CN111385847B - Network slice construction, access control, processing method and device and storage medium - Google Patents

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CN111385847B
CN111385847B CN201811610259.2A CN201811610259A CN111385847B CN 111385847 B CN111385847 B CN 111385847B CN 201811610259 A CN201811610259 A CN 201811610259A CN 111385847 B CN111385847 B CN 111385847B
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Abstract

The invention provides a network slice constructing method, an access control method, a processing method, a device and a storage medium, wherein the network slice constructing device comprises the following steps: the base station is used for carrying out configuration processing according to the received configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice; the method, the device and the storage medium of the invention provide a technical scheme of wireless network slices based on separation of control and bearing, and can generate two types of wireless network slices including a control plane and a user plane, wherein the same control plane network slice can be associated with a plurality of user plane network slices; meanwhile, the resource allocation of the control plane and the user plane can be flexibly carried out according to different characteristics of the control plane and the user plane, the flexible requirements of independent allocation and capacity expansion of the control plane and the user plane are met, and the network operation cost is saved.

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Network slice construction, access control, processing method and device and storage medium
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for network slice construction, access control, and processing, and a storage medium.
Background
The wireless communication network needs to support various differentiated service application scenarios, for example, high-definition video service needs to meet the requirement of large bandwidth to provide high-speed service, and the requirement on user plane resources is high; the narrowband internet of things service has low bandwidth requirement, needs a network to provide massive connection capacity, and has high requirement on control plane resources. The traditional cellular network adopts a uniform network protocol architecture and processing mode, and can not meet the differentiation requirements of different services on network capacity. Therefore, the slicing technology is beginning to become a research hotspot of the mobile communication technology, and network slices for different application scenes are constructed on the basis of the same network hardware through the slicing technology, but at present, the slicing technology is mainly applied to a core network, and a wireless network cannot be sliced. Therefore, a technical solution for network slicing with respect to a wireless network is needed.
Disclosure of Invention
One or more embodiments of the present invention provide a network slice construction method, an access control method, a processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice construction apparatus including: and the base station is used for carrying out configuration processing according to the received configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice.
Optionally, the base station is configured to notify a user equipment to access the signaling base station or the data base station according to the configuration indication, so that the user equipment accesses the control plane slice or the user plane slice.
Optionally, the base station includes: a protocol stack configuration function module, configured to configure a base station protocol stack as a control plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, so as to generate a signaling base station; or configuring the base station protocol station as a user plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, and generating the data base station.
Optionally, the base station includes: a radio resource module, configured to perform radio signaling bearer resource allocation of the signaling base station if the signaling base station is generated, so as to establish a control plane connection with the user equipment; or, if the data base station is generated, performing radio data bearer resource configuration of the data base station to establish a user plane connection with the user equipment.
Optionally, the base station includes: a base station sending module, configured to send a control plane signaling and user plane data to the user equipment; and the base station receiving module is used for receiving the user control plane signaling and the user plane data.
Optionally, the slice controller comprises: a slicing control plane function to generate the configuration indication; a slice controller sending module, configured to send the configuration indication to the base station; wherein the configuration indication comprises: protocol stack configuration indication, slice ID.
Optionally, the sliced control plane function module is configured to configure a wireless network control plane resource according to the received control instruction, so as to perform control plane slicing processing, or configure a wireless network user plane resource according to the control instruction, so as to perform user plane slicing processing; wherein the control plane slicing process includes: generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of control plane slices; the user-plane slicing process includes: and generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of the control plane slices.
Optionally, the slice control plane function module is configured to associate a control plane slice with a user plane slice according to the control instruction; and allocating wireless network resources in the control plane slice or the user plane slice, and generating an indication for accessing the user equipment to the control plane slice and the user plane slice.
Optionally, the slice controller comprises: the slice controller receiving module is used for receiving the control instruction; wherein the control instructions include: at least one of a slice generation instruction, a slice reconfiguration instruction, and a slice deletion instruction.
Optionally, a slice manager, comprising: the management function module is used for carrying out slice life cycle management and generating the control instruction; and the slice manager sending module is used for sending the control instruction.
Optionally, the slice manager comprises: the slice manager receiving module is used for receiving the network information submitted by the slice controller; wherein the network information comprises: user behavior, network state, slice load, service usage; and the management function module is used for formulating a slice management strategy according to the network information.
Optionally, the slice manager comprises: a network information obtaining module, configured to send a measurement message to the slice controller; the slice controller includes: and the network information acquisition module is used for collecting the current network information in the wireless network based on the measurement message and returning the current network information.
Optionally, the management function module is configured to obtain, according to the network information, capacity occupation information of a current control plane slice and a current user plane slice and whether an application scenario demand not supported by the current control plane slice and the current user plane slice exists, and generate the control instruction based on the capacity occupation information and the application scenario demand.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice construction method, including: and the base station carries out configuration processing according to the received configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice.
Optionally, the base station notifies the user equipment to access the signaling base station or the data base station according to the configuration indication, so that the user equipment accesses the control plane slice or the user plane slice.
Optionally, the performing, by the base station, configuration processing according to the received configuration instruction includes: the base station configures a base station protocol stack as a control plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication to generate a signaling base station; or the base station configures the base station protocol station as a user plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, and generates a data base station.
Optionally, the performing, by the base station, configuration processing according to the received configuration instruction includes: if the base station generates the signaling base station, the base station performs wireless signaling bearer resource allocation of the signaling base station to establish control plane connection with the user equipment; or, if the base station generates the data base station, the base station performs radio data bearer resource allocation of the data base station to establish a user plane connection with the user equipment.
Optionally, the base station sends control plane signaling and user plane data to the user equipment, and receives the user control plane signaling and the user plane data.
Optionally, the slice controller generates the configuration indication and sends the configuration indication to the base station; wherein the configuration indication comprises: protocol stack configuration indication, slice ID.
Optionally, the slice controller configures a radio network control plane resource according to the received control instruction for performing control plane slicing processing, or the slice controller configures a radio network user plane resource according to the control instruction for performing user plane slicing processing; wherein the control plane slicing process comprises: generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of control plane slices; the user-plane slicing process includes: and generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of the control plane slices.
Optionally, the slice controller associates a control plane slice with a user plane slice according to the control instruction; and the slice controller distributes wireless network resources in the control plane slice or the user plane slice and generates an instruction for accessing the user equipment into the control plane slice and the user plane slice.
Optionally, the slice manager performs slice lifecycle management, generates the control instruction, and sends the control instruction to the slice controller; wherein the control instructions include: at least one of a slice generation instruction, a slice reconfiguration instruction, and a slice deletion instruction.
Optionally, the slice manager receives network information submitted by the slice controller; wherein the network information comprises: user behavior, network state, slice load, service usage; and the slice manager formulates a slice management strategy according to the network information.
Optionally, the slice manager sends a measurement message to the slice controller; the slice controller collects the current network information in the wireless network based on the measurement message and returns.
Optionally, the slice manager obtains, according to the network information, capacity occupation information of a current control plane slice and a user plane slice and whether an application scenario demand not supported by the current control plane slice and the user plane slice exists; the slice manager generates the control instructions based on the capacity occupancy information and the application scenario requirements.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice construction apparatus including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the network slice construction method as described above based on instructions stored in the memory.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the network slice construction method as described above.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice access control method, including: the base station carries out configuration processing according to the configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice; the signaling base station generates control plane slicing system information or user plane slicing system information and sends the control plane slicing system information or the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment; and the user equipment accesses a signaling base station of the control plane slice or a data base station of the user plane slice according to the received control plane slice system information or the received user plane slice system information.
Optionally, the control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information; the signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information; and the signaling base station acquires the appointed period information based on the basic system information of the control plane slice, and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice according to the appointed period.
Optionally, the control plane slice basic system information includes: a control surface slice main system information block, a control surface slice system information block and a control surface slice other system information scheduling indication; wherein, the control plane slice main system information block is used for providing information of the control plane slice initially resident by the user equipment, and includes: controlling bandwidth and system frame number of the plane slice; the control plane slice-like system information block includes: identification information of the signaling cell and access permission of the signaling cell; the control plane slice other system information scheduling indication comprises: and the control plane slices the scheduling window size and the scheduling period of other system information.
Optionally, the control plane slice other system information includes: the control plane is divided into a second type system information block and a third type system information block; wherein the control plane slice type two system information block includes: configuring a common channel and a shared channel of a signaling cell; the control plane slice three types of system information blocks include: a signaling cell reselection parameter, a list of neighboring signaling cells.
Optionally, the signaling base station receives a user plane information request sent by a user equipment, and sends the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment.
Optionally, the user plane slicing system information includes: slicing basic, first, second and third system information blocks on a user plane; wherein the user plane slice basic system information block includes: bandwidth and system frame number of the user plane slice; the user plane slice-like system information block includes: the method comprises the following steps of (1) identifying a user plane slice ID, identification information of a data cell, an access preamble for indicating user equipment to access the user plane slice data cell and a security key for establishing user plane connection; the user plane slice two-type system information block comprises: configuring a common channel and a shared channel of a data cell; the three types of system information blocks of the user plane slice comprise: a list of candidate accessed data cells.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice access control apparatus, including: the base station is used for carrying out configuration processing according to the received configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice; the signaling base station generates control plane slicing system information or user plane slicing system information and sends the control plane slicing system information or the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment; and the user equipment is used for accessing a signaling base station of the control plane slice or a data base station of the user plane slice according to the received control plane slice system information or the received user plane slice system information.
Optionally, the control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information; the signaling base station is configured to periodically broadcast the control plane slice basic system information according to preset broadcast period information, obtain specified period information based on the control plane slice basic system information, and periodically broadcast other system information of the control plane slice according to the specified period.
Optionally, the signaling base station is configured to receive a user plane information request sent by the user equipment, and send the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice access control apparatus, including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the network slice access control method as described above based on instructions stored in the memory.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the network slice access control method as described above.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice processing method, including: the base station generates a signaling base station or a data base station according to the configuration indication, and the signaling base station or the data base station is used for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice; the signaling base station in the control plane slice generates control plane slice system information and sends the control plane slice system information to the user equipment; the user equipment processes correspondingly based on the control plane slice system information.
Optionally, the control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information; the signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information; and the signaling base station acquires a scheduling indication in the basic system information of the control plane slice and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice based on a specified period corresponding to the scheduling indication.
Optionally, the processing, by the user equipment, based on the control plane slicing system information accordingly includes: the user equipment selects a signaling cell to reside based on the received control plane slice basic system information; and the user equipment acquires the scheduling indication and monitors other system information of the control plane slice based on a system scheduling information window corresponding to the scheduling indication and a period.
Optionally, the processing, by the user equipment, based on the control plane slicing system information accordingly includes: the user equipment sends a user plane slicing system information label to a signaling cell; and the signaling cell returns the user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information label.
Optionally, the sending, by the user equipment signaling cell, the user plane slicing system information tag includes: the user equipment receives the other system information of the control plane slice, and sends an access request to a signaling cell which resides at present based on the other system information of the control plane slice, wherein the access request carries a system information label of the user plane slice; or, after accessing the signaling cell, the user equipment carries the user plane slicing system information tag in a subsequent message, where the subsequent message includes: MSG 3.
Optionally, the processing, by the user equipment, based on the control plane slicing system information accordingly includes: the user equipment sends a control plane connection request to the signaling cell and establishes control plane connection with the signaling cell; and after the control plane connection is established, the signaling cell feeds back the user plane slicing system information to the user through RRC control signaling.
Optionally, the user equipment determines a target data cell according to the received user plane slicing system information; and the user equipment initiates an access request to the target data cell, and is used for establishing user plane connection with the target data cell and transmitting service data.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless network slice processing apparatus including: the base station is used for generating a signaling base station or a data base station according to the configuration indication and establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice; the signaling base station is positioned in the control plane slice and used for generating control plane slice system information and sending the control plane slice system information to the user equipment; and the user equipment is used for carrying out corresponding processing based on the control plane slicing system information.
Optionally, the control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information; the signaling base station is configured to periodically broadcast the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information; and obtaining a scheduling indication in the basic system information of the control plane slice, and periodically broadcasting other system information of the control plane slice based on a specified period corresponding to the scheduling indication.
Optionally, the user equipment is configured to select a signaling cell for camping based on the received control plane slice basic system information; and acquiring the scheduling indication, and monitoring other system information of the control plane slice based on a system scheduling information window corresponding to the scheduling indication and a period.
Optionally, the user equipment is configured to send a user plane slicing system information tag to a signaling cell; and the signaling cell returns the user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information label.
Optionally, the user equipment is configured to receive other system information of the control plane slice, and send an access request to a signaling cell currently residing on the basis of the other system information of the control plane slice, where the access request carries the user plane slice system information tag; or, the ue is configured to carry the user plane slicing system information tag in a subsequent message after accessing the signaling cell, where the subsequent message includes: MSG 3.
Optionally, the user equipment is configured to send a control plane connection request to the signaling cell, and establish a control plane connection with the signaling cell; and after the control plane connection is established, the signaling cell feeds back the user plane slicing system information to the user through RRC control signaling.
Optionally, the user equipment is configured to determine a target data cell according to the received user plane slicing system information; and initiating an access request to the target data cell for establishing user plane connection with the target data cell and transmitting service data.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network slice processing apparatus including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the network slice processing method as described above based on instructions stored in the memory.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the wireless network slicing process as described above.
The disclosed network slice construction, access control, processing method and device and storage medium provide a technical scheme of wireless network slice based on separation of control and load aiming at the problems of single function deployment mode and complex network cooperative control brought by the integration of technical control and load of LTE and the like, and can generate wireless network slices of two types including a control plane and a user plane, wherein different slices are configured with control plane protocol stacks or user plane protocol stacks supporting different service types, and the same control plane network slice can be associated with a plurality of user plane network slices; the wireless cellular network can be prevented from being repeatedly deployed aiming at different application scenes, meanwhile, the resource allocation of the control plane and the user plane can be flexibly carried out aiming at different characteristics of the control plane and the user plane, the differentiated requirements of different application scenes of the 5G network are met, the flexible requirements of independent allocation and capacity expansion of the control plane and the user plane are met, the network operation cost is saved, the network quality and performance are improved, and the user experience is effectively improved.
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Fig. 1 is a block schematic diagram of one embodiment of a network slice construction apparatus according to the present disclosure;
fig. 2 is a block schematic diagram of a base station in one embodiment of a network slice construction apparatus according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a block schematic diagram of a slice controller in one embodiment of a network slice construction apparatus according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a slice manager in one embodiment of a network slice construction apparatus according to the present disclosure;
fig. 5A is a construction schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network slice construction apparatus according to the present disclosure; FIG. 5B is a diagram of a slicing protocol stack configuration of a base station;
fig. 6 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a network slice access control method according to the present disclosure;
fig. 7 is a block schematic diagram of yet another embodiment of a network slice construction apparatus according to the present disclosure;
fig. 8 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a network slice access control method according to the present disclosure;
fig. 9 is a flow diagram of another embodiment of a network slice access control method according to the present disclosure;
fig. 10 is a block schematic diagram of one embodiment of a network slice access control apparatus according to the present disclosure;
fig. 11 is a block schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network slice access control apparatus according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 12 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a network slice processing method according to the present disclosure;
fig. 13 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another embodiment of a network slice processing method according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 14 is a block schematic diagram of one embodiment of a network slice processing apparatus according to the present disclosure;
fig. 15 is a block schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network slice processing apparatus according to the present disclosure.
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The present disclosure now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the disclosure are shown. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Network Slicing (Network Slicing) is a technology in 5G, and essentially divides a physical Network of an operator into a plurality of virtual networks, and each virtual Network is divided according to different service requirements, such as time delay, bandwidth, security, reliability and the like, so as to flexibly cope with different Network application scenarios. In the prior art, a traditional wireless network adopts a network architecture integrating control and bearer, a control plane and a user plane cannot be separated, and the deployment and expansion of the control plane and the user plane cannot be independently performed according to the application scene requirements.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the present disclosure provides a network slice construction apparatus including a base station 10, a slice controller 20, and a slice manager 30. The base station 10 performs configuration processing according to the received configuration instruction, and generates a signaling base station or a data base station, which is used to establish a control plane slice or a user plane slice. The base station 10 informs the user equipment to access the signaling base station or the data base station according to the configuration indication so that the user equipment can access the control plane slice or the user plane slice. The base station 10 may be a 5G base station gNB or the like. The user equipment may be a mobile phone, a PAD, etc.
As shown in fig. 2, the base station 10 includes: a protocol stack configuration function module 101, a radio resource module 102, a base station transmission module 103 and a base station reception module 104. The protocol stack configuration function module 101 configures a base station protocol stack as a control plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication to generate a signaling base station; alternatively, the protocol stack configuration function module 101 configures the base station protocol station as the user plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, and generates the data base station. The protocol stack configuration of the base station is shown in fig. 5B.
The radio resource module 102 configures a signaling base station or a data base station according to the base station configuration, and if the signaling base station is generated, the radio resource module 102 completes radio signaling bearer resource configuration of control plane connection of the signaling base station, and establishes control plane connection with the user equipment. Or, if the data base station is generated, the radio resource module 102 is configured to complete radio data bearer resource configuration for user plane connection of the data base station, and establish user plane connection with the user equipment. The base station sending module 103 sends control plane signaling, user plane data, and the like to the user equipment. The base station receiving module 104 receives user control plane signaling, user plane data, and the like.
As shown in fig. 3, the slice controller 20 includes: a slicing control plane function module 201, a slicing controller sending module 202, a slicing controller receiving module 203 and a network information acquisition module 204. The slicing control plane function module 201 generates a configuration indication, and the slicing controller transmission module 202 transmits the configuration indication to the base station. The configuration indication includes: protocol stack configuration indication, slice ID, etc.
The slice control plane function module 201 configures the wireless network control plane resources according to the received control instruction, and is configured to perform control plane slice processing, where the control plane slice processing includes at least one of generation, reconfiguration, and deletion of a control plane slice. Or, the slice control plane function module 201 configures the wireless network user plane resources according to the control instruction, for performing user plane slice processing, where the user plane slice processing includes at least one of generating, reconfiguring, and deleting a control plane slice.
In one embodiment, the slice control plane function module 201 orchestrates wireless network control plane resource generation control plane slices, or reconfigures control plane slices, or deletes control plane slices. The slice control plane function 201 arranges wireless network user plane resources to generate user plane slices, or reconfigures user plane slices, or deletes user plane slices.
The slice control plane function module 201 associates the control plane slice with the user plane slice according to the control instruction, allocates the wireless network resources in the control plane slice or the user plane slice, and generates an instruction for the user equipment to access the control plane slice and the user plane slice, so as to instruct the user to access a specific control plane slice and a specific user plane slice. The slice controller receiving module 203 receives a control instruction sent by the slice manager 30, where the control instruction includes at least one instruction of slice generation, slice reconfiguration, and slice deletion.
As shown in fig. 4, the slice manager 30 includes: a management function module 301, a slice manager transmission module 302, a slice controller reception module 303, and a network information acquisition module 304. The management function module 301 performs slice lifecycle management to generate a control command. The slice manager sending module 302 sends a control command, which is used to send control commands such as slice generation, slice reconfiguration, slice deletion, etc. to the slice controller 20.
The network information acquisition module 304 sends a measurement message to the slice controller. The network information collection module 204 collects current network information in the wireless network based on the measurement message and returns the current network information. The slice manager receiving module 303 receives network information of the wireless network submitted by the slice controller, where the network information includes: user behavior, network state, slice load, service usage, etc., the management function 301 formulates a slice management policy based on the network information.
The management function module 301 may obtain, according to the network information, capacity occupation information of the current control plane slice and the user plane slice and whether there is an application scenario demand that is not supported by the current control plane slice and the user plane slice, and generate a control instruction based on the capacity occupation information and the application scenario demand.
The network slice construction device disclosed by the invention separates and independently slices the wireless network control surface and the user surface, and provides the adaptive wireless network control surface and user surface network slices for different application scenes, as shown in fig. 5A, so that the differentiation requirements of different application scenes of a 5G network can be met, and the flexible requirements of independent configuration and capacity expansion of the control surface and the user surface are met.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a network slice access control method according to the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 6:
step 601, the base station performs configuration processing according to the received configuration instruction.
In step 602, the base station generates a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice. And the base station informs the user equipment to access a signaling base station or a data base station according to the configuration indication so that the user equipment is accessed to the control plane slice or the user plane slice.
In one embodiment, the base station configures a base station protocol stack as a control plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication to generate the signaling base station. Or the base station configures the base station protocol station as a user plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, and generates the data base station. And if the base station generates the signaling base station, the base station performs wireless signaling bearer resource allocation of the signaling base station to establish control plane connection with the user equipment. Or, if the base station generates the data base station, the base station performs radio data bearer resource allocation of the data base station to establish a user plane connection with the user equipment. The base station sends control plane signaling and user plane data to the user equipment and receives the user control plane signaling and the user plane data.
The slice controller generates a configuration indication and sends the configuration indication to the base station, the configuration indication comprising: protocol stack configuration indication, slice ID, etc. The slice controller configures wireless network control plane resources according to the received control instruction for control plane slice processing, wherein the control plane slice processing comprises the following steps: and generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of the control plane slices. Or the slice controller configures wireless network user plane resources according to the control instruction for performing user plane slice processing, where the user plane slice processing includes: and generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of the control plane slices.
In one embodiment, the slice controller associates the control plane slice with the user plane slice according to the control instruction. The slice controller allocates wireless network resources in the control plane slice or the user plane slice, and generates an indication that the user equipment is accessed to the control plane slice and the user plane slice. The slice manager manages the slice life cycle, generates a control instruction and sends the control instruction to the slice controller, and the control instruction comprises: at least one of a slice generation instruction, a slice reconfiguration instruction, and a slice deletion instruction. The slice manager receives network information submitted by the slice controller, wherein the network information comprises: user behavior, network state, slice load, service use condition and the like, and the slice manager formulates a slice management strategy according to the network information.
The slice manager sends a measurement message to the slice controller, which collects current network information in the wireless network based on the measurement message and returns it. And the slice manager acquires the capacity occupation information of the current control plane slice and the user plane slice and whether the application scene requirements supported by the non-current control plane and the non-current user plane slice exist or not according to the network information. The slice manager generates control instructions based on the capacity occupancy information and the application scenario requirements.
Fig. 7 is a block schematic diagram of one embodiment of a network slice construction apparatus according to the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 7, the apparatus may include a memory 81, a processor 82, a communication interface 83, and a bus 84. The memory 81 is used for storing instructions, the processor 82 is coupled to the memory 81, and the processor 82 is configured to execute the network slice construction method implemented above based on the instructions stored in the memory 81.
The memory 81 may be a high-speed RAM memory, a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), or the like, and the memory 81 may be a memory array. The storage 71 may also be partitioned and the blocks may be combined into virtual volumes according to certain rules. Processor 82 may be a central processing unit CPU, or an application Specific Integrated circuit asic, or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement the network slice construction method of the present disclosure.
In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement a network slice construction method as in any of the above embodiments.
Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a network slice access control method according to the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 8:
and step 901, the base station performs configuration processing according to the configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice.
Step 902, the signaling base station generates and sends control plane slicing system information or user plane slicing system information to the user equipment.
Step 903, the ue accesses the signaling base station of the control plane slice or the data base station of the user plane slice according to the received control plane slice system information or user plane slice system information.
The control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information, control plane slice other system information, and the like. The signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to the preset broadcast period information, for example, the preset broadcast period information is periodically broadcast at an interval of 60 seconds. The signaling base station obtains the specified period information based on the basic system information of the control plane slice, and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice according to the specified period, for example, periodically broadcasts at intervals of 120 seconds.
In one embodiment, the control plane slice base system information includes: and the control plane slice is a main system information block, a control plane slice system information block and other system information scheduling indication, and can be expanded according to requirements. The control plane slice main system information block is used for providing information of user equipment initially residing in the control plane slice, and comprises the following steps: bandwidth and system frame number of control plane slice; the control plane slice type system information block comprises: identification information of the signaling cell, access permission of the signaling cell, and the like; the control plane slice other system information scheduling indication comprises: and the control plane slices the scheduling window size and scheduling period of other system information.
The control plane slice other system information includes: the control plane is divided into two or three types of system information blocks and can be expanded according to requirements. The control plane slice type two system information blocks comprise: common channel, shared channel configuration of signaling cells, etc.; the control plane slice comprises three types of system information blocks: signaling cell reselection parameters, a list of neighboring signaling cells, etc.
And the signaling base station receives a user plane information request sent by the user equipment and sends user plane slicing system information to the user equipment. The user plane slicing system information includes: the user plane is sliced into basic, first, second and third types of system information blocks and can be expanded according to requirements. The user plane slice basic system information block includes: the bandwidth and system frame number of the user plane slice; the user plane slice type system information block comprises: user plane slice ID, identification information of data cell, access preamble for indicating user equipment to access the user plane slice data cell, and security key for establishing user plane connection; the user plane slice two-type system information block comprises: common channel and shared channel configuration of the data cell, etc.; the three types of system information blocks of the user plane slice comprise: a list of candidate accessed data cells, etc.
Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a network slice access control method according to another embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in fig. 9:
in step 701, the slice manager sends a measurement message to the slice controller.
In step 702, the slice controller collects information such as current network state, user information, service type, etc. in the wireless network, and sends a measurement response to the slice manager.
And 703, after judging the occupation condition of the current control plane slice and the user plane capacity and judging whether the application scene requirements which are not supported by the current control plane slice and the user plane slice exist by the slice manager, sending slice generation, reconfiguration and deletion instructions to the slice controller by the slice manager.
In step 704, the slice controller receives a slice generation command sent by the slice manager.
Step 705, the slice controller schedules resources of the control plane and the user plane of the wireless network.
Step 706, step 707, the slice controller sends a protocol stack configuration indication to the target base station and assigns a slice ID.
Step 708 and step 709, the target base station performs protocol stack configuration, generates network element functions of a signaling base station and a data base station, and generates a control plane slice and a user plane slice.
Step 710, step 711, the user accesses the signaling base station of the designated control plane slice by monitoring the control plane slice system information, and completes RRC signaling interaction.
Step 712, step 713, step 714, the user accesses the target data base station of the specified user plane slice and starts the service by monitoring the system information of the user plane slice.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 10, the present disclosure provides a network slice access control apparatus including a base station 40 and a user equipment 50. The base station 40 performs configuration processing according to the received configuration instruction, and generates a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice. The signaling base station generates control plane slice system information or user plane slice system information and transmits the same to the user equipment 50. The user equipment 50 accesses to the signaling base station of the control plane slice or the data base station of the user plane slice according to the received control plane slice system information or user plane slice system information.
The control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information. The signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information, obtains appointed period information based on the basic system information of the control plane slice, and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice according to the appointed period. The signaling base station receives the user plane information request sent by the user equipment 50, and sends the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment 50.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a network slice access control device according to the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 11, the apparatus may include a memory 111, a processor 112, a communication interface 113, and a bus 114. The memory 111 is used for storing instructions, the processor 112 is coupled to the memory 111, and the processor 112 is configured to execute the network slice access control method implemented above based on the instructions stored in the memory 111.
The memory 111 may be a high-speed RAM memory, a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), or the like, and the memory 111 may be a memory array. The storage 111 may also be partitioned, and the blocks may be combined into virtual volumes according to certain rules. Processor 112 may be a central processing unit CPU, or an application Specific Integrated circuit asic, or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement the network slice access control methods of the present disclosure.
In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement a network slice access control method as in any one of the above embodiments.
Fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a network slice processing method according to the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 12:
step 1201, the base station generates a signaling base station or a data base station according to the configuration indication, so as to establish a control plane slice or a user plane slice.
Step 1202, the signaling base station located in the control plane slice generates control plane slice system information and sends the control plane slice system information to the user equipment.
In step 1203, the user equipment performs corresponding processing based on the control plane slicing system information.
In one embodiment, the control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information. And the signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information. And the signaling base station obtains the scheduling indication in the basic system information of the control plane slice and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice based on the specified period corresponding to the scheduling indication.
And the user equipment selects a signaling cell to camp on based on the received control plane slice basic system information. And the user equipment obtains the scheduling indication and monitors other system information of the control plane slice based on the system scheduling information window corresponding to the scheduling indication and the period.
In one embodiment, the user equipment sends a user plane slicing system information tag to the signaling cell, and the signaling cell returns user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information tag. For example, the user equipment receives other system information of the control plane slice, and sends an access request to a signaling cell which resides at present based on the other system information of the control plane slice, wherein the access request carries a system information label of the user plane slice; or after the user equipment accesses the signaling cell, carrying a user plane slicing system information tag in a subsequent message, wherein the subsequent message comprises: MSG3, and the like.
In one embodiment, the user equipment sends a control plane connection request to the signaling cell to establish a control plane connection with the signaling cell. After the Control plane connection is established, the signaling cell feeds back the user plane slice system information to the user through an RRC (Radio Resource Control) Control signaling. The user equipment determines a target data cell according to the received user plane slicing system information, and initiates an access request to the target data cell for establishing user plane connection with the target data cell and transmitting service data.
Fig. 13 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a network slice processing method according to the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 13:
step 1301, the control plane slice signaling cell broadcasts control plane slice system information.
And the signaling base station device in the control plane slice generates basic system information of the control plane slice, wherein the basic system information comprises a main system information block of the control plane slice, a system information block of the control plane slice and other system information scheduling instructions of the control plane slice.
And the signaling base station in the control plane slice broadcasts basic system information of the control plane slice, and broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice at a specified time period according to other system information scheduling instructions of the control plane in the basic system information of the control plane slice. The control plane slice other system information scheduling implementation is shown in table 1 below:
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Step 1302, the user monitors basic system information of a control plane slice broadcasted by the signaling base station, selects a suitable signaling cell to reside, and periodically monitors other system information of the corresponding control plane slice at a specified time according to a specified system scheduling information window and period according to a received scheduling indication of other system information.
Step 1303, the user sends an access request to the currently residing signaling cell according to the other system information of the control plane slice obtained by monitoring, where the access request carries a user plane slice system information label.
In step 1304, the signaling cell feeds back the designated user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information label. Specific user plane slicing system information labels are implemented as shown in table 2 below:
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The user equipment device may also carry the user plane slicing system information label in a subsequent message, such as MSG3, after accessing the signaling cell. And the signaling cell feeds back the appointed user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information label.
Step 1305, the ue device may also send a control plane connection request to the signaling cell to establish a control plane connection with the signaling cell.
Step 1306, after the control plane connection is established, the signaling cell feeds back the user plane slicing system information to the user through the RRC control signaling.
And step 1307, monitoring and measuring the data cells in the candidate data cell list in the user plane slice according to the received D-SIB1, D-SIB2 or D-SIB 3.
Step 1308, initiating access to the target data cell according to the measurement result.
Step 1309, the service is established. And the user determines a target data cell according to the received user plane slicing system information, initiates access to the target data cell, establishes user plane connection with the target data cell and starts service data transmission.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 14, the present disclosure provides a wireless network slice processing apparatus including a base station 60 and a user equipment 70. The base station 60 generates a signaling base station or a data base station according to the configuration indication to establish a control plane slice or a user plane slice. And the signaling base station is positioned in the control plane slice, generates control plane slice system information and sends the control plane slice system information to the user equipment. The user equipment 70 processes accordingly based on the control plane slicing system information.
The control plane slicing system information includes: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information. And the signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information. And the signaling base station obtains the scheduling indication in the basic system information of the control plane slice and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice based on the specified period corresponding to the scheduling indication.
The user equipment 70 selects a signaling cell to camp on based on the received control plane slice basic system information. The user equipment 70 obtains the scheduling indication, and periodically listens to the control plane slice and other system information based on the system scheduling information window corresponding to the scheduling indication. The user equipment 70 sends a user plane slicing system information label to the signaling cell; and the signaling cell returns the user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information label.
The user equipment 70 receives the other system information of the control plane slice, and sends an access request to the signaling cell which resides at present based on the other system information of the control plane slice, wherein the access request carries a user plane slice system information label; or, after accessing the signaling cell, the user equipment 70 carries the user plane slicing system information tag in a subsequent message, where the subsequent message includes: MSG3, and the like.
In one embodiment, the user equipment 70 sends a control plane connection request to the signaling cell, and establishes a control plane connection with the signaling cell; after the control plane connection is established, the signaling cell feeds back the user plane slicing system information to the user through RRC control signaling. The user equipment 70 determines a target data cell according to the received user plane slicing system information; the user equipment 70 initiates an access request to the target data cell, which is used to establish a user plane connection with the target data cell for service data transmission.
Fig. 15 is a block schematic diagram of one embodiment of a network slice processing apparatus according to the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 15, the apparatus may include a memory 151, a processor 152, a communication interface 153, and a bus 154. The memory 151 is used for storing instructions, the processor 152 is coupled to the memory 151, and the processor 152 is configured to execute the network slice processing method implemented above based on the instructions stored in the memory 151.
The memory 151 may be a high-speed RAM memory, a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), or the like, and the memory 151 may be a memory array. The storage 151 may also be partitioned into blocks, and the blocks may be combined into virtual volumes according to certain rules. Processor 152 may be a central processing unit CPU, or an application Specific Integrated circuit asic, or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement the network slice processing method of the present disclosure.
In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement a network slice processing method as in any one of the above embodiments.
The network slice construction, access control and processing method and device and the storage medium in the embodiments provide a technical scheme of a wireless network slice based on separation of control and bearer, aiming at the problems of single function deployment mode and complex network cooperative control brought by the integration of the existing technical control and bearer such as LTE, and the like, and can generate two types of wireless network slices including a control plane and a user plane, wherein different slices are configured with control plane protocol stacks or user plane protocol stacks supporting different service types, and the same control plane network slice can be associated with a plurality of user plane network slices; the wireless cellular network can be prevented from being repeatedly deployed aiming at different application scenes, meanwhile, the resource allocation of the control plane and the user plane can be flexibly carried out aiming at different characteristics of the control plane and the user plane, the differentiated requirements of different application scenes of the 5G network are met, the flexible requirements of independent allocation and capacity expansion of the control plane and the user plane are met, the network operation cost is saved, the network quality and performance are improved, and the user experience is effectively improved.
The method and system of the present disclosure may be implemented in a number of ways. For example, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination of software, hardware, and firmware. The above-described order for the steps of the method is for illustration only, and the steps of the method of the present disclosure are not limited to the order specifically described above unless specifically stated otherwise. Further, in some embodiments, the present disclosure may also be embodied as programs recorded in a recording medium, the programs including machine-readable instructions for implementing the methods according to the present disclosure. Thus, the present disclosure also covers a recording medium storing a program for executing the method according to the present disclosure.
The description of the present disclosure has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the disclosure in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the disclosure and the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the disclosure for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

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1. A network slice construction apparatus comprising:
and the base station is used for carrying out configuration processing according to the received configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein,
and the base station is used for informing user equipment to access the signaling base station or the data base station according to the configuration indication so as to enable the user equipment to access the control plane slice or the user plane slice.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein,
the base station, comprising:
a protocol stack configuration function module, configured to configure a base station protocol stack as a control plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, so as to generate a signaling base station; or configuring the base station protocol station as a user plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, and generating the data base station.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein,
the base station, comprising:
a radio resource module, configured to perform radio signaling bearer resource allocation of the signaling base station if the signaling base station is generated, so as to establish a control plane connection with the user equipment; or, if the data base station is generated, performing radio data bearer resource configuration of the data base station to establish a user plane connection with the user equipment.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein,
the base station, comprising:
a base station sending module, configured to send a control plane signaling and user plane data to the user equipment;
and the base station receiving module is used for receiving the user control plane signaling and the user plane data.
6. The apparatus of claim 3, comprising:
the slice controller includes:
a slicing control plane function to generate the configuration indication;
a slice controller sending module, configured to send the configuration indication to the base station; wherein the configuration indication comprises: protocol stack configuration indication, slice ID.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein,
the slicing control surface function module is used for configuring wireless network control surface resources according to the received control instruction and carrying out control surface slicing processing, or configuring wireless network user surface resources according to the control instruction and carrying out user surface slicing processing;
wherein the control plane slicing process includes: generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of control plane slices; the user plane slicing process includes: and generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of the control plane slices.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein,
the slice control plane function module is used for associating the control plane slice with the user plane slice according to the control instruction; and allocating wireless network resources in the control plane slice or the user plane slice, and generating an indication for accessing the user equipment to the control plane slice and the user plane slice.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein,
the slice controller includes:
the slice controller receiving module is used for receiving the control instruction; wherein the control instructions include: at least one of a slice generation instruction, a slice reconfiguration instruction, and a slice deletion instruction.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, comprising:
a slice manager, comprising:
the management function module is used for carrying out slice life cycle management and generating the control instruction;
and the slice manager sending module is used for sending the control instruction.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein,
the slice manager, comprising:
the slice manager receiving module is used for receiving the network information submitted by the slice controller; wherein the network information comprises: user behavior, network state, slice load, service usage;
and the management function module is used for formulating a slice management strategy according to the network information.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein,
the slice manager, comprising:
a network information obtaining module, configured to send a measurement message to the slice controller;
the slice controller includes:
and the network information acquisition module is used for collecting the current network information in the wireless network based on the measurement message and returning the current network information.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein,
and the management function module is used for acquiring the capacity occupation information of the current control plane slice and the user plane slice and whether an application scene requirement supported by the non-current control plane slice and the user plane slice exists according to the network information, and generating the control instruction based on the capacity occupation information and the application scene requirement.
14. A network slice construction method comprises the following steps:
and the base station carries out configuration processing according to the received configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
and the base station informs user equipment to access the signaling base station or the data base station according to the configuration indication so that the user equipment is accessed to the control plane slice or the user plane slice.
16. The method of claim 15, the base station performing configuration processing according to the received configuration indication comprising:
the base station configures a base station protocol stack as a control plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication to generate a signaling base station; or,
and the base station configures the base station protocol station as a user plane protocol stack based on the configuration indication, and generates a data base station.
17. The method of claim 16, the base station performing configuration processing according to the received configuration indication comprising:
if the base station generates the signaling base station, the base station performs wireless signaling bearer resource allocation of the signaling base station to establish control plane connection with the user equipment; or,
and if the base station generates the data base station, the base station performs wireless data bearer resource allocation of the data base station so as to establish user plane connection with the user equipment.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
and the base station sends control plane signaling and user plane data to the user equipment and receives the user control plane signaling and the user plane data.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
the slice controller generates the configuration indication and sends the configuration indication to the base station; wherein the configuration indication comprises: protocol stack configuration indication, slice ID.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
the slice controller configures radio network control plane resources for control plane slicing processing according to the received control instruction, or,
the slice controller configures wireless network user plane resources according to the control instruction for carrying out user plane slice processing;
wherein the control plane slicing process includes: generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of control plane slices; the user-plane slicing process includes: and generating, reconfiguring and deleting at least one of the control plane slices.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:
the slice controller associates a control plane slice with a user plane slice according to the control instruction;
and the slice controller distributes wireless network resources in the control plane slice or the user plane slice and generates an instruction for accessing the user equipment into the control plane slice and the user plane slice.
22. The method of claim 21, comprising:
the slice manager manages the slice life cycle, generates the control instruction and sends the control instruction to the slice controller;
wherein the control instructions include: at least one of a slice generation instruction, a slice reconfiguration instruction, and a slice deletion instruction.
23. The method of claim 22, comprising:
the slice manager receives the network information submitted by the slice controller; wherein the network information comprises: user behavior, network state, slice load, service usage;
and the slice manager formulates a slice management strategy according to the network information.
24. The method of claim 23, comprising:
the slice manager sends a measurement message to the slice controller;
the slice controller collects the current network information in the wireless network based on the measurement message and returns.
25. The method of claim 24, comprising:
the slice manager acquires the capacity occupation information of the current control plane slice and the user plane slice and whether the application scene requirements supported by the non-current control plane slice and the user plane slice exist or not according to the network information;
the slice manager generates the control instructions based on the capacity occupancy information and the application scenario requirements.
26. A network slice construction apparatus comprising:
a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the network slice construction method of any of claims 14 to 25 based on instructions stored in the memory.
27. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the network slice construction method of any of claims 14 to 25.
28. A network slice access control method comprises the following steps:
the base station carries out configuration processing according to the configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice;
the signaling base station generates control plane slicing system information or user plane slicing system information and sends the control plane slicing system information or the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment;
and the user equipment accesses a signaling base station of the control plane slice or a data base station of the user plane slice according to the received control plane slice system information or the received user plane slice system information.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the control plane slicing system information comprises: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information;
the signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information;
and the signaling base station acquires the appointed period information based on the basic system information of the control plane slice, and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice according to the appointed period.
30. The method of claim 28, wherein,
the control plane slice basic system information includes: a control surface slice main system information block, a control surface slice system information block and a control surface slice other system information scheduling indication;
wherein, the control plane slice main system information block is used for providing information of the control plane slice initially resident by the user equipment, and includes: controlling bandwidth and system frame number of the plane slice; the control plane slice-like system information block includes: identification information of the signaling cell and access permission of the signaling cell; the control plane slice other system information scheduling indication comprises: and the control plane slices the scheduling window size and the scheduling period of other system information.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein,
the control plane slice other system information includes: the control surface is cut into two and three types of system information blocks;
wherein the control plane slice type two system information block includes: configuring a common channel and a shared channel of a signaling cell; the control plane slice three types of system information blocks include: a signaling cell reselection parameter, a list of neighboring signaling cells.
32. The method of claim 28, comprising:
and the signaling base station receives a user plane information request sent by user equipment and sends the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein,
the user plane slicing system information includes: slicing basic, first, second and third system information blocks on a user plane;
wherein the user plane slice basic system information block includes: bandwidth and system frame number of the user plane slice; the user plane slice-like system information block includes: the method comprises the following steps of (1) identifying a user plane slice ID, identification information of a data cell, an access preamble for indicating user equipment to access the user plane slice data cell and a security key for establishing user plane connection; the user plane slice two-type system information block comprises: configuring a common channel and a shared channel of a data cell; the three types of system information blocks of the user plane slice comprise: a list of candidate accessed data cells.
34. A network slice access control device, comprising:
the base station is used for carrying out configuration processing according to the received configuration indication to generate a signaling base station or a data base station for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice; the signaling base station generates control plane slicing system information or user plane slicing system information and sends the control plane slicing system information or the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment;
and the user equipment is used for accessing a signaling base station of the control plane slice or a data base station of the user plane slice according to the received control plane slice system information or the received user plane slice system information.
35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the control plane slicing system information comprises: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information;
the signaling base station is configured to periodically broadcast the control plane slice basic system information according to preset broadcast period information, obtain specified period information based on the control plane slice basic system information, and periodically broadcast other system information of the control plane slice according to the specified period.
36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein,
and the signaling base station is used for receiving a user plane information request sent by the user equipment and sending the user plane slicing system information to the user equipment.
37. A network slice access control device, comprising:
a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the network slice access control method of any of claims 28 to 33 based on instructions stored in the memory.
38. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the network slice access control method of any of claims 28 to 33.
39. A network slice processing method, comprising:
the base station generates a signaling base station or a data base station according to the configuration indication, and the signaling base station or the data base station is used for establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice;
the signaling base station in the control plane slice generates control plane slice system information and sends the control plane slice system information to the user equipment;
the user equipment processes correspondingly based on the control plane slice system information.
40. The method of claim 39, the control plane slicing system information comprising: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information;
the signaling base station periodically broadcasts the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information;
and the signaling base station acquires a scheduling indication in the basic system information of the control plane slice and periodically broadcasts other system information of the control plane slice based on a specified period corresponding to the scheduling indication.
41. The method of claim 40, the user equipment processing accordingly based on the control plane slicing system information comprising:
the user equipment selects a signaling cell to reside based on the received control plane slice basic system information;
and the user equipment acquires the scheduling indication and monitors other system information of the control plane slice based on a system scheduling information window corresponding to the scheduling indication and a period.
42. The method of claim 41, the user equipment processing accordingly based on the control plane slicing system information comprising:
the user equipment sends a user plane slicing system information label to a signaling cell;
and the signaling cell returns the user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information label.
43. The method of claim 42, the user equipment signaling a user plane slicing system information tag to the cell comprising:
the user equipment receives the other system information of the control plane slice, and sends an access request to a signaling cell which resides at present based on the other system information of the control plane slice, wherein the access request carries a system information label of the user plane slice; or,
after accessing the signaling cell, the user equipment carries the user plane slicing system information tag in a subsequent message, wherein the subsequent message comprises: MSG 3.
44. The method of claim 41, the user equipment processing accordingly based on the control plane slicing system information comprising:
the user equipment sends a control plane connection request to the signaling cell and establishes control plane connection with the signaling cell;
and after the control plane connection is established, the signaling cell feeds back the user plane slicing system information to the user through RRC control signaling.
45. The method of claim 42 or 44, further comprising:
the user equipment determines a target data cell according to the received user plane slicing system information;
and the user equipment initiates an access request to the target data cell, and is used for establishing user plane connection with the target data cell and transmitting service data.
46. A wireless network slice processing apparatus comprising:
the base station is used for generating a signaling base station or a data base station according to the configuration indication and establishing a control plane slice or a user plane slice;
the signaling base station is positioned in the control plane slice and used for generating control plane slice system information and sending the control plane slice system information to the user equipment;
and the user equipment is used for carrying out corresponding processing based on the control plane slicing system information.
47. The apparatus of claim 46, the control plane slicing system information comprising: control plane slice basic system information and control plane slice other system information;
the signaling base station is configured to periodically broadcast the basic system information of the control plane slice according to preset broadcast period information; and obtaining a scheduling indication in the basic system information of the control plane slice, and periodically broadcasting other system information of the control plane slice based on a specified period corresponding to the scheduling indication.
48. The apparatus of claim 47, wherein,
the user equipment is used for selecting a signaling cell to reside based on the received control plane slice basic system information; and acquiring the scheduling indication, and monitoring other system information of the control plane slice based on a system scheduling information window corresponding to the scheduling indication and a period.
49. The apparatus of claim 48, wherein,
the user equipment is used for sending a user plane slicing system information label to a signaling cell;
and the signaling cell returns the user plane slicing system information according to the received user plane slicing system information label.
50. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein,
the user equipment is used for receiving the other system information of the control plane slice, and sending an access request to a signaling cell which resides at present based on the other system information of the control plane slice, wherein the access request carries a system information label of the user plane slice; or,
the ue is configured to carry the user plane slicing system information tag in a subsequent message after accessing the signaling cell, where the subsequent message includes: MSG 3.
51. The apparatus of claim 48, wherein,
the user equipment is used for sending a control plane connection request to the signaling cell and establishing control plane connection with the signaling cell; and after the control plane connection is established, the signaling cell feeds back the user plane slicing system information to the user through RRC control signaling.
52. The apparatus of claim 49 or 51,
the user equipment is used for determining a target data cell according to the received user plane slicing system information; and initiating an access request to the target data cell for establishing user plane connection with the target data cell and transmitting service data.
53. A network slice processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the network slice processing method of any of claims 39 to 45 based on instructions stored in the memory.
54. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the wireless network slicing process of any of claims 39 to 45.
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