CN116887439A - Priority adjustment method, device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a priority adjustment method, a priority adjustment device and a storage medium, relates to the technical field of communication, and is used for improving the utilization rate of network resources. The method comprises the following steps: under the condition that the target access network equipment is in a congestion state, acquiring target parameters of target terminal equipment; the target parameters include at least one of: business grade, historical consumption amount, and historical flow; the target terminal equipment is connected with target access network equipment; determining a target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the target parameter; and sending an adjustment indication message to the core network element, wherein the adjustment indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the target priority.

Description

Priority adjustment method, device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a priority adjustment method, apparatus, and storage medium.

Background

With the rapid development of the fifth generation mobile communication technology (5th generation mobile communication technology,5G) network, a great number of emerging services (such as high-definition live broadcast, unmanned services and the like) with higher service demands (such as network quality and resource scheduling dependence) appear in the 5G network, so that the service demands of users are diversified. To meet the service requirements of different users, the core network element may configure the quality of service (quality of service, qoS) for the user by configuring the 5G quality of service identifier (5GQoS identifier,5QI) and allocation and retention priority (allocation and retention priority, ARP) for the user, so that different levels of service may be provided for the user according to the QoS of the user.

However, at present, the QoS of the user is a preset QoS configured by the core network element for the user when the user opens an account, so that the ARP of the user is also a preset ARP. When the network is in a congestion state, the access network equipment needs to allocate resources for the user according to the preset ARP of the user, so that the current actual situation of the user cannot be considered in the process of allocating the resources for the user by the access network equipment, the problem of network resource waste caused by unreasonable network resource allocation is likely to occur, and further the network resource cannot adapt to the actual service demands of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a priority adjustment method, a priority adjustment device and a storage medium, which are used for improving the utilization rate of network resources.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the application adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a priority adjustment method, including: under the condition that the target access network equipment is in a congestion state, acquiring target parameters of target terminal equipment; the target parameters include at least one of: business grade, historical consumption amount, and historical flow; the target terminal equipment is terminal equipment connected with target access network equipment; determining a target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the target parameter; and sending an adjustment indication message to the core network element, wherein the adjustment indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the target priority.

In one possible implementation, the historical consumption amount includes: a plurality of spending amounts for a first period of time; the historical traffic includes: flow over a plurality of first time periods; the traffic includes traffic in at least one network format.

In one possible implementation, the target parameters include: determining the target priority of the target terminal device based on the target parameter under the conditions of the service level, the historical consumption amount and the historical flow, including: determining a consumption amount average value, a flow average value and a residence ratio based on the target parameters; the average value of the consumption amount is an average value of the consumption amounts in a plurality of first time periods; the flow average value is an average value of flow in a plurality of first time periods; the residence ratio is the ratio of the flow of the target network system in the second time period to the flow in the second time period; the second time period is any one of the plurality of first time periods; the target network system is any network system in at least one network system; carrying out weighted summation on the service grade, the consumption amount average value, the flow average value and the residence ratio, and determining the priority index of the target terminal equipment; and determining the target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the priority index of the target terminal equipment.

In one possible implementation, determining the target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device includes: determining the target priority as a first priority under the condition that the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to a first preset threshold; determining the target priority as the second priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to a second preset threshold and smaller than the first preset threshold; the first priority is higher than the second priority; determining the target priority as the third priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the third preset threshold and smaller than the second preset threshold; the second priority is higher than the third priority.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: and under the condition that the target access network equipment is not in the congestion state, sending a recovery indication message to a core network element, wherein the recovery indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the original priority of the target terminal equipment.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a priority adjustment apparatus, comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit; under the condition that the target access network equipment is in a congestion state, the communication unit is used for acquiring target parameters of target terminal equipment; the target parameters include at least one of: business grade, historical consumption amount, and historical flow; the target terminal equipment is terminal equipment connected with target access network equipment; a processing unit, configured to determine a target priority of a target terminal device based on the target parameter; the communication unit is further configured to send an adjustment indication message to the core network element, where the adjustment indication message is configured to instruct the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal device to the target priority.

In one possible implementation, the historical consumption amount includes: a plurality of spending amounts for a first period of time; the historical traffic includes: flow over a plurality of first time periods; the traffic includes traffic in at least one network format.

In one possible implementation, the target parameters include: the processing unit is also used for determining the average value of the consumption amount, the average value of the flow and the residence ratio based on the target parameters under the conditions of the service level, the historical consumption amount and the historical flow; the average value of the consumption amount is an average value of the consumption amounts in a plurality of first time periods; the flow average value is an average value of flow in a plurality of first time periods; the residence ratio is the ratio of the flow of the target network system in the second time period to the flow in the second time period; the second time period is any one of the plurality of first time periods; the target network system is any network system in at least one network system; the processing unit is also used for carrying out weighted summation on the service grade, the consumption amount average value, the flow average value and the residence ratio, and determining the priority index of the target terminal equipment; and the processing unit is also used for determining the target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the priority index of the target terminal equipment.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is further configured to determine that the target priority is the first priority when the priority index of the target terminal device is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold; the processing unit is further configured to determine that the target priority is the second priority when the priority index of the target terminal device is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold and less than the first preset threshold; the first priority is higher than the second priority; determining the target priority as the third priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the third preset threshold and smaller than the second preset threshold; the second priority is higher than the third priority.

In a possible implementation manner, in a case that the target access network device is not in the congestion state, the communication unit is further configured to send a restoration instruction message to a core network element, where the restoration instruction message is used to instruct the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal device to the original priority of the target terminal device.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a priority adjustment apparatus, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is coupled to a processor for running a computer program or instructions to implement the priority adjustment method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which, when run on a terminal, cause the terminal to perform a priority adjustment method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, the application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a priority adjustment device, cause the priority adjustment device to perform the priority adjustment method as described in any of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a chip comprising a processor and a communications interface, the communications interface and the processor being coupled, the processor being for running a computer program or instructions to implement the priority adjustment method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect.

In particular, the chip provided in the present application further includes a memory for storing a computer program or instructions.

The technical scheme at least brings the following beneficial effects: according to the priority adjustment method provided by the application, the priority adjustment device can know the actual situation of the target terminal equipment based on the acquired target parameter of the target terminal equipment, and determine the priority (i.e. the target priority) suitable for the current actual situation of the target terminal equipment based on the actual situation (i.e. the target parameter, such as the service level, or the historical consumption amount or the historical traffic). Then, the priority adjustment device sends an adjustment instruction message to the core network element, so that the core network element can adjust the current priority of the target terminal device to the target priority, thus ensuring that the priority adjustment device can dynamically adjust the priority of the target terminal device reasonably based on the current actual condition of the target terminal device under the condition of network congestion (namely the condition of insufficient network resources), enabling the subsequent target access network device to allocate network resources for the target terminal device reasonably based on the adjusted priority, improving the rationality of resource allocation, improving the problem of network resource waste, improving the utilization rate of network resources, further enabling the network resources to better adapt to the current actual service requirements of the target terminal device, and realizing flexible control of the service quality of the target terminal device.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a priority adjustment method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another priority adjustment method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of another priority adjustment method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of another priority adjustment method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a priority adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another priority adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following describes in detail a priority adjustment method, a device and a storage medium provided by an embodiment of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The term "and/or" is herein merely an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone.

The terms "first" and "second" and the like in the description and in the drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects or between different processes of the same object and not for describing a particular order of objects.

Furthermore, references to the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description of the present application are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed but may optionally include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g." in an embodiment should not be taken as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more.

With the rapid development of 5G networks, a great number of emerging services (such as high-definition live broadcast, unmanned services and the like) with higher service demands (such as network quality and resource scheduling dependence) appear in the 5G networks, so that the service demands of users are diversified. In order to meet the service requirements of different users, the core network element can configure QoS for the users by configuring 5QI and ARP for the users, so that different grades of services can be provided for the users according to the QoS of the users in the follow-up.

However, at present, the QoS of the user is a preset QoS configured by the core network element for the user when the user opens an account, so that the ARP of the user is also a preset ARP. When the network is in a congestion state, the access network equipment needs to allocate resources for the user according to the preset ARP of the user, so that the current actual situation of the user cannot be considered in the process of allocating the resources for the user by the access network equipment, the problem of network resource waste caused by unreasonable network resource allocation is likely to occur, and further the network resource cannot adapt to the actual service demands of the user.

In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides a priority adjustment method, where the priority adjustment device may learn an actual situation of a target terminal device based on an obtained target parameter of the target terminal device, and determine a priority (i.e., a target priority) suitable for a current actual situation of the target terminal device based on the actual situation of the target terminal device (i.e., the target parameter, for example, a service class, or a historical consumption amount, or a historical traffic). And then, the priority adjustment device sends an adjustment instruction message to the core network element so that the core network element can adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to be the target priority, thus ensuring that the priority adjustment device can reasonably adjust the priority of the target terminal equipment based on the current actual condition of the target terminal equipment under the condition of network congestion (namely the condition of insufficient network resources), ensuring that the subsequent target access network equipment can reasonably allocate network resources for the target terminal equipment based on the adjusted priority, improving the rationality of resource allocation, improving the problem of network resource waste, improving the utilization rate of network resources, further ensuring that the network resources can better adapt to the current actual service requirements of the target terminal equipment, and realizing flexible control of the service quality of the target terminal equipment.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication system includes: priority adjustment means 101, core network element 102, target terminal device 103, and target access network device 104.

Priority adjustment means 101, configured to obtain a target parameter of a target terminal device 103 when a target access network device 104 is in a congestion state, determine a target priority of the target terminal device 103 based on the target parameter, and send an adjustment instruction message to a core network element 102.

Wherein the target parameter comprises at least one of: business class, historical consumption amount, and historical traffic. The target terminal equipment is terminal equipment connected with target access network equipment. The adjustment indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the target priority.

A core network element 102, configured to receive the adjustment indication message from the priority adjustment device 101.

As an alternative implementation, the priority adjustment device 101 may include: an application layer, a storage processor, and an acquisition layer. The acquisition layer is used for acquiring target parameters. The storage processor is used for storing the target parameters acquired by the acquisition layer. The application layer user is used for executing adjustment of priority based on the target parameters acquired by the acquisition layer.

In a possible implementation, the core network element 102 includes at least one of the following: policy and charging enforcement function (policy and charging enforcement function, PCEF) 105, policy and charging rules function (policy and charging rules function, PCRF) 106, and session management function (session management function, SMF) 107.

Optionally, PCEF105 may be configured to collect and store messages such as traffic and traffic types for users. PCRF106 may be configured to receive the message of priority adjustment device 101 and to issue control signaling to SMF 107. The SMF107 may be used to implement modifying the bearer of the user by establishing a protocol data unit session (protocol data unit session, PDU session).

In an alternative implementation, the target terminal device 103 is located within the coverage area of the target access network device 104, connects with the target access network device 104, and may report measurement reports (measurement report, MR) to the target access network device 104. The target terminal device 103 may be a terminal (terminal equipment) or a User Equipment (UE) or a Mobile Station (MS) or a Mobile Terminal (MT), etc. Specifically, the target terminal device 103 may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer, or a computer with a wireless transceiver function, and may also be a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in unmanned driving, a wireless terminal in telemedicine, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in smart city (smart home), a vehicle-mounted terminal, and the like. In the embodiment of the present application, the means for implementing the function of the target terminal device 103 may be the target terminal device 103, or may be a means capable of supporting the target terminal device 103 to implement the function, for example, a chip system.

In a possible implementation manner, the target access network device 104 is mainly configured to implement functions such as resource scheduling, radio resource management, and radio access control of the target terminal device 103. Specifically, the target access network device 104 may be any one of a small base station, a wireless access point, a transceiver point (transmission receive point, TRP), a transmission point (transmission point, TP), and some other access node.

It should be noted that fig. 1 is only an exemplary frame diagram, and the number of nodes included in fig. 1 is not limited, and other nodes may be included in addition to the functional nodes shown in fig. 1, for example: a service operation support system (business operation support system, BOSS) 108, and a mobile network management device 109, etc., to which the present application is not limited in any way.

The BOSS108 may be used, among other things, to collect and store messages such as the user's amount of consumption and flow. The mobile network management device 109 may be configured to collect and store messages such as radio network resource utilization and the number of radio connections users of the access network device.

In addition, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present application is for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, and as a person of ordinary skill in the art can know, with evolution of network architecture and appearance of a new communication system, the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is applicable to similar technical problems.

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, an embodiment of the present application provides a priority adjustment method for improving the utilization rate of network resources. As shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

s201, under the condition that the target access network equipment is in a congestion state, the priority adjustment device acquires target parameters of the target terminal equipment.

Wherein the target parameter comprises at least one of: business class, historical consumption amount, and historical traffic. The target terminal equipment is terminal equipment connected with target access network equipment.

As an alternative implementation manner, the implementation process of S201 may be: the priority adjustment device receives the current wireless network resource utilization rate and the number of wireless connection users of the target access network device from the mobile network management device, and determines whether the wireless network resource utilization rate is greater than or equal to a preset threshold #1, and whether the number of wireless connection users is greater than or equal to a preset threshold #2. If the wireless network resource utilization rate is smaller than the preset threshold #1 and/or the wireless connection user number is smaller than the preset threshold #2, the priority adjustment device determines that the target access network equipment is not in a congestion state. If the wireless network resource utilization rate is greater than or equal to a preset threshold #1 and the number of wireless connection users is greater than or equal to a preset threshold #2, the priority adjustment device determines that the target access network device is in a congestion state. The priority adjustment means receives a traffic class from the PCEF in case the target access network device is in a congested state. And/or the priority adjustment means receives a historical consumption amount from the BOSS and/or the priority adjustment means receives a historical traffic from the BOSS and/or the PCEF.

Alternatively, the method for determining the network status by the priority adjustment device shown in fig. 5 may be performed periodically. The period may be set by the priority adjustment device based on actual conditions, and the present application is not limited in this regard.

In an alternative embodiment, the historical consumption amount includes: a plurality of spending amounts for the first time period. The historical traffic includes: flow over a plurality of first time periods. The traffic includes traffic in at least one network format.

As one possible implementation manner, the implementation process of determining the service level by the priority adjustment device may be: the priority adjustment device sorts at least one service supported by the target terminal device (or at least one service currently performed by the target terminal device) based on the service level, so as to obtain a service sequence, screens out the service with the highest level in the service sequence as a target service, and determines the level of the target service as the service level recorded by the application.

As another possible implementation manner, the implementation process of determining the service level by the priority adjustment device may be: the priority adjustment means determines a service (noted as a candidate service) having a rank greater than or equal to a target threshold from the above-mentioned at least one service. And under the condition that the number of the candidate services is 1, the priority adjusting device directly determines the grade of the candidate services to be the service grade recorded by the application. And under the condition that the number of the service to be selected is larger than 1, the priority adjustment device determines the service with the highest grade in the plurality of service to be selected as the preset service, and determines the grade of the preset service as the service grade recorded by the application.

In one example, the at least one service may include the following four services: session class services, streaming media services, interactive class services, and background class services. The session type service mainly comprises a real-time voice communication service and a VONR video telephone service, and the session type service has higher requirement on transmission delay, so that the session type service has the highest grade. Because streaming media service has high requirements on real-time traffic and rate, the level of network delay sensitivity of streaming media service is only lower than that of session type service. Because the interactive service mainly comprises a web page browsing service and the background service mainly comprises a short message service, the interactive service and the background service have low requirements on network time delay, and therefore the grades of the interactive service and the background service are lower than the grade of the streaming media service. From the above, the sequence obtained by the priority adjustment device according to the ranking is session class-streaming media-interaction class-background class.

Optionally, the service level may be a level of the target terminal device in terms of delay sensitivity, a level of the target terminal device in terms of traffic, or a comprehensive level of the target terminal device in terms of delay sensitivity and traffic, which is not limited in the present application.

It can be appreciated that the above-mentioned target parameters include parameters of multiple dimensions (such as service level, historical consumption amount, and historical traffic), which can implement flexible control of different dimensions of the terminal device, for example, implement providing different priorities to terminal devices of different traffic usage amounts; for another example, different priorities are provided for terminal devices of different consumption amounts; for example, different priorities are provided for terminal equipment supporting different service levels, so that differentiated services can be better provided for the terminal equipment, and further network use satisfaction of the terminal equipment is improved.

S202, the priority adjustment device determines the target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the target parameter.

As an alternative implementation manner, the implementation process of S202 may be: the priority adjustment device may determine a priority index of the target terminal device according to the target parameter, and determine a target priority of the target terminal device based on a section in which the priority index of the target terminal device is located.

And S203, the priority adjustment device sends an adjustment indication message to the core network element. Correspondingly, the core network element receives the adjustment indication message from the priority adjustment device.

The adjustment indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the target priority.

In one example, the indication message may include: target priority, and at least one of 5QI and ARP. The target priority is used for adjusting ARP, and the ARP has a corresponding relation with 5 QI. The above is merely an exemplary description of the indication message, and the indication message may further include other messages, which the present application is not limited to.

As an optional implementation manner, after S203, the core network element may acquire the current priority of the target terminal device, and determine whether the current priority is the same as the target priority. If the current priority is the same as the target priority, the core network element ends the flow. If the current priority is different from the target priority, the core network element adjusts the current priority of the target terminal device to the target priority carried in the adjustment indication message, and sends the adjusted priority of the target terminal device to the target access network device. Correspondingly, the target access network device receives the adjusted priority (i.e. target priority) of the target terminal device from the core network element, maps the data radio bearer (data radio bearer, DRB) scheduling parameter between the target terminal device and the target access network device according to the adjusted priority of the target terminal device, and performs the guarantee of the user service based on the DRB scheduling parameter, so that resources can be allocated to the terminal device and the user service can be guaranteed based on the adjusted priority of the target terminal device, and thus the adjustment of the priority of the target terminal device is completed.

Optionally, the implementation process that the core network element adjusts the current priority of the target terminal device to the target priority carried in the adjustment indication message may be: the PCRF may send control signaling to the SMF, which carries the target priority. Accordingly, the SMF receives the control signaling from the PCRF and modifies the user bearer (i.e., the priority of the target terminal device) at the core network side by establishing PDU session.

As an alternative implementation manner, after S203, the core network element may first adjust QoS of a plurality of terminal devices connected to the target access network device to the same QoS (i.e. the same 5QI and ARP), and then perform the step of adjusting the priority of the target terminal device based on the target priority. The implementation process of the core network element for adjusting the priority of the target terminal device based on the target priority may be understood by referring to the description of the corresponding position, which is not described herein.

The technical scheme at least brings the following beneficial effects: according to the priority adjustment method provided by the application, the priority adjustment device can know the actual situation of the target terminal equipment based on the acquired target parameter of the target terminal equipment, and determine the priority (i.e. the target priority) suitable for the current actual situation of the target terminal equipment based on the actual situation (i.e. the target parameter, such as the service level, or the historical consumption amount or the historical traffic). And then, the priority adjustment device sends an adjustment instruction message to the core network element so that the core network element can adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to be the target priority, thus ensuring that the priority adjustment device can reasonably adjust the priority of the target terminal equipment based on the current actual condition of the target terminal equipment under the condition of network congestion (namely the condition of insufficient network resources), ensuring that the subsequent target access network equipment can reasonably allocate network resources for the target terminal equipment based on the adjusted priority, improving the rationality of resource allocation, improving the problem of network resource waste, improving the utilization rate of network resources, further ensuring that the network resources can better adapt to the current actual service requirements of the target terminal equipment, and realizing flexible control of the service quality of the target terminal equipment.

In an alternative embodiment, as shown in S202, the priority adjustment means determines the target priority of the target terminal device based on the target parameter. The target parameters include: in the case of the service level, the historical consumption amount, and the historical traffic, in conjunction with the method embodiment shown in fig. 2, this embodiment provides a possible implementation manner, as shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a possible implementation manner of S202 provided in the present application, and therefore, the process of determining, by the priority adjustment device, the target priority of the target terminal device based on the target parameter may include the following steps S301 to S303.

S301, the priority adjustment device determines an average value of the consumption amount, an average value of the flow rate and a residence ratio based on the target parameters.

The average value of the consumption amount is an average value of the consumption amounts in a plurality of first time periods. The flow average is an average of the flows over a plurality of first time periods. The residence ratio is a ratio of the traffic of the target network system in the second time period to the traffic in the second time period. The second time period is any one of a plurality of first time periods. The target network system is any network system of at least one network system.

Alternatively, the computing device may set the first period of time according to the actual situation, for example, the computing device sets the first period of time to 1 month. The foregoing is merely an exemplary description of the first period, and the first period may also be other values, which the present application is not limited to.

Taking the first period as one month as an example, the value resources in the plurality of first periods may include: value resources within month 1 of 20XX, value resources within month 2 of 20XX, value resources within month N (current month) of … …,20 XX. And N is a positive integer less than or equal to 12. In this case, the above-described consumption amount average may satisfy the following formula 1:

arpu=average (value resource in 20XX year 1, 20XX year 2, … …,20XX year N), formula 1, wherein ARPU is the AVERAGE of the amounts consumed.

As yet another example, taking the first period as one month as an example, the value resources in the plurality of first periods may include: flow rate in month 1 of 20XX, flow rate in month 2 of 20XX, flow rate in month N (current month) of … … and 20 XX. In this case, the above flow average value may satisfy the following equation 2:

dou=average (flow in 20XX year 1, 20XX year 2, … …,20XX year N), equation 2, where DOU is the flow mean.

Alternatively, the residence ratio may be used to characterize the duty cycle of the traffic of the target terminal device in the target system in the entire network (i.e. the network composed of multiple systems) during the second period. The residence ratio may satisfy the following formula 3:

RA= (flow 1/flow 2) ×100% equation 3

Wherein RA is the residence ratio. flow1 is the traffic of the target network system in the second time period. flow2 is the flow rate in the second time period.

Alternatively, the computing device may set the second preset threshold according to the actual situation, for example, the computing device sets the second preset threshold to 5 milliseconds (ms). The foregoing is merely an exemplary description of the second preset threshold, and the second preset threshold may be another value, which is not limited in this aspect of the present application.

It will be appreciated that a higher residence ratio indicates a higher network quality of the target terminal device in the target-type network, and in this case, may also indicate a longer residence time of the target terminal device in the target-type network. The higher the residence ratio, the lower the network quality of the target terminal equipment in the target system network, and the possibility of switching to other system networks is high.

For example, in the case that the target standard is 5G, the residence ratio is used to characterize the ratio of the traffic of the target terminal device in the 5G network in the whole network (i.e. the network formed by multiple standards), that is, the ratio of the traffic generated by the target terminal device in the 5G network to the traffic generated by the target terminal device in the whole network.

S302, the priority adjustment device performs weighted summation on the service level, the consumption amount average value, the flow average value and the residence ratio to determine the priority index of the target terminal device.

In one possible implementation, the priority index may satisfy the following equation 4:

y=α arpu+β dou+γ ra+θ ServiceType formula 4

Wherein Y is the priority index. Alpha is the weight corresponding to the average value of the consumption amount. Beta is the weight corresponding to the flow average value. Gamma is the weight corresponding to the dwell ratio. θ is the weight corresponding to the service class.

S303, the priority adjustment device determines the target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device.

As an alternative implementation manner, the implementation process of S303 may be: the priority adjustment device may determine a section in which the priority index of the target terminal device is located, and determine a priority corresponding to the section as the target priority of the target terminal device.

Optionally, the target parameter may include at least one of: business class, historical consumption amount, and historical traffic, the target parameters can be divided into 7 cases: case 1, target parameters include: business grade, historical consumption amount, and historical flow; case 2, target parameters include: business class and historical consumption amount; case 3, target parameters include: service class and historical traffic; case 4, target parameters include: historical consumption amount and historical flow; case 5, target parameters include: service class; case 6, target parameters include: a historical consumption amount; case 6, target parameters include: historical traffic.

The above S301 to S303 show the priority adjustment method in the above case 1.

In the case 2, the priority adjustment device may determine a consumption amount average value based on the historical consumption amount, determine a priority index of the target terminal device by performing weighted summation on the service level and the consumption amount average value, and determine the target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device.

In the above case 3, the priority adjustment means may determine a traffic average value and a residence ratio based on the historical traffic, determine a priority index of the target terminal device by performing weighted summation on the traffic class, the traffic average value, and the residence ratio, and determine the target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device.

Alternatively, the priority adjustment method in the other cases may be understood with reference to the description of the corresponding positions, which is not described herein.

The technical scheme at least brings the following beneficial effects: according to the priority adjustment method provided by the application, the priority adjustment device determines the service level, the consumption amount average value, the flow average value and the residence ratio based on the target parameters, performs weighted summation on the level, the consumption amount average value, the flow average value and the residence ratio of the target service to determine the priority index of the target terminal equipment, and determines the target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the priority index of the target terminal equipment, so that a data basis is provided for the subsequent adjustment of the priority of the target terminal equipment.

In an alternative embodiment, as shown in S303, the priority adjustment device determines the target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device, and on the basis of the method embodiment shown in fig. 3, this embodiment provides a possible implementation, as shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 is a possible implementation of S303 provided in the present application, and therefore, the process of determining the target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device by the priority adjustment device may include the following steps S401 to S403.

S401, determining, by the priority adjustment device, that the target priority is the first priority when the priority index of the target terminal device is greater than or equal to a first preset threshold.

As one possible implementation manner, the implementation process of determining the first preset threshold by the priority adjustment device may be: the priority adjustment device acquires priority indexes of a plurality of terminal devices connected with the access network device, and sorts the plurality of terminal devices based on the priority indexes to obtain a terminal device sequence. The priority means then determine that the priority index of the terminal devices whose sorting positions are located at 3/10 of the entire sequence of terminal devices is a first preset threshold.

As one possible implementation manner, the implementation process of determining the first preset threshold by the priority adjustment device may be: the priority adjustment device directly determines a first preset threshold according to historical experience.

Optionally, the first preset threshold may be fixed, or may be dynamically adjusted based on a change of the priority indexes of the plurality of terminal devices, which is not limited in the present application.

S402, when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to a second preset threshold value and smaller than the first preset threshold value, the priority adjustment device determines that the target priority is the second priority.

Wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority.

As one possible implementation manner, the implementation process of determining the second preset threshold by the priority adjustment device may be: the priority adjustment device acquires priority indexes of a plurality of terminal devices connected with the access network device, and sorts the plurality of terminal devices based on the priority indexes to obtain a terminal device sequence. The priority means then determine that the priority index of the terminal devices whose sorting positions are located at 3/10 of the entire sequence of terminal devices is a second preset threshold.

As one possible implementation manner, the implementation process of determining the second preset threshold by the priority adjustment device may be: the priority adjustment device directly determines a second preset threshold according to historical experience.

Optionally, the second preset threshold may be fixed, or may be dynamically adjusted based on a change of the priority indexes of the plurality of terminal devices, which is not limited in the present application.

S403, when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to a third preset threshold value and smaller than the second preset threshold value, the priority adjustment device determines that the target priority is the third priority.

Wherein the second priority is higher than the third priority.

As one possible implementation manner, the implementation process of the priority adjustment device in determining the third preset threshold may be: the priority adjustment device acquires priority indexes of a plurality of terminal devices connected with the access network device, and sorts the plurality of terminal devices based on the priority indexes to obtain a terminal device sequence. Then, the priority means determines that the priority index of the terminal equipment whose ranking position is located at 100% of the entire terminal equipment sequence is a third preset threshold.

As one possible implementation manner, the implementation process of the priority adjustment device in determining the third preset threshold may be: the priority adjustment device directly determines a third preset threshold according to historical experience.

Optionally, the third preset threshold may be fixed, or may be dynamically adjusted based on a change of the priority indexes of the plurality of terminal devices, which is not limited in the present application.

Alternatively, the priority adjustment device may configure different 5QI and ARP for terminal devices with different priorities. As shown in table 1 below, the 5QI corresponding to the first priority (also referred to as gold grade) terminal is 6, and the ARP corresponding to the first priority terminal is 1. The 5QI corresponding to the terminal device of the second priority (also referred to as the silver level) is 8, and the ARP corresponding to the terminal device of the first priority is 2. The terminal device of the third priority (may also be referred to as a normal class) corresponds to a 5QI of 9, and the terminal device of the first priority corresponds to an ARP of 3.

TABLE 1

Priority name	5QI	ARP
			First priority (gold grade)	6	1
Second priority (silver grade)	8	2
			Third priority (common level)	9	3

The technical scheme at least brings the following beneficial effects: according to the priority adjustment method provided by the application, the priority adjustment device determines the target priority as the first priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the first preset threshold, determines the target priority as the second priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the second preset threshold and smaller than the first preset threshold, and determines the target priority as the third priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the third preset threshold and smaller than the second preset threshold, so that the priority of the terminal equipment can be reasonably divided, and different access network equipment can provide different services for different terminal equipment based on the priority of different terminal equipment.

In an alternative embodiment, the method shown in fig. 2 to fig. 4 above is applicable to a case where the access network device to which the target terminal device is currently connected is not in a congestion state. However, as network optimization operations are performed, the state of the target access network device may also change. After the core network element has adjusted the current priority of the target terminal device to the target priority based on the adjustment indication message, if the priority adjustment device determines that the target access network device is not in a congestion state, the priority adjustment device may adjust the priority of the target terminal device again. As shown in fig. 5 in conjunction with fig. 4, after S202 described above, the implementation process in which the priority adjustment means adjusts the priority of the target terminal device again may be determined by the following S501.

And S501, the priority adjustment device sends the recovery instruction message to a core network element.

The recovery indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority to the priority of the original target terminal equipment.

Optionally, the implementation process of how the core network element adjusts the current priority to the priority of the original target terminal device may be understood with reference to the description of the corresponding location, which is not repeated herein.

The technical scheme at least brings the following beneficial effects: in the priority adjustment method provided by the application, when the target access network equipment is not in the congestion state, the priority adjustment device can send the restoration instruction message for instructing the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the original priority of the target terminal equipment to the core network element, so that the subsequent core network element can restore the priority of the target terminal equipment to the original priority of the target terminal equipment based on the restoration instruction message, and thus, under the condition that the network resources are sufficient, the target access network equipment still distributes resources for the target terminal equipment according to the original priority, and the network experience of the terminal equipment with the original high priority is ensured.

It is understood that the above-described priority adjustment method may be implemented by the priority adjustment device. The priority adjustment device comprises a hardware structure and/or a software module corresponding to each function for realizing the functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative modules and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the disclosed embodiments.

The disclosed embodiment of the application can divide the functional modules according to the priority adjustment device generated by the method example, for example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated in one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the modules is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual implementation.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a priority adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the priority adjustment means 60 may be used to perform the priority adjustment method shown in fig. 2-5. The priority adjustment device 60 includes: a communication unit 601 and a processing unit 602.

In case that the target access network device is in a congestion state, the communication unit 601 is configured to obtain a target parameter of the target terminal device; the target parameters include at least one of: business grade, historical consumption amount, and historical flow; the target terminal equipment is terminal equipment connected with target access network equipment; a processing unit 602, configured to determine a target priority of a target terminal device based on the target parameter; the communication unit 601 is further configured to send an adjustment indication message to the core network element, where the adjustment indication message is used to instruct the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal device to the target priority.

In one possible implementation, the historical consumption amount includes: a plurality of spending amounts for a first period of time; the historical traffic includes: flow over a plurality of first time periods; the traffic includes traffic in at least one network format.

In one possible implementation, the target parameters include: in the case of the service level, the historical consumption amount, and the historical traffic, the processing unit 602 is further configured to determine a consumption amount average, a traffic average, and a residence ratio based on the target parameters; the average value of the consumption amount is an average value of the consumption amounts in a plurality of first time periods; the flow average value is an average value of flow in a plurality of first time periods; the residence ratio is the ratio of the flow of the target network system in the second time period to the flow in the second time period; the second time period is any one of the plurality of first time periods; the target network system is any network system in at least one network system; the processing unit 602 is further configured to perform weighted summation on the service level, the average value of the consumption amount, the average value of the flow rate, and the residence ratio, and determine a priority index of the target terminal device; the processing unit 602 is further configured to determine a target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit 602 is further configured to determine that the target priority is the first priority if the priority index of the target terminal device is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold; the processing unit 602 is further configured to determine that the target priority is the second priority when the priority index of the target terminal device is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold and less than the first preset threshold; the first priority is higher than the second priority; determining the target priority as the third priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the third preset threshold and smaller than the second preset threshold; the second priority is higher than the third priority.

In the case of implementing the functions of the integrated modules in the form of hardware, the embodiment of the present invention provides a possible structural schematic diagram of the priority adjustment device involved in the above embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, a priority adjustment device 70 is used, for example, to perform the priority adjustment methods shown in fig. 2-5. The priority adjustment device 70 includes a processor 701, a memory 702, a bus 703, and a communication interface 704. The processor 701 and the memory 702 may be connected by a bus 703.

The processor 701 is a control center of the user equipment, and may be one processor or a collective term of a plurality of processing elements. For example, the processor 701 may be a general-purpose central processing unit 702 (central processing unit, CPU), or may be another general-purpose processor. Wherein the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.

As one example, processor 701 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU 0 and CPU 1 shown in fig. 7.

Memory 702 may be, but is not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, as well as electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

As a possible implementation, the memory 702 may exist separately from the processor 701, and the memory 702 may be connected to the processor 701 through the bus 703 for storing instructions or program code. The processor 701, when calling and executing instructions or program code stored in the memory 702, is capable of implementing the map plotting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

In another possible implementation, the memory 702 may also be integrated with the processor 701.

Bus 703 may be an industry standard architecture (Industry Standard Architecture, ISA) bus, a peripheral component interconnect (Peripheral Component Interconnect, PCI) bus, or an extended industry standard architecture (Extended Industry Standard Architecture, EISA) bus, among others. The bus may be classified as an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 7, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

Communication interface 704 for connecting with other devices via a communication network. The communication network may be an ethernet, a radio access network, a wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc. The communication interface 704 may comprise a communication unit 601 for receiving data.

In one design, the communication interface may also be integrated into the processor in the priority adjustment device 70 provided by the embodiments of the present invention.

As an example, in connection with fig. 7, the processing unit 602 in the priority adjustment apparatus realizes the same function as the processor 701 in fig. 7.

It should be noted that the structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the priority adjustment device 70. The priority adjustment means 70 may comprise more or less components than shown in fig. 7, or may be combined with certain components, or may be arranged in a different arrangement of components.

From the foregoing description of the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of functional modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional allocation may be implemented by different functional modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional modules to implement all or part of the functions described above. The specific working processes of the above-described systems, devices and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein.

The present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, enable the electronic device to perform the priority adjustment method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure described above.

The disclosed embodiments also provide a computer program product containing instructions that, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the priority adjustment method provided by the disclosed embodiments described above.

The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM), an erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), a register, a hard disk, an optical fiber, a portable compact disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing, or any other form of computer readable storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read messages from, and write messages to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC). In embodiments of the present application, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

The present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (12)

1. A priority adjustment method, comprising:

under the condition that the target access network equipment is in a congestion state, acquiring target parameters of target terminal equipment; the target parameters include at least one of: business grade, historical consumption amount, and historical flow; the target terminal equipment is terminal equipment connected with the target access network equipment;

determining a target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the target parameter;

and sending an adjustment indication message to a core network element, wherein the adjustment indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the target priority.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical consumption amount comprises: a plurality of spending amounts for a first period of time; the historical traffic includes: flow rates over the plurality of first time periods; the traffic includes traffic in at least one network format.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the target parameters include: the determining, based on the target parameter, the target priority of the target terminal device in the case of the service class, the historical consumption amount, and the historical traffic includes:

determining a consumption amount average value, a flow average value and a residence ratio based on the target parameters; the average value of the consumption amount is the average value of the consumption amounts in the first time periods; the flow average value is an average value of the flows in the first time periods; the residence ratio is the ratio of the flow of the target network system in the second time period to the flow in the second time period; the second time period is any one of the plurality of first time periods; the target network system is any network system in the at least one network system;

the business grade, the consumption amount average value, the flow average value and the residence ratio are weighted and summed, and the priority index of the target terminal equipment is determined;

and determining the target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the priority index of the target terminal equipment.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein said determining a target priority of said target terminal device based on a priority index of said target terminal device comprises:

determining the target priority as a first priority under the condition that the priority index of the target terminal equipment is larger than or equal to a first preset threshold;

determining that the target priority is a second priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is greater than or equal to a second preset threshold and smaller than the first preset threshold; the first priority is higher than the second priority;

determining that the target priority is a third priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is greater than or equal to a third preset threshold and smaller than the second preset threshold; the second priority is higher than the third priority.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:

and under the condition that the target access network equipment is not in the congestion state, sending a recovery indication message to a core network element, wherein the recovery indication message is used for indicating the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the original priority of the target terminal equipment.

6. A priority adjustment apparatus, comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit;

the communication unit is used for acquiring target parameters of target terminal equipment under the condition that the target access network equipment is in a congestion state; the target parameters include at least one of: business grade, historical consumption amount, and historical flow; the target terminal equipment is terminal equipment connected with the target access network equipment;

the processing unit is used for determining the target priority of the target terminal equipment based on the target parameter;

the communication unit is further configured to send an adjustment indication message to a core network element, where the adjustment indication message is configured to instruct the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal device to the target priority.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the historical consumption amount comprises: a plurality of spending amounts for a first period of time; the historical traffic includes: flow rates over the plurality of first time periods; the traffic includes traffic in at least one network format.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the target parameters include: in the case of the service level, the historical consumption amount, and the historical traffic,

The processing unit is further used for determining an average value of the consumption amount, an average value of the flow rate and a residence ratio based on the target parameters; the average value of the consumption amount is the average value of the consumption amounts in the first time periods; the flow average value is an average value of the flows in the first time periods; the residence ratio is the ratio of the flow of the target network system in the second time period to the flow in the second time period; the second time period is any one of the plurality of first time periods; the target network system is any network system in the at least one network system;

the processing unit is further configured to perform weighted summation on the service level, the consumption amount average, the flow average, and the residence ratio, and determine a priority index of the target terminal device;

the processing unit is further configured to determine a target priority of the target terminal device based on the priority index of the target terminal device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the device comprises a plurality of sensors,

the processing unit is further configured to determine that the target priority is a first priority when the priority index of the target terminal device is greater than or equal to a first preset threshold;

The processing unit is further configured to determine that the target priority is a second priority when the priority index of the target terminal device is greater than or equal to a second preset threshold and less than the first preset threshold; the first priority is higher than the second priority;

determining that the target priority is a third priority when the priority index of the target terminal equipment is greater than or equal to a third preset threshold and smaller than the second preset threshold; the second priority is higher than the third priority.

10. The device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein,

and under the condition that the target access network equipment is not in the congestion state, the communication unit is further configured to send a recovery indication message to a core network element, where the recovery indication message is used to instruct the core network element to adjust the current priority of the target terminal equipment to the original priority of the target terminal equipment.

11. A priority adjustment apparatus, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface being coupled to the processor for executing a computer program or instructions to implement the prioritization method as claimed in any one of claims 1-5.

12. A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, characterized in that when executed by a computer, the computer performs the priority adjustment method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims 1-5.