CN116419261A

CN116419261A - Intention execution method and communication device

Info

Publication number: CN116419261A
Application number: CN202111652052.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘银萍; 李贤明
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-30
Filing date: 2021-12-30
Publication date: 2023-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 2041-12-30
Also published as: WO2023125281A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides an intention execution method and a communication device. The method comprises the following steps: when the identification of the first network element with the first function and the identification of the second network element with the first function are received, determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, or determining that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, wherein the first network element set comprises the first network element, and the second network element set comprises the second network element, thereby being beneficial to realizing the target intention of the network element with better calling network element performance, and improving the probability of achieving the target intention and/or reducing the duration of achieving the target intention.

Description

Intention execution method and communication device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of communication, and more particularly relates to an intention execution method and a communication device.

Background

At present, automatic work can be realized through a cognitive network management system. The cognitive network management system supports the processing of intents, where intent refers to a desire for an acting system. With the increasing degree of network intelligence, various solutions are proposed for each function involved in the intended workflow, such as analysis functions implemented by knowledge management functions (knowledge management, KM), self-organizing networks (self-organizing network, SON) functions, or management data analysis functions (management data analysis function, MDAF). How to implement the intended workflow more efficiently is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an intention execution method, which aims to reasonably select network elements for realizing intention, so as to improve the intention achievement probability.

In a first aspect, there is provided a method for intent execution, the method comprising: receiving a target intent from an intent-consuming network element; receiving an identification of a first network element having a first function from a knowledge management network element, the first function comprising a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function; receiving an identification of a second network element having the first function from the knowledge management network element; determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, wherein the network element performance comprises accuracy and/or execution duration, the accuracy represents the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration represents the execution duration of the first function; or determining that the network element set performance of a first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, wherein the first network element set comprises the first network element, the second network element set comprises the second network element, the network element set performance comprises an intention achievement probability and/or an intention achievement duration, the intention achievement probability represents the achievement probability of achieving the target intention, and the intention achievement duration represents the achievement duration of achieving the target intention; and sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, or sending an identifier of the first network element.

Based on the above technical solution, if the identifier of the first network element with the first function and the identifier of the second network element with the first function are received, determining the first network element with better network element performance or determining the first network element set with better network element set performance. Further, an instruction corresponding to the first function is sent to the first network element, so that the first network element can execute the first function according to the instruction to achieve the target intention. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better, invoking the first network element to achieve the target intention can improve the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reduce the achievement duration of the target intention.

Or, the identifier of the first network element is sent, so that the intended consumption network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

Or, the identifier of the first network element is sent, so that the intent management network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention can improve the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reduce the achievement duration of the target intention.

Or, the identifier of the first network element is sent, so that the knowledge management network element can send the identifier of the first network element to the intention management network element, so that the intention management network element can call the first network element with better network element performance, thereby improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

Illustratively, the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, including one or more of: the accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution time length of the first network element is shorter than the execution time length of the second network element; or, the first network element expected duration is shorter than the second network element expected duration, the first network element expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the second network element expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: receiving performance information of the first network element and performance information of the second network element, wherein the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the first network element, and the performance information of the second network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the second network element; wherein determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element comprises: and determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element.

Illustratively, the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, including one or more of: the intention achievement probability of the first network element set is higher than the intention achievement probability of the second network element set; or, the intention achievement time of the first network element set is longer than the intention achievement time of the second network element set.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: receiving performance information of the first network element set and performance information of the second network element set, wherein the performance information of the first network element set is used for indicating the performance of the first network element set, and the performance information of the second network element set is used for indicating the performance of the second network element set; wherein determining that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set comprises: and determining that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the sending the identifier of the first network element includes: and sending the identification of the first network element and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element.

Based on the technical scheme, the identification of the first network element and the first indication information are sent to the knowledge management network element, so that the knowledge management network element can send the identification of the first network element to the intention management network element according to the first indication information instead of send the identification of the second network element when receiving the query request of the target intention. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention, the achievement probability of the target intention can be improved and/or the achievement time of the target intention can be reduced.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: and sending the performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element, wherein the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the first network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the sending the identifier of the first network element includes: and sending the identification of the first network element to the intention consuming network element or the intention management network element.

Based on the technical scheme, the identification of the first network element is sent to the intended consumption network element, so that the intended consumption network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identification of the first network element. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

Or, the identifier of the first network element is sent to the intention management network element, so that the intention management network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention can improve the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reduce the achievement duration of the target intention.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes sending, to the intended consumption network element, an identifier of the first network element: receiving target performance information from the intended-consuming network element, the target performance information being used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention; and transmitting the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the determining, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send the identity of the first network element to the intended-consumption network element includes: if one or more of the following are satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is less than a first threshold; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length is greater than a second threshold value, determining to send the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes sending an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element: receiving target performance information from the intended-consuming network element, the target performance information being used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention; and transmitting an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, determining, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, an instruction for sending, to the first network element, the instruction corresponding to the first function includes: if one or more of the following are satisfied: the accuracy of the first network element and the target achievement probability are greater than or equal to a first threshold; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value, determining to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: and sending second instruction information to the first network element, wherein the second instruction information is used for instructing the first network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction to the intended consumption network element or the intended management network element.

In a second aspect, there is provided a method for intent execution, the method comprising: receiving a first request message from an intention management network element, wherein the first request message is used for requesting performance information of a first network element with a first function and performance information of a second network element with the first function, the first function comprises a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function, the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the first network element, the performance information of the second network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the second network element, the network element performance comprises accuracy and/or execution duration, the accuracy represents the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration represents the execution duration of the first function; and sending the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element.

Based on the technical scheme, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element according to the first request message, so that the intention management network element can select the network element with better network element performance from the first network element and the second network element to execute the target intention according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element, thereby improving the probability of achieving the target intention and/or reducing the duration of achieving the target intention.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: sending a second request message to the first network element, wherein the second request message is used for requesting performance information of the first network element; performance information of the first network element is received from the first network element.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: sending a third request message to the second network element, wherein the third request message is used for requesting performance information of the second network element; and receiving performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

In a third aspect, there is provided an intent to perform method comprising: receiving a fourth request message from an intention management network element, wherein the fourth request message is used for requesting performance information of a first network element set for realizing a target intention and performance information of a second network element set for realizing the target intention, the performance information of the first network element set is used for indicating network element set performance of the first network element set, the second network element set is used for indicating network element set performance of the second network element set, the network element set performance comprises an intention achievement probability and/or an intention achievement duration, the intention achievement probability represents achievement probability for realizing the target intention, and the intention achievement duration represents achievement duration for realizing the target intention; and sending the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set to the intention management network element.

Based on the technical scheme, the intention evaluation network element sends the aggregate performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element aggregate to the intention management network element according to the first request message, so that the intention management network element can select a network element aggregate with better network element aggregate performance from the first network element aggregate and the second network element aggregate to execute the target intention according to the performance information of the first network element aggregate and the performance information of the second network element aggregate, thereby improving the target intention achievement probability and/or reducing the target intention achievement duration.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the first set of network elements includes a first network element having a first function, the first function including a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision function, the method further including: sending a second request message to the first network element, where the second request message is used to request performance information of the first network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate network element performance of the first network element, where the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution duration, where the accuracy indicates execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration indicates execution duration of the first function; receiving performance information of the first network element from the first network element; and determining the performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the first network element.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the second set of network elements includes a second network element having a first function, the first function including a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision function, the method further including: sending a third request message to the second network element, where the third request message is used to request performance information of the second network element, where the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate network element performance of the second network element, where the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution duration, where the accuracy indicates execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration indicates execution duration of the first function; receiving performance information of the second network element from the second network element; and determining the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of the second network element.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an intent to perform method comprising: transmitting target performance information, wherein the target performance information is used for indicating target achievement probability for achieving target intention and/or target achievement duration for achieving the target intention; receiving an identification of a first network element having a first function from an intent management network element, the first function comprising a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function; determining an instruction corresponding to the first function according to the identification of the first network element; and sending the instruction to the first network element.

Based on the technical scheme, the intended consumption network element receives the identification of the first network element, and can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identification of the first network element. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a method for performing intent, the method comprising: receiving target performance information from an intended-consumption network element, the target performance information being used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving a target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention; receiving performance information of a first network element from a knowledge management network element, wherein the first network element has a first function, the first function comprises a sensing function, an analysis function or a decision function, the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating network element performance of the first network element, the network element performance comprises accuracy and/or execution duration, the accuracy represents execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration represents execution duration of the first function; and transmitting the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, or transmitting the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element.

Based on the above technical solution, the intention management network element may determine whether the first network element is invoked by the intention management network element or the first network element is invoked by the intention consumption network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element. The method is beneficial to realizing that the first network element is called by the intended consumption network element under the condition that the accuracy of the first network element is too small and/or the execution time of the first network element is too long. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the determining, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send the identity of the first network element to the intended-consumption network element, or determining, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element includes: if one or more of the following are satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target intention achievement probability is lower than a first threshold; or determining to send the identity of the first network element to the intended consumption network element if the ratio of the execution duration of the first network element to the target achievement duration exceeds a second threshold; alternatively, if one or more of the following are satisfied: the accuracy of the first network element and the target intention achievement probability are not lower than a first threshold value; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length does not exceed the second threshold value, determining to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in certain implementations of the fifth aspect, the method further includes: and sending second instruction information to the first network element, wherein the second instruction information is used for instructing the first network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction to the intended consumption network element or the intended management network element.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided an intent to perform method comprising: receiving an identification of a first network element with a first function and first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of a second network element with the first function, the first function comprises a sensing function, an analysis function or a decision function, the network element performance comprises accuracy and/or execution duration, the accuracy represents the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration represents the execution duration of the first function; receiving an identification of the target intent from an intent management network element; and sending the identification of the first network element to the intention management network element according to the first indication information.

Based on the technical scheme, the knowledge management network sends the identification of the first network element with the first function and the first network element with better network element performance in the second network element to the knowledge management network element according to the first indication information, so that the first network element can be called by the knowledge management network element to realize the target intention. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention, the achievement probability of the target intention can be improved and/or the achievement time of the target intention can be reduced.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in certain implementations of the sixth aspect, the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element indicates one or more of: the accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution time length of the first network element is shorter than the execution time length of the second network element; or, the first expected duration is shorter than the second expected duration, the first expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the second expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in certain implementations of the sixth aspect, the method further includes: receiving performance information of the first network element, wherein the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the performance of the network element of the first network element; and sending the performance information of the first network element to the intention management network element.

In a seventh aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, which may comprise means or units for performing the method of the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, the communication apparatus comprising a transceiver unit configured to receive a first request message from an intention management network element, the first request message being configured to request performance information of a first network element having a first function and performance information of a second network element having the first function, the first function comprising a sensing function, an analyzing function or a decision function, the performance information of the first network element being configured to indicate a network element performance of the first network element, the performance information of the second network element being configured to indicate the network element performance of the second network element, the network element performance comprising an accuracy and/or an execution duration, the accuracy being indicative of an execution accuracy of the first function, the execution duration being indicative of an execution duration of the first function; the transceiver unit is further configured to send the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element to the intent management network element.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in certain implementation manners of the eighth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send a second request message to the first network element, where the second request message is used to request performance information of the first network element; the transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in some implementations of the eighth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send a third request message to the second network element, where the third request message is used to request performance information of the second network element; the transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

In a ninth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, the communication apparatus comprising a transceiver unit configured to receive a fourth request message from an intention management network element, the fourth request message being configured to request performance information of a first set of network elements for achieving a target intention and performance information of a second set of network elements for achieving the target intention, the performance information of the first set of network elements being configured to indicate network element set performance of the first set of network elements, the second set of network elements being configured to indicate network element set performance of the second set of network elements, the network element set performance including an intention achievement probability and/or an intention achievement duration, the intention achievement probability being indicative of achievement probability of achieving the target intention, the intention achievement duration being indicative of achievement duration of achieving the target intention; the transceiver unit is further configured to send the performance information of the first set of network elements and the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intent management network element.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in certain implementations of the ninth aspect, the first set of network elements includes a first network element having a first function, where the first function includes a sensing function, an analyzing function, or a decision function, and the transceiver unit is further configured to send a second request message to the first network element, where the second request message is used to request performance information of the first network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate a network element performance of the first network element, where the network element performance includes an accuracy and/or an execution duration, where the accuracy indicates an execution accuracy of the first function, and where the execution duration indicates an execution duration of the first function; the transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of the first network element from the first network element; the communication device further comprises a processing unit, which is further configured to determine performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the first network element.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in certain implementations of the ninth aspect, the second set of network elements includes a second network element having a first function, the first function including a sensing function, an analyzing function, or a decision function, the transceiver unit is further configured to send a third request message to the second network element, the third request message being used to request performance information of the second network element, the performance information of the second network element being used to indicate a network element performance of the second network element, the network performance including an accuracy and/or an execution duration, the accuracy indicating an execution accuracy of the first function, the execution duration indicating an execution duration of the first function; the transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of the second network element from the second network element; the communication device comprises a processing unit for determining the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of the second network element.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus including a transceiving unit for transmitting target performance information indicating a target achievement probability of achieving a target intention and/or a target achievement period of achieving the target intention, and a processing unit; the transceiver unit is further configured to receive, from the intent management network element, an identification of a first network element having a first function, the first function including a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision function; the processing unit is used for determining an instruction corresponding to the first function according to the identification of the first network element; the transceiver unit is further configured to send the instruction to the first network element.

In an eleventh aspect, a communication device is provided, which may comprise means or units for performing the method of the fifth aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the fifth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, a communication device is provided, the communication device comprising a transceiver unit configured to receive an identification of a first network element having a first function and first indication information, the first indication information being configured to indicate that a network element performance of the first network element is better than a network element performance of a second network element having the first function, the first function comprising a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function, the network element performance comprising an accuracy and/or an execution duration, the accuracy representing an execution accuracy of the first function, the execution duration representing an execution duration of the first function; the transceiving unit is further for receiving an identification of the target intention from an intention management network element; the transceiver unit is further configured to send an identifier of the first network element to the intent management network element according to the first indication information.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in some implementations of the twelfth aspect, the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, including one or more of: the accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution time length of the first network element is shorter than the execution time length of the second network element; or, the first expected duration is shorter than the second expected duration, the first expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the second expected duration is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in some implementations of the twelfth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to receive performance information of the first network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element; the transceiver unit is further configured to send performance information of the first network element to the intent management network element.

In a thirteenth aspect, a communications apparatus is provided that includes a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory and operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a memory. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In one implementation, the communication device is an intent management network element or an intent assessment network element. When the communication device is an intention management network element or an intention assessment network element, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the communication device is a chip configured in an intent management network element or an intent assessment network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in an intention management network element or an intention evaluation network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

Alternatively, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit. Alternatively, the input/output interface may be an input/output circuit.

In a fourteenth aspect, a communications apparatus is provided that includes a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory and operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect and the second aspect, or to implement the method of any one of the possible implementations of the third aspect and the third aspect. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a memory. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In one implementation, the communication device is an intent assessment network element. When the communication device is an intended evaluation network element, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the communication device is a chip configured in an intention evaluation network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in an intended evaluation network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In a fifteenth aspect, a communications apparatus is provided that includes a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory and operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of any one of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect and the fourth aspect described above. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a memory. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In one implementation, the communication device is an intended consumer network element. When the communication device is an intended consumer network element, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the communication device is a chip configured in an intended consumer network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in an intended consumer network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In a sixteenth aspect, a communication device is provided that includes a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory and is operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of any one of the possible implementations of the fifth aspect and the fifth aspect described above. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a memory. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In one implementation, the communication device is an intent management network element. When the communication device is an intention management network element, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the communication device is a chip configured in an intent management network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in an intended management network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In a seventeenth aspect, a communication device is provided that includes a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory and is operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of any one of the above sixth aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the sixth aspect. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a memory. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.

In one implementation, the communication device is a knowledge management network element. When the communication device is a knowledge management network element, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the communication device is a chip configured in a knowledge management network element. When the communication device is a chip configured in a knowledge management network element, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In an eighteenth aspect, there is provided a processor comprising: input circuit, output circuit and processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive a signal via the input circuit and transmit a signal via the output circuit, such that the processor performs the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to sixth aspects.

In a specific implementation process, the processor may be one or more chips, the input circuit may be an input pin, the output circuit may be an output pin, and the processing circuit may be a transistor, a gate circuit, a flip-flop, various logic circuits, and the like. The input signal received by the input circuit may be received and input by, for example and without limitation, a receiver, the output signal may be output by, for example and without limitation, a transmitter and transmitted by a transmitter, and the input circuit and the output circuit may be the same circuit, which functions as the input circuit and the output circuit, respectively, at different times. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific implementation manner of the processor and the various circuits.

In a nineteenth aspect, a processing device is provided that includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to read instructions stored in the memory and is configured to receive signals via the receiver and to transmit signals via the transmitter to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to sixth aspects.

Optionally, the processor is one or more, and the memory is one or more.

Alternatively, the memory may be integrated with the processor or the memory may be separate from the processor.

In a specific implementation process, the memory may be a non-transient (non-transitory) memory, for example, a Read Only Memory (ROM), which may be integrated on the same chip as the processor, or may be separately disposed on different chips.

It should be appreciated that the related data interaction process, for example, transmitting the indication information, may be a process of outputting the indication information from the processor, and the receiving the capability information may be a process of receiving the input capability information by the processor. Specifically, the data output by the processor may be output to the transmitter, and the input data received by the processor may be from the receiver. Wherein the transmitter and receiver may be collectively referred to as a transceiver.

The processing means in the nineteenth aspect described above may be one or more chips. The processor in the processing device may be implemented by hardware or may be implemented by software. When implemented in hardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit, or the like; when implemented in software, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, implemented by reading software code stored in a memory, which may be integrated in the processor, or may reside outside the processor, and exist separately.

In a twentieth aspect, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product comprising: a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions) which, when executed, causes a computer to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to sixth aspects described above.

In a twenty-first aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, storing a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions) that, when run on a computer, causes the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to sixth aspects described above to be performed.

In a twenty-second aspect, a communication system is provided comprising one or more of the aforementioned intent management network element, intent assessment network element, intent consumption network element and knowledge management network element.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a workflow intended to be performed;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a system provided by an embodiment of the present application suitable for use in the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flow chart of a method provided by another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a chip system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical scheme of the application can be applied to various network function virtualization (network function virtualization, NFV) systems, and the system can describe the service technical scheme, the network construction scheme and the network operation and maintenance method of the current operator into modes and strategies by using standard formal languages, and realize the technical scheme, the construction scheme and the operation and maintenance method based on the modes and the strategies. For example, the technical solution of the present application may be applied to one or more of the following systems: wireless intent driven network (wireless intent driven network, widnn) systems, experiential network intelligence (experiential networked intelligence, ENI) systems, intent driven management services (intent driven management service, IDMS) systems, or open network automation platform (open network automation platform, ONAP) systems, etc.

For clarity, some terms in the embodiments of the present application are explained below.

The intention is: refers to the desire for a system of action. The intent may include one or more of the following: requirements, intent targets, and constraints. The system of action may include one or more of the following: a wIDN system, an ENI system, an IDMS system, an ONAP system, etc.

Intent workflow: for describing steps intended for implementation. The workflow is completed by one or more management functions.

Intent translation: flow of translating intent into network element executable commands, network element executable rules or network element executable policies.

Perception (awareness) function: network data and traffic data (e.g., configuration data, performance data, alert data, etc.) are collected and data pre-processed (e.g., data filtering, statistics, etc.).

Analysis (analysis) function: analyzing the acquired network data and service data, and identifying a network state and a service state; or based on the network data obtained by history and the service data obtained by history, predicting the future change trend of the network state and the service state, and giving a suggested optimization scheme.

Decision function: evaluate and decide the operation to be performed.

The execution (execution) function: issuing the network element executable command and/or the network element executable rule, and adjusting the network element executable command and/or the network element executable rule according to the network environment and the intention achievement condition.

Intent targets: for indicating the target value that is intended to be achieved.

The intention is to achieve: the system detects that a key performance indicator (key performance indicator, KPI) value in the network reaches a target value in the intent expression, or otherwise achieves the intent goal.

The intention is to perform the result: and (3) after the intention execution is finished, evaluating the intention achievement condition. For example, the intent execution result may include a result of whether the intent is achieved and/or a network performance indicator.

Knowledge management: various knowledge and information are concentrated, and intelligent and efficient query and search capabilities are provided for users by building internal links of the knowledge and the information.

Intent creation: creating an intention in the intention system and creating a corresponding intention context.

The intention is to implement: and issuing the operation to be executed generated by the intention to the execution network element.

As shown in fig. 1, the third generation partnership project (3rd generation partnership project,3GPP) divides the workflow (workflow) intended for execution into five dimensions, respectively intended translation, perception, analysis, decision and execution. Illustratively, the intent-driven management function (intent driven management function, IDMF) expresses intent as a set of management service (management service, mnS) or management function (management function, mnF) requirements through an intent translation function based on the intent entered by the operator or consumer, which together complete a perception function, an analysis function, a decision function, and an execution of the entire workflow. When the execution function is realized, the IDMF sends a network element executable command and/or a network element executable rule to a managed entity; accordingly, the managed entity executes the network element executable command and/or the network element executable rule. The managed entity may be a network resource entity, such as a base station. And finally, the IDMF performs intention achievement evaluation, and returns an intention execution result to an operator or a consumer.

With the increasing degree of network intelligence, there are a variety of solutions for each function involved in the intended workflow. For example, the sensing function may be implemented by a data acquisition and coordination function (data collection coordination function, DCCF) or a performance guarantee MnS (performance assurance MnS). As another example, the analysis function may be implemented by a knowledge management function, a self-organizing network (self-organizing network, SON) function, or a management data analysis function (management data analysis function, MDAF). As another example, the decision function may be implemented by MDAF or by IDMF.

In view of this, the embodiments of the present application provide an intention execution method in order to reasonably select network elements for realizing intention, thereby improving the probability of intention achievement.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, an intent processing system provided by the embodiments of the present application is first described in detail in connection with fig. 2. As shown in fig. 2, the intent processing system includes an intent consumption network element 210, a knowledge management network element 220, an intent management network element 230, and an intent assessment network element 240.

The intended-consumer network element 210, which may also be referred to as an intended consumer, is the intended consumer entity. For example, the intended-consumption network element 210 may be an operation support system (operation support system, OSS), a service support system (business support system, BSS), an Application (APP), or other user equipment. For an intent driven management service (intent driven management service, IDMS) system, the intent consuming network element 210 may be a service consumer or MnS or MnF. For example, the intended-consumption network element 210 may be a network management system (network management system, NMS). The intent-to-consume network element 210 may be in communication with the intent-to-manage network element 220, e.g., the intent-to-consume network element 210 may send a request to the intent-to-manage network element 220 to create an intent or to implement an intent.

The intent management network element 220 is responsible for intent control, network management and decision making functions. For an IDMS system, the intention management network element 220 is an IDMF network element, for example. Where intent control refers to the intent management element 220 invoking different network elements to implement awareness functions, analytics functions, decision functions, and executive functions. Network management refers to the intention management network element 220 that can manage network elements with awareness functions, analytics functions, decision making functions, or executive functions. Decision functions refer to evaluating and deciding an operation to be performed.

The knowledge management network element 230 is responsible for intent translation and knowledge query functions.

The intent assessment network element 240 may communicate with an intent-to-implement network element (e.g., DCCF 250, SON function 260, or MDAF 270) to obtain accuracy and/or execution duration of the intent-to-implement network element, and may determine an intent-to-achieve probability based on the accuracy of the intent-to-implement network element, and an intent-to-achieve time based on the execution duration of the intent-to-implement network element. In particular, for more functional description of the intention-to-evaluate network element 240, reference may be made to the description in method 300, method 400, method 800, method 900 or method 1000 below.

As shown in fig. 2, embodiments of the present application are not limited to assessing whether network elements 240 are deployed independently. In one possible implementation, the intent assessment network element 240 may be deployed within the intent management network element 220, i.e. all functions of the intent assessment network element 220 are implemented by the intent management network element 240. In another possible implementation, the intention assessment network element 240 is deployed independently.

Optionally, the intent processing system further comprises an intent implementation network element for implementing any one or more of the following functions: a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function. DCCF 250, such as shown in fig. 2, is shown as an example of an intention management network element for implementing a awareness function; the SON function 260 shown in fig. 2 as another example of an intent management network element may be used to implement an analysis function; the MDAF 270 shown in fig. 2 is another example of an intention management network element that may be used to implement decision functions.

It should be noted that, in fig. 2, DCCF 250 is an intended implementation network element for implementing a sensing function as an example, embodiments of the present application are not limited to a specific type of the intended implementation network element for implementing the sensing function, for example, the intended implementation network element for implementing the sensing function may be a performance guarantee MnS. Taking the example that the SON function 260 is an intended implementation network element for implementing the analysis function in fig. 2, embodiments of the present application are not limited to a specific type of the intended implementation network element for implementing the analysis function, for example, the intended implementation network element for implementing the analysis function may also be the knowledge management network element 230. And in fig. 2, taking MDAF 270 as an example of an intended implementation network element for implementing a decision function, embodiments of the present application are not limited to a specific type of an intended implementation network element for implementing a decision function, for example, an intended implementation network element for implementing a decision function may also be IDMF.

It should also be noted that the names of the network elements shown in fig. 2 are merely examples, and the network elements shown in fig. 2 may also be referred to as other names, or may be replaced by other entities or devices having the same function, which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The method for performing intent provided in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to fig. 3 by taking a coverage optimization procedure in an IDMS system as an example. The intention execution method provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps:

s301, the NMS sends an intention creation request message to the IDMF.

Wherein the intent creation request message includes an area of coverage optimization and a goal of coverage optimization. For example, the area intended to create the coverage optimization that the request includes is area #A, and the coverage optimization target is a weak coverage of area #A of less than 5%.

Optionally, the intent creation request message may further comprise one or more of the following: coverage optimized time period, coverage optimized user group, or coverage optimized traffic. For example, if the period in which the intention creation request message further includes coverage optimization is period #a, the intention of the intention creation request message to request creation is such that the weak coverage of region #a in period #a is less than 5%.

S302, the IDMF sends an intention creation response message to the NMS.

After the IDMF receives the intention creation request message from the NMS, assigns an identity of the intention (intent identifier, intent ID) to the intention created by the intention creation request message request, and then the IDMF feeds back an intention creation response message to the NMS, the intention creation request message including the identity of the intention. Wherein the identification of the intent is used to identify the intent.

S303, the IDMF sends an intention knowledge query request message to the knowledge management network element.

The intent knowledge query request message includes one or more of the following: coverage optimization objectives, coverage optimization areas, coverage optimization time periods, coverage optimization user groups, coverage optimization traffic. Illustratively, the content included in the intent knowledge query request message is the same as the content included in the intent creation request message.

Optionally, the intent knowledge query request message further comprises an identification of the intent.

S304, the knowledge management network element queries the intention knowledge.

Illustratively, the knowledge management network element performs intent translation to translate intent into a set of network element executable commands, executable rules, or executable policies based on the content query knowledge contained in the intent knowledge query request message.

For example, the knowledge management network element performs intent translation resulting in one or more of the following: data collection rules, problem analysis strategies, solution evaluation and decision strategies, and intent target achievement calculation formulas (fulfillmentCriterion).

The data acquisition rule is used for indicating how the network element with the sensing function collects network data and/or service data. Optionally, the data collection rule is further used to instruct the network element with the sensing function how to perform data preprocessing. For example, the data collection rules may include monitoring areas, monitoring objects, and coverage related data categories. The monitoring area refers to an area where data is collected, and the monitoring object refers to an object where data is collected. The coverage related data categories include one or more of the following: overlay related performance data (i.e., performance measurement data, minimization of drive tests (minimization of drive tests, MDT) data), network configuration data, inventory data (e.g., equipment information, engineering parameters, etc.), and environmental data (e.g., electronic maps). Optionally, the data acquisition rules may also include a data acquisition period.

The problem analysis strategy is used for indicating how to determine coverage problems according to the collected data and generating a coverage optimization scheme by the network element with the analysis function. For example, the problem analysis policy may include one or more discriminant criteria that cover the problem. For example, the problem analysis strategy includes discrimination criteria for a weak coverage problem. The discrimination conditions for the weak coverage problem include one or more of the following: a weak coverage pilot strength threshold, a weak coverage signal to interference plus noise ratio (signal to interference plus noise radio, SINR) threshold, and a weak coverage level threshold.

The scheme evaluation and decision strategy is used to instruct the network element with decision function how to evaluate and decide the operation to be performed.

The calculation formula of achieving the intention target indicates a calculation method for judging achieving the intention target, if the weak coverage rate of the intention target for the area #A is less than 5%, the calculation formula of achieving the intention target is the weak coverage cell number of the area #A/the total cell number of the area #A.

S305, the knowledge management network element sends an intention knowledge query response message to the IDMF.

The intent knowledge query response message contains one or more of the following: data collection rules, problem analysis strategies, scheme evaluation and decision strategies, and calculation formulas for achieving the intention targets.

Optionally, the intent knowledge query response message further comprises an identification of the intent.

S306, the IDMF sends a data acquisition request message to the DCCF.

The IDMF determines DCCF capable of executing the data acquisition rule according to the data acquisition rule fed back by the knowledge management network element, and sends a data acquisition request message to the DCCF. The data acquisition request message contains data acquisition rules.

S307, the DCCF performs data acquisition according to the data acquisition rule.

S308, the DCCF sends a data acquisition feedback message to the IDMF.

The data acquisition feedback message includes DCCF acquired data. Optionally, if the data acquisition rule further indicates that the DDCF performs preprocessing on the acquired data, the data acquisition feedback message further includes a result of preprocessing the acquired data.

S309, the IDMF sends a problem analysis request message to MnF 1.

The IDMF determines MnF1 capable of executing the problem analysis strategy according to the problem analysis strategy fed back by the knowledge management network element, and sends a problem analysis request message to the MnF 1. The problem analysis request message contains data collected by the DCCF and a problem analysis policy.

S310, carrying out problem analysis and scheme generation on MnF 1.

And the MnF1 performs coverage problem analysis and coverage optimization scheme generation according to the data included in the problem analysis request message and the problem analysis strategy. For example, the types of analytic coverage problems are weak coverage, coverage holes, cross-zone coverage, etc.

S311, mnF1 sends a problem analysis feedback message to IDMF.

The problem analysis feedback message includes the coverage problem root and a number of alternative coverage optimization schemes that MnF1 generates from the coverage problem root. The root cause of the coverage problem refers to the cause of the coverage problem.

S312, IDMF sends a solution evaluation and decision request message to MnF 2.

The IDMF determines MnF2 capable of executing the scheme evaluation and decision strategy according to the scheme evaluation and decision strategy fed back by the knowledge management network element, and sends a scheme evaluation and decision request message to the MnF 2. The solution evaluation and decision request message contains at least one alternative coverage optimization solution generated by the coverage problem root cause and MnF1, and also comprises a solution evaluation and decision strategy.

S313, mnF2 performs scheme evaluation and decision.

MnF2 evaluates and makes decisions for at least one alternative coverage optimization scheme based on the received scheme evaluation and decision request message. Optionally, mnF2 also orders the order of execution of at least one alternative coverage optimization scheme.

S341, mnF2 sends an evaluation feedback message to IDMF.

The evaluation feedback message may include a network element entity list (entityList) and an operation instruction list (instructionList) related to each coverage optimization scheme. Optionally, the assessment feedback message further comprises a recommended execution order of at least one alternative coverage optimization scheme.

S315, the IDMF sends the operation instruction to the network element.

And the IDMF issues the operation instruction list of the implementation scheme to the corresponding network element according to the network element entity list and the operation instruction list related to the coverage optimization scheme to be executed. For example, the IDMF sends an instruction to the access network device indicating to adjust the coverage related network configuration. The coverage related configuration may include azimuth, tilt angle, or downlink power of the antenna array in a Massive multiple-input multiple-output (Massive multiple input multiple output, massive MIMO) coverage scenario, among others.

S316, the IDMF performs intention achievement evaluation.

After the network element implements the operation instruction according to the operation instruction list received from the IDMF, the IDMF calculates whether the intention is reached according to the fulfilmentcriterion. If the intention is not achieved, the IDMF is based on all the alternative coverage optimization schemes of MnF1 generation performed in sequence until the intention is achieved. Optionally, the IDMF sequentially executes the alternative coverage optimization schemes according to a recommended execution order included in the assessment feedback message.

S317, the IDMF sends the notification of the intention execution result to the NMS.

After the IDMF performs the intention achievement evaluation, an intention execution result notification is sent to the NMS. The intention execution result notification is used to indicate an intention achievement situation. Wherein the intention achievement case is used to indicate whether or not the intention is achieved. Optionally, the intent achievement case also includes the network state (e.g., coverage related KPIs) after the network element has performed the operation.

In the embodiment of the application, taking the coverage optimization process in the IMDS system as an example, five dimensions of the workflow intended to be executed are described in detail, so that the specific execution process of the workflow intended to be executed is clarified. As mentioned above, each of the functions involved in the intended workflow may be implemented by a different network element, however in the method shown in fig. 3, the network element selected by the knowledge management network element for implementing the perception function, the analysis function or the decision function is not defined.

In view of this, the present application implementation also provides the intention execution method shown in fig. 4 to fig. 4 in order to reasonably select network elements for implementing the sensing function, the analysis function or the decision function, thereby improving the intention achievement probability.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic flow chart of a method intended to be performed according to an embodiment of the present application, and the steps involved in the method 400 are described in detail below.

S410, the evaluation network element receives the target intention from the intention consuming network element. Accordingly, in S410, the intention consuming network element sends the target intention to the evaluation network element.

Wherein the evaluation network element is the intention management network element or the intention evaluation network element in fig. 2. Illustratively, in S410, the intention consuming network element sends the target intention to the evaluating network element through an intention creation request message. For example, an intention creation request message is used to request creation of a target intention.

Optionally, in S410, the intention consuming network element indicates the target intention to the evaluation network element by means of the identification of the target intention. That is, the intent-consuming network element sends an identification of the target intent to the evaluation network element. Accordingly, the evaluation network element determines the target intention according to the identification of the target intention. The identification of the target intent is used to uniquely identify the target intent.

Illustratively, if the intent-consuming network element receives an identification of the target intent from the intent-managing network element or the knowledge-managing network element prior to S410, the intent-consuming network element may send the identification of the target intent to the evaluation network element in S410. For example, if the intention consumption network element transmits a request message for requesting creation of the target intention to the intention management network element before S410, the intention management network element may assign an identifier to the target intention according to the request message and transmit the identifier to the intention consumption network element. Further, in S410, the intention consuming network element may send an identification of the target intention to the evaluation network element.

S420, the evaluation network element receives the identification of the first network element from the knowledge management network element. Accordingly, in S420, the knowledge management network element sends the identity of the first network element to the evaluation network element.

The identity of the first network element is used to indicate the first network element, for example, the identity of the first network element may be an Identity (ID) that is intended to manage the allocation of the network element for the first network element, or the identity of the first network element is a rule or policy supported by the first network element. For example, if the first network element is a network element with a sensing function, the identification of the first network element may be a data collection rule. For another example, the first network element is a network element with analysis functionality, and the identification of the first network element may be a problem analysis policy. As another example, the first network element is a network element with a decision function, and the identification of the first network element may be a scheme evaluation and decision strategy.

The first network element has a first function for achieving a target intention. Illustratively, the first function includes one or more of: a perception function, an analysis function and a decision function. For example, the first network element may be DCCF 250 or performance guarantee MnS in fig. 2, and the first function is a sensing function; alternatively, the first network element may be the SON function 260 in fig. 2 or the knowledge management network element 230 in fig. 2, the first function being an analysis function; alternatively, the first network element may be the MDAF 270 in fig. 2 or the intent management network element 220 in fig. 2, and the first function may be a decision function. As another example, the first network element is MDAF 270 in fig. 2, and the first function includes: an analysis function and a decision function.

Illustratively, in S420, the knowledge management network element sends an identification of the first network element to the evaluation network element, including: the knowledge management network element sends the identification of each network element included in the first network element set to the evaluation network element, the first network element set is used for achieving the target intention, and the first network element set includes the first network element. Illustratively, the first set of network elements includes all network elements that need to be invoked to achieve the target intent, and each network element included in the first set of network elements uses a different function in achieving the target intent. For example, the first set of network elements is used to indicate network elements with awareness functionality, network elements with analysis functionality and network elements with decision functionality. That is, the first network element may be a network element having a sensing function, a network element having an analyzing function, or a network element having a decision function in the first network element set. The network element with the perception function uses the perception function in the process of realizing the target intention, the network element with the analysis function uses the analysis function in the process of realizing the target intention, and the network element with the decision function uses the decision function in the process of realizing the target intention.

Illustratively, the first set of network elements includes MnF1 with a sensing function, mnF2 with an analyzing function, and MnF3 with a decision function. The identity of each network element included in the first network element set sent by the knowledge management network element to the evaluation network element may be expressed as: < MnF 1. Identity, mnF 2. Identity, mnF3. Identity >. Wherein, the MnF1 mark can be a data collection rule #1, the MnF2 mark can be a problem analysis strategy #1, and the MnF3 mark can be a scheme evaluation and decision strategy #1. That is, the identities of the respective network elements included in the first set of network elements that the knowledge management network element sends to the evaluation network element may be expressed as: < data acquisition rule #1, problem analysis strategy #1, plan evaluation and decision strategy #1>.

S430, the evaluation network element receives the identification of the second network element from the knowledge management network element. Accordingly, in S430, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the second network element to the evaluation network element.

The identifier of the second network element is used to indicate the second network element, for example, the identifier of the second network element may be an ID that is assigned to the second network element by the intention management network element, or the identifier of the second network element is a rule or policy supported by the second network element. For example, the second network element is a network element with a sensing function, and the identification of the second network element may be a data acquisition rule. For another example, the second network element is a network element with analysis functionality, and the identification of the second network element may be a problem analysis policy. As another example, the second network element is a network element with decision function, and the identification of the second network element may be a scheme evaluation and decision strategy.

The second network element has a first function. For example, the second network element is a different network element from the first network element among the network elements having the first function. The description of the second network element may refer to the description of the first network element, which is not described herein. Illustratively, if the first function is an analysis function, the first network element may be MDAF 270 in fig. 2, and the second network element may be intent management network element 220; alternatively, the first network element may be the intent management network element 220 and the second network element may be the MDAF 270 in fig. 2.

Illustratively, in S420, the knowledge management network element sends the identity of the second network element to the evaluation network element, including: the knowledge management network element sends the identification of each network element included in the second network element set to the evaluation network element, the second network element set is used for achieving the target intention, and the second network element set includes the second network element. Illustratively, the second set of network elements includes all network elements that need to be invoked to achieve the target intent, and each network element included in the second set of network elements uses a different function in achieving the target intent. For example, the second set of network elements is used to indicate network elements with awareness functionality, network elements with analysis functionality and network elements with decision functionality. That is, the second network element may be a network element having a sensing function, a network element having an analyzing function, or a network element having a decision function in the second network element set.

Illustratively, the second network element set includes MnF4 with a sensing function, mnF5 with an analyzing function, and MnF6 with a decision function, and the identities of the respective network elements included in the second network element set sent by the knowledge management network element to the evaluation network element may be expressed as: < MnF 4. Identity, mnF5 identity, mnF6 identity >. Wherein, the MnF4 identification may be data collection rule #2, the MnF5 identification may be problem analysis strategy #2, and the MnF6 identification may be solution evaluation and decision strategy #2. That is, the identity of each network element included in the second set of network elements that the knowledge management network element sends to the evaluation network element may be expressed as: < data acquisition rule #2, problem analysis strategy #2, plan evaluation and decision strategy #2>.

Note that if the first function is a sensing function, mnF1 and MnF4 are different network elements, and the data acquisition rule #2 is different from the data acquisition rule # 1. If the first function is an analysis function, mnF2 and MnF5 are different network elements, and the problem analysis strategy #2 is different from the problem analysis strategy # 1. If the first function is a decision function, mnF3 and MnF6 are different network elements, and scheme evaluation and decision strategy #2 is different from scheme evaluation and decision strategy # 1.

The embodiment of the present application does not limit the manner in which the knowledge management network element sends the identifier of the first network element and the identifier of the second network element to the evaluation network element, and for example, the knowledge management network element may send the identifier of the first network element and the identifier of the second network element in four manners as follows:

In one mode, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element and the identification of the second network element to the evaluation network element in different messages. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are different steps.

In a second mode, the knowledge management network element sends the identifiers of the network elements included in the first network element set to the evaluation network element in a message #1, and sends the identifiers of the network elements included in the second network element set to the evaluation network element in a message #2, wherein the message #1 is different from the message # 2. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are different steps.

In a third mode, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element and the identification of the second network element to the evaluation network element in the same message. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are one step.

In a fourth mode, the knowledge management network element sends the identifiers of the network elements included in the first network element set to the evaluation network element in a message #1, and sends the identifiers of the network elements included in the second network element set to the evaluation network element in the message # 1. In this case, steps S420 and S430 are one step.

Optionally, if the knowledge management network element further queries a third network element having the first function, the knowledge management network element may further send an identification of the third network element to the evaluation network element. Or the knowledge management network element sends the identification of each network element included in the third network element set to the evaluation network element, the third network element set is used for realizing the target intention, and the third network element set includes a third network element.

Optionally, if the knowledge management network element further queries the fourth network element with the second function and the fifth network element with the second function, the knowledge management network element may further send the identifier of the fourth network element and the identifier of the fifth network element to the evaluation network element. The second function is for achieving the target intention, and the second function is different from the first function. For example, the first function may be a perception function and the second function may be an analysis function or a decision function. As another example, the first function may be an analysis function and the second function may be a perception function or a decision function. As another example, the first function may be a decision function and the second function may be an analysis function or a perception function.

Further, the method 400 performs S440a or S440b.

Illustratively, if in S420 the evaluation network element receives an identification of the first network element instead of the identification of each network element comprised by the first set of network elements, and in S430 the evaluation network element receives an identification of the second network element instead of the identification of each network element comprised by the second set of network elements, the method 400 may perform S440a.

Also for example, if in S420 the evaluation network element receives the identity of each network element comprised by the first set of network elements, and in S420 the evaluation network element receives the identity of each network element comprised by the second set of network elements, the other network elements comprised by the first set of network elements are the same as the other network elements comprised by the second set of network elements except for the first and second network elements, the method 400 may perform S440a. For example, the first set of network elements includes network element #1 (i.e., first network element), network element #2, and network element #3, and the second set of network elements includes network element #4 (i.e., second network element), network element #2, and network element #3.

As another example, if in S420 the evaluation network element receives the identity of each network element comprised by the first set of network elements, and in S420 the evaluation network element receives the identity of each network element comprised by the second set of network elements, the method 400 may perform S440b.

As another example, if in S420 and S430, the evaluation network element receives the identifiers of the plurality of network elements, where the plurality of network elements includes a first network element and a second network element, and if the first network element and a part of the plurality of network elements form a first network element set, the second network element and a part of the plurality of network elements form a second network element set, the method 400 may execute S440b.

S440a, the evaluation network element determines that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element.

The network element performance of the first network element comprises an accuracy (accuracy) of the first network element and/or an execution time (executionTime) of the first network element.

The accuracy of the first network element represents the execution accuracy of the first function, i.e. the accuracy of the output result when the first network element historically uses the first function to achieve the target intention. Taking the example that the first function is a sensing function, the accuracy of the first network element can be expressed as: the ratio (e.g., may be expressed in percent) of the data actually collected by the first network element history using the awareness function to the data requested to be collected by the first network element. Taking the example that the first function is a decision function, the accuracy of the first network element can be expressed as: and the number of times of implementing the alternative scheme according to the result output by the decision network element. For example, according to the decision result output by the first network element, the target intention is achieved after implementing the three alternatives, and the accuracy of the first network element is 3 times. For example, if the first network element history uses the first function multiple times to achieve the target intent, the accuracy of the first network element may be an average of a plurality of historic execution accuracies of the first function. For example, the first network element history uses the first function twice to achieve the target intent, and the accuracy of the first network element may be an average of the accuracy of using the first function for the first time and the accuracy of using the first function for the second time.

The execution duration of the first network element indicates the execution duration of the first function, i.e. the execution duration of using the first function in the first network element history to achieve the target intention. Taking the first function as a sensing function as an example, the execution duration of the first network element is the duration used by the first network element to collect data according to the request. For example, if the first network element histories the first function to achieve the target intention multiple times, the execution duration of the first network element may be an average of a plurality of historic execution durations of the first function. For example, the first network element history uses the first function twice to achieve the target intention, and the accuracy of the first network element may be an average of an execution duration of the first use of the first function and an execution duration of the second use of the first function.

The network element performance of the second network element includes an accuracy of the second network element and an execution duration of the second network element. The description of the accuracy of the second network element may refer to the description of the accuracy of the first network element above, and the description of the execution duration of the second network element may refer to the description of the execution duration of the first network element above.

The network element performance of the first network element being better than the network element performance of the second network element comprises one or more of: the accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution time length of the first network element is shorter than the execution time length of the second network element; alternatively, the expected duration of the first network element is shorter than the expected duration of the second network element. Wherein the expected duration of the first network element is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, e.g. the expected duration of the first network element is equal to the value obtained by dividing the execution duration of the first network element by the accuracy of the first network element. The expected duration of the second network element is determined based on the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element, e.g., the expected duration of the second network element is equal to the value of the accuracy of the second network element divided by the accuracy of the second network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element further receives the identifier of the third network element having the first function, after the evaluation network element determines that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, it may further determine that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the third network element. For the description of the network element performance of the third network element reference may be made to the description of the network element performance of the first network element above.

Optionally, the evaluation network element may further determine that the network element performance of the second network element is better than the network element performance of the third network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element further receives the identifier of the fourth network element having the second function and the identifier of the fifth network element having the second function, the evaluation network element may further determine that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element. The network element performance of the fourth network element comprises an accuracy of the fourth network element and/or an execution duration of the fourth network element. The accuracy of the fourth network element represents the execution accuracy of the second function, i.e. the accuracy of the output result when the fourth network element historically uses the second function to achieve the target intention. The execution duration of the fourth network element represents the execution duration of the second function, i.e. the execution duration of using the second function in the fifth network element history to achieve the target intention. The network element performance of the fifth network element comprises an accuracy of the fifth network element and/or an execution duration of the first network element. The accuracy of the fifth network element represents the execution accuracy of the second function, i.e., the accuracy of the output result when the fifth network element historically uses the second function to achieve the target intention. The execution duration of the fifth network element represents the execution duration of the second function, i.e. the execution duration of using the second function in the fifth network element history to achieve the target intention.

The network element performance of the fourth network element being better than the network element performance of the fifth network element comprises one or more of: the accuracy of the fourth network element is higher than that of the fifth network element; the execution time length of the fourth network element is shorter than that of the fifth network element; alternatively, the fourth network element may have a shorter desired time period than the fifth network element. The expected duration of the fourth network element is determined according to the accuracy of the fourth network element and the execution duration of the fourth network element, for example, the expected duration of the fourth network element is equal to a value obtained by dividing the execution duration of the fourth network element by the accuracy of the fourth network element. The expected duration of the fifth network element is determined according to the accuracy of the fifth network element and the execution duration of the fifth network element, e.g., the expected duration of the fifth network element is equal to the value of the accuracy of the fifth network element divided by the accuracy of the fifth network element.

Optionally, in S440a, the evaluation network element determines that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element. The performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the first network element, and the performance information of the second network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the second network element.

For example, the first network element performance information may include an accuracy and/or an execution duration of the first network element. The performance information of the second network element may comprise an accuracy and/or an execution duration of the second network element.

Optionally, if before S440a, the evaluation network element does not acquire the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element, then before S440a, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element receives the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element.

S440b, the evaluating network element determines that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set.

The first set of network elements is for achieving the target intent, the first set of network elements including the first network element. For more description on the first set of network elements reference may be made to S420 above.

The second set of network elements is for achieving the target intent, the second set of network elements including the second network element. For more description on the second set of network elements reference may be made to S430 above.

The network element set performance of the first network element set includes an intention achievement probability (which may be denoted as success rate) and/or an intention achievement duration (which may be denoted as expectedTime) of the first network element set.

The intent achievement probability of the first set of network elements represents an achievement probability that the first set of network elements achieves the target intent.

Illustratively, the intention achievement probability of the first set of network elements is determined from the accuracy of the network elements comprised by the first set of network elements. For a description of the accuracy of the network element reference may be made to the description of the accuracy of the first network element above. For example, the intention achievement probability of the first network element set is equal to the accuracy of the network element with the lowest accuracy among all the network elements included in the first network element set, for example, the accuracy of the network element #1 included in the first network element set is 100%, the accuracy of the network element #2 is 90%, and the accuracy of the network element #3 is 3 times, and then the intention achievement probability of the first network element set may be 90% or 3 times. For another example, the intention achievement probability of the first set of network elements is equal to a product of the accuracies of the network elements comprised by the first set of network elements, e.g., the intention achievement probability of the first set of network elements is equal to 90% ×100%.

Still further exemplary, the intent achievement probability for the first set of network elements is determined from two of: the first network element set history is invoked to achieve a total number of target intentions (noted as a first term), the first network element set history is scheduled to achieve a total number of target intentions achieved when the target intention is achieved (noted as a second term). Wherein the first network element set is called, which means that each network element included in the first network element set is called. For example, the probability achieved by the first set of network elements is equal to the ratio of the second term to the first term.

The intention achievement period of the first network element set represents the achievement period of the first network element set for achieving the target intention.

The intention achievement period of the first network element set is determined by the execution period of each network element included in the first network element set. For the description of the execution duration of the network element reference may be made to the description of the execution duration of the first network element above. For example, the intention achievement duration of the first network element set is equal to the sum of the execution durations of all the network elements included in the first network element set, for example, the execution duration of the network element #1 included in the first network element set is 2 minutes (min), the execution duration of the network element #2 is 8min, the execution duration of the network element #3 is 5min, and then the intention achievement duration of the first network element set is equal to 15min.

Also illustratively, the intent achievement time period of the first set of network elements is equal to the execution time period of the first set of network elements when the first set of network elements history is invoked to achieve the target intent. If the first network element set history is called for realizing the target intention multiple times, the intention achieving time length of the first network element set is the longest execution time length of the multiple execution time lengths of the first network element set, or the intention achieving time length of the first network element set is an average value of the multiple execution time lengths of the first network element set. The historical execution time length of the first network element set is the sum of the execution time lengths of all the network elements included in the first network element set.

The network element set performance of the second network element set includes an intention achievement probability of the second network element set and/or an intention achievement duration of the second network element set. The description of the intention achievement probability for the second set of network elements may refer to the description of the intention achievement probability for the first set of network elements above, and the description of the intention achievement period for the second set of network elements may refer to the description of the intention achievement period for the first set of network elements above.

The network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set including one or more of: the intention achievement probability of the first network element set is higher than the intention achievement probability of the second network element set; or, the intention achievement time of the first network element set is shorter than the achievement time of the second network element set.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element further receives the identifier of the third network element or the identifier of each network element included in the third network element set, after the evaluation network element determines that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, the evaluation network element may further determine that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the third network element set. For the description of the network element set performance of the third network element set reference may be made to the description of the network element set performance of the first network element set above.

Optionally, the evaluating network element may further determine that the network element set performance of the second network element set is better than the network element set performance of the third network element set.

Optionally, before S440b, the method 400 further comprises: and the evaluation network element determines the network element set performance of the first network element set and/or the network element set performance of the second network element set according to the historical data.

For example, if the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, the intention evaluation network element may determine a network element set performance of the first network element set and/or a network element set performance of the second network element set according to the saved historical data. The historical data includes one or more of the following: the method comprises the steps of historically calling a first network element set to achieve the total number of target intentions, historically calling the first network element set to achieve the execution time of the first network element set when the target intentions are achieved, historically dispatching a second network element set to achieve the total number of target intentions, historically calling the second network element set to achieve the total number of target intentions when the target intentions are achieved, and historically calling the second network element set to achieve the execution time of the second network element set when the target intentions are achieved.

Optionally, the evaluation network element may further determine a network element set performance of the third network element set according to the historical data. The historical data also includes one or more of the following: the method comprises the steps of historically calling a third network element set to achieve the total number of target intentions, historically calling the third network element set to achieve the total number of target intentions when achieving the target intentions, and historically calling the third network element set to achieve the execution duration of the third network element set when achieving the target intentions.

Optionally, in S440b, the evaluation network element determines that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than the performance of the network element set of the second network element set according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set. The performance information of the first network element set is used for indicating the network element set performance of the first network element set, and the performance information of the second network element set is used for indicating the network element set performance of the second network element set.

For example, the first set of network element performance information may include an intention achievement probability and/or an intention achievement duration for the first set of network elements. The performance information of the second set of network elements may include an intention achievement probability and/or an intention achievement duration of the second set of network elements.

Optionally, if before S440b, the evaluation network element does not acquire the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set, then before S440b, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element receives the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set.

Further, if the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, the method executes S450a or S450b; if the evaluation network element is an intended evaluation network element, the method executes S450b.

S450a, the evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

The instruction corresponding to the first function is used for indicating the first network element to execute the first function so as to achieve the target intention. For example, if the first function is a sensing function, the instruction corresponding to the first function is used to instruct the first network element to perform data acquisition. For another example, the first function is an analysis function, and the instruction corresponding to the first function is used to instruct the first network element to perform problem analysis according to the collected data, and generate at least one alternative optimization scheme. For another example, the first function is a decision function, and the instruction corresponding to the first function is used to instruct the first network element to evaluate and decide on at least one alternative optimization scheme.

Correspondingly, the first network element executes the instruction according to the instruction corresponding to the first function and outputs an execution result.

Optionally, if the evaluating network element further determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the second function to the fourth network element.

It should be understood that if the method 400 performs S440b, the evaluation network element may also send, to other network elements included in the first network element set, an instruction corresponding to a function that the other network elements have. For example, the first network element set includes a network element #1 (i.e., a first network element), a network element #2, and a network element #3, where the network element #1 has a sensing function, the network element #2 has an analysis function, and the network element #3 has a decision function, then the evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the sensing function to the network element #1, and the evaluation network element also sends an instruction corresponding to the analysis function to the network element #2, and the evaluation network element also sends an instruction corresponding to the decision function to the network element # 3.

In the embodiment of the application, the evaluation network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element with better network element performance in the first network element and the second network element with the first function, so that the first network element can execute the first function according to the instruction to realize the target intention. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention can improve the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reduce the achievement duration of the target intention.

S450b, the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element.

In a possible implementation, the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, and the evaluation network element sends the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element.

Optionally, if the evaluating network element further determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends the identification of the fourth network element to the intended consumption network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 performs S440b, the evaluation network element may also send the identity of the other network elements comprised by the first set of network elements to the intended consumption network element. For example, the first set of network elements comprises network element #1 (i.e. the first network element), network element #2 and network element #3, the evaluation network element may also send the identity of network element #2 and/or the identity of network element #3 to the intended consumer network element.

In the embodiment of the application, the evaluation network element sends the identifier of the first network element with better network element performance to the intended consumption network element in the first network element and the second network element with the first function, so that the intended consumption network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

In another possible implementation, the evaluation network element is an intention evaluation network element, and the evaluation network element sends the identity of the first network element to the intention management network element.

Optionally, if the evaluating network element further determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends the identity of the fourth network element to the intention management network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 performs S440b, the evaluation network element may also send the identity of the other network elements comprised by the first set of network elements to the intention management network element. For example, the first set of network elements includes network element #1 (i.e., the first network element), network element #2, and network element #3, the evaluation network element may also send the identity of network element #2 and the identity of network element #3 to the intent management network element.

In the embodiment of the application, the evaluation network element sends the identifier of the first network element with better network element performance to the intention management network element in the first network element and the second network element with the first function, so that the intention management network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention can improve the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reduce the achievement duration of the target intention.

In another possible implementation manner, the evaluation network element is an intended evaluation network element, and the evaluation network element sends an identifier of the first network element and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element. Of course, the evaluation network element may also send the identification of the first network element, the identification of the second network element and the first indication information to the knowledge management network element.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element further determines that the network element performance of the second network element is better than the network element performance of the third network element, the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, and the network element performance of the second network element is better than the network element performance of the third network element.

Optionally, the method 400 further comprises: the evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element.

Optionally, if the evaluating network element further determines that the network element performance of the fourth network element is better than the network element performance of the fifth network element, the method 400 further includes: the evaluation network element sends an identification of the fourth network element and third indication information to the intended consumption network element, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating that the network element performance of the fourth network element is superior to that of the fifth network element.

Optionally, the evaluation network element may further send the performance information of the fourth network element to the knowledge management network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 performs S440b, the evaluation network element may further send the identification of the other network elements included in the first network element set to the knowledge management network element, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element further determines that the network element set performance of the second network element set is better than the network element set performance of the third network element set, the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, and the network element set performance of the second network element set is better than the network element set performance of the third network element set.

Optionally, the evaluation network element may further send performance information of other network elements included in the first network element set to the knowledge management network element.

In the embodiment of the application, the evaluation network element sends the identifier of the first network element with better network element performance and the first indication information to the knowledge management network element in the first network element and the second network element with the first function, so that the knowledge management network element can send the identifier of the first network element to the intention management network element instead of sending the identifier of the second network element according to the first indication information when receiving the query request of the target intention. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention, the achievement probability of the target intention can be improved and/or the achievement time of the target intention can be reduced.

As described above, if the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, the intention management network element may execute S450a or S450b, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit how the intention management network element determines to execute S450a or S450b. For example, the intention management network element may perform S450a by default or S450b by default. For another example, the intention management network element may determine to perform S450a or S450b according to the target performance information received from the intention consuming network element. The target performance information is used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intent and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intent.

Optionally, similar to determining, by the intention management network element, to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element or to send the identifier of the first network element to the intention consumption network element, the intention management network element may further determine, according to the network element performance and the target performance information of the fourth network element, to send the instruction corresponding to the second function to the fourth network element, or send the identifier of the fourth network element to the intention consumption network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 executes S440b, the intention management network element may further determine, according to the network element performance and the target performance information of the other network elements included in the first network element set, to send instructions corresponding to functions of the other network elements to the other network elements or send the identities of the other network elements to the intention consumption network element.

In the embodiment of the application, the evaluation network element sends the identifier of the first network element with better performance to the intended consumption network element in the first network element and the second network element with the first function, so that the intended consumption network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

Optionally, if the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, the method 400 further includes S460: the evaluation network element sends second instruction information to the first network element, wherein the second instruction information is used for instructing the first network element to feed back an execution result of the instruction to the intention management network element or the intention consumption network element.

Similarly to the evaluation network element sending the second indication information to the first network element, the evaluation network element may also send fifth indication information to the fourth network element, where the fifth indication information is used to instruct the fourth network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction corresponding to the second function to the intention management network element or the intention consumption network element. Or, the evaluation network element may send sixth indication information to the other network elements included in the first set, where the sixth indication information is used to instruct the other network elements to feed back an execution result of an instruction corresponding to a function that the other network elements have to the intention management network element or the intention consumption network element.

In the embodiment of the application, if the evaluation network element receives the identifier of the first network element with the first function and the identifier of the second network element with the first function, the first network element with better network element performance is determined, or the first network element set with better network element set performance is determined. Further, the probability of achievement of the target intention and/or the duration of achievement of the target intention may be increased and/or decreased by any one of the following three means: in the first mode, the evaluation network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, so that the first network element can execute the first function according to the instruction to realize the target intention. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better, the evaluation network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention can improve the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reduce the achievement duration of the target intention. And the second mode is that the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, so that the intended consumption network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identification of the first network element. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention. The third mode is that the evaluation network element sends the identification of the first network element to the intention management network element, so that the intention management network element can send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identification of the first network element. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better, the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention can improve the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reduce the achievement duration of the target intention.

The steps involved in the method 400 of receiving the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element are described below in connection with fig. 5. It should be noted that S410 to S430, S440a and S460 shown in fig. 5 (a) are described in detail in fig. 4 above, and are not repeated here for brevity. S410 to S430, S440a and S450b shown in (b) of fig. 5 are described in detail in fig. 4 above, and are not repeated here for brevity.

Illustratively, as shown in (a) of fig. 5, if the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, the manner in which the evaluation network element receives the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element includes a manner a (S4411 and S4412), or includes a manner B (S4413 to S4416).

In mode a:

s4411, the intention management network element sends a first request message to the intention evaluation network element. Accordingly, in S4411, the intention evaluation network element receives a first request message from the intention management network element.

The first request message is used for requesting the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element. Illustratively, the first request message may include an identification of the different network element to request performance information of the different network element. For example, the first request message includes an identification of the first network element, and the first request message is used to request performance information of the first network element. For another example, the first request message includes an identifier of the first network element and an identifier of the second network element, and the first request message is used to request performance information of the first network element and performance information of the second network element.

Accordingly, the intention evaluation network element obtains the performance information of the first network element from the first network element according to the first request message and/or obtains the performance information of the second network element from the second network element. Specifically, reference may be made to the following descriptions of S4421 to S4424 of (b) in fig. 5.

S4412, the intention evaluation network element transmits the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element. Accordingly, in S4412, the intention management network element receives performance information of the first network element and/or performance information of the second network element from the intention evaluation network element.

For example, the first request message in S4411 is used to request the performance information of the first network element, and in S4412 the evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the intention management network element. The first request message in S4411 is used to request the performance information of the second network element, and in S4412 the evaluation network element sends the performance information of the second network element to the management network element. The first request message in S4411 is used to request the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element, and in S4412, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element.

Alternatively, similar to the manner in which the intention management network element obtains the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element from the intention evaluation network element, the intention management network element may also obtain the performance information of the third network element, the performance information of the fourth network element, or the performance information of the fifth network element from the intention evaluation network element.

In mode B:

s4413, the intention management network element sends a second request message to the first network element. Accordingly, in S4413, the first network element receives a second request message from the intention management network element.

The second request message is used for requesting performance information of the first network element.

S4414, the first network element transmits the performance information of the first network element to the intention management network element. Accordingly, in S4414, the intention management network element receives performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

S4415, the intention management network element sends a third request message to the second network element. Accordingly, in S4415, the second network element receives a third request message from the intention management network element.

The third request message is used for requesting performance information of the second network element.

S4416, the second network element sends the performance information of the second network element to the intention management network element. Accordingly, in S4416, the intention management network element receives performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

Alternatively, similar to the step of the intention management network element obtaining the performance information of the first network element from the first network element, the intention management network element may also obtain the performance information of the third network element from the third network element, or the intention management network element may obtain the performance information of the fourth network element from the fourth network element, or the intention management network element may obtain the performance information of the fifth network element from the fifth network element.

Illustratively, as shown in (b) of fig. 5, if the evaluation network element is an intended evaluation network element, the manner in which the evaluation network element obtains the performance information of the first network element and/or the performance information of the second network element includes S4421 to S4424.

S4421, the intention evaluating network element sends a second request message to the first network element. Accordingly, in S4421, the first network element receives a second request message from the intention management network element.

S4422, the first network element transmits the performance information of the first network element to the intention evaluation network element. Accordingly, in S4422, the intention management network element receives performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

S4423, the intention evaluating network element sends a third request message to the second network element. Accordingly, in S4423, the second network element receives a third request message from the intention evaluation network element.

S4424, the second network element sends performance information of the second network element to the intention evaluation network element. Accordingly, in S4424, the intention evaluation network element receives performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

Alternatively, similar to the step of the intention assessment network element obtaining the performance information of the first network element from the first network element, the intention assessment network element may also obtain the performance information of the third network element from the third network element, or the intention assessment network element may obtain the performance information of the fourth network element from the fourth network element, or the intention assessment network element may obtain the performance information of the fifth network element from the fifth network element.

The steps involved in the method 400 for receiving performance information of the first set of network elements and/or performance information of the second set of network elements are described below in connection with fig. 6. It should be noted that S410 to S430, S440b and S460 shown in fig. 6 (a) and fig. 6 (c) are described in detail in fig. 4 above, and are not repeated here for brevity. S410 to S430, S440b, and S450b shown in (b) of fig. 6 are described in detail in fig. 4 above, and are not repeated here for brevity.

Illustratively, as shown in (a) of fig. 6, if the evaluation network element is an intention management network element, the manner in which the evaluation network element obtains the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set includes S4431 and S4432.

S4431, the intention management network element transmits a fourth request message to the intention evaluation network element. Accordingly, in S4431, the intention evaluation network element receives a fourth request message from the intention management network element.

The fourth request message is used for requesting the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set. Illustratively, the fourth request message may include an identification of each network element included in the different set of network elements to request performance information of the different set of network elements. For example, if the fourth request message includes an identifier of each network element included in the first network element set, the fourth request message is used to request performance information of the first network element set. For another example, the fourth request message includes an identifier of each network element included in the first network element set and an identifier of each network element included in the second network element set, and is used to request performance information of the first network element set and performance information of the second network element set.

Accordingly, the intention evaluation network element determines performance information of the first set of network elements and/or performance information of the second set of network elements. Specifically, for the manner in which the intention is to evaluate the performance information of the network element determination network element set, reference may be made to the following descriptions of S4451 to S4456 of (c) in fig. 6.

S4432, the intention evaluation network element transmits the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set to the intention management network element. Accordingly, in S4432, the intention management network element receives performance information of the first set of network elements and/or performance information of the second set of network elements from the intention evaluation network element.

For example, if the fourth request message in S4431 is used to request the performance information of the first network element set, then in S4432 the evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element set to the intention management network element. The fourth request message in S4431 is used to request the performance information of the second network element set, and in S4432 the evaluation network element sends the performance information of the second network element set to the intention management network element. The fourth request message in S4431 is used to request the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set, and in S4432, the intention evaluation network element sends the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set to the intention management network element.

Alternatively, the intention management network element may also obtain the performance information of the third set of network elements from the intention evaluation network element, similar to the way the intention management network element obtains the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements from the intention evaluation network element.

Also illustratively, as shown in (b) of fig. 6, if the evaluation network element is an intended evaluation network element, the manner in which the evaluation network element obtains the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set includes S4441 and S4442.

S4441, the intention evaluation network element sends a fifth request message to the intention management network element. Accordingly, in S4441, the intention evaluation network element receives a fifth request message from the intention management network element.

The fifth request message is used for requesting the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set. Illustratively, the fifth request message may include an identification of each network element included in the different set of network elements to request performance information of the different set of network elements. For example, if the fifth request message includes an identification of each network element included in the first network element set, the fifth request message is used to request performance information of the first network element set. For another example, if the fifth request message includes the identifier of each network element included in the first network element set and the identifier of each network element included in the second network element set, the fifth request message is used to request the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set.

Accordingly, the intention management network element determines the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set according to the historical data.

S4442, the intention management element transmits the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements to the intention evaluation element. Accordingly, in S4442, the intention evaluation network element receives performance information of the first set of network elements and/or performance information of the second set of network elements from the intention management network element.

For example, the fifth request message in S4441 is used to request the performance information of the first network element set, and in S4442 the intention management network element sends the performance information of the first network element set to the intention evaluation network element. The fifth request message in S4441 is used to request the performance information of the second network element set, and in S4442 the intention management network element sends the performance information of the second network element set to the intention evaluation network element. The fifth request message in S4441 is used to request the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set, and in S4442, the intention management network element sends the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set to the intention evaluation network element.

Optionally, similar to the step of the intention assessment network element obtaining the performance information of the first set of network elements and/or the performance information of the second set of network elements from the intention management network element, the intention assessment network element may also obtain the performance information of the third set of network elements from the intention management network element.

In another possible implementation manner, the evaluation network element receives performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and determines performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set; and/or the evaluation network element receives the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set, and determines the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set.

Illustratively, as shown in (c) of fig. 6, the manner in which the evaluating network element obtains the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set includes S4451 to S4456.

S4451, the evaluation network element sends a second request message to the first network element. Accordingly, in S4451, the first network element receives a second request message from the evaluation network element.

S4452, the first network element sends the performance information of the first network element to the evaluation network element. Accordingly, in S4452, the evaluation network element receives performance information of the first network element from the first network element.

S4453, the evaluating network element determines performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the first network element.

Illustratively, the evaluation network element determines the network element performance of the first network element according to the performance information of the first network element, determines the network element set performance of the first network element set according to the network element performance of the first network element, and finally determines the performance information of the first network element set according to the network element set performance of the first network element set.

It should be understood that if the first network element set further includes other network elements, the evaluation network element further obtains performance information of the other network elements from the other network elements, and determines performance information of the first network element set according to the performance information of the other network elements and the performance information of the first network element. For example, the first set of network elements includes network element #1 (i.e., the first network element), network element #2, and network element #3, then the evaluation network element further obtains performance information of network element #2 from network element #2, and obtains performance information of network element #3 from network element #3, and then determines the performance information of the first set of network elements according to the performance information of network element #1, the performance information of network element #2, and the performance information of network element # 3.

S4454, the evaluation network element sends a third request message to the second network element. Accordingly, in S4454, the second network element receives a third request message from the evaluation network element.

S4455, the second network element sends the performance information of the second network element to the evaluation network element. Accordingly, in S4455, the evaluation network element receives performance information of the second network element from the second network element.

S4456, the evaluating network element determines the performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of the second network element.

Illustratively, the evaluation network element determines the network element performance of the second network element according to the performance information of the second network element, determines the network element set performance of the second network element set according to the network element performance of the second network element, and finally determines the performance information of the second network element set according to the network element set performance of the second network element set.

It should be understood that if the second network element set further includes other network elements, the evaluation network element further obtains performance information of the other network elements from the other network elements, and determines performance information of the second network element set according to the performance information of the other network elements and the performance information of the second network element. For example, the second element set includes element #4 (i.e., the second element), element #5, and element #6, then the evaluation element also obtains the performance information of element #5 from element #5, and obtains the performance information of element #6 from element #6, and then determines the performance information of the first element set based on the performance information of element #4, the performance information of element #5, and the performance information of element # 6.

Optionally, similar to the manner in which the evaluation network element determines the performance information of the first network element set and/or the performance information of the second network element set, the evaluation network element may further obtain the performance information of each network element included in the third network element set, and determine the performance information of the third network element set according to the performance information of each network element included in the third network element set.

It is noted in the description of fig. 4 that the intention management network element may determine to execute S450a or S450b according to the target performance information, and how the intention management network element determines to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information, or send the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element is described below with reference to fig. 7. It should be noted that S410 to S460 shown in fig. 7 are described in detail in fig. 4, and are not described here again for brevity.

Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 7, the method 400 may further include S451 and S452 prior to S450a or S450 b.

S451, the intention consuming network element sends the target performance information to the intention managing network element. Accordingly, in S451, the intention management network element receives the target performance information from the intention consumption network element.

The target performance information is used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intent and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intent.

S452, the intention management network element determines to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, or sends the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element.

For example, if the intention management network element determines that the following first condition is satisfied according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, the intention management network element determines to send the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element. For example, the first condition includes one or more of: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is smaller than a first threshold; the ratio of the target achievement probability to the accuracy of the first network element is greater than a third threshold; the accuracy of the first network element is less than the target achievement probability; the ratio of the execution duration of the first network element to the target achievement duration is greater than a second threshold; the ratio of the target achievement duration to the execution duration of the first network element is smaller than a fourth threshold; or the execution time length of the first network element is greater than or equal to the target achievement time length. In other words, if the accuracy of the first network element is too small relative to the goal achievement profile and/or the execution duration of the first network element is too long relative to the goal achievement duration, the intention management network element determines to send the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element.

Further exemplary, if the intention management network element determines that the following second condition is satisfied according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, the intention management network element determines to send the identity of the first network element to the intention management network element. For example, the second condition includes one or more of: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is greater than or equal to a first threshold; the ratio of the target achievement probability to the accuracy of the first network element is less than or equal to a third threshold; the accuracy of the first network element is greater than or equal to the target achievement probability; the ratio of the execution duration of the first network element to the target achievement duration is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value; the ratio of the target achievement periods is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold; or the execution time of the first network element is smaller than the target achievement time.

The first threshold may be 1.05, 1.1, 1.15, or the like, and of course, the first threshold may also be other values greater than or equal to 1, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The second threshold may be 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, or 0.4, etc., although the second threshold may also be other values less than 1, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The third threshold may be 0.95, 0.9, 0.86, etc., although the third threshold may also be other values less than or equal to 1, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. The fourth threshold may be 1.25, 1.4, 1.6, 2, 2.5, etc., although the fourth threshold may also be other values greater than 1, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the intention management network element receives the target performance information, the intention management network element may determine, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, whether to invoke the first network element by the intention management network element or invoke the first network element by the intention consumption network element. The method is beneficial to realizing that the first network element is called by the intended consumption network element under the condition that the accuracy of the first network element is too small and/or the execution time of the first network element is too long. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

Optionally, before S452, the method 400 further includes: the intention management network element receives seventh indication information from the intention consumption network element, the seventh indication information being used to indicate whether the transmission of the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element is allowed. If the seventh indication information is used to indicate that the transmission of the identification of the first network element to the intended consumer network element is allowed, the method 400 executes S452. If the seventh indication information is used to indicate that the sending of the identification of the first network element to the intended consumer network element is not allowed, the method 400 does not perform S452. Further, the method 400 performs S450a, but not S450b.

If in S452 the intention management network element determines to send the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element, the method 400 further comprises S453 and S454 after the intention management network element sends the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element.

S453, the intended consumption network element determines the instruction corresponding to the first function according to the identification of the first network element.

For example, the intent-to-consume network element may determine the instruction corresponding to the first function based on the user's instructions and/or historical experience. For example, the first function is a awareness function, and the intended-consuming network element may determine rules and/or policies for data collection based on the user's instructions and/or historical experience.

S454, the intended consumption network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element. Accordingly, in S454, the first network element receives an instruction corresponding to the first function from the intended-consumption network element.

Optionally, if the intended consumption network element can directly determine the result corresponding to the first function according to the identifier of the first network element, the intended consumption network element may not send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element. For example, the objective is coverage optimization, the first function is an analysis function, and if the intended-consumption network element can determine the root cause of the coverage problem according to the user's instruction and/or historical experience, and generate a corresponding coverage optimization scheme, the intended-consumption network element does not send an instruction to the first network element. For another example, the objective is coverage optimization, the first function is a decision function, and if the intended-consuming network element can select an optimal coverage optimization scheme from a plurality of alternative coverage optimization schemes according to the user's instructions and/or historical experience, the intended-consuming network element no longer sends instructions to the first network element.

Optionally, if the method 400 executes S440b and the intended-consumption network element further receives the identifiers of the other network elements included in the first network element set, the intended-consumption network element further determines an instruction corresponding to the function of the other network element according to the identifiers of the other network element, and sends the instruction to the other network element.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the intention management network element determines that the accuracy of the first network element is too small and/or the execution duration of the first network element is too long, the identifier of the first network element is sent to the intention consumption network element, so that the intention consumption network element can send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the identifier of the first network element. Compared with the method that the intention management network element sends the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, the intention consumption network element can send more reasonable instructions to the first network element according to the instruction and/or the history experience of the user, so that the accuracy of the first network element is improved and/or the execution duration is reduced, and the intention management network element is beneficial to improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the achievement duration of the target intention.

In the description of fig. 4, it is noted that if the evaluation network element sends the identifier of the first network element with better network element performance and the first indication information of the first network element and the second network element to the knowledge management network element, the knowledge management network element may send the identifier of the first network element to the intention management network element according to the first indication information instead of sending the identifier of the second network element when receiving the query request of the target intention. How the knowledge management network element sends the identity of the first network element to the intention management network element according to the first indication information is described below in connection with fig. 8.

Fig. 8 shows a schematic flow chart of a method intended to be performed according to another embodiment of the present application, and the steps involved in the method 800 are described in detail below.

S801, the knowledge management network element receives the identification of the first network element and the first indication information.

The first network element has a first function, the first indication information is used for indicating that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, and the second network element has the first function. Illustratively, the first function includes a perception function, an analysis function, or a decision function. For a description of the network element performance of the first network element and the network element performance of the second network element reference may be made to S440a above.

The description of the knowledge management network element receiving the identity of the first network element and the first indication information may be referred to above S450b.

It should be appreciated that after the knowledge management network element receives the identification and the first indication information of the first network element, the identification and the first indication information of the first network element are stored in the knowledge of the target intent.

S802, the intention management network element sends an identification of the target intention to the knowledge management network element. Accordingly, in S802, the knowledge management network element receives an identification of the target intent from the intent management network element.

The intention management network element sends an identification of the target intention to the knowledge management network element via an intention knowledge query request message, for example.

After receiving the identification of the target intention, the knowledge management network element inquires the knowledge of the target intention according to the identification of the target intention. The knowledge management network element queries the identification and the first indication information of the first network element through the knowledge of the query target intention.

S803, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element to the intention management network element. Accordingly, in S803, the intention management network element receives the identity of the first network element from the knowledge management network element.

Specifically, after the knowledge management network element queries the identification of the first network element and the first indication information according to the identification of the target intention, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element to the intention management network element further according to the first indication information. That is, the knowledge management network element sends the identifier of the first network element with the better network element performance to the intention management network element in the first network element with the first function and the second network element according to the first indication information.

S804, the intention management network element sends an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element. Accordingly, in S804, the first network element receives an instruction corresponding to the first function from the intention management network element.

In the embodiment of the application, the knowledge management network element sends the identification of the first network element with the better network element performance in the first network element and the second network element with the first function to the intention management network element according to the first indication information, so that the intention management network element can call the first network element to realize the target intention. Because the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element, if the intention management network element calls the first network element to realize the target intention, the achievement probability of the target intention can be improved and/or the achievement time of the target intention can be reduced.

The relationship between the method for intention execution shown in fig. 4 to 8 and the workflow for intention execution shown in fig. 3 will be described below with reference to fig. 9 and 10, taking as an example the case where the intention consuming network element is NMS, the intention managing network element is IDMF, and the knowledge managing network element is knowledge management (knowledge management, KM) in fig. 4 to 8. In fig. 9, the evaluation network element is an IDMF, which illustrates how the IDMF selects a network element set with better performance in the workflow intended to be executed. In fig. 10, taking the evaluation network element as an example of the intention evaluation network element, how the intention evaluation network element selects a network element set with better network element set performance before the intention of executing the workflow, and sends the network element set with better network element set performance and the first indication information to the KM, so that the KM can send the network element set with better network element set performance to the IDMF in the intention of executing the workflow.

It will be appreciated that the manner in which the first network element performs the first function in accordance with the instructions received from the intention-to-manage network element as described in the above embodiments is denoted as closed loop execution. For example, since the intention management network element does not determine the instruction of the first function according to the instruction of the user, it may be referred to as closed loop execution. And the manner in which the first network element performs the first function according to the instruction of the first function received from the intended-consumption network element is denoted as open-loop execution. For example, since the intended-consuming network element may determine the instructions of the first function according to the user's instructions, it may be referred to as open-loop execution.

Therefore, the indication information #1 described below corresponds to the seventh indication information in the above embodiment. Specifically, the indication information #1 for indicating that the network element is allowed to perform open loop corresponds to seventh indication information for indicating that the transmission of the identification of the first network element to the intended-consumption network element is allowed. And indication information #1 for indicating that the network element is not allowed to perform open loop, which corresponds to seventh indication information for indicating that the transmission of the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element is not allowed.

The "IDMF determines the execution mode of the network element" described below is equivalent to the "intention management network element determines to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element or sends the identity of the first network element to the intention consumption network element" described above. Specifically, if the IDMF determines that the execution mode of the network element is closed-loop execution, the IDMF is equivalent to an instruction corresponding to the function of the network element that the intention management network element determines to send the network element to the network element. The implementation manner of the IDMF determining network element is open loop implementation, which is equivalent to the intention management network element determining to send the identity of the network element to the intention consumption network element.

The various steps involved in method 900 are described below.

S901, the NMS transmits an intention creation request message to the IDMF.

The intention creation request message is for requesting creation of a target intention, the intention creation request message including the target intention. For example, the goal is to specify a weak coverage of < 5% for the area.

Optionally, the intent creation request message further comprises target performance information. The target performance information is used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intent and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intent. The target achievement probability may be denoted as a minimum success rate (minsuccess rate), and the target achievement period may be denoted as a maximum waiting period (maxwaitTime).

Optionally, the intention creation request message further includes indication information #1. The indication information #1 is used to indicate whether or not the network element is allowed to perform open loop. Illustratively, when the value of the indication information #1 is open loop (openLoop), the indication information #1 is used for indicating that the network element is allowed to perform open loop; when the value of the indication information #1 is closed loop (closed loop), the indication information #1 is used for indicating that the network element is not allowed to perform open loop. The indication information #1 may be denoted as a preferred type (optimizationType).

S902, the IDMF sends an intention creation response message to the NMS.

After the IDMF receives the intention creation request message from the NMS, an identity is assigned to the target intention according to the target intention included in the intention creation request message. It should be noted that, the id mf assigns an identifier to the target intention to uniquely identify the target intention.

Optionally, the intent creation response message sent by the IDMF to the NMS includes an identification of the target intent.

S903, the IDMF sends an intention knowledge query request message to the KM.

The intent knowledge query request message includes an identification of the target intent.

S904, the KM sends an intention knowledge query response message to the IDMF.

After the KM inquires the request message from the intention knowledge received by the IDMF, according to the identification of the target intention, inquiring all network element sets for realizing the target intention and rules or strategies corresponding to the network elements. For example, all sets of network elements for achieving the target intent include a first set of network elements and a second set of network elements. The first set of network elements includes DCCF, MDAF1, and MDAF2. The DCCF has a perception function, namely, is used for collecting data in the process of realizing the target intention, the MDAF1 has an analysis function, namely, is used for carrying out problem analysis and generating schemes in the process of realizing the target intention, and the MDAF2 has a decision function, namely, is used for evaluating and deciding the schemes generated by the MDAF1 in the process of realizing the target intention. The second set of network elements includes performance assurance MnS, SON and MDAF3. Wherein performance assurance MnS is the same as DCCF in function, SON is the same as MDAF1 in function, and MDAF3 is the same as MDAF2 in function.

Further, the intent knowledge query response message sent by the KM to the IDMF includes a network element set list (denoted as an intuitionlist). Illustratively, the list of network element sets sent by KM to IDMF is expressed as: { interfentfunction 1[ DCCF < data acquisition rules >, MDAF1< problem analysis strategy >, MDAF2< scheme evaluation and decision strategy > ]; the intentfunction2[ performance assurance MnS < data acquisition rules >, SON < problem analysis strategy >, MDAF3< solution assessment and decision strategy > ] }. Wherein, the intersystem 1 represents a first network element set, and the intersystem 2 represents a second network element set.

The intent knowledge query response message also includes an intent target achievement calculation formula (fulfillmentCriterion). Taking the case that the target is the weak coverage rate of the designated area < 5%, the target achievement calculation formula is the weak coverage cell number of the designated area/the total cell number of the designated area.

S905, the IMDF sends an intention evaluation request message to the intention evaluation network element.

The intention evaluation request message is used for requesting evaluation of network element set performance of the network element set for achieving the target intention, and comprises identifications of all network elements included in the first network element set and identifications of all network elements included in the second network element set.

Correspondingly, the intention evaluation network element acquires the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set according to the intention evaluation request message, determines the performance information of the first network element set, acquires the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set, and determines the performance information of the second network element set. For simplicity, only the steps intended for the evaluation network element to obtain the performance information of the individual network elements comprised by the first set of network elements are shown in fig. 9.

Optionally, the intention evaluation request message further includes indication information #1.

S906a, the intention evaluation network element sends a request message #1 to the DCCF.

The request message #1 is used to request performance information of the DCCF. Illustratively, the request message #1 includes a report indication (report indication).

S906b, the DCCF transmits performance information of the DCCF to the intention evaluation network element.

Illustratively, if the report indication included in the request message #1 has a value of 1, the DCCF transmits performance information of the DCCF to the intended evaluation network element.

S907a, the intention evaluation network element sends a request message #2 to MDAF 1.

The request message #2 is used to request performance information of MDAF 1. Illustratively, request message #2 includes a reportIndication.

S907b, the MDAF1 sends the performance information of the MDAF1 to the intended evaluation network element.

For example, if the report indication included in the request message #2 has a value of 1, the MDAF1 sends the performance information of the MDAF1 to the network element for which evaluation is intended.

S908a, the intention evaluation network element sends a request message #3 to MDAF 2.

The request message #3 is used to request performance information of MDAF 2. Illustratively, request message #3 includes a reportIndication.

S908b, the MDAF2 sends the performance information of the MDAF2 to the intention evaluation network element.

For example, if the report indication included in the request message #3 has a value of 1, the MDAF2 sends the performance information of the MDAF2 to the network element for which evaluation is intended.

S909, the intention evaluation network element sends an intention evaluation response message to the IDMF.

The intent assessment response message includes performance information for the first set of network elements and performance information for the second set of network elements.

Optionally, the intention evaluation response message further includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and further includes performance information of each network element included in the second network element set. For example, if the intention evaluation response message includes the indication information #1 and the value of the indication information #1 is openLoop, the intention evaluation response message sent by the intention evaluation network element includes the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set and includes the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set.

S910, the intention evaluation network element determines a network element set with optimal network element set performance.

Specifically, the IDMF determines a network element set with optimal performance according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set. The method for determining the network element set with the optimal performance of the network element set by IDMF is described above with reference to S440 b. The following assumes that the network element set with the best performance is the first network element set.

Optionally, if the intent assessment response message includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and the IDMF receives the target performance information, the method 900 further executes S911. Optionally, if the IDMF further receives the indication information #1 in S901, the method 900 executes S911 when the indication information #1 has a value of openLoop, and the method 900 does not execute S911 when the indication information #1 has a value of closedLoop. It should be understood that if the method 900 does not perform S911, then all network elements are performed by default in a closed loop manner.

S911, IDMF determines the execution mode of each network element.

Illustratively, the IDMF determines the execution mode of each network element according to the performance information and the target performance information of each network element included in the first network element set. In particular, reference may be made to the description in S452 above. The following embodiments assume that the DDCF is performed in a closed loop manner, the MDAF1 is performed in an open loop manner, and the MDAF2 is performed in a closed loop manner.

Optionally, the method 900 also performs S912 and S913.

S912, the IDMF sends the network element set feedback to the NMS.

The network element set feedback comprises rules or policies of the respective network elements comprised by the first network element set.

Optionally, if the method 900 performs S911, the network element set feedback further includes an execution manner of each network element included in the first network element set.

S913, the NMS sends a network element set feedback response message to the IDMF.

Further, IDMF and/or NMS invokes DDCF, MDAF1 and MDAF2 to achieve the target intent.

If the DCCF is executed in a closed loop, the method 900 executes S914a, and if the DCCF is executed in an open loop, the method 900 executes S914b.

S914a, the IDMF sends a data acquisition request message to the DCCF.

The data acquisition request message includes data acquisition rules.

Optionally, the data acquisition request message includes second indication information, where the second indication information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data acquisition result to the IDMF or NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of the MDAF 1. If the MDAF1 is executed in an open loop, the second indication information is used to indicate the DCCF to feed back the data acquisition result to the NMS. If the MDAF1 is executed in a closed loop, the second indication information is used to indicate the DCCF to feed back the data acquisition result to the IDMF.

S914b, the NMS sends a data acquisition request message to the DCCF.

The data acquisition request message includes data acquisition rules.

Optionally, the data acquisition request includes second indication information, where the second indication information is used to instruct the DCCF to feed back the data acquisition result to the IDMF or NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of the MDAF 1. If the MDAF1 is executed in an open loop, the second indication information is used to indicate the DCCF to feed back the data acquisition result to the NMS. If the MDAF1 is executed in a closed loop, the second indication information is used to indicate the DCCF to feed back the data acquisition result to the IDMF.

Further, the DCCF feeds back the data acquisition result to the IDMF or NMS according to the second indication information, or feeds back the data acquisition result to the IDMF or NMS by default.

S915a, DCCF sends data acquisition feedback message to IDMF. The data acquisition feedback message includes the data acquisition result.

Optionally, if the MDAF1 is executed in an open loop, the IDMF forwards the data acquisition result to the NMS.

S915b, the DCCF transmits a data feedback message to the NMS. The data acquisition feedback message includes the data acquisition result.

Optionally, if the MDAF1 is executed in a closed loop, the NMS forwards the data acquisition result to the IDMF.

If the MDAF1 is executed in a closed loop, the method 900 executes S916a, and if the MDAF1 is executed in an open loop, the method 900 executes S916b.

S916a, the IDMF sends a problem analysis request message to the MDAF 1.

The problem analysis request message includes a problem analysis policy and also includes a data acquisition result.

Optionally, the problem analysis request message includes second instruction information for instructing the MDAF1 to feed back the analysis result to the IDMF or the NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of the MDAF 2. If the MDAF2 is executed in an open loop, the second instruction information is used to instruct the MDAF1 to feed back the analysis result to the NMS. If the MDAF2 is executed in a closed loop, the second instruction information is used to instruct the MDAF1 to feed back the analysis result to the IDMF.

S916b, the NMS sends a problem analysis request message to MDAF 1.

Further, the MDAF1 feeds back the analysis result to the IDMF or NMS according to the second indication information, or feeds back the analysis result to the IDMF or NMS by default.

S917a, MDAF1 sends a problem analysis feedback message to IDMF. The problem analysis feedback message includes the analysis result.

The analysis results include a number of alternative optimizations for the root cause of the problem and MDAF1 generation.

Alternatively, if the MDAF2 is executed in an open loop, the IDMF forwards the analysis result to the NMS.

S917b, MDAF1 sends a problem analysis feedback message to NMS. The problem analysis feedback message includes the analysis result.

Alternatively, if the MDAF2 is performed in a closed loop, the NMS forwards the analysis result to the IDMF.

If the MDAF2 is executed in a closed loop, the method 900 proceeds to S918a, and if the MDAF2 is executed in an open loop, the method 900 proceeds to S918b.

S918a, the IDMF sends a solution evaluation and decision request message to the MDAF 2.

The solution evaluation and decision request message includes a solution evaluation and decision strategy and also includes a problem root cause and a plurality of alternative optimization solutions.

Optionally, the solution evaluation and decision request message includes second indication information for instructing the MDAF2 to feed back the decision result to the IDMF or NMS. The second indication information is determined according to the execution mode of the MDAF 2. If the MDAF2 is executed in an open loop, the second instruction information is used to instruct the MDAF2 to feed back the decision result to the NMS. If the MDAF2 is executed in a closed loop, the second instruction information is used to instruct the MDAF2 to feed back the decision result to the IDMF.

S918b, the NMS sends a solution evaluation and decision request message to MDAF 2.

Further, the DDCF feeds back the decision result to the IDMF or NMS according to the second indication information, or feeds back the decision result to the IDMF or NMS by default.

S919a, MDAF2 sends an evaluation feedback message to IDMF. The assessment feedback message includes the decision result.

The decision result includes an ordering of the plurality of alternative optimization schemes, and a list of network elements and operating instructions involved in each scheme.

S919b, MDAF2 sends an evaluation feedback message to the NMS. The assessment feedback message includes the decision result.

Further, if the IDMF receives the decision, the method 900 performs S920a, and if the NMS receives the decision, the method 900 performs S920b.

S920a, the IDMF sends an operation instruction to a Network Element (NE).

Illustratively, the IDMF sends the operation instructions to the NE involved in the first alternative optimization scheme in order of the plurality of alternative optimization schemes.

S920b, the NMS sends an operation instruction to the NE.

Illustratively, the NMS sends the operational instructions to the NEs involved in the first alternative optimization scheme in order of the plurality of alternative optimization schemes.

S921, performing intention achievement evaluation by the IDMF.

The IDMF determines whether the target intention is achieved according to an intention target achievement calculation formula of the target intention.

S922, the IDMF sends the intended execution result to the NMS.

The intent execution result includes a goal intent achievement situation. Illustratively, the target intention achievement case includes whether the target intention is achieved, the network state after the NE performs the operation.

If the intent is not achieved, the method 900 continues by ordering the alternative optimization schemes, trying different optimization schemes, i.e., looping S920a/S920b through S922 until the intent is achieved.

In the embodiment of the application, the KM feeds back all the network element sets for realizing the target intention to the IDMF, so that the IDMF can select the network element set with the optimal network element set performance from all the network element sets to realize the target intention according to the performance information of the network element sets acquired from the intention evaluation network element, thereby improving the achievement probability of the target intention and/or reducing the intention achievement duration.

The various steps involved in method 1000 are described below.

S1001, the NMS transmits an intention knowledge update request message to the KM.

The intention knowledge update request message is for requesting knowledge of the realization of the target intention, the intention knowledge update request message including the target intention. For example, the goal is to specify a weak coverage of < 5% for the area. Illustratively, the intent knowledge update request message includes an update indication (update indication).

S1002, the KM sends an intention knowledge update response message to the NMS.

After the KM receives the intention knowledge update request message from the NMS, an identifier is assigned to the target intention according to the target intention included in the intention knowledge update request message. Note that, the KM is an identification assigned to the target intention for uniquely identifying the target intention.

For example, if the value of the update indication included in the intention knowledge update request message is 1, S1003 to S1008 are performed.

Optionally, the intent knowledge update response message sent by the KM to the NMS includes an identification of the target intent.

S1003, the KM sends an intention evaluation request message to the intention evaluation network element.

After the KM receives the intention knowledge update request message from the NMS, query all the network element sets for achieving the target intention, e.g., all the network element sets for achieving the target intention include the first network element set and the second network element set, according to the identity of the target intention. For a description of the first set of network elements and the second set of network elements reference is made to S904 above.

The intention evaluation request message is used for requesting evaluation of network element set performance of the network element set for achieving the target intention, and ordering the plurality of network element sets according to the order of the network element set performance from top to bottom. The intention evaluation request message comprises an identification of each network element comprised by the first set of network elements and an identification of each network element comprised by the second set of network elements.

Correspondingly, the intention evaluation network element acquires the performance information of each network element included in the first network element set according to the intention evaluation request message, determines the performance information of the first network element set, acquires the performance information of each network element included in the second network element set, and determines the performance information of the second network element set. For simplicity, only the steps intended for the evaluation network element to obtain the performance information of the individual network elements comprised by the first set of network elements are shown in fig. 10.

S1004a to S1006b are identical to S906a to S908b in the method 900 and are not described in detail here for brevity.

S1007, the intention evaluation network element sends an intention evaluation response message to the KM.

The intention evaluation response message comprises performance information of the first network element set and performance information of the second network element set, and further comprises first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is superior to that of the network element set of the second network element set.

Optionally, the intention evaluation response message further includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and further includes performance information of each network element included in the second network element set.

S1008, the KM updates knowledge of the target intention.

The KM evaluates the response message according to the intention, and stores the information included in the intention evaluation response. If the KM receives an intention implementation request for requesting implementation of a target intention from the IDMF, the KM preferentially feeds back a network element set with better network element set performance to the IDMF according to the first indication information.

S1009, KM sends updated result feedback to NMS.

The update result feedback comprises performance information of the first network element set and performance information of each network element included in the first network element set.

S1010, the NMS transmits an intention creation request message to the IDMF.

Specifically, S1010 is the same as S901 in the method 900.

S1011, the IDMF sends an intention creation response message to the NMS.

Specifically, S1011 is the same as S902 in method 900.

S1012, the IDMF sends an intention knowledge query request message to the KM.

S1013, KM sends an intention knowledge query response message to IDMF.

After the KM inquires the request message from the intention knowledge received by the IDMF, inquiring first indication information according to the identification of the target intention, and feeding back the first indication information to the IDMF according to the first indication information. That is, the intent knowledge query response message sent by the KM to the IDMF includes rules or policies corresponding to each network element included in the first network element set, for example, may be expressed as: the method comprises the following steps of 1 points [ DCCF < data acquisition rules >, MDAF1< problem analysis strategy >, MDAF2< scheme assessment and decision strategy > ].

The intent knowledge query response message also includes an intent target achievement calculation formula (fulfillmentCriterion).

Optionally, the intention knowledge query response message further comprises performance information of each network element comprised by the first set of network elements.

Optionally, if the intent assessment response message includes performance information of each network element included in the first network element set, and the IDMF receives the target performance information, the method 1000 further executes S1014. Optionally, if the IDMF further receives the indication information #1 in S1010, the method 1000 executes S1014 when the indication information #1 has a value of openLoop, and the method 1000 does not execute S1014 when the indication information #1 has a value of closedLoop. It should be understood that if the method 1000 does not perform S1014, then all network elements are performed by default in a closed loop manner.

S1014, the IDMF determines the execution mode of each network element.

Specifically, S1014 is the same as S911 in method 900.

S1015 to S1025 are identical to S912 to S922 in the method 900 and are not described in detail here for brevity.

According to the method, KM requests to the intention evaluation network element to sequence the network element set performance of all the network element sets for achieving the target intention according to the intention knowledge updating request message received from NMS, and feeds back the network element set with the optimal network element set performance to IDMF, so that the IDMF can call the network element set with the optimal network element set performance to achieve the target intention, and the achievement probability of the target intention can be improved and/or the intention achievement duration can be reduced.

The method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 3 to 10. The following describes in detail the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application with reference to fig. 11 to 13. It should be understood that the descriptions of the apparatus embodiments and the descriptions of the method embodiments correspond to each other, and thus, descriptions of details not described may be referred to the above method embodiments, which are not repeated herein for brevity.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 1100 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown, the communication device 1100 may include: a transceiver unit 1110 and a processing unit 1120.

In one possible design, the communication device 1100 may be an evaluation network element in the above method embodiment, or may be a chip for implementing the functions of the evaluation network element in the above method embodiment.

It is to be understood that the communication device 1100 may correspond to an evaluation network element in the method 400 according to an embodiment of the present application, or to an intention evaluation network element in the method 900 or the method 1000, the communication device 1100 may comprise means for performing the method performed by the evaluation network element in the method 400 in fig. 4 to 7, the method 900 in fig. 9 or the method performed by the intention evaluation network element in the method 1000 in fig. 10. And, each unit in the communication device 1100 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows of the method 400 in fig. 4-7, the method 900 in fig. 9, or the method 1000 in fig. 10. It should be understood that the specific process of each unit performing the corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein for brevity.

In another possible design, the communication device 1100 may be an intended-to-consume network element in the above method embodiment, or may be a chip for implementing the functionality of the intended-to-consume network element in the above method embodiment.

It is to be understood that the communication device 1100 may correspond to an intended consumption network element in the method 400 according to an embodiment of the present application, or to an NMS in the method 300, the method 900 to the method 1000, the communication device 1100 may comprise means for performing an intended consumption network element of the method 400 in fig. 4 to 7, the method 300 in fig. 3, the method 900 in fig. 9 or a method performed by an NMS in the method 1000 in fig. 10. And, each unit in the communication device 1100 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows of the method 400 in fig. 4-7, the method 300 in fig. 3, the method 900 in fig. 9, or the method 1000 in fig. 10. It should be understood that the specific process of each unit performing the corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein for brevity.

In another possible design, the communication device 1100 may be a knowledge management network element in the above method embodiment, or may be a chip for implementing the function of the knowledge management network element in the above method embodiment.

It is to be understood that the communication device 1100 may correspond to a knowledge management network element in the method 400, the method 800, the method 900 or the method 1000 according to embodiments of the present application, the communication device 1100 may comprise means for performing the method 400 in fig. 4-7, the method 800 in fig. 8, the method 300 in fig. 3, the method 900 in fig. 9 or the method performed by the knowledge management network element in the method 1000 in fig. 10. And, each unit in the communication device 1100 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the method 300 in fig. 3, the method 400 in fig. 4-7, the method 800 in fig. 8, the method 900 in fig. 9, or the corresponding flow in the method 1000 in fig. 10. It should be understood that the specific process of each unit performing the corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein for brevity.

It should also be appreciated that the transceiver unit 1110 in the communication apparatus 1100 may correspond to the transceiver 1220 in the communication device 1200 shown in fig. 12, and the processing unit 1120 in the communication apparatus 1100 may correspond to the processor 1210 in the communication device 1200 shown in fig. 12.

It should also be appreciated that when the communication device 1100 is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit. Optionally, the chip may further comprise a processing unit. The receiving and transmitting unit can be an input and output circuit or a communication interface; the processing unit may be an integrated processor or microprocessor or an integrated circuit on the chip.

The transceiver unit 1110 is configured to perform a transceiver operation of a signal of the communication apparatus 1100, and the processing unit 1120 is configured to perform a processing operation of a signal of the communication apparatus 1100.

Optionally, the communication device 1100 further comprises a storage unit 1130, where the storage unit 1130 is configured to store instructions.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 1200 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 12, the communication apparatus 1200 includes: at least one processor 1210 and a transceiver 1220. The processor 1210 is coupled to the memory for executing instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver 1220 to transmit signals and/or receive signals. Optionally, the communication device 1200 further comprises a memory 1230 for storing instructions.

It should be appreciated that the processor 1210 and the memory 1230 may be combined into one processing device, and the processor 1210 is configured to execute program codes stored in the memory 1230 to implement the functions described above. In particular, the memory 1230 may also be integrated into the processor 1210 or independent of the processor 1210.

It should also be appreciated that transceiver 1220 may include a receiver (or receiver) and a transmitter (or transmitter). Transceiver 1220 may further include antennas, the number of which may be one or more. Transceiver 1220 may be a communication interface or interface circuitry.

When the communication device 1200 is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit. The receiving and transmitting unit can be an input and output circuit or a communication interface; the processing unit may be an integrated processor or microprocessor or an integrated circuit on the chip.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a chip system according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip system here can also be a system of circuits. The chip system 1300 shown in fig. 13 includes: logic 1310 for coupling with an input interface through which data (e.g., first indication information) is transmitted to perform the methods described in fig. 3-10, and an input/output interface 1320.

The embodiment of the application also provides a processing device, which comprises a processor and an interface. The processor may be used to perform the methods of the method embodiments described above.

It should be understood that the processing means may be a chip. For example, the processing device may be a field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA), an application specific integrated chip (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), a system on chip (SoC), a central processing unit (central processor unit, CPU), a network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processing circuit (digital signal processor, DSP), a microcontroller (micro controller unit, MCU), a programmable controller (programmable logic device, PLD) or other integrated chip.

In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or by instructions in the form of software. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in a hardware processor for execution, or in a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor for execution. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method. To avoid repetition, a detailed description is not provided herein.

It should be noted that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capability. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in software form. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, or discrete hardware components. The disclosed methods, steps, and logic blocks in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

It will 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.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the application further provides a computer program product, which comprises: computer program code which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any of the embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 10.

According to the method provided in the embodiments of the present application, there is further provided a computer readable medium storing a program code, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 10.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the application further provides a system, which comprises one or more of the evaluation network element, the intention management network element, the knowledge management network element and the intention consumption network element.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with embodiments of the present application are produced in whole or in part. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another. 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 an integration of one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a high-density digital video disc (digital video disc, DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

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.

In the various embodiments of the application, if there is no specific description or logical conflict, terms and/or descriptions between the various embodiments are consistent and may reference each other, and features of the various embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationships.

It should be understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, the numbers "first" and "second" … are merely for distinguishing different objects, such as for distinguishing different network devices, and are not limited to the scope of the embodiments of the present application, but are not limited thereto.

It should also be understood that, in this application, "if" and "if" both refer to a corresponding process that the network element will perform under some objective condition, and are not limited in time, nor do the network elements necessarily require a judgment in implementation, nor do other limitations mean that there are other limitations.

It should also be understood that in various embodiments of the present application, "B corresponding to a" means that B is associated with a from which B may be determined. It should also be understood that determining B from a does not mean determining B from a alone, but may also determine B from a and/or other information.

It should also be understood that the term "and/or" is merely one association relationship describing the associated object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

Similar to the term "appearing in this application includes one or more of the following: the meaning of the expressions a, B, and C "generally means that the item may be any one of the following unless otherwise specified: a, A is as follows; b, a step of preparing a composite material; c, performing operation; a and B; a and C; b and C; a, B and C; a and A; a, A and A; a, A and B; a, a and C, a, B and B; a, C and C; b and B, B and C, C and C; c, C and C, and other combinations of a, B and C. The above is an optional entry for the item exemplified by 3 elements a, B and C, when expressed as "the item includes at least one of the following: a, B, … …, and X ", i.e. when there are more elements in the expression, then the entry to which the item is applicable can also be obtained according to the rules described above.

It will be appreciated that the various numerical numbers referred to in the embodiments of the present application are merely for ease of description and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. The sequence number of each process does not mean the sequence of the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined according to the function and the internal logic.

Claims

1. An intended execution method, characterized in that it comprises:

receiving a target intent from an intent-consuming network element;

receiving an identification of a first network element having a first function from a knowledge management network element, the first function comprising a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function;

receiving an identification of a second network element having the first function from the knowledge management network element;

determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, wherein the network element performance comprises accuracy and/or execution duration, the accuracy is used for indicating the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration is used for indicating the execution duration of the first function; or determining that the network element set performance of a first network element set is better than the network element set performance of a second network element set, wherein the first network element set comprises the first network element, the second network element set comprises the second network element, the network element set performance comprises intention achievement probability and/or intention achievement duration, the intention achievement probability represents the achievement probability of the target intention, and the intention achievement duration represents the achievement duration of the target intention;

And sending the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, or sending the identification of the first network element.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving performance information of the first network element and performance information of the second network element, wherein the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the first network element, and the performance information of the second network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the second network element;

wherein determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element comprises:

and determining that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, comprising one or more of: the accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution time length of the first network element is shorter than the execution time length of the second network element; or the expected duration of the first network element is shorter than the expected duration of the second network element, the expected duration of the first network element is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the expected duration of the second network element is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving network element set performance information of the first network element set and network element set performance information of the second network element set, wherein the network element set performance information of the first network element set is used for indicating the network element set performance of the first network element set, and the network element set performance information of the second network element set is used for indicating the network element set performance of the second network element set;

wherein determining that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set comprises:

and determining that the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, comprising one or more of: the intention achievement probability of the first network element set is higher than the intention achievement probability of the second network element set; or the intention achievement time length of the first network element set is shorter than the intention achievement time length of the second network element set.

6. The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein said sending the identity of the first network element comprises:

and sending the identification of the first network element and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the network element performance of the first network element is better than that of the second network element.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending the performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element, wherein the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the first network element.

8. The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein said sending the identity of the first network element comprises:

and sending the identification of the first network element to the intention consuming network element or the intention management network element.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the identity of the first network element is sent to the intended-to-consume network element, the method further comprising:

receiving target performance information from the intended consumption network element, the target performance information being used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention;

And determining to send the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said determining to send the identity of the first network element to the intended-consumption network element based on the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element comprises:

if one or more of the following are satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is less than a first threshold; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length is greater than a second threshold value, determining to send the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an instruction corresponding to the first function is sent to the first network element, the method further comprising:

and transmitting an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining to send the first function corresponding instruction to the first network element based on the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element comprises:

if one or more of the following are satisfied: the accuracy of the first network element and the target achievement probability are greater than or equal to a first threshold; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value, determining to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

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

and sending second instruction information to the first network element, wherein the second instruction information is used for instructing the first network element to feed back the execution result of the instruction to the intended consumption network element or the intended management network element.

14. An intended execution method, characterized in that it comprises:

receiving target performance information from an intended-consumption network element, the target performance information being used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving a target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention;

Receiving performance information of a first network element from a knowledge management network element, wherein the first network element has a first function, the first function comprises a perception function, an analysis function or a decision function, the performance information of the first network element is used for indicating the network element performance of the first network element, the network element performance comprises accuracy and/or execution duration, the accuracy represents the execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration represents the execution duration of the first function;

determining to send the identity of the first network element to the intended consuming network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, or

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send the identity of the first network element to the intended-consumption network element, or determining, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send the instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, includes:

If one or more of the following are satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target intention achievement probability is lower than a first threshold; or determining to send the identity of the first network element to the intended consumption network element if the ratio of the execution duration of the first network element to the target achievement duration exceeds a second threshold; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

if one or more of the following are satisfied: the accuracy of the first network element and the target intention achievement probability are not lower than a first threshold value; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length does not exceed a second threshold value, determining to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the method further comprises:

17. A communication device, comprising a transceiver unit and a processing unit;

the receiving and transmitting unit is used for receiving the target intention from the intention consumption network element;

The receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to receive, from a knowledge management network element, an identifier of a first network element having a first function, where the first function includes a sensing function, an analysis function, or a decision function;

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to receive, from the knowledge management network element, an identifier of a second network element having the first function;

the processing unit is configured to determine that a network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, where the network element performance includes accuracy and/or execution duration, the accuracy is used to indicate execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration is used to indicate execution duration of the first function; or determining that the network element set performance of a first network element set is better than the network element set performance of a second network element set, wherein the first network element set comprises the first network element, the second network element set comprises the second network element, the network element set performance comprises intention achievement probability and/or intention achievement duration, the intention achievement probability represents the achievement probability of the target intention, and the intention achievement duration represents the achievement duration of the target intention;

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element, or send an identifier of the first network element.

18. The communication device of claim 17, wherein the communication device is configured to,

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to receive performance information of the first network element and performance information of the second network element, where the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the first network element, and the performance information of the second network element is used to indicate the network element performance of the second network element;

the processing unit is specifically configured to determine, according to the performance information of the first network element and the performance information of the second network element, that the performance of the network element of the first network element is better than the performance of the network element of the second network element.

19. The communication apparatus according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element, comprising one or more of: the accuracy of the first network element is higher than the accuracy of the second network element; the execution time length of the first network element is shorter than the execution time length of the second network element; or the expected duration of the first network element is shorter than the expected duration of the second network element, the expected duration of the first network element is determined according to the accuracy of the first network element and the execution duration of the first network element, and the expected duration of the second network element is determined according to the accuracy of the second network element and the execution duration of the second network element.

20. The communication device of claim 17, wherein the communication device is configured to,

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to receive network element set performance information of the first network element set and network element set performance information of the second network element set, where the network element set performance information of the first network element set is used to indicate the network element set performance of the first network element set, and the network element set performance information of the second network element set is used to indicate the network element set performance of the second network element set;

the processing unit is specifically configured to determine, according to the performance information of the first network element set and the performance information of the second network element set, that the performance of the network element set of the first network element set is better than the performance of the network element set of the second network element set.

21. The communication apparatus according to claim 17 or 20, wherein the network element set performance of the first network element set is better than the network element set performance of the second network element set, comprising one or more of: the intention achievement probability of the first network element set is higher than the intention achievement probability of the second network element set; or the intention achievement time length of the first network element set is shorter than the intention achievement time length of the second network element set.

22. The communication device according to any one of claims 17 to 21, wherein,

the receiving and transmitting unit is specifically configured to send an identifier of the first network element and first indication information to the knowledge management network element, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the network element performance of the first network element is better than the network element performance of the second network element.

23. The communication device of claim 22, wherein the communication device is configured to,

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to send performance information of the first network element to the knowledge management network element.

24. The communication device according to any one of claims 17 to 21, wherein,

the receiving and transmitting unit is specifically configured to send the identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element or the intended management network element.

25. The communication device of claim 24, wherein the communication device is configured to,

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to receive target performance information from the intended consumption network element, where the target performance information is used to indicate a target achievement probability for achieving the target intention and/or a target achievement duration for achieving the target intention;

the processing unit is further configured to send an identifier of the first network element to the intended consumption network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element.

26. The communication device of claim 25, wherein the communication device is configured to,

the processing unit is specifically configured to: if one or more of the following are satisfied: the ratio of the accuracy of the first network element to the target achievement probability is less than a first threshold; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length is greater than a second threshold value, determining to send the identification of the first network element to the intended consumption network element.

27. The communication device according to any one of claims 17 to 24, wherein,

the processing unit is further configured to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element.

28. The communication device of claim 27, wherein the communication device is configured to,

the processing unit is specifically configured to: if one or more of the following are satisfied: the accuracy of the first network element and the target achievement probability are greater than or equal to a first threshold; or if the ratio of the execution time length of the first network element to the target achievement time length is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value, determining to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element.

29. A communication device according to claim 27 or 28, characterized in that,

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to send second instruction information to the first network element, where the second instruction information is used to instruct the first network element to feed back an execution result of the instruction to the intended consumption network element or the intended management network element.

30. A communication device, comprising a transceiver unit and a processing unit;

the receiving and transmitting unit is used for receiving target performance information from the intention consumption network element, wherein the target performance information is used for indicating target achievement probability for realizing target intention and/or target achievement duration for realizing the target intention;

the receiving and transmitting unit is further configured to receive performance information of a first network element from a knowledge management network element, where the first network element has a first function, where the first function is used to implement the target intention, the performance information of the first network element is used to indicate a network element performance of the first network element, the network element performance includes an accuracy and/or an execution duration, the accuracy indicates an execution accuracy of the first function, and the execution duration indicates an execution duration of the first function;

the processing unit is configured to determine, according to the target performance information and the network element performance of the first network element, to send the identity of the first network element to the intended consumption network element, or

The processing unit is configured to send an instruction corresponding to the first function to the first network element according to the target performance information and the network element performance determination of the first network element.

31. The communication device according to claim 30, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

32. A communication device according to claim 30 or 31, wherein,

33. A communication device comprising at least one processor for executing a computer program stored in a memory to cause the device to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 16.

34. A computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 16.