CN112152832B

CN112152832B - Management object processing method and device, related equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112152832B
Application number: CN201910578414.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李响; 孙奇; 孙军帅
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2019-06-28
Filing date: 2019-06-28
Publication date: 2023-01-13
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-28
Also published as: CN112152832A

Abstract

The invention discloses a management object processing method and device, network management equipment, a Managed Function (MF) and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: the network management equipment creates a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under the information model of the first MF; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

Description

Management object processing method and device, related equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for processing a management object, a related device, and a storage medium.

Background

In the related art, a Managed Element (ME) and a Managed Function (MF) are specified, and the relationship between the ME and the MF is shown in fig. 1. Meanwhile, for MF, corresponding management parameters are also specified, and these management parameters (also referred to as management model) can support management operations from network element deployment to end of the life cycle.

However, there is currently no effective solution for the management of applications at the application layer deployed on the MF.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the existing technical problem, embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for processing a management object, a related device, and a storage medium.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention is realized as follows:

the embodiment of the invention provides a processing method of a management object, which is applied to network management equipment and comprises the following steps:

creating a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under the information model of the first MF; wherein,

the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

and acquiring the first application software information model.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

and sending the configuration information of the first application software information model to the first MF.

In the above solution, the first application layer software information model includes:

a first application software information model identification; a first MF identifier; a parameter of the first application.

In the foregoing solution, the parameters of the first application include:

an identification of a first application; the running state of the first application.

In the foregoing solution, the parameter of the first application further includes at least one of:

a type of the first application;

a resource address of a first application;

a functional description of a first application;

configurable parameters of the first application.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

sending a second instruction to the first MF; the second instructions are used for indicating that the application software information model created on the first MF is queried;

and receiving a query result fed back by the first MF and aiming at a second instruction.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

and updating the application software information model under the information model of the first MF with the received query result.

In the foregoing solution, the creating a first application software information model corresponding to a first application includes:

actively creating a first application software information model corresponding to a first application;

or,

and receiving the first application software information model sent by the first MF.

In the foregoing solution, the method further includes:

sending a first instruction to the first MF; the first instruction is used for indicating the operation of the first application;

receiving an operation result for the first instruction of the first MF feedback;

and updating the first application software information model by using the received operation result.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a processing method of a management object, which is applied to the first MF and comprises the following steps:

receiving configuration information of a first application software information model corresponding to a first application sent by network management equipment; or, the first application software information model is sent to the network management equipment; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application layer software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the first MF, and the first application software information model indicates a first application attribute and a first application state.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

receiving a second instruction sent by the network management equipment; the second instructions are used for indicating to inquire the application software information model created on the first MF;

and responding to the second instruction, and feeding back a query result aiming at the second instruction to the network management equipment.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

receiving a first instruction sent by the network management equipment; the first instruction is used for indicating the operation of the first application;

responding to the first instruction, and operating the first application; and feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network manager.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a processing method of the management object, which is applied to network management equipment and comprises the following steps:

sending a first instruction to a first MF; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; the first application is an application layer application on the first MF;

updating a first application software information model corresponding to the first application by using the received operation result; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the first MF; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

In the foregoing solution, when the first instruction is sent, the method further includes:

and sending an operation flow identifier for operating the first application to the first MF.

In the above solution, the operation indicated by the first instruction includes one of:

downloading the first application file;

installing the first application;

activating the first application;

updating configurable parameters of the first application;

querying the first application;

and unloading the first application.

receiving a first instruction sent by network management equipment; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; the first application is an application layer application on the first MF;

operating the first application in response to the first instruction;

feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment, wherein the fed back operation result is used for updating a first application software information model corresponding to the first application by the network management equipment; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the first MF; the first application layer software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

In the foregoing solution, when receiving the first instruction, the method further includes:

receiving an operation flow identifier which is sent by the network management equipment and used for operating the first application;

and feeding back an operation result carrying the operation flow identifier aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment.

downloading the first application;

installing the first application;

activating the first application;

updating configurable parameters of the first application;

querying the first application;

uninstalling the first application.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing apparatus for managing an object, including:

the creating unit is used for creating a first application software information model corresponding to the first application under the information model of the first MF; wherein,

the first application is an application layer application on the first MF managed by the network management equipment; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

the processing unit is used for receiving configuration information of a first application software information model corresponding to a first application sent by the network management equipment; or, the first application software information model is sent to the network management equipment; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application layer software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the first MF, and the first application software information model indicates a first application attribute and a first application state.

an instruction sending unit configured to send a first instruction to the first MF; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; the first application is an application layer application on the first MF;

an update unit configured to receive an operation result for the first instruction of the first MF feedback; updating a first application software information model corresponding to the first application by using the received operation result; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the first MF; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

the command receiving unit is used for receiving a first command sent by the network management equipment; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; the first application is an application layer application on a first MF;

the operation unit is used for responding to the first instruction to operate the first application; feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment, wherein the fed back operation result is used for the network management equipment to update a first application software information model corresponding to the first application; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the first MF; the first application layer software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network management device, including: a first processor and a first communication interface; wherein,

the first processor is used for creating a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under the information model of the first MF; wherein,

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an MF, including: a second processor and a second communication interface; wherein,

the second processor is configured to perform one of the following operations via the second communication interface:

receiving configuration information of a first application software information model corresponding to a first application sent by network management equipment;

sending the first application software information model to the network management equipment; wherein,

the first application is an application layer application on the MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application layer software information model on the network management equipment is created under the MF information model, and the first application software information model indicates a first application attribute and a first application state.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network management device, including:

a first communication interface for sending a first instruction to a first MF; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; the first application is an application layer application on the first MF; and receiving an operation result for the first instruction of the first MF feedback;

the first processor is used for updating a first application software information model corresponding to the first application by using the received operation result; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the first MF; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an MF, including:

the second communication interface is used for receiving a first instruction sent by the network management equipment; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; the first application is an application layer application on the MF; feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment;

a second processor for operating the first application in response to the first instruction; the operation result fed back is used for the network management equipment to update the first application software information model corresponding to the first application; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the MF; the first application layer software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network management device, including: a first processor and a first memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor,

wherein, the first processor is used for executing the steps of any method of the network management equipment side when the computer program is run.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an MF, including: a second processor and a second memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor,

wherein the second processor is configured to execute the steps of any of the above-mentioned methods at the first MF side when running the computer program.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of any method at the network management device side, or implements the steps of any method at the first MF side.

According to the method and the device for processing the management object, the related equipment and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the invention, the network management equipment creates a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under the information model of a first MF; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; the first application information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application, and for application software deployed on the MF, the corresponding information model is under the information model of the MF, so that the application software on the MF can be identified, and the application software on the MF can be managed.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between ME and MF;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a management model with gNB as ME;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing method for managing objects according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another management object processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an information model of application software added under the Near-RT RIC in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an overall management model of a gNB according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a processing apparatus for managing objects;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an alternative processing apparatus for managing objects according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a network management device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an MF structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing system for managing objects according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples.

In the related art, management model definitions for management objects, such as ME and MF, are given. Taking the gNB as an example, a management model of the gNB (as ME), the Central Unit (CU) (as MF), and the Distribution Unit (DU) (as MF) shown in fig. 2 is defined. Wherein the CU is further decomposed into a user plane (CU-UP) (responsible for user plane data) and a control plane (CU-CP) (responsible for control plane data).

For each MF, a management parameter definition is also given, taking the gNBDUFunction shown in fig. 2 as an example, which contains management parameters as shown in table 1:

TABLE 1

Wherein M represents optional, T represents yes, F represents no, and O represents optional.

For the gNBDUFunction, also contains the management type of the logic function, such as NRCellDU, and the corresponding parameters are shown in table 2:

TABLE 2

Wherein M represents a necessary choice; CM indicates that the condition is optional, T indicates yes, and F indicates no.

The management model in the related art can support static network element configuration with unchanged parameter items. In conventional network element configurations, the management model described above may support management operations from network element deployment until the end of the lifecycle.

At the same time, software (i.e. applications) is deployed on the application layer of the network element (which may be understood as network functions), i.e. software is deployed on top of the network element, and the network element may use these additional software to optimize the network performance as needed. However, the management model cannot support the management of software (i.e. application layer software) on the network element, and the specific analysis is as follows:

the conventional software management process, i.e. the management process corresponding to the management model, needs to indicate the target network element ID when installing software, as shown in table 3:

TABLE 3

Wherein, O represents optional, and M represents optional.

However, for software on the application layer, it cannot be indicated according to the above management model whether the software to be managed is software of the network element itself or software deployed on top of the network element. For example, in an open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture, a Near real-time radio controller (Near-RT RIC) is a network function itself and has its own software, and at the same time, near-RT RIC supports the continued deployment of software on Near-RT RIC, which can use these additional software to optimize the network performance as needed, but cannot indicate whether the software to be installed is the software of Near-RT RIC itself or the software deployed on Near-RT RIC according to the management model described above. Moreover, a plurality of pieces of software (which may be referred to as application software) are generally deployed in an application layer of the same network function, which requires management of each piece of application software, for example, when a certain piece of application software is upgraded, a network management side should be able to specify that upgrade operation should be performed on target application software, at this time, only one piece of application software should be affected, however, since the management model cannot indicate that software to be upgraded is software deployed on a network element, it cannot be recognized that upgrade operation of the application software is performed, according to the management model, at this time, it is necessary to upgrade the whole piece of network function software at first and then redeploy application software once, and this operation obviously causes service interruption, which consumes more time than identifying application software.

Based on this, in various embodiments of the present invention, the MF is regarded as a platform, and other application software is deployed on the MF to manage the application above the MF, that is, a primary management function is added to manage the application software deployed on the MF, and the corresponding information model is under the information model of the MF, and may also be understood as that the corresponding information model is at a next stage of the information model of the MF.

the first application is an application layer application on the first MF; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

Here, the first MF is managed by the network management apparatus.

In practical application, the network management device should further have a capability of acquiring an application software information model, for example, when the network management device loses the created application software information model, the network management device may acquire the application software information model, for example, the network management device may acquire a corresponding application software information model from a managed network element.

Based on this, in an embodiment, the method may further include:

and acquiring the first application software information model.

Specifically, when the created first application software information model is not found locally, the first application software information model is obtained and set under the information model of the first MF.

In practical application, the network management device may further be configured to query the application information models that have been created on the first MF (here, the number of the application information models that have been created on the first MF is at least one).

Based on this, in an embodiment, the method further comprises:

In actual application, the to-be-queried application information model indicated by the second instruction is an application information model meeting a certain preset condition, for example, the to-be-queried application information model indicated by the second instruction may be all application information models created on the first MF, may also be an application information model of a certain class, may also be an application information model of an application running in the first MF, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

When the application software information model in the query result is inconsistent with the local application software information model, the local application software information model may be updated by using the application software information model in the query result, that is, the application software information model under the information model of the first MF is updated by using the received query result. For example, when there is no application software information model corresponding to an application, the application software information model corresponding to the application is set under the information model of the first MF; for another example, when the parameters of the application software information model in the query result are inconsistent with the parameters of the local application software information model, the parameters of the local application software information model may be updated by using the parameters of the application software information model in the query result.

The first application layer software information model comprises:

In other words, the application information model comprises: the application software information model identification, the network function identification of the application software information model and the application parameter.

Wherein the parameters of the first application include:

In other words, the parameters of the application include the identification of the application software and the operating state of the application software.

In practical applications, the parameter of the first application may further include at least one of:

a type of the first application;

a resource address of a first application;

a functional description of a first application;

configurable parameters of the first application.

In other words, the parameters of the application may further include at least one of:

the type of application software;

a resource address of the application software;

a functional description of the application software;

configurable parameters of the application software.

Here, the application information model identification is used to identify the application information model.

The identification of the application software is used to identify an application software.

In actual application, the type of the application software can be virtual machine-based image or container-based image, etc. The resource address of the application software may be a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or the like that provides the downloaded software package.

A functional description of the application software, functional information indicating the application software, and the like.

The running state of the application software indicates the running state of the current application software, for example, the downloading is completed in the downloading process; in the installation, the installation is finished; activated, not activated; an anomaly, etc. The exception may be a download exception, an installation exception, or an activation exception, and the parameter may further include a cause value of the exception in actual application.

Configurable parameters of the application software indicate the set of parameters that can be configured currently with the software. A typical way to describe configurable parameters is to: parameter function specification, parameter value range and parameter value.

In practical application, when creating the first application software information model, the network management device may actively create the first application software information model, for example, when the first application needs to be installed on the first MF, the network management device actively creates the first application software information model. In addition, in this scenario, the network management device sends the configuration information of the first application software information model to the first MF, so that the first MF can obtain the relevant information of the first application, and the subsequent network device can cooperate with the network management device when managing the first application.

The network management equipment can also passively create a first application software information model, and at the moment, the network management equipment receives the first application software information model sent by the first MF and sets the first application software information model under the information model of the first MF; for example, when the first MF newly accesses the network, the network management device may not know the existence of the first MF, and in this case, the first MF sends the first application software information model to the network management device.

After the first application software information model is created, corresponding operation can be performed on the first application so as to realize management of the first application.

Based on this, in an embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the method may further include:

step 301: sending a first instruction to the first MF; the first instruction is used for indicating the operation of the first application;

step 302: receiving an operation result for the first instruction of the first MF feedback;

step 303: and updating the first application software information model by using the received operation result.

In practical application, in order to match a request and a response of one operation, the network management device may further send a flow identifier corresponding to the operation.

Based on this, in an embodiment, when the first instruction is sent, the method may further include:

When the operation is actually applied, the operation indicated by the first instruction comprises one of the following operations:

downloading the first application file;

installing the first application;

activating the first application;

updating configurable parameters of the first application;

querying a state of the first application;

and unloading the first application.

When the operation indicated by the first instruction is downloading the first application file, the network management equipment updates the running state of the first application in the first application software information model by using the operation result; specifically, when the operation result is that the downloading is completed, updating the running state of the first application to be that the downloading is completed; and when the operation result is that the downloading fails, updating the running state of the first application to be abnormal, and setting a reason value. In the process of executing the operation, the network management device may set the running state of the first application to be in downloading.

When the operation indicated by the first instruction is to install the first application, the network management equipment updates the running state of the first application in the first application software information model by using the operation result; specifically, when the installation is completed as the operation result, updating the running state of the first application to be installation completed; when the operation result is that the installation fails, the running state of the first application is updated to be abnormal, and a cause value can be set. In the process of executing operation, the network management device may set the running state of the first application to be in installation.

When the operation indicated by the first instruction is to activate the first application, the network management equipment updates the running state of the first application in the first application software information model by using the operation result; specifically, when the operation result is that the activation is successful, the running state of the first application is updated to be activated; when the operation result is activation failure, the running state of the first application is updated to be abnormal, and a cause value can be set. Before activation, the network management device may set the running state of the first application to be inactive.

When the operation indicated by the first instruction is to update the configurable parameter of the first application, the network management equipment updates the running state of the first application in the first application software information model by using the operation result; specifically, when the operation result is that the updating is successful, the current running state of the first application is maintained; when the operation result is that the updating fails, the running state of the first application can be updated to be abnormal, a cause value can be set, and the current running state of the first application can be maintained. In practical application, one of the two modes can be selected according to needs to process the running state of the first application.

And when the operation indicated by the first instruction is to query the first application, the network management equipment updates the first application software information model by using the operation result, namely, updates at least one parameter in the model.

When the operation indicated by the first instruction is to uninstall the first application, the network management equipment updates the first application software information model by using the operation result; specifically, when the operation result is that the uninstallation is successful, the network management equipment deletes the first application software information model; when the operation result is that the uninstallation fails, the running state of the first application can be updated to be abnormal, and a cause value can be set.

Correspondingly, an embodiment of the present invention provides a processing method for managing an object, which is applied to a first MF, and includes: receiving configuration information of a first application software information model corresponding to a first application sent by network management equipment; or, the first application software information model is sent to the network management equipment.

Wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application layer software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the first MF, and the first application software information model indicates a first application attribute and a first application state.

Here, when the network management device actively creates the first application software information model, the network management device may send configuration information of the first application software information model corresponding to the first application to the first MF.

When the network management equipment creates a first application software information model passively, the first MF sends the first application software information model to the network management equipment.

In an embodiment, the method may further comprise:

receiving a second instruction sent by the network management equipment; the second instructions are used for indicating that the application software information model created on the first MF is queried;

Based on this, in an embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the method may include:

step 401: receiving a first instruction sent by network management equipment;

here, the first instruction is for instructing to operate on a first application; the first application is an application layer application on the first MF.

Step 402: operating the first application in response to the first instruction;

step 403: and feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment.

And the feedback operation result is used for the network management equipment to update the first application software information model corresponding to the first application.

In an embodiment, when receiving the first instruction, the method may further include:

correspondingly, the operation result carries the operation flow identifier.

And when the operation indicated by the first instruction is downloading the first application file, the first MF executes the operation of downloading the first application file and feeds back an operation result to the network management equipment.

And when the operation indicated by the first instruction is installation of the first application, the first MF executes installation of the first application operation and feeds back an operation result to the network management equipment.

And when the operation indicated by the first instruction is to activate the first application, the first MF executes the operation of activating the first application and feeds back an operation result to the network management equipment.

And when the operation indicated by the first instruction is to update the configurable parameter of the first application, the first MF executes the operation of updating the configurable parameter and feeds back an operation result to the network management equipment.

And when the operation indicated by the first instruction is to query the first application, the first MF executes the query operation and feeds back an operation result to the network management equipment.

When the operation indicated by the first instruction is to uninstall the first application, the first MF needs to clear all information corresponding to the first application software information model, including uninstalling the first application, removing the downloaded first application file, and the like, and feeds back an operation result to the network management device.

In the method for processing the management object provided by the embodiment of the invention, network management equipment creates a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under an information model of a first MF; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; the first application software information model indicates the attribute of the first application and the state of the first application, and for the application software deployed on the MF, the corresponding information model is under the information model of the MF, so that the application software on the MF can be identified, and the application software on the MF can be managed.

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following application examples.

In the embodiment of the application, the management model of gNB is taken as an example, and MF is Near-RT RIC. For each application software deployed on the Near-RT RIC, a primary management function is added, which may be referred to as an application management function (AppFunction), and specifically, a corresponding application information model is added under an information model of the Near-RT RIC, as shown in fig. 5.

In the following description, the application information model is referred to as the AppFunction model; meanwhile, for parameters under the AppFunction model:

the application software information model identification is called ApPFun _ ID;

the network function identification (which may be MF _ ID) to which the model belongs is called Near-RT RIC _ ID;

the application software identification is called App _ ID;

the Type of the application software is called Type;

the resource address of the application software is called Location;

the functional description of the application software is called function description;

the running state of the application software is called Status;

configurable Parameters of the application software are called Configurable Parameters.

First, a model creation process is described.

The model creating process can be divided into two implementation modes of actively creating a model at a network management side and passively receiving the model at the network management side.

Specifically, the process of actively creating the model by the network management side includes:

step 1: when an application software needs to be installed on the Nera-RT RIC, operation and maintenance personnel create an application software information model on a network management side (network management equipment) according to the model format, and set a corresponding application software information model under the Nera-RT RIC information model;

here, the established application information model includes: appfun _ ID, MF _ ID, app _ ID, type, location, function description, and the like.

And 2, step: the network management side sends the created App function model configuration information to Near-RT RIC;

here, in actual application, the app function model configuration information may be transmitted to the Near-RT RIC through the management interface.

And 3, step 3: the Near-RT RIC creates an AppFunction context according to the received AppFunction model configuration information;

here, after the Near-RT RIC creates the context, it waits for the application software to be operated as instructed by the network management device.

And 4, step 4: reporting that the Appfunction model creation is completed by Near-RT RIC;

here, the reported information may include: appfen _ ID, MF _ ID, app _ ID, type, location, function description, and Status.

The process of passively receiving the model by the network management side comprises the following steps:

step 1: the Near-RT RIC reports the information model of the Near-RT RIC to the network management equipment;

here, the reported information model includes an already created AppFunction model, and the information of the already created AppFunction model includes: appfen _ ID, MF _ ID, type, location, functional description, and Status.

Step 2: and after the network management equipment receives the information model, setting a corresponding App function model under a Near-RT RIC information model.

In the practical application, when the Near-RT RIC is newly added in the network, the network management side does not know the existence of the Near-RT RIC at the moment, and in the scene, the newly-accessed Near-RT RIC reports the information model of the newly-accessed Near-RT RIC to the network management side.

The network management side can inquire an App function model which is created in Near-RT RIC; the Appfunction model that has been created in Near-RT RIC can also be deleted.

After the corresponding application software information model is created under the Near-RT RIC information model, the overall management model is as shown in fig. 6. As can be seen from FIG. 6, the AppFunction model is located at the next level of Near-RT RIC.

In actual application, when the downloaded application software is deleted, the AppFunction model corresponding to the application software needs to be deleted.

Next, operations performed on the corresponding application software according to an application function model, that is, a process of managing the corresponding application software, will be described.

The operation on the application software may include: downloading application software, installing application software, activating application software, updating configurable parameters of application software, querying application software, uninstalling application software, and the like.

The processing procedure is described below for each operation.

The process of downloading the application software comprises the following steps:

step 1: the network management side sends a software downloading instruction through a management interface;

here, the download indication needs to indicate an ID of Near-RT RIC where the application software is located (referred to as Near-RT RIC _ ID in the following description) and AppFun _ ID.

In practical application, in order to match the request and the response of one operation, a process ID corresponding to the operation may be further included.

Here, it should be noted that: in practical application, the network management side needs to execute the above process of actively creating the model.

Step 2: after receiving the downloading instruction, the Near-RT RIC executes the downloading operation and then executes the step 3;

and step 3: the Near-RT RIC reports an execution result to a network management side;

here, the execution result carries AppFun _ ID, near-RT RIC _ ID, and the download operation result, status.

When the download instruction includes the process ID corresponding to the current operation, the execution result also needs to carry the process ID.

And 4, step 4: and after receiving the execution result, the network management side updates the state of the application software.

That is, the corresponding App function model is located according to App Fun _ ID and Near-RT RIC _ ID, and Status in the App function model is updated.

When the download is complete, the application software can be installed.

The process of installing the application software comprises the following steps:

step 1: the network management side sends a software installation instruction through a management interface;

here, the installation indication needs to indicate Near-RT RIC _ ID, appFun _ ID, app _ ID.

In practical application, in order to match a request and a response of one operation, a process ID corresponding to the current operation may be further included.

And 2, step: after receiving the installation instruction, the Near-RT RIC executes installation operation and then executes step 3;

and 3, step 3: reporting an execution result by Near-RT RIC;

here, the execution result carries App fun _ ID, near-RT RIC _ ID, app _ ID, and installation operation result.

When the installation instruction includes the process ID corresponding to the current operation, the execution result also needs to carry the process ID.

That is, according to the application _ ID, MF _ ID is located to the corresponding application model, and Status in the information model is updated.

After the installation is successful, the application software can be activated.

The process of activating the application software comprises the following steps:

step 1: the network management side sends a software activation instruction through a management interface;

here, the activation indication requires knowledge Near-RT RIC _ ID, appFun _ ID, app _ ID.

Step 2: the Near-RT RIC receives the activation instruction, executes the activation operation, and then executes the step 3;

and step 3: reporting an execution result by Near-RT RIC;

here, the execution result carries App fun _ ID, near-RT RIC _ ID, app _ ID, and activation operation result.

When the activation instruction includes the process ID corresponding to the current operation, the execution result also needs to carry the process ID.

And 4, step 4: and after the network management side receives the execution result, updating the state of the application software.

That is, the application _ ID and MF _ ID are located to the corresponding application model, and Status in the information model is updated.

When the application software has corresponding configurable parameters, the network management equipment can update the configurable parameters of the application software. Specifically, the network management side inputs new parameters according to the configurable parameters of the application software and configures the new parameters to the application software, namely sends the new parameters to the Near-RT RIC.

Among them, appFun _ ID, near-RT RIC _ ID and Configurable Parameters need to be indicated.

Here, a typical description of Configurable Parameters is: parameter function specification, parameter value range and parameter value.

The network management equipment can perform application software query.

The process of querying the application software comprises the following steps:

step 1: the network management side Near-RT RIC sends a query instruction;

here, the query indicates that ApPfun _ ID, near-RT RIC _ ID, needs to be indicated.

In practical application, in order to match the request and the response of one operation, a process ID corresponding to the current operation may be further included. In addition, the network management side can inquire the state of the application software in real time.

And 2, step: reporting the state of Near-RT RIC;

here, the reported content includes AppFun _ ID, near-RT RIC _ ID and parameters in the model.

When the query instruction includes the process ID corresponding to the current operation, the reported content also needs to carry the process ID.

And step 3: and the network management side updates the model.

Specifically, the corresponding App function model is located according to the App Fun _ ID and Near-RT RIC _ ID, and parameters in the model are updated.

In practice, the query indication may be a query for one application software or a query for multiple application software on Near-RT RIC. When the query is to a plurality of application software on Near-RT RIC, when the application software does not create the AppFunction model, the AppFunction model is created.

The network management side can delete the AppFunction information model, and at the moment, the Near-RT RIC is indicated to carry out unloading operation on the application software.

The process of uninstalling the application software comprises the following steps:

step 1: the network management side informs Near-RT RIC software uninstalling indication (which can also be understood as deletion indication);

here, the uninstall indication needs to indicate Near-RT RIC _ ID, appFun _ ID, app _ ID.

And 2, step: after receiving the unloading instruction, the Near-RT RIC executes the unloading operation and feeds back the operation result;

here, near-RT RIC clears all information under the model after receiving the delete command, including uninstalling the installed application software and removing the downloaded application software.

When the uninstalling instruction includes the process ID corresponding to the operation, the execution result also needs to carry the process ID.

And step 3: and after receiving the execution result, the network management side deletes the Near-RT RIC _ ID and the AppFun _ ID indicated by the AppFun _ ID.

The AppFunction model provided by the embodiment of the invention is an application layer software information model based on MF.

For the basic maintenance flow of the AppFunction model, the basic maintenance flow may include: the method comprises the steps of actively creating a model by a network management side, passively receiving the model by the network management side, inquiring the model by the network management side and deleting the model by the network management side.

The maintenance process for the application software may include: application software download, installation, activation, querying and uninstallation.

It can be seen from the above description that, by using the solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the application software on the network element can be identified, not only the network element, so that the application software can be continuously deployed and the management of the application software can be supported on the network element function.

In order to implement the method according to the embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing apparatus for managing an object, which is disposed on a network management device, and as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus includes:

a creating unit 71, configured to create, under the information model of the first MF, a first application software information model corresponding to the first application; wherein,

the first application is an application layer application on the first MF managed by the network management equipment; the first application software information model indicates properties of the first application and a state of the first application.

In an embodiment, the creating unit 71 is further configured to obtain the first application software information model.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus may further include:

a configuration unit 72, configured to send configuration information of the first application software information model to the first MF.

In an embodiment, the creating unit 71 is specifically configured to:

or,

In an embodiment, the apparatus may further include:

an instruction sending unit configured to send a first instruction to the first MF; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application;

an update unit configured to receive an operation result for the first instruction of the first MF feedback; and updating the first application software information model corresponding to the first application by using the received operation result.

In an embodiment, the instruction sending unit is further configured to send, when sending the first instruction, an operation flow identifier for operating the first application to the first MF.

In an embodiment, the instruction sending unit is further configured to send a second instruction to the first MF; the second instructions are used for indicating to inquire the application software information model created on the first MF;

the updating unit is further configured to receive a query result for the second instruction fed back by the first MF.

Here, in an embodiment, the updating unit is further configured to update the application information model under the information model of the first MF with the received query result.

In actual application, the creating unit 71, the configuring unit 72, and the updating unit may be implemented by a processor in a processing device for managing objects, in combination with a communication interface; the instruction transmitting unit may be implemented by a processor in a processing apparatus that manages objects.

In order to implement the method at the first MF side in the embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing apparatus for managing an object, which is disposed on the first MF, and as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus includes:

the processing unit 81 is configured to receive configuration information of a first application software information model corresponding to a first application sent by a network management device; or, the first application software information model is sent to the network management equipment; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application layer software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the first MF, and the first application software information model indicates a first application attribute and a first application state.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus may further include:

an instruction receiving unit 82, configured to receive a first instruction sent by a network management device;

an operation unit 83 configured to operate the first application in response to the first instruction; and feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment, wherein the fed back operation result is used for the network management equipment to update the first application software information model corresponding to the first application.

In an embodiment, the instruction receiving unit 82 is further configured to receive, when receiving the first instruction, an operation procedure identifier that is sent by the network management device and used for operating the first application;

correspondingly, the operation result carries the operation flow identifier.

In an embodiment, the instruction receiving unit 82 is further configured to receive a second instruction sent by the network management device; the second instructions are used for indicating that the application software information model created on the first MF is queried;

the operation unit 83 is further configured to respond to the second instruction, and feed back a query result for the second instruction to the network management device.

In actual application, the processing unit 81 and the operation unit 83 may be implemented by a processor in the processing device of the management object in combination with a communication interface; the instruction receiving unit 82 may be implemented by a communication interface in a processing device that manages objects.

It should be noted that: the processing device for a management object provided in the above embodiment is only exemplified by the division of each program module when performing the processing of the management object, and in practical applications, the processing may be distributed to different program modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different program modules so as to complete all or part of the processing described above. In addition, the processing apparatus for the management object and the processing method for the management object provided in the foregoing embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are described in detail in the method embodiments and are not described herein again.

Based on the hardware implementation of the program module, and in order to implement the method at the network management device side in the embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network management device, as shown in fig. 9, where the network management device 90 includes:

a first communication interface 91 capable of performing information interaction with the first MF;

the first processor 92 is connected to the first communication interface 91 to implement information interaction with the first MF, and is configured to execute the method provided by one or more technical solutions of the foregoing network management device side when running the computer program. And the computer program 92 is stored on the first memory 93.

Specifically, the first processor is configured to create a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under an information model of a first MF; wherein,

In an embodiment, the first processor 92 is specifically configured to:

or,

the first application software information model sent by the first MF is received through the first communication interface 91.

In an embodiment, the first communication interface 91 is further configured to send configuration information of the first application software information model to the first MF.

In an embodiment, the first communication interface 91 is configured to send a first instruction to the first MF; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; and receiving an operation result for the first instruction of the first MF feedback;

the first processor 92 is configured to update a first application software information model corresponding to the first application by using the received operation result.

In an embodiment, the first communication interface 91 is further configured to send, when sending the first instruction, an operation flow identifier for operating the first application to the first MF.

In an embodiment, the first communication interface 91 is further configured to send a second instruction to the first MF; the second instructions are used for indicating to inquire the application software information model created on the first MF; and receiving a query result for a second instruction fed back by the first MF.

In an embodiment, the first processor 92 is further configured to update the application information model under the information model of the first MF with the received query result.

It should be noted that: the specific processing procedures of the first processor 92 and the first communication interface 91 can be understood with reference to the above-described method.

Of course, in practice, the various components in the network management device 90 are coupled together by a bus system 94. It will be appreciated that the bus system 94 is used to enable communications among the components of the connection. The bus system 94 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus. For clarity of illustration, however, the various buses are labeled as bus system 94 in FIG. 9.

The first memory 93 in the embodiment of the present invention is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the network management device 90. Examples of such data include: any computer program for operation on the network management device 90.

The method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the first processor 92, or implemented by the first processor 92. The first processor 92 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the first processor 92. The first Processor 92 may be a general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, etc. The first processor 92 may implement or perform the methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or can be implemented by combining hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in a storage medium located in the first memory 93, and the first processor 92 reads the information in the first memory 93, and in combination with the hardware thereof, performs the steps of the foregoing method.

In an exemplary embodiment, the network management Device 90 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), DSPs, programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), general purpose processors, controllers, micro Controllers (MCUs), microprocessors (microprocessors), or other electronic components for performing the aforementioned methods.

Based on the hardware implementation of the program module, and in order to implement the method at the first MF side in the embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides an MF, as shown in fig. 10, where the MF100 includes:

the second communication interface 101 can perform information interaction with the network management equipment;

the second processor 102 is connected to the second communication interface 101, so as to implement information interaction with the network management device, and is configured to execute the method provided by one or more technical solutions of the first MF side when running the computer program. And the computer program is stored on the second memory 103.

Specifically, the second processor 102 is configured to perform one of the following operations through the second communication interface 101:

the first application is an application layer application on the MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application layer software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the MF, and the first application software information model indicates a first application attribute and the state of a first application.

In an embodiment, the second communication interface 101 is further configured to receive a first instruction sent by a network management device; the first instruction is used for indicating to operate a first application; feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment;

the second processor 102 is further configured to operate the first application in response to the first instruction; and the operation result fed back is used for the network management equipment to update the first application software information model corresponding to the first application.

In an embodiment, the second communication interface 101 is further configured to receive, when receiving the first instruction, an operation flow identifier that is sent by the network management device and used for operating the first application;

correspondingly, the operation result carries the operation flow identifier.

In an embodiment, the second communication interface 101 is further configured to receive a second instruction sent by the network management device; the second instructions are used for indicating to inquire the application software information model created on the first MF; and under the control of the second processor 102, responding to the second instruction, and feeding back a query result for the second instruction to the network management device.

It should be noted that: the specific processing procedures of the second processor 102 and the second communication interface 101 can be understood with reference to the above-described methods.

Of course, in actual practice, the various components in MF100 are coupled together by bus system 104. It is understood that the bus system 104 is used to enable communications among the components. The bus system 104 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus. For clarity of illustration, the various buses are designated as bus system 104 in fig. 10.

The second memory 103 in the embodiment of the present invention is used for storing various types of data to support the operation of the MF 100. Examples of such data include: any computer program for operating on MF 100.

The method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the second processor 102, or implemented by the second processor 102. The second processor 102 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the second processor 102. The second processor 102 described above may be a general purpose processor, a DSP, or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, or the like. The second processor 102 may implement or perform the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or can be implemented by combining hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in a storage medium located in the second memory 103, and the second processor 102 reads the information in the second memory 103 and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with its hardware.

In an exemplary embodiment, MF100 may be implemented by one or more ASICs, DSPs, PLDs, CPLDs, FPGAs, general-purpose processors, controllers, MCUs, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the aforementioned methods.

It is understood that the memories (first memory 93, second memory 103) of embodiments of the present invention may be either volatile or nonvolatile memories, and may include both volatile and nonvolatile memories. Among them, the nonvolatile Memory may be a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a magnetic random access Memory (FRAM), a Flash Memory (Flash Memory), a magnetic surface Memory, an optical Disc, or a Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM); the magnetic surface storage may be disk storage or tape storage. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), synchronous Static Random Access Memory (SSRAM), dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Enhanced DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SLDRAM), direct Memory (DRmb Access), and Random Access Memory (DRAM). The described memory for embodiments of the present invention is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

In order to implement the method according to the embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for processing an operation object, as shown in fig. 11, where the system includes: a network management device 111 and a first MF 112.

It should be noted that: the specific processing procedures of the network management device 111 and the first MF 112 are described in detail above, and are not described herein again.

In an exemplary embodiment, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a storage medium, specifically a computer storage medium, which is a computer readable storage medium, for example, the storage medium includes a first memory 93 storing a computer program, and the computer program can be executed by the first processor 92 of the network management device 90 to complete the steps described in the foregoing network management device side method. For example, the second memory 103 stores a computer program, which can be executed by the second processor 102 of the MF100 to perform the steps of the first MF side method. The computer readable storage medium may be Memory such as FRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash Memory, magnetic surface Memory, optical disk, or CD-ROM.

It should be noted that: "first," "second," and the like are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.

In addition, the technical solutions described in the embodiments of the present invention may be arbitrarily combined without conflict.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A processing method for managing objects is applied to network management equipment, and comprises the following steps:

creating a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under an information model of a first Managed Function (MF); wherein,

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and acquiring the first application software information model.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application information model comprises:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the parameters of the first application comprise:

an identification of a first application; an operational state of the first application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the parameters of the first application further comprise at least one of:

a type of the first application;

a resource address of a first application;

a functional description of a first application;

configurable parameters of the first application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

9. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the first application software information model corresponding to the first application comprises:

or,

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising:

11. A processing method for managing objects, applied to a first MF, includes:

receiving configuration information of a first application software information model corresponding to a first application sent by network management equipment; or, the first application software information model is sent to the network management equipment; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the first MF, and the first application software information model indicates the attribute and the state of the first application.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the method further comprises:

responding to the first instruction, and operating the first application; and feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment.

14. A processing method for managing objects is applied to network management equipment, and comprises the following steps:

15. The method of claim 14, wherein when sending the first instruction, the method further comprises:

16. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the operation indicated by the first instruction comprises one of:

downloading the first application;

installing the first application;

activating the first application;

updating configurable parameters of the first application;

querying the first application;

and unloading the first application.

17. A processing method for managing objects, applied to a first MF, includes:

operating the first application in response to the first instruction;

feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment, wherein the fed back operation result is used for the network management equipment to update a first application software information model corresponding to the first application; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the first MF; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the first instruction, the method further comprises:

19. The method of claim 17 or 18, wherein the operation indicated by the first instruction comprises one of:

downloading the first application;

installing the first application;

activating the first application;

updating configurable parameters of the first application;

querying the first application;

and unloading the first application.

20. A processing apparatus that manages objects, comprising:

the creating unit is used for creating a first application software information model corresponding to a first application under the information model of the first MF; wherein,

21. A processing apparatus that manages objects, comprising:

the processing unit is used for receiving configuration information of a first application software information model corresponding to a first application sent by the network management equipment; or, the first application software information model is sent to the network management equipment; wherein, the first application is an application layer application on a first MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the first MF, and the first application software information model indicates the attribute and the state of the first application.

22. A processing apparatus that manages objects, comprising:

23. A processing apparatus that manages objects, comprising:

the operation unit is used for responding to the first instruction to operate the first application; feeding back an operation result aiming at the first instruction to the network management equipment, wherein the fed back operation result is used for the network management equipment to update a first application software information model corresponding to the first application; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the first MF; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

24. A network management device, comprising: a first processor and a first communication interface; wherein,

25. An MF, comprising: a second processor and a second communication interface; wherein,

the first application is an application layer application on the MF managed by the network management equipment; and a first application software information model on the network management equipment is created under the information model of the MF, and the first application software information model indicates the attribute of the first application and the state of the first application.

26. A network management device, comprising:

27. An MF, comprising:

a second processor for operating the first application in response to the first instruction; the operation result fed back is used for the network management equipment to update the first application software information model corresponding to the first application; the first application software information model is created under the information model of the MF; the first application software information model indicates attributes of the first application and a state of the first application.

28. A network management device, comprising: a first processor and a first memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor,

wherein the first processor is adapted to perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 10 or to perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 14 to 16 when running the computer program.

29. An MF, comprising: a second processor and a second memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor,

wherein the second processor is adapted to perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 11 to 13 or the steps of the method of any one of claims 17 to 19 when running the computer program.

30. A storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for performing the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 10, or for performing the steps of the method of any one of claims 11 to 13, or for performing the steps of the method of any one of claims 14 to 16, or for performing the steps of the method of any one of claims 17 to 19, when executed by a processor.