WO2017140191A1

WO2017140191A1 - Base station hardware virtualization method and apparatus, and base station

Info

Publication number: WO2017140191A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/070500
Authority: WO
Inventors: 钟小武; 邹伟松
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-02-16
Filing date: 2017-01-06
Publication date: 2017-08-24
Also published as: CN107087303A; CN107087303B

Abstract

A base station hardware virtualization method and apparatus, and a base station. The base station hardware virtualization method comprises: performing logical slicing on first hardware in a base station to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, the slice virtual resources being isolated from each other; directly virtualizing second hardware in the base station into a universal virtual resource; and integrating the slice virtual resources and the universal virtual resource to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.

Description

Base station hardware virtualization method, device and base station

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and, for example, to a base station hardware virtualization method, apparatus, and base station.

Background technique

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Network Function Virtualization (NFV) architecture model provides an architectural idea for network function virtualization. In the ETSI NFV classic architecture model, the system can be divided into three blocks. : Infrastructure layer, virtual network layer, and Management and Orchestrator (MANO). The infrastructure layer is the transformation of physical computing, storage and switching resources into virtual computing, storage and switching resource pools. In the usual NFV infrastructure layer embodiments, hardware devices usually use kernel-level virtualization technology ( Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is virtualized into multiple virtual machines, and multiple virtual resources are formed into a cloud pool through Openstack. The virtual network layer can correspond to each telecommunication service network and each virtual network in the virtual network layer. The resources required by the virtualized network function (VNF) network element need to be decomposed into virtual computing, storage, and switching resources. The service network management of the VNF can use Network Element (NE)-Element Management System (EMS). ) - Network Management System (NMS) system. The VNF of the base station in this solution is simply referred to as vBS; MANO completes the management of the hardware and software resources of the infrastructure layer, the life cycle management and orchestration of the VNFs.

The base station radio access network (RAN) may be composed of an antenna, a radio remote unit (RRU), and a baseband unit (BBU). NF's NFV implementation involves the virtualization and cloud transformation of these three functional entities. However, the virtualization and cloudization of these three functional entities are difficult.

The antenna is a pure physical device, which cannot be virtualized. At the same time, the antenna solves the coverage problem and is closely related to the location. How to form a cloud is a problem that needs to be solved.

The RRU can be composed of RF hardware and RF algorithm processing chips. The RF hardware belongs to dedicated hardware. At the same time, the RF algorithm processing chip generally uses dedicated Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chips due to high latency and power consumption requirements. . Therefore, RRU cannot adopt traditional virtualization technology. How to virtualize RRU is a problem to be solved; at the same time, RRU is limited by frequency band and Information such as the standard, and the strong binding relationship with the antenna, so how to form a virtual resource cloud pool is also a problem to be solved;

The BBU part can provide L1, L2, and L3 processing. The L1 and L2-Medium Access Control (MAC) are usually provided by the Baseband Processor (BP) board, and the concurrency, delay, and throughput are provided. The quantity and processing efficiency are very high. The BP board in the related technology and the DSP chip processing in the medium and long term can not adopt the traditional virtualization technology (similar to the Ethernet L1&L2 PHY/MAC, which needs to be implemented by dedicated Ethernet hardware. ). The L3 part does not require a high latency and can be run on a virtual machine on the X86/ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) general-purpose chip.

From the above analysis, it can be concluded that the dedicated hardware resources that the vBS relies on do not support the virtualization problem under the virtual machine technology (such as KVM/VMWare, etc.) in the related art.

Summary of the invention

The present disclosure proposes a base station hardware virtualization method, apparatus, and base station, which can solve the problem that dedicated hardware does not support virtualization under virtual machine technology.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a base station hardware virtualization method, which may include:

And logically slicing the first hardware in the base station to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, where the slice virtual resources are isolated from each other;

Directly virtualizing the second hardware in the base station to a universal virtual resource;

The slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource are integrated to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.

Optionally, the first hardware may include: an RRU, a baseband hardware BP card, and an antenna;

The logically slicing the first hardware in the base station to obtain the plurality of slice virtual resources may include:

Logging the RRU into a radio frequency computing virtual resource, and characterizing the capability of calculating the virtual resource by using the bandwidth, the carrier, and the power as the radio frequency;

Performing logical slicing of the baseband hardware BP card to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource, and characterizing the virtual resource by using the number of users and the number of cells as a baseband;

The antenna is abstracted as a virtual antenna and characterized by the ability of the antenna to cover the location name as a virtual antenna.

Optionally, after the combining the virtual resource and the common virtual resource to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station, the method may further include:

Receiving a physical resource capability requirement template for creating a virtual base station;

Obtaining a target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the physical resource capability requirement template;

Base station software is loaded for each target virtual resource to generate a virtual base station.

Optionally, the acquiring the target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the physical resource capability requirement template may include:

And matching the antenna coverage location name of the antenna in the virtual resource cloud pool from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the antenna resource location name in the physical resource capability requirement template, to obtain a virtual antenna;

And matching, according to the connection relationship between the antenna and the RRU, the bandwidth and power of the frequency band in the physical resource capability requirement template from the virtual resource cloud pool, and acquiring the radio frequency computing virtual resource;

The baseband computing virtual resource is obtained according to the connection relationship between the RRU and the baseband hardware BP card.

Optionally, the second hardware may be directly virtualized into a universal virtual resource by using KVM;

The slice virtual resource and the universal virtual resource may form a virtual resource cloud pool in the VIM.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a base station hardware virtualization device, including:

a first hardware slicing unit, configured to logically slice the first hardware in the base station to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, where the slice virtual resources are isolated from each other;

a second hardware virtual unit configured to directly virtualize the second hardware in the base station to a universal virtual resource;

The virtual resource aggregation unit is configured to integrate the slice virtual resource and the universal virtual resource to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.

The first hardware slicing unit may include:

The first sharding module is configured to logically slice the RRU to obtain a radio frequency computing virtual resource, and characterize the capability of calculating a virtual resource by using a bandwidth, a carrier, and a power as a radio frequency;

a second slicing module, configured to logically slice the baseband hardware BP card to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource, and perform a capability representation of the virtual resource by using the number of users and the number of cells as a baseband;

A third slice module is configured to abstract the antenna as a virtual antenna and characterize the capability of the antenna overlay location name as a virtual antenna.

Optionally, the device may further include:

Creating a template receiving unit, configured to receive a physical resource capability requirement template for creating a virtual base station;

a virtual resource configuration unit, configured to acquire, from the virtual resource cloud pool, a target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station according to the physical resource capability requirement template;

A base station software loading unit is configured to load base station software for each target virtual resource to generate a virtual base station.

Optionally, the virtual resource configuration unit may include:

The first configuration module is configured to match an antenna coverage location name of the antenna in the virtual resource cloud pool from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the antenna coverage location name in the physical resource capability requirement template, to obtain a virtual antenna;

The second configuration module is configured to match the bandwidth and power of the frequency band in the physical resource capability requirement template from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the connection relationship between the antenna and the radio frequency hardware RRU board, and obtain the radio frequency calculation virtual resource; as well as

The third configuration module is configured to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource according to the connection relationship between the RRU and the baseband hardware BP card.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a base station, including the base station hardware virtualization apparatus according to any one of the above.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for performing the base station hardware virtualization method according to any of the above.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device including one or more processors, a memory, and one or more programs, the one or more programs being stored in a memory when processed by one or more When executed, the base station hardware virtualization method described in any of the above is performed.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instructions are executed by a computer The computer is caused to perform the base station hardware virtual machine method described in any of the above. The base station hardware virtualization method, device, and base station according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources by logically slicing the first hardware in the base station, and each slice virtual resource is isolated from each other, and can be second. The hardware is directly virtualized into a universal virtual resource, and the virtual resource cloud pool is composed of the slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource, which can realize virtualization of all hardware resources in the base station, and can realize overall sharing of the base station hardware resources and comprehensive dynamic scheduling.

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FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for a first embodiment of a base station hardware virtualization method according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for a second embodiment of a base station hardware virtualization method according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2b is a second embodiment of a base station hardware virtualization method according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure. Schematic diagram of the operating body.

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a first embodiment of a base station hardware virtualization apparatus according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a second embodiment of a base station hardware virtualization apparatus according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of hardware of an electronic device according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

detailed description

It is understood that the alternative embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the disclosure. The features of the following embodiments and embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

1 is a flowchart of a method for a first embodiment of a base station hardware virtualization method according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes S110-S130.

In S110, the first hardware in the base station is logically sliced to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, and the slice virtual resources are isolated from each other.

The first hardware in the base station can be dedicated hardware, and can be implemented by using different boards as a carrier. The chip mounted on the circuit board can implement the corresponding function in the communication process under the communication system, and the chip can be a self-developed system chip. (System-on-Chip, SoC). In general, each base station or chip on each circuit board can form a stable functional system under a fixed software system. Each functional system can realize communication functions independently, and only communication data between functional systems Interaction, there is no scheduling sharing when the hardware is used, there is no structural adjustment of the functional system itself, and there is a lack of scheduling and dynamic adaptation among multiple functional systems.

The logical slice mentioned in this scheme may mean that the functional units corresponding to the plurality of chips are independent from the fixed functional system, and are not fixed in a fixed software system, and each chip can be used as a free functional body. For example, each chip having a free functional subject attribute can be used as a slice virtual resource described in this solution, and each slice virtual resource has no fixed working relationship with each other, and the slice virtual resource can be used according to the running process of the base station. The combination needs to be actually implemented, and the cooperation between multiple slice virtual resources can implement the function of the base station.

In S120, the second hardware in the base station is directly virtualized as a general virtual resource.

The second hardware may be general-purpose hardware (for example, a general-purpose server for providing computing resources, storage resources, and network resources), and may be directly virtualized into a universal virtual resource by a virtual technology in the related art, such as KVM, and the general-purpose hardware is usually Refers to the hardware using the X86 processor.

In S130, the slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource are integrated to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.

The sliced virtual resource and the common virtual resource can be used as a virtual resource of the base station to perform cloud pool management in a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) to form a virtual resource cloud pool. VIM can be a functional module responsible for controlling and managing computing resources, storage resources, and network resources of a Network Functions Virtualisation Infrastructure (NFVI).

In the base station hardware virtualization method of the embodiment, by performing logical slicing of the dedicated hardware in the base station, multiple slice virtual resources can be obtained, and each slice virtual resource is isolated from each other, and the general hardware can be directly virtualized into a general virtual resource. The virtual resource cloud pool is composed of the slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource, which can realize virtualization of all hardware resources in the base station, and can also realize overall sharing of the base station hardware resources and comprehensive dynamic scheduling.

FIG. 2a is a flowchart of a method for a second embodiment of a base station hardware virtualization method according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2a, the method includes S21-S28.

In S21, the RRU is logically sliced to obtain a radio frequency computing virtual resource, and the capability of calculating the virtual resource by using the bandwidth, the carrier, and the power as the radio frequency.

In S22, the baseband hardware BP board is logically sliced to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource, and the capability representation of the virtual resource is calculated by using the number of users and the number of cells as a baseband.

In S23, the antenna is abstracted as a virtual antenna and characterized by the ability of the antenna to cover the location name as a virtual antenna.

The dedicated hardware of the base station may include an RRU, a baseband hardware BP board, and an antenna, each having a different logical slicing strategy.

The RRU chip can process the radio frequency signal. When the RRU is logically sliced, the logical slice can obtain the obtained radio frequency virtual resource (vRF) in the band bandwidth, the carrier (including the standard and the number of carriers), and The power is characterized as a capability of the slice virtual resource to describe the technical parameters of the service that the logical slice resource can provide when accessing the virtual base station.

Alternatively, the chip of the baseband hardware BP board can be used to synthesize the baseband signal to be transmitted or to decode the received baseband signal. Optionally, at the time of transmission, the base station hardware BP may compile the audio signal into a baseband code for transmission; upon reception, the base station hardware BP may interpret the received baseband code into an audio signal. At the same time, you can also be responsible for the compilation of address information (such as mobile phone number or website address), text information (such as text message or website text) or picture information. When the baseband hardware BP board is logically sliced, the baseband calculation virtual resource (vBP) obtained by the logical slice can use the number of users and the number of cells as the slice virtual The capability of the resource is characterized to describe the strength of the data processing capability that the logical slice resource can provide when it accesses the virtual base station.

The coverage problem of the signal solved by the antenna is strongly related to the location. When the virtual base station is established, the virtual antenna (vant) is selected to provide a signal service according to the location of the required service.

The dedicated virtual resources composed of the logical slice resources obtained by the above three types of dedicated hardware logical slices together with the general virtual resources (computing, storage, and network) enable unified management and intelligent orchestration.

Table 1 Partial dedicated board and capability table

Please refer to Table 1. This table 1 is a partial dedicated board and capability table, which records the parameters of some boards and the results of logical slicing, such as LTE-BP2. The logical slice is obtained by baseband computing virtual resource (vBP). The baseband computing virtual resource capability is characterized as 6Cell, 192 UE, and each LTE-BP2 can logically slice to obtain 3 baseband computing virtual resources (vBP).

In S24, the general hardware in the base station is directly virtualized as a general virtual resource.

In S25, the slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource are integrated to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.

After the VIM of the base station and the MANO interact, the VIM can obtain the general hardware information and virtual capabilities of the base station, dedicated hardware (BP or RRU) board information, and slicing capability. The virtual resource cloud pool is formed according to the virtual result of the general hardware and the logical slice result of the dedicated hardware. When the virtual base station needs to be set up, the resource matching and the virtual base station can be constructed from the virtual resource cloud pool.

In S26, a physical resource capability requirement template for creating a virtual base station is received.

The EMS generates a vBS virtual physical resource capability requirement template according to the requirements of the imported vBS cell, and sends it to the virtualized network function manager (VNFM) to apply for virtual physical resources, that is, apply for virtual physical resources from the virtual resource cloud pool. .

In S27, the target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station is obtained from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the physical resource capability requirement template.

Optionally, the obtaining, by the VNFM, the target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the physical resource capability requirement template may include:

And matching the antenna coverage location name of the antenna in the virtual resource cloud pool from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the physical resource capability requirement template, and obtaining a virtual antenna to complete the vANT scheduling;

Matching the bandwidth and power of the frequency band in the physical resource capability requirement template from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the connection relationship between the antenna and the RRU, and acquiring the radio computing virtual resource, preferably finding the corresponding physical RRU. Complete vRF orchestration; and

According to the connection relationship between the RRU and the baseband hardware BP card, the baseband computing virtual resource is obtained, and the idle physical BP may be found.

It should be noted that the allocation of virtual resources may also include the allocation of general hardware resources.

In S28, base station software is loaded for each target virtual resource to generate a virtual base station.

After the virtual resources of the vBS are deployed in multiple physical hardware, the VNFM can return the corresponding scheduling result to the EMS, and the VNFM cooperates with the VIM to complete the deployment of the VNF related resources and software, thereby completing the VBS scheduling.

Optionally, the process of implementing the configuration of the virtual resources in the virtual resource cloud pool and the formation of the virtual base station may be summarized as FIG. 2b. among them:

1. Virtual infrastructure (Virtualization Infrastructure) and VIM complete hardware device management and virtual resource management.

2. EMS applies for base station NF (vBS) virtual physical resource capability requirements.

3. VNFM completes the virtual physical resource allocation and orchestration of the vBS.

4. The VNFM responds to the EMS with the results of the orchestration.

5. VNFM completes the NF deployment process through VIM.

In different base station systems, the above virtualization process and the configuration process of the virtual base station are implemented for different dedicated hardware.

For example, Long Term Evolution (LTE) NFV, as mentioned in this embodiment Functional slicing idea for unified slice abstraction of dedicated hardware (LTE-RRU board, LTE-BP board or ANT), and establish each dedicated hardware (LTE-RRU board, LTE-BP board or ANT) slice logic Virtual "resources (vRFs, vBPs, or vANTs) capabilities. (See Table 1 for each board and capability characterization example)

Traditional virtualization and cloud technologies are used for general-purpose hardware, such as virtual machines (VMs) and resources pooled with KVM/VMWARE+Openstack. (See Table 1 for each board and capability characterization example)

VIM combines the two types of virtual resources of multiple sites into a virtual resource cloud pool. The location information of the ANT cannot be directly obtained, and needs to be separately input into the VIM.

When the EMS tenant initiates the resource instantiation, the Orchestrator or the VNFM completes various hardware resources (BBU, RRU, and ANT) of the base station, multiple virtual resources VMs, vRFs, vBPs, according to the algorithm flow mentioned in this embodiment. Uniform distribution of vAnt and VMs.

For example, 2G or 3G, according to the functional slicing idea mentioned in Embodiment 1, unified slice abstraction of dedicated hardware (2G or 3G RRU boards, 2G and 3G BP boards, ANT), etc., can establish a variety of dedicated hardware ( RRU boards, BP boards, and ANT) slice logical "virtual" resources (vRFs, vBPs, and vANTs) capabilities. (See Table 1 for each board and capability characterization example)

Traditional virtualization and cloud technologies are used for general-purpose hardware, such as virtual machines (VMs) and resources pooled with KVM or VMWARE+Openstack. (See Table 1 for each board and capability characterization example)

VIM manages the two types of virtual resources of multiple sites into a resource pool. The location information of the ANT cannot be directly obtained, and needs to be separately input into the VIM.

When the EMS tenant initiates resource instantiation, the Orchestrator or VNFM completes the unified allocation of multiple hardware resources (BBU, RRU, and ANT), multiple virtual resources VMs, vRFs, vBPs, vAnt, and VMs of the base station according to the corresponding algorithm flow.

For example, a micro-station or an integrated site, according to the functional slicing idea mentioned in this embodiment, unified slice abstraction for dedicated hardware (integrated small site or ANT), and establishes the ability to slice logical "virtual" resources (vRFs, vBPs, and vANTs). (See Table 1 for each board and capability characterization example)

Traditional virtualization/clouding technologies are used for general purpose hardware, such as virtual machines (VMs) and resources pooled with KVM or VMWARE+Openstack. (See Table 1 for each board and capability characterization example)

When the EMS tenant initiates resource instantiation, Orchestrator or VNFM completes the unified hardware resources (BBU, RRU, and ANT) of the base station, multiple virtual resources VMs, vRFs, vBPs, vAnt, and VMs according to the algorithm flow mentioned in the invention. distribution.

Table 2 is a physical resource capability requirement template for the EMS application virtual resource, where the virtual reality is recorded. The parameter requirements of the hardware equipment required for the base station.

Table 2 Physical resource capability requirement template for applying for virtual resources

Finally, the virtual resources shown in Table 3 are allocated for the application in Table 2.

Table 3 Example of virtual resource allocation

In the base station hardware virtualization method of the embodiment, a plurality of slice virtual resources are obtained by logically slicing dedicated hardware in the base station, and each slice virtual resource is isolated from each other, and the general hardware is directly virtualized into a general virtual resource, and the slice is directly sliced. The virtual resource and the universal virtual resource form a virtual resource cloud pool, which can realize virtualization of all hardware resources in the base station, and can realize overall sharing of the base station hardware resources and comprehensive dynamic scheduling. Full virtualization of the base station can be achieved with logical slicing of a variety of dedicated hardware.

3 is a block diagram showing the structure of a first embodiment of an image capture apparatus according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown, the apparatus includes a first hardware slicing unit 10, a second hardware slicing unit 20, and virtual resource aggregation. Unit 30.

The first hardware slicing unit 10 is configured to logically slice the first hardware in the base station to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, where the slice virtual resources are isolated from each other;

a second hardware virtual unit 20, configured to directly virtualize the second hardware in the base station into a universal virtual resource;

The virtual resource aggregation unit 30 is configured to integrate the slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.

The base station hardware virtualization device of the embodiment obtains a plurality of slice virtual resources by logically slicing the first hardware in the base station, and each slice virtual resource is isolated from each other, and the second hardware is directly virtualized into a general virtual resource. The virtual resource cloud pool is composed of the slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource, which can realize virtualization of all hardware resources in the base station, realize overall sharing of the base station hardware resources, and comprehensive dynamic scheduling.

4 is a structural block diagram of a second embodiment of an image capture apparatus according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown, the apparatus includes a first hardware slicing unit 10, a second hardware virtual unit 20, and virtual resource aggregation. Unit 30.

The second hardware virtual unit 20 is configured to directly virtualize the second hardware in the base station into a universal virtual resource; wherein the second hardware may be general-purpose hardware, and may refer to hardware using an X86 processor.

Optionally, the first hardware may be dedicated hardware, and may include: an RRU, a baseband hardware BP card, and an antenna;

The first hardware slicing unit 10 may include:

The first sharding module 11 is configured to logically slice the RRU to obtain a radio frequency computing virtual resource, and characterize the capability of calculating a virtual resource by using a bandwidth, a carrier, and a power as a radio frequency;

The second slicing module 12 is configured to perform logical slicing of the baseband hardware BP card to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource, and perform capability representation of the virtual resource by using the number of users and the number of cells as a baseband;

The third slicing module 13 is configured to abstract the antenna as a virtual antenna and characterize the capability of the antenna overlay location name as a virtual antenna.

Wherein, the device may further include:

a template receiving unit 40 is configured to receive a physical resource capability requirement template for creating a virtual base station;

The virtual resource configuration unit 50 is configured to acquire, from the virtual resource cloud pool, a target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station according to the physical resource capability requirement template;

The base station software loading unit 60 is configured to load base station software for each target virtual resource to generate a virtual base station.

The virtual resource configuration unit 50 may include:

The first configuration module 51 is configured to match an antenna coverage location name of the antenna in the virtual resource cloud pool from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the antenna coverage location name in the physical resource capability requirement template, to obtain a virtual antenna;

The second configuration module 52 is configured to: according to the connection relationship between the antenna and the RRU, match the bandwidth and power of the frequency band in the physical resource capability requirement template from the virtual resource cloud pool, and acquire the radio frequency computing virtual resource;

The third configuration module 53 is configured to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource according to the connection relationship between the RRU and the baseband hardware BP card.

The base station hardware virtualization device of the embodiment obtains a plurality of slice virtual resources by logically slicing the dedicated hardware in the base station, and each slice virtual resource is isolated from each other, and the general hardware is directly virtualized into a general virtual resource, and the slice is directly sliced. Virtual resources and general virtual resources form a virtual resource cloud pool, To realize virtualization of all hardware resources in the base station, overall sharing of base station hardware resources and overall dynamic scheduling are implemented. Full virtualization of the base station can be achieved with logical slicing of a variety of dedicated hardware.

The base station hardware virtualization device provided by the foregoing embodiment is in the same concept as the base station hardware virtualization method embodiment. For the implementation process of the base station hardware virtualization device, refer to the base station hardware virtualization method embodiment, and the base station hardware virtualization method embodiment is used. The technical features are correspondingly applicable in the base station hardware virtualization device embodiment.

Also provided in an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure is a base station, including the base station hardware virtualization apparatus described above.

An alternative embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for performing any of the base station hardware virtualization methods described above.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the electronic device includes:

A processor 110 and a memory 120; a communication interface 130 and a bus 140 may also be included.

The processor 110, the memory 120, and the communication interface 130 can complete communication with each other through the bus 140. Communication interface 830 can be used for information transmission. The processor 110 can invoke logic instructions in the memory 120 to perform the base station hardware virtualization method of the above embodiments.

In addition, the logic instructions in the memory 120 described above may be implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, and may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network) The device or the like) performs all or part of the steps of the method described in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The foregoing storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, including: a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. A medium that can store program code, or a transitory storage medium.

Finally, it should be understood that those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiment method can be completed by executing related hardware by a computer program, and the program can be stored in a non-transitory computer. Reading the storage medium, the program may include the above when executed A flow of an embodiment of the method, wherein the computer readable storage medium can be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

It is to be understood that the term "comprises", "comprising", or any other variants thereof, is intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device comprising a series of elements includes those elements. It also includes other elements that are not explicitly listed, or elements that are inherent to such a process, method, article, or device. An element that is defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional equivalent elements in the process, method, item, or device that comprises the element.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for the description, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can understand that the foregoing method can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, by hardware. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk), including a plurality of instructions for making a terminal. The device (which may be a cell phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) performs the methods described in alternative embodiments of the present disclosure.

Industrial applicability

The present disclosure provides a base station hardware virtualization method and apparatus. By logically slicing a first hardware in a base station, multiple slice virtual resources are obtained, and the second hardware is directly virtualized into a general virtual resource, and the virtual resources are sliced. The universal virtual resources form a virtual resource cloud pool, which can realize virtualization of all hardware resources in the base station, and can also realize overall sharing of the base station hardware resources and comprehensive dynamic scheduling.

Claims

A base station hardware virtualization method includes:

And logically slicing the first hardware in the base station to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, where the slice virtual resources are isolated from each other;

Directly virtualizing the second hardware in the base station to a universal virtual resource;

The slice virtual resource and the common virtual resource are integrated to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first hardware comprises: a radio remote unit RRU, a baseband hardware BP card, and an antenna;

The logically slicing the first hardware in the base station to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, including:

Logging the RRU into a radio frequency computing virtual resource, and characterizing the capability of calculating the virtual resource by using the bandwidth, the carrier, and the power as the radio frequency;

Performing logical slicing of the baseband hardware BP card to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource, and characterizing the virtual resource by using the number of users and the number of cells as a baseband;

The antenna is abstracted as a virtual antenna and characterized by the ability of the antenna to cover the location name as a virtual antenna.
The method of claim 2, after the integrating the virtual resource and the universal virtual resource to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station, the method further includes:

Receiving a physical resource capability requirement template for creating a virtual base station;

Obtaining a target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the physical resource capability requirement template;

Base station software is loaded for each target virtual resource to generate a virtual base station.
The method of claim 3, wherein the acquiring the target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the physical resource capability requirement template comprises:

And matching the antenna coverage location name of the antenna in the virtual resource cloud pool from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the antenna resource location name in the physical resource capability requirement template, to obtain a virtual antenna;

And matching, according to the connection relationship between the antenna and the RRU, the bandwidth and power of the frequency band in the physical resource capability requirement template from the virtual resource cloud pool, and acquiring the radio frequency computing virtual resource;

The baseband computing virtual resource is obtained according to the connection relationship between the RRU and the baseband hardware BP card.
The method of claim 1, wherein the second hardware is directly virtualized as a general virtual resource by kernel level virtualization technology KVM;

The slice virtual resource and the universal virtual resource form a virtual resource cloud pool in the virtualized infrastructure manager VIM.
A base station hardware virtualization device includes:

a first hardware slicing unit, configured to logically slice the first hardware in the base station to obtain a plurality of slice virtual resources, where the slice virtual resources are isolated from each other;

a second hardware virtual unit configured to directly virtualize the second hardware in the base station to a universal virtual resource;

The virtual resource aggregation unit is configured to integrate the slice virtual resource and the universal virtual resource to form a virtual resource cloud pool of the base station.
The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first hardware comprises: a radio remote unit RRU, a baseband hardware BP card, and an antenna;

The first hardware slicing unit includes:

The first sharding module is configured to logically slice the RRU to obtain a radio frequency computing virtual resource, and characterize the capability of calculating a virtual resource by using a bandwidth, a carrier, and a power as a radio frequency;

a second slicing module, configured to logically slice the baseband hardware BP card to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource, and perform a capability representation of the virtual resource by using the number of users and the number of cells as a baseband;

A third slice module is configured to abstract the antenna as a virtual antenna and characterize the capability of the antenna overlay location name as a virtual antenna.
The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising:

Creating a template receiving unit, configured to receive a physical resource capability requirement template for creating a virtual base station;

a virtual resource configuration unit, configured to acquire, from the virtual resource cloud pool, a target virtual resource for configuring the virtual base station according to the physical resource capability requirement template;

A base station software loading unit is configured to load base station software for each target virtual resource to generate a virtual base station.
The device of claim 8, wherein the virtual resource configuration unit comprises:

The first configuration module is configured to match an antenna coverage location name of the antenna in the virtual resource cloud pool from the virtual resource cloud pool according to the antenna coverage location name in the physical resource capability requirement template, to obtain a virtual antenna;

The second configuration module is configured to: according to the connection relationship between the antenna and the RRU, match the bandwidth and power of the frequency band in the physical resource capability requirement template from the virtual resource cloud pool, and acquire the radio frequency computing virtual resource;

The third configuration module is configured to obtain a baseband computing virtual resource according to the connection relationship between the RRU and the baseband hardware BP card.
A base station comprising the base station hardware virtualization apparatus of any one of claims 6-9.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for performing the base station hardware virtualization method of any of claims 1-5.