CN117641496A

CN117641496A - Configuration information processing method and device

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Publication number: CN117641496A
Application number: CN202210968902.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵瑾波; 谌丽
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-12
Filing date: 2022-08-12
Publication date: 2024-03-01
Also published as: WO2024032328A1

Abstract

The application belongs to the field of communication and provides a configuration information processing method and device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the business of the target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template; the configuration template is determined based on target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively; the target information comprises at least one of equipment capability information, environment perception information and service perception information; the target network element is the current access network element of the target terminal and/or the original access network element of the target terminal. The configuration information processing method and the device can realize continuous closed-loop self-adaptive adjustment of the network following terminal, thereby ensuring stable and continuous transition of terminal service quality in a cell switching scene.

Description

Configuration information processing method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for processing configuration information.

Background

In the current mobile communication network, a cellular architecture is mainly adopted to achieve the purpose of resource multiplexing, the base station signal of each cell covers a certain range of geographic area, and the useful signal at the cell edge is usually weaker and the interference is larger, so that the difference of transmission performance between the cell edge and the cell center is caused.

When a terminal is switched among cells, seamless and lossless transmission is difficult to ensure, the terminal is switched frequently in a densely deployed scene of the cells, continuous and seamless communication service cannot be provided, and stability of service experience cannot be ensured.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a configuration information processing method and device, which are used for solving the defects of unstable and discontinuous terminal service quality caused by cell switching in the prior art and realizing stable and continuous transition of the terminal service quality in a cell switching scene.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a configuration information processing method, applied to a first network element, where the method includes:

acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the business of the target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template;

the configuration template is determined based on target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively; the target information comprises at least one of equipment capability information, environment perception information and service perception information;

the target network element is the current access network element of the target terminal and/or the original access network element of the target terminal.

In one embodiment, in the case that the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the first network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the description information of the configuration template is obtained by:

And receiving the description information of the configuration template sent by the original access network element.

and receiving the description information of the configuration template sent by the second network element.

In one embodiment, in the case that the first network element is the target network element and the target network element is an original network element of the target terminal, the description information of the configuration template is obtained by:

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

and sending the description information of the configuration template to the current access network element of the target terminal.

In one embodiment, the description information of the configuration template includes any one of the following:

user-level configuration template profile;

the index corresponding to the template profile is configured at the user level.

In one embodiment, in the case that the description information of the configuration template includes a user-level configuration template profile, the obtaining, based on the description information of the configuration template, algorithm policies and parameters required for processing a service of the target terminal includes: acquiring the algorithm strategy and parameters included in the user-level configuration template profile;

Under the condition that the description information of the configuration template comprises an index corresponding to a user-level configuration template profile, the algorithm strategy and parameters required by the service of the processing target terminal are obtained based on the description information of the configuration template, and the method comprises the following steps: and acquiring a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the index in a configuration set based on the index, and acquiring the algorithm strategy and parameters included in the user-level configuration template profile.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving the configuration set sent by a second network element, wherein each element in the configuration set comprises an identifier of a terminal, a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the terminal, and an index corresponding to the configuration template profile; the user-level configuration template profile includes algorithm policies and parameters required for processing the services of the terminal.

In one embodiment, the receiving the description information of the configuration template includes:

and receiving the description information of the configuration template based on event triggering.

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

a signal detection algorithm, an equalization algorithm and a multi-antenna algorithm for a physical layer; a link self-adaptive algorithm, a scheduling algorithm and a resource allocation algorithm for a Media Access Control (MAC) layer; a handover algorithm for a radio resource control RRC layer, a load balancing algorithm; a prediction model and a recommendation model.

In one embodiment, the device capability information includes multi-antenna capability information;

the environment perception information comprises at least one item of geographic position information, channel type information, signal strength information, signal quality information and interference level information of the environment where the equipment is located;

the service awareness information comprises at least one of service quality QoS information, equipment current buffer data amount information, equipment current storage capacity information and equipment current load information.

In one embodiment, the first network element comprises any one of a distribution unit DU, a base station, and an access point AP.

In one embodiment, the second network element includes any one of a centralized unit CU, a distributed unit DU, a clouding base station, a clouding control plane node, and an operation maintenance management OAM network element;

wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a configuration information processing method, applied to a second network element, where the method includes:

determining a configuration template based on target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element; the configuration template is used for acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the business of the target terminal;

Transmitting the description information of the configuration template to a first network element;

the target information comprises at least one of equipment capability information, environment perception information and service perception information; the target network element is the current access network element of the target terminal or the original access network element of the target terminal.

user-level configuration template profile;

In one embodiment, in a case that the description information of the configuration template includes an index corresponding to the profile of the user-level configuration template, the method further includes:

transmitting a configuration set to the first network element;

each element in the configuration set comprises an identifier of a terminal, a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the terminal, and an index corresponding to the configuration template profile; the user-level configuration template profile comprises algorithm policies and parameters required for processing the services of the target terminal.

In one embodiment, the sending the description information of the configuration template to the first network element includes:

and based on event triggering, sending the description information of the configuration template of the target terminal to the first network element.

In one embodiment, before the sending the description information of the configuration template to the first network element, the method further includes:

updating the configuration template based on the first updating information under the condition that the first updating information of the target terminal is acquired;

and under the condition that second updating information of the target network element is acquired, updating the configuration template based on the second updating information.

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

In one embodiment, the second network element includes:

the database is used for storing the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element;

the policy calculation unit is used for determining the configuration template based on the target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively;

the data processing unit is used for acquiring the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element, and cleaning, classifying and summarizing the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element;

the protocol processing unit is used for carrying out protocol function processing of the access network of the mobile communication system;

and the interface processing unit is used for processing the interface between the second network element and the network entity.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a network element, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transceiving data under control of the processor; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

In one embodiment, in the case that the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the processor is specifically configured to perform the following operations:

In one embodiment, in a case that the network element is the target network element and the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal, the processor is specifically configured to perform the following operations:

In one embodiment, the processor is further configured to:

user-level configuration template profile;

In one embodiment, the processor is further configured to:

In one embodiment, the processor is specifically configured to perform the following operations:

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

In one embodiment, the network element comprises any one of a distribution unit DU, a base station, and an access point AP.

wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a network element, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

user-level configuration template profile;

In one embodiment, in the case that the description information of the configuration template includes an index corresponding to the user-level configuration template profile, the processor is further configured to:

transmitting a configuration set to the first network element;

In one embodiment, before the sending the description information of the configuration template to the first network element, the processor is further configured to:

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

In one embodiment, the network element includes any one of a centralized unit CU, a distributed unit DU, a clouding base station, a clouding control plane node, and an operation maintenance management OAM network element;

wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

In one embodiment, the network element comprises:

and the interface processing unit is used for processing the interface between the network element and the network entity.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a configuration information processing apparatus, applied to a first network element, where the apparatus includes:

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by the business of the processing target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template;

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a configuration information processing apparatus, applied to a second network element, where the apparatus includes:

the determining unit is used for determining a configuration template based on target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively; the configuration template is used for acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the business of the target terminal;

a sending unit, configured to send the description information of the configuration template to a first network element;

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing the processor to execute the configuration information processing method according to the first aspect or the configuration information processing method according to the second aspect.

According to the configuration information processing method and device, the algorithm strategy and parameters required by processing the service of the target terminal are acquired based on the description information of the configuration template, so that continuous closed-loop self-adaptive adjustment of the network following the terminal can be realized, stable and continuous transition of the service quality of the terminal in a cell switching scene is ensured, and user experience is improved.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture to which a configuration information processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application is applied;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a second flowchart of a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a second network element according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is one of schematic information interactions applying examples of the configuration information processing method provided in the embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a second schematic diagram of information interaction of an example of a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a third information interaction diagram of an example of a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is one of schematic structural diagrams of a network element provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of a network element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is one of schematic structural diagrams of a configuration information processing apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a second schematic structural diagram of the configuration information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the embodiment of the application, the term "and/or" describes the association relationship of the association objects, which means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may be represented: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship.

The term "plurality" in the embodiments of the present application means two or more, and other adjectives are similar thereto.

The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.

The embodiment of the application provides a configuration information processing method and device, which are used for realizing stable and continuous transition of terminal service quality in a cell switching scene.

The method and the device are based on the same application, and because the principles of solving the problems by the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repetition is not repeated.

For a full understanding of the technical solutions of the present application, the following will be described:

as an essential component of the mobile communication system, the terminal and the network equipment can ensure the signal quality and continuity in the communication process through a series of algorithms such as signal detection and estimation, link self-adaption, radio resource management, switching and the like; the dominant effect is various algorithm policies and parameter settings in the base station, as they are typically factors affecting the transmission of all user equipments in the whole cell.

While it has been mentioned in academic research that users are classified, different RRM (Radio Resource Management ) algorithms and thresholds are set according to different categories; however, the number of users in a real-world network is very large, and may be 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than the number of base stations, and the storage, calculation and real-time processing capabilities of the network device itself are limited, if the workload of performing individual policy processing for each user in the network is too large; in addition, each base station is independently deployed, in order to save precious air interface resources, user-level signal measurement is reported to one master base station accessed, meanwhile, the interface bandwidth between the base stations is limited, and information of all users and self resource scheduling information cannot be frequently interacted, so that only cell-level algorithm strategies and parameter configuration can be adopted in the existing mobile communication network, and only cell-level resource scheduling information (load, high interference indication and the like) can be interacted between the base stations.

In order to better improve communication efficiency and device processing capability and reduce network distribution cost, a network architecture to which the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application is applied may be divided into three levels, i.e., CU (Centralized Unit), DU (Distributed Unit), TRP (Transmission/reception Point), as shown in fig. 1.

TRP is a network device for implementing air interface signaling between a terminal and a base station, transparent to the terminal. One DU in a network deployment may connect and control multiple TRPs and one CU may connect and control multiple DUs. Meanwhile, network deployment is denser, the ratio of the number of DUs and the number of terminals is reduced by 1-2 orders of magnitude, the number of TRPs and the number of terminals can even reach the same order of magnitude, and distributed control is more convenient and efficient. The CU can adopt cloud technology, the processing capacity is stronger, a plurality of DUs are connected, the mastered information is more comprehensive, and a material basis is provided for centralized processing between cross-region and cross-equipment.

In an actual environment, the same terminal experiences obvious channel characteristic differences under static and different moving speeds; various new services in the network are also layered endlessly, such as XR (Extended Reality) services and holographic services, and a series of QoS (Quality of Service ) indexes such as peak rate, time delay jitter and the like are very different from those of the existing VoNR (Voice over New Radio, new air interface carrying voice), web browsing, weChat, small video and the like.

After the current terminal is accessed into a cell, the base station calls cell-level default values of various algorithms and parameters, including various signal processing algorithms, physical layer control and link self-adaptive algorithms, resource allocation and scheduling algorithms and the like, and the algorithms and parameters also need to distinguish different application scenes according to service quality feedback, signal measurement reports and the like, such as terminal multi-antenna capability judgment, prediction of terminal moving speed, interference limitation or power limitation scene judgment and the like, so that the service performance can be gradually optimized in real time along with environmental change, and the user experience is ensured.

Even if the terminal makes adjustment according to various self-adaptive algorithms in the cell connection state, once the handoff occurs, the terminal can be reset according to the default algorithm and parameters of the new cell, the adjustment is abrupt compared with the change, the change is also abrupt compared with the periodic closed-loop control or self-adaptive adjustment of the original cell, and the signal strength and various algorithm gains are abrupt or obviously fluctuant; meanwhile, the radio signals received by the terminal and the terminal at the edge of the peripheral cell are easy to jump, and the control algorithm and strategy of different cells to the terminal are inconsistent, so that the unstable and discontinuous service quality of the terminal is easy to cause, and the service experience is not guaranteed.

Furthermore, the performance of the terminal after the closed loop adjustment of the original cell gradually tends to be stable by taking the power control as an example, once the terminal is switched to a new cell, a very large power start value is usually set according to the open loop power control to ensure service continuity, and resources are allocated again to the new cell, so that for the edge terminal of the original cell, the terminal is a sudden strong interference, which may cause the edge terminal of the original cell to drop a call or drop a pit at a rate, and the situation that the terminal is set to cause the strong interference to the edge user is also caused.

Fig. 2 is one of flow diagrams of a configuration information processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the embodiment of the present application provides a configuration information processing method, an execution body of which may be a first network element, for example, a DU, a base station, or the like. The method comprises the following steps:

step 210, acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the business of the target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template.

The configuration template is determined based on target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively; the target information comprises at least one of equipment capability information, environment awareness information and service awareness information;

It should be noted that, the configuration template may be determined by the second network element based on the target terminal and the target information corresponding to the target network element respectively. The target information covers the equipment capability information, environment awareness information, service awareness information and the like of the target terminal and the target network element.

The device capability information includes capability information such as multi-antenna capability, supported primary algorithms, etc. possessed or supported by the device;

the environment perception information comprises geographic position information, channel type information, signal strength information, signal quality information, interference level information of the environment where the equipment is located and the like of the equipment;

The service awareness information includes service QoS information, device current buffer data amount information, device current storage capacity information, device current load information, and the like.

The algorithm policy refers to an algorithm, a model, etc. required for processing the service of the target terminal. The algorithm mainly comprises a plurality of physical layer signal detection algorithms, an equalization algorithm, a multi-antenna algorithm and the like; link adaptation algorithms (such as power control), scheduling algorithms, resource allocation algorithms, etc. of the MAC (Media Access Control, medium access control) layer; a handover algorithm of an RRC (Radio Resource Control ) layer, a load balancing algorithm, and the like. The model mainly includes an AI (Artificial Intelligence ) model used in a communication system, for example, a reinforcement learning model, specifically includes a prediction model (such as channel prediction, traffic prediction, etc.), a recommendation model (such as overall optimization of various algorithms and parameters, avoiding mutual exclusion between algorithms and parameters), and the like.

After the first network element receives the description information of the configuration template, an algorithm strategy and parameters are selected for the terminal according to the configuration template, and the algorithm strategy and parameters are executed to ensure the service quality of the terminal. The first network element may perform real-time resource scheduling and closed-loop adjustment of parameters according to various feedback information in an actual service communication process, for example, a scheduling algorithm, a power control algorithm, and a multi-antenna rank (space division multiplexing stream number) adaptive algorithm may adjust PRBs (Physical Resource Block, physical resource blocks) allocated by users on different channels, and transmit power on each resource block.

By determining the algorithm policy and parameters required for processing the service of the target terminal based on the device capability information, the environment awareness information, the service awareness information and the like respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element, the first network element can set the user-level algorithm policy and key parameters for the actual situation of the target terminal.

Based on the above, even if the terminal is subjected to cell switching, the first network element only needs to send the description information of the configuration template to the newly accessed network element of the target terminal, so that the newly accessed network element can process the service of the target terminal by using the same algorithm strategy and parameters as those before the target terminal is subjected to cell switching based on the configuration template, and continuous closed-loop self-adaptive adjustment of the network following terminal is realized.

It should be noted that, in the scenario where the target terminal performs cell handover, the target network element may be an original access network element of the target terminal, that is, the configuration template is determined based on target information corresponding to the target terminal and the original access network element thereof.

In the scenario that the target terminal does not perform cell handover, the target network element may be a current access network element of the target terminal, that is, the configuration template is determined based on target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the current access network element thereof. Under the condition, the configuration template is determined based on the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the current access network element, and the algorithm strategy and parameters are determined according to the configuration template, so that the resource allocation of the network to the terminal service processing is more reasonable, the effective operation of the terminal service is ensured, and the network resource can be saved.

Under the condition that the cell switching occurs to the target terminal, but the new access cell is consistent with or has small difference with the original access cell, the target network element can be the original access network element of the target terminal, or the current access network element of the target terminal, namely, the configuration template can be determined based on the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the current access network element, or can be determined based on the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the original access network element.

According to the configuration information processing method, the algorithm strategy and the parameters required by the service of the processing target terminal are acquired based on the description information of the configuration template, so that continuous closed-loop self-adaptive adjustment of the network following terminal can be realized, stable and continuous transition of the service quality of the terminal in a cell switching scene is ensured, and the user experience is improved.

In a network architecture (as shown in fig. 1) to which the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applicable, one CU may connect and control a plurality of DUs, and one DU may connect and control a plurality of TRPs. For the network architecture, the embodiment of the invention also creatively provides a centralized control mode and a distributed interaction mode for configuration information processing.

Specifically, in the centralized control mode, information is stored in a centralized manner, data are calculated in a unified manner, and a second network element determines a user-level algorithm strategy and parameters. In the distributed interaction mode, configuration information is interacted mainly between the first network elements.

The first network element may specifically include any one of a DU, a base station, and an AP (Access Point).

The second network element may specifically include any one of a CU, a DU (including a DU specified by the CU), a cloudized base station, a cloudized control plane node, an OAM (Operation Administration and Maintenance, operation maintenance management) network element.

In order to meet the requirement of flexible deployment, the cloud base station or the cloud control surface node can be arranged in a cloud end in a centralized manner, and can also be arranged at the network edge.

Considering the backward compatibility of the network, when the OAM of the existing network is adopted as the second network element, the OAM can not only issue cell-level algorithm strategies and parameters for the base station, but also provide user-level algorithm strategies and parameters for the base station in a mode of enhancing signaling. The OAM can specifically store the user-level algorithm policy and parameters in an XML format, and issue the user-level algorithm policy and parameters to the base station in the XML format.

Considering the capability and deployment flexibility of network element equipment, a large DU with stronger capability can be adopted in certain areas to take charge of centralized control of other general capability DUs in the areas; in the distributed deployment scenario, a certain DU may be designated by the CU to take charge of centralized control of DUs in a partial area; further, a CU may designate a certain DU to centrally control a plurality of DUs in a partial area to provide a user-level algorithm policy and parameter guarantee for a partial terminal, so as to form a terminal-centric network.

The technical scheme of the application will be further described by specifically introducing a centralized control mode and a distributed interaction mode.

In one embodiment, in the case that the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the first network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the description information of the configuration template is obtained by the following manner:

In this embodiment, taking fig. 1 as an example, UE1 is taken as a target terminal, and UE1 is switched from an original access network element DU1 to a current access network element (first network element) DU2.

The scenario corresponds to a distributed interaction pattern:

before UE1 switches from DU1 to DU2, DU2 receives description information of the configuration template transmitted by DU 1. The configuration template corresponding to the UE1 is determined according to the target information corresponding to the UE1 and the DU1 respectively.

After the UE1 switches to DU2, DU2 acquires the algorithm policies and parameters required to handle the traffic of UE1 based on the configuration template.

It can be appreciated that in this embodiment, since after UE1 is switched to DU2, DU2 still processes service data of UE1 with algorithm policies and parameters determined based on target information corresponding to UE1 and DU1 respectively, smooth and continuous transition of service quality of UE1 in a cell switching scenario can be achieved, thereby ensuring user experience.

In this embodiment, taking fig. 1 as an example, UE1 is taken as a target terminal, UE1 is switched from an original access network element DU1 to a current access network element (first network element) DU2, and the second network element is a CU.

The scenario corresponds to a centralized control mode:

before UE1 switches from DU1 to DU2, DU2 receives description information of the configuration template sent by the CU. The configuration template corresponding to the UE1 is determined according to the target information corresponding to the UE1 and the DU1 respectively.

In one embodiment, in the case that the first network element is a target network element and the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal, the description information of the configuration template is obtained by the following manner:

In this embodiment, taking fig. 1 as an example, UE1 is taken as a target terminal, UE1 is switched from an original access network element DU1 (first network element) to a current access network element DU2, and the second network element is CU.

The scenario corresponds to a centralized control mode or a distributed interaction mode:

before UE1 switches from DU1 to DU2, DU1 receives description information of the configuration template sent by the CU. The configuration template corresponding to the UE1 is determined according to the target information corresponding to the UE1 and the DU1 respectively.

Before the UE1 is switched to the DU2, the DU1 acquires an algorithm strategy and parameters required by processing the service of the UE1 based on the configuration template, and processes the service data of the UE1 according to the algorithm strategy and parameters, so that reasonable resources are allocated to the service processing of the UE1, and the effective performance of the terminal service is ensured.

Further, on the basis of this embodiment, the configuration information processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include:

The scenario corresponds to a distributed interaction pattern:

in the case where the DU1 determines that the UE1 is to be switched to the DU2, the DU1 transmits description information of the configuration template to the DU2 before the UE1 is switched to the DU2, so that the DU2 acquires algorithm policies and parameters required for processing the service of the UE1 based on the configuration template after the UE1 is switched to the DU 2.

In one embodiment, the description information of the configuration template may include any of the following:

user-level configuration template profile;

The Profile is a Profile describing how to use the software and hardware resources of the device. The Profile format may be specified or standardized by an operator or a device manufacturer, and mainly includes corresponding terminal and network element identifiers, and algorithm policies and parameters, time stamps, etc. determined by the network element for processing the terminal service data.

The user-level configuration template profile may be as shown in table 1 or table 2 below:

table 1 user level configuration template profile example 1

Table 2 user level configuration template profile example 2

Optionally, an index may be set for each user-level configuration template profile, and the description information of the configuration template may include an index corresponding to the user-level configuration template profile.

In one embodiment, in the case that the description information of the configuration template includes a user-level configuration template profile, acquiring algorithm policies and parameters required for processing the service of the target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template includes: acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters included in a user-level configuration template profile;

under the condition that the description information of the configuration template comprises an index corresponding to the profile of the user-level configuration template, acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the service of the target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template, wherein the algorithm strategies and parameters comprise: and acquiring a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the index from the configuration set based on the index, and acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters included in the user-level configuration template profile.

It may be understood that, in the case that the description information of the configuration template includes the user-level configuration template profile, after receiving the description information of the configuration template, the first network element may directly extract an algorithm policy and parameters required for processing the service of the target terminal from the user-level configuration template profile, and process service data of the target terminal based on the algorithm policy and parameters.

Under the condition that the description information of the configuration template comprises an index corresponding to the user-level configuration template profile, after the first network element receives the description information of the configuration template, the user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the index can be obtained in a configuration set based on the index, algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the service of the target terminal are extracted from the user-level configuration template profile, and then service data of the target terminal are processed based on the algorithm strategies and parameters.

The configuration set may include a plurality of user-level configuration templates profile, and indexes corresponding to the user-level configuration templates profile.

It may be appreciated that, in the case where the description information of the configuration template includes the user-level configuration template profile, although the communication cost for transmitting the user-level configuration template profile is slightly higher, the first network element may omit the resource overhead caused by storing and updating the configuration set. In the case that the description information of the configuration template includes the index corresponding to the user-level configuration template profile, although the first network element spends a certain resource for storing and updating the configuration set, the communication cost of transmitting the user-level configuration template profile may be omitted, and the communication efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment, the configuration set may be obtained by:

receiving a configuration set sent by a second network element; each element in the configuration set comprises an identifier of the terminal, a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the terminal, and an index corresponding to the configuration template profile; the user-level configuration template profile includes algorithm policies and parameters required for processing the traffic of the terminal.

For example, when the second network element is a CU, the CU obtains and stores all DUs subordinate to the CU and target information corresponding to each terminal, so as to obtain a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to each terminal, and sets an index for each user-level configuration template profile to generate a configuration set.

The CU will then send the configuration set to each DU subordinate to the CU.

Each DU may then receive the set of configurations sent by the CU.

Each element in the configuration set may include an identification of the terminal, a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the terminal, and an index corresponding to the configuration template profile.

For example, the configuration set may be embodied in the form of a list, and each configuration item included in the list may be used as each element of the configuration set, where each configuration item may include an identifier of the terminal, a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the terminal, and an index corresponding to the configuration template profile.

In one embodiment, receiving the description information of the configuration template may include:

based on the event trigger, descriptive information of the configuration template is received.

It can be understood that, in the case that the target terminal needs to perform cell handover, that is, triggers an A3 event and an A5 event, or the target terminal needs to connect with a new DU, the CU may send description information of the configuration template to the DU, or transmit description information of the configuration template between the DU and the DU, so as to ensure stable and continuous transition of terminal service quality in a cell handover scenario.

When an event such as A3 or A5 is triggered, the DU may send a corresponding measurement report, for example, an RSRP (Reference Signal Receiving Power, reference signal received power) report, an RSRQ (Reference Signal Receiving Quality, reference signal received quality) report, or the like, to the CU.

After receiving the corresponding measurement report, the CU may send description information of the configuration template to the DU, or trigger transmission of the description information of the configuration template between the DUs.

FIG. 3 is a second flowchart of a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; as shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present application provides a configuration information processing method, where an execution body may be a second network element, for example, a DU, a base station, or the like. The method comprises the following steps:

Step 310, determining a configuration template based on target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element; the configuration template is used for acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the business of the target terminal;

step 320, transmitting description information of the configuration template to the first network element;

the target information comprises at least one of equipment capability information, environment awareness information and service awareness information; the target network element is the current access network element of the target terminal and/or the original access network element of the target terminal.

The first network element is a network element that establishes a connection with the target terminal.

In step 310, the second network element may acquire target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element, and then determine the configuration template according to the target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element.

The target information covers the equipment capability information, environment awareness information, service awareness information and the like of the target terminal and the target network element.

In step 320, the second network element may send the description information of the configuration template to the first network element.

It should be noted that, after the first network element receives the description information of the configuration template sent by the second network element, the algorithm policy and parameters required for processing the service of the target terminal can be obtained according to the description information of the configuration template, and the service data of the target terminal is processed based on the algorithm policy and parameters.

Based on the above, even if the terminal is subjected to cell switching, the second network element or the first network element only needs to send the description information of the configuration template to the newly accessed network element of the target terminal, so that the newly accessed network element can process the service of the target terminal by using the same algorithm strategy and parameters as those before the target terminal is subjected to cell switching based on the configuration template, thereby realizing continuous closed loop self-adaptive adjustment of the network following the terminal.

In the scenario that the target terminal does not perform cell switching, the target network element may be a current access network element of the target terminal, that is, the second network element may determine the configuration template according to target information corresponding to the target terminal and the current access network element thereof. Under the condition, the configuration template is determined based on the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the current access network element, and the algorithm strategy and parameters are determined according to the configuration template, so that the resource allocation of the network to the terminal service processing is more reasonable, the effective operation of the terminal service is ensured, and the network resource can be saved.

Under the condition that the target terminal is subjected to cell switching, but the new access cell is consistent with the original access cell or has small difference, the target network element can be the original access network element of the target terminal, or the current access network element of the target terminal, namely the second network element determines the configuration template based on the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the current access network element, or determines the configuration template based on the target information respectively corresponding to the target terminal and the original access network element.

It should be noted that, the first network element may specifically include any one of a DU, a base station, and an AP (Access Point).

In a network architecture (as shown in fig. 1) to which the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applicable, one CU may connect and control a plurality of DUs, and one DU may connect and control a plurality of TRPs. In the network architecture, the first network element may be a DU and the second network element may be a CU.

user-level configuration template profile;

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In one embodiment, in the case that the description information of the configuration template includes an index corresponding to the profile of the user-level configuration template, the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

transmitting the configuration set to a first network element;

each element in the configuration set comprises an identifier of a terminal, a user-level configuration template profile corresponding to the terminal, and an index corresponding to the configuration template profile; the user-level configuration template profile includes algorithm policies and parameters required to handle the traffic of the target terminal.

For example, when the second network element is a CU, the CU may acquire target information of a DU, TRP, terminal, and other devices subordinate thereto. The sources of the target information comprise self-reporting of the equipment in equipment deployment or connection establishment, information interaction among the equipment in the working process, signaling issuing of a core network, real-time measurement reporting of the equipment in the connection process and the like.

The method for storing target information by CU is to build database, store all subordinate devices information in classification, and use different information formats according to different information content and purposes, wherein the information in the database can be updated by time triggering period or event triggering; for example: after the connection of a new terminal is established, the terminal is newly established in a database, after the connection is released after the communication of the terminal is finished, the terminal information is deleted in the database, the cell information associated with the terminal is updated when the terminal is subjected to handover, and the resource available information and the like are correspondingly updated when the equipment is in an energy-saving state.

The CU will also store all the algorithm policies and parameters that the DU may use and save the targets for each DU and terminal. The CU can calculate and judge the scene of the terminal according to the real-time information (environment sensing information and service sensing information) of the terminal, for example, the distance between the terminal and DU can be deduced according to the wireless signal strength, and the moving speed of the terminal can be judged according to the signal strength change condition. In general, algorithms applicable to different scenarios can be inferred based on device capability information, context awareness information, and business awareness information according to engineering experience. Therefore, the CU can preset a certain rule and determine an algorithm model by referring to the engineering experience and the scene deduced according to calculation, and calculate parameter results output by the algorithm according to target information of the terminal and DU, so that various algorithm strategies and parameters are determined, and further a user-level configuration template profile of each terminal is generated.

The resource allocation may include inter-cell time-frequency resource block allocation, orthogonal pilot resource allocation, beam allocation, massive MIMO, multi-user clustering, and allocation of a wireless network virtualized resource pool. The optimal solution is usually a combination optimization of the NP-hard type, and the corresponding computational complexity increases exponentially with the increase of the system scale. Traditional computing methods statically segment such problems and obtain suboptimal solutions with lower computational effort. Future networks will more widely employ AI technology, providing other possible technical approaches for resource allocation, such as: depth recommendation systems, which require global information and strong computational guarantees, CU can do this calculation and generate appropriate algorithmic strategies and models.

After generating the user-level configuration template profile, the CU will issue to the DU for execution in time. The CU may also coordinate resource allocation among DUs according to device capability information, context awareness information, load information, etc. of its subordinate devices, such as PCI allocation, IP address allocation, cell edge resource staggering, and handover resource reservation.

Further, the CU may also set an index for each user-level configuration template profile to generate a configuration set.

The CU will then send the configuration set to each DU (first network element) subordinate to the CU.

Each DU may then receive the set of configurations sent by the CU.

In one embodiment, step 320 may include:

and sending the description information of the configuration template of the target terminal to the first network element based on the event trigger.

It can be understood that, in the case that the target terminal needs to perform cell handover, that is, triggers an A3 event and an A5 event, or the target terminal needs to connect with a new DU, the CU may be involved in sending description information of the configuration template to the DU, so as to ensure stable and continuous transition of terminal service quality in the cell handover scenario.

In one embodiment, before step 320, the configuration information processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include:

under the condition that first updating information of target information of a target terminal is acquired, updating the configuration template based on the first updating information;

and under the condition that second updating information of target information of the target network element is acquired, updating the configuration template based on the second updating information.

It should be noted that, during the communication process of each device subordinate to the CU, when the service or the environment changes, each device triggers measurement reporting under various connection states, for example, service awareness information (cache data amount) and environment awareness information (RSCP/RSCQ, etc.), and when these information are uploaded to the CU, the CU is triggered to perform calculation related to resource configuration, and the configuration template is redetermined. The above described connection changes include traffic setup and release, and handover across areas or devices.

Specifically, after receiving measurement report of each subordinate device, the CU determines first update information of target information of the terminal and/or second information of target information of the DU according to the measurement report information, and updates the configuration template according to the first update information and/or the second update information.

After the CU updates the configuration template, the CU issues the corresponding DU to execute the updated configuration template; or after updating the configuration template, judging whether the updated configuration template has significant change (for example, the type of a certain algorithm strategy is changed, the change value of a certain parameter is larger than a threshold value, and the like) compared with the configuration template before updating, if so, issuing the configuration template to the corresponding DU in time for execution.

According to the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the application, before the configuration template is issued, the configuration template is updated based on the target information, so that the algorithm strategy and the parameters required by the service of the target terminal can be dynamically updated, and the service quality of the terminal is improved.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the second network element may include:

the database is used for storing target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively;

the strategy calculation unit is internally provided with various algorithms and models and part of engineering experience rules and is used for determining a configuration template based on target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively;

the data processing unit is used for acquiring target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively, and cleaning, classifying and summarizing the target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively;

and the interface processing unit is used for processing interfaces between the second network element and network entities of the core network.

Several examples of application of the configuration information processing method provided in the embodiments of the present application are described below:

example one (terminal does not handover cell):

as shown in fig. 5, this example includes the steps of:

step 510, the DU1 (first network element) sends the target information of the DU1 (first network element) and the UE (target terminal) to the CU (second network element), optionally, the CU may also obtain the target information of the UE from the core network;

step 520, the CU establishes an item of the UE in a database, and pre-processes the acquired DU1 and target information of the UE and stores the pre-processed information in the database;

step 530, triggering the policy calculation of the CU, wherein the policy calculation module of the CU invokes the DU1 and the target information of the UE from the database, and generates the profile of the UE according to the DU1 and the target information of the UE;

step 540, the CU sends the profile of the UE to the DU1;

step 550, the DU processes the service data of the UE according to the profile of the UE.

It should be noted that, the specific implementation manner of each step may refer to each method embodiment described above, and will not be described herein.

Example two (terminal switching cell, distributed interaction mode):

as shown in fig. 6, this example includes the steps of:

step 610, the target UE performs frequency point measurement according to the network configuration, including RSRP and/or RSRQ information; and the RSRP and/or RSRQ information meets the condition to trigger the A3 event to report;

step 620, after receiving the RSRP and/or RSRQ measurement report, the DU1 (original access network element of the target terminal) judges whether the switching condition is satisfied according to the signal strengths of the local area and the neighboring area in the reported content;

step 630, the DU1 judges that the DU2 (current access network element) satisfies the handover condition, and notifies the DU2 to perform handover preparation, and simultaneously sends the profile of the UE to the DU2;

step 640, determining algorithm policy and parameters required for processing the service of the UE by the DU2 according to the profile provided by the DU 1; optionally, the DU2 may also recalculate parameters in combination with user information in the cell, so as to determine resource configuration information for the UE and prepare for handover;

step 650, the DU1 informs the UE to switch to the DU2, and the switching command carries the information such as channel resources prepared by the DU2 for the UE.

Step 660, after the UE switches to DU2, the DU2 processes the service data of the UE according to the determined algorithm policy and parameters.

Example three (terminal switching cell, centralized control mode):

as shown in fig. 7, this example includes the steps of:

step 710, the target UE performs frequency point measurement according to the network configuration, including RSRP and/or RSRQ information; and the RSRP and/or RSRQ information meets the condition to trigger the A3 event to report;

step 720, the DU1 (original access network element) sends RSRP and/or RSRQ measurement report to the CU (second network element);

step 730, after receiving the RSRP and/or RSRQ measurement report, the CU determines whether the handover condition is satisfied according to the signal strengths of the home zone and the neighboring zone in the reported content;

step 740, the CU judges that the DU2 (current access network element) satisfies a handover condition, and notifies the DU2 to perform handover preparation, and simultaneously sends profile of the UE to the DU2;

step 750, determining algorithm policy and parameters required for processing the service of the UE by DU2 according to the profile provided by the CU; optionally, the DU2 may also recalculate parameters in combination with user information in the cell, so as to determine resource configuration information for the UE and prepare for handover;

step 760, the DU1 informs the UE to switch to the DU2, and the switching command carries the information such as channel resources prepared by the DU2 for the UE.

Step 770, DU2 processes the traffic data of the UE according to the determined algorithm policy and parameters.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network element provided in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 8, where the network element includes a memory 820, a transceiver 800, and a processor 810, where:

a memory 820 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 800 for transceiving data under the control of the processor 810; a processor 810 for reading the computer program in the memory 820 and performing the following operations:

Specifically, the transceiver 800 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 810.

Wherein in fig. 8, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by processor 810 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 820, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 800 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, etc. The processor 810 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 820 may store data used by the processor 810 in performing operations.

The processor 810 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), or may employ a multi-core architecture.

In one embodiment, the processor 810 is specifically configured to perform the following operations:

In one embodiment, in the case that the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the processor 810 is specifically configured to:

In one embodiment, in a case that the network element is the target network element and the target network element is an original network element of the target terminal, the processor 810 is specifically configured to:

In one embodiment, the processor 810 is further configured to:

user-level configuration template profile;

In one embodiment, the processor 810 is further configured to:

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

Wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

It should be noted that, the network element provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment in which the execution body is the first network element, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted.

Fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of a network element according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 9, where the network element includes a memory 920, a transceiver 900, and a processor 910, where:

a memory 920 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 900 for transceiving data under the control of the processor 910; a processor 910 for reading the computer program in the memory 920 and performing the following operations:

Specifically, the transceiver 900 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 910.

Wherein in fig. 9, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by processor 910 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 920, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 900 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, etc. The processor 910 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 920 may store data used by the processor 910 in performing operations.

The processor 910 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), or the processor may employ a multi-core architecture.

user-level configuration template profile;

In one embodiment, in a case that the description information of the configuration template includes an index corresponding to the user-level configuration template profile, the processor 910 is further configured to:

transmitting a configuration set to the first network element;

In one embodiment, the processor 910 is specifically configured to perform the following operations:

In one embodiment, before the sending the description information of the configuration template to the first network element, the processor 910 is further configured to:

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

In one embodiment, the network element comprises:

It should be noted that, the network element provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment in which the execution body is the second network element, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted.

Fig. 10 is one of schematic structural diagrams of a configuration information processing apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present application further provides a configuration information processing apparatus, which is applied to a first network element, where the apparatus includes:

an obtaining unit 1010, configured to obtain an algorithm policy and parameters required for processing a service of a target terminal based on description information of a configuration template;

In an embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a transmitting unit (not shown in the figure) for:

user-level configuration template profile;

In an embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a receiving unit (not shown in the figure) for:

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

It should be noted that, the above device provided in this embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment in which the execution body is the first network element, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted.

Fig. 11 is a second schematic structural diagram of the configuration information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present application further provides a configuration information processing apparatus, applied to a second network element, where the apparatus includes:

a determining unit 1110, configured to determine a configuration template based on target information corresponding to the target terminal and the target network element respectively; the configuration template is used for acquiring algorithm strategies and parameters required by processing the business of the target terminal;

A sending unit 1120, configured to send the description information of the configuration template to a first network element;

The description information of the configuration template comprises any one of the following:

user-level configuration template profile;

In one embodiment, in a case that the description information of the configuration template includes an index corresponding to the profile of the user-level configuration template, the sending unit 1120 is further configured to:

transmitting a configuration set to the first network element;

In one embodiment, before the sending the description information of the configuration template to the first network element, the apparatus further includes an updating module (not shown in the figure) configured to:

In one embodiment, the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

In one embodiment, the second network element includes:

It should be noted that, the above device provided in this embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment in which the execution body is the second network element, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the units is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual practice. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied in essence or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

In another aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, where the computer program is configured to cause the processor to perform the method provided in the foregoing embodiments, for example, including:

the target network element is the current access network element of the target terminal and/or the original access network element of the target terminal. Or,

The processor-readable storage medium may be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by a processor, including, but not limited to, magnetic storage (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disks (MOs), etc.), optical storage (e.g., CD, DVD, BD, HVD, etc.), semiconductor storage (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, nonvolatile storage (NAND FLASH), solid State Disk (SSD)), and the like.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be suitable for various systems, in particular to a 5G system. For example, suitable systems may be global system for mobile communications (global system of mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) universal packet Radio service (general packet Radio service, GPRS), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD), LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), long term evolution-advanced (long term evolution advanced, LTE-a), universal mobile system (universal mobile telecommunication system, UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, wiMAX), 5G New air interface (New Radio, NR), and the like. Terminal devices and network devices are included in these various systems. Core network parts such as evolved packet system (Evloved Packet System, EPS), 5G system (5 GS) etc. may also be included in the system.

The terminal device according to the embodiments of the present application may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with a wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, etc. The names of the terminal devices may also be different in different systems, for example in a 5G system, the terminal devices may be referred to as User Equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device may communicate with one or more Core Networks (CNs) via a radio access Network (Radio Access Network, RAN), which may be mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminal devices, e.g., portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and/or data with the radio access Network. Such as personal communication services (Personal Communication Service, PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (Session Initiated Protocol, SIP) phones, wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (Personal Digital Assistant, PDAs), and the like. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile station (mobile), remote station (remote station), access point (access point), remote terminal device (remote terminal), access terminal device (access terminal), user terminal device (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user equipment (user device), and the embodiments of the present application are not limited.

The base station according to the embodiment of the application may include a plurality of cells for providing services for the terminal. A base station may also be called an access point or may be a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminal devices, or other names, depending on the particular application. The base station may be configured to exchange received air frames with internet protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The base station may also coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the base station according to the embodiments of the present application may be a network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile communications, GSM) or code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), a network device (NodeB) in a wideband code division multiple access (Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA), an evolved network device (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a 5G network architecture (next generation system), a home evolved base station (Home evolved Node B, heNB), a relay node (relay node), a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), and the like. In some network structures, a base station may include a Centralized Unit (CU) node and a Distributed Unit (DU) node, which may also be geographically separated.

Multiple-input Multiple-output (Multi Input Multi Output, MIMO) transmissions, which may be Single-User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Multiple-User MIMO (MU-MIMO), may each be performed between a base station and a terminal device using one or more antennas. The MIMO transmission may be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO, or massive-MIMO, or may be diversity transmission, precoding transmission, beamforming transmission, or the like, depending on the form and number of the root antenna combinations.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, magnetic disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These processor-executable instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present application without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof, the present application is intended to cover such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for processing configuration information, applied to a first network element, the method comprising:

2. The configuration information processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the case where the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the first network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the description information of the configuration template is obtained by:

3. The configuration information processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the case where the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the first network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the description information of the configuration template is obtained by:

4. The configuration information processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the case where the first network element is the target network element and the target network element is an original network element of the target terminal, the description information of the configuration template is obtained by:

5. The configuration information processing method according to claim 4, characterized in that the method further comprises:

6. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the description information of the configuration template includes any one of:

user-level configuration template profile;

7. The configuration information processing method according to claim 6, wherein in the case where the description information of the configuration template includes a user-level configuration template profile, the obtaining algorithm policies and parameters required for processing the service of the target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template includes: acquiring the algorithm strategy and parameters included in the user-level configuration template profile;

8. The configuration information processing method according to claim 7, characterized in that the method further comprises:

9. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the receiving of the description information of the configuration template includes:

10. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

11. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that,

the device capability information includes multi-antenna capability information;

12. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first network element includes any one of a distribution unit DU, a base station, and an access point AP.

13. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 3, 4, 8, wherein the second network element includes any one of a centralized unit CU, a distributed unit DU, a clouding base station, a clouding control plane node, and an operation maintenance management OAM network element;

Wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

14. A method for processing configuration information, applied to a second network element, the method comprising:

15. The configuration information processing method according to claim 14, wherein the description information of the configuration template includes any one of:

user-level configuration template profile;

16. The configuration information processing method according to claim 15, wherein in a case where the description information of the configuration template includes an index corresponding to the user-level configuration template profile, the method further comprises:

transmitting a configuration set to the first network element;

17. The method for processing configuration information according to claim 14, wherein the sending the description information of the configuration template to the first network element includes:

18. The method for processing configuration information according to claim 14, wherein before said sending the description information of the configuration template to the first network element, the method further comprises:

19. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that the algorithm policy includes at least one of:

20. The method for processing configuration information according to any one of claims 14 to 18, wherein,

21. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 14 to 18, wherein the first network element includes any one of a distribution unit DU, a base station, and an access point AP.

22. The configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 14 to 18, wherein the second network element includes any one of a centralized unit CU, a distributed unit DU, a clouding base station, a clouding control plane node, and an operation maintenance management OAM network element;

Wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

23. The configuration information processing method according to claim 22, wherein the second network element includes:

24. A network element comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

25. The network element according to claim 24, wherein in case the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the processor is specifically configured to:

26. The network element according to claim 24, wherein in case the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal and the network element is a current access network element of the target terminal, the processor is specifically configured to:

27. The network element according to claim 24, wherein, in case the network element is the target network element and the target network element is an original access network element of the target terminal, the processor is specifically configured to:

28. The network element of claim 27, wherein the processor is further configured to:

29. The network element according to any of claims 24 to 28, wherein the description information of the configuration template comprises any of the following:

user-level configuration template profile;

30. The network element according to claim 29, wherein in case the description information of the configuration template includes a user-level configuration template profile, the obtaining algorithm policies and parameters required for processing the service of the target terminal based on the description information of the configuration template includes: acquiring the algorithm strategy and parameters included in the user-level configuration template profile;

31. The network element of claim 30, wherein the processor is further configured to:

32. The network element of any of claims 25 to 28, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

33. The network element according to any of claims 24 to 28, wherein the algorithm policy comprises at least one of:

34. The network element according to any of claims 24 to 28, wherein the device capability information comprises multi-antenna capability information;

35. The network element according to any of the claims 24 to 28, characterized in that the network element comprises any of a distribution unit DU, a base station, an access point AP.

36. The network element according to any of claims 26, 27, 31, wherein the second network element comprises any of a centralized unit CU, a distributed unit DU, a cloudized base station, a cloudized control plane node, an operation maintenance management OAM network element;

Wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

37. A network element comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

38. The network element of claim 37, wherein the description information of the configuration template includes any one of:

user-level configuration template profile;

39. The network element of claim 38, wherein, in the case that the description information of the configuration template includes an index corresponding to the user-level configuration template profile, the processor is further configured to:

Transmitting a configuration set to the first network element;

40. The network element of claim 37, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

41. The network element of claim 37, wherein prior to the sending the description of the configuration template to the first network element, the processor is further configured to:

42. The network element of any one of claims 37 to 41, wherein the algorithm policy comprises at least one of:

43. The network element according to any of claims 37 to 41, wherein the device capability information comprises multi-antenna capability information;

44. The network element according to any of the claims 37 to 41, characterized in that said first network element comprises any of a distribution unit DU, a base station, an access point AP.

45. The network element according to any one of claims 37 to 41, wherein the network element comprises any one of a centralized unit CU, a distributed unit DU, a cloudized base station, a cloudized control plane node, an operation, maintenance and administration OAM network element;

Wherein the DU includes a DU specified by the CU.

46. The network element of claim 45, wherein the network element comprises:

47. A configuration information processing apparatus, characterized by being applied to a first network element, the apparatus comprising:

48. A configuration information processing apparatus, characterized by being applied to a second network element, the apparatus comprising:

49. A processor-readable storage medium, characterized in that the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program for causing the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 13 or to perform the method of any one of claims 14 to 23.