Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It is first pointed out that the main execution body of the embodiment of the present invention is a network element device, and the network element device may also be referred to as a wireless information open platform or a wireless capability open platform. In specific implementation, the network element device may be a newly added network element in an existing network element; the network element device may be a logical entity, may be deployed together with an edge computing platform (also referred to as a service platform), or may be deployed separately through a separate device.
For example, please refer to fig. 1, in which fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless information open system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In The wireless information opening system shown in fig. 1, The wireless information opening platform 11 may be co-deployed with The edge computing platform 12, and The wireless information opening platform 11 may interact with or transmit information through interfaces with a local application 13, a Network (Internet) application 14, a Network open Function (Network open Function) NEF entity 15, a base station gNB 16, and an Operation Support System (OSS) 17, respectively. For example, the wireless information open platform 11 can perform information interaction with the local application 13 through the interface 7; the wireless information open platform 11 can transmit information to the Internet application 14 through the interface 6, and the Internet application 14 can perform information interaction with the NEF entity 15 through the interface 1; the wireless information open platform 11 can perform information interaction with the NEF entity 15 through the interface 2; the wireless information open platform 11 can transmit information to the OSS 17 through the interface 4, and the OSS 17 can transmit information to the gNB 16 through the interface 5; the wireless information open platform 11 can perform information interaction with the gNB 16 through the interface 3.
Thus, with the wireless information opening system shown in fig. 1, the wireless information opening platform 11 may directly feed back the wireless information to the applications (e.g., the local application 13 and the Internet application 14), or may directly issue the wireless parameter configuration information.
It can be understood that the wireless information opening system according to the embodiment of the present invention may be based on, but not limited to, an existing 5G network architecture, and may also be based on a subsequent 6G network architecture, a 7G network architecture, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
The information acquisition method according to the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the network architecture shown in fig. 1.
Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information obtaining method, which is applied to a network element device, and the method includes the following steps:
step 201: and acquiring a wireless information calling request message of the application.
The application may be a third-party application. The above application may be any of the following: web applications and native applications. The web application may also be referred to as a web application and the native application may also be referred to as a native application. The native application may be understood as an application program that is installed in the service platform.
Step 202: and acquiring the wireless information corresponding to the application according to the wireless information calling request message.
Wherein the wireless information may include at least one of: a signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) value of a channel, a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer buffer value, and a wireless air interface available bandwidth.
Step 203: the wireless information is sent to the application.
In a specific implementation, when the application is a network application, the network element device may directly send the wireless information to the application, or may indirectly send the wireless information to the application through the NEF entity. For example, wireless information with high requirements for time delay (real-time performance) can be directly sent to an application; and wireless information with low time delay (real-time performance) requirements can be indirectly sent to the application through the NEF entity. And when the application is a local application, the network element equipment can directly send the wireless information to the application.
Optionally, when the application is a web application, step 203 may include:
and the network element equipment sends the wireless information to the NEF entity, and the NEF entity forwards the wireless information to the network application.
After the application receives the wireless information, the application can adjust a TCP sliding window at the application side, so that the control of downlink flow is realized, and the high-efficiency utilization rate of air interface resources is ensured.
According to the information acquisition method, the wireless information corresponding to the application is acquired according to the wireless information calling request message by acquiring the wireless information calling request message of the application, and the wireless information is sent to the application.
In the embodiment of the present invention, based on whether the application initiating the request is a network application or a local application, the manner in which the network element device obtains the wireless information invocation request message may be different. Optionally, when the application is a web application, step 201 may include:
the network element equipment receives a wireless information calling request message which is forwarded after the NEF entity receives the wireless information calling request message sent by the network application and authenticates that the network application is legal.
Alternatively, when the above application is a local application, step 201 may include:
and the network element equipment receives a wireless information calling request message sent by the local application.
Optionally, when the above application is a local application, after step 201 and before step 202, the method may further include:
the network element equipment sends a request message for establishing wireless information acquisition to the NEF entity;
and the network element equipment receives a response message for establishing wireless information acquisition, which is sent by the NEF entity after the local application is authenticated to be legal.
Thus, after receiving the response message, the network element device can determine to acquire the authorization of the NEF entity and initiate a process of acquiring the wireless information.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the network element device may obtain the wireless information corresponding to the application from the base station. Optionally, the process of acquiring the wireless information corresponding to the application in step 202 may include:
the network element equipment sends a request message for acquiring wireless information configuration to a base station;
and the network element equipment receives the wireless information fed back by the base station.
The information for acquiring the wireless information configuration request may include information such as wireless content and periodic configuration. After receiving the request message, the base station may feed back corresponding wireless information according to the configuration requirement in the request message.
In the embodiment of the invention, in order to ensure that the service process of the user is smoothly carried out, aiming at applications such as third-party applications, wireless air interface priority scheduling needs to be established for wireless reporting information, and wireless side parameter optimization is completed. Specifically, after step 202, the method may further include:
the network element equipment determines the wireless parameter configuration information of the application according to the wireless information corresponding to the application;
and the network element equipment sends the wireless parameter configuration information to an OSS (operation system), and the OSS sends the wireless parameter configuration information to a base station so that the base station completes the optimization of the wireless side parameters of the application.
The radio parameter configuration information may include at least one of the following: a Scheduling Request (SR) period, and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) period, etc.
Therefore, by means of the wireless parameter configuration information issued by the OSS, the base station can complete the wireless side parameter optimization of the corresponding application.
The information acquisition process and the wireless-side parameter optimization process of the embodiment of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 3 to 6.
In the embodiment of the invention, the application on the network (i.e. the Internet application) can acquire the wireless information through the wireless information open platform. Referring to fig. 3, the corresponding information acquisition process may include the following steps:
step 31: the Internet application sends a wireless information calling request message to the NEF entity;
step 32: after authenticating that the Internet application is legal, the NEF entity forwards a wireless information calling request message to a wireless information open platform;
step 33: after receiving the wireless information call request message, the wireless information open platform sends a request message for acquiring wireless information configuration to the base station gNB, wherein the request message can include information such as wireless content and periodic configuration;
step 34: the gNB feeds the wireless information back to the wireless information open platform according to the configuration requirement;
step 35: optionally, for the wireless information with high delay requirement, the wireless information open platform may directly send it to the Internet application;
step 36: optionally, for the wireless information with low delay requirement, the wireless information open platform may send it to the NEF entity, and the NEF entity forwards it to the Internet application.
In an embodiment of the present invention, a process of performing wireless side parameter optimization for Internet applications may be as shown in fig. 4. Referring to fig. 4, the corresponding wireless-side parameter optimization procedure may include the following steps:
step 41: the Internet application sends a wireless information calling request message to the NEF entity;
step 42: after authenticating that the Internet application is legal, the NEF entity forwards a wireless information calling request message to a wireless information open platform;
step 43: after receiving the wireless information call request message, the wireless information open platform sends an acquisition wireless information configuration request message to the gNB, wherein the request message can include information such as wireless content, periodic configuration and the like;
step 44: the gNB feeds the wireless information back to the wireless information open platform according to the configuration requirement;
step 45: after the wireless information opening platform acquires wireless information corresponding to the Internet application, determining wireless parameter configuration information of the Internet application according to the wireless information, and sending the wireless parameter configuration information to the OSS;
step 46: and the OSS issues wireless parameter configuration information to the gNB, and the gNB completes the wireless side parameter optimization aiming at the Internet application according to the wireless parameter configuration information.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the local application may also obtain the wireless information through the wireless information open platform. Referring to fig. 5, the corresponding information acquisition process may include the following steps:
step 51: the local application sends a wireless information calling request message to the wireless information open platform;
step 52: after receiving the wireless information calling request message, the wireless information opening platform sends a request message for establishing wireless information acquisition to the NEF entity;
step 53: after authenticating that the local application is legal, the NEF entity sends a response message for establishing wireless information acquisition to the wireless information open platform;
step 54: after receiving the response message for establishing wireless information acquisition, the wireless information open platform sends a request message for acquiring wireless information configuration to the gNB, wherein the request message can include information such as wireless content and periodic configuration;
step 55: the gNB feeds the wireless information back to the wireless information open platform according to the configuration requirement;
step 56: and the wireless information open platform sends the wireless information to the local application.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the process of performing wireless side parameter optimization for local applications can be as shown in fig. 6. Referring to fig. 6, the corresponding wireless-side parameter optimization procedure may include the following steps:
step 61: the local application sends a wireless information calling request message to the wireless information open platform;
step 62: after receiving the wireless information calling request message, the wireless information opening platform sends a request message for establishing wireless information acquisition to the NEF entity;
and step 63: after authenticating that the local application is legal, the NEF entity sends a response message for establishing wireless information acquisition to the wireless information open platform;
step 64: after receiving the response message for establishing wireless information acquisition, the wireless information open platform sends a request message for acquiring wireless information configuration to the gNB, wherein the request message can include information such as wireless content and periodic configuration;
step 65: the gNB feeds the wireless information back to the wireless information open platform according to the configuration requirement;
and step 66: after the wireless information open platform acquires wireless information corresponding to the local application, determining wireless parameter configuration information of the local application according to the wireless information, and sending the wireless parameter configuration information to the OSS;
step 67: and the OSS sends the wireless parameter configuration information to the gNB, and the gNB completes the wireless side parameter optimization aiming at the local application according to the wireless parameter configuration information.
The above embodiment describes the information acquisition method of the present invention, and the network element device of the present invention is described below with reference to the embodiment and the drawings.
Referring to fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network element device, including:
a first obtaining module 71, configured to obtain a wireless information invocation request message of an application;
a second obtaining module 72, configured to obtain the wireless information corresponding to the application according to the wireless information call request message;
a first sending module 73, configured to send the wireless information to the application.
The network element equipment of the embodiment of the invention acquires the wireless information by acquiring the wireless information calling request message of the application, acquires the wireless information, and sends the wireless information to the application, and can feed back the wireless information to the application by means of the request initiated by the application, thereby expanding the application area and realizing the unified opening of the wireless information to the outside compared with the existing wireless information reporting mode.
In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the application is any one of the following:
web applications and native applications.
Optionally, the first obtaining module 71 is specifically configured to:
when the application is a network application, receiving a wireless information call request message which is transmitted by a NEF entity after the NEF entity receives the wireless information call request message and authenticates that the network application is legal, and then forwarding the wireless information call request message;
alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and when the application is a local application, receiving the wireless information invoking request message sent by the local application.
Optionally, the first sending module 73 is specifically configured to:
and when the application is the network application, the wireless information is sent to a NEF entity, and the NEF entity forwards the wireless information to the network application.
Optionally, when the application is a local application, the network element device may further include:
a second sending module, configured to send a request message for establishing wireless information acquisition to the NEF entity;
and the receiving module is used for receiving a response message for establishing wireless information acquisition, which is sent by the NEF entity after the local application is authenticated to be legal.
Optionally, the second obtaining module 72 may include:
a sending unit, configured to send a request message for acquiring wireless information configuration to a base station;
a receiving unit, configured to receive the wireless information fed back by the base station.
Optionally, the network element device may further include:
the determining module is used for determining the wireless parameter configuration information of the application according to the wireless information corresponding to the application;
and the third sending module is used for sending the wireless parameter configuration information to an OSS (operation system), and the OSS issues the wireless parameter configuration information to a base station.
In addition, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network element device, which includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and is executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, can implement each process of the above-mentioned information acquisition method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.
Specifically, referring to fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network element device, which includes a bus 81, a transceiver 82, an antenna 83, a bus interface 84, a processor 85, and a memory 86.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the network element device further includes: a computer program stored on the memory 86 and executable on the processor 85. Wherein the computer program when executed by the processor 85 may implement the steps of:
acquiring a wireless information calling request message of an application; acquiring wireless information corresponding to the application according to the wireless information calling request message; and sending the wireless information to the application.
In FIG. 8, a bus architecture (represented by bus 81), bus 81 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, bus 81 linking together various circuits including one or more processors, represented by processor 85, and memory, represented by memory 86. The bus 81 may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. A bus interface 84 provides an interface between the bus 81 and the transceiver 82. The transceiver 82 may be one element or may be multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The data processed by the processor 85 is transmitted over a wireless medium via the antenna 83, and further, the antenna 83 receives the data and transmits the data to the processor 85.
The processor 85 is responsible for managing the bus 81 and general processing, and may also provide various functions including timing, peripheral interfaces, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. And the memory 86 may be used to store data used by the processor 85 in performing operations.
Alternatively, the processor 85 may be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA or CPLD.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the information obtaining method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.
Computer-readable media, which include both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement the information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, a computer readable medium does not include a transitory computer readable medium such as a modulated data signal and a carrier wave.
It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.