Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention is proposed to provide a method, an apparatus, a storage medium and a device for deploying base station upper layer software that overcome or at least partially solve the above problems.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for deploying upper layer software of a base station is provided, which specifically includes:
dividing software functional modules of base station upper layer software;
combining the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relation among the functions realized by the divided software function modules;
and performing distributed deployment on the combined software function module group.
Optionally, the combining the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship between the functions implemented by the divided software function modules includes:
and combining software functional modules which are in service association with a base station bottom layer protocol layer in each software functional module, and/or combining software functional modules which are in service association with a network side or an operation maintenance management system in each software functional module.
Optionally, the software function module division of the base station upper layer software includes:
and performing software function module division on the upper layer software of the base station according to the service function realized by the upper layer software of the base station, wherein the divided software function modules comprise: the system comprises a base station cell management module, a measurement processing module, a network side processing module, at least one air interface side processing module and at least one bottom layer interaction module.
Optionally, the combining the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship between the functions implemented by the divided software function modules includes:
combining the base station cell management module, the measurement processing module and the network side processing module to obtain a base station processing module group;
and combining the at least one air interface side processing module and the at least one bottom layer interaction module to obtain a cell processing module group.
Optionally, the combining the at least one air interface side processing module and the at least one bottom layer interaction module to obtain a cell processing module group includes:
and combining the air interface side processing modules and the bottom layer interaction modules corresponding to different cells respectively to obtain cell processing module groups corresponding to the cells.
Optionally, the performing distributed deployment on the combined software functional module group includes:
and respectively deploying the software function module groups on different hardware and/or different operating systems.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for deploying upper layer software of a base station, including
The function division module is used for carrying out software function module division on the upper-layer software of the base station;
the module configuration module is used for combining the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship among the functions realized by the divided software function modules;
and the software deployment module is used for performing distributed deployment on the combined software functional module group.
Optionally, the module configuration module is specifically configured to combine software functional modules in each software functional module, which have service association with a base station bottom layer protocol layer, and/or combine software functional modules in each software functional module, which have service association with a network side or an operation maintenance management system.
Optionally, the function partitioning module is specifically configured to perform software function module partitioning on the base station upper layer software according to a service function implemented by the base station upper layer software, where the software function module partitioned includes: the system comprises a base station cell management module, a measurement processing module, a network side processing module, at least one air interface side processing module and at least one bottom layer interaction module.
Optionally, the module configuration module specifically includes:
the first configuration unit is used for combining the base station cell management module, the measurement processing module and the network side processing module to obtain a base station processing module group;
and the second configuration unit is used for combining the at least one air interface side processing module and the at least one bottom layer interaction module to obtain a cell processing module group.
Optionally, the software deploying module is specifically configured to deploy the software functional module groups to different hardware and/or different operating systems respectively.
Furthermore, the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the deployment method of the base station upper layer software as described above.
Furthermore, the present invention also provides an apparatus, which includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when the processor executes the program, the steps of the deployment method of the upper layer software of the base station are implemented.
According to the deployment method, device, storage medium and equipment of the base station upper layer software, the base station upper layer software is divided into the software function module groups according to the business logic relation among the functions realized by the software function modules, the distributed deployment of the base station upper layer software is flexibly and efficiently realized based on the concept of the module groups, and the architectural deployment requirement of the upper layer software of a large-scale base station is met.
The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are described below in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood and to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the prior art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the base station may be a base station in a communication system of multiple standards such as 3G, 4G, or 5G, which is not limited in this respect. As an example, the present invention will be specifically described by taking a base station in a 4G LTE system as an example.
The invention is based on LTE protocol base stations, but is not limited to other protocol communication base stations. The invention mainly provides a deployment method of base station upper software in a base station, which divides the upper software of the base station into a plurality of software function module groups, the software function module groups can be flexibly deployed in a distributed manner, the base station can conveniently expand the cells, and simultaneously can process the large concurrent flow of a plurality of cell services in time, thereby improving the satisfaction degree of users.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for deploying upper layer software of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the method for deploying upper-layer software of a base station according to the embodiment of the present invention specifically includes the following steps:
and S11, dividing software function modules of the upper layer software of the base station.
In the embodiment of the invention, the upper layer software of the base station refers to upper layer protocol software of the base station, the service function of the upper layer protocol software is mainly a series of contents defined according to the 3GPP standard, and the upper layer software mainly refers to the function processing contents above an RRC layer in the base station, including but not limited to RRM processing, connection management, cell management and other functions.
And S12, combining the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship among the functions realized by the divided software function modules.
Specifically, in step S12, the software function modules are combined into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship between the functions implemented by the divided software function modules, and the implementation manner is as follows: and combining software functional modules which are in service association with a base station bottom layer protocol layer in each software functional module, and/or combining software functional modules which are in service association with a network side or an operation maintenance management system in each software functional module.
And S13, carrying out distributed deployment on the combined software function module group.
In this embodiment, the software functional module groups combined in step S13 may be deployed in a distributed manner, specifically, the software functional module groups may be deployed in different hardware and/or different operating systems, respectively.
In this embodiment, the software function module groups may be deployed together or in a distributed manner, and the requirement on the processing capability of a single CPU is not strong: under the scene of service processing of the small base station, the small base station can be merged and deployed in the same CPU; in a large base station service processing scene, the method can be distributed and deployed in a multi-chip CPU or a software operating system. The software deployment mode of the invention is very flexible, and is particularly suitable for solving the problem of difficult deployment of the upper protocol software of the large base station with concurrent large traffic.
According to the deployment method of the upper layer software of the base station, the upper layer software of the base station is divided into the software function module groups according to the business logic relation among the functions realized by the software function modules, the distributed deployment of the upper layer software of the base station is flexibly and efficiently realized based on the concept of the module groups, and the architectural deployment requirement of the upper layer software of a large-scale base station is met.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the software function module division is performed on the upper layer software of the base station, specifically: and performing software function module division on the upper layer software of the base station according to the service function realized by the upper layer software of the base station, wherein the divided software function modules comprise: the system comprises a base station cell management module, a measurement processing module, a network side processing module, at least one air interface side processing module and at least one bottom layer interaction module.
Fig. 2 is an architecture diagram of a device for implementing distributed deployment of upper layer software of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the software functional modules include: base station cell management module, measurement processing module, network side processing module, at least one air interface side processing module and at least one bottom layer interaction module, wherein:
and the base station cell management module is responsible for interacting with a base station operation maintenance management system (OAM), receiving the configuration of the OAM, executing an OAM command, or reporting important information to the OAM in time so as to realize the control function of the OAM on the base station service.
And the measurement processing module is responsible for processing the measurement result reported by the base station bottom layer, processing the measurement result reported by the UE, and outputting a measurement decision and measurement flow control.
And the network side processing module is responsible for connecting other system network elements on the network side, processing protocol signaling of the network side, including but not limited to an S1AP protocol and an X2AP protocol, and cooperatively realizing the device function of the base station.
And the air interface side processing module is responsible for processing messages of all protocol modules of a bottom layer protocol layer of the base station, and comprises but not limited to a PDCP module, an RLC module, an MAC module and a PHY module, and the air interface side processing module is used for cooperating with all the modules to realize the equipment function of the base station together.
And the bottom layer interaction module is responsible for connecting each protocol module of the bottom layer protocol layer of the base station, including but not limited to a PDCP module, an RLC module, an MAC module and a PHY module, and for the message forwarding function between the modules and the air interface side processing module.
Further, the combining of the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship between the functions realized by the divided software function modules specifically includes the following contents: combining the base station cell management module, the measurement processing module and the network side processing module to obtain a base station processing module group; and combining the at least one air interface side processing module and the at least one bottom layer interaction module to obtain a cell processing module group.
In this embodiment, the divided base station cell management module, measurement processing module, network side processing module, air interface side processing module, and bottom layer interaction module are further divided into two software function module groups, that is, the base station cell management module, measurement processing module, and network side processing module are divided into base station processing module groups; the air interface side processing module and the bottom layer interaction module are divided into cell processing module groups, and the two software function module groups can be distributed and deployed on different chips or different operating systems.
In the implementation of the invention, the base station upper layer software is divided into two types of base station processing module groups at a base station level and cell processing module groups at a cell level. The base station level processing module group is mainly responsible for processing the starting and control of each cell in the base station, the connection establishment and service interaction of the network side (such as S1AP or X2 AP), the mapping management of the relationship between the UE level and S1AP or X2AP, and the measurement management; the cell processing module group is responsible for processing UE air interface flow, RRC resource management and the like of the own cell, and cooperates with bottom layer software (including but not limited to a PDCP module, an RLC module, an MAC module and a PHY module) to jointly process cell broadcasting or UE services and the like.
Wherein, the combining the at least one air interface side processing module and the at least one bottom layer interaction module to obtain a cell processing module group specifically includes: and combining the air interface side processing modules and the bottom layer interaction modules corresponding to different cells respectively to obtain cell processing module groups corresponding to the cells.
Each air interface side processing module corresponds to a bottom layer interaction module, and different cells respectively correspond to one air interface side processing module and one bottom layer interaction module, and respectively process services (mainly related to UE) of each cell in the base station and interface services interacted with bottom layer software of each cell in the base station.
In this embodiment, the cell processing module groups may also be implemented by a plurality of same module groups operating concurrently, and processing cell services of a plurality of base stations simultaneously, and the cell processing module groups may also be implemented by distributed deployment. Subsequently, the modules of the base station upper layer software coordinate with each other, and process the upper layer signaling according to the protocol of 3 GPP: the base station processing module group is responsible for starting the base stations, is responsible for connection and establishment of a network side (such as S1AP or X2 AP) and is responsible for mapping management of the relationship between the UE level and S1AP or X2AP and measurement management; each cell processing module group is responsible for processing UE air interface flows, RRC resource management and the like of the cell.
In this embodiment, a base station level processing module group and one or more cell level processing module groups use a distributed deployment mode to jointly complete the upper layer protocol software function inside the base station; in addition, as long as the module group division method provided by the invention is used, whether each module group is deployed in a distributed manner or the module groups are deployed in the same CPU or the same software operating system in a unified manner is within the scope of the right of the application of the invention.
In order to make the solution of the present invention more clear, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 3. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Fig. 3 is an execution flowchart for implementing cell establishment by a distributed base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the cell establishment procedure of the distributed base station is specifically as follows:
and S1, the OAM (operation maintenance management module of the base station) sends a cell establishment request to the cell management module of the base station.
S2: the base station cell management module initiates an S1 establishment request to a core network through a network side processing module;
s3: the core network replies S1 the request response to the base station cell management module through the network side processing module
S4: the base station cell management module sends a cell parameter configuration and establishment request to the air interface side processing module
S5: and the air interface side processing module sends a cell parameter configuration and establishment request to the bottom layer software through the bottom layer interaction module.
S6: and the bottom layer software sends the cell establishment completion to the air interface side processing module through the bottom layer interaction module.
S7: and the air interface side processing module sends the cell establishment completion to the base station cell management module.
S8: and the base station cell management module sends cell establishment completion to the OAM.
In order to make the solution of the present invention more clear, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 4. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Fig. 4 is an execution flowchart of a distributed base station implementing UE access processing according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the UE access processing flow of the distributed base station is specifically as follows:
s9, the UE initiates an access request to the underlying software.
S10: the bottom layer software sends an access request to the air interface side processing module through the bottom layer interaction module;
s11: the air interface side processing module processes the UE access request by itself
S12: the air interface side processing module sends access control resource allocation to the bottom layer software through the bottom layer interaction module
S13: the underlying software sends an access control resource allocation to the UE.
S14: the UE sends an access completion to the underlying software.
S15: and the bottom layer software sends access completion to the air interface side processing module through the bottom layer interaction module.
S16: and the air interface side processing module sends the UE access completion to the network side processing module.
S17: and the network side processing module sends the UE initial direct transmission to the core network.
S18: the core network sends a UE context establishment request to the network side processing module.
S19: and the network side processing module sends a UE context establishment request to the air interface side processing module.
S20: and the air interface side processing module sends a bearing establishment request to the bottom layer software through the bottom layer interaction module.
S21: the underlying software sends a bearer establishment request to the UE.
S22: and the UE sends the completion of the bearer establishment to the underlying software. .
S23: the bottom layer software sends the bearer establishment completion to the air interface side processing module through the bottom layer interaction module;
s24: and the air interface side processing module sends the UE context establishment success to the network side processing module.
S25: and the network side processing module sends the UE context to the core network to be successfully established.
It is known that the above embodiment is only a conventional example, and in the specific implementation, there may be a more flexible operation scheme among the units, but the essence of the invention is that the upper layer software of the base station is divided into a base station level processing module group and one or more cell level processing module groups; the base station level processing module group at least comprises a base station cell management unit, a measurement processing unit and a network side processing unit; the cell level processing module group at least comprises a hollow port side processing unit and a bottom layer interaction unit, and the implementation process is completed through the cooperation of the module groups.
It should be noted that, although no reference is made to the measurement processing unit in the above embodiments, the process may not involve the measurement processing unit for the above two embodiments, and after the UE accesses, this module assumes an important responsibility, and at least includes UE measurement control and base station measurement control, or some measurement-related policies may be implemented here.
For simplicity of explanation, the method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combinations, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments are not limited by the order of acts described, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently with other steps in accordance with the embodiments of the invention. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are presently preferred and that no particular act is required to implement the invention.
Fig. 5 schematically shows a structural diagram of a deployment apparatus of base station upper layer software according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 5, the deployment apparatus of upper layer software of a base station in the embodiment of the present invention specifically includes a function division module 201, a module configuration module 202, and a software deployment module 203, where:
a function division module 201, configured to perform software function module division on upper layer software of the base station;
the module configuration module 202 is used for combining the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship among the functions realized by the divided software function modules;
and the software deployment module 203 is used for performing distributed deployment on the combined software function module group.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the module configuration module 202 is specifically configured to combine software functional modules in each software functional module, which have service association with a base station bottom layer protocol layer, and/or combine software functional modules in each software functional module, which have service association with a network side or an operation maintenance management system.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the function dividing module 201 is specifically configured to perform software function module division on the base station upper layer software according to a service function implemented by the base station upper layer software, and the divided software function modules include: the system comprises a base station cell management module, a measurement processing module, a network side processing module, at least one air interface side processing module and at least one bottom layer interaction module.
Further, the module configuration module 202 specifically includes a first configuration unit and a second configuration unit, where:
the first configuration unit is used for combining the base station cell management module, the measurement processing module and the network side processing module to obtain a base station processing module group;
and the second configuration unit is used for combining the at least one air interface side processing module and the at least one bottom layer interaction module to obtain a cell processing module group. In a specific embodiment, the second configuration unit is specifically configured to combine the air interface side processing modules and the bottom layer interaction module corresponding to different cells respectively, so as to obtain a cell processing module group corresponding to each cell.
Further, the software deploying module 203 is specifically configured to deploy the software functional module groups in different hardware and/or different operating systems, respectively.
For the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, refer to the partial description of the method embodiment.
The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.
According to the deployment method and device of the base station upper layer software, provided by the embodiment of the invention, the base station upper layer software is divided into the software function module groups according to the service logic relationship among the functions realized by the software function modules, and based on the concept of the module groups, the distributed deployment of the base station upper layer software is flexibly and efficiently realized, so that the architectural deployment requirement of the upper layer software of a large-scale base station is met.
In addition, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the deployment method of the upper layer software of the base station according to any one of the above embodiments.
In this embodiment, if the module/unit integrated by the deployment apparatus of the base station upper layer software is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, all or part of the flow of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention may also be implemented by a computer program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method embodiments may be implemented. Wherein the computer program comprises computer program code, which may be in the form of source code, object code, an executable file or some intermediate form, etc. The computer-readable medium may include: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, recording medium, usb disk, removable hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, computer Memory, Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), electrical carrier wave signals, telecommunications signals, software distribution medium, and the like. It should be noted that the computer readable medium may contain content that is subject to appropriate increase or decrease as required by legislation and patent practice in jurisdictions, for example, in some jurisdictions, computer readable media does not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunications signals as is required by legislation and patent practice.
The device provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the processor implements the steps in the deployment method embodiments of the upper layer software of the base station when executing the computer program, for example, S11 shown in fig. 1, and performs software function module division on the upper layer software of the base station. And S12, combining the software function modules into a software function module group according to the business logic relationship among the functions realized by the divided software function modules. And S13, carrying out distributed deployment on the combined software function module group. Alternatively, the processor, when executing the computer program, implements the functions of each module/unit in the foregoing deployment apparatus embodiment of the base station upper layer software, such as the functional partitioning module 201, the module configuring module 202, and the software deployment module 203 shown in fig. 5.
Illustratively, the computer program may be partitioned into one or more modules/units that are stored in the memory and executed by the processor to implement the invention. The one or more modules/units may be a series of computer program instruction segments capable of performing specific functions, which are used for describing the execution process of the computer program in the deployment apparatus of the corresponding base station upper layer software.
The apparatus may include, but is not limited to, a processor, a memory. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the device is not limiting and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or different components, e.g., the device may also include input output devices, network access devices, buses, etc.
The Processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like that is the control center for the device and that connects the various parts of the overall device using various interfaces and lines.
The memory may be used to store the computer programs and/or modules, and the processor may implement the various functions of the apparatus by running or executing the computer programs and/or modules stored in the memory, as well as by invoking data stored in the memory. The memory may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. In addition, the memory may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as a hard disk, a memory, a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), at least one magnetic disk storage device, a Flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.
In the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the described units or division of units is only one type of division of logical functions, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical or other form.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than others, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.