CN116193567A - Communication method and device - Google Patents

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CN116193567A
CN116193567A CN202111433914.3A CN202111433914A CN116193567A CN 116193567 A CN116193567 A CN 116193567A CN 202111433914 A CN202111433914 A CN 202111433914A CN 116193567 A CN116193567 A CN 116193567A
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Abstract

The application provides a communication method and a communication device, which can realize that a network perceives computing capacity resources. The method comprises the following steps: the network storage function network element receives a first registration request message from the first user plane function network element, and the network storage function network element sends a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element. The first registration request message is used for requesting to register first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the first registration request message comprises the first computing capability information, wherein the first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program. The first registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.

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Communication method and device
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a communication method and apparatus.
Background
The continued advancement of industry digitization has presented a significant challenge to networks and cloud computing, driving computing resources continuously down the edge to form distributed computing resources in the network. In the edge computing technology, infrastructure such as computation, storage and the like is provided near a data source or terminal equipment so as to meet the low-delay requirement of a service and effectively relieve the network bandwidth pressure.
The computational resources of a single base station are limited and there is no guarantee that the required service level agreement (service level agreement, SLA) guarantees are provided for all traffic at a particular point in time. This requires the network and computing resources to be aware of each other, enabling a high degree of collaboration of the network and computing resources to provide the required SLA guarantees for all services. However, no corresponding solution has been presented in the computing resource industry for how the network perceives base stations.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides a communication method and a communication device, which can realize that a network perceives computing capacity resources.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application adopts the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the network storage function network element receives a first registration request message from the first user plane function network element, and the network storage function network element sends a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element. The first registration request message is used for requesting to register first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, the first registration request message comprises the first computing capability information, the first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, and the first registration response message is used for indicating that the first computing capability information is successfully registered.
Based on the communication method provided in the first aspect, the network storage function network element receives a first registration request message from the first user plane function network element, where the first registration request message is used to request to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the network storage function network element sends a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element, where the first registration response message indicates that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered. The first registration request message includes first computing capability information indicating computing capabilities of the first application. Thus, the network can sense, issue and schedule the computing power resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information may include one or more of the following: an available central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) resource, an available graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) resource, an available tensor processor (tensor processing unit, TPU) resource, an available input/output (I/O) resource, an available field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) resource, and an available bandwidth (bandwidth) resource.
Alternatively, the computing capability of the first application may refer to the computing capability of an application server to which the first application corresponds.
In one possible design, the first computing power information may further include one or more of: an identification of the first application, an instance of the first application, and an internet protocol (internet protocol, IP) address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
Optionally, the first computing capability information may further include latency (latency) information.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the first aspect may further include: the network storage function network element receives a computational capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications. In this manner, the functional network element may query the network storage functional network element for computing capability information for one or more applications. Functional network elements capable of obtaining computing capability information from network storage functional network elements include, but are not limited to: a first user plane function network element, or a session management function network element, a second user plane function network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the first aspect may further include: the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application. In this manner, the network storage function network element may send computing power information for one or more applications to the function network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the first aspect may further include: the network storage function network element sends a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information. In this way, the first user plane functional network element may query the network storage functional network element for computing capability information of other applications.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition. For example, the first computing capability information, and the one or more second computing capability information may be filtered computing capability information that satisfies the query condition.
In a second aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the network storage function network element receives a second registration request message from the network capability opening function network element, and the network storage function network element sends a second registration response message to the network capability opening function network element. The second registration request message includes first computing capability information, and the second registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, where the first computing capability information is used for indicating computing capability of the first application program. The second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
Based on the communication method provided in the second aspect, the first application program sends a request for registering the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element through the network capability opening function network element, and the network storage function network element sends a response for successfully registering the first computing capability information to the first application program through the network capability opening function network element. Thus, the network side can realize the sensing, publishing and scheduling of the computing power resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the second aspect may further include: the network storage function network element receives a computational capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the second aspect may further include: the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the second aspect may further include: the network storage function network element sends a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication method described in the second aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, which are not described herein.
In a third aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the first user plane function network element obtains first computing capability information. The first user plane function network element sends a first registration request message to the network storage function network element. The first user plane function network element receives a first registration response message from the network storage function network element. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program. The first registration request message is for requesting registration of the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element, the first registration request message including the first computing capability information. The first registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element sends a computational capability discovery message to the network storage function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element receives one or more second computing capability information from the network storage function network element. The second computing capability information is used for indicating computing capability of a second application program, the second application program corresponds to a second user plane function network element, and the second application program receives the data packet through the second user plane function network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element sends a first computational capability request message to the network storage function network element. The first computing capability request message is used for requesting one or more pieces of second computing capability information, the second computing capability information is used for indicating computing capabilities of a second application program, the second application program corresponds to a second user plane function network element, and the second application program receives a data packet through the second user plane function network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element receives a first computational capability response message from the network storage function network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element receives a session message from a session management function network element. Wherein the session message is used to request network address translation (network address translation, NAT) processing of the destination address of the data packet.
Alternatively, the NAT process may include replacing the destination address of the first packet from the terminal device with the IP address of the instance binding of the third application, and replacing the source address of the second packet from the third application with the source address of the first packet.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element replaces the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device with the internet protocol, IP, address of the instance binding of the third application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element determines a third application based on the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information. The third application program is an application program with optimal computing capability in the first application program and one or more second application programs. Thus, the network resource condition and the computing resource condition can be comprehensively considered, and the service flow can be dynamically scheduled to the optimal node.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element receives forwarding rules from the session management function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element forward the data packet through the first logic interface, and the third application program receives the data packet through the third user plane functional network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element sends a logical interface creation request message to the session management function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, wherein the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element sends a first data packet processed by NAT to the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface. The destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound by the instance of the third application program.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element receives a second data packet from the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the third aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element replaces the source address of the second data packet with the IP address of the instance binding of the first application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication method described in the third aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, which are not described herein.
In a fourth aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the session management function network element receives the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information from the network storage function network element, determines a third application program according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information, and sends a session message to the third user plane function network element. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, and the second computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the second application program. The third application is the application with optimal computing power in the first application and the one or more second applications. The session message is used for requesting network address translation NAT processing for the destination address of the first data packet, where the NAT processing includes: the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device is replaced with an internet protocol, IP, address of the instance binding of the third application and the source address of the second data packet from the third application is replaced with the source address of the first data packet. The third application program transmits the data packet through the third user plane function network element.
Based on the communication method provided in the fourth aspect, the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information to the session management function network element, and the session management function network element determines an application program with optimal computing capability from the first application program and the one or more second application programs according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information, and sends a session message to the application program with optimal computing capability. Thus, the network resource condition and the computing resource condition can be comprehensively considered, and the service flow can be dynamically scheduled to the optimal node.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the fourth aspect may further include: the session management function network element receives a session management policy association establishment response message from the policy control function network element. Wherein the session management policy association establishment response message comprises a first rule for indicating a selection of an application according to the computing capability information. In this way, an application with better computing power can be selected.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the fourth aspect may further include: the session management function network element sends a computational capability discovery message to the network storage function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the computing capability discovery message includes a query condition for requesting computing capability information satisfying the query condition. In this way, the computing power information can be filtered by the network storage function network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the fourth aspect may further include: the session management function network element receives a logical interface creation request message from the first user plane function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, wherein the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the fourth aspect may further include: the session management function network element sends forwarding rules to the first user plane function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface. In this manner, traffic may be scheduled through the first logical interface.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the fourth aspect may further include: the session management function network element sends forwarding rules to the third user plane function network element. In this manner, traffic may be scheduled through the first logical interface.
In a fifth aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the network capability opening function network element acquires the first computing capability information, and the network capability opening function network element sends a second registration request message to the network storage function network element. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program. Wherein the second registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the second registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the fifth aspect may further include: the network capability opening function network element sends a third registration response message to the first application. Wherein the third registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the fifth aspect may further include: the network capability opening function network element receives a second registration response message from the network storage function network element. Wherein the second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design manner, the acquiring, by the network capability openness function network element, the first computing capability information may include:
the network capability openness function network element receives a third registration request message from the first application. Wherein the third registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the third registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element.
Further, the technical effects of the communication device according to the fifth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the second aspect, which are not described herein.
In a sixth aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the first application program sends a third registration request message to the network capability opening function network element. The first application receives a third registration response message from the network capability openness function network element. Wherein the third registration request message is for requesting registration of the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the third registration request message includes the first computing capability information. The third registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
Further, the technical effects of the communication device according to the sixth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the second aspect, which are not described herein.
In a seventh aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the network storage function network element receives the computing capability discovery message from the session management function network element. The network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information, and/or one or more second computing capability information, to the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is for requesting computing capability information of one or more applications, the computing capability information being for indicating computing capabilities of the applications. The first computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the first application. The second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the seventh aspect may further include: the network storage function network element obtains the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information according to the query condition.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device according to the seventh aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect or the second aspect, which are not described herein.
In an eighth aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the third user plane functional network element receives the session message from the session management functional network element, the third user plane functional network element receives the first data packet from the terminal device, the third user plane functional network element replaces the destination address of the first data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the third application program, and the third user plane functional network element sends the first data packet after NAT processing to the third application program. The session message is used for indicating network address translation NAT processing on the destination address of the data packet, and the NAT processing comprises replacing the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device with an Internet Protocol (IP) address bound by an instance of a third application program, and replacing the source address of the second data packet from the third application program with the source address of the first data packet. The destination address of the first data packet is an internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the eighth aspect may further include: the third user plane function network element replaces the source address of the second data packet with the internet protocol, IP, address bound by the instance of the first application. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the eighth aspect may further include: and the third user plane function network element sends the second data packet after NAT processing to the terminal equipment.
In one possible design, the session message is also used to request a session change to the first session anchor. Wherein the first session anchor point is the connection from the terminal equipment to the third user plane function network element.
Further, the technical effects of the communication device according to the eighth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to the third aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect, which are not described herein.
In a ninth aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the policy control function network element receives a session management policy association establishment request message from the session management function network element, generates a first rule, and sends a session management policy association establishment response message to the session management function network element. The session management policy association establishment request message is used for requesting the session management policy. The first rule is for indicating selection of an application program based on the computing capability information. The session management policy association establishment response message includes a first rule.
Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the ninth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect, which are not described herein.
In a tenth aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the first user plane function network element determines a third application based on the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information. The first user plane function network element sends a logical interface creation request message to the session management function network element. The first user plane function network element receives the logical interface creation response message from the session management function network element. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, the second computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the second application program, and the third application program is the application program with the optimal computing capability in the first application program and the one or more second application programs. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, and the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element. The logical interface creation response message is used to indicate that the first logical interface has been successfully created.
Based on the communication method provided in the tenth aspect, the first user plane functional network element determines an application program with optimal computing power from the first application program and the one or more second application programs according to the first computing power information and the one or more second computing power information, and dynamically schedules the service traffic to the better application program. Thus, the service user experience can be ensured, and the utilization efficiency of the network and the computing resources can be improved.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the tenth aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element receives forwarding rules from the session management function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface. In this manner, traffic may be scheduled through the first logical interface.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the tenth aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element sends a first data packet processed by NAT to the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface. The destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound by the instance of the third application program. In this manner, traffic may be scheduled through the first logical interface.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the tenth aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element receives a second data packet from the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application. In this manner, traffic may be scheduled through the first logical interface.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the tenth aspect may further include: the first user plane function network element replaces the source address of the second data packet with the IP address of the instance binding of the first application.
In an eleventh aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: the session management function network element receives a logic interface creation request message from the first user plane function network element, creates a first logic interface, and sends a logic interface creation response message to the first user plane function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, wherein the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element. The logical interface creation response message is used to indicate that the first logical interface has been successfully created.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the eleventh aspect may further include: the session management function network element sends forwarding rules to the first user plane function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the eleventh aspect may further include: the session management function network element sends forwarding rules to the third user plane function network element.
Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the eleventh aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the tenth aspect, which are not described herein.
In a twelfth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving a first registration request message from the first user plane function network element. And the processing module is used for sending a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element. The first registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the communication device, the first registration request message comprises the first computing capability information, the first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, and the first registration response message is used for indicating that the first computing capability information is successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information may include one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information may further include one or more of: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
The transceiver module of the twelfth aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is configured to receive data and/or signaling from a user plane function network element (e.g., a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, a policy control function network element, and/or other network elements; the sending module is configured to send data and/or signaling to a user plane function network element (e.g., a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, a policy control function network element, and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the twelfth aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable a communications device according to the twelfth aspect to perform the method according to the first aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the twelfth aspect may be a network storage function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the network storage function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device according to the twelfth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect, which are not described herein.
In a thirteenth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is configured to receive a second registration request message from a network element with an open network capability. And the sending module is used for sending a second registration response message to the network element with the network capability opening function. The second registration request message includes first computing capability information, and the second registration request message is used for requesting registration of the first computing capability information to the communication device, and the first computing capability information is used for indicating computing capability of the first application program. The second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the receiving module is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the sending module is further configured to send the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the receiving module is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the first computing capability request message is for requesting one or more second computing capability information, the second computing capability information being for indicating a computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the sending module is further configured to send a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the sending module is further configured to send the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the receiving module is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
It should be noted that the receiving module and the transmitting module may be separately provided, or may be integrated into one module, i.e., the transceiver module. The specific implementation manner of the receiving module and the sending module is not specifically limited.
Optionally, the communication device according to the thirteenth aspect may further include a processing module and a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable the communications device of the thirteenth aspect to perform the method of the second aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the thirteenth aspect may be a network storage function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the network storage function network element, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effects of the communication device according to the thirteenth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the second aspect, which are not described herein.
In a fourteenth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The processing module is used for acquiring the first computing capability information. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program.
And the receiving and transmitting module is used for transmitting the first registration request message to the network storage function network element. The first registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the first registration request message comprises the first computing capability information.
And the receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving the first registration response message from the network storage function network element. Wherein the first registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a computing capability discovery message to the network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive one or more second computing capability information from the network storage function network element. The second computing capability information is used for indicating computing capability of a second application program, the second application program corresponds to a second user plane function network element, and the second application program receives the data packet through the second user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a first computing capability request message to the network storage function network element. The first computing capability request message is used for requesting one or more pieces of second computing capability information, the second computing capability information is used for indicating computing capabilities of a second application program, the second application program corresponds to a second user plane function network element, and the second application program receives a data packet through the second user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a first computing capability response message from the network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a session message from the session management function network element. The session message is used for requesting network address translation NAT processing on the destination address of the data packet.
In one possible design, the processing module is further configured to replace the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device with an internet protocol IP address bound by the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the processing module is further configured to determine the third application program according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information. The third application program is an application program with optimal computing capability in the first application program and one or more second application programs.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive forwarding rules from the session management function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the communication device forwards the data packet through the first logic interface with the third user plane function network element, and the third application program receives the data packet through the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a logical interface creation request message to the session management function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, where the first logic interface is a logic interface between the communication device and the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send the NAT processed first packet to the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface. The destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound by the instance of the third application program.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive, via the first logic interface, the second data packet from the third user plane function network element. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the processing module is further configured to replace the source address of the second data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the first application.
The transceiver module of the fourteenth aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the fourteenth aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module, enable the communication device according to the fourteenth aspect to perform the method according to the third aspect.
It should be noted that, the communication device in the fourteenth aspect may be the first user plane function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be disposed in the first user plane function network element, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the third aspect, which are not described herein.
In a fifteenth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The transceiver module is used for receiving the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information from the network storage function network element. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, and the second computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the second application program.
And the processing module is used for determining a third application program according to the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information. The third application program is an application program with optimal computing capability in the first application program and one or more second application programs.
And the transceiver module is also used for sending the session message to the third user plane function network element. The session message is used for requesting network address translation NAT processing for the destination address of the first data packet, where the NAT processing includes: the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device is replaced with an internet protocol, IP, address of the instance binding of the third application and the source address of the second data packet from the third application is replaced with the source address of the first data packet. The third application program transmits the data packet through the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a session management policy association establishment response message from the policy control function network element. Wherein the session management policy association establishment response message comprises a first rule for indicating a selection of an application according to the computing capability information.
In one possible design, the session message is further used to request a session change to a first session anchor point, which is a connection of the terminal device to the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a computing capability discovery message to the network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the computing capability discovery message includes a query condition for requesting computing capability information satisfying the query condition.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a session management policy association establishment request message to the policy control function network element: the session management policy association establishment request message is used for requesting the session management policy.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a logical interface creation request message from the first user plane function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, wherein the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a forwarding rule to the first user plane function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send the forwarding rule to a third user plane function network element.
The transceiver module of the fifteenth aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the network capacity opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the fifteenth aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable the communications apparatus of the fifteenth aspect to perform the method of the fourth aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the fifteenth aspect may be a session management function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be disposed in the session management function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effect of the communication device according to the fifteenth aspect may refer to the technical effect of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect, which is not described herein.
In a sixteenth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The processing module is used for acquiring the first computing capability information. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program.
And the receiving and transmitting module is used for transmitting a second registration request message to the network storage function network element. Wherein the second registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the second registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a third registration response message to the first application. Wherein the third registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a second registration response message from the network element. Wherein the second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a third registration request message from the first application. Wherein the third registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the third registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element.
The transceiver module of the sixteenth aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is configured to receive data and/or signaling from a user plane function network element (e.g., a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a network storage function network element, a session management function network element, a policy control function network element, and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the sixteenth aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module, enable the communications device of the sixteenth aspect to perform the method of the fifth aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the sixteenth aspect may be a network element with open network capability, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the network element with open network capability, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the sixteenth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect, which are not described herein.
A seventeenth aspect provides a communication device. The communication device includes: a receiving module and a transmitting module. And the sending module is used for sending a third registration request message to the network element with the network capability opening function. Wherein the third registration request message is for requesting registration of the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the third registration request message includes the first computing capability information.
And the receiving module is used for receiving a third registration response message from the network element with the open network capability. Wherein the third registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: an identification of the communication device, an instance of the communication device, and an internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the communication device is bound.
It should be noted that the receiving module and the transmitting module may be separately provided, or may be integrated into one module, i.e., the transceiver module. The specific implementation manner of the receiving module and the sending module is not specifically limited.
Optionally, the communication device according to the seventeenth aspect may further include a processing module and a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable the communication device according to the seventeenth aspect to perform the method according to the sixth aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the seventeenth aspect may be the first application program, the application server, or the application function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be disposed in the application server, or the application function network element, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effects of the communication device according to the seventeenth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the sixth aspect, which are not described herein.
In an eighteenth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving the computing capability discovery message from the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is for requesting computing capability information of one or more applications, the computing capability information being for indicating computing capabilities of the applications.
And the sending module is used for sending the first computing capability information and/or one or more pieces of second computing capability information to the session management function network element. The first computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the first application. The second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
In one possible design, the communication device provided in the eighteenth aspect may further include a processing module. And the processing module is used for acquiring the first computing capability information and/or one or more pieces of second computing capability information according to the query condition.
It should be noted that the receiving module and the transmitting module may be separately provided, or may be integrated into one module, i.e., the transceiver module. The specific implementation manner of the receiving module and the sending module is not specifically limited.
Optionally, the communication device according to the eighteenth aspect may further include a processing module and a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable the communications apparatus of the eighteenth aspect to perform the method of the seventh aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the eighteenth aspect may be a network storage function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the network storage function network element, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the eighteenth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the seventh aspect, which are not described herein.
In a nineteenth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving the session message from the session management function network element. The session message is used for indicating network address translation NAT processing on the destination address of the data packet, and the NAT processing comprises replacing the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device with an Internet Protocol (IP) address bound by an instance of a third application program, and replacing the source address of the second data packet from the third application program with the source address of the first data packet.
And the transceiver module is also used for receiving the first data packet from the terminal equipment. The destination address of the first data packet is an Internet Protocol (IP) address bound by the instance of the first application program.
And the processing module is used for replacing the destination address of the first data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the third application program.
And the receiving and transmitting module is also used for transmitting the first data packet after NAT processing to the third application program.
In one possible design, the processing module is further configured to replace the source address of the second data packet with an internet protocol IP address bound to the instance of the first application. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send the NAT processed second data packet to the terminal device.
In one possible design, the session message is also used to request a session change to the first session anchor. Wherein the first session anchor is a connection of the terminal device to the communication apparatus.
Note that, the transceiver module of the nineteenth aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the network capacity opening function network element, the session management function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the session management function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the nineteenth aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module, enable the communications device of the nineteenth aspect to perform the method of the eighth aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the nineteenth aspect may be the third user plane functional network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be disposed in the third user plane functional network element, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effect of the communication apparatus according to the nineteenth aspect may refer to the technical effect of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the eighth aspect, which is not described herein.
In a twentieth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving a session management policy association establishment request message from the session management function network element: the session management policy association establishment request message is used for requesting the session management policy.
And the processing module is used for generating a first rule. Wherein the first rule is for indicating that an application is selected according to the computing capability information.
And the receiving and transmitting module is also used for transmitting a session management policy association establishment response message to the session management function network element. Wherein the session management policy association establishment response message includes a first rule.
The transceiver module of the twentieth aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from a network storage function network element, a network capability opening function network element, a session management function network element, a unified data storage network element, terminal equipment and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the session management function network element, the unified data storage network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the twentieth aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable the communications apparatus of the twentieth aspect to perform the method of the ninth aspect.
It should be noted that, the communication device in the twentieth aspect may be a policy control function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the policy control function network element, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effects of the communication device according to the twentieth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the ninth aspect, which are not described herein.
In a twenty-first aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The processing module is used for determining a third application program according to the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, the second computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the second application program, and the third application program is the application program with the optimal computing capability in the first application program and the one or more second application programs.
And the receiving and transmitting module is used for transmitting a logic interface creation request message to the session management function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, where the first logic interface is a logic interface between the communication device and the third user plane function network element.
And the receiving and transmitting module is also used for receiving the logic interface creation response message from the session management function network element. Wherein the logical interface creation response message is used to indicate that the first logical interface has been successfully created.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive forwarding rules from the session management function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the communication device forwards the data packet with the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send the NAT processed first packet to the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface. The destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound by the instance of the third application program.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to receive, via the first logic interface, the second data packet from the third user plane function network element. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the processing module is configured to replace the source address of the second data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the first application.
It should be noted that, the transceiver module in the twenty-first aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the twenty-first aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable the communications apparatus of the twenty-first aspect to perform the method of the tenth aspect.
It should be noted that, the communication device in the twenty-first aspect may be the first user plane function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be disposed in the first user plane function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device according to the twenty-first aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the tenth aspect, which are not described herein.
In a twenty-second aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving a logic interface creation request message from the first user plane function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, wherein the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element.
And the processing module is used for creating a first logic interface.
And the receiving and transmitting module is also used for transmitting a logic interface creation response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the logical interface creation response message is used to indicate that the first logical interface has been successfully created.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send a forwarding rule to the first user plane function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface.
In one possible design, the transceiver module is further configured to send the forwarding rule to a third user plane function network element.
The transceiver module of the twenty-second aspect may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the network capacity opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication device according to the twenty-second aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by a processing module, enable a communications device according to the twenty-second aspect to perform the method according to the eleventh aspect.
Note that, the communication device according to the twenty-second aspect may be a session management function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be disposed in the session management function network element, which is not limited in this application.
Further, the technical effects of the communication device according to the twenty-second aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the eleventh aspect, which are not described herein.
In a twenty-third aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a processor. The processor is configured to perform a communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the eleventh aspect.
In one possible design, the communication device according to the twenty-third aspect may further comprise a memory. The processor is coupled to a memory for storing a computer program.
The processor may be configured to execute a computer program stored in the memory such that the communication method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first to second aspects is performed.
In one possible design, the communication device according to the twenty-third aspect may further comprise a transceiver. The transceiver may be a transceiver circuit or an input/output port. The transceiver may be used for the communication means to communicate with other devices.
The input port may be used to implement the receiving functions of the first to eleventh aspects, and the output port may be used to implement the transmitting functions of the first to eleventh aspects.
In this application, the communication device described in the twenty-third aspect may be a user plane function network element (e.g., a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, a policy control function network element, a network storage function network element, or a chip system disposed in a user plane function network element (e.g., a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, a policy control function network element, and a network storage function network element.
Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the twenty-third aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the implementation manners of the first aspect to the eleventh aspect, and are not described herein.
In a twenty-fourth aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system comprises a network storage function network element and a user plane function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a session management function network element.
In a twenty-fifth aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system includes a network storage function network element and a network capability opening function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a session management function network element.
In a twenty-sixth aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system comprises a session management function network element and a network storage function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a policy control function network element, and/or a network capability open function network element.
In a twenty-seventh aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system comprises a session management function network element and a first user plane function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a policy control function network element, a network capability opening function network element, and/or a network storage function network element.
In a twenty-eighth aspect, a chip system is provided that includes logic circuitry and an input/output port. Wherein the logic circuit is configured to implement the processing functions according to the first to eleventh aspects, and the input/output port is configured to implement the transceiver functions according to the first to eleventh aspects. In particular, the input port may be used to implement the receiving functions of the first to eleventh aspects, and the output port may be used to implement the transmitting functions of the first to eleventh aspects.
In one possible design, the system-on-chip further includes a memory for storing program instructions and data implementing the functions of the first to eleventh aspects.
The chip system can be composed of chips, and can also comprise chips and other discrete devices.
In a twenty-ninth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program or instructions; the computer program or instructions, when run on a computer, cause the communication method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to eleventh aspects to be performed.
In a thirty-first aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the communication method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to eleventh aspects to be performed.
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fig. 2b is a schematic flow chart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a flow chart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4 is a flow chart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a flow chart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a flow chart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 7 is a flow chart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of another network architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.
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The technical solutions in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The technical solution of the embodiments of the present application may be applied to various communication systems, such as a universal mobile telecommunications system (universal mobile telecommunications system, UMTS), a wireless local area network (wireless local area network, WLAN), a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wi-Fi) system, a wired network, a vehicle-to-arbitrary object (vehicle to everything, V2X) communication system, an inter-device (D2D) communication system, a car networking communication system, a 4th generation (4th generation,4G) mobile communication system, such as a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, wiMAX) communication system, a fifth generation (5th generation,5G) mobile communication system, such as a new air interface (NR) system, and future communication systems, such as a sixth generation (6th generation,6G) mobile communication system, etc.
The present application will present various aspects, embodiments, or features about a system that may include multiple devices, components, modules, etc. It is to be understood and appreciated that the various systems may include additional devices, components, modules, etc. and/or may not include all of the devices, components, modules etc. discussed in connection with the figures. Furthermore, combinations of these schemes may also be used.
In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary," "for example," and the like are used to indicate an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the term use of an example is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion.
In the embodiment of the present application, "information", "signal", "message", "channel", and "signaling" may be used in a mixed manner, and it should be noted that the meaning of the expression is consistent when the distinction is not emphasized. "of", "corresponding" and "corresponding" are sometimes used in combination, and it should be noted that the meaning of the expression is consistent when the distinction is not emphasized.
In the embodiments of the present application, sometimes subscripts such as W 1 May be misidentified as a non-subscripted form such as W1, the meaning it is intended to express being consistent when de-emphasizing the distinction.
The network architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of the new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems.
To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, a communication system suitable for use in the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail first using the communication system shown in fig. 1a as an example. Fig. 1a is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system to which the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application is applicable.
As shown in fig. 1a, the communication system comprises a first network element and a second network element.
Wherein the first network element may be a network function storage function (network exposure function repository function, NRF) network element and the second network element may be a user plane function (user plane function, UPF) network element. The number of UPF network elements may be one or more. Wherein communication can be performed between the NRF network element and the UPF network element. The "communication" in the embodiments of the present application may be direct communication, or may be communication through forwarding by other devices, which is herein collectively described, and embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.
Alternatively, the first network element may be a network function storage function network element and the second network element may be a network opening function (network exposure function, NEF) network element. Wherein communication is possible between the NRF network element and the NEF network element.
Wherein, the network storage function network element can support the registration and discovery of the network function. Illustratively, the network storage function network element is operable to receive a registration request message from the user plane function network element; the network storage function network element is further configured to send a registration response message to the user plane function network element. Or the network storage function network element receives a registration request message from the network capability opening function network element; the network storage function network element is further configured to send a registration response message to the user plane function network element. The registration request message includes computing capability information, the registration request message is used for requesting to register the computing capability information to the network element of the network storage function, the registration response message is used for indicating that the computing capability information is successfully registered, and the computing capability information may refer to computing capability of an application program or computing capability of an application server corresponding to the application program.
The user plane function network element can be used for acquiring computing capability information; the user plane function network element is further used for sending a registration request message to the network storage function network element; the user plane function network element is further configured to receive a registration response message from the network storage function network element.
The network element with the network capability opening function mainly supports the safe interaction between the 3GPP network and the third party application. Illustratively, a network capability open function network element may be used to obtain computing capability information; the network capability opening function network element is further used for sending a registration request message to the network storage function network element; the network capability opening function network element is further configured to receive a registration response message from the network storage function network element.
It should be noted that the solution in the embodiments of the present application may also be applied to other communication systems, and the corresponding names may also be replaced by names of corresponding functions in other communication systems.
It should be appreciated that fig. 1a is a simplified schematic diagram that is merely illustrative for ease of understanding, and that other network devices may be included in the communication system, which are not shown in fig. 1 a.
Optionally, the communication system shown in fig. 1a may further include one or more of the following: session management function (session management function, SMF) network elements, policy control function (policy control function, PCF) network elements, unified data store (unified data repository, UDR) network elements, application (APP), terminal devices, (radio) access network (R) AN) devices. The terminal device may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE).
The SMF network element is responsible for user plane network element selection, user plane network element redirection, IP address allocation, bearer establishment, modification and release, quality of service (quality of service, qoS) control, and the like.
The PCF network element is responsible for policy control decisions, and may provide policy rules for control plane functions, as well as flow-based charging control functions.
An Application (APP) corresponds to an application server, and if the communication system shown in fig. 1a is applied to a current 5G network, a network element or entity corresponding to the application server may be an application function (application function, AF) network element in a 5G network architecture, where the AF network element mainly supports interaction with a 3GPP core network to provide services, for example, affect a data routing decision, a policy control function, or provide some services of a third party to a network side. In this application, an application may be understood as an AF, or an application server.
It should be noted that, in the "third party application" in the embodiments of the present application, the "third party" is relative to a transmission network of an operator, such as a mobile transmission network. In other words, the "third party application" in the embodiments of the present application may be any current executable application, which is generally described herein and will not be described in detail below.
In some embodiments, APP and user plane function network elements may be deployed on a mobile edge computing (mobile edge computing, MEC) platform. As shown in fig. 1b, the MEC platform may also include a multi-access edge platform (MEP). The UPF network element may obtain the computing capability information and send the computing capability information to the NRF network element, for example, to perceive the computing capability information from the APP, or to obtain the computing capability information through the MEP, etc. Alternatively, the computational capability information is sent by the NEF network element to the NRF network element (not shown in fig. 1 b). The NRF network element receives the computational capability information and spreads and synchronizes the computational capability information. The SMF network element can subscribe to the computing capability information, and the UPF network element and the APP with better computing capability are selected according to the computing capability information.
The terminal equipment is a terminal which is accessed to the communication system and has a wireless receiving and transmitting function or a chip system which can be arranged on the terminal. The terminal device may also be referred to as a user equipment, access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile Station (MS), remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal unit, terminal station, terminal equipment, wireless communication device, user agent, or user equipment.
For example, the terminal device in embodiments of the present application may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wireless data card, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA) computer, a laptop (laptop computer), a tablet (Pad), an unmanned aerial vehicle, a computer with wireless transceiving functions, a machine type communication (machine type communication, MTC) terminal, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, an internet of things (internet of things, ioT) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in unmanned driving (IoT), a wireless terminal in remote medical (remote media), a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home) such as a game machine, smart television, smart sound box, smart refrigerator, exercise equipment, etc., a terminal, an RSU with functions, etc. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone (cellular phone), cordless telephone, session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), handheld device (handset) with wireless communication capabilities, computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, wearable device, etc.
For another example, the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may be an express terminal in smart logistics (e.g., a device capable of monitoring a position of a cargo vehicle, a device capable of monitoring a temperature and humidity of the cargo, etc.), a wireless terminal in smart agriculture (e.g., a wearable device capable of collecting relevant data of livestock, etc.), a wireless terminal in smart architecture (e.g., a smart elevator, a fire monitoring device, a smart meter, etc.), a wireless terminal in smart medical (e.g., a wearable device capable of monitoring a physiological state of a person or an animal), a wireless terminal in smart transportation (e.g., a smart bus, a smart vehicle, a sharing bicycle, a charging pile monitoring device, a smart traffic light, a smart monitoring and retail parking device, etc.), a wireless terminal in smart (e.g., a vending machine, a self-checkout machine, an unmanned convenience store, etc.). For another example, the terminal device of the present application may be an in-vehicle module, an in-vehicle component, an in-vehicle chip, or an in-vehicle unit that is built in a vehicle as one or more components or units, and the vehicle may implement the method provided in the present application through the in-vehicle module, the in-vehicle component, the in-vehicle chip, or the in-vehicle unit.
The access network device is a device located at the network side of the communication system and having a wireless receiving and transmitting function, or a chip system arranged in the device. The access network device includes, but is not limited to: an Access Point (AP) in a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity, wi-Fi) system, such as a home gateway, a router, a server, a switch, a bridge, etc., an evolved Node B (eNB), a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a Node B (Node B, NB), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved NodeB, or home Node B, HNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a wireless relay Node, a wireless backhaul Node, a transmission point (transmission and reception point, TRP, transmission point, TP), etc., a gNB in a new air interface (new radio, NR) system, or a transmission point (TRP, TP), a base station antenna panel or a group of base stations in a 5G system (including multiple antenna panels), or a network Node constituting a gNB or transmission point, such as a BBU, or a base station, a distributed base station unit (base station), a satellite unit (RSU), a future base station, a distributed unit, a service unit, a future base station, or a service unit, etc., may take the form of a further base station, a service unit, or a future service unit.
It should be noted that, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be applicable between any two nodes shown in fig. 1a and fig. 1b, and specific implementation may refer to the following method embodiments, which are not described herein again.
Registration and discovery of Network Functions (NFs) are described below in conjunction with fig. 2a and 2 b. The network functions may include: UPF, NEF, SMF, PCF, and AF, etc.
As shown in fig. 2a, the NF registration procedure includes the steps of:
s201a, the network function service consumer (NF service consumer) sends a management network function registration request (nnrf_ NF management NF register request) to the NRF. Accordingly, the NRF receives a management network function registration request from a network function service consumer.
Illustratively, the management network function registration request may include network function information (NF profile).
Optionally, the network function information may include information such as NF type, NF full-defined domain name (fully qualified domain name, FQDN), NF internet protocol (internet protocol, IP) address, NF supported service names, and each NF service endpoint.
For example, a network function service consumer may issue its own information to the NRF through a network function management (NF management) service interface.
S202a, the NRF stores network function information (store NF profile).
S203a, the NRF sends a management network function registration response (nnrf_ NF Management NF Register response) to the network function service consumer. Accordingly, the network function service consumer receives a management network function registration response from the NRF.
As shown in fig. 2b, the NF discovery process includes the steps of:
s201b, the network function service consumer sends a discovery request (nnrf_ NF discovery request) to the NRF. Accordingly, the NRF receives a discovery request from a network function service consumer.
Illustratively, the discovery request may request information for other NFs.
For example, the network function may obtain information of other NFs through the NF discovery service interface.
S202b, the NRF authorizes NF service discovery (authorize NF service discovery).
S203b, the NRF sends a discovery response (nnrf_ NF discovery response) to the network function service consumer. Accordingly, the network function service consumer receives the discovery response from the NRF.
In this way, it is possible to realize that the network function issues own information to the NRF and acquires information of other network functions through the NRF.
The communication method provided in the embodiments of the present application will be specifically described below with reference to fig. 3 to 8. The first user plane function network element corresponds to UPF1, the first application program corresponds to APP1, and UPF1 and APP1 are deployed in MEC 1. The second user plane function network element corresponds to UPF2, the second application program corresponds to APP2, and UPF2 and APP2 are deployed in MEC 2. The third user plane function network element corresponds to UPF3, the third application program corresponds to APP3, and UPF3 and APP3 are deployed in MEC 3.
Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. In the communication method shown in fig. 3, the NRF may extend an nrf_nfmanagement service interface, which is used for sensing, publishing and scheduling the computing power resource, or define an nrf_appmanagement service interface separately, so as to sense, publish and schedule the computing power resource. For example, the functional network elements such as UPF, SMF, etc. may send the computing capability information to the NRF or acquire the computing capability information from the NRF through the nnrf_nfmanagement service interface or the nnrf_appmanagement service interface.
As shown in fig. 3, the communication method includes the steps of:
s301, a first user plane function network element acquires first computing capability information.
For example, the first computing capability information may be used to indicate computing capabilities of the first application.
In some embodiments, the first computing capability information may include one or more of the following: an available central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) resource, an available graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) resource, an available tensor processor (tensor processing unit, TPU) resource, an available input/output (I/O) resource, an available field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) resource, and an available bandwidth (bandwidth) resource.
For example, the available input/output (I/O) resources may be I/O available resources such as memory, disk, etc.
In some embodiments, the first computing capability information may further include one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
For example, the identification of the first application may be APP1.
For example, an instance (instance) of a first application may be an instance of an application that is actually deployed to run, such as APP1Ins-1, APP1Ins-2, APP1Ins-4, and so on.
For example, an instance of the first application binds an IP address (BIP).
Optionally, the first computing capability information may further include latency (latency) information, where the latency information may be a latency between the UPF and the application. For example, the time delay between UPF1 and APP1.
The first computing capability information is exemplified below in table 1. The application identifier (APPId) may include APP1, and the GPU resource may be unavailable (NA), specifically, refer to table 1. Where trillion operations per second (tera operations per second, TOPS), 1TOPS represents one trillion operations per second that the processor can perform, in some cases, with an energy efficiency ratio. Floating-point number of operations per second (TFLOPS), number of bits (bits) transmitted per second (megabits per second, mbps).
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Alternatively, UPF1 can receive the first computing capability information from APP1 or otherwise determine the first computing capability information.
Illustratively, in the MEC scenario, the UPF1 may obtain the first computing capability information through an infrastructure (e.g., container engines (K8 s), application container engines (dockers), etc.), and/or multiple access edge platforms (multi-access edge platform, MEPs), etc.
In one possible design manner, S301 may include: s301a, a first application program sends first computing capability information to a first user plane function network element. Accordingly, the first user plane function network element receives first computing capability information from the first application. That is, the first computing capability information may be obtained by APP1 and sent to UPF 1.
In the communication system applied in the embodiment of the present application, the number of UPFs may be one or more, for example, the second user plane function network element UPF2 may be further included, and the UPF2 and APP2 may perform actions similar to the UPF1 and APP1, respectively. The second user plane function network element is a user plane function network element different from the first user plane function network element, and the number of the second user plane function network elements can be one or a plurality of second user plane function network elements.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s304, the second user plane function network element acquires second computing capability information.
For example, the second computing capability information may be used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
The specific implementation of the computing capability information of the second application (i.e., the second computing capability information) is similar to the first computing capability information. For example, the computing capability information of the second application may include one or more of the following: available central processor resources, available graphics processor resources, available tensor processor resources, available input/output resources, available field programmable gate array resources, and available bandwidth (bandwidth) resources. May further comprise one or more of the following: the identity of the second application, the instance of the second application, and the IP address to which the instance of the second application is bound may also include latency information.
Alternatively, the UPF2 may receive the second computing capability information from the APP2 or otherwise determine the second computing capability information.
Illustratively, in the MEC scenario, the UPF2 may obtain the second computing capability information through infrastructure (e.g., container engine (K8 s), application container engine (Docker), etc.), and/or MEP, etc.
In one possible design manner, S304 may include: and S304a, the second application program sends second computing capability information to the second user plane function network element. Accordingly, the second user plane function network element receives second computing capability information from the second application. That is, the second computing capability information may be obtained by APP1 and sent to UPF 1.
Alternatively, before S301 described above, the first user plane function network element may deploy an example of the first application program.
Optionally, before S304 above, the second user plane function network element may deploy an example of the second application.
S302, the first user plane function network element sends a first registration request message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives a first registration request message from the first user plane function network element.
For example, the first registration request message may be used to request registration of the first computing capability information with a network storage function network element. For example, UPF1 sends a request to NRF to register first computing capability information to NRF. In this way, the first computing power information can be issued to the NRF.
The first registration request message may include first computing capability information, for example. For the specific implementation of the first computing capability information, reference may be made to S301, which is not described herein.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s305, the second user plane function network element sends a registration request message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives the registration request message from the second user plane function network element.
For example, the registration request message may be used to request that the computing capability information of the second application (i.e., the second computing capability information) be registered with the network storage function network element.
The names of the messages and the information provided by the embodiments of the present application are not limited, and the corresponding functions can be realized. For example, the name of the first registration request message may be the first update request message. The UPF1 may send the first computing capability information to the NRF by initiating a registration procedure, or an update procedure, or the like.
S303, the network storage function network element sends a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element. Accordingly, the first user plane function network element receives a first registration response message from the network storage function network element.
For example, the first registration response message may be used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
Alternatively, the first registration response message may be used to indicate a registration failure for the first computing capability information, for example.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S306, the network storage function network element sends a registration response message to the second user plane function network element. Accordingly, the second user plane function network element receives the registration response message from the network storage function network element.
Optionally, a registration response message may be used to indicate that the second computing capability information has been successfully registered.
Alternatively, the registration response message may be used to indicate a registration failure for the second computing capability information, for example.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s307, the first user plane function network element sends a first computation capability request message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives a first computing capability request message from the first user plane function network element.
Alternatively, the first computing capability request message may be used to request one or more second computing capability information. The one or more second computing capability information corresponds to one or more second applications.
For example, the first computing capability request message may be used to request computing capability information of one or more second applications.
As such, UPF1 may obtain computing capability information of other applications through NRF.
Optionally, the first user plane function network element sends a computing capability discovery message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives the computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element.
Illustratively, the computing capability discovery message may be used to request computing capability information for one or more applications. For example, the NRF may be queried for computational capability information of other applications, and/or of the first user plane functional network element itself.
Illustratively, the second application corresponds to a second user plane function network element through which the second application receives the data packet.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S308, the network storage function network element sends a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Accordingly, the first user plane function network element receives a first computational capability response message from the network storage function network element.
Alternatively, the first computing capability response message may include one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s309, the second user plane function network element sends a second computing capability request message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives a second computational capability request message from the second user plane function network element.
Like UPF1, UPF2 can also query the NRF for computing power information of other applications.
For example, the second computing capability request message may be used to request computing capability information of the first application.
Optionally, the second user plane function network element sends a computational capability discovery message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives the computational capability discovery message from the second user plane function network element.
Illustratively, the computing capability discovery message may be used to request computing capability information for one or more applications. For example, the NRF may be queried for computational capability information of other applications, and/or computational capability information of the second user plane functional network element itself.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S310, the network storage function network element sends a second computing capability response message to the second user plane function network element. Accordingly, the second user plane function network element receives a second computational capability response message from the network storage function network element.
Alternatively, the second computing capability response message may include computing capability information of the first application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s311, the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the session management function network element. Accordingly, the session management function network element receives the first computing capability information, and/or the one or more second computing capability information, from the network storage function network element.
That is, the NRF may send itself-existing computing capability information, such as the first computing capability information, and/or computing capability information of one or more second applications, to the SMF.
Note that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the execution timing of S311, and may be executed after S302, or may be executed after S305, for example, which is not limited in the present application.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s312, the session management function network element sends a subscription message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives a subscription message from the session management function network element.
Alternatively, a subscription message may be used to request subscription computing capability information.
For example, the SMF may subscribe to the computing capability information in advance, or may request the computing capability information from the NRF when the computing capability information is required.
Note that S312 may be performed before S311.
Based on the communication method shown in fig. 3, the network storage function network element receives a first registration request message from the first user plane function network element, where the first registration request message is used to request to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the network storage function network element sends a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element, where the first registration response message indicates that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered. The first registration request message includes first computing capability information indicating computing capabilities of the first application. Thus, the network can sense, issue and schedule the computing power resources.
Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. In the communication method shown in fig. 4, the AF or APP registers the computing capability information to the network through the NEF, and the network provides a service interface for registering the computing capability information through the NEF.
As shown in fig. 4, the communication method includes the steps of:
the network capability opening function network element obtains first computing capability information.
It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of the first computing capability information, reference may be made to S301, which is not described herein.
Optionally, the network capability opening function network element acquires the first computing capability information, which may include S401 described below.
S401, the first application program sends a third registration request message to the network element with the network capability opening function. Accordingly, the network capability openness function network element receives a third registration request message from the first application.
For example, the third registration request message may be used to request registration of the first computing capability information with a network storage function network element.
The third registration request message may include, for example, the first computing capability information.
In the communication system applied in the embodiment of the present application, the number of UPFs may be one or more, for example, the second user plane function network element UPF2 may be further included, and the UPF2 and APP2 may perform actions similar to the UPF1 and APP1, respectively. The second user plane function network element is a user plane function network element different from the first user plane function network element, and the number of the second user plane function network elements can be one or a plurality of second user plane function network elements.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s405, the second application program sends a registration request to the network capability openness function network element. Accordingly, the network capability openness function network element receives a registration request from the second application.
For example, the registration request may be used to request registration of the second computing capability information with a network storage function network element.
For example, the registration request may include computing capability information of the second application (i.e., second computing capability information). For the specific implementation of the computing capability information of the second application, reference may be made to the corresponding description in S304, which is not repeated here.
Alternatively, before S401 described above, the first user plane function network element may deploy an example of the first application program.
Optionally, before S405 above, the second user plane function network element may deploy an example of the second application.
S402, the network capability opening function network element sends a second registration request message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives a second registration request message from the network capability open function network element.
The second registration request message may include, for example, the first computing capability information, and the second registration request message may be used to request registration of the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element.
That is, the UPF1 transmits a request to register the first computing capability information to the NEF, which transmits the request to the NRF, which registers the first computing capability information.
Optionally, the second registration request message may further include one or more second computing capability information, and the second registration request message may further be used to request that the one or more second computing capability information be registered with the network storage function network element.
Alternatively, the request to register the first computing capability information and the request to register the one or more second computing capability information may not be implemented in the same step and may be sent separately.
S403, the network storage function network element sends a second registration response message to the network capability opening function network element. Accordingly, the network capability open function network element receives a second registration response message from the network storage function network element.
Optionally, the second registration response message may be used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
Optionally, the second registration response message may also be used to indicate that one or more second computing capability information has been successfully registered.
Alternatively, the response to registering the first computing capability information may not be implemented in the same step as the response to registering the one or more second computing capability information, and may be sent separately.
In some embodiments, the second registration response message may be used to indicate a registration failure for the first computing capability information. The second registration response message may also be used to indicate a registration failure for one or more second computing capability information.
S404, the network capability opening function network element sends a third registration response message to the first application program. Accordingly, the first application receives a third registration response message from the network capability openness function network element.
Optionally, a third registration response message may be used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
Alternatively, the third registration response message may be used to indicate a registration failure for the first computing capability information.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S406, the network capability opening function network element sends a registration response to the second application program. Accordingly, the second application receives a registration response from the network capability openness function network element.
Optionally, the registration response may be used to indicate that the second computing capability information has been successfully registered.
Alternatively, the registration response may be used to indicate a registration failure for the second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the communication method shown in fig. 4 may further include S407-S412. For the implementation of S407-S414, reference may be made to S307-S312, respectively, which are not described in detail herein.
Based on the communication method shown in fig. 4, the first application program sends a request for registering the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element through the network capability opening function network element, and the network storage function network element sends a response that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered to the first application program through the network capability opening function network element. Thus, the network side can realize the sensing, publishing and scheduling of the computing power resources.
Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of still another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication method shown in fig. 5 may be used in combination with the communication method shown in fig. 3 or fig. 4, or may be used alone.
As shown in fig. 5, the communication method includes the steps of:
s501, the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information to the session management function network element. Accordingly, the session management function network element receives the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information from the network storage function network element.
That is, the NRF may send itself-existing computing capability information, such as the first computing capability information, and/or computing capability information of one or more second applications, to the SMF.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s504, the session management function network element sends a computing capability discovery message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element sends a computational capability discovery message to the session management function network element.
Alternatively, the computing capability discovery message may be used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present application, the names of the respective information or messages in the present application are not limited. For example, the computing capability discovery message may be referred to as a discovery network function (discovery NF) service request.
In some embodiments, the computing capability discovery message may include a query condition that may be used to request computing capability information that satisfies the query condition.
Illustratively, the query conditions may include nfprofile.appinfo.appid=app. Wherein, NFProfile network function information, APPInfo is application information, for example, the computing power of the application is fine and smooth, APPId is the identification of the application.
Thus, the computing capability discovery message includes the query condition, so that the network storage function network element can screen the computing capability information and send the screened computing capability information to the session management function network element.
Alternatively, the computing capability discovery message may not include a query condition, and the session management function network element selects an application according to the query condition in S502 described below, with specific reference to S502 described below.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s505, the network storage function network element acquires the computing capability information meeting the query condition.
Alternatively, the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information may be filtered computing capability information that satisfies the query condition.
Illustratively, the network storage function network element queries the UPF and APP that meet the nfprofile.appinfo.appid=app condition, and the final query result is UPF1, APP1, UPF2, APP2, and sends the computing capability information of APP1 and the computing capability information of APP2 to the session management function network element.
S502, the session management function network element determines a third application program according to the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information.
Illustratively, the third application is an application with optimal computing power among the first application and the one or more second applications.
For example, the third application is determined based on the first computing capability information and a second computing capability information. And the session management function network element obtains better computing capability of the APP2 according to the computing capability information of the APP1 and the computing capability information of the APP2, and selects the APP2, namely takes the APP2 as a third application program.
Illustratively, the SMF reads the first computing capability information and the second computing capability information, and selects the UPF and APP in combination with available CPU resources, available GPU resources, available TPU resources, available I/O resources, available FPGA resources, available bandwidth (bandwidth) resources, and time-consuming information, and finally selects UPF2 and APP2 with better computing capabilities.
Optionally, the step S502 may include: the session management function network element may determine the third application based on the first computing capability information, the one or more second computing capability information, and the query condition.
Thus, the third application program obtained by the session management function network element meets the query condition, and the computing capability is optimal.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s506, the strategy control function network element sends a session management strategy association establishment response message to the session management function network element. Accordingly, the session management function network element receives the session management policy association establishment response message from the policy control function network element.
Optionally, the session management policy association establishment response message may include a first rule.
For example, the session management policy association setup Response message may be referred to as a session management policy control creation Response (npcf_ SM Policy Control _create Response) message.
Alternatively, the first rule may be used to indicate that an application is selected based on the computing capability information. For example, a first rule may be used to indicate that an application with better computing power is selected.
Illustratively, the first rule may be referred to as a policy and charging control (policy and charging control, PCC) rule, or the first rule is included in a PCC rule.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s507, the policy control function network element generates a first rule.
That is, the first rule may be generated by a policy control function that instructs the SMF to select an application based on computing power.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s508, the session management function network element sends a session management policy association establishment request message to the policy control function network element. Accordingly, the policy control function network element receives a session management policy association establishment request message from the session management function network element.
Optionally, a session management policy association setup (SM policy association establishment) request message may be used to request a session management policy.
That is, the SMF may request session management policies from the PCF.
For example, the session management policy association setup request message may be referred to as a session management policy control creation request (npcf_ SM Policy Control _Create request) message
Note that S508 may be performed before S507 described above.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s509, the terminal device sends a protocol data unit (protocol data unit, PDU) session establishment request to the session management function network element. Accordingly, the session management function network element receives a PDU session establishment request from the terminal device.
Illustratively, to access APP1 service, the terminal device may initiate a PDU session establishment request according to user routing policy (UE route selection policy, urs) rules.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include S510 to S513 described below. S510, the first application program sends a competition network request message to the network element with the network capability opening function. Accordingly, the network capability open function network element receives a competing network request message from the first application.
Illustratively, the first application invokes a NEF interface (e.g., nnef Computing Network interface) that issues information of the first application to the NEF.
Illustratively, the first application may configure the computing force selection function through a logical interface (e.g., the Nnef Computing Network interface), and initiate the computing force selection function of the first application.
Optionally, S511, the network capability opening function network element sends the information of the first application program to the unified data storage network element. Accordingly, the unified data storage network element receives information from the first application of the network capability opening function network element.
That is, the network capability open function network element stores information of the first application to a unified data store (unified data repository, UDR) network element.
Optionally, S512, the unified data storage network element sends a management policy notification message to the policy control function network element. Accordingly, the policy control function network element receives the management policy notification message from the unified data storage network element.
Alternatively, the management policy notification (nudr_dm_notify) message may include information of the first application, and may further include an application information change notification.
Optionally, S513, the policy control function network element sends the urs rules to the terminal device. Accordingly, the terminal device receives the urs rules from the policy control function network element.
Illustratively, the policy control function network element may determine the urs p rule according to the information of the first application program and the policy rule.
S503, the session management function network element sends a session message to the third user plane function network element. Accordingly, the third user plane function network element receives the session message from the session management function network element.
Illustratively, the session message may be used to request NAT processing of the destination address of the first data packet.
Alternatively, the session message may be referred to as an N4 session setup (N4 session establishment) message, establishing a PDU session to the third user plane functional network element.
Alternatively, the NAT process may include replacing the destination address of the first packet from the terminal device with the IP address of the instance binding of the third application, and replacing the source address of the second packet from the third application with the source address of the first packet.
The third application program transmits the data packet through the third user plane function network element. The third user plane function network element corresponds to a third application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s514, the terminal equipment sends the first data packet to the third user plane function network element. Correspondingly, the third user plane function network element receives the first data packet from the terminal device.
Optionally, the destination address of the first data packet is an IP address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
Illustratively, the source address of the first data packet is an IP address of the UE and the destination address is an IP address of a server of the first application.
In one possible design, the communication method provided in the embodiments of the present application may further include S515 to S516 described below. S515, the terminal device sends a DNS request to the primary name server (domain name server, DNS). Accordingly, the primary name server receives a DNS request from the terminal device.
Optionally, the DNS requests an address for requesting traffic of the first application.
Illustratively, if the terminal device is to access the APP1 service, an address of the APP1 service is requested.
Optionally, S516, the primary name server sends the terminal device an IP address to which the instance of the first application is bound. Accordingly, the terminal device receives the IP address of the instance binding of the first application from the primary name server. In this way, the terminal device can obtain the IP address of the service to be accessed. It should be noted that S515-S516 may be performed before S514 described above.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s517, the third user plane function network element replaces the destination address of the first data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the third application.
After receiving the first data packet, the third user plane function network element performs NAT processing on the first data packet, and replaces the IP address bound by the instance of the first application with the IP address bound by the instance of the third application.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S518, the third user plane function network element sends the first data packet after NAT processing to the third application program. Correspondingly, the third application program receives the first data packet after NAT processing from the third user plane function network element.
Illustratively, the source address of the first data packet after NAT processing is the IP address of the UE, and the destination address is the IP address to which the instance of the third application is bound.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S519, the third application program sends a second data packet to the third user plane function network element. Accordingly, the third user plane function network element receives the second data packet from the third application.
Optionally, the source address of the second data packet is an IP address of an instance binding of the third application.
Illustratively, the third application transmits the second data packet in response to the first data packet. For example, the source address of the second data packet is illustratively the IP address of the server of the third application, and the destination address is the IP address of the UE.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s520, the third user plane function network element replaces the source address of the second data packet with the internet protocol IP address bound to the instance of the first application.
After receiving the second data packet, the third user plane function network element performs NAT processing on the second data packet, and replaces the IP address bound by the instance of the third application with the IP address bound by the instance of the first application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s521, the third user plane function network element sends the second data packet after NAT processing to the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the terminal equipment receives the NAT processed second data packet from the third user plane function network element.
Illustratively, the source address of the second data packet after NAT processing is the IP address bound to the instance of the first application, and the destination address is the IP address of the UE.
Based on the communication method shown in fig. 5, the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information to the session management function network element, and the session management function network element determines an application program with optimal computing capability from the first application program and the one or more second application programs according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information, and sends a session message to the application program with optimal computing capability. Thus, the network resource condition and the computing resource condition can be comprehensively considered, and the service flow can be dynamically scheduled to the optimal node.
Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of still another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication method shown in fig. 6 may be used in combination with the communication method shown in fig. 3 or fig. 4, or may be used alone.
As shown in fig. 6, the communication method includes the steps of:
s601, the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information to the session management function network element. Accordingly, the session management function network element receives the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information from the network storage function network element.
It should be noted that, for the specific implementation manner of the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information, reference may be made to S301 above, and details thereof are not repeated here.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s604, the session management function network element sends a computing capability discovery message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element sends a computational capability discovery message to the session management function network element.
Alternatively, the computing capability discovery message may be used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In some embodiments, the computing capability discovery message may include query conditions that may be used to request computing capability information that satisfies the query conditions
It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of S604, reference may be made to S504 described above, which is not repeated here.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s605, the network storage function network element obtains the computing capability information meeting the query condition. It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of S605, reference may be made to S505, which is not described herein.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s606, the second session anchor sends a session report to the session management function network element. Accordingly, the session management function network element receives a session report from the second session anchor.
Optionally, the session report may include first indication information, which may be used to indicate that the first application has been started, and the second session anchor is a connection of the terminal device to the first user plane function network element.
Illustratively, a second session anchor (public data network session ank, PSA 2), for an established PDU session anchor, the PSA2 detects APP1 traffic flow, sends a first application initiated event to the session management function network element.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s607, the terminal device has established a session at the second session anchor point.
In some embodiments, the SMF may instruct PSA2 to report to the SMF after APP1 is detected to be activated.
The step S607 may be performed before the step S606.
S602, the session management function network element determines a third application program according to the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information.
Optionally, the third application is an application with optimal computing power in the first application and the one or more second applications.
It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of S602, reference may be made to S502 described above, which is not repeated here.
S603, the session management function network element sends a session message to the third user plane function network element. Accordingly, the third user plane function network element receives the session message from the session management function network element.
For example, the session message may be used to request network address translation NAT processing for the destination address of the first data packet. The NAT process may include replacing the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device with the internet protocol IP address of the instance binding of the third application, and replacing the source address of the second data packet from the third application with the source address of the first data packet.
It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of S603, reference may be made to S503, which is not described herein.
In this way, the session management function network element establishes a new PDU session anchor, i.e. a first session anchor (public data network session ank, PSA 1), which is the connection of the terminal device to the third user plane function network element.
In some embodiments, the session message may also be used to request a session change to a first session anchor point, the first session anchor point being a connection of the terminal device to the third user plane function network element.
Illustratively, the session management function network element alters the session from the second session anchor point to the first session anchor point to schedule the traffic flow to the node with optimal computing power.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s608, the session management function network element establishes an upstream splitter (uplink classifier, ULCL) and a first session anchor point through the third user plane function network element. At this time, UPF3 in fig. 6 is the UL cl+psa2 role.
It should be noted that S603 may be included in the process of establishing the ULCL and the first session anchor point by the session management function network element in S608.
Optionally, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include S609-S616. For the specific implementation of S609 to S616, reference may be made to S514 to S521, respectively, which are not described herein.
Based on the communication method shown in fig. 6, the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information to the session management function network element, and the session management function network element determines an application program with optimal computing capability from the first application program and the one or more second application programs according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information, and sends a session message to the application program with optimal computing capability. Thus, the network resource condition and the real-time computing resource condition can be comprehensively considered, and the service flow can be dynamically scheduled to the optimal node.
Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart of still another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication method shown in fig. 7 may be used in combination with the communication method shown in fig. 3 or fig. 4, or may be used alone.
As shown in fig. 7, the communication method includes the steps of:
the first user plane function network element determines a third application according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information S701.
For specific implementation of the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information, reference may be made to S301 above, and details thereof are not repeated here.
Optionally, the third application is an application with optimal computing power in the first application and the one or more second applications.
It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of S701, reference may be made to S502 described above, which is not repeated here.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: the first user plane function network element sends a first computational capability request message to the network storage function network element. Accordingly, the network storage function network element receives a first computing capability request message from the first user plane function network element. For specific implementation, reference may be made to S307, which is not described herein.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: the network storage function network element sends a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Accordingly, the first user plane function network element receives a first computational capability response message from the network storage function network element. This step may be performed before S701, and the specific implementation may refer to S308, which is not described herein.
Alternatively, the first computing capability response message may include one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s705, the terminal device sends a first data packet to the first user plane function network element. Correspondingly, the first user plane function network element receives a first data packet from the terminal device.
Optionally, the destination address of the first data packet is an IP address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
Illustratively, the source address of the first data packet is an IP address of the UE and the destination address is an IP address of a server of the first application.
It should be noted that S705 may be executed before S701, and after the UPF1 receives the first packet, an application program is selected according to the computing capability information.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s706, the terminal device has established a session at the second session anchor point.
Illustratively, the second session anchor is a connection of the terminal device to the first user plane function network element, the second session anchor (public data network session ank, PSA 2) being an established PDU session anchor.
S702, the first user plane function network element sends a logic interface creation request message to the session management function network element. Accordingly, the session management function network element receives a logical interface creation request message from the first user plane function network element.
Optionally, the logical interface creation request message may be used to request creation of a first logical interface, where the first logical interface is a logical interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element.
That is, the first user plane function network element requests to the session management function network element to create a logical interface, e.g. an N19 interface, between the two user plane function network elements.
In connection with fig. 8, UPF1 may send an N19 interface creation request to SMF, so that a create ue→upf1→upf3→app3 traffic path may be created.
As shown in fig. 8, adding an APP Load Balancing (LB) logic function to the UPF, the main functions of the APP LB include: selecting an APP instance according to the real-time network state and the computing capability information; and creating an N19 tunnel in cooperation with the SMF to realize message forwarding between the UE and the target APP instance.
S703, the session management function network element creates a first logical interface.
Illustratively, in connection with fig. 8, the session management function network element may create an N19 tunnel between UPF1 and UPF 3.
S704, the session management function network element sends a logic interface creation response message to the first user plane function network element. Accordingly, the first user plane function network element receives the logical interface creation response message from the session management function network element.
For example, a logical interface creation response message may be used to indicate that the first logical interface has been successfully created.
For example, the logical interface creation response message indicates that it is already established to create an N19 tunnel between UPF1 and UPF 3.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S707, the session management function network element sends the forwarding rule to the first user plane function network element. Accordingly, the first user plane function network element receives forwarding rules from the session management function network element.
Optionally, the forwarding rule may be used to instruct forwarding of the data packet between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logical interface.
Illustratively, the SMF sends a forwarding rule for APP3 to UPF1, which indicates that data sent to APP3 needs to be forwarded through the N19 tunnel.
Alternatively, the forwarding rules may be referred to as packet detection rules (packet detection rule, PDR), or forwarding behavior rules (forwarding action rules, FAR).
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s708, the session management function network element sends the forwarding rule to the third user plane function network element. Accordingly, the third user plane function network element receives forwarding rules from the session management function network element.
Illustratively, the SMF sends a forwarding rule for the terminal device to UPF3, the forwarding rule indicating that data sent to the terminal device needs to be forwarded through the N19 tunnel.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s709, the first user plane function network element replaces the destination address of the first data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the third application.
After receiving the first data packet, the third user plane function network element performs NAT processing on the first data packet, and replaces the IP address bound by the instance of the first application with the IP address bound by the instance of the third application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s710, the first user plane function network element sends the first data packet after NAT processing to the third user plane function network element through the first logic interface. Correspondingly, the third user plane function network element receives the first data packet processed by the NAT from the first user plane function network element through the first logic interface.
Optionally, the destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
Referring to fig. 8, the UPF1 sends the first packet after NAT processing to the UPF3 through the N19 interface.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S711, the third user plane function network element sends the first data packet after NAT processing to the third application program. Correspondingly, the third application program receives the first data packet after NAT processing from the third user plane function network element.
Referring to fig. 8, upf3 forwards the first packet after NAT processing to APP3.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and S712, the third application program sends a second data packet to the third user plane function network element. Accordingly, the third user plane function network element receives the second data packet from the third application.
Optionally, the source address of the second data packet is an IP address of an instance binding of the third application.
Illustratively, the third application transmits the second data packet in response to the first data packet. For example, the source address of the second data packet is illustratively the IP address of the server of the third application, and the destination address is the IP address of the UE.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s713, the third user plane function network element sends the second data packet to the first user plane function network element through the first logical interface. Correspondingly, the first user plane functional network element receives the second data packet from the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface.
In connection with fig. 8, UPF3 sends a second packet to UPF1 over the N19 interface.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s714, the first user plane function network element replaces the source address of the second data packet with the IP address bound to the instance of the first application.
After receiving the second data packet, the first user plane functional network element performs NAT processing on the second data packet, and replaces the IP address bound by the instance of the third application with the IP address bound by the instance of the first application.
In one possible design manner, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: s715, the first user plane function sends the NAT processed second data packet to the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the terminal equipment receives the second data packet processed by NAT from the first user plane functional network element.
Illustratively, the source address of the second data packet after NAT processing is the IP address bound to the instance of the first application, and the destination address is the IP address of the UE.
Based on the communication method shown in fig. 7, the user plane function network element determines an application program with optimal computing power from the first application program and the one or more second application programs according to the first computing power information and the one or more second computing power information, and dynamically schedules the service traffic to the better application program. Thus, the service user experience can be ensured, and the utilization efficiency of the network and the computing resources can be improved.
Throughout this application, unless specifically stated otherwise, identical or similar parts between the various embodiments may be referred to each other. In the various embodiments and the various implementation/implementation methods in the various embodiments in this application, if no special description and logic conflict exist, terms and/or descriptions between different embodiments and between the various implementation/implementation methods in the various embodiments may be consistent and may be mutually referred to, technical features in the different embodiments and the various implementation/implementation methods in the various embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments, implementations, implementation methods, or implementation methods according to their inherent logic relationships. The embodiments of the present application described below do not limit the scope of the present application.
The communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 1 a-8. The following describes in detail the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application with reference to fig. 9 to 11.
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device that may be used to perform the communication method provided in the embodiments of the present application. The communication apparatus 900 may be a network storage function network element, a user plane function network element (for example, a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, an application server (first application program), a policy control function network element, or may be a network storage function network element, a user plane function network element (for example, a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, an application server, a chip in a policy control function network element, or other components with corresponding functions. As shown in fig. 9, the communication device 900 may include a processor 901. Optionally, the communication device 900 may also include one or more of a memory 902 and a transceiver 903. Where the processor 901 may be coupled to one or more of the memory 902 and the transceiver 903, such as via a communication bus connection, the processor 901 may also be used alone.
The following describes the respective constituent elements of the communication apparatus 900 in detail with reference to fig. 9:
the processor 901 is a control center of the communication device 900, and may be one processor or a collective term of a plurality of processing elements. For example, processor 901 is one or more central processing units (central processing unit, CPU), but may also be an integrated circuit (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present application, such as: one or more microprocessors (digital signal processor, DSPs), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (field programmable gate array, FPGAs).
Among other things, the processor 901 may perform various functions of the communication device 900 by running or executing software programs stored in the memory 902 and invoking data stored in the memory 902.
In a particular implementation, processor 901 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU0 and CPU1 shown in FIG. 9, as an embodiment.
In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the communication apparatus 900 may also include a plurality of processors, such as the processor 901 and the processor 904 shown in fig. 9. Each of these processors may be a single-core processor (single-CPU) or a multi-core processor (multi-CPU). A processor herein may refer to one or more communication devices, circuitry, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).
Alternatively, memory 902 may be, but is not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage communication device capable of storing static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage communication device capable of storing information and instructions, but may also be electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM), compact disc read-only memory (compact disc read-only memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage communication device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. The memory 902 may be integrated with the processor 901, or may exist separately and be coupled to the processor 901 through an input/output port (not shown in fig. 9) of the communication device 900, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.
The input port may be used to implement the network storage function element, the user plane function element (e.g., the first user plane function element, the second user plane function element, the third user plane function element, etc.), the session management function element, the network capability open function element, the application server, and the receiving function performed by the policy control function element in any of the above method embodiments, and the output port may be used to implement the transmitting function performed by the network storage function element, the user plane function element (e.g., the first user plane function element, the second user plane function element, the third user plane function element, etc.), the session management function element, the network capability open function element, the application server, and the policy control function element in any of the above method embodiments.
The memory 902 may be used to store a software program for executing the present application, and the processor 901 controls the execution. The specific implementation manner may refer to the following method embodiments, which are not described herein.
Optionally, a transceiver 903, for communication with other communication devices. For example, where the communications apparatus 900 is a network storage function element, the transceiver 903 can be configured to communicate with a user plane function element (e.g., a first user plane function element, a second user plane function element, a third user plane function element, etc.), a session management function element, a network capability open function element, a policy control function element, and/or other network elements. As another example, where the communications apparatus 900 is a user plane function element, the transceiver 903 can be configured to communicate with a network storage function element, a session management function element, a network capability open function element, a policy control function element, and/or other network elements. As another example, where the communications apparatus 900 is a session management function element, the transceiver 903 can be configured to communicate with a network storage function element, a user plane function element (e.g., a first user plane function element, a second user plane function element, a third user plane function element, etc.), a network capability open function element, a policy control function element, and/or other network elements. As another example, where the communications apparatus 900 is a network capability open function network element, the transceiver 903 can be configured to communicate with a network storage function network element, an application server, and/or other network elements. For another example, where the communication apparatus 900 is a policy control function element, the transceiver 903 may be configured to communicate with a network storage function element, a user plane function element (e.g., a first user plane function element, a second user plane function element, a third user plane function element, etc.), a session management function element, a network capability opening function element, and/or other network elements. In addition, the transceiver 903 may include a receiver and a transmitter (not separately shown in fig. 9). The receiver is used for realizing the receiving function, and the transmitter is used for realizing the transmitting function. The transceiver 903 may be integrated with the processor 901 or may exist separately and be coupled to the processor 901 through an input/output port (not shown in fig. 9) of the communication device 900, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.
It should be noted that the configuration of the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9 is not limited to the communication device, and an actual communication device may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine some components, or may be different in arrangement of components.
The actions of the network storage function network element in fig. 1a to fig. 8 described above may be performed by the processor 901 in the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9, which invokes the application code stored in the memory 902 to instruct the network storage function network element, which is not limited in this embodiment.
The actions of the user plane function network element in fig. 1a to fig. 8 described above may be performed by the processor 901 in the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9 by calling the application program code stored in the memory 902 to instruct the user plane function network element, which is not limited in this embodiment.
The actions of the session management function network element described above in fig. 1 a-8 may be performed by the processor 901 in the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9, which invokes the application code stored in the memory 902 to instruct the session management function network element, which is not limited in this embodiment.
The actions of the network capability openness function network element described above in fig. 1a to 8 may be performed by the processor 901 in the communication apparatus 900 shown in fig. 9, which invokes the application code stored in the memory 902 to instruct the network capability openness function network element, which is not limited in this embodiment.
The actions of the policy control function network element described above in fig. 1 a-8 may be performed by the processor 901 in the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9, which invokes the application code stored in the memory 902 to instruct the policy control function network element, which is not limited in this embodiment.
The communication apparatus 900 may execute any one or more of the possible design manners related to the network storage function network element, the user plane function network element (e.g., the first user plane function network element, the second user plane function network element, the third user plane function network element, etc.), the session management function network element, the network capability open function network element, the policy control function network element, the terminal device, the application server, and the unified data storage network element in the above method embodiment.
It should be noted that, all relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be cited to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, which is not described herein.
Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. For convenience of explanation, fig. 10 shows only major components of the communication apparatus.
Network storage function network element, user plane function network element (e.g., first user plane function network element, second user plane function network element, third user plane function network element, etc.), session management function network element, network capability open function network element, policy control function network element
Network storage function network element, first user plane function network element, session management function network element, network capability opening function network element, application server, third user plane function network element, and policy control function network element
Network storage function network element, first user plane function network element, session management function network element, network capability opening function network element, application server network storage function network element, third user plane function network element, strategy control function network element, first user plane function network element, session management function network element,
The communication device 1000 includes a transceiver module 1001, and a processing module 1002. The communication device 1000 may be a network storage function network element, a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, a third user plane function network element, and a policy control function network element in the foregoing method embodiment. The transceiver module 1001 may also be referred to as a transceiver unit, and is configured to implement a transceiver function implemented by a network storage function network element, a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a session management function network element, a network capability open function network element, a third user plane function network element, and a policy control function network element in any of the above method embodiments.
It should be noted that, the transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module (not shown in fig. 10). The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from other devices; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to other devices. The specific implementation manner of the transceiver module is not specifically limited in the present application. The transceiver module may be formed by a transceiver circuit, a transceiver, or a communication interface.
The processing module 1002 may be configured to implement processing functions performed by the network storage function network element, the first user plane function network element, the second user plane function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability open function network element, the third user plane function network element, and the policy control function network element in any of the foregoing method embodiments. The processing module 1002 may be a processor.
In the present embodiment, the communication apparatus 1000 is presented in a form in which respective functional modules are divided in an integrated manner. A "module" herein may refer to a particular ASIC, an electronic circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, an integrated logic circuit, and/or other device that can provide the described functionality. In a simple embodiment, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the communications device 1000 may take the form of the communications device 900 shown in fig. 9.
For example, the processor 901 in the communication apparatus 900 shown in fig. 9 may cause the communication method in the above-described method embodiment to be performed by calling computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 902.
Specifically, the functions/implementation procedures of the transceiver module 1001 and the processing module 1002 in fig. 10 may be implemented by the processor 901 in the communication apparatus 900 shown in fig. 9 calling computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 902. Alternatively, the functions/implementation of the processing module 1002 in fig. 10 may be implemented by the processor 901 in the communication apparatus 900 shown in fig. 9 calling computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 902, and the functions/implementation of the transceiver module 1001 in fig. 10 may be implemented by the transceiver 903 in the communication apparatus 900 shown in fig. 9.
Since the communication device 1000 provided in this embodiment can perform the above-mentioned communication method, the technical effects obtained by the communication device can be referred to the above-mentioned method embodiment, and will not be described herein.
Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. For convenience of explanation, fig. 11 shows only major components of the communication apparatus.
The communication device 1100 includes a transmitting module 1101 and a receiving module 1102. The communication device 1100 may be an application server, a network storage function network element in the foregoing method embodiment. The sending module 1101, which may also be referred to as a sending unit, is configured to implement the sending function performed by the application server and the network element with the network storage function in any of the above method embodiments. The receiving module 1102, which may also be referred to as a receiving unit, is configured to implement the receiving function performed by the application server and the network element with the network storage function in any of the method embodiments.
It should be noted that the transmitting module 1101 and the receiving module 1102 may be separately disposed, or may be integrated into one module, i.e., a transceiver module. The specific implementation manner of the receiving module and the sending module is not specifically limited. The transceiver module may be formed by a transceiver circuit, a transceiver, or a communication interface.
Optionally, the communication device 1100 may further include a processing module 1103 and a storage module, where programs or instructions are stored. The processing module 1103, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communication device 1100 to perform the method described in any of the method embodiments described above.
The processing module 1103 may be configured to implement the processing functions performed by the access and mobility management functions in any of the method embodiments described above. The processing module 1103 can be a processor.
In the present embodiment, the communication apparatus 1100 is presented in a form in which respective functional modules are divided in an integrated manner. A "module" herein may refer to a particular ASIC, an electronic circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, an integrated logic circuit, and/or other device that can provide the described functionality. In a simple embodiment, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the communication device 1100 may take the form of the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9.
For example, the processor 901 in the communication apparatus 900 shown in fig. 9 may cause the communication method in the above-described method embodiment to be performed by calling computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 902.
In particular, the functions/implementation of the processing module and the storage module in fig. 11 may be implemented by the transceiver 903 in the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9. The functions/implementations of the processing modules in figure 11 may be implemented by the processor 901 in the communications device 900 shown in figure 9 invoking computer executable instructions stored in the memory 902,
since the communication device 1100 provided in this embodiment can perform the above-mentioned communication method, the technical effects obtained by the method can be referred to the above-mentioned method embodiment, and will not be described herein.
In one possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, performing the functions of the network storage function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
The transceiver module 1001 is configured to receive a first registration request message from a first user plane function network element. A processing module 1002 is configured to send a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the first registration request message is for requesting registration of the first computing capability information to the communication device 1000, the first registration request message includes the first computing capability information, the first computing capability information is for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, and the first registration response message is for indicating that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information may include one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information may further include one or more of: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
It should be noted that, the transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module (not shown in fig. 10) storing a program or instructions. The processing module 1002, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communications device 1000 to store the functions of the functional network elements in the network in the method embodiment described above.
The communication device 1000 may be a network storage function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be provided in the network storage function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein.
In one possible design, the communication device 1100 shown in fig. 11 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, to perform the functions of the network storage function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
The receiving module 1102 is configured to receive a second registration request message from a network element with an open network capability. A sending module 1101, configured to send a second registration response message to the network capability openness function network element. Wherein the second registration request message includes first computing capability information for requesting registration of the first computing capability information to the communication apparatus 1100, the first computing capability information indicating computing capabilities of the first application. The second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the receiving module 1102 is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the sending module 1101 is further configured to send the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the receiving module 1102 is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element. Wherein the first computing capability request message is for requesting one or more second computing capability information, the second computing capability information being for indicating a computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the sending module 1101 is further configured to send a first computing capability response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the sending module 1101 is further configured to send the first computing capability information, and/or one or more second computing capability information, to the session management function network element. Wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the receiving module 1102 is further configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from a session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
It should be noted that, the receiving module 1102 and the transmitting module 1101 may be separately disposed, or may be integrated into one module, i.e., a transceiver module. The specific implementation manner of the receiving module 1102 and the transmitting module 1101 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1100 may further include a processing module and a storage module, where the storage module stores programs or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module, enable the communications apparatus 1100 to perform the functions of the network storage function network element in the method embodiments described above.
Note that the communication device 1100 may be a network storage function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be provided in the network storage function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1100 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, which are not described herein.
In another possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, to perform the functions of the first user plane functional network element in the above-described method embodiment.
The processing module 1002 is configured to obtain first computing capability information. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program.
The transceiver module 1001 is configured to send a first registration request message to a network element of a network storage function. The first registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the first registration request message comprises the first computing capability information.
The transceiver module 1001 is configured to receive a first registration response message from a network element of the network storage function. Wherein the first registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a computing capability discovery message to a network element of the network storage function. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive one or more second computing capability information from a network element of the network storage function. The second computing capability information is used for indicating computing capability of a second application program, the second application program corresponds to a second user plane function network element, and the second application program receives the data packet through the second user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a first computing capability request message to a network element of the network storage function. The first computing capability request message is used for requesting one or more pieces of second computing capability information, the second computing capability information is used for indicating computing capabilities of a second application program, the second application program corresponds to a second user plane function network element, and the second application program receives a data packet through the second user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a first computing capability response message from the network element of the network storage function. Wherein the first computing capability response message includes one or more second computing capability information.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a session message from a session management function network element. The session message is used for requesting network address translation NAT processing on the destination address of the data packet.
In one possible design, the processing module 1002 is further configured to replace the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device with an internet protocol IP address bound by the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the processing module 1002 is further configured to determine the third application program according to the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information. The third application program is an application program with optimal computing capability in the first application program and one or more second application programs.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive forwarding rules from a session management function network element. The forwarding rule is used to instruct the communication device 1000 to forward the data packet through the first logical interface between the third user plane function network element and the third application program receives the data packet through the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a logical interface creation request message to the session management function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used to request to create a first logic interface, where the first logic interface is a logic interface between the communication device 1000 and the third plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send, through the first logic interface, the first data packet after NAT processing to the third user plane function network element. The destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound by the instance of the third application program.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive, through the first logic interface, a second data packet from the third plane function network element. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the processing module 1002 is further configured to replace the source address of the second data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the first application.
The transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module, where a program or instructions are stored. The processing module 1002, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communications apparatus 1000 to perform the functions of the first user plane functional network element in the above-described method embodiment.
Note that the communication apparatus 1000 may be the first user plane function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the first user plane function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein.
In a further possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, performing the functions of the network storage function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
The transceiver module 1001 is configured to receive first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information from a network element of a network storage function. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, and the second computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the second application program.
A processing module 1002 is configured to determine a third application program according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information. The third application program is an application program with optimal computing capability in the first application program and one or more second application programs.
The transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a session message to a third user plane function network element. The session message is used for requesting network address translation NAT processing for the destination address of the first data packet, where the NAT processing includes: the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device is replaced with an internet protocol, IP, address of the instance binding of the third application and the source address of the second data packet from the third application is replaced with the source address of the first data packet. The third application program transmits the data packet through the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a session management policy association establishment response message from the policy control function network element. Wherein the session management policy association establishment response message comprises a first rule for indicating a selection of an application according to the computing capability information.
In one possible design, the session message is further used to request a session change to a first session anchor point, which is a connection of the terminal device to the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a computing capability discovery message to a network element of the network storage function. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information for one or more applications.
In one possible design, the computing capability discovery message includes a query condition for requesting computing capability information satisfying the query condition.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a session management policy association establishment request message to a policy control function network element: the session management policy association establishment request message is used for requesting the session management policy.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a logical interface creation request message from the first user plane function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, wherein the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a forwarding rule to the first user plane function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a forwarding rule to a third user plane function network element.
The transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the network capacity opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module, where a program or instructions are stored. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module 1002, enable the communications apparatus 1000 to perform the functions of the session management function network element in the method embodiments described above.
Note that the communication apparatus 1000 may be a session management function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be provided in the session management function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiment, and will not be described herein.
In one possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, to perform the functions of the network capability open function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
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The processing module 1002 is configured to obtain first computing capability information. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program.
The transceiver module 1001 is configured to send a second registration request message to the network element. Wherein the second registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the second registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: the identification of the first application, the instance of the first application, and the internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a third registration response message to the first application. Wherein the third registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a second registration response message from the network element of the network storage function. Wherein the second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a third registration request message from the first application. Wherein the third registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the third registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information with the network storage function network element.
The transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is configured to receive data and/or signaling from a user plane function network element (e.g., a first user plane function network element, a second user plane function network element, a third user plane function network element, etc.), a network storage function network element, a session management function network element, a policy control function network element, and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module, where a program or instructions are stored. The processing module 1002, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communications device 1000 to perform the functions of the network capability openness function network element in the method embodiments described above.
The communication device 1000 may be a network element with open network capability, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be provided in the network element with open network capability, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein.
In one possible design, the communication device 1100 shown in fig. 11 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, performing the functions of the first application in the above-described method embodiment.
Wherein, the sending module 1101 is configured to send a third registration request message to the network capability openness function network element. Wherein the third registration request message is for requesting registration of the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the third registration request message includes the first computing capability information.
A receiving module 1102 is configured to receive a third registration response message from the network capability openness function network element. Wherein the third registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
In one possible design, the first computing power information includes one or more of the following: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
In one possible design, the first computing power information further includes one or more of the following: an identification of the communication device 1100, an instance of the communication device 1100, and an internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the communication device 1100 is bound.
It should be noted that, the receiving module 1102 and the transmitting module 1101 may be separately disposed, or may be integrated into one module, i.e., a transceiver module. The specific implementation manner of the receiving module 1102 and the transmitting module 1101 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1100 may further include a processing module and a storage module (not shown in fig. 11), where the storage module stores programs or instructions. The processing module, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communications device 1100 to perform the functions of the first application in the method embodiments described above.
Note that, the communication device 1100 may be a first application program, an application server, or an application function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be disposed in the application server, or the application function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1100 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, which are not described herein.
In one possible design, the communication device 1100 shown in fig. 11 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, to perform the functions of the network storage function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
Wherein, the receiving module 1102 is configured to receive a computing capability discovery message from a session management function network element. Wherein the computing capability discovery message is for requesting computing capability information of one or more applications, the computing capability information being for indicating computing capabilities of the applications.
A sending module 1101, configured to send the first computing capability information, and/or one or more second computing capability information, to the session management function network element. The first computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the first application. The second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
In one possible design, the discovery network function request message includes a query condition, and the computing capability discovery message is used to request computing capability information of one or more applications that satisfy the query condition.
In one possible design, communication device 1100 may also include a processing module 1103. The processing module 1103 is configured to obtain the first computing capability information, and/or one or more second computing capability information according to the query condition.
It should be noted that, the receiving module 1102 and the transmitting module 1101 may be separately disposed, or may be integrated into one module, i.e., a transceiver module. The specific implementation manner of the receiving module 1102 and the transmitting module 1101 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1100 may further include a processing module 1103 and a storage module, where programs or instructions are stored. The processing module 1103, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communication device 1100 to perform the network storage function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
Note that the communication device 1100 may be a network storage function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be provided in the network storage function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1100 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, which are not described herein.
In a possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, to perform the functions of the third user plane functional network element in the above-described method embodiment.
Wherein, the transceiver module 1001 is configured to receive a session message from a session management function network element. The session message is used for indicating network address translation NAT processing on the destination address of the data packet, and the NAT processing comprises replacing the destination address of the first data packet from the terminal device with an Internet Protocol (IP) address bound by an instance of a third application program, and replacing the source address of the second data packet from the third application program with the source address of the first data packet.
The transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a first data packet from a terminal device. The destination address of the first data packet is an Internet Protocol (IP) address bound by the instance of the first application program.
The processing module 1002 is configured to replace the destination address of the first data packet with an IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
The transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send the first data packet after NAT processing to the third application.
In one possible design, the processing module 1002 is further configured to replace the source address of the second data packet with the internet protocol IP address bound by the instance of the first application program. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send the NAT processed second data packet to the terminal device.
In one possible design, the session message is also used to request a session change to the first session anchor. Wherein the first session anchor is the connection of the terminal device to the communication apparatus 1000.
The transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the network capacity opening function network element, the session management function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the session management function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module, where a program or instructions are stored. The processing module 1002, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communications apparatus 1000 to perform the functions of the third user plane functional network element described in the above method embodiment.
Note that the communication apparatus 1000 may be the third user plane function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the third user plane function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein.
In one possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, performing the functions of the policy control function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
Wherein, the transceiver module 1001 is configured to receive a session management policy association establishment request message from a session management function network element: the session management policy association establishment request message is used for requesting the session management policy.
A processing module 1002 is configured to generate a first rule. Wherein the first rule is for indicating that an application is selected according to the computing capability information.
The transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a session management policy association establishment response message to the session management function network element. Wherein the session management policy association establishment response message includes a first rule.
The transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from a network storage function network element, a network capability opening function network element, a session management function network element, a unified data storage network element, terminal equipment and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the session management function network element, the unified data storage network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module, where a program or instructions are stored. The processing module 1002, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communications device 1000 to perform the functions of the policy control function network element in the method embodiments described above.
The communication device 1000 may be a policy control function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be provided in the policy control function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein.
In a possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, to perform the functions of the first user plane functional network element in the above-described method embodiment.
Wherein the processing module 1002 is configured to determine the third application program according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information. The first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, the second computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the second application program, and the third application program is the application program with the optimal computing capability in the first application program and the one or more second application programs.
The transceiver module 1001 is configured to send a logical interface creation request message to a session management function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used to request to create a first logic interface, where the first logic interface is a logic interface between the communication device 1000 and the third plane function network element.
The transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive a logical interface creation response message from the session management function network element. Wherein the logical interface creation response message is used to indicate that the first logical interface has been successfully created.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive forwarding rules from a session management function network element. The forwarding rule is used to instruct the communication device 1000 and the third user plane function network element to forward the data packet through the first logic interface.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send, through the first logic interface, the first data packet after NAT processing to the third user plane function network element. The destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound by the instance of the third application program.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to receive, through the first logic interface, a second data packet from the third plane function network element. Wherein the source address of the second data packet is the IP address bound to the instance of the third application.
In one possible design, the processing module 1002 is configured to replace the source address of the second data packet with the IP address bound by the instance of the first application.
The transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the session management function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element and/or other network elements. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module, where a program or instructions are stored. The processing module, when executing the program or the instructions, enables the communications device 1000 to perform the functions of the first user plane functional network element in the above method embodiment.
Note that the communication apparatus 1000 may be the first user plane function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be disposed in the first user plane function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein.
In a possible design, the communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may be adapted to the communication system shown in fig. 1a, performing the functions of the session management function network element in the above-described method embodiment.
The transceiver module 1001 is configured to receive a logical interface creation request message from a first user plane function network element. The logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, wherein the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane function network element and the third user plane function network element.
A processing module 1002 is configured to create a first logical interface.
The transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a logical interface creation response message to the first user plane function network element. Wherein the logical interface creation response message is used to indicate that the first logical interface has been successfully created.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a forwarding rule to the first user plane function network element. The forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface.
In one possible design, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to send a forwarding rule to a third user plane function network element.
The transceiver module 1001 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The receiving module is used for receiving data and/or signaling from the network storage function network element, the network capacity opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements; the sending module is used for sending data and/or signaling to the network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the strategy control function network element, the terminal equipment and/or other network elements. The specific implementation of the transceiver module 1001 is not specifically limited in this application.
Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module, where a program or instructions are stored. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module 1002, enable the communications apparatus 1000 to perform the session management function network elements of the method embodiments described above.
Note that the communication apparatus 1000 may be a session management function network element, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be provided in the session management function network element, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1000 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein.
The embodiment of the application provides a communication system. The communication system comprises a network storage function network element and a user plane function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a session management function network element.
The network storage function network element, the user plane function network element, and the session management function network element are configured to execute the respective corresponding actions in the above method embodiments, and the specific execution method and process may refer to the above method embodiments, which are not described herein.
The embodiment of the application provides a communication system. The communication system includes a network storage function network element and a network capability opening function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a session management function network element.
The network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, and the session management function network element are configured to execute the respective corresponding actions in the above method embodiments, and the specific execution method and process may refer to the above method embodiments, which are not described herein again.
The embodiment of the application provides a communication system. The communication system comprises a session management function network element and a network storage function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a policy control function network element, and/or a network capability open function network element.
The network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the policy control function network element, and the session management function network element are configured to execute the respective corresponding actions in the above method embodiments, and the specific execution method and process may refer to the above method embodiments and are not described herein again.
The embodiment of the application provides a communication system. The communication system comprises a session management function network element and a first user plane function network element. Optionally, the communication system may further include, but is not limited to, a policy control function network element, a network capability opening function network element, and/or a network storage function network element.
The network storage function network element, the network capability opening function network element, the policy control function network element, the session management function network element, and the first user plane function network element are configured to execute the respective corresponding actions in the above method embodiments, and the specific execution method and process may refer to the above method embodiments and are not repeated herein.
Embodiments of the present application provide a chip system including logic circuitry and input/output ports. The logic circuit is used for realizing the processing function related to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application, and the input/output port is used for realizing the receiving and transmitting function related to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application. Specifically, the input port may be used to implement a receiving function related to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application, and the output port may be used to implement a transmitting function related to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application.
In one possible design, the system on a chip further includes a memory for storing program instructions and data for implementing the functions related to the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application.
The chip system can be composed of chips, and can also comprise chips and other discrete devices.
Embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program or instructions; the computer program or instructions, when executed on a computer, cause the communication methods provided by the embodiments of the present application to be performed.
Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application to be performed.
It should be appreciated that the processor in embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), which may also be other general purpose processors, digital signal processors (digital signal processor, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), off-the-shelf programmable gate arrays (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, or the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
It should also be appreciated that the memory in embodiments of the present application may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (random access memory, RAM) which acts as an external cache. By way of example but not limitation, many forms of random access memory (random access memory, RAM) are available, such as Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM).
The above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware (e.g., circuitry), firmware, or any other combination. When implemented in software, the above-described embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer instructions or computer programs. When the computer instructions or computer program are loaded or executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the present application are all or partially produced. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website site, computer, server, or data center to another website site, computer, server, or data center by wired (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more sets of available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid state disk.
It should be understood that the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing the associated object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: there are three cases, a alone, a and B together, and B alone, wherein a, B may be singular or plural. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the associated object is an "or" relationship, but may also indicate an "and/or" relationship, and may be understood by referring to the context.
In the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or plural.
It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not mean the order of execution, and the order of execution of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.
It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein.
In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.
The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.
In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.
The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.
The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A method of communication, comprising:
the network storage function network element receives a first registration request message from a first user plane function network element; the first registration request message is used for requesting to register first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the first registration request message comprises the first computing capability information, wherein the first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of a first application program;
the network storage function network element sends a first registration response message to the first user plane function network element; wherein the first registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
2. A method of communication, comprising:
the network storage function network element receives a second registration request message from the network capability opening function network element; the second registration request message comprises first computing capability information, the second registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of a first application program;
The network storage function network element sends a second registration response message to the network capacity opening function network element; wherein the second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
3. The communication method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first computing power information comprises one or more of: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
4. A communication method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the first computing capability information further comprises one or more of: an identification of the first application, an instance of the first application, and an internet protocol, IP, address to which the instance of the first application is bound.
5. A method of communication according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the network storage function network element receives a computing capability discovery message from the first user plane function network element or a session management function network element; wherein the computing capability discovery message is for requesting computing capability information of one or more applications.
6. The communication method according to claim 5, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the network storage function network element sends the first computing capability information and/or one or more second computing capability information to the first user plane function network element or the session management function network element; wherein the second computing capability information is used to indicate the computing capability of the second application.
7. A method of communication, comprising:
the first user plane function network element acquires first computing capability information; wherein the first computing capability information is used to indicate a computing capability of the first application;
the first user plane function network element sends a first registration request message to a network storage function network element; wherein the first registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element, and the first registration request message includes the first computing capability information;
the first user plane function network element receives a first registration response message from the network storage function network element; wherein the first registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
8. The communication method of claim 7, wherein the first computing capability information comprises one or more of: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
9. A method of communicating according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the first user plane function network element sends a computing capability discovery message to the network storage function network element; wherein the computing capability discovery message is for requesting computing capability information of one or more applications.
10. The communication method according to claim 9, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the first user plane function network element receives one or more pieces of second computing capability information from the network storage function network element; the second computing capability information is used for indicating computing capability of a second application program, the second application program corresponds to a second user plane function network element, and the second application program receives a data packet through the second user plane function network element.
11. A method of communication according to any of claims 7-10, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the first user plane function network element receives a session message from a session management function network element; the session message is used for requesting network address translation NAT processing on the destination address of the data packet.
12. A method of communicating according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the first user plane function network element determines a third application program according to the first computing capability information and the one or more second computing capability information; wherein the third application program is an application program with optimal computing capability in the first application program and the one or more second application programs.
13. The communication method according to claim 12, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the first user plane function network element receives forwarding rules from a session management function network element; the forwarding rule is used for indicating that the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element forward the data packet through a first logic interface, and the third application program receives the data packet through the third user plane functional network element.
14. The communication method according to claim 13, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the first user plane function network element sends a logic interface creation request message to the session management function network element; the logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create the first logic interface, and the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element.
15. A method of communicating according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the first user plane functional network element sends a first data packet after NAT processing to the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface; the destination address of the first data packet after NAT processing is an IP address bound by the instance of the third application program.
16. A method of communication, comprising:
the session management function network element receives the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information from the network storage function network element; wherein the first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program, and the second computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the second application program;
The session management function network element determines a third application program according to the first computing capability information and one or more second computing capability information; wherein the third application program is an application program with optimal computing capability in the first application program and the one or more second application programs;
the session management function network element sends a session message to a third user plane function network element; the session message is used for requesting network address translation NAT processing for the destination address of the first data packet, where the NAT processing includes: replacing a destination address of a first data packet from a terminal device with an internet protocol, IP, address of an instance binding of a third application program, and replacing a source address of a second data packet from the third application program with a source address of the first data packet; and the third application program transmits a data packet through the third user plane function network element.
17. The communication method according to claim 16, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the session management function network element receives a session management policy association establishment response message from the policy control function network element; wherein the session management policy association establishment response message includes the first rule for indicating selection of an application according to the computing capability information.
18. A method of communicating according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the method further comprises:
the session management function network element sends a computing capability discovery message to the network storage function network element; wherein the computing capability discovery message is for requesting computing capability information of one or more applications.
19. A method of communicating according to any of claims 16-18, wherein the method further comprises:
the session management function network element receives a logic interface creation request message from a first user plane function network element; the logic interface creation request message is used for requesting to create a first logic interface, and the first logic interface is a logic interface between the first user plane functional network element and a third user plane functional network element.
20. The communication method according to claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:
the session management function network element sends a forwarding rule to the first user plane function network element; the forwarding rule is used for indicating that the data packet is forwarded between the first user plane functional network element and the third user plane functional network element through the first logic interface.
21. The communication method according to claim 20, characterized in that the method further comprises:
and the session management function network element sends the forwarding rule to the third user plane function network element.
22. A method of communication, comprising:
the network capability opening function network element acquires first computing capability information; wherein the first computing capability information is used for indicating the computing capability of the first application program;
the network capability opening function network element sends a second registration request message to a network storage function network element; wherein the second registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the second registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the network storage function network element.
23. The communication method of claim 22, wherein the first computing capability information comprises one or more of: available central processor CPU resources, available graphics processor GPU resources, available tensor processor TPU resources, available input/output I/O resources, available field programmable gate array FPGA resources, and available bandwidth resources.
24. A method of communicating according to claim 22 or 23, wherein the method further comprises:
The network capability opening function network element sends a third registration response message to the first application program; wherein the third registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
25. A method of communicating according to any of claims 22-24, wherein the method further comprises:
the network capability opening function network element receives a second registration response message from the network storage function network element; wherein the second registration response message is used to indicate that the first computing capability information has been successfully registered.
26. The communication method according to any one of claims 22-25, wherein the network capability open function network element obtains first computing capability information, comprising:
the network capability opening function network element receives a third registration request message from the first application program; wherein the third registration request message includes the first computing capability information, and the third registration request message is used for requesting to register the first computing capability information to the network element with the network storage function.
27. A communication device comprising means or modules for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 26.
28. A communication device, the communication device comprising: a processor; the processor configured to perform the communication method of any one of claims 1-26.
29. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program or instructions, which, when run on a computer, cause the communication method according to any one of claims 1-26 to be performed.
30. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising: computer program or instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the communication method according to any one of claims 1-26 to be performed.
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