elements and the second set of network elements to the intent management network element Performance information of a set of two network elements.

Optionally, similar to the manner in which the intent management network element obtains the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements from the intent evaluation network element, the intent management network element may also obtain the Performance information of the third network element set.

Also exemplary, as shown in (b) in FIG. 6, if the evaluation network element is intended to evaluate the network element, the evaluation network element obtains the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set The way includes S4441 and S4442.

S4441. The intent evaluation network element sends a fifth request message to the intent management network element. Correspondingly, in S4441, the intention evaluation network element receives the fifth request message from the intention management network element.

The fifth request message is used to request the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements. Exemplarily, the fifth request message may include identifiers of network elements included in different network element sets, so as to request performance information of different network element sets. For example, the fifth request message includes identifiers of network elements included in the first network element set, and the fifth request message is used to request performance information of the first network element set. For another example, the fifth request message includes the identification of each network element included in the first network element set and the identification of each network element included in the second network element set, then the fifth request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set.

Correspondingly, the intention management network element determines the performance information of the first network element set and/or, the performance information of the second network element set according to the historical data.

S4442. The intent management network element sends the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intent evaluation network element. Correspondingly, in S4442, the intention assessment network element receives the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements from the intention management network element.

For example, the fifth request message in S4441 is used to request the performance information of the first network element set, and then in S4442, the intention management network element sends the performance information of the first network element set to the intention evaluation network element. In S4441, the fifth request message is used to request the performance information of the second set of network elements, and in S4442, the intention management network element sends the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intention evaluation network element. In S4441, the fifth request message is used to request the performance information of the first set of network elements and the performance information of the second set of network elements, then in S4442, the intention management network element sends the performance information of the first set of network elements and the second set of network elements to the intention evaluation network element Performance information of a set of two network elements.

Optionally, similar to the step in which the intention assessment network element obtains the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements from the intention management network element, the intention assessment network element may also obtain from the intention management network element Performance information of the third network element set.

In yet another possible implementation, the evaluation network element receives the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and determines the performance of the first network element set according to the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set information; and/or, the evaluation network element receives the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set, and determines the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set.

Exemplarily, as shown in (c) of FIG. 6 , the manner in which the evaluation network element acquires the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set includes S4451 to S4456.

S4451. The evaluation network element sends a second request message to the first network element. Correspondingly, in S4451, the first network element receives the second request message from the evaluation network element.

S4452. The first network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the evaluation network element. Correspondingly, in S4452, the evaluation network element receives performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

S4453. The evaluation network element determines the performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the first network element.

Exemplarily, the evaluation network element determines the network element performance of the first network element according to the performance information of the first network element, and then determines the performance of the network element set of the first network element set according to the network element performance of the first network element, and finally according to the first network element The network element set performance of a network element set determines the performance information of the first network element set.

It should be understood that if the first network element set also includes other network elements, the evaluation network element also obtains performance information of other network elements from other network elements, and determines the first network element according to the performance information of other network elements and the performance information of the first network element. Performance information of a set of network elements. For example, the first network element set includes network element #1 (i.e. the first network element), network element #2 and network element #3, then the evaluation network element also obtains the performance information of network element #2 from network element #2, and Obtain the performance information of network element #3 from network element #3, and then determine the performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of network element #1, the performance information of network element #2 and the performance information of network element #3.

S4454. The evaluation network element sends a third request message to the second network element. Correspondingly, in S4454, the second network element receives the third request message from the evaluating network element.

S4455. The second network element sends the performance information of the second network element to the evaluation network element. Correspondingly, in S4455, the evaluation network element receives performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

S4456. The evaluating network element determines the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of the second network element.

Exemplarily, the evaluation network element determines the network element performance of the second network element according to the performance information of the second network element, and then determines the performance of the network element set of the second network element set according to the network element performance of the second network element, and finally according to the first The network element set performance of the second network element set determines the performance information of the second network element set.

It should be understood that if the second network element set also includes other network elements, the evaluation network element also obtains performance information of other network elements from other network elements, and determines the second network element according to the performance information of other network elements and the performance information of the second network element. Performance information of a set of two network elements. For example, the second element set includes network element #4 (i.e. the second network element), network element #5 and network element #6, then the evaluation network element also obtains the performance information of network element #5 from network element #5, and obtains the performance information of network element #5 from network element #5, and from The network element #6 obtains the performance information of the network element #6, and then determines the performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the network element #4, the performance information of the network element #5 and the performance information of the network element #6.

Optionally, similar to the manner in which the evaluation network element determines the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set, the evaluation network element may also obtain the performance of each network element included in the third network element set information, and determine the performance information of the third network element set according to the performance information of each network element included in the third network element set.

It is pointed out in the above description of FIG. 4 that the intention management network element can determine to execute S450a or S450b according to the target performance information. The following describes how the intention management network element determines to send the first function correspondence to the first network element according to the target performance information in conjunction with FIG. 7 . or, sending the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element. It should be noted that S410 to S460 shown in FIG. 7 have been described in detail in FIG. 4 above, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 7, before S450a or S450b, the method 400 may further include S451 and S452.

S451. The intention consumption network element sends the target performance information to the intention management network element. Correspondingly, in S451, the intention management network element receives target performance information from the intention consumption network element.

The goal performance information is used to indicate the goal attainment probability of realizing the goal intention and/or the goal achievement time period of realizing the goal intention.

S452. The intention management network element determines to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, or sends an identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.

Exemplarily, if the intention management network element determines according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element that the following first condition is satisfied, the intention management network element determines to send the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element. For example, the first condition includes one or more of the following: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is less than the first threshold; the ratio of the target achievement probability to the accuracy of the first network element is greater than the third threshold; The accuracy of a network element is less than the target achievement probability; the ratio of the execution time of the first network element to the target achievement time is greater than the second threshold; the ratio of the target achievement time to the execution time of the first network element is less than the fourth threshold; or, the first The execution duration of a network element is greater than or equal to the target achievement duration. In other words, if the accuracy of the first network element is too small relative to the target achievement profile, and/or, the execution time of the first network element is too long compared to the target achievement time, the intention management network element determines to send the intention consumption network element Send the identifier of the first network element.

In another example, if the intention management network element determines according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element that the following second condition is satisfied, the intention management network element determines to send the identity of the first network element to the intention management network element. For example, the second condition includes one or more of the following: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the ratio of the target achievement probability to the accuracy of the first network element is less than or equal to the first threshold Three thresholds; the accuracy of the first network element is greater than or equal to the target achievement probability; the ratio of the execution time of the first network element to the target achievement time is less than or equal to the second threshold; the ratio of the target achievement time is greater than or equal to the fourth threshold; or , the execution duration of the first network element is less than the target achievement duration.

Wherein, the first threshold may be 1.05, 1.1, 1.15, etc. Of course, the first threshold may also be other values greater than or equal to 1, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. The second threshold may be 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, or 0.4, etc. Of course, the second threshold may also be other values smaller than 1, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. The third threshold may be 0.95, 0.9, 0.86, etc. Of course, the third threshold may also be other values less than or equal to 1, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. The fourth threshold may be 1.25, 1.4, 1.6, 2, 2.5, etc. Of course, the fourth threshold may also be other values greater than 1, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the intention management network element receives the target performance information, the intention management network element may determine whether to call the first network element or not by the intention management network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element. The first network element is invoked by the intended consumption network element. It is beneficial to realize that when the accuracy of the first network element is too small and/or the execution time of the first network element is too long, the intended consumption network element calls the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

Optionally, before S452, the method 400 further includes: the intended management network element receives seventh indication information from the intended consumption network element, where the seventh indication information is used to indicate whether to allow sending the first network element identifier to the intended consumption network element. If the seventh indication information is used to indicate that it is allowed to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, then the method 400 performs S452. If the seventh indication information is used to indicate that it is not allowed to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, the method 400 does not perform S452. Further, the method 400 executes S450a, but does not execute S450b.

If in S452, the intended management network element determines to send the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, then after the intended management network element sends the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, the method 400 further includes S453 and S454 .

S453. The intended consumption network element determines an instruction corresponding to the first function according to the identifier of the first network element.

Exemplarily, the intended consumption network element may determine the instruction corresponding to the first function according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience. For example, if the first function is a perception function, then the intended consumption network element may determine the rules and/or policies for data collection according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience.

S454. The intended consumption network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element. Correspondingly, in S454, the first network element receives an instruction corresponding to the first function from the intended consumption network element.

Optionally, if the intended consumption network element can directly determine the result corresponding to the first function according to the identifier of the first network element, the intended consumption network element may not send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element. For example, the target intention is coverage optimization, and the first function is the analysis function. If the intended consumption network element can determine the root cause of the coverage problem according to the user's instructions and/or historical experience, and generate a corresponding coverage optimization plan, the intended consumption network element Instructions are no longer sent to the first network element. For another example, the target intention is coverage optimization, and the first function is a decision-making function. If the intended consumption network element can select the optimal coverage optimization scheme from multiple alternative coverage optimization schemes according to the user's instructions and/or historical experience, then the intention The consuming network element no longer sends instructions to the first network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 executes S440b, and the intended consumption network element also receives the identifiers of other network elements included in the first network element set, the intended consumption network element also determines the identity of other network elements according to the identifiers of other network elements. Function-corresponding instructions, and send instructions to other network elements.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the intended management network element determines that the accuracy of the first network element is too small and/or the execution time of the first network element is too long, the identity of the first network element is sent to the intended consumption network element, so that The intended consumption network element may send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element by the intention management network element, the intention consumption network element may send a more reasonable instruction to the first network element according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, so as to improve the first network element. The accuracy of the network element and/or reducing the execution time are beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement time of the target intention.

It is pointed out in the above description of FIG. 4 that if the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element with better performance among the first network element and the second network element and the first instruction information to the knowledge management network element, so that When the knowledge management network element receives the query request of the target intent, it may send the identifier of the first network element to the intent management network element according to the first instruction information instead of sending the identifier of the second network element. The following describes how the knowledge management network element sends the identity of the first network element to the intent management network element according to the first indication information with reference to FIG. 8 .

FIG. 8 shows a schematic flowchart of an intent execution method provided by another embodiment of the present application, and the steps included in the method 800 will be described in detail below.

S801. A knowledge management network element receives an identifier of a first network element and first indication information.

The first network element has the first function, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element, and the second network element has the first function. Exemplarily, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function. For the description of the network element performance of the first network element and the network element performance of the second network element, reference may be made to the above S440a.

For the description of the knowledge management network element receiving the identifier of the first network element and the first indication information, reference may be made to S450b above.

It should be understood that after receiving the identifier of the first network element and the first indication information, the knowledge management network element stores the identifier of the first network element and the first indication information in the knowledge of the target intention.

S802. The intent management network element sends the target intent identifier to the knowledge management network element. Correspondingly, in S802, the knowledge management network element receives the target intent identifier from the intent management network element.

Exemplarily, the intent management network element sends the identifier of the target intent to the knowledge management network element through an intent knowledge query request message.

After the knowledge management network element receives the identification of the target intent, it queries the knowledge of the target intent according to the identification of the target intent. The knowledge management network element queries the identification of the first network element and the first indication information by querying the knowledge of the target intention.

S803. The knowledge management network element sends the identifier of the first network element to the intent management network element. Correspondingly, in S803, the intent management network element receives the identifier of the first network element from the knowledge management network element.

Specifically, after the knowledge management network element inquires the identity of the first network element and the first indication information according to the identity of the target intention, it further sends the identity of the first network element to the intention management network element according to the first indication information. That is to say, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element with better network element performance among the first network element and the second network element having the first function to the intent management network element according to the first indication information.

S804. The intent management network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element. Correspondingly, in S804, the first network element receives an instruction corresponding to the first function from the intent management network element.

In the embodiment of this application, the knowledge management network element sends the identity of the first network element with better network element performance among the first network element with the first function and the second network element to the intention management network according to the first instruction information. element, so that the intent management network element can call the first network element to achieve the target intent. Since the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the goal intention, the achievement probability of the goal intention can be improved and/or the achievement of the goal intention can be reduced duration.

In conjunction with Figure 9 and Figure 10, in Figure 4 to Figure 8, the intended consumption network element is NMS, the intention management network element is IDMF, and the knowledge management network element is knowledge management (knowledge management, KM), as an example, Figure 4 will be described The relationship between the intent execution method shown in FIG. 8 and the intent execution workflow shown in FIG. 3 . Wherein, in FIG. 9 , the evaluation network element is IDMF as an example to illustrate how the IDMF selects a network element set with better performance in the intent execution workflow. In Figure 10, taking the evaluation network element as the intention evaluation network element as an example, it illustrates how the intention evaluation network element selects the network element set with better performance before the intention execution workflow, and sends the network element set with better performance to the KM. The network element set and the first indication information enable the KM to send the network element set with better network element set performance to the IDMF in the intent execution workflow.

It can be understood that the manner in which the first network element executes the first function according to the instruction of the first function received from the intent management network element in the above embodiment is recorded as closed-loop execution. For example, since the intent management network element will not determine the instruction of the first function according to the user's instruction, it may be called closed-loop execution. And the manner in which the first network element executes the first function according to the instruction of the first function received from the intended consumption network element in the embodiment is recorded as open-loop execution. For example, because the intended consumption network element can determine the instruction of the first function according to the user's instruction, it can be called open-loop execution.

Therefore, the indication information #1 described below is equivalent to the seventh indication information in the above embodiment. Specifically, the instruction information #1 used to indicate that the network element is allowed to perform open-loop execution is equivalent to the seventh instruction information used to indicate that it is allowed to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element. And the indication information #1 used to indicate that the network element is not allowed to perform open-loop execution is equivalent to the seventh indication information used to indicate that it is not allowed to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.

The "IDMF determines the execution method of the network element" described below is equivalent to the above-mentioned "the intention management network element determines to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element or sends the first network element to the intended consumption network element. logo". Specifically, the IDMF determines that the execution mode of the network element is closed-loop execution, which is equivalent to the intention management network element determining to send to the network element an instruction corresponding to the function of the network element. The IDMF determines that the execution mode of the network element is open-loop execution, which is equivalent to the intention management network element determining to send the identity of the network element to the intention consumption network element.

Each step included in the method 900 is described below.

S901. The NMS sends an intent creation request message to the IDMF.

The intent creation request message is used to request creation of the target intent, and the intent creation request message includes the target intent. For example, the target intent is <5% weak coverage in a given area.

Optionally, the intent creation request message also includes target performance information. The goal performance information is used to indicate the goal attainment probability of realizing the goal intention and/or the goal achievement time period of realizing the goal intention. The target achievement probability can be recorded as the minimum success rate (minSuccessRate), and the target achievement time can be recorded as the maximum waiting time (maxwaitTime).

Optionally, the intent creation request message further includes indication information #1. Indication information #1 is used to indicate whether to allow open-loop execution of the network element. Exemplarily, when the value of the indication information #1 is open loop (openLoop), the indication information #1 is used to indicate that the network element is allowed to execute open loop; when the value of the indication information #1 is a closed loop (closedLoop), it indicates Information #1 is used to indicate that the open-loop execution of the network element is not allowed. The indication information #1 may be recorded as an optimization type (optimizationType).

S902. The IDMF sends an intent creation response message to the NMS.

After receiving the intent creation request message from the NMS, the IDMF assigns an identifier to the target intent according to the target intent included in the intent creation request message. It should be noted that the IDMF assigned to the target intent is used to uniquely identify the target intent.

Optionally, the intent creation response message sent by the IDMF to the NMS includes the identifier of the target intent.

S903. The IDMF sends an intent knowledge query request message to the KM.

The intent knowledge query request message includes an identification of the target intent.

S904, the KM sends an intent knowledge query response message to the IDMF.

After receiving the intent knowledge query request message from the IDMF, the KM queries all network element sets used to realize the target intent and the corresponding rules or policies of each network element according to the identification of the target intent. For example, all network element sets used to realize the target intention include the first network element set and the second network element set. The first set of network elements includes DCCF, MDAF1 and MDAF2. Among them, DCCF has a perception function, that is, it is used to collect data in the process of realizing the goal intention, MDAF1 has an analysis function, that is, it performs problem analysis and generates solutions in the process of realizing the goal intention, and MDAF2 has a decision-making function, that is, MDAF1-generated protocols are evaluated and made decisions during the process. The second network element set includes performance assurance MnS, SON and MDAF3. Among them, performance assurance MnS has the same function as DCCF, SON has the same function as MDAF1, and MDAF3 has the same function as MDAF2.

Further, the intent knowledge query response message sent by the KM to the IDMF includes a network element set list (denoted as intentfunctionList). Exemplarily, the network element set list sent by KM to IDMF is expressed as: {intentfunction1[DCCF<data collection rule>, MDAF1<problem analysis strategy>, MDAF2<scheme evaluation and decision-making strategy>]; intentfunction2[performance assurance MnS<data Acquisition rules>, SON<problem analysis strategy>, MDAF3<scheme evaluation and decision-making strategy>]}. Wherein, intentfunction1 represents the first set of network elements, and intentfunction2 represents the second set of network elements.

The intent knowledge query response message also includes an intent goal achievement calculation formula (fulfillmentCriterion). Taking the target intention that the weak coverage rate in the designated area is less than 5% as an example, the calculation formula for achieving the intended goal is the number of cells with weak coverage in the designated area/the number of all cells in the designated area.

S905. The IMDF sends an intent evaluation request message to the intent evaluation network element.

The intent assessment request message is used to request to evaluate the network element set performance of the network element set used to realize the target intent, and the intent assessment request message includes the identification of each network element included in the first network element set and each network element included in the second network element set ID of the element.

Correspondingly, the intent assessment network element acquires the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set according to the intent assessment request message, determines the performance information of the first network element set, and acquires the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set performance information of the network element set, and determine the performance information of the second network element set. For the sake of brevity, FIG. 9 only shows the step of acquiring the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set by the network element intended for evaluation.

Optionally, the intent evaluation request message further includes indication information #1.

S906a, the intent assessment network element sends a request message #1 to the DCCF.

The request message #1 is used to request the performance information of the DCCF. Exemplarily, the request message #1 includes a report indication (reportIndication).

S906b. The DCCF sends the performance information of the DCCF to the intent evaluation network element.

Exemplarily, if the value of reportIndication included in the request message #1 is 1, the DCCF sends the performance information of the DCCF to the intention evaluation network element.

S907a, the intent assessment network element sends a request message #2 to MDAF1.

Request message #2 is used to request the capability information of MDAF1. Exemplarily, request message #2 includes reportIndication.

S907b, MDAF1 sends the performance information of MDAF1 to the intent evaluation network element.

Exemplarily, if the value of reportIndication included in the request message #2 is 1, then MDAF1 sends the performance information of MDAF1 to the intent evaluation network element.

S908a, the intent assessment network element sends a request message #3 to MDAF2.

Request message #3 is used to request the performance information of MDAF2. Exemplarily, request message #3 includes reportIndication.

S908b, MDAF2 sends the performance information of MDAF2 to the intent evaluation network element.

Exemplarily, if the value of reportIndication included in the request message #3 is 1, then MDAF2 sends the performance information of MDAF2 to the intention evaluation network element.

S909. The intent evaluation network element sends an intent evaluation response message to the IDMF.

The intent assessment response message includes performance information of the first set of network elements and performance information of the second set of network elements.

Optionally, the intent evaluation response message further includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and further includes performance information of each network element included in the second network element set. Exemplarily, if the intent evaluation response message includes indication information #1, and the value of indication information #1 is openLoop, the intent evaluation response message sent by the intent evaluation network element includes the performance of each network element included in the first network element set information, and performance information of each network element included in the second network element set.

S910, intending to evaluate the network elements to determine a network element set with the best performance of the network element set.

Specifically, the IDMF determines the network element set with the best performance of the network element set according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set. For the method for the IDMF to determine the network element set with the best performance of the network element set, refer to the description in S440b above. In the following, it is assumed that the network element set with the best performance of the network element set is the first network element set.

Optionally, if the intended evaluation response message includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and the IDMF receives target performance information, the method 900 also performs S911. Optionally, if the IDMF also receives the indication information #1 in S901, then when the value of the indication information #1 is openLoop, the method 900 executes S911, and when the value of the indication information #1 is closedLoop, the method 900 does not execute S911. It should be understood that if the method 900 does not execute S911, all network elements are executed in a closed-loop execution manner by default.

S911. The IDMF determines the execution mode of each network element.

Exemplarily, the IDMF determines the execution mode of each network element according to the performance information and target performance information of each network element included in the first network element set. Specifically, reference may be made to the description in S452 above. The following embodiments assume that the execution mode of DDCF is closed-loop execution, the execution mode of MDAF1 is open-loop execution, and the execution mode of MDAF2 is closed-loop execution.

Optionally, the method 900 also executes S912 and S913.

S912. The IDMF sends a network element set feedback to the NMS.

The network element set feedback includes the rules or policies of each network element included in the first network element set.

Optionally, if S911 is executed in the method 900, the network element set feedback further includes an execution mode of each network element included in the first network element set.

S913, the NMS sends a network element set feedback response message to the IDMF.

Further, IDMF and/or NMS calls DDCF, MDAF1 and MDAF2 to achieve the target intent.

If the execution manner of the DCCF is closed-loop execution, the method 900 executes S914a, and if the execution manner of the DCCF is open-loop execution, the method 900 executes S914b.

S914a, the IDMF sends a data collection request message to the DCCF.

The data collection request message includes data collection rules.

Optionally, the data collection request message includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data collection result to the IDMF or the NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of MDAF1. If the execution mode of MDAF1 is open-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data collection result to the NMS. If the execution mode of MDAF1 is closed-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data collection result to the IDMF.

S914b. The NMS sends a data collection request message to the DCCF.

The data collection request message includes data collection rules.

Optionally, the data collection request includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data collection result to the IDMF or the NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of MDAF1. If the execution mode of MDAF1 is open-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data collection result to the NMS. If the execution mode of MDAF1 is closed-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data collection result to the IDMF.

Further, the DCCF feeds back the data collection result to the IDMF or the NMS according to the second indication information, or feeds back the data collection result to the IDMF or the NMS by default.

S915a, the DCCF sends a data collection feedback message to the IDMF. The data collection feedback message includes a data collection result.

Optionally, if the execution mode of MDAF1 is open-loop execution, the IDMF forwards the data collection result to the NMS.

S915b. The DCCF sends a data feedback message to the NMS. The data collection feedback message includes a data collection result.

Optionally, if the execution mode of MDAF1 is closed-loop execution, the NMS forwards the data collection result to the IDMF.

If the execution mode of MDAF1 is closed-loop execution, the method 900 executes S916a, and if the execution mode of MDAF1 is open-loop execution, the method 900 executes S916b.

S916a, IDMF sends a problem analysis request message to MDAF1.

The problem analysis request message includes a problem analysis policy, and also includes data collection results.

Optionally, the problem analysis request message includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct MDAF1 to feed back the analysis result to IDMF or NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of MDAF2. If the execution mode of MDAF2 is open-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct MDAF1 to feed back the analysis result to the NMS. If the execution mode of MDAF2 is closed-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct MDAF1 to feed back the analysis result to IDMF.

S916b. The NMS sends a problem analysis request message to MDAF1.

Further, MDAF1 feeds back the analysis result to the IDMF or NMS according to the second indication information, or feeds back the analysis result to the IDMF or NMS by default.

S917a, MDAF1 sends a problem analysis feedback message to IDMF. The problem analysis feedback message includes analysis results.

The results of the analysis include the root cause of the problem and multiple optimization options generated by MDAF1.

Optionally, if the execution mode of MDAF2 is open-loop execution, the IDMF forwards the analysis result to the NMS.

S917b, MDAF1 sends a problem analysis feedback message to the NMS. The problem analysis feedback message includes analysis results.

Optionally, if the execution mode of MDAF2 is closed-loop execution, the NMS forwards the analysis result to the IDMF.

If the execution mode of MDAF2 is closed-loop execution, the method 900 executes S918a, and if the execution mode of MDAF2 is open-loop execution, the method 900 executes S918b.

S918a, IDMF sends a scheme evaluation and decision request message to MDAF2.

The solution evaluation and decision request message includes the solution evaluation and decision strategy, and also includes the root cause of the problem and multiple alternative optimization solutions.

Optionally, the solution evaluation and decision request message includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct MDAF2 to feed back the decision result to the IDMF or NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of MDAF2. If the execution mode of MDAF2 is open-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct MDAF2 to feed back the decision result to the NMS. If the execution mode of MDAF2 is closed-loop execution, the second instruction information is used to instruct MDAF2 to feed back the decision result to IDMF.

S918b, the NMS sends a scheme evaluation and decision request message to MDAF2.

Further, the DDCF feeds back the decision result to the IDMF or the NMS according to the second indication information, or feeds back the decision result to the IDMF or the NMS by default.

S919a, MDAF2 sends an evaluation feedback message to IDMF. Evaluation feedback messages include decision results.

The decision result includes the ranking of multiple alternative optimization schemes, and the list of network elements and operation instructions involved in each scheme.

S919b, MDAF2 sends an assessment feedback message to the NMS. Evaluation feedback messages include decision results.

Further, if the IDMF receives the decision result, the method 900 executes S920a, and if the NMS receives the decision result, the method 900 executes S920b.

S920a, the IDMF sends an operation instruction to a network element (network element, NE).

Exemplarily, the IDMF sends an operation instruction to the NE involved in the first candidate optimization solution according to the ranking of the multiple candidate optimization solutions.

S920b, the NMS sends an operation instruction to the NE.

Exemplarily, the NMS sends an operation instruction to the NE involved in the first alternative optimization scheme according to the ranking of the multiple alternative optimization schemes.

S921. The IDMF evaluates the achievement of intent.

IDMF determines whether the goal intention has been achieved according to the goal goal attainment calculation formula of the goal intention.

S922. The IDMF sends an intent execution result to the NMS.

Intention execution results include achievement of goal intentions. Exemplarily, the achievement of the goal intention includes whether the goal intention is achieved, and the network status after the NE performs the operation.

If the goal intention is not achieved, the method 900 continues to try different optimization schemes according to the ranking of the alternative optimization schemes, that is, executes S920a/S920b to S922 in a loop until the goal intention is achieved.

In the embodiment of this application, KM feeds back all network element sets used to achieve the target intent to IDMF, so that IDMF can select the network element set performance from all network element sets according to the performance information of the network element set obtained from the intent evaluation network element The optimal set of network elements realizes the target intent, so that the probability of achieving the target intent can be increased and/or the duration of achieving the intent can be reduced.

Each step included in the method 1000 is described below.

S1001. The NMS sends an intent knowledge update request message to the KM.

The intent knowledge update request message is used to request knowledge for realizing the target intent, and the intent knowledge update request message includes the target intent. For example, the target intent is <5% weak coverage in a given area. Exemplarily, the intent knowledge update request message includes an update indication (updateIndication).

S1002, the KM sends an intent knowledge update response message to the NMS.

After receiving the intent knowledge update request message from the NMS, the KM assigns an identifier to the target intent according to the target intent included in the intent knowledge update request message. It should be noted that the identifier assigned by the KM to the target intent is used to uniquely identify the target intent.

Exemplarily, if the value of updateIndication included in the intent knowledge update request message is 1, execute S1003 to S1008.

Optionally, the intent knowledge update response message sent by the KM to the NMS includes the identifier of the target intent.

S1003. The KM sends an intent evaluation request message to the intent evaluation network element.

After receiving the intent knowledge update request message from the NMS, the KM queries all network element sets used to realize the target intent according to the identity of the target intent. For example, all network element sets used to realize the target intent include the first network element set and the second network element set. A collection of network elements. For the description about the first network element set and the second network element set, refer to the above S904.

The intent evaluation request message is used to request evaluation of the network element set performance of the network element set used to realize the target intent, and to sort multiple network element sets according to the order of network element set performance from best to worst. The intent evaluation request message includes identifiers of each network element included in the first set of network elements and identifiers of each network element included in the second set of network elements.

Correspondingly, the intent assessment network element acquires the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set according to the intent assessment request message, determines the performance information of the first network element set, and acquires the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set performance information of the network element set, and determine the performance information of the second network element set. For the sake of brevity, FIG. 10 only shows the step of acquiring the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set by the intention evaluation network element.

S1004a to S1006b are the same as S906a to S908b in the method 900, and for the sake of brevity, details are not described here again.

S1007. The intent evaluation network element sends an intent evaluation response message to the KM.

The intent evaluation response message includes performance information of the first set of network elements and performance information of the second set of network elements, and also includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the performance of the set of network elements of the first set of network elements is better than that of the set of network elements of the first set of network elements. Network element set performance of the second network element set.

Optionally, the intent evaluation response message further includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and further includes performance information of each network element included in the second network element set.

S1008, the KM updates the knowledge of the target intent.

The KM stores the information included in the intent evaluation response according to the intent evaluation response message. If the KM receives an intention implementation request from the IDMF for requesting implementation of the target intention, the KM will preferentially feed back the network element set with better performance of the network element set to the IDMF according to the first indication information.

S1009, the KM sends an update result feedback to the NMS.

The update result feedback includes the performance information of the first network element set, and the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set.

S1010, the NMS sends an intent creation request message to the IDMF.

Specifically, S1010 is the same as S901 in method 900.

S1011, the IDMF sends an intent creation response message to the NMS.

Specifically, S1011 is the same as S902 in method 900.

S1012. The IDMF sends an intent knowledge query request message to the KM.

S1013, the KM sends an intent knowledge query response message to the IDMF.

After receiving the intent knowledge query request message from the IDMF, the KM queries the first indication information according to the identification of the target intent, and feeds back the IDMF to the first set of network elements according to the first indication information. That is, the intent knowledge query response message sent by KM to IDMF includes the rules or policies corresponding to each network element included in the first network element set, for example, it can be expressed as: intentfunction1[DCCF<data collection rule>, MDAF1<problem analysis strategy>, MDAF2 <Proposal Evaluation and Decision-Making Strategies>].

The intent knowledge query response message also includes an intent goal achievement calculation formula (fulfillmentCriterion).

Optionally, the intent knowledge query response message further includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set.

Optionally, if the intent evaluation response message includes the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and the IDMF receives the target performance information, the method 1000 also performs S1014. Optionally, if the IDMF also receives the indication information #1 at S1010, then when the value of the indication information #1 is openLoop, the method 1000 executes S1014, and when the value of the indication information #1 is closedLoop, the method 1000 does not execute S1014. It should be understood that if the method 1000 does not execute S1014, all network elements are executed in a closed-loop execution manner by default.

S1014. The IDMF determines the execution mode of each network element.

Specifically, S1014 is the same as S911 in method 900.

S1015 to S1025 are the same as S912 to S922 in the method 900, and for the sake of brevity, no detailed description is given here.

In the embodiment of this application, the KM requests the intent evaluation network element to sort the performance of all the network element sets used to achieve the target intention according to the intent knowledge update request message received from the NMS, and optimizes the performance of the network element aggregate. The set of network elements in the set is fed back to IDMF, so that IDMF can call the set of network elements with the best performance of the set of network elements to realize the target intention, thereby improving the probability of achieving the target intention and/or reducing the time for achieving the intention.

Above, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 . Hereinafter, the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 11 to FIG. 13 . It should be understood that the descriptions of the device embodiments correspond to the descriptions of the method embodiments. Therefore, for details that are not described in detail, reference may be made to the method embodiments above. For brevity, details are not repeated here.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 1100 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the communication device 1100 may include: a transceiver unit 1110 and a processing unit 1120 .

In a possible design, the communication device 1100 may be the evaluation network element in the above method embodiment, or may be a chip configured to realize the function of the evaluation network element in the above method embodiment.

It should be understood that the communication device 1100 may correspond to the evaluation network element in the method 400 according to the embodiment of the present application, or correspond to the intention evaluation network element in the method 900 or the method 1000, and the communication device 1100 may include a network element for executing FIG. 4 To the unit of evaluating the method performed by the network element in the method 400 in FIG. 7 , the unit intended to evaluate the method performed by the network element in the method 900 in FIG. 9 or the method 1000 in FIG. 10 . Moreover, each unit in the communication device 1100 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow of the method 400 in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 , the method 900 in FIG. 9 , or the method 1000 in FIG. 10 . It should be understood that the specific process for each unit to perform the above corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

In another possible design, the communication device 1100 may be the network element intended to consume in the method embodiment above, or a chip configured to implement the function of the network element intended to consume in the method embodiment above.

It should be understood that the communication device 1100 may correspond to the intended consumption network element in the method 400 according to the embodiment of the present application, or correspond to the NMS in the method 300, method 900 to method 1000, and the communication device 1100 may include a 4 to the method 400 in FIG. 7 are intended to consume elements of the method executed by the network element, the method 300 in FIG. 3 , the method 900 in FIG. 9 or the method 1000 in FIG. 10 . In addition, each unit in the communication device 1100 and other operations and/or functions described above are for realizing the method 400 in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 , the method 300 in FIG. 3 , the method 900 in FIG. 9 or the method in FIG. 10 1000 of the corresponding process. It should be understood that the specific process for each unit to perform the above corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

In another possible design, the communication device 1100 may be the knowledge management network element in the above method embodiment, or a chip for implementing the functions of the knowledge management network element in the above method embodiment.

It should be understood that the communication device 1100 may correspond to the knowledge management network element in the method 400, the method 800, the method 900 or the method 1000 according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1100 may include a Elements of the method executed by the knowledge management network element in the method 400, the method 800 in FIG. 8, the method 300 in FIG. 3, the method 900 in FIG. 9, or the method 1000 in FIG. In addition, each unit in the communication device 1100 and other operations and/or functions mentioned above are respectively intended to implement the method 300 in FIG. 3 , the method 400 in FIGS. 4 to 7 , the method 800 in FIG. 8 , and the method in FIG. 9 900 or the corresponding process in the method 1000 in FIG. 10 . It should be understood that the specific process for each unit to perform the above corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

It should also be understood that the transceiver unit 1110 in the communication device 1100 may correspond to the transceiver 1220 in the communication device 1200 shown in FIG. 12 , and the processing unit 1120 in the communication device 1100 may correspond to the communication Processor 1210 in device 1200 .

It should also be understood that when the communication device 1100 is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit. Optionally, the chip may further include a processing unit. Wherein, the transceiver unit may be an input-output circuit or a communication interface; the processing unit may be a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.

The transceiver unit 1110 is used to realize the signal sending and receiving operation of the communication device 1100, and the processing unit 1120 is used to realize the signal processing operation of the communication device 1100.

Optionally, the communication device 1100 further includes a storage unit 1130, and the storage unit 1130 is used for storing instructions.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 1200 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 12 , the communication device 1200 includes: at least one processor 1210 and a transceiver 1220 . The processor 1210 is coupled with the memory, and is used for executing instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver 1220 to send signals and/or receive signals. Optionally, the communications device 1200 further includes a memory 1230 for storing instructions.

It should be understood that the processor 1210 and the memory 1230 may be combined into one processing device, and the processor 1210 is configured to execute program codes stored in the memory 1230 to implement the above functions. During specific implementation, the memory 1230 may also be integrated in the processor 1210 , or be independent of the processor 1210 .

It should also be understood that the transceiver 1220 may include a receiver (or called a receiver) and a transmitter (or called a transmitter). The transceiver 1220 may further include antennas, and the number of antennas may be one or more. The transceiver 1220 may be a communication interface or an interface circuit.

When the communication device 1200 is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit. Wherein, the transceiver unit may be an input-output circuit or a communication interface; the processing unit may be a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a chip system according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip system here may also be a system composed of circuits. The chip system 1300 shown in FIG. 13 includes: a logic circuit 1310 and an input/output interface (input/output interface) 1320, the logic circuit is used to couple with the input interface, and transmit data through the input/output interface (such as the first instruction information) to execute the methods described in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 .

The embodiment of the present application also provides a processing device, including a processor and an interface. The processor may be used to execute the methods in the foregoing method embodiments.

It should be understood that the above processing device may be a chip. For example, the processing device may be a field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a system chip (system on chip, SoC). It can be a central processor unit (CPU), a network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processing circuit (digital signal processor, DSP), or a microcontroller (micro controller unit) , MCU), can also be a programmable controller (programmable logic device, PLD) or other integrated chips.

In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in the form of software. The steps of the methods disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor. The software module can be located in a mature storage medium in the field such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, register. The storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware. To avoid repetition, no detailed description is given here.

It should be noted that the processor in the embodiment of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip, which has a signal processing capability. In the implementation process, each step of the above-mentioned method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The above-mentioned processor may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components . Various methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or executed. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor, or the like.

It can be understood that the memory in the embodiments of the present application may be a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), programmable read-only memory (programmable ROM, PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable PROM, EPROM), electrically programmable Erases programmable read-only memory (electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory.

According to the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the present application also provides a computer program product, the computer program product including: computer program code, when the computer program code is run on the computer, the computer is made to execute the computer program described in Fig. 3 to Fig. 10 . The method of any one of the embodiments is illustrated.

According to the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application, the present application also provides a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium stores program codes, and when the program codes are run on a computer, the computer is made to perform the operations described in FIGS. 3 to 10 . The method of any one of the embodiments is illustrated.

According to the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the present application further provides a system, which includes one or more of the foregoing evaluation network element, intention management network element, knowledge management network element, and intention consumption network element.

In the above embodiments, all or part of them may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, 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 instructions. When the computer instructions are loaded and executed on the computer, the processes or functions according to the embodiments of the present application will be generated in whole or in part. The computer instructions may be stored in, or transmitted from, one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer, or a data storage device such as a server or a data center integrated with one or more available media. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a high-density digital video disc (digital video disc, DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (for example, a solid state disk (solid state disc, SSD)) etc.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or May be integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored, or not implemented. In another point, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

In each embodiment of the present application, if there is no special explanation and logical conflict, the terms and/or descriptions between different embodiments are consistent and can be referred to each other, and the technical features in different embodiments are based on their inherent Logical relationships can be combined to form new embodiments.

It should be understood that in this embodiment of the application, the numbers "first", "second"... are only used to distinguish different objects, such as different network devices, and do not limit the scope of the embodiment of this application. Examples are not limited to this.

It should also be understood that in this application, "if" and "if" both mean that the network element will make corresponding processing under certain objective circumstances, it is not a time limit, and it is not required that the network element must make a judgment when implementing action, nor does it imply the existence of other restrictions.

It should also be understood that in each embodiment of the present application, "A corresponds to B" means that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A. However, it should also be understood that determining B according to A does not mean determining B only according to A, and B may also be determined according to A and/or other information.

It should also be understood that the term "and/or" in this article is only an association relationship describing associated objects, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, A and/or B may indicate: A exists alone, and A and B exist simultaneously. B, there are three situations of B alone. In addition, the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the contextual objects are an "or" relationship.

The meaning of the expression similar to "the item includes one or more of the following: A, B, and C" appearing in this application, unless otherwise specified, usually means that the item can be any of the following: A; B ;C;A and B;A and C;B and C;A,B and C;A and A;A,A and A;A,A and B;A,A and C,A,B and B;A , C and C; B and B, B, B and B, B, B and C, C and C; C, C and C, and other combinations of A, B and C. The above is an example of the three elements of A, B and C to illustrate the optional items of the project. When the expression is "the project includes at least one of the following: A, B, ..., and X", it is in the expression When there are more elements, then the applicable entries for this item can also be obtained according to the aforementioned rules.

It can be understood that the various numbers involved in the embodiments of the present application are only for convenience of description, and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. The size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic.

Claims

An intention execution method, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving a target intent from an intent consuming network element;

receiving an identifier of a first network element having a first function from a knowledge management network element, where the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision function;

receiving an identification of a second network element having the first function from the knowledge management network element;

determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, and the accuracy is used to indicate that the first network element Execution accuracy of a function, the execution duration is used to indicate the execution duration of the first function; or, it is determined that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than the performance of the network element set of the second network element set , the first set of network elements includes the first network element, the second set of network elements includes the second network element, and the performance of the set of network elements includes the probability of achieving the intention and/or the duration of achieving the intention, the The probability of achieving the goal indicates the probability of achieving the target intention, and the duration of achieving the goal indicates the duration of achieving the target intention;

Send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, or send an identifier of the first network element.
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element, and the second network element The performance information of the network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the second network element;

Wherein, determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element includes:

According to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element, it is determined that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, comprising one or more of the following: The accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution duration of the first network element is shorter than the execution duration of the second network element; or, the expected duration of the first network element is shorter than the expected duration of the second network element, the expected duration of the first network element is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the expected duration of the second network element is It is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element.
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

Receive network element set performance information of the first network element set and network element set performance information of the second network element set, where the network element set performance information of the first network element set is used to indicate that the first network element set The network element set performance of the element set, the network element set performance information of the second network element set is used to indicate the network element set performance of the second network element set;

Wherein, determining that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the network element set of the second network element set includes:

According to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set, determine that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the network elements of the second network element set Collection performance.
The method according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the network element set of the second network element set, comprising one or more of the following Item: the probability of achieving the intent of the first set of network elements is higher than the probability of achieving the intent of the second set of network elements; The length of time to achieve.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the sending the identifier of the first network element comprises:

sending the identity of the first network element and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element. The network element performance of the element.
The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

sending the performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the sending the identifier of the first network element comprises:

Sending the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element or the intended management network element.
The method according to claim 8, wherein the identifier of the first network element is sent to the intended consumption network element, the method further comprising:

receiving target performance information from the intention consuming network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention;

determining to send the identity of the first network element to the network element intended to consume according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element.
The method according to claim 9, wherein, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, it is determined to send the information of the first network element to the intended consumption network element. identification, including:

If one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is less than the first threshold; or, the ratio of the execution time of the first network element to the target achievement time is greater than the first threshold two thresholds, it is determined to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the instruction corresponding to the first function is sent to the first network element, the method further comprising:

receiving target performance information from the intention consuming network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention;

Determine to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element.
The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, it is determined to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, include:

If one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is greater than or equal to the first threshold; or, the ratio of the execution time of the first network element to the target achievement time is less than or equal to the second threshold, it is determined to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.
The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the method further comprises:

Sending second indication information to the first network element, where the second indication information is used to instruct the first network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction to the intention consumption network element or intention management network element.
An intention execution method, characterized in that the method comprises:

Receive target performance information from the intention consumption network element, the target performance information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of achieving the target intention and/or the target achievement duration of realizing the target intention;

Receive performance information of a first network element from a knowledge management network element, where the first network element has a first function, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision function, and the performance information of the first network element is used In order to indicate the network element performance of the first network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time indicates the execution time of the first function The execution time of a function;

determining to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consuming network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, or

Determine to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element.
The method according to claim 14, wherein, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, it is determined to send the information of the first network element to the intended consumption network element. Identify, or, determine to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, including:

If one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the target intention is lower than a first threshold; or, the execution duration of the first network element and the target achievement duration If the ratio exceeds the second threshold, it is determined to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element; or,

If one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the target intention is not lower than the first threshold; or, the execution duration of the first network element is equal to the target achievement If the ratio of the duration does not exceed the second threshold, it is determined to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.
The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the method further comprises:

Sending second indication information to the first network element, where the second indication information is used to instruct the first network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction to the intention consumption network element or intention management network element.
A communication device, characterized by comprising a transceiver unit and a processing unit;

The transceiving unit is used to receive the target intent from the intent consumption network element;

The transceiving unit is further configured to receive an identifier of a first network element having a first function from a knowledge management network element, and the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function;

The transceiving unit is further configured to receive an identifier of a second network element having the first function from the knowledge management network element;

The processing unit is configured to determine that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, and the accuracy It is used to indicate the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution time is used to indicate the execution time of the first function; or, it is determined that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the second network element set The performance of the network element set, the first network element set includes the first network element, the second network element set includes the second network element, and the network element set performance includes intent achievement probability and/or Intention achievement duration, the intention achievement probability represents the achievement probability of the target intention, and the intention achievement duration represents the achievement duration of the target intention;

The transceiving unit is further configured to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, or send an identifier of the first network element.
The communication device according to claim 17, wherein:

The transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of the first network element and performance information of the second network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate that the network element performance, where the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the second network element;

The processing unit is specifically configured to determine that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element. The performance of the network element.
The communication device according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, including one or more of the following : the accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution duration of the first network element is shorter than the execution duration of the second network element; or, the first network element expects The duration is shorter than the expected duration of the second network element, the expected duration of the first network element is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the expected duration of the second network element It is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution time of the second network element.
The communication device according to claim 17, wherein:

The transceiver unit is further configured to receive network element set performance information of the first network element set and network element set performance information of the second network element set, and the network element set performance information of the first network element set is used for In order to indicate the network element set performance of the first network element set, the network element set performance information of the second network element set is used to indicate the network element set performance of the second network element set;

The processing unit is specifically configured to determine, according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set, that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the second network element set. The network element set performance of the element set.
The communication device according to claim 17 or 20, wherein the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the network element set of the second network element set, comprising one or more of the following Multiple items: the probability of achieving the intent of the first set of network elements is higher than the probability of achieving the intent of the second set of network elements; or, the duration of achieving the intent of the first set of network elements is longer than that of the second set of network elements The duration of the intention.
The communication device according to any one of claims 17 to 21, characterized in that,

The transceiving unit is specifically configured to send the identification of the first network element and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, and the first indication information is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element The performance of the network element is better than that of the second network element.
The communication device according to claim 22, wherein:

The transceiving unit is further configured to send the performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element.
The communication device according to any one of claims 17 to 21, characterized in that,

The transceiving unit is specifically configured to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element or the intended management network element.
The communication device according to claim 24, wherein:

The transceiving unit is further configured to receive target performance information from the intended consumption network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of achieving the target intention and/or the target achievement duration of achieving the target intention;

The processing unit is further configured to determine, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.
The communication device according to claim 25, wherein:

The processing unit is specifically configured to: if one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is less than a first threshold; or, the execution duration of the first network element is If the ratio of the target attainment duration is greater than the second threshold, it is determined to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.
The communication device according to any one of claims 17 to 24, characterized in that,

The transceiving unit is further configured to receive target performance information from the intended consumption network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of achieving the target intention and/or the target achievement duration of achieving the target intention;

The processing unit is further configured to determine, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.
The communication device according to claim 27, wherein:

The processing unit is specifically configured to: if one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the target is greater than or equal to a first threshold; or, the execution time of the first network element If the ratio of the target achievement time to the target is less than or equal to a second threshold, it is determined to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.
The communication device according to claim 27 or 28, characterized in that,

The transceiver unit is further configured to send second instruction information to the first network element, the second instruction information is used to instruct the first network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction to the intended consumption network element Or intent to manage network elements.
A communication device, characterized by comprising a transceiver unit and a processing unit;

The transceiving unit is configured to receive target performance information from the intended consumption network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of achieving the target intention and/or the target achievement duration of achieving the target intention;

The transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of a first network element from a knowledge management network element, the first network element has a first function, and the first function is used to realize the target intention, and the first network element The element performance information is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution The duration indicates the execution duration of the first function;

The processing unit is configured to determine, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, or

The processing unit is configured to determine to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element.
The communication device according to claim 30, wherein the processing unit is specifically used for:

If one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the target intention is lower than a first threshold; or, the execution duration of the first network element and the target achievement duration If the ratio exceeds the second threshold, it is determined to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element; or,

If one or more of the following is satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the probability of achieving the target intention is not lower than the first threshold; or, the execution duration of the first network element is equal to the target achievement If the ratio of the duration does not exceed the second threshold, it is determined to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.
The communication device according to claim 30 or 31, wherein:

The transceiver unit is further configured to send second instruction information to the first network element, the second instruction information is used to instruct the first network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction to the intended consumption network element Or intent to manage network elements.
A communication device, characterized in that it includes at least one processor, and the at least one processor is used to execute a computer program stored in a memory, so that the device implements the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 .
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized by comprising a computer program, which causes the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 when the computer program is run on the computer.
An intention execution method is characterized by comprising:

The intention consumption network element sends the target intention to the evaluation network element;

The knowledge management network element sends an identifier of a first network element having a first function to the evaluation network element, and the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision-making function;

sending, by the knowledge management network element, an identifier of a second network element having the first function to the evaluation network element;

The evaluation network element determines that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, and the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, and the accuracy is represented by In order to indicate the execution accuracy of the first function, the execution duration is used to indicate the execution duration of the first function; or, the evaluation network element determines that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than that of the second network element set The performance of the network element set of the network element set, the first network element set includes the first network element, the second network element set includes the second network element, and the network element set performance includes the intention to achieve Probability and/or duration of achievement of the intention, the probability of achievement of the intention indicates the probability of achievement of the target intention, and the duration of achievement of the intention indicates the duration of achievement of the goal intention;

The evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, or the evaluation network element sends an identifier of the first network element.
A method for intent execution, comprising:

The intent consumption network element sends target performance information to the intent management network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate the target achievement probability of achieving the target intent and/or the target achievement duration of the target intent;

The knowledge management network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the intent management network element, the first network element has a first function, and the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function, and the first network element The performance information of the network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element, the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution time, the accuracy indicates the execution accuracy of the first function, the The execution time indicates the execution time of the first function;

The intention management network element determines to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element; or,

The intention management network element determines to send the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, and the intention consumption management network element Determine an instruction corresponding to the first function according to the identifier of the first network element, and send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.