CN117500024A

CN117500024A - Network cooperative processing method, system, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117500024A
Application number: CN202210878266.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梅承力; 邢燕霞; 于梦晗
Original assignee: China Telecom Corp Ltd
Current assignee: China Telecom Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-25
Filing date: 2022-07-25
Publication date: 2024-02-02
Also published as: WO2024021517A1

Abstract

The disclosure provides a network cooperative processing method, a system, a device, equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the field of mobile communication and terminals. The method comprises the following steps: receiving satellite information sent by each satellite in a plurality of satellites, determining a cluster head node satellite in the plurality of satellites according to connection time, channel state data and a preset determination rule, sending target task information to the cluster head node satellite so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to the satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, processing the satellites in the satellite cluster according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result, and receiving the target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite, wherein the target task processing result is sent to the cluster head node satellite by the satellites in the satellite cluster. The present disclosure can enable enhanced communication capabilities of user terminals connected to an aerial platform.

Description

Network cooperative processing method, system, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications and terminals, and in particular, to a network cooperative processing method, system, device, equipment, and storage medium.

Background

With the development of society, the importance of information is increasing. As the importance of information increases, users are also increasingly focusing on the timeliness of information. The timeliness of the information is mainly determined by the coverage area and processing power of the communication network.

In the current society, a part of areas cannot be covered by a network, and how to ensure the instant communication demands of users in the areas is a technical problem to be solved currently.

Disclosure of Invention

The disclosure provides a network collaborative processing method, a system, a device, equipment and a storage medium, which at least overcome the problem that users in the non-coverage area of the current network cannot perform instant messaging to a certain extent.

Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will be apparent from the following detailed description, or may be learned in part by the practice of the disclosure.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a network cooperative processing method, including: the method is applied to the high-altitude platform, and comprises the following steps:

receiving satellite information transmitted by each of a plurality of satellites, wherein the satellite information transmitted by each satellite comprises: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

Determining cluster head node satellites in a plurality of satellites according to connection time length, channel state data and preset determination rules;

the target task information is sent to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, and the satellites in the satellite cluster process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

and receiving a target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite, wherein the target task processing result is sent to the cluster head node satellite by a satellite in the satellite cluster.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, determining a cluster head node satellite among a plurality of satellites according to a connection duration, channel state data, and a preset determination rule includes:

sequencing a plurality of satellites according to the connection time length and the channel state data to obtain a first sequencing result;

sequentially sending a connection request to each satellite according to the first sequencing result, wherein the connection request comprises the target task quantity of the target task and the target task processing duration, so that each satellite determines whether to establish connection with the high-altitude platform according to the target task quantity and the target task processing duration;

And under the condition that a connection determining message sent by any satellite is received, determining the current satellite as a cluster head node satellite.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, before sending the target task information to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to a satellite in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, and the satellite in the satellite cluster processes according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result, the method further includes:

receiving task information sent by user equipment, wherein the task information comprises task quantity and task processing duration;

determining whether the high-altitude platform can finish the task amount within the task processing duration according to the task amount and the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform;

and under the condition that the task cannot be completed, determining target task information according to the task quantity and the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, after determining the cluster head node satellite among the plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data, and the preset determination rule, the method further includes:

determining a plurality of candidate satellites in a plurality of satellites according to the connection time length, the channel state data and a preset threshold value;

The satellite identification of each candidate satellite is sent to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite matches with a target satellite corresponding to the satellite identification in a satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite according to the satellite identification;

receiving a target satellite identifier corresponding to a target satellite sent by a cluster head node satellite;

sequencing the target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identifications according to the connection time length and the channel state data to obtain a second sequencing result;

sequentially sending a connection request to a target satellite according to the second sequencing result;

under the condition that a connection determining message sent by a target satellite is received, determining the current target satellite as a candidate cluster head node satellite;

and sending switching signaling to the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite so as to enable the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite to finish switching.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a network cooperative processing method, applied to a satellite, the method including:

transmitting satellite information to the aerial platform, the satellite information comprising: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

receiving target task information sent by a high-altitude platform under the condition that the current satellite is determined to be a cluster head node satellite;

Distributing target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellites are located so that the satellites in the satellite cluster can process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

receiving a target task processing result sent by a satellite in a satellite cluster;

and sending the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises:

receiving candidate satellite identifiers sent by a high-altitude platform;

matching a target satellite identification of a target satellite corresponding to the satellite identification in a satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite according to the candidate satellite identification;

the target satellite identification is sent to the high-altitude platform, so that the high-altitude platform sequences the target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identification according to the connection time length and the channel state data to obtain a second sequencing result, and connection requests are sequentially sent to the target satellites according to the second sequencing result; under the condition that a connection determining message sent by a target satellite is received, determining the current target satellite as a candidate cluster head node satellite;

receiving a switching signaling sent by a high-altitude platform;

and switching with the candidate cluster head node satellite is completed according to the switching signaling.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a network co-processing system, the system comprising: a high altitude platform and a plurality of satellites;

Wherein each satellite is configured to transmit satellite information to the aerial platform, the satellite information comprising: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

the high-altitude platform is used for determining cluster head node satellites in a plurality of satellites according to connection time length, channel state data and preset determination rules, sending target task information to the cluster head node satellites, and receiving target task processing results sent by the cluster head node satellites, wherein the cluster head node satellites distribute the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellites are located, and the satellites in the satellite cluster process according to the target task information to obtain target task processing results, and the target task processing results are sent to the cluster head node satellites by the satellites in the satellite cluster.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a network co-processing apparatus applied to an aerial platform, the apparatus comprising:

the first receiving module is configured to receive satellite information sent by each of a plurality of satellites, where the satellite information sent by each satellite includes: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

The first determining module is used for determining cluster head node satellites in a plurality of satellites according to the connection time length, the channel state data and a preset determining rule;

the first sending module is used for sending the target task information to the cluster head node satellite so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is positioned, and the satellites in the satellite cluster process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

the second receiving module is used for receiving a target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite, wherein the target task processing result is sent to the cluster head node satellite by the satellite in the satellite cluster.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first determining module includes:

the ordering unit is used for ordering the satellites according to the connection time length and the channel state data to obtain a first ordering result;

the sending unit is used for sequentially sending connection requests to all satellites according to the first sequencing result, wherein the connection requests comprise target task quantity of target tasks and target task processing time length, so that all satellites can determine whether to establish connection with the high-altitude platform according to the target task quantity and the target task processing time length;

And the determining unit is used for determining the current satellite as the cluster head node satellite under the condition that the determining connection message sent by any satellite is received.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the network co-processing apparatus further includes:

the fifth receiving module is used for receiving task information sent by the user equipment before the target task information is sent to the cluster head node satellite so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located and the satellites in the satellite cluster process the target task information to obtain a target task processing result, wherein the task information comprises task quantity and task processing time;

the second determining module is used for determining whether the high-altitude platform can finish the task amount within the task processing duration according to the task amount and the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform;

and the third determining module is used for determining target task information according to the task quantity and the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform under the condition that the task cannot be completed.

a fourth determining module, configured to determine a plurality of candidate satellites among the plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data, and a preset threshold after determining the cluster head node satellite among the plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data, and a preset determining rule;

The first matching module is used for sending the satellite identification of each candidate satellite to the cluster head node satellite so that the cluster head node satellite matches a target satellite corresponding to the satellite identification in a satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite according to the satellite identification;

the sixth receiving module is used for receiving a target satellite identifier corresponding to a target satellite sent by the cluster head node satellite;

the sequencing module is used for sequencing the target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identifications according to the connection time length and the channel state data to obtain a second sequencing result;

the fourth sending module is used for sequentially sending a connection request to the target satellite according to the second sequencing result;

a fifth determining module, configured to determine, when a connection determining message sent by a target satellite is received, a current target satellite as a candidate cluster head node satellite;

and the fifth sending module is used for sending a switching signaling to the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite so as to enable the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite to finish switching.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a network co-processing apparatus, for use with a satellite, the apparatus comprising:

the second sending module is used for sending satellite information to the high-altitude platform, wherein the satellite information comprises: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

The third receiving module is used for receiving target task information sent by the high-altitude platform under the condition that the current satellite is determined to be a cluster head node satellite;

the distribution module is used for distributing the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellites are located so that the satellites in the satellite cluster can process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

the fourth receiving module is used for receiving target task processing results sent by satellites in the satellite cluster;

and the third sending module is used for sending the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform.

the seventh receiving module is used for receiving candidate satellite identifiers sent by the high-altitude platform;

the second matching module is used for matching the target satellite identification of the target satellite corresponding to the satellite identification in the satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite according to the candidate satellite identification;

the sixth sending module is used for sending the target satellite identification to the high-altitude platform so that the high-altitude platform sequences the target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identification according to the connection time length and the channel state data to obtain a second sequence result, and sequentially sending a connection request to the target satellites according to the second sequence result; under the condition that a connection determining message sent by a target satellite is received, determining the current target satellite as a candidate cluster head node satellite;

The eighth receiving module is used for receiving the switching signaling sent by the high-altitude platform;

and the switching module is used for switching with the candidate cluster head node satellite according to the switching signaling.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a processor; and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein the processor is configured to perform the network co-processing method described above via execution of the executable instructions.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the network co-processing method described above.

According to the network collaborative processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, on the high-altitude platform side, satellite information sent by each satellite in a plurality of satellites is received, then a cluster head node satellite is determined in the plurality of satellites according to connection time and channel state data contained in the satellite information, then target task information is sent to the cluster head node satellite, the cluster head node satellite sends the target task information to the satellite in the cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, the satellite completes a target task to obtain a target task processing result, and then the cluster head node satellite sends the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform, so that the task processing capability of the high-altitude platform can be improved.

Further, the communication capability of the user terminal connected with the high-altitude platform is enhanced on the basis of improving the task processing capability of the high-altitude platform.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the drawings in the following description are merely examples of the disclosure and that other drawings may be derived from them without undue effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network co-processing system architecture in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method of network co-processing in an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates another network co-processing method flow diagram in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating yet another network co-processing method in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 illustrates a flow chart of yet another network co-processing method in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a network co-processing device in an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another network co-processing device in an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 8 shows a block diagram of an electronic device in an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the exemplary embodiments may be embodied in many forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

Furthermore, the drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure and are not necessarily drawn to scale. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, and thus a repetitive description thereof will be omitted. Some of the block diagrams shown in the figures are functional entities and do not necessarily correspond to physically or logically separate entities. These functional entities may be implemented in software or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits or in different networks and/or processor devices and/or microcontroller devices.

It should be understood that the various steps recited in the method embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed in a different order and/or performed in parallel. Furthermore, method embodiments may include additional steps and/or omit performing the illustrated steps. The scope of the present disclosure is not limited in this respect.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in this disclosure are merely used to distinguish between different devices, modules, or units and are not used to define an order or interdependence of functions performed by the devices, modules, or units.

It should be noted that references to "one", "a plurality" and "a plurality" in this disclosure are intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, and those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that "one or more" is intended to be understood as "one or more" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

For ease of understanding, the following first explains the several terms involved in this disclosure as follows:

high-altitude platform: high-Altitude Platform (HAP) is a communication device which is emerging in recent years, is located in a stratosphere with a height of 20-50 km, and can provide communication and computing services for ground terminals in a coverage blind area of a base network device, but has a limited deployment quantity and limited capability in large traffic processing.

And (3) satellite: satellites in this disclosure are generally referred to as communication satellites, artificial earth satellites that serve as relay stations for radio communications. Space portions of satellite communication systems. The communication satellite forwards radio signals to realize communication between satellite communication earth stations or between earth stations and spacecrafts or between artificial communication satellites on other stars and earth and satellites, landers and the like.

Satellite clusters: a set of satellites.

From the above, the high-altitude platform in the present disclosure has low efficiency when performing large-service processing due to the limitation of the number.

In order to solve the above problems, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network co-processing method, system, device, apparatus, and storage medium.

Next, a network co-processing system provided by the present disclosure will be described first.

Fig. 1 illustrates a network co-processing system architecture diagram provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as illustrated in fig. 1, a network co-processing system 10 in an embodiment of the present disclosure may include:

an aerial platform 101 and a plurality of satellites 102;

wherein each satellite 102 is configured to transmit satellite information to the aerial platform 101, the satellite information comprising: the connection duration of the satellite 102 and the high-altitude platform 101 remain connected, and channel state data of a channel between the satellite 102 and the high-altitude platform 101;

The high-altitude platform 101 is configured to determine a cluster head node satellite 102 from a plurality of satellites 102 according to a connection duration, channel state data and a preset determination rule, send target task information to the cluster head node satellite 102, and receive a target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite 102, where the cluster head node satellite 102 distributes the target task information to satellites 102 in a satellite 102 cluster where the cluster head node satellite 102 is located, and the satellites 102 in the satellite 102 cluster process according to the target task information to obtain the target task processing result, where the target task processing result is sent by the satellites 102 in the satellite 102 cluster to the cluster head node satellite 102.

The communication between the aerial platform 101 and the satellite 102 is accomplished by wireless communication. The target task information may be sent to the high-altitude platform 101 by the user equipment through wireless communication, or may be generated by the high-altitude platform 101.

It should be noted that, the aerial platform 101 and the satellite 102 are generally used in an area that cannot be covered by a conventional base station, and exemplary areas that cannot be covered by a conventional base station may include jungle, sea, desert, etc., and the application scenario of the network co-processing system is not specifically limited in this disclosure.

According to the network cooperative processing system provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the satellite sends satellite information to the high-altitude platform, the high-altitude platform receives the satellite information sent by each satellite in the plurality of satellites, determines a cluster head node satellite in the plurality of satellites according to the connection time and channel state data contained in the satellite information, then sends target task information to the cluster head node satellite, the cluster head node satellite sends the target task information to the satellite in the cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, the satellite completes the target task to obtain a target task processing result, and then sends the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform, so that the task processing capability of the high-altitude platform can be improved.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the disclosure discloses a network cooperative processing method, which is applied to an aerial platform, fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a network cooperative processing method in the embodiment of the disclosure, and as shown in fig. 2, the network cooperative processing method in the embodiment of the disclosure may include:

S202, receiving satellite information sent by each satellite in a plurality of satellites, wherein the satellite information sent by each satellite comprises: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained.

Since the satellite is in a moving state with respect to the high-altitude platform, there is a case where the satellite cannot be connected to the high-altitude platform when the satellite moves to a certain position. The duration of the connection that the satellite remains connected to the aerial platform may be: calculated as the current time, the time at which the high altitude platform can connect with the current satellite.

It will be appreciated that the inability of the satellite to connect to the aerial platform may include disconnection of the satellite from the aerial platform, or may include a poor connection between the satellite and the aerial platform, and whether the satellite can be connected to the aerial platform may be autonomously defined by the user based on channel state data of the connection between the satellite and the aerial platform, which is not particularly limited herein.

S204, determining cluster head node satellites in a plurality of satellites according to the connection time length, the channel state data and a preset determination rule.

It should be noted that the preset determining rule may include a user-defined rule.

Illustratively, S204 may include:

and determining the satellite with the longest connection time and the best channel state corresponding to the channel state data as the cluster head node satellite.

The connection duration and the channel state data may be weighted respectively, and then the weighted data may be added to obtain an added score. The satellite with the highest added score is determined as the cluster head node satellite.

S206, the target task information is sent to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, and the satellites in the satellite cluster process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result.

It should be noted that the target task information may be task information sent by a user device directly forwarded by the high-altitude platform, or task information obtained after the high-altitude platform edits based on the task information sent by the user device.

The task information may include a task allocation scheme, and after the cluster head node satellite receives the task allocation scheme, tasks may be allocated to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located according to the task allocation scheme.

A satellite cluster may be a collection of satellites. In the satellite cluster, the cluster head node satellite can communicate with the high-altitude platform, so that the connection between the satellite cluster and the high-altitude platform is realized.

It should be noted that the satellite cluster is not necessarily a fixed set of satellites, but a set of satellites that can be determined according to a connection duration of the satellites and the high-altitude platform and channel state data. Since the satellite is in motion, the duration of the satellite's connection to the high altitude platform and the channel state data may change all the time. The satellite clusters formed on this basis may also vary.

S208, receiving a target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite, wherein the target task processing result is sent to the cluster head node satellite by the satellite in the satellite cluster.

The target task processing result may be a processing result obtained by processing all satellites in the satellite cluster for the target task.

Processing the target task in charge of the current satellite by each satellite in the satellite cluster, after obtaining the processing result of the current target task, sending the processing result of the current target task to the cluster head node satellite, and then finishing the processing result of the target task sent by each satellite by the cluster head node satellite and sending the processed result to the high-altitude platform.

In some embodiments, S204 may specifically include:

It should be noted that the connection duration and the channel state data may be weighted separately, and then the weighted results may be added, and the ranking may be performed according to the added result.

As a specific example, the connection duration may beThe channel state data may be CSI _m The result of the weighted addition may be:

wherein, α and β are weight values, α+β=1.

It should be noted that the weight value may be set by user, which is not limited herein.

It should be noted that, after the first ordering result is obtained, sequentially sending the connection request to the satellite may include: firstly, a connection request is sent to a satellite with highest ranking, under the condition that the satellite with highest ranking can not establish connection, the connection request is sent to a satellite with ranking only inferior to the satellite with highest ranking, if the satellite with ranking only inferior to the satellite with highest ranking can not connect, the connection request can be sent in sequence according to the method, and the description is omitted here.

It should be noted that, under the condition that the cluster head node satellite receives the target task amount and the target task processing duration, it is necessary to determine whether the satellite cluster where the current cluster head node satellite is located can complete the task amount within the target task processing duration.

It should be noted that satellite clusters corresponding to different cluster head node satellites may be different. Different cluster head node satellites may correspond to different satellite clusters based on the connection capability of the different cluster head node satellites to the different satellites.

Based on the same inventive concept, another network cooperative processing method is disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and fig. 3 shows a flowchart of another network cooperative processing method in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure differ from the above embodiments in that prior to S206, the method may further include:

s302, task information sent by user equipment is received, wherein the task information comprises task quantity and task processing duration.

S304, determining whether the high-altitude platform can finish the task amount within the task processing duration according to the task amount and the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform.

It should be noted that, the high-altitude platform may be installed with an edge cloud (Multi-access Edge Computing, MEC) server, and the installed MEC server may perform a certain task.

After the high-altitude platform receives the task information, whether the high-altitude platform can finish the task amount within the task processing time length can be determined based on the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform, the task amount and the task processing time length, and if the task amount can not be finished, the target task which needs to be finished by the satellite is determined according to the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform and the task amount.

And S306, if the task cannot be completed, determining target task information according to the task quantity and the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, target task information which needs to be completed by a satellite is determined by a high-altitude platform according to the task quantity and the task processing time length in the task information sent by the user equipment, and then the target task information is sent to the satellite by the high-altitude platform. Therefore, the cooperative task processing of the satellite and the high-altitude platform is realized, and the task processing efficiency is improved.

Based on the same inventive concept, another network cooperative processing method is disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and fig. 4 shows a flowchart of still another network cooperative processing method in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure differ from the above embodiments in that after S204, the method may further include:

and S402, determining a plurality of candidate satellites in the plurality of satellites according to the connection time length, the channel state data and the preset threshold value.

It should be noted that, the method for determining the candidate satellite is the same as the method for determining the cluster head node satellite, and will not be described herein.

S404, the satellite identification of each candidate satellite is sent to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite matches with the target satellite corresponding to the satellite identification in the satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite according to the satellite identification.

It should be noted that, some candidate satellites may be located in the satellite cluster or some candidate satellites may be located outside the satellite cluster among the plurality of candidate satellites.

The cluster head node satellites may determine which candidate satellites are located within the satellite cluster based on the identification of the candidate satellites, and then determine these satellites as target satellites.

S406, receiving a target satellite identifier corresponding to the target satellite sent by the cluster head node satellite.

S408, sorting the target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identifications according to the connection duration and the channel state data to obtain a second sorting result.

It should be noted that the method for ordering the target satellites may be the same as the method for ordering the satellites described above, and will not be described here again.

And S410, sequentially sending connection requests to the target satellite according to the second sequencing result.

It should be noted that, the method for sending the connection request to the target satellite according to the second ordering result may be the same as the method for sending the connection request to the satellite according to the first ordering result in the above embodiment, which is not described herein.

And S412, under the condition that the connection determining message sent by the target satellite is received, determining the current target satellite as the candidate cluster head node satellite.

And S414, transmitting a switching signaling to the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite so as to enable the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite to finish switching.

It should be noted that, the switching between the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite may include the cluster head node satellite sending the received target task information to the candidate cluster head node satellite.

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method for switching candidate cluster head node satellites and also discloses a method for switching the candidate cluster head node satellites and the cluster head node satellites, so that the switching of the cluster head node satellites can be completed after one task is finished, and the switching of the cluster head node satellites can be completed when an unexpected situation occurs in the cluster head node satellites, so that the problem that the task cannot be completed due to incapability of working the cluster head node satellites when the unexpected situation occurs in the cluster head node satellites can be avoided. The stability of the whole network cooperative processing system is improved.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the disclosure discloses a network cooperative processing method, which is applied to satellites. Fig. 5 shows a flowchart of yet another network co-processing method in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5, the method may include:

s502, satellite information is sent to a high-altitude platform, wherein the satellite information comprises: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

s504, receiving target task information sent by a high-altitude platform under the condition that the current satellite is determined to be a cluster head node satellite;

s506, distributing target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellites are located so that the satellites in the satellite cluster can process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

s508, receiving a target task processing result sent by a satellite in the satellite cluster;

s510, sending the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure are embodiments of the method of the opposite end side implemented as described above. Since the above embodiments have been explained in detail, the description thereof is omitted.

According to the network cooperative processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, on the satellite side, through the sent satellite information, the high-altitude platform determines the cluster head node satellite in the plurality of satellites according to the connection time and the channel state data contained in the satellite information, then the target task information is sent to the cluster head node satellite, the cluster head node satellite sends the target task information to the satellite in the cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, the target task is completed by the satellite, a target task processing result is obtained, and then the cluster head node satellite sends the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform, so that the cooperative processing capability of the satellite and the high-altitude platform can be improved.

In some embodiments, the network co-processing method in the foregoing embodiments may further include:

receiving candidate satellite identifiers sent by a high-altitude platform;

Receiving a switching signaling sent by a high-altitude platform;

Similarly, the embodiment of the disclosure is an embodiment of a method of the opposite end side implemented as described above. Since the above embodiments have been explained in detail, the description thereof is omitted.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the disclosure also provides a network cooperative processing device, which is applied to an aerial platform, as in the following embodiment. Since the principle of solving the problem of the embodiment of the device is similar to that of the embodiment of the method, the implementation of the embodiment of the device can be referred to the implementation of the embodiment of the method, and the repetition is omitted.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a network co-processing device according to an embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in fig. 6, where the device includes:

the first receiving module 602 is configured to receive satellite information sent by each of the plurality of satellites, where the satellite information sent by each satellite includes: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

a first determining module 604, configured to determine a cluster head node satellite from a plurality of satellites according to a connection duration, channel state data, and a preset determining rule;

The first sending module 606 is configured to send the target task information to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to a satellite in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, and the satellite in the satellite cluster processes the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

and the second receiving module 608 is configured to receive a target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite, where the target task processing result is sent by a satellite in the satellite cluster to the cluster head node satellite.

According to the network cooperative processing device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, on the high-altitude platform side, satellite information sent by each satellite in a plurality of satellites is received through the first receiving module, then the first determining module determines a cluster head node satellite in the plurality of satellites according to connection time and channel state data contained in the satellite information, then the first sending module sends target task information to the cluster head node satellite, the cluster head node satellite sends the target task information to the satellite in the cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, the satellite completes target tasks to obtain target task processing results, and then the cluster head node satellite sends the target task processing results to the high-altitude platform, so that task processing capacity of the high-altitude platform can be improved.

In some embodiments, the first determining module 604 includes:

In some embodiments, the network co-processing apparatus 600 further comprises:

a fifth receiving module 610, configured to receive task information sent by the user equipment before the target task information is sent to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to a satellite in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, and the satellite in the satellite cluster processes the target task information to obtain a target task processing result, where the task information includes a task amount and a task processing duration;

A second determining module 612, configured to determine, according to the task amount and the processing capability of the high-altitude platform, whether the high-altitude platform can complete the task amount within the task processing duration;

and a third determining module 614, configured to determine, if the task cannot be completed, target task information according to the task amount and the processing capability of the high-altitude platform.

In some embodiments, the network co-processing apparatus 600 further comprises:

a fourth determining module 616 for determining a plurality of candidate satellites among the plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data, and a preset threshold value after determining the cluster head node satellite among the plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data, and a preset determining rule;

a first matching module 618, configured to send the satellite identifier of each candidate satellite to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite matches, according to the satellite identifier, a target satellite corresponding to the satellite identifier in a satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite;

a sixth receiving module 620, configured to receive a target satellite identifier corresponding to a target satellite sent by the cluster head node satellite;

the ordering module 622 is configured to order the target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identifiers according to the connection duration and the channel state data, so as to obtain a second ordering result;

A fourth sending module 624, configured to send a connection request to the target satellite in sequence according to the second ordering result;

a fifth determining module 626, configured to determine, when the connection determining message sent by the target satellite is received, the current target satellite as the candidate cluster head node satellite;

a fifth sending module 628 is configured to send a handover signaling to the cluster-head node satellite and the candidate cluster-head node satellite, so that the cluster-head node satellite and the candidate cluster-head node satellite complete the handover.

Based on the same inventive concept, another network co-processing device is also provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is applied to satellites, as in the following embodiments. Since the principle of solving the problem of the embodiment of the device is similar to that of the embodiment of the method, the implementation of the embodiment of the device can be referred to the implementation of the embodiment of the method, and the repetition is omitted.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of another network co-processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in fig. 7, where the apparatus includes:

the second sending module 702 is configured to send satellite information to the high altitude platform, where the satellite information includes: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

A third receiving module 704, configured to receive target task information sent by the high-altitude platform, where the current satellite is determined to be a cluster head node satellite;

the allocation module 706 is configured to allocate the target task information to a satellite in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, so that the satellite in the satellite cluster processes according to the target task information, and a target task processing result is obtained;

a fourth receiving module 708, configured to receive a target task processing result sent by a satellite in the satellite cluster;

and a third sending module 710, configured to send the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform.

According to the network cooperative processing device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, on the satellite side, the high-altitude platform determines the cluster head node satellite in a plurality of satellites according to the connection time and the channel state data contained in the satellite information through the satellite information sent by the second sending module, then the target task information is sent to the cluster head node satellite, the cluster head node satellite sends the target task information to the satellite in the cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, the target task is completed by the satellite to obtain a target task processing result, and then the cluster head node satellite sends the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform, so that the cooperative processing capability of the satellite and the high-altitude platform can be improved.

In some embodiments, the network co-processing apparatus 700 further comprises:

a seventh receiving module 712, configured to receive candidate satellite identifiers sent by the high altitude platform;

a second matching module 714, configured to match, according to the candidate satellite identifier, a target satellite identifier of a target satellite corresponding to the satellite identifier in a satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite;

a sixth sending module 716, configured to send the target satellite identifier to the high-altitude platform, so that the high-altitude platform ranks the target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identifier according to the connection duration and the channel state data, obtain a second ranking result, and send a connection request to the target satellite in sequence according to the second ranking result; under the condition that a connection determining message sent by a target satellite is received, determining the current target satellite as a candidate cluster head node satellite;

an eighth receiving module 718, configured to receive a handover signaling sent by the high altitude platform;

and the switching module 720 is configured to complete switching with the candidate cluster head node satellite according to the switching signaling.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various aspects of the present disclosure may be implemented as a system, method, or program product. Accordingly, various aspects of the disclosure may be embodied in the following forms, namely: an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, micro-code, etc.) or an embodiment combining hardware and software aspects may be referred to herein as a "circuit," module "or" system.

An electronic device 800 according to such an embodiment of the present disclosure is described below with reference to fig. 8. The electronic device 800 shown in fig. 8 is merely an example and should not be construed to limit the functionality and scope of use of embodiments of the present disclosure in any way.

As shown in fig. 8, the electronic device 800 is embodied in the form of a general purpose computing device. Components of electronic device 800 may include, but are not limited to: the at least one processing unit 810, the at least one memory unit 820, and a bus 830 connecting the various system components, including the memory unit 820 and the processing unit 810.

Wherein the storage unit stores program code that is executable by the processing unit 810 such that the processing unit 810 performs steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure described in the above section of the present specification. For example, the processing unit 810 may perform the following steps of the method embodiment described above:

The storage unit 820 may include readable media in the form of volatile storage units, such as Random Access Memory (RAM) 8201 and/or cache memory 8202, and may further include Read Only Memory (ROM) 8203.

Storage unit 820 may also include a program/utility 8204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 8205, such program modules 8205 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each or some combination of which may include an implementation of a network environment.

Bus 830 may be one or more of several types of bus structures including a memory unit bus or memory unit controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The electronic device 800 may also communicate with one or more external devices 840 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, bluetooth device, etc.), one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the electronic device 800, and/or any device (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enables the electronic device 800 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur through an input/output (I/O) interface 850. Also, electronic device 800 may communicate with one or more networks such as a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network, such as the Internet, through network adapter 860. As shown, network adapter 860 communicates with other modules of electronic device 800 over bus 830. It should be appreciated that although not shown, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in connection with electronic device 800, including, but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, data backup storage systems, and the like.

From the above description of embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the example embodiments described herein may be implemented in software, or may be implemented in software in combination with the necessary hardware. Thus, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (may be a CD-ROM, a U-disk, a mobile hard disk, etc.) or on a network, including several instructions to cause a computing device (may be a personal computer, a server, a terminal device, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium, which may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium, is also provided. On which a program product is stored which enables the implementation of the method described above of the present disclosure. In some possible implementations, various aspects of the disclosure may also be implemented in the form of a program product comprising program code for causing a terminal device to carry out the steps according to the various exemplary embodiments of the disclosure as described in the "exemplary methods" section of this specification, when the program product is run on the terminal device.

More specific examples of the computer readable storage medium in the present disclosure may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), 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.

In this disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A readable signal medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Alternatively, the program code embodied on a computer readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

In particular implementations, the program code for carrying out operations of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C++ or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device, partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of remote computing devices, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., connected via the Internet using an Internet service provider).

It should be noted that although in the above detailed description several modules or units of a device for action execution are mentioned, such a division is not mandatory. Indeed, the features and functionality of two or more modules or units described above may be embodied in one module or unit in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. Conversely, the features and functions of one module or unit described above may be further divided into a plurality of modules or units to be embodied.

Furthermore, although the steps of the methods in the present disclosure are depicted in a particular order in the drawings, this does not require or imply that the steps must be performed in that particular order or that all illustrated steps be performed in order to achieve desirable results. Additionally or alternatively, certain steps may be omitted, multiple steps combined into one step to perform, and/or one step decomposed into multiple steps to perform, etc.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the example embodiments described herein may be implemented in software, or may be implemented in software in combination with the necessary hardware. Thus, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (may be a CD-ROM, a U-disk, a mobile hard disk, etc.) or on a network, including several instructions to cause a computing device (may be a personal computer, a server, a mobile terminal, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

Claims

1. A network cooperative processing method, which is applied to an aerial platform, the method comprising:

determining cluster head node satellites in a plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data and a preset determination rule;

And receiving a target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite, wherein the target task processing result is sent to the cluster head node satellite by the satellite in the satellite cluster.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining cluster head node satellites among a plurality of satellites based on the connection duration, channel state data, and a preset determination rule comprises:

sequencing a plurality of satellites according to the connection duration and the channel state data to obtain a first sequencing result;

sequentially sending a connection request to each satellite according to the first sequencing result, wherein the connection request comprises a target task amount of a target task and a target task processing duration, so that each satellite determines whether to establish connection with the high-altitude platform according to the target task amount and the target task processing duration;

and under the condition that a connection determining message sent by any satellite is received, determining the current satellite as the cluster head node satellite.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein before sending the target task information to the cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, the satellites in the satellite cluster process according to the target task information, and obtain a target task processing result, the method further comprises:

determining whether the high-altitude platform can finish the task amount within a task processing time according to the task amount and the processing capacity of the high-altitude platform;

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after determining cluster head node satellites among a plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, channel state data, and a preset determination rule, the method further comprises:

determining a plurality of candidate satellites in a plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data and a preset threshold;

the satellite identification of each candidate satellite is sent to a cluster head node satellite, so that the cluster head node satellite matches with a target satellite corresponding to the satellite identification in a satellite cluster corresponding to the cluster head node satellite according to the satellite identification;

receiving a target satellite identifier corresponding to a target satellite sent by the cluster head node satellite;

under the condition that a connection determining message sent by the target satellite is received, determining the current target satellite as a candidate cluster head node satellite;

and sending a switching signaling to the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite so as to enable the cluster head node satellite and the candidate cluster head node satellite to finish switching.

5. A method of network co-processing for use with a satellite, the method comprising:

transmitting satellite information to an aerial platform, the satellite information comprising: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

receiving target task information sent by the high-altitude platform under the condition that the current satellite is determined to be a cluster head node satellite;

distributing the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellites are located so that the satellites in the satellite cluster can process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

receiving a target task processing result sent by a satellite in the satellite cluster;

and sending the target task processing result to the high-altitude platform.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving candidate satellite identifiers sent by the high-altitude platform;

the target satellite identification is sent to an aerial platform, so that the aerial platform sequences target satellites corresponding to the target satellite identification according to connection time length and channel state data to obtain a second sequencing result, and connection requests are sequentially sent to the target satellites according to the second sequencing result; under the condition that a connection determining message sent by the target satellite is received, determining the current target satellite as a candidate cluster head node satellite;

receiving a switching signaling sent by the high-altitude platform;

7. A network co-processing system, the system comprising: a high altitude platform and a plurality of satellites;

The high-altitude platform is used for determining a cluster head node satellite in a plurality of satellites according to the connection duration, the channel state data and a preset determination rule, sending target task information to the cluster head node satellite, and receiving a target task processing result sent by the cluster head node satellite, wherein the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to the satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, and the satellites in the satellite cluster process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result, and the target task processing result is sent to the cluster head node satellite by the satellites in the satellite cluster.

8. A network co-processing apparatus for use with an aerial platform, the apparatus comprising:

The first sending module is used for sending target task information to the cluster head node satellite so that the cluster head node satellite distributes the target task information to satellites in a satellite cluster where the cluster head node satellite is located, and the satellites in the satellite cluster process according to the target task information to obtain a target task processing result;

9. A network co-processing apparatus for use with a satellite, the apparatus comprising:

the second sending module is used for sending satellite information to the high-altitude platform, and the satellite information comprises: the connection duration of the satellite and the high-altitude platform are kept connected, and the channel state data of the channel between the satellite and the high-altitude platform are obtained;

the third receiving module is used for receiving the target task information sent by the high-altitude platform under the condition that the current satellite is determined to be a cluster head node satellite;

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the network co-processing method of any one of claims 1 to 6 via execution of the executable instructions.

11. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the computer program when executed by a processor implements the network co-processing method of any of claims 1 to 6.