CN104170355A

CN104170355A - Creation method of virtual base station and base station cloud device

Info

Publication number: CN104170355A
Application number: CN201480000739.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘强生
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-04-30
Filing date: 2014-04-30
Publication date: 2014-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 2034-04-30
Also published as: WO2015165095A1; CN104170355B

Abstract

The embodiment of the present invention relates to the communication technology field, and discloses a creation method of a virtual base station and a base station cloud device. The method comprises the steps of using the base station cloud device to generate a virtual resource pool, wherein the virtual resource pool comprises the virtual resources formed by the general-purpose hardware and special hardware of a target base station; receiving the creation information used for creating the virtual base station, wherein the creation information comprises the configuration information of the virtual base station; using the base station cloud device to obtain the target virtual resources configured to the virtual base station from the virtual resources according to the configuration information; then configuring the target virtual resources into a base station virtual machine, loading base station software for each target virtual resource in the base station virtual machine to generate the virtual base station. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the physical resources provided by the general-purpose hardware and special hardware of the base station can be virtualized, thereby realizing the resource share of the hardware resources of the base station and the resource dynamic scheduling.

Description

A kind of creation method of virtual base station and base station cloud equipment

Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technical field, be specifically related to a kind of creation method and base station cloud equipment of virtual base station.

Background technology

Low and because base station distribution is comparatively disperseed the base station construction causing in order to solve under traditional wireless access planar network architecture base station utilance, the problem that operation and maintenance expense is high, distributed base station BBU (Base Band Unit, Baseband Unit) concentrate the scheme of placing to be carried out, the placement schemes of concentrating this distributed base station BBU has realized the evolution of base station to base station bunch, further, at BBU, concentrate on the basis of placing and formed centralized baseband pool, can be interconnected by data exchange node between each BBU, and the base band data between each BBU can exchange by data exchange node, RRU (Remote Radio Unit, Radio Remote Unit) data also can exchange by data exchange node and any one BBU.

Current, for centralized baseband pool, there is following mentality of designing: the centralized Base-Band Processing based on cloud computing framework, utilize cloud computing technology to realize resource-sharing and resource dynamic scheduling, thereby realize the operation of the low-cost and high flexibility ratio of base station, this mentality of designing need to be at the upper virtual platform of installing of common hardware (as generic server etc.) to invent common hardware many virtual machines, and realize by move the mode of base station software on virtual machine, although resource can flexible dispatching, but this mentality of designing depends on the software and radio technique based on general processor, should exist processing capability in real time lower by the software and radio technique based on general processor, the shortcomings such as power consumption is large, and belong to research technology, current and impracticable.The hardware major part of existing base station consists of specialized hardware, and processing capability in real time is high, power consumption is little, but cannot use Intel Virtualization Technology on the specialized hardware of base station, thereby cannot realize resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of similar cloud computing technology.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of creation method and base station cloud equipment of virtual base station, for solve prior art due to the problem of resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of the dedicated hardware resources that cannot realize base station that cannot use Intel Virtualization Technology to cause on the specialized hardware of base station.

Embodiment of the present invention first aspect discloses a kind of base station cloud equipment, comprising:

Generation module, for generating virtual resource pool, described virtual resource pond comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of described target BS;

Receiver module, for receiving for creating the establishment information of virtual base station, described establishment information comprises the configuration information of described virtual base station;

The first acquisition module, for obtaining for configuring the target virtual resource of described virtual base station from described virtual resource according to described configuration information;

Configuration module, for being configured to base station virtual machine by described target virtual resource;

Bootload module, is used to each the target virtual resource in the virtual machine of described base station to load base station software, with generating virtual base station.

In the possible implementation of the first of embodiment of the present invention first aspect, described base station cloud equipment also comprises:

The second acquisition module, for obtaining the traffic load value of described virtual base station;

Comparison module, for the traffic load value of more described virtual base station and the size of the first default traffic load value and the second default traffic load value, the described first default traffic load value is greater than the described second default traffic load value;

Adjusting module, while being greater than the described first default traffic load value for the traffic load value when described virtual base station, increases the quantity of target virtual resource described in described virtual base station;

Described adjusting module, while being also less than the described second default traffic load value for the traffic load value when described virtual base station, reduces the quantity of target virtual resource described in described virtual base station.

In conjunction with embodiment of the present invention first aspect, in the possible implementation of the second of embodiment of the present invention first aspect, described generation module comprises:

Collect submodule, the second physical resource providing for collecting the specialized hardware of the first physical resource that the common hardware of described target BS provides and described target BS;

Virtual subnet module, for described the first physical resource and described the second physical resource is virtual, with generating virtual resource pool.

The possible implementation of the second in conjunction with the possible implementation of the first of embodiment of the present invention first aspect or embodiment of the present invention first aspect or embodiment of the present invention first aspect, in the third possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention first aspect, the configuration information of described virtual base station comprises the specification information of the software version information of the standard information of described virtual base station, described virtual base station, described virtual base station processing business and the parameter information that described virtual base station is processed business.

In conjunction with the third possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention first aspect, in the 4th kind of possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention first aspect, described the first acquisition module comprises:

Determining submodule, is foundation for take described specification information and described parameter information, determines the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of described target virtual resource;

Obtaining submodule, is foundation for take the type information of described target virtual resource and the quantity information of described target virtual resource, obtains described target virtual resource from described virtual resource pond the virtual resource comprising.

In conjunction with the third possible implementation of the possible implementation of the second of the possible implementation of the first of embodiment of the present invention first aspect or embodiment of the present invention first aspect or embodiment of the present invention first aspect or embodiment of the present invention first aspect or the 4th kind of possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention first aspect, in the 5th kind of possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention first aspect, described virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource; Or

Described virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource, exchange resource and base-band resource.

Embodiment of the present invention second aspect discloses a kind of base station cloud equipment, comprises memory and processor, stores batch processing code in described memory, and described processor is for calling the program code that described memory is stored, for carrying out following operation:

Generating virtual resource pool, described virtual resource pond comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of described target BS;

Receive for creating the establishment information of virtual base station, described establishment information comprises the configuration information of described virtual base station;

According to described configuration information, from described virtual resource, obtain for configuring the target virtual resource of described virtual base station;

Described target virtual resource is configured to base station virtual machine, and is each the target virtual resource loading base station software in the virtual machine of described base station, with generating virtual base station.

In the possible implementation of the first of embodiment of the present invention second aspect, described processor is for calling the program code that described memory is stored, also for carrying out following operation:

Obtain the traffic load value of described virtual base station;

The size of the traffic load value of more described virtual base station and the first default traffic load value and the second default traffic load value, the described first default traffic load value is greater than the described second default traffic load value;

If the traffic load value of described virtual base station is greater than the described first default traffic load value, increase the quantity of target virtual resource described in described virtual base station;

If the traffic load value of described virtual base station is less than the described second default traffic load value, reduce the quantity of target virtual resource described in described virtual base station.

In conjunction with embodiment of the present invention second aspect, in the possible implementation of the second of embodiment of the present invention second aspect, the mode of described processor generating virtual resource pool is specially:

The second physical resource that the first physical resource that the common hardware of collection target BS provides and the specialized hardware of described target BS provide;

Described the first physical resource and described the second physical resource is virtual, with generating virtual resource pool.

The possible implementation of the second in conjunction with the possible implementation of the first of embodiment of the present invention second aspect or embodiment of the present invention second aspect or embodiment of the present invention second aspect, in the third possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention second aspect, the configuration information of described virtual base station comprises the specification information of the software version information of the standard information of described virtual base station, described virtual base station, described virtual base station processing business and the parameter information that described virtual base station is processed business.

The third possible implementation in conjunction with embodiment of the present invention second aspect, in the 4th kind of possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention second aspect, described processor obtains from described virtual resource according to described configuration information for configuring the mode of the target virtual resource of described virtual base station and is specially:

Take described specification information and described parameter information is foundation, determines the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of described target virtual resource;

Take the type information of described target virtual resource and the quantity information of described target virtual resource is foundation, obtains described target virtual resource from described virtual resource pond the virtual resource comprising.

In conjunction with the third possible implementation of the possible implementation of the second of the possible implementation of the first of embodiment of the present invention second aspect or embodiment of the present invention second aspect or embodiment of the present invention second aspect or embodiment of the present invention second aspect or the 4th kind of possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention second aspect, in the 5th kind of possible implementation of embodiment of the present invention second aspect, described virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource; Or

The embodiment of the present invention third aspect discloses a kind of creation method of virtual base station, comprising:

In the possible implementation of the first of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, described method also comprises:

Obtain the traffic load value of described virtual base station;

In conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, in the possible implementation of the second of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, described generating virtual resource pool comprises:

The possible implementation of the second in conjunction with the possible implementation of the first of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect or the embodiment of the present invention third aspect or the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, in the third possible implementation of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, the configuration information of described virtual base station comprises the specification information of the software version information of the standard information of described virtual base station, described virtual base station, described virtual base station processing business and the parameter information that described virtual base station is processed business.

The third possible implementation in conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, in the 4th kind of possible implementation of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, described obtaining from described virtual resource according to described configuration information for configuring the target virtual resource of described virtual base station comprises:

In conjunction with the third possible implementation of the possible implementation of the second of the possible implementation of the first of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect or the embodiment of the present invention third aspect or the embodiment of the present invention third aspect or the embodiment of the present invention third aspect or the 4th kind of possible implementation of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, in the 5th kind of possible implementation of the embodiment of the present invention third aspect, described virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource; Or

In the embodiment of the present invention, base station cloud equipment generating virtual resource pool, wherein, virtual resource pond comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of target BS, then cloud equipment in base station receives for creating the establishment information of virtual base station, wherein, establishment information comprises the configuration information of virtual base station, base station cloud equipment obtains the target virtual resource for configuration virtual base station from virtual resource according to configuration information, afterwards target virtual resource is configured to base station virtual machine also for each the target virtual resource in the virtual machine of base station loads base station software, with generating virtual base station.Implement the physical resource that the embodiment of the present invention can provide the common hardware of base station and specialized hardware virtual, realized resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of BTS hardware resource.

Accompanying drawing explanation

In order to be illustrated more clearly in the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, to the accompanying drawing of required use in embodiment be briefly described below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, do not paying under the prerequisite of creative work, can also obtain according to these accompanying drawings other accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the disclosed a kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud equipment;

Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the disclosed another kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud equipment;

Fig. 3 is the structural representation of disclosed another the base station cloud equipment of the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the structural representation of disclosed another the base station cloud equipment of the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the structural representation of the disclosed a kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud system;

Fig. 6 is the structural representation of the interior laminate layer of the disclosed a kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud equipment;

Fig. 7 is the structural representation of the corresponding relation of the embodiment of the present invention disclosed a kind of base station virtual machine and target virtual resource;

Fig. 8 is the structural representation of the corresponding relation of the embodiment of the present invention disclosed another kind of base station virtual machine and target virtual resource;

Fig. 9 is the structural representation of the corresponding relation of disclosed another the base station virtual machine of the embodiment of the present invention and target virtual resource;

Figure 10 is the structural representation of the deployment relation of the disclosed a kind of virtual base station subsystem of the embodiment of the present invention and base station virtual machine;

Figure 11 is the structural representation of the deployment relation of the disclosed another kind of virtual base station subsystem of the embodiment of the present invention and base station virtual machine;

Figure 12 is the structural representation of the deployment relation of disclosed another the virtual base station subsystem of the embodiment of the present invention and base station virtual machine;

Figure 13 is the schematic flow sheet of the creation method of the disclosed a kind of virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 14 is the schematic flow sheet of the creation method of the disclosed another kind of virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 15 is the schematic flow sheet of the creation method of disclosed another virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 16 is the schematic flow sheet of the disclosed a kind of generating virtual resource pool of the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 17 is the schematic flow sheet of the quantity of the disclosed a kind of target virtual resource that increases virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiment

Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Embodiment based in the present invention, those of ordinary skills, not making the every other embodiment obtaining under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of creation method and base station cloud equipment of virtual base station, the physical resource that the common hardware of base station and specialized hardware can be provided is virtual, has improved the utilance of base station physical resource, has reduced the power consumption of base station.

Refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the disclosed a kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud equipment.As shown in Figure 1, this base station cloud equipment 100 can comprise generation module 101, receiver module 102, the first acquisition module 103, configuration module 104 and Bootload module 105, wherein:

Generation module 101 is for generating virtual resource pool.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual resource pond that generation module 101 generates comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of target BS, wherein, the quantity of target BS can be one or more, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit.

As a kind of optional execution mode, the second physical resource that the first physical resource that generation module 101 can provide specifically for the common hardware of collection target BS and the specialized hardware of target BS provide, and the first physical resource and the second physical resource is virtual, with generating virtual resource pool.

Optionally, virtual resource in virtual resource pond can comprise computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource, optionally, virtual resource in virtual resource pond can also comprise base-band resource, and the virtual resource in virtual resource pond can obtain by following two kinds of modes, and the invention process does not limit:

First kind of way is the virtual virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that the BBU of target BS and switching node are provided: the virtual computational resource that obtains of physical resource that the universal cpu in target BS BBU is provided, and can provide professional ability, base station control ability and base station signaling processing ability etc. by load the mode of base station software on computational resource; By the virtual transfer resource that obtains of external transport communication ability of the hardware of target BS (common hardware and specialized hardware); By the virtual exchange resource that obtains of the inner exchanging network in target BS (as the inner exchanging network being formed by switching node); The virtual base-band resource that obtains of physical resource that the baseband processing chip of target BS is provided.

The second way is the virtual virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that physical aspect of the interconnected ability of exchange that has between the physical resource that the universal cpu in target BS, special-purpose baseband processing chip and hardware are provided etc. provides, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit.

Receiver module 102 is for receiving for creating the establishment information of virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, establishment information comprises the configuration information of virtual base station.

As a kind of optional execution mode, the configuration information of virtual base station can comprise the standard information (as 2G, 3G or 4G etc.) of virtual base station, the software version information (virtual base station of different editions can be realized different functions) of virtual base station, virtual base station are processed the specification information (the maximum number of user amount that can hold as virtual base station etc.) of business and the parameter information (as processing speed, transmission bandwidth and data throughput etc.) that virtual base station is processed business.

The first acquisition module 103 is for obtaining the target virtual resource for configuration virtual base station according to configuration information from virtual resource.

As a kind of optional execution mode, the mode that the first acquisition module 103 obtains from virtual resource according to configuration information for the target virtual resource of configuration virtual base station can be specially:

Take specification information and parameter information as foundation, determine the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource, and to take the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource be foundation, the virtual resource comprising from virtual resource pond, obtain target virtual resource.

For instance, suppose that virtual resource in virtual resource pond is the virtual and virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that the BBU of target BS and switching node are provided, the computational resource in target virtual resource and transfer resource can be by providing the virtual machine of the BBU deploy appropriate size of enough computational resources and transfer resource to realize, base-band resource in target virtual resource can directly obtain in the base-band resource from virtual resource pond, and between the base-band resource in target virtual resource, base-band resource and between the virtual machine of BBU deploy and the exchange resource that all needs to ensure enough bandwidth between base-band resource and RRU.

Configuration module 104 is for being configured to base station virtual machine by target virtual resource.

Bootload module 105 is used to each the target virtual resource in the virtual machine of base station to load base station software.

In the embodiment of the present invention, Bootload module 105 is that each target virtual base station in the virtual machine of base station loads base station software with generating virtual base station according to the distribution situation of the target virtual resource in the software version information of the standard information of virtual base station, virtual base station and base station virtual machine, wherein, virtual base station can comprise control subsystem, transmission subsystem, baseband subsystems and Radio Frequency Subsystem, in virtual base station, the function of subsystems is consistent with the function of subsystems in traditional base station, does not repeat them here.

In the embodiment of the present invention, Bootload module 105 is that each target virtual resource loads base station software according to the distribution situation of the target virtual resource in the software version information of the standard information of virtual base station, virtual base station and base station virtual machine, wherein, the base station software relevant to control subsystem, the transmission subsystem of virtual base station can load on the virtual machine of BBU deploy, the base station software relevant to the baseband subsystems of virtual base station can load on base-band resource, and all the other virtual resources in target virtual resource are without loading software.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of base station cloud system, and base station cloud system can be as shown in Figure 5, Fig. 5 is the structural representation of the disclosed a kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud system, as shown in Figure 5, this base station cloud system can comprise that (structure of base station cloud equipment can be Fig. 1 to base station cloud equipment, Fig. 2, any one structure in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4) and be deployed in the one or more virtual base stations on the cloud equipment of base station, wherein, base station cloud equipment can provide a collection of set of associated target virtual resource each other according to the configuration information of virtual base station, and target virtual resource can be configured to base station virtual machine, base station cloud equipment is by the mode generating virtual base station in base station virtual machine deploy base station software, the virtual base station generating can provide wireless access service for user terminal.

The interior laminate layer of the base station cloud equipment in the embodiment of the present invention can be as shown in Figure 6, Fig. 6 is the structural representation of the interior laminate layer of the disclosed a kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud equipment, as shown in Figure 6, base station cloud equipment can comprise physical layer, resource layer and service deployment layer, wherein, physical layer is comprised of physical hardware, as a plurality of BBU, the inner exchanging network that switching node and switching node form, the virtual resource pond that the virtual virtual resource forming of the physical resource being provided by physical layer forms is provided resource layer, and can realize the management and dispatching to virtual resource in virtual resource pond, can to the demand assignment of virtual resource, go out a collection of associated virtual resource each other and this collection of associated virtual resource is each other configured to base station virtual machine to offer service deployment layer according to service deployment layer, service deployment layer is responsible for the configuration information of virtual base station to translate into needed virtual resource with to resource layer application base station virtual machine, and be responsible for loading base station software with generating virtual base station on the virtual resource on the virtual machine of base station.

For instance, suppose that virtual resource in virtual resource pond is the virtual and virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that the BBU of target BS and switching node are provided, and virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource, exchange resource and base-band resource, base station cloud equipment can be according to the standard information of virtual base station, the distribution situation of the target virtual resource in the software version information of virtual base station and base station virtual machine is that each target virtual resource loads base station software, wherein, the base station software relevant to the control subsystem of virtual base station and transmission subsystem can load on the virtual machine of BBU deploy, the base station software relevant to the baseband subsystems of virtual base station can load on base-band resource, all the other virtual resources are without loading software, the corresponding relation of base station virtual machine and target virtual resource can be as shown in Figure 7, Fig. 7 is the structural representation of the corresponding relation of the embodiment of the present invention disclosed a kind of base station virtual machine and target virtual resource, as shown in Figure 7, the virtual machine of the virtual resource deploy appropriate size obtaining after the physical resource that BBU is provided is virtual is to provide computational resource and transfer resource, the physical resource that switching node is provided is virtual so that exchange resource to be provided, base-band resource can be the idle base-band resource being distributed from virtual resource pond by base station cloud equipment, and the suitable base station software of the base station virtual machine deploy in Fig. 7 is with generating virtual base station, and the deployment relation of virtual base station subsystem and base station virtual machine can be as shown in figure 10, Figure 10 is the structural representation of the deployment relation of the disclosed a kind of virtual base station subsystem of the embodiment of the present invention and base station virtual machine, as shown in Fig. 7 and Figure 10, computational resource in virtual resource and transfer resource are to offer base station virtual machine by disposing the mode of virtual machine, this mode has good isolation effect for the virtual base station being deployed on different base station virtual machine, can reach other isolation of operating system grade.

If do not comprise base-band resource in virtual resource, the corresponding relation of base station virtual machine and target virtual resource can be as shown in Figure 8, Fig. 8 is the structural representation of the corresponding relation of the embodiment of the present invention disclosed another kind of base station virtual machine and target virtual resource, as shown in Figure 8, the virtual machine of the virtual resource deploy appropriate size obtaining after the physical resource that BBU is provided is virtual is to provide computational resource and transfer resource, the physical resource that switching node is provided is virtual so that exchange resource to be provided, and the deployment relation of virtual base station subsystem and base station virtual machine can be as shown in figure 11, Figure 11 is the structural representation of the deployment relation of the disclosed another kind of virtual base station subsystem of the embodiment of the present invention and base station virtual machine, as shown in figure 11, by base station software corresponding to the virtual resource deploy different to realize the function of the subsystems of virtual base station, and owing to not comprising base-band resource in the virtual machine of base station, the base station software corresponding with the baseband subsystems of virtual base station can be deployed on the virtual machine in the virtual machine of base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the mode of the virtual machine of the virtual resource deploy appropriate size that base station cloud equipment obtains after also can be not virtual by the physical resource BBU is provided provides computational resource and transfer resource for base station virtual machine, in this case, the corresponding relation of base station virtual machine and target virtual resource can be as shown in Figure 9, Fig. 9 is the structural representation of the corresponding relation of disclosed another the base station virtual machine of the embodiment of the present invention and target virtual resource, and in this case, the deployment relation of virtual base station subsystem and base station virtual machine can be as shown in figure 12, Figure 12 is the structural representation of the deployment relation of disclosed another the virtual base station subsystem of the embodiment of the present invention and base station virtual machine, as shown in figure 12, base station virtual machine is directly by computational resource, transfer resource, exchange resource and exchange resource form, and computational resource can be presented as the CPU computing capability in a process of operating system deploy, transfer resource is presented as the transmission bandwidth of transmit port and processes the needed CPU disposal ability of respective bandwidth data, can reach the isolation of process-level like this.

Implement the physical resource that the invention process can provide the common hardware of base station and specialized hardware virtual, realized resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of BTS hardware resource.

Refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the disclosed another kind of base station of embodiment of the present invention cloud equipment.As shown in Figure 2, this base station cloud equipment 200 can comprise generation module 201, receiver module 202, the first acquisition module 203, configuration module 204, Bootload module 205, the second acquisition module 206, comparison module 207 and adjusting module 208, wherein:

Generation module 201 is for generating virtual resource pool.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual resource pond that generation module 201 generates comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of target BS, wherein, the quantity of target BS can be one or more, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit.

As a kind of optional execution mode, as shown in Figure 2, generation module 201 can comprise collects submodule 2011 and virtual subnet module 2012, wherein:

The second physical resource that submodule 2011 provides for the specialized hardware of the first physical resource of collecting the common hardware of target BS and providing and target BS is provided.

Virtual subnet module 2012 is for virtual by the first physical resource and the second physical resource.

Optionally, virtual resource in virtual resource pond can comprise computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource, optionally, virtual resource in virtual resource pond can also comprise base-band resource, and the virtual resource in virtual resource pond can obtain by following two kinds of modes: first kind of way is the virtual virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that the BBU of target BS and switching node are provided; The second way is the virtual virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that provides of physical aspect that has the interconnected ability of exchange between the physical resource that the universal cpu in target BS, special-purpose baseband processing chip and hardware are provided, and the invention process does not limit.

Receiver module 202 is for receiving for creating the establishment information of virtual base station.

The first acquisition module 203 is for obtaining the target virtual resource for configuration virtual base station according to configuration information from virtual resource.

As a kind of optional execution mode, as shown in Figure 2, the first acquisition module 203 can comprise to be determined submodule 2031 and obtains submodule 2032, wherein:

Determine that submodule 2031, for take specification information and parameter information as foundation, determines the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource.

Obtaining submodule 2032 is foundation for take the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource, obtains target virtual resource from virtual resource pond the virtual resource comprising.

Configuration module 204 is for being configured to base station virtual machine by target virtual resource.

Bootload module 205 is used to each the target virtual resource in the virtual machine of base station to load base station software.

In the embodiment of the present invention, Bootload module 205 is that each target virtual base station in virtual base station loads base station software with generating virtual base station according to the distribution situation of the target virtual resource in the software version information of the standard information of virtual base station, virtual base station and base station virtual machine, wherein, virtual base station can comprise control subsystem, transmission subsystem, baseband subsystems and Radio Frequency Subsystem, in virtual base station, the function of subsystems is consistent with the function of subsystems in traditional base station, does not repeat them here.

The second acquisition module 206 is for obtaining the traffic load value of virtual base station.

Comparison module 207 is for comparing the traffic load value of virtual base station and the size of the first default traffic load value and the second default traffic load value.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first default traffic load value is greater than the second default traffic load value.

When adjusting module 208 is greater than the first default traffic load value for the traffic load value when virtual base station, increase the quantity of target virtual resource in virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the traffic load value of virtual base station is greater than the first default traffic load value, illustrate that the target virtual resource in virtual base station can not meet the demand of business.

As a kind of optional execution mode, when adjusting module 208 can also be less than for the traffic load value when virtual base station the second default traffic load value, reduce the quantity of target virtual resource in virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the traffic load value of virtual base station is less than the second default traffic load value, illustrate that the target virtual resource in virtual base station has residue.

Implement the physical resource that the embodiment of the present invention can be simultaneously provides the common hardware of base station and specialized hardware virtual, resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of BTS hardware resource have been realized, and the variation of the volume of business that in virtual base station, virtual resource can be processed along with virtual base station and changing, has improved the utilance of virtual resource.

Refer to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the structural representation of disclosed another the base station cloud equipment of the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, this base station cloud equipment 300 can comprise memory 301 and processor 302, wherein, stores batch processing code in memory 301, and processor 302 is for calling the program code of memory 301 storages, for carrying out following operation:

Generating virtual resource pool, virtual resource pond comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of target BS;

Receive for creating the establishment information of virtual base station, establishment information comprises the configuration information of virtual base station;

According to configuration information, from virtual resource, obtain the target virtual resource for configuration virtual base station;

Target virtual resource is configured to base station virtual machine, and is each the target virtual resource loading base station software in the virtual machine of base station, with generating virtual base station.

In one embodiment, processor 302 calls the program code of storage in memory 301, also for carrying out following operation:

Obtain the traffic load value of virtual base station;

Relatively the traffic load value of virtual base station and the first default traffic load value and second are preset the size of traffic load value, and the first default traffic load value is greater than the second default traffic load value;

If the traffic load value of virtual base station is greater than the first default traffic load value, increase the quantity of target virtual resource in virtual base station;

If the traffic load value of virtual base station is less than the second default traffic load value, reduce the quantity of target virtual resource in virtual base station.

In one embodiment, the mode of processor 302 generating virtual resource pools can be specially:

The second physical resource that the first physical resource that the common hardware of collection target BS provides and the specialized hardware of target BS provide;

The first physical resource and the second physical resource is virtual, with generating virtual resource pool.

In one embodiment, the configuration information of virtual base station comprises the standard information of virtual base station, the specification information of the software version information of virtual base station, virtual base station processing business and the parameter information of virtual base station processing business.

In one embodiment, the mode that processor 302 obtains from virtual resource according to configuration information for the target virtual resource of configuration virtual base station can be specially:

Take specification information and parameter information as foundation, determine the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource;

Take the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource is foundation, obtains target virtual resource from virtual resource pond the virtual resource comprising.

In one embodiment, virtual resource can comprise computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource; Or virtual resource can comprise computational resource, transfer resource, exchange resource and base-band resource.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in memory 301, the batch processing code of storage can comprise multi-segment program code, wherein one section of program code is for generating virtual resource pool, and wherein another section of program code is for being that different virtual base stations loads different virtual base station software kits according to the configuration information of virtual base station.

Implement the physical resource that the embodiment of the present invention can provide the common hardware of base station and specialized hardware virtual, resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of BTS hardware resource have been realized, and the capacity of virtual base station can dynamically be adjusted along with the traffic load value of virtual base station, has improved the utilance of virtual resource.

Refer to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is the structural representation of disclosed another the base station cloud equipment of the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 4, this base station cloud equipment can comprise that controlling node, several BBU and several switching nodes for internal exchange of data for one forms, wherein, control node and be used for managing whole base station cloud equipment, and node deploy " system business deployment " function and " resource pool & scheduling of resource " function (as the resource pool management in Fig. 4 and scheduling of resource) can controlled, and controlling node can be deployed in independently on server, can be deployed on BBU or switching node, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit yet; The physical resource that BBU provides can virtually turn to computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource, and can be in BBU deploy " node traffic deployment " function and " node resource management " function; Switching node is for the exchanges data of base station cloud device interior, and it can be any equipment with data exchange capability, and can be in switching node deploy " node traffic deployment " function and " node resource management " function." node traffic deployment " function of controlling " system business deployment " function of node, " node traffic deployment " function of BBU and switching node completes the function of service deployment layer in Fig. 6 jointly, and " resource pool & scheduling of resource " function, " node resource management " function on BBU and " node resource management " function on switching node of controlling node complete the function of the resource layer in Fig. 6 jointly.

Refer to Figure 13, Figure 13 is the schematic flow sheet of the creation method of the disclosed a kind of virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 13, the creation method of this virtual base station can comprise the following steps:

S1301, generating virtual resource pool.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual resource pond that base station cloud equipment generates comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of target BS, wherein, the quantity of target BS can be one or more, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit.

As a kind of optional execution mode, generating virtual resource pool can comprise:

First kind of way is the virtual virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that the BBU of target BS and switching node are provided: the virtual computational resource that obtains of physical resource that the universal cpu in target BS BBU is provided, can provide professional ability, base station control ability and base station signaling processing ability etc. by load the mode of base station software on computational resource; By the virtual transfer resource that obtains of external transport communication ability of the hardware of target BS (common hardware and specialized hardware); By the virtual exchange resource that obtains of the inner exchanging network in target BS (as the inner exchanging network being formed by switching node); The virtual base-band resource that obtains of physical resource that the baseband processing chip of target BS is provided.

The second way is the virtual virtual resource that obtains of physical resource that provides of physical aspect that has the interconnected ability of exchange between the physical resource that the universal cpu in target BS, special-purpose baseband processing chip and hardware are provided, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit.

S1302, reception are for creating the establishment information of virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the establishment information that base station cloud equipment receives comprises the configuration information of virtual base station.

As a kind of optional execution mode, the configuration information of virtual base station can comprise the standard information (as 2G, 3G or 4G etc.) of virtual base station, the software version information (virtual base station of different editions can be realized different functions) of virtual base station, virtual base station are processed the specification information (the maximum number of user amount that can hold as virtual base station etc.) of business and the parameter information (as processing speed, transmission bandwidth and data throughput etc.) that virtual base station is processed business, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit.

S1303, according to configuration information, from virtual resource, obtain the target virtual resource for configuration virtual base station.

As a kind of optional execution mode, the target virtual resource that base station cloud equipment obtains from virtual resource according to configuration information for configuration virtual base station can comprise:

It is foundation that base station cloud equipment be take specification information and parameter information, determines the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource;

It is foundation that base station cloud equipment be take the type information of target virtual resource and the quantity information of target virtual resource, obtains target virtual resource from virtual resource pond the virtual resource comprising.

S1304, target virtual resource is configured to base station virtual machine, and is that each target virtual resource in the virtual machine of base station loads base station software.

In the embodiment of the present invention, base station cloud equipment is that each target virtual resource in the virtual machine of base station loads base station software with generating virtual base station according to the distribution situation of the target virtual resource in the software version information of the standard information of virtual base station, virtual base station and base station virtual machine, wherein, virtual base station can comprise control subsystem, transmission subsystem, baseband subsystems and Radio Frequency Subsystem, in virtual base station, the function of subsystems is consistent with the function of subsystems in traditional base station, does not repeat them here.

In the embodiment of the present invention, base station cloud equipment generating virtual resource pool, wherein, virtual resource pond comprises by the common hardware of target BS and the virtual virtual resource forming of the specialized hardware of target BS, then cloud equipment in base station receives for creating the establishment information of virtual base station, wherein, establishment information comprises the configuration information of virtual base station, base station cloud equipment obtains the target virtual resource for configuration virtual base station from virtual resource according to configuration information, afterwards target virtual resource is configured to base station virtual machine also for each the target virtual resource in the virtual machine of base station loads base station software, with generating virtual base station.Implement the physical resource that the embodiment of the present invention can be simultaneously provides the common hardware of base station and specialized hardware virtual, realized resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of BTS hardware resource.

Refer to Figure 14, Figure 14 is the schematic flow sheet of the creation method of the disclosed another kind of virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 14, the creation method of this virtual base station can comprise the following steps:

S1401, generating virtual resource pool.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the process of base station cloud equipment generating virtual resource pool can be as shown in figure 16, and Figure 16 is the schematic flow sheet of the disclosed a kind of generating virtual resource pool of the embodiment of the present invention.

S1402, reception are for creating the establishment information of virtual base station.

S1403, according to configuration information, from virtual resource, obtain the target virtual resource for configuration virtual base station.

S1404, target virtual resource is configured to base station virtual machine, and is that each target virtual resource in the virtual machine of base station loads base station software.

S1405, obtain the traffic load value of virtual base station.

The size of the traffic load value of S1406, comparison virtual base station and the first default traffic load value and the second default traffic load value.

Whether S1407, the traffic load value that judges virtual base station are greater than the first default traffic load value.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if judgment result is that of step S1407 be, perform step S1408, if the determination result is NO for step S1407, perform step S1409.

The quantity of target virtual resource in S1408, increase virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, base station cloud equipment increases the process of the quantity of target virtual resource in virtual base station can be as shown in figure 17, and Figure 17 is the structural representation of the quantity of the disclosed a kind of target virtual resource that increases virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention.

Whether S1409, the traffic load value that judges virtual base station are less than the second default traffic load value.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if judgment result is that of step S1409 be, perform step S1410, if the determination result is NO for step S1409, perform step S1405.

The quantity of target virtual resource in S1410, minimizing virtual base station.

Implement the physical resource that the embodiment of the present invention can provide the common hardware in base station and specialized hardware virtual, resource-sharing and the resource dynamic scheduling of BTS hardware resource have been realized, and quantity and the type of the virtual resource that the virtual base station generating comprises can change along with practical business demand, have improved the utilance of virtual resource.

Refer to Figure 15, Figure 15 is the schematic flow sheet of the creation method of disclosed another virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 15, the creation method of this virtual base station can comprise the following steps:

S1501, operator upload the establishment information of virtual base station.

S1502, system business are disposed and are received for creating the establishment information of virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, establishment information comprises the configuration information of virtual resource.

S1503, system business dispose that to take specification information and parameter information be foundation, determine type information and the quantity information of target virtual resource.

S1504, system business are disposed type information and the quantity information that sends target virtual resource to resource pool & scheduling of resource.

Type information and the quantity information of S1505, resource pool & scheduling of resource receiving target virtual resource.

It is foundation that S1506, resource pool & scheduling of resource be take type information and the quantity information of target virtual resource, obtains target virtual resource from virtual resource pond the virtual resource comprising.

In the embodiment of the present invention, target virtual resource can comprise computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource, and optional, target virtual resource can also comprise base-band resource.

S1507, resource pool & scheduling of resource are configured to base station virtual machine by target virtual resource.

S1508, resource pool & scheduling of resource send to node resource management the request of disposing virtual machine.

S1509, computational resource and the transfer resource deploy virtual machine of node resource management in the virtual machine of base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, computational resource and transfer resource can be by the physical resource BBU is provided the virtual machine of the virtual virtual resource deploy appropriate size obtaining realize, base-band resource is the idle base-band resource directly being distributed by virtual resource pond, and between base-band resource, between base-band resource and the virtual machine of deployment and the exchange resource that all needs to ensure enough bandwidth between base-band resource and RRU, now base station virtual machine is created successfully.

S1510, resource pool & scheduling of resource are disposed and are returned to base station virtual machine to system business.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the base station virtual machine that resource pool & scheduling of resource is returned, can comprise the list of identification information and the target virtual resource of base station virtual machine.

S1511, system business are disposed to node traffic and are disposed the request that target virtual resource loads base station software that is sent as.

The target virtual resource that S1512, node traffic are deployed as on the virtual machine of base station loads base station software.

In the embodiment of the present invention, system business is disposed according to the distribution situation of the software version information of the standard information of virtual base station, virtual base station and target virtual resource, analyze the base station software that each target virtual resource need to load, afterwards, system business is disposed each target virtual base station that the node traffic in the BTS hardware (BBU or switching node) notify each target virtual resource place is deployed as on the virtual machine of base station and is loaded corresponding base station software.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the base station software relevant to the control subsystem of virtual base station and transmission subsystem loads on the virtual machine of disposing, the software relevant to the baseband subsystems of virtual base station loads on base-band resource, and all the other target virtual resources are without loading base station software.

S1513, system business are disposed to node traffic and are disposed and send for creating the request of virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after base station software loaded, system business is disposed to the control subsystem of virtual base station and is sent the request that creates virtual base station.

S1514, node traffic are disposed to system business and are disposed and return to the response that creates virtual base station.

S1515, system business are disposed to operator and are returned to the response that creates virtual base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the backward operator of response that system business deployment receives establishment virtual base station returns to the response that creates virtual base station.

Refer to Figure 16, Figure 16 is the schematic flow sheet of the disclosed a kind of generating virtual resource pool of the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 16, the step of generating virtual resource pool can comprise:

S1601, BBU and switching node electrifying startup.

The physical resource that S1602, virtual BBU and switching node provide.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after BBU and switching node electrifying startup, the physical resource that BBU and switching node provide is collected respectively in " the node resource management " in BBU and switching node.

S1603, BBU and switching node report virtual resource to resource pool & scheduling of resource.

In the embodiment of the present invention, virtual resource can comprise computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource, and virtual resource can also comprise base-band resource, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit.

S1604, resource pool & scheduling of resource receive virtual resource.

S1605, resource pool & scheduling of resource storing virtual resource.

The embodiment of the present invention, resource pool & scheduling of resource storing virtual resource, with generating virtual resource pool.

Refer to Figure 17, Figure 17 is the schematic flow sheet of the quantity of the disclosed a kind of target virtual resource that increases virtual base station of the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 17, the quantity of the target virtual resource of base station cloud equipment increase virtual base station can comprise the following steps:

S1701, virtual base station obtain the traffic load value of virtual base station.

S1702, virtual base station be the traffic load value of virtual base station and the size of the first default traffic load value and the second default traffic load value relatively.

S1703, virtual base station determine that the traffic load value of virtual base station is greater than the first default traffic load value.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the traffic load value of virtual base station is greater than the first default traffic load value, illustrate that the virtual resource in virtual base station can not meet the demand of business.

S1704, virtual base station are determined the traffic profile that virtual base station needs dilatation.

S1705, virtual base station are disposed and are sent the traffic profile that needs dilatation to system business.

S1706, system business are disposed to receive needs the traffic profile of dilatation, and analyzes type information and the quantity information of needed virtual resource.

S1707, system business are disposed type information and the quantity information that sends required virtual resource to resource pool & scheduling of resource.

It is foundation that S1708, resource pool & scheduling of resource be take type information and the quantity information of virtual resource, obtains the virtual resource of needs from virtual resource pond the virtual resource comprising.

S1709, resource pool & scheduling of resource are configured to base station virtual machine by virtual resource.

S1710, resource pool & scheduling of resource send to node resource management the request of disposing virtual machine.

S1711, computational resource and the transfer resource deploy virtual machine of node resource management in the virtual machine of base station.

S1712, resource pool & resource tuning system business are disposed and are returned to base station virtual machine.

S1713, system business are disposed to node traffic and are disposed the request that virtual resource loads base station software that is sent as.

The virtual resource that S1714, node traffic are deployed as on the virtual machine of base station loads base station software.

S1715, system business are disposed to virtual base station and are returned to virtual base station dilatation response.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of schematic flow sheet of quantity of the target virtual resource that increases virtual base station, the deletion flow process of virtual base station and the flow process of quantity that reduces the target virtual resource of virtual base station can be derived by increasing the flow process of quantity of the target virtual resource of virtual base station, and the embodiment of the present invention repeats no more.

It should be noted that, in the above-described embodiments, the description of each embodiment is all emphasized particularly on different fields in certain embodiment, there is no the part of detailed description, can be referring to the associated description of other embodiment.Secondly, those skilled in the art also should know, the embodiment described in specification all belongs to preferred embodiment, and related action and module might not be that the present invention is necessary.

Step in embodiment of the present invention method can be carried out according to actual needs order and adjusted, merges and delete.

Module in embodiment of the present invention equipment or submodule can merge according to actual needs, divide and delete.

Module described in the embodiment of the present invention or submodule, can pass through universal integrated circuit, for example CPU (Central Processing Unit, central processing unit), or realize by ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)).

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of flow process realizing in above-described embodiment method, to come the hardware that instruction is relevant to complete by computer program, described program can be stored in computer read/write memory medium, this program, when carrying out, can comprise as the flow process of the embodiment of above-mentioned each side method.Wherein, described storage medium can be magnetic disc, CD, read-only store-memory body (Read-Only Memory, ROM) or random store-memory body (Random Access Memory, RAM) etc.

The creation method of a kind of the virtual base station above embodiment of the present invention being provided and base station cloud equipment are described in detail, applied instantiation herein principle of the present invention and execution mode are set forth, the explanation of above embodiment is just for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept thereof; , for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, all will change in specific embodiments and applications, in sum, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention meanwhile.

Claims

1. a base station cloud equipment, is characterized in that, comprising:

2. base station according to claim 1 cloud equipment, is characterized in that, described base station cloud equipment also comprises:

3. base station according to claim 1 cloud equipment, is characterized in that, described generation module comprises:

4. according to the base station cloud equipment described in claim 1～3 any one, it is characterized in that, the configuration information of described virtual base station comprises the specification information of the software version information of the standard information of described virtual base station, described virtual base station, described virtual base station processing business and the parameter information that described virtual base station is processed business.

5. base station according to claim 4 cloud equipment, is characterized in that, described the first acquisition module comprises:

6. according to the base station cloud equipment described in claim 1～5 any one, it is characterized in that, described virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource; Or

7. a base station cloud equipment, comprises memory and processor, it is characterized in that, stores batch processing code in described memory, and described processor is for calling the program code that described memory is stored, for carrying out following operation:

8. base station according to claim 7 cloud equipment, is characterized in that, described processor is for calling the program code that described memory is stored, also for carrying out following operation:

Obtain the traffic load value of described virtual base station;

9. base station according to claim 7 cloud equipment, is characterized in that, the mode of described processor generating virtual resource pool is specially:

10. according to the base station cloud equipment described in claim 7～9 any one, it is characterized in that, the configuration information of described virtual base station comprises the specification information of the software version information of the standard information of described virtual base station, described virtual base station, described virtual base station processing business and the parameter information that described virtual base station is processed business.

11. base station according to claim 10 cloud equipment, is characterized in that, described processor obtains from described virtual resource according to described configuration information for configuring the mode of the target virtual resource of described virtual base station and is specially:

12. according to the base station cloud equipment described in claim 7～11 any one, it is characterized in that, described virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource; Or

The creation method of 13. 1 kinds of virtual base stations, is characterized in that, comprising:

14. methods according to claim 13, is characterized in that, described method also comprises:

Obtain the traffic load value of described virtual base station;

15. methods according to claim 13, is characterized in that, described generating virtual resource pool comprises:

16. according to the method described in claim 13～15 any one, it is characterized in that, the configuration information of described virtual base station comprises the specification information of the software version information of the standard information of described virtual base station, described virtual base station, described virtual base station processing business and the parameter information that described virtual base station is processed business.

17. methods according to claim 16, is characterized in that, described obtaining from described virtual resource according to described configuration information for configuring the target virtual resource of described virtual base station comprises:

18. according to the method described in claim 13～17 any one, it is characterized in that, described virtual resource comprises computational resource, transfer resource and exchange resource; Or