CN117354154A

CN117354154A - Network element determination method, device, computer equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117354154A
Application number: CN202311329986.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何捷; 毛斌宏; 蔡凤恩; 何晓武
Original assignee: China Telecom Technology Innovation Center; China Telecom Corp Ltd
Current assignee: China Telecom Technology Innovation Center; China Telecom Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2023-10-13
Filing date: 2023-10-13
Publication date: 2024-01-05

Abstract

The application relates to a network element determination method, a network element determination device, a computer device, a storage medium and a computer program product. The method comprises the following steps: receiving an interface calling instruction; the interface calling instruction is used for indicating the interface to determine the network element to be processed; under the condition that the interface calling instruction carries network element guiding information of the network element to be processed, determining candidate network elements corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database; the network element information database records network element guiding information and network element types of a plurality of network elements; and under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database, determining the candidate network element as a target network element. The method can improve the convenience of service operation aiming at the network element.

Description

Network element determination method, device, computer equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of software engineering technology, and in particular, to a network element determining method, an apparatus, a computer device, a storage medium, and a computer program product.

Background

The network element is an independent device for realizing communication and control functions in the network, and service operations such as service opening, parameter configuration, information inquiry and the like of the network element are usually realized through a calling interface (Application Programming Interface ).

In the related art, when determining a target network element for a service operation, an interface is generally determined based on a network element identifier, that is, an interface needs to be called once for each service operation for one network element, and the target network element for the service operation is determined in a plurality of network elements of a network, so that the convenience of the service operation for the network element is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a network element determining method, apparatus, computer device, computer readable storage medium and computer program product capable of improving the convenience of service operation for a network element, aiming at the technical problem of poor convenience of service operation for a network element.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a network element determining method, including:

receiving an interface calling instruction; the interface calling instruction is used for indicating the interface to determine the network element to be processed;

under the condition that the interface calling instruction carries network element guiding information of the network element to be processed, determining candidate network elements corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database; the network element information database records network element guiding information and network element types of a plurality of network elements;

And determining the candidate network element as a target network element under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database.

In one embodiment, the network element guiding information includes at least one of a network element identifier and an area identifier, where the area identifier is identifier information of an area where the network element is located;

the determining the candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information from the pre-constructed network element information database comprises the following steps:

traversing all area identifiers in the network element information database under the condition that the network element identification of the network element to be processed is not included in the network element guide information carried by the interface calling instruction and the area identification of the network element to be processed is included;

determining a target area identifier matched with the area identifier of the network element to be processed from all the area identifiers;

and determining at least one network element in the corresponding area of the target area identifier as a candidate network element.

In one embodiment, the determining, from a pre-constructed network element information database, a candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information further includes:

Traversing all network element identifiers in the network element information database under the condition that the network element identification of the network element to be processed is included in the network element guide information carried by the interface calling instruction;

determining a target network element identifier matched with the network element identifier of the network element to be processed from all the network element identifiers;

and determining one network element corresponding to the target network element identifier as a candidate network element.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

generating first interface call failure information under the condition that the interface call instruction does not carry the network element guiding information;

and returning the first interface call failure information to a sender of the interface call instruction.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

generating second interface call failure information under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface call instruction is not matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database;

and returning the second interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction.

In one embodiment, the interface calling instruction further carries a service keyword corresponding to the service operation of the network element to be processed;

After determining the candidate network element as the target network element, the method further comprises:

generating a service operation instruction according to the service keyword;

issuing a service operation instruction to the target network element;

and receiving a service operation result returned by the target network element, and returning the service operation result to the sender of the interface calling instruction.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides a network element determining apparatus, including:

the calling instruction receiving module is used for receiving an interface calling instruction; the interface calling instruction is used for indicating the interface to determine the network element to be processed;

a candidate network element determining module, configured to determine, when the interface call instruction carries network element guiding information of the network element to be processed, a candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database; the network element information database records network element guiding information and network element types of a plurality of network elements;

and the target network element determining module is used for determining the candidate network element as a target network element under the condition that the network element type of the to-be-processed network element carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database.

In a third aspect, the present application also provides a computer device comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program, the processor implementing the following steps when executing the computer program:

In a fourth aspect, the present application also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which when executed by a processor performs the steps of:

In a fifth aspect, the present application also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of:

The network element determining method, the network element determining device, the computer equipment, the storage medium and the computer program product firstly receive an interface calling instruction; the interface calling instruction is used for indicating the interface to determine the network element to be processed; then, under the condition that the interface calling instruction carries network element guiding information of the network element to be processed, determining candidate network elements corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database; the network element information database records network element guiding information and network element types of a plurality of network elements; and finally, determining the candidate network element as a target network element under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database. In this way, through the network element guiding information of the to-be-processed network element carried by the received interface calling instruction, the candidate network element can be preliminarily identified from a plurality of network elements, and the candidate network element is determined as the target network element based on the matching condition of the network element type carried by the interface calling instruction and the network element type of the candidate network element; compared with the related technology of determining the network element based on the network element identification, the network element determination method can determine a plurality of target network elements simultaneously under the condition that the network element guiding information points to a plurality of network elements, thereby improving the convenience of service operation for the network elements.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the related art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the related technical descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for a person having ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a method for determining a network element in one embodiment;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps for determining candidate network elements corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database in an embodiment;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a step of determining a candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database in another embodiment;

fig. 4 is a flow chart of a method for determining a network element in another embodiment;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating steps of an interface determining a network element in one embodiment;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of a network element determining device in one embodiment;

fig. 7 is an internal structural diagram of a computer device in one embodiment.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the present application.

It should be noted that, the user information (including, but not limited to, user equipment information, user personal information, etc.) and the data (including, but not limited to, data for analysis, stored data, presented data, etc.) referred to in the present application are information and data authorized by the user or sufficiently authorized by each party, and the collection, use and processing of the related data are required to comply with the related laws and regulations and standards of the related countries and regions.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, a network element determining method is provided, and this embodiment is illustrated by applying the method to an interface in a network, for example, to a server or a terminal where the interface is located. The server may be implemented by an independent server or a server cluster formed by a plurality of servers, and the terminal may be, but not limited to, various personal computers, notebook computers, smart phones, tablet computers, and the like. In this embodiment, the method includes the steps of:

Step S102, receiving an interface call instruction.

The interface calling instruction is used for indicating an interface in the network to determine a network element to be processed; after receiving the interface call instruction, the interface determines network elements needing service operation, namely network elements to be processed, from a plurality of interfaces of the network according to the interface call instruction.

Specifically, in the communication industry, a manager realizes service operations such as service opening, user information inquiry, network parameter configuration, one-key isolation recovery, network access acceptance, network element inspection and the like of network elements in a network through calling interfaces; when the manager needs to call the interface, an interface call instruction is input into the management equipment, and the management equipment determines the interface to be called according to the selection of the manager to the interface and sends the interface call instruction to the interface.

Step S104, under the condition that the interface calling instruction carries the network element guiding information of the network element to be processed, determining candidate network elements corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database.

Wherein, the network element guiding information at least comprises a network element identifier and/or a region identifier; the network element identification is a unique identification code of the network element, and the area identification is used for identifying the area of the network element. It is to be understood that the network element guiding information may be, but is not limited to, the network element identifier and the area identifier, and may be any guiding information that may point to one or more network elements, and the area identifier may also be other guiding information that may point to multiple network elements at the same time.

Wherein, the network element information database records the network element guiding information and the network element types of a plurality of network elements; the network element types include AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function, access mobility management function), SMF (Session Management function ), UDM (Unified Data Managemen, unified data management function), PCF ((Policy Control Function, policy control function), etc.

Specifically, after receiving the interface call instruction, the interface firstly detects whether the interface call instruction carries network element guiding information, and if so, determines at least one corresponding candidate network element from a pre-constructed network element information database according to the network element guiding information.

For example, assuming that the network element guiding information carried by the interface calling instruction points to the network element identifier of the network element a, the interface determines the network element a from the pre-constructed network element information database according to the network element guiding information, and uses the network element a as a candidate network element.

For further illustration, assuming that the network element guiding information carried by the interface calling instruction points to the area where the network element a, the network element B and the network element C are located together, the interface determines the network element a, the network element B and the network element C from the pre-constructed network element information database according to the network element guiding information, and uses the network element guiding information as a candidate network element.

Step S106, determining the candidate network element as a target network element under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database.

Specifically, the interface obtains the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database, compares the network element type of the to-be-processed network element with the network element type of the candidate network element, determines that the network element type of the to-be-processed network element is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element under the condition that the network element type of the to-be-processed network element is the same as the network element type of the candidate network element, and determines the candidate network element as a target network element.

For example, assuming that the network element type carried by the interface call instruction is AMF, and the network element type recorded by the candidate network element in the network element information database is also AMF, determining that the network element type of the network element to be processed is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element, and determining the network element a as the target network element.

For further illustration, assuming that the network element type carried by the interface call instruction is AMF, and the network element type recorded by the candidate network element in the network element information database is SMF, determining that the network element type of the network element to be processed is not matched with the network element type of the candidate network element, and reporting an error to a manager.

In the network element determining method, an interface firstly receives an interface calling instruction; the interface calling instruction is used for indicating the interface to determine the network element to be processed; then, under the condition that the interface call instruction carries network element guiding information of the network element to be processed, the interface determines candidate network elements corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database; the network element information database records network element guiding information and network element types of a plurality of network elements; and finally, the interface determines the candidate network element as a target network element under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database. In this way, through the network element guiding information of the to-be-processed network element carried by the received interface calling instruction, the interface can preliminarily confirm the candidate network element from the plurality of network elements, and the candidate network element is determined as the target network element based on the matching condition of the network element type carried by the interface calling instruction and the network element type of the candidate network element; compared with the related technology of determining the network element based on the network element identification, the network element determination method can determine a plurality of target network elements simultaneously under the condition that the network element guiding information points to a plurality of network elements, thereby improving the convenience of service operation for the network elements.

In an exemplary embodiment, the network element guiding information includes at least one of a network element identifier and an area identifier, where the area identifier is identification information of an area where the network element is located.

As shown in fig. 2, in the step S102, a candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information is determined from a pre-constructed network element information database, and specifically includes the following steps:

step S202, traversing all area identifiers in the network element information database under the condition that the network element guide information carried by the interface calling instruction does not comprise the network element identifier of the network element to be processed and comprises the area identifier of the network element to be processed.

Step S204, determining the target area identification matched with the area identification of the network element to be processed from all the area identifications.

Step S206, at least one network element in the corresponding area of the target area identification is determined as a candidate network element.

The area where the network element is located may be a physical area of the network element in the real world or a logical area of the network element in the network.

Specifically, the interface does not include the network element identification in the network element guiding information carried by the interface calling instruction, but under the condition that the interface includes the area identification, the manager can be confirmed to possibly need to perform service operation on a plurality of network elements in the same area at the moment, so that all the area identifications recorded by the network element information database are traversed, and the target area identification matched with the area identification of the network element to be processed is determined from all the area identifications recorded by the network element information database; then, the interface determines a target network element identifier corresponding to the target area identifier in the network element information database, and determines at least one network element corresponding to the target network element identifier as a candidate network element.

For example, the interface call instruction is generally composed of a service action of a service operation, a network element type of a network element to be processed, a data object to be processed, a user identifier of a user for which the service operation is directed, a network element identifier of the network element to be processed, and an area identifier of the network element to be processed, for example:

Action{NeType}/{DataObject}？{IMSI}&{deviceCode}&{areaCode}＝

the Action is a service Action of the operation service, such as checking, deleting, changing, etc., the NeType is a network element type of the network element to be processed, the IMSI is a user identifier, the deviceCode is a network element identifier of the network element to be processed, and the area Code is an area identifier of the network element to be processed.

Assume that the network element information database is as shown in table 1:

table 1 network element information database

deviceCode	areaCode	NeType
			A	GD	AMF
B	GD	AMF
			C	GD	AMF
D	GX	SMF
			E	GX	SMF
F	GX	SMF

When user information of the user 460 on a plurality of network elements needs to be queried (the code corresponding to the user information is context), a manager sends an interface calling instruction GET AMF/context imsi=460 & devicecode= & area code=gd to an interface; after the interface receives the interface call instruction, it first detects that the interface call instruction does not carry a network element identifier (devicecode=), but carries an area identifier (area code=gd), so the interface traverses all the area identifiers in table 1, and determines each network element (i.e. network element a, network element B and network element C) with the area identifier of "GD" as a candidate network element; then, the interface identifies the carried network element type (AMF) from the interface call instruction and matches the candidate network element with each network element type in table 1.

In this embodiment, in the case that the network element guiding information carried by the interface calling instruction does not include the network element identifier of the network element to be processed, but includes the area identifier of the network element to be processed, that is, the service operation needs to be performed on the plurality of network elements, the interface determines, according to the area identifier of the network element to be processed, a target area identifier in the network element information database, and determines at least one network element corresponding to the target area identifier as a candidate network element; based on the above process, the interface can determine a plurality of target network elements once based on the area identification of the network element to be processed when the manager needs to perform service operation on a plurality of network elements in the same area, so that the condition that the interface needs to be called once for each network element to perform service operation is avoided, the convenience of service operation of the network elements is improved, and the complexity of interface calling is reduced.

As shown in fig. 3, in an exemplary embodiment, in the step S102, a candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information is determined from a pre-constructed network element information database, and the method specifically includes the following steps:

step S302, traversing all network element identifiers in the network element information database under the condition that the network element guide information carried by the interface calling instruction comprises the network element identifiers of the network elements to be processed.

Step S304, determining the target network element identification matched with the network element identification of the network element to be processed from all the network element identifications.

Step S306, a network element corresponding to the target network element identification is determined as a candidate network element.

Specifically, when the network element guide information carried by the interface call instruction includes the network element identifier, the interface can determine that the manager only needs to perform service operation on one network element at the time, so that all the network element identifiers recorded in the network element information database are traversed, and the target network element identifier matched with the network element identifier of the network element to be processed is determined from all the network element identifiers recorded in the network element information database; then, the interface determines one network element corresponding to the target network element identifier as a candidate network element.

For example, when the user information of the user 460 on the network element a needs to be queried, the administrator sends an interface call instruction GET AMF/contextimsi=460 & devicecode=a & area code=to the interface; after the interface receives the interface call instruction, it first detects that the interface call instruction carries a network element identifier (devicecode=a), so that the interface traverses all network element identifiers in table 1, and determines one network element with the network element identifier of "a" as a candidate network element; then, the interface identifies the carried network element type (AMF) from the interface call instruction and matches the network element type of the network element a in table 1.

In this embodiment, the network element guiding information carried by the interface calling instruction includes the network element identifier of the network element to be processed, that is, in the case that only one network element needs to be subjected to service operation, the interface determines the target network element identifier in the network element information database according to the network element identifier of the network element to be processed, and determines one network element corresponding to the target network element identifier as a candidate network element; based on the above process, the interface can directly determine the target network element based on the network element identifier of the network element to be processed when the manager value performs service operation on one network element.

In an exemplary embodiment, after the step S102, the following is further included: generating first interface call failure information under the condition that the interface call instruction does not carry network element guide information; and returning first interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction.

The first interface call failure information is used for characterizing that the interface call instruction does not meet the condition of the interface call instruction, namely, the interface call instruction is not standard.

Specifically, after receiving the interface call instruction, the interface firstly detects whether the interface call instruction carries network element guiding information, if the interface call instruction does not carry network element guiding information, for example, neither carries a network element identifier nor an area identifier, the interface generates first interface call failure information, and returns the first interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction, so as to prompt the sender that the interface call instruction is not standard, and the interface call instruction needs to be corrected and resend.

In this embodiment, the interface can timely discover the error of the interface call instruction by detecting whether the interface call instruction carries the network element guiding information, and the interface can timely remind the sender by returning the first interface call failure information to the sender under the condition that the interface call instruction does not carry the network element guiding information.

In an exemplary embodiment, after the step S104, the following is further included: generating second interface call failure information under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface call instruction is not matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database; and returning second interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction.

The second interface call failure information is used for representing network element type errors carried by the interface call instruction.

Specifically, after determining the candidate network element, the interface matches the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database, if the network element type of the network element to be processed is different from the network element type of the candidate network element, the interface confirms that the network element type of the network element to be processed is not matched with the network element type of the candidate network element, generates second interface calling failure information, and returns the second interface calling failure information to the sender of the interface calling instruction so as to prompt the network element type error carried by the interface calling instruction of the sender, and the interface calling instruction needs to be corrected and retransmitted.

By way of example, the interface returns the first interface call failure information to the sender under the condition that the interface call instruction does not carry the network element guiding information, so that the error of the interface call instruction can be found in time, and the sender can be reminded in time.

In this embodiment, the interface returns the second interface call failure information to the sender under the condition that the network element type carried by the interface call instruction is different from the network element type of the candidate network element, so that the sender can be timely reminded.

In an exemplary embodiment, the interface call instruction further carries a service keyword corresponding to the service operation of the network element to be processed.

After determining the candidate network element as the target network element in the step S106, the method specifically further includes the following steps: generating a service operation instruction according to the service keywords; issuing a service operation instruction to a target network element; and receiving a service operation processing result returned by the target network element, and returning the service operation result to the sender of the interface calling instruction.

Wherein the business keyword includes at least one of a business action of the business operation, a data object to be processed, and a user identifier of a user to which the business operation is directed, for example, a business action (GET) in an interface call instruction GET AMF/context imsi=460 & devicecode= & area code=gd, a data object to be processed (context), and a user identifier of the user to which the business operation is directed (460).

Specifically, after determining a target network element, the interface identifies a service keyword from the interface call instruction and generates a service operation instruction according to the service keyword; then, the interface issues a service operation instruction to a target network element, and the target network element is used for responding to the service operation instruction, performing corresponding service processing, and returning the service operation result to the interface after the service operation result is obtained; and the interface returns the service operation result to the sender after receiving the service operation result.

For example, taking the interface call instruction GET AMF/contextimsi=460 & devicecode= & area code=gd as an example, after the interface receives the interface call instruction, a service operation instruction for obtaining user information of the user 460 is generated according to service keywords such as a service action (GET), a data object to be processed (context), a user identifier (460) of the user targeted by the service operation, and the like.

For another example, since the interface call instruction itself carries a service keyword for generating the service operation instruction, the interface call instruction may also be directly forwarded to the target network element.

For example, after receiving the message of the service operation result, the interface may directly return the message to the sender, or may parse the message and then return the message to the sender.

In this embodiment, the interface can implement the service operation on the target network element by aiming at the service operation instruction of the service operation which the administrator expects to be performed on the target network element through the service keyword carried in the interface call instruction, and through the information interaction with the target network element, the service operation on the target network element is implemented, and the service operation result is obtained.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, another network element determining method is provided, and an interface of the method applied to a network is taken as an example to describe the method, which includes the following steps:

step S401, receiving an interface call instruction.

Step S402, traversing all area identifiers in the network element information database under the condition that the network element guide information carried by the interface calling instruction does not comprise the network element identifier of the network element to be processed and comprises the area identifier of the network element to be processed.

Step S403, determining the target area identification matched with the area identification of the network element to be processed from all the area identifications.

Step S404, at least one network element in the corresponding area of the target area identification is determined as a candidate network element.

The above steps S402 to S404 may also be determined by the following steps S405 to S407:

step S405, traversing all network element identifiers in the network element information database under the condition that the network element guide information carried by the interface calling instruction comprises the network element identifiers of the network elements to be processed.

Step S406, determining the target network element identification matched with the network element identification of the network element to be processed from all the network element identifications.

Step S407, determining one network element corresponding to the target network element identification as a candidate network element.

After step S404 or step S407, the following steps S408 and S409 are also included:

step S408, when the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database, determining the candidate network element as a target network element.

Step S409, under the condition that the interface calling instruction does not carry the network element guiding information, generating first interface calling failure information, and returning the first interface calling failure information to the sender of the interface calling instruction.

After step S401, the following step S410 is further included:

step S410, when the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is not matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database, generating second interface calling failure information, and returning the second interface calling failure information to the sender of the interface calling instruction.

In this embodiment, first, under a situation that service operation may need to be performed on a plurality of network elements, an interface determines a target area identifier in a network element information database according to an area identifier of a network element to be processed, and determines at least one network element corresponding to the target area identifier as a candidate network element; secondly, under the condition that only one network element is required to be subjected to service operation, the interface determines a target network element identification in a network element information database according to the network element identification of the network element to be processed, and determines one network element corresponding to the target network element identification as a candidate network element; based on the above process, the interface can determine a plurality of target network elements at a time, so that the situation that the interface needs to be called once for each network element to perform service operation is avoided, the convenience of service operation of the network elements is improved, and the complexity of interface calling is reduced.

In order to more clearly illustrate the network element determining method provided in the embodiments of the present application, a specific embodiment is described below to specifically describe the network element determining method, but it should be understood that the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. In an exemplary embodiment, the present application further provides a service operation method for a network element, which specifically includes the following steps:

1. traversing all network elements in the network, acquiring network element identifications, area identifications and network element types corresponding to each network element, and constructing a network element information database based on the network element identifications (deviceCode), area identifications (area Code) and network element types (NeTbye) corresponding to each network element.

2. Fig. 5 is a flow chart of determining network elements by an interface, wherein an administrator calls the interface through an interface call instruction, the interface firstly verifies whether a deviceCode entry and/or an areaCode entry are included in entries carried by the interface call instruction, and if the deviceCode entry and/or the areaCode entry are not carried by the interface call instruction, the interface throws an error;

if the interface calling instruction carries the deviceCode parameter, the interface inquires a network element information database, a NeTbye corresponding to the deviceCode parameter is determined in the network element information database, the NeTbye carried by the interface calling instruction is compared with the NeTbye in the participated network element information database, and if the interface calling instruction and the NeTbye are consistent, a service operation instruction is sent to the network element identified as the deviceCode by the corresponding network element; if the two are inconsistent, the interface throws out an error;

If the interface calling instruction does not carry deviceCode entering parameters but carries the areaCode entering parameters, the interface queries a network element information database, determines each deviceCode corresponding to the areaCode entering parameters in the network element information database, compares NeTbyes carried by the interface calling instruction with NeTbyes corresponding to each deviceCode in the participated network element information database, and if the interface calling instruction and the NeTbyes are consistent, sends service operation instructions to each network element identified as deviceCode by the corresponding network element; if the two are inconsistent, the interface throws an error.

3. The interface receives the message of the service operation result returned by the network element, analyzes the message, and then returns the analysis result to the manager who sends the interface calling instruction.

In the communication industry, the interface is mainly applied to service operations such as service opening and network maintenance configuration of the network element, for example, the interface supports operations required by network operation and maintenance in terms of network maintenance, and currently mainly supports maintenance requirements such as user information inquiry, network parameter configuration, one-key isolation recovery, network access acceptance, network element inspection and the like. The current interface determines the network element of the corresponding issuing instruction by calling the deviceCode entry in the instruction through the network element interface, so that the network element control of the network element function level is realized, but no better solution exists for realizing the service scene function of the cross-network element level at present; that is, when a service operation is required for a plurality of network elements, interfaces are required to be called for determining corresponding network elements multiple times, so that convenience of the service operation at a cross-network element level is poor. In this embodiment, by constructing the network element information database between deviceCode, areaCode, neType, the interface can control the network elements across the network element levels, so that determination of a plurality of network elements is completed in one call process, the complexity of calling the interface is reduced, and the convenience of service operation for the network elements is improved.

It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowcharts related to the embodiments described above are sequentially shown as indicated by arrows, these steps are not necessarily sequentially performed in the order indicated by the arrows. The steps are not strictly limited to the order of execution unless explicitly recited herein, and the steps may be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least some of the steps in the flowcharts described in the above embodiments may include a plurality of steps or a plurality of stages, which are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, and the order of the steps or stages is not necessarily performed sequentially, but may be performed alternately or alternately with at least some of the other steps or stages.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the application also provides a network element determining device for implementing the above-mentioned network element determining method. The implementation of the solution provided by the device is similar to the implementation described in the above method, so the specific limitation in the embodiments of the network element determining device or devices provided below may refer to the limitation of the network element determining method hereinabove, and will not be described herein.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, there is provided a network element determining apparatus, including: a call instruction receiving module 602, a candidate network element determining module 604, and a target network element determining module 606, wherein:

a call instruction receiving module 602, configured to receive an interface call instruction; the interface call instruction is used for instructing the interface to determine the network element to be processed.

A candidate network element determining module 604, configured to determine, in a case where the interface call instruction carries network element guiding information of a network element to be processed, a candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information from a pre-constructed network element information database; the network element information database records network element guiding information and network element types of a plurality of network elements.

The target network element determining module 606 is configured to determine the candidate network element as a target network element when the network element type of the to-be-processed network element carried by the interface call instruction matches the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database.

The candidate network element determining module 604 is further configured to traverse all area identifiers in the network element information database when the network element guide information carried by the interface call instruction does not include the network element identifier of the network element to be processed and includes the area identifier of the network element to be processed; determining a target area identifier matched with the area identifier of the network element to be processed from all the area identifiers; and determining at least one network element in the corresponding area of the target area identification as a candidate network element.

In an exemplary embodiment, the candidate network element determining module 604 is further configured to traverse all network element identifiers in the network element information database when the network element identifier of the network element to be processed is included in the network element guiding information carried by the interface calling instruction; determining a target network element identifier matched with the network element identifier of the network element to be processed from all the network element identifiers; and determining one network element corresponding to the target network element identifier as a candidate network element.

In an exemplary embodiment, the network element determining device further includes a failure information generating module, configured to generate first interface call failure information when the interface call instruction does not carry network element guiding information; and returning first interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction.

In an exemplary embodiment, the failure information generating module is further configured to generate second interface call failure information when the network element type of the to-be-processed network element carried by the interface call instruction is not matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database; and returning second interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction.

The network element determining device also comprises an operation instruction generating module which is used for generating a service operation instruction according to the service keyword; issuing a service operation instruction to a target network element; and receiving a service operation result returned by the target network element, and returning the service operation result to the sender of the interface calling instruction.

The above-mentioned respective modules in the network element determining apparatus may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, and a combination thereof. The above modules may be embedded in hardware or may be independent of a processor in the computer device, or may be stored in software in a memory in the computer device, so that the processor may call and execute operations corresponding to the above modules.

In one exemplary embodiment, a computer device is provided, which may be a server, the internal structure of which may be as shown in fig. 7. The computer device includes a processor, a memory, an Input/Output interface (I/O) and a communication interface. The processor, the memory and the input/output interface are connected through a system bus, and the communication interface is connected to the system bus through the input/output interface. Wherein the processor of the computer device is configured to provide computing and control capabilities. The memory of the computer device includes a non-volatile storage medium and an internal memory. The non-volatile storage medium stores an operating system, computer programs, and a database. The internal memory provides an environment for the operation of the operating system and computer programs in the non-volatile storage media. The database of the computer equipment is used for storing data such as network element identifiers, area identifiers, network element types and the like corresponding to a plurality of network elements in the network. The input/output interface of the computer device is used to exchange information between the processor and the external device. The communication interface of the computer device is used for communicating with an external terminal through a network connection. The computer program is executed by a processor to implement a network element determination method.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the structure shown in fig. 7 is merely a block diagram of some of the structures associated with the present application and is not limiting of the computer device to which the present application may be applied, and that a particular computer device may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components, or have a different arrangement of components.

In an exemplary embodiment, a computer device is provided, comprising a memory and a processor, the memory having stored therein a computer program, the processor, when executing the computer program, performing the steps of:

and under the condition that the network element type of the network element to be processed carried by the interface calling instruction is matched with the network element type of the candidate network element in the network element information database, determining the candidate network element as a target network element.

In an exemplary embodiment, the network element guiding information includes at least one of a network element identifier and an area identifier, where the area identifier is identifier information of an area where the network element is located; the processor when executing the computer program also implements the steps of:

traversing all area identifiers in the network element information database under the condition that the network element guide information carried by the interface calling instruction does not comprise the network element identifier of the network element to be processed and comprises the area identifier of the network element to be processed;

and determining at least one network element in the corresponding area of the target area identification as a candidate network element.

In an exemplary embodiment, the processor when executing the computer program further performs the steps of:

traversing all network element identifiers in a network element information database under the condition that network element guide information carried by an interface calling instruction comprises the network element identifiers of the network elements to be processed;

Generating first interface call failure information under the condition that the interface call instruction does not carry network element guide information;

and returning first interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction.

and returning second interface call failure information to the sender of the interface call instruction.

In an exemplary embodiment, the interface call instruction further carries a service keyword corresponding to a service operation of the network element to be processed; the processor when executing the computer program also implements the steps of:

generating a service operation instruction according to the service keywords;

issuing a service operation instruction to a target network element;

In an exemplary embodiment, a computer readable storage medium is provided, having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of:

In an exemplary embodiment, the network element guiding information includes at least one of a network element identifier and an area identifier, where the area identifier is identifier information of an area where the network element is located; the computer program when executed by the processor also performs the steps of:

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of:

In one embodiment, the interface call instruction further carries a service keyword corresponding to a service operation of the network element to be processed; the computer program when executed by the processor also performs the steps of:

generating a service operation instruction according to the service keywords;

issuing a service operation instruction to a target network element;

receiving a service operation result returned by the target network element, and returning the service operation result to the sender of the interface call instruction

In an exemplary embodiment, a computer program product is provided, comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of:

In an exemplary embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: traversing all network element identifiers in a network element information database under the condition that network element guide information carried by an interface calling instruction comprises the network element identifiers of the network elements to be processed;

In an exemplary embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of:

In an exemplary embodiment, the interface call instruction further carries a service keyword corresponding to a service operation of the network element to be processed; the computer program when executed by the processor also performs the steps of:

generating a service operation instruction according to the service keywords;

issuing a service operation instruction to a target network element;

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that implementing all or part of the above described methods may be accomplished by way of a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which when executed, may comprise the steps of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, database, or other medium used in the various embodiments provided herein may include at least one of non-volatile and volatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may include Read-Only Memory (ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disk, flash Memory, optical Memory, high density embedded nonvolatile Memory, resistive random access Memory (ReRAM), magnetic random access Memory (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory, MRAM), ferroelectric Memory (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory, FRAM), phase change Memory (Phase Change Memory, PCM), graphene Memory, and the like. Volatile memory can include random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM) or external cache memory, and the like. By way of illustration, and not limitation, RAM can be in the form of a variety of forms, such as static random access memory (Static Random Access Memory, SRAM) or dynamic random access memory (Dynamic Random Access Memory, DRAM), and the like. The databases referred to in the various embodiments provided herein may include at least one of relational databases and non-relational databases. The non-relational database may include, but is not limited to, a blockchain-based distributed database, and the like. The processors referred to in the embodiments provided herein may be general purpose processors, central processing units, graphics processors, digital signal processors, programmable logic units, quantum computing-based data processing logic units, etc., without being limited thereto.

The technical features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples only represent a few embodiments of the present application, which are described in more detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present application. It should be noted that it would be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements could be made without departing from the spirit of the present application, which would be within the scope of the present application. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present application shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for determining a network element, the method comprising:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network element guiding information includes at least one of a network element identifier and a region identifier, the region identifier being identifier information of a region in which the network element is located;

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining, from a pre-constructed network element information database, the candidate network element corresponding to the network element guiding information, further comprises:

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

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

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface call instruction further carries a service keyword corresponding to a service operation for the network element to be processed;

generating a service operation instruction according to the service keyword;

issuing a service operation instruction to the target network element;

7. A network element determination apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

8. A computer device comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program, characterized in that the processor implements the steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 6 when the computer program is executed.

9. A computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 6.

10. A computer program product comprising a computer program, characterized in that the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 6.