CN112887117B - Method, equipment and medium for accessing and configuring network slice - Google Patents

Method, equipment and medium for accessing and configuring network slice Download PDF

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CN112887117B
CN112887117B CN201911207108.7A CN201911207108A CN112887117B CN 112887117 B CN112887117 B CN 112887117B CN 201911207108 A CN201911207108 A CN 201911207108A CN 112887117 B CN112887117 B CN 112887117B
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The invention discloses a method, equipment and medium for accessing and configuring network slices, which comprises the following steps: the management and control system receives a corresponding relation sent by a client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of virtual local area networks positioned at the client and a plurality of network slices positioned at a network side; allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice; and transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to the client terminal equipment. The method comprises the steps that a client terminal device receives a signal carrying a virtual local area network identifier from a client; and switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the virtual local area network identifiers and the corresponding relations. By adopting the invention, the user can select the corresponding network slice for transmission according to the own requirement; the slicing can be divided according to the virtual local area network, so that the flexibility of the client side service based on slicing scheduling can be improved; the virtual local area network and slice mapping can be controlled autonomously by the user.

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Method, equipment and medium for accessing and configuring network slice
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a medium for accessing and configuring a network slice.
Background
For the end-to-end slicing requirement, the OTN (optical transport network ) trunk network needs to have a certain slicing service capability. The currently existing schemes are generally:
the line side is divided into slices based on time slots or wavelengths;
and the client side divides the attribution of the slice according to the ports, and the client side port is mapped with the line side time slot to realize the slice.
The prior art has the following defects: the current OTN network slicing technology and scheme cannot meet the requirement of flexible slicing of users.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a method, equipment and medium for accessing and configuring network slices, which are used for solving the problem that OTN network slices cannot be flexibly carried out.
The embodiment of the invention provides a method for accessing a network slice, which comprises the following steps:
receiving a signal carrying VLAN identification from a client;
and switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by a user.
In implementation, the correspondence is obtained through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In practice, the correspondence is obtained from a management and control system.
In an implementation, switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identification and the correspondence relationship includes:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
In implementation, the corresponding relationship determined by the user is the corresponding relationship stored in the management and control system;
the network slice is allocated with corresponding network resources including line side resources by a management and control system;
the line side resource corresponding to each network slice is determined and known according to the notification of the management and control system;
switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the signals are switched by Customer Premise Equipment (CPE);
the VLAN identification is user-configurable.
The embodiment of the invention provides a method for configuring network slices, which comprises the following steps:
receiving a corresponding relation sent by a client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client and a plurality of network slices on a network side;
allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
and transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to the CPE.
In practice, the correspondence is sent to the CPE through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In practice, the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
The embodiment of the invention provides client terminal equipment, which comprises:
a transceiver for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor, performing the following:
receiving a signal carrying VLAN identification from a client;
a processor for reading the program in the memory, performing the following process:
and switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by a user.
In implementation, the correspondence is obtained through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In practice, the correspondence is obtained from a management and control system.
In an implementation, switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identification and the correspondence relationship includes:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
The embodiment of the invention provides client terminal equipment, which comprises:
the signal receiving module is used for receiving signals carrying VLAN identifications at the client;
and the switching module is used for switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by a user.
In implementation, the exchange module is further configured to obtain the correspondence through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In implementation, the exchange module is further configured to obtain the correspondence from the management and control system.
In implementation, the switching module is further configured to, when switching signals to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifiers and the correspondence relationship:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
The embodiment of the invention provides a management and control system, which comprises:
a transceiver for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor, performing the following:
receiving a corresponding relation sent by a client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client and a plurality of network slices on a network side;
transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to CPE;
a processor for reading the program in the memory, performing the following process:
corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated to the network slices.
In practice, the correspondence is sent to the CPE through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In practice, the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
The embodiment of the invention provides a management and control system, which comprises:
the relation receiving module is used for receiving a corresponding relation sent by the client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client side and a plurality of network slices on the network side;
the allocation module is used for allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
and the sending module is used for sending the line side resource and the corresponding relation to the CPE.
In an implementation, the sending module is further configured to send the correspondence to the CPE through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
The embodiment of the invention provides a network slice processing system, which comprises:
the management and control system is used for receiving the corresponding relation sent by the client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client and a plurality of network slices on the network side; allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice; and transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to the CPE.
The client terminal equipment is used for receiving signals carrying VLAN identifications from the client; and switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by a user.
In practice, the client terminal device is further configured to obtain the correspondence from the client terminal device through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In implementation, the management and control system is further configured to, when switching signals to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the correspondence:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
In implementation, the management and control system is further configured to store the correspondence determined by the user;
the control system is further used for distributing corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
the client terminal equipment is further used for obtaining the line side resources corresponding to each network slice according to the notification of the management and control system;
the client terminal equipment is further used for switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations;
the client terminal device is further adapted to receive said VLAN identification configured by the user.
In an implementation, the client terminal device is further configured to receive a determination of the correspondence by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for executing the above method for accessing a network slice and/or the method for configuring a network slice.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
in the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, because the corresponding relation between the VLAN and the network slice is determined by a user, the user can select the corresponding network slice for transmission according to the own requirement; therefore, the slicing can be divided according to the VLAN, and the flexibility of the client side business based on slice scheduling can be improved;
further, because the VLAN id can be configured by the user, the user can switch the signal to the selected network slice only by carrying the VLAN id in the signal, so that the mapping of the VLAN and the slice can be controlled autonomously by the user.
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fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence relationship between a client side and a network slice in the network slice according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication system including network slices according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method implementation of a CPE-side access network slice according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing configuration network slices at a system side according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a network slice resource allocation flow in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a correspondence process in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a signal exchange implementation flow in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the implementation environment of FIG. 7 in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a CPE structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a management and control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a network slice processing system according to an embodiment of the invention.
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The inventors noted during the course of the invention that:
fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence relationship between a client side and a network slice in the network slice, as shown in the figure, a currently existing scheme is generally:
the line side is divided into slices based on time slots or wavelengths;
and the client side divides slice attribution according to the physical ports, and the physical ports of the client side are mapped with the time slots of the line side to realize slice.
The granularity of the client-side physical port is too large to realize flexible client-side service scheduling and slicing division;
the problem of this solution is that the physical connection of the client side port is fixed, and the user cannot flexibly design the mapping relationship between the client side service and the slice.
And therefore, the current OTN network slicing technology and scheme cannot meet the requirement of flexible slicing of users.
Based on this, the embodiment of the invention provides an OTN network slice implementation scheme, which implements service and slice mapping based on a VLAN (Virtual LAN) configured by a user, thereby implementing flexible slice of the OTN.
The following describes specific embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.
In the description process, the implementation of the OTN edge device side and the management and control system side will be described respectively, but in the description process, related network element devices, such as client devices, APP that can interact with a management and control center, etc., will also be involved, where such description is for better understanding the implementation of the solution provided in the embodiment of the present invention. Such description does not mean that they must be carried out in cooperation or must be carried out separately, in fact, they each solve the problem on their own side when they are carried out separately, while they are used in combination with better technical results.
In practice, the OTN edge device will be mainly described by taking a CPE (customer premise equipment ) as an example, and this is described herein by taking the CPE as an example, because the CPE is a relatively common device at present; however, other devices may be used, and in fact, network devices that are capable of receiving the client side signal and switching it to the corresponding network slice may be used to implement the present invention, and CPE is only used to teach one skilled in the art how to implement the present invention specifically, but it is not meant that only the specific device type of CPE can be used, and the corresponding device may be selected for use in connection with the practice of the present invention.
In implementation, the network entity for managing the network slice and the corresponding relationship is mainly illustrated by taking the management and control center as an example, because the management and control center is the network entity which is the easiest to implement the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention in the currently adopted network architecture, the management and control center is illustrated here as an example; however, other network entities are also possible, in fact, any network entity that can manage the network slice and the corresponding relationship may be used to implement the present invention, and meanwhile, management of the network slice and the corresponding relationship is not necessarily implemented on the same network entity, and may be implemented by a plurality of network entities, so that the management center is only used to teach a person skilled in the art how to implement the present invention, but not only can be implemented on the management center, and the corresponding network entity may be selected according to the practical needs in the implementation process.
Firstly, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention is introduced on the whole, then the technical scheme implemented on each main entity is provided, and finally, the example of combined implementation of each entity is provided.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication system including a network slice, as shown in the drawing, in the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present invention, there are the following relations:
the user defines the service VLAN of the client side, and belongs to different slices according to the VLAN;
the user puts forward the OTN network slicing requirement according to the self requirement;
the OTN network is based on line side resources, and the slice granularity can be line side port time slots or wavelengths;
and the CPE OTN equipment forwards the customer side service to the line side time slot of the corresponding slice according to the service VLAN.
The implementation of the scheme on each network device is described below.
Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an implementation of a method for CPE-side access network slicing, which may include:
step 301, receiving a signal carrying a VLAN identifier from a client;
and 302, exchanging signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by clients.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an implementation of a method for managing configuration network slices at a system side, and as shown in the figure, may include:
step 401, receiving a correspondence sent by a client, where the correspondence is a correspondence between a plurality of VLANs located at a client side and a plurality of network slices located at a network side determined by the client;
step 402, allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
step 403, sending the line side resource and the correspondence to the CPE.
The implementation of correspondence and network slice allocation is described below.
The management and control system and the OTN device can both calculate and maintain the following information, and support configuration to the OTN device through the management and control interface:
table 1: slice object (saving Slice information)
Table 2: slicingvlan object (preserving VLAN and slice mapping relation)
Attribute names Data type Constraint RW attributes Annotating/valuing
vlanId Integer [1] RW Vlan
sliceId String [1] RW VPN of
The control system can realize slice configuration of CPE OTN equipment through the following interfaces:
table 3:
table 4:
interface name delSlice
Netconf instruction Standard edit-config
Interface description Deleting a slice
Interface input parameters 1)sliceId
Interface return parameters Success/failure
In practice, the correspondence may be determined by the customer according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
In practice, the correspondence may be obtained from a management and control system.
In a specific implementation, on the management and control system side, the correspondence may be sent to the CPE through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
Accordingly, on the CPE side, the correspondence is obtained through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
The interface refers in an embodiment to a communication interface between systems (i.e. a domain controller and an inter-domain controller of an OTN), typically a Restful interface, based on IP packets. The interface naming of the specific embodiment is a custom operation interface based on the Restful specification.
Specifically, the management and control system configures the mapping relationship between the VLAN and the slice to the CPE OTN through the following interfaces:
table 5:
table 6:
table 7:
interface name delVlanSlice
Netconf instruction Standard edit-config
Interface description Deleting a group of vlan-slice correspondences
Interface input parameters 1)vlanId
Interface return parameters Success/failure
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a network slice resource allocation flow, and as shown, the main interaction and logic processing of slice resource allocation may include:
step 501, a user inputs a slice requirement through an APP;
specifically, in the slice dividing and generating part, a network user can set the requirement of the slice through the management and control system APP, and the requirement can include a delay requirement, a bandwidth requirement, a reliability requirement and the like to generate the slice.
Step 502, the management and control system reads network resources;
step 503, calculating slice resources by a control system;
step 504, the management and control system configures network resources;
step 505, the management and control system informs the CPE of line side resources corresponding to the OTN slice through the addSlice.
Specifically, the control system divides/generates slices according to user requirements; allocating corresponding resources for the slices in the metropolitan area/trunk network; and transmitting the line side resources corresponding to the network slice to the CPE OTN.
FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a correspondence processing implementation, and as shown in the figure, may include:
step 601, a user inputs VLAN-slice mapping relation to a management and control system through an APP;
step 602, the management and control system configures the corresponding relation between VLAN and slice in CPE OTN through addvlan slot.
Specifically, the network user may input content:
and (5) providing a mapping relation between VLAN and slice.
The input mode can be as follows:
input through the management and control system APP.
And the management and control system configures the mapping relation between the VLAN and the slice to the CPE OTN according to the input of the user.
In an implementation, switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identification and the correspondence relationship includes:
after the corresponding relation is determined by the client, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
In specific implementation, the corresponding relation determined by the client is the corresponding relation stored in a management and control system;
the network slice is allocated with corresponding network resources including line side resources by a management and control system;
the line side resource corresponding to each network slice is determined and known according to the notification of the management and control system;
switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the signals are switched by CPE;
the VLAN identification is configured by the customer.
The following is an example.
Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a signaling exchange implementation, which may include:
step 701, user equipment inputs a signal through a CPE OTN client side port, wherein the signal carries VLAN ID;
step 702, the CPE OTN device locates a corresponding slice based on the configured VLAN-slice mapping relationship;
step 703, the CPE OTN device locates to a specific port and time slot according to the slice information;
and 704, configuring VLAN exchange by CPE OTN equipment to realize the exchange of the service of the corresponding VLAN to the corresponding time slot channel.
Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the implementation environment of fig. 7, as shown in the drawing, in the implementation of slice-based forwarding, an OTN end device client side port is connected to a user router/switch, a VLAN id is determined by a user device, and the OTN device performs identification and forwarding based on the VLAN id, so as to implement slicing corresponding to a user autonomous control service.
Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the invention also provides a CPE and a management system, and because the principle and method of solving the problems of these devices are similar, the implementation of these devices can refer to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is omitted.
In implementing the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the method can be implemented as follows.
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of CPE structure, and as shown in the drawing, the base station includes:
a transceiver 910 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 900 performs the following procedures:
receiving a signal carrying VLAN identification from a client;
processor 900, for reading the program in memory 920, performs the following procedures:
and switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by a user.
In implementation, the correspondence is obtained through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In practice, the correspondence is obtained from a management and control system.
In an implementation, switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identification and the correspondence relationship includes:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
Wherein in fig. 9, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by processor 900 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 920, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 910 may be a number of elements, i.e., include a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 900 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 920 may store data used by the processor 900 in performing operations.
The embodiment of the invention also provides client terminal equipment, which comprises:
the signal receiving module is used for receiving signals carrying VLAN identifications at the client;
and the switching module is used for switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by a user.
In implementation, the exchange module is further configured to obtain the correspondence through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In implementation, the exchange module is further configured to obtain the correspondence from the management and control system.
In implementation, the switching module is further configured to, when switching signals to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifiers and the correspondence relationship:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
For convenience of description, the parts of the above apparatus are described as being functionally divided into various modules or units, respectively. Of course, the functions of each module or unit may be implemented in the same piece or pieces of software or hardware when implementing the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a management and control system, as shown in the drawing, a base station includes:
a transceiver 1010 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1000, performs the following procedures:
receiving a corresponding relation sent by a client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client and a plurality of network slices on a network side;
transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to CPE;
processor 1000, for reading the program in memory 1020, performs the following processes:
corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated to the network slices.
In practice, the correspondence is sent to the CPE through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In practice, the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
Wherein in fig. 10, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by the processor 1000 and various circuits of the memory, represented by the memory 1020, are chained together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1010 may be a number of elements, i.e., including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 1000 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1020 may store data used by the processor 1000 in performing operations.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a management and control system, which comprises:
the relation receiving module is used for receiving a corresponding relation sent by the client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client side and a plurality of network slices on the network side;
the allocation module is used for allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
and the sending module is used for sending the line side resource and the corresponding relation to the CPE.
In an implementation, the sending module is further configured to send the correspondence to the CPE through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
For convenience of description, the parts of the above apparatus are described as being functionally divided into various modules or units, respectively. Of course, the functions of each module or unit may be implemented in the same piece or pieces of software or hardware when implementing the present invention.
In the embodiment of the present invention, a network slice processing system is further provided, and fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of the network slice processing system, where as shown in the figure, may include:
the management and control system 1101 is configured to receive a correspondence sent by a client, where the correspondence is a correspondence between a plurality of VLANs located on a client and a plurality of network slices located on a network side determined by a user; allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice; and transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to the CPE.
The client terminal device 1102 is configured to receive a signal that the client carries a VLAN identifier; and switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at the client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at the network side, which are determined by a user.
In practice, the client terminal device is further configured to obtain the correspondence from the client terminal device through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addVlanSlice, setVlanSlice, delVlanSlice.
In implementation, the management and control system is further configured to, when switching signals to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the correspondence:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
In implementation, the management and control system is further configured to store the correspondence determined by the user;
the control system is further used for distributing corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
the client terminal equipment is further used for obtaining the line side resources corresponding to each network slice according to the notification of the management and control system;
the client terminal equipment is further used for switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations;
the client terminal device is further adapted to receive said VLAN identification configured by the user.
In an implementation, the client terminal device is further configured to receive a determination of the correspondence by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for executing the above method for accessing a network slice and/or the method for configuring a network slice.
Specific implementations may be found in the implementation of the method of accessing a network slice and/or the method of configuring a network slice.
In summary, in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, an overall solution for OTN network slicing is provided;
the control system and OTN equipment interface model and operation interface definition are also provided; the slice generation scheme comprises a user, a management and control system and a device interaction flow; service/slice mapping scheme, user, management and control system and equipment interaction flow; based on the processing scheme of the OTN terminal equipment in the slice forwarding process, and the like.
The method aims at solving the problems that the prior scheme cannot realize flexible slice division and client side service scheduling, and a user cannot flexibly design the mapping relation between client side service and slices. By adopting the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the following service quality improvement can be realized:
slicing is carried out according to VLAN, so that flexibility of client side business based on slice scheduling can be improved;
VLAN ids are configured by the user, so VLAN to slice mapping schemes can be controlled autonomously by the user.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, magnetic disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention also include such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

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1. A method of accessing a network slice, comprising:
receiving a signal carrying VLAN identification of a virtual local area network at a client;
exchanging signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at a client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at a network side, which are determined by a user;
the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: time delay requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements;
the switching signals to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations comprises the following steps:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the correspondence is obtained through one or a combination of the following interfaces: addvlan slot setVlanSlice、delVlanSlice。
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the correspondence is obtained from a management and control system.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein,
the corresponding relation determined by the user is stored in a management and control system;
the network slice is allocated with corresponding network resources including line side resources by a management and control system;
the line side resource corresponding to each network slice is determined and known according to the notification of the management and control system;
switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the signals are switched by Customer Premise Equipment (CPE);
the VLAN identification is user-configurable.
5. A method of configuring a network slice, comprising:
receiving a corresponding relation sent by a client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client and a plurality of network slices on a network side;
allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to CPE; switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices by the CPE according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations;
the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the correspondence is sent to the CPE by one or a combination of the following interfaces: addvlan slot setVlanSlice、delVlanSlice。
7. A client terminal apparatus, comprising:
a transceiver for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor, performing the following:
receiving a signal carrying VLAN identification from a client;
a processor for reading the program in the memory, performing the following process:
exchanging signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at a client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at a network side, which are determined by a user;
the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: time delay requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements;
the switching signals to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations comprises the following steps:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
8. A client terminal apparatus, comprising:
the signal receiving module is used for receiving signals carrying VLAN identifications at the client;
the switching module is used for switching signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at a client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at a network side, which are determined by a user;
the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: time delay requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements;
the exchange module is specifically configured to:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
9. A management and control system, comprising:
a transceiver for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor, performing the following:
receiving a corresponding relation sent by a client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client and a plurality of network slices on a network side;
transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to the CPE; switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices by the CPE according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations;
a processor for reading the program in the memory, performing the following process:
allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
10. A management and control system, comprising:
the relation receiving module is used for receiving a corresponding relation sent by the client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client side and a plurality of network slices on the network side;
the allocation module is used for allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice;
a sending module, configured to send the line side resource and the correspondence to a CPE; switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices by the CPE according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations;
the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: latency requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements.
11. A network slice processing system, comprising:
the management and control system is used for receiving the corresponding relation sent by the client, wherein the corresponding relation is determined by a user and is between a plurality of VLANs (virtual local area networks) on the client and a plurality of network slices on the network side; allocating corresponding network resources including line side resources for the network slice; transmitting the line side resource and the corresponding relation to CPE;
the client terminal equipment is used for receiving signals carrying VLAN identifications from the client; exchanging signals to corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations, wherein the corresponding relations are the corresponding relations between a plurality of VLANs positioned at a client side and a plurality of network slices positioned at a network side, which are determined by a user;
the correspondence is determined by the user according to one or a combination of the following requirements: time delay requirements, bandwidth requirements, reliability requirements;
the switching signals to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations comprises the following steps:
after the user determines the corresponding relation, corresponding network resources including line side resources are allocated for the network slice;
determining line side resources corresponding to each network slice;
and switching signals to line side resources corresponding to the corresponding network slices according to the VLAN identifications and the corresponding relations.
12. A computer readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 6.
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