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- This application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a method and device for resource scheduling of network slices.
- the fifth generation (5G) network introduces the concept of network slices (NS) to cope with the different needs of different communication services for network performance, that is, 5G networks divide the actual network resources and functions. Different network slices are formed to meet these different needs, which can reduce the network operation investment cost and enrich the network operation model.
- NS network slices
- the network management NE determines the service level agreement (SLA) templates of different tenants according to the service level requirements of each tenant, and deploys the corresponding network slicing according to the SLA templates.
- SLA service level agreement
- the granularity of the SLA template determined by the network management network element based only on the service level requirements of each tenant is very coarse, and it is difficult to guarantee the performance of network slicing.
- the network management network element allocates network resources to network slices of different tenants, it can only determine the approximate resource deployment situation according to the SLA template. This may cause waste of resources or insufficient deployment resources, thereby reducing the performance of network slices.
- Embodiments of the present application provide a resource scheduling method for network slicing, which is used to solve the problems of resource waste and low performance of network slicing when allocating network resources for network slicing in the prior art.
- the embodiments of the present application also provide corresponding equipment.
- a first aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice.
- the method may include: a slice management network element sends a request to a data analysis network element, and the request includes service experience requirement information for the first network slice;
- the slice management network element receives the response sent by the data analysis network element, where the response includes first area information and/or first time information of the first network slice corresponding to the service experience requirement information;
- the slice management and control network element sends second area information and/or second time information to the network device according to the first area information and/or first time information, and the second area information and/or second time information is used for all
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the second area information and/or second time information.
- the slice management and control network element refers to a network element with user access, resource deployment, and function execution that manages and controls network slices. It can be located on the control plane of the operator's network. For example, the slice management and control network element selects a functional network element for the network slice (network slice selection function (NSSF); it can also be located on the management plane of the operator's network, for example, the slice management and control network element is operation management and maintenance network element (operation, administration, and maintenance, OAM).
- the network device includes at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources, a transmission network device, and a network management network element.
- the slice management and control network element is NSSF
- the network management network element It can be OAM.
- the second area information may be the same as or different from the first area information
- the second time information may be the same as or different from the first time information.
- the response may further include the first area information and/or the first time information
- the first service experience information of the first network slice may include: the slice management network element determines the second area information and/or the second time information according to the first service experience information.
- the second area information may be the area with the worst service experience in the first area information, and the second time information may also be the time with the worst service experience in the first time information. In this way, it is possible to prioritize or focus on increasing resource scheduling for the areas or times with the worst service experience, thereby further improving the accuracy and utilization of resource scheduling.
- the second area information may also be the area with the best service experience in the first area information, and the second time information may also be the time with the best service experience in the first time information. In this way, it is possible to prioritize or focus on reducing resource scheduling for the areas or times where these services experience best, thereby further improving the accuracy and utilization of resource scheduling.
- the method may further include: the slice management network element Sending the second area information and/or the slice quality information corresponding to the second time information to the network device, wherein the slice quality information includes at least one of the following information: the second area information and/or Or the second time information corresponding to the second service experience information of the first network slice, and the satisfaction degree information of the second service experience information relative to the target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice.
- the second service experience information may be (Quality of Experience, QoE) information
- the satisfaction degree information may be fulfilment information
- the target service level agreement requirement information may be SLA requirement information. It can be known from the second possible implementation manner described above that further sending the second service experience information and the satisfaction degree information to the network device can facilitate the network device to make more accurate resource scheduling.
- the satisfaction degree information includes unsatisfiability, satisfaction, or excess satisfaction.
- unsatisfiable means that the second service experience information does not meet the target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice
- satisfaction means that the second service experience information reaches the target service level agreement of the first network slice
- the requirement of information requirement, excess satisfaction means that the second service experience information exceeds the target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice. It can be known from the fourth possible implementation manner that the satisfaction degree information can make the scheduling of network resources more accurate.
- the request further includes
- the third area information may be included
- the third area indicated by the third area information includes the first area indicated by the first area information
- the third area information is used to request the data analysis network element
- the request further includes
- the third time indicated by the third time information includes the first time indicated by the first time information
- the third time information is used to analyze the network element to the data Requesting the first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information in the third time. It can be known from the sixth possible implementation manner that including the third time information in the request can narrow the range of determining the first time, thereby improving the efficiency of determining the first time, and thus also improving the efficiency of resource scheduling.
- the slice management network Before the element sends a request to the data analysis network element, the method may further include: the slice management network element obtains third service experience information of the first network slice; if the third service experience information and the target service If the level agreement requirement information does not correspond, the slice management network element determines service experience requirement information of the first network slice, and the service experience requirement information of the first network slice corresponds to the target service level agreement requirement. According to the seventh possible implementation manner, if the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information, it may be determined that the resource adjustment method as described in the first aspect needs to be performed, thereby improving The accuracy of resource scheduling.
- the third service experience information may be service experience information of the entire network slice, or may not be service experience information of the entire network slice, but a service experience corresponding to a certain area or time of the network slice (such as the fourth area or the fourth time) information.
- the method may further include: the slice management and control network element 3.
- the service experience information is compared with the target service level agreement requirement information; if the third service experience information does not meet or exceeds the target service level agreement requirement information, the slice management and control network element determines the third The service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the slice management network element determines the service experience requirement information of the first network slice, which may include: if the third service experience information does not satisfy the target service level agreement requirement information, the slice The management and control network element determines the service experience requirement information of the first network slice corresponding to the unsatisfactory situation; or, if the third service experience information exceeds the target service level agreement requirement information, the slice management and control network Yuan determines the service experience requirement information of the first network slice corresponding to the situation of excess satisfaction.
- the method may further include: if the third service If the experience information does not meet the target service level agreement requirement information, the slice management network element reduces the number of service users of the first network slice; if the third service experience information exceeds the target service level agreement requirement information , The slice management network element increases the number of service users of the first network slice.
- the third service experience information does not meet the target service level agreement requirement information, it means that the first network slice can serve fewer users, and the first network slice needs to be reduced. If the number of service users is exceeded, it means that the first network slice can serve more users, and the number of service users of the first network slice needs to be increased.
- the third service experience information may be service experience information of the entire network slice, or may not be service experience information of the entire network slice, but a service experience corresponding to a certain area or time of the network slice (such as the fourth area or the fourth time) information.
- the method may further include: The slice management network element obtains the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice; the slice management network element determines at least one service level agreement requirement information according to the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice; The slicing control network element determines one of the at least one service level agreement requirement information as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the initial service level agreement requirement information provided by the tenant may include single file requirements or multiple file requirements.
- the slice management and control network element directly or indirectly determines multiple file requirements based on the initial service level agreement request information, and can choose one The file serves as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the target service level agreement requirement information may also be the initial service level agreement requirement information itself.
- the The service experience requirement information of a network slice includes at least one of the following information: the user number requirement of the first network slice, the average user experience requirement of the service, and the user satisfaction ratio requirement of the service, where the The user satisfaction ratio is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than the preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- any one of the first to eleventh possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the first The first service experience information, the second service experience information, or the third service experience information of the network slice may include at least one of the following information: the number of users of the first network slice, the number of users of the service, and the average of the services User experience information and user satisfaction ratio information of a service, wherein the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not less than a preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the slice management network element sends a service experience information request to the data analysis network element, the service experience information request is used to request service experience information of a second network slice, and the service experience information request includes the second network
- the second network slice may be the same as the first network slice, or may be different from the first network slice.
- the service experience information request may be a subscribe request or a request request.
- the method further It may include that the slice management network element learns from the network management network element that a new network slice needs to be created or a network slice is deleted.
- the method further It may include: the reason that the slicing control network element determines that the problem area and/or the problem time is the first network domain (network) domain, the problem area includes the first area or the second area, and the problem time includes the first Time or second time; the slice management network element determines the network device according to the first network domain.
- the slice control network element can first accurately locate the problem area and the cause of the problem time is that it originates from a network domain (such as the access network domain), and then to the network domain.
- the network device sends the problem area (ie the second area) information and/or the problem time (ie the second time) information.
- This method can avoid blindly adjusting the resource scheduling of other normally working network domains and improve the accuracy of resource scheduling.
- the slice management and control network element determines the cause of the problem area and/or problem time In the first network domain, it may include that the slice management network element learns from the network management network element that the cause of the problem area and/or problem time lies in the first network domain.
- the slice management network element when the slice control network element is a slice management network element located on the operator's network control plane, the slice management network element can interact with the network management network element located on the operator's network management plane , So as to know that the first network domain is the cause of the problem area and/or problem time.
- the slice management and control network element determines the network according to the first network domain
- the device may include: the slice management and control network element obtains first credibility information from the network management network element, and the first credibility information is used to indicate that the cause of the problem area and/or problem time lies in the first network The credibility of the domain; the slice management network element determines the network device according to the first credibility information.
- the method may further include: The reason why the slice management and control network element determines that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information lies in the second network domain, and the slice management and control network element determines the second network domain according to the second network domain Network equipment.
- the slice management and control network element can first accurately locate the third service experience of the first network slice that cannot meet the target service level agreement requirements. The reason is that it comes from a network domain (such as Into the domain), and then send the problem area (ie the second area) information and/or the problem time (ie the second time) information to the network devices in the network domain, this method can avoid blindly adjusting other working networks
- the resource scheduling situation in the domain improves the accuracy of resource scheduling.
- the slice management and control network element determines that the third service experience information and all The reason why the target service level agreement requirement information does not correspond lies in the second network domain, which may include: the slice management network element learns from the network management network element that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information The reason lies in the second network domain.
- the slice management and control network element when the slice management and control network element is a slice management and control network element located on the operator's network control plane, the slice management and control network element can interact with the network management network element on the operator's network management plane , So as to know that the second network domain is the reason why the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the slice management and control network element determines the network according to the second network domain
- the device may include: the slice management and control network element obtains second credibility information from the network management network element, the second credibility information is used to indicate that the third service experience information and the target service level are caused The reason why the information required by the protocol does not correspond is the credibility of the second network domain; the slice management network element determines the network device according to the second credibility information.
- the first The network domain or the second network domain includes at least one of the following: an access network domain, a core network domain, and a transmission network domain.
- a second aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice, which may include: a network device receiving second area information and/or second time information of a first network slice sent by a slice management network element; the network device Scheduling resources for the first network slice according to the second area information and/or second time information.
- the slice management and control network element refers to a network element with user access, resource deployment, and function execution that manages and controls network slices. It can be located on the control plane of the operator's network. For example, the slice management and control network element selects a functional network element for the network slice (network slice selection function (NSSF); it can also be located on the management plane of the operator's network, for example, the slice management and control network element is operation management and maintenance network element (operation, administration, and maintenance, OAM).
- the network device includes at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources, a transmission network device, and a network management network element.
- the slice management and control network element is NSSF
- the network management network element It can be OAM.
- the second area information may be the same as or different from the first area information
- the second time information may be the same as or different from the first time information.
- the network device of the present application can perform resource scheduling based on the second area information and/or second time information, which improves the accuracy of resource scheduling and utilization of network resources, and also improves the performance of network slicing.
- the method may further include: the network device receives the first sent by the slice management network element Slice quality information corresponding to the network slice, the slice quality information including service experience information of the first network slice and/or satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice with respect to a target service level agreement; The network device adjusts the resource scheduled for the first network slice according to the slice quality information.
- the service experience information may be (Quality of Experience, QoE) information
- the satisfaction degree information may be fulfilment information
- the target service level agreement requirement information may be SLA requirement information. It can be known from this possible implementation manner that the network device can more accurately adjust the resources scheduled for the first network slice according to the service experience information and/or satisfaction information, which can facilitate the network device to make more accurate resource scheduling.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes the first The service experience information corresponding to the second area of the network slice and/or the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information corresponding to the second area relative to the target service level agreement, the second area is the second area information The indicated area.
- the slice corresponding to the first network slice The quality information includes service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice and/or satisfaction degree information of the service experience information corresponding to the second time relative to the target service level agreement requirements, the second time Is the time indicated by the second time information shown.
- the second time is that the target service level cannot be met or exceeded The time required by the agreement.
- the slice corresponding to the first network slice The quality information includes service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time of the first network slice and/or satisfaction of the service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time relative to the target service level agreement requirements Degree information, the second area is the area indicated by the second area information, and the second time is the time indicated by the shown second time information.
- the network device according to the slice quality Adjusting the information to the resources scheduled by the first network slice may include: if the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet the requirements of the target service level agreement, the network device is increased to the first network slice Scheduling resources; if the service experience information of the first network slice exceeds the requirements of the target service level agreement, the network device reduces the resources scheduled for the first network slice. It can be known from this possible implementation that if it cannot be satisfied, it means that the resources of the first network slice are insufficient and resources need to be added to the first network slice. If it is exceeded, it means that the resources of the first network slice are redundant and need to be One network slice reduces resources. Thus, the utilization rate of resources can be improved.
- the network device includes At least one of the following equipment: access network equipment, core network equipment for allocating user plane or control plane resources, transmission network equipment, and network management network elements.
- a third aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice.
- the method may include: a data analysis network element receives a request sent by a slice management network element, and the request includes service experience requirement information for the first network slice; The data analysis network element determines first area information and/or first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information; the data analysis network element sends a response to the slice management network element, the response includes The first area information and/or first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information.
- the data analysis network element refers to the network element with the function of analyzing the operator's network data or business data, which can be located on the control plane of the operator's network.
- the data analysis network element can be a network data analysis network element (network data analysis function, NWDAF), which can also be located on the management plane of the operator's network, for example, the data analysis network element can be (Management Data Analytic System, MDAS).
- NWDAF network data analysis function
- MDAS Management Data Analytic System
- the slice management and control network element refers to a network element with user access, resource deployment, and function execution that manages and controls network slices. It can be located on the control plane of the operator's network.
- the slice management and control network element selects the function network element NSSF for the network slice; It can also be located on the management plane of the operator's network.
- the slice management network element is the operation management and maintenance network element OAM. It can be known from the third aspect that the data analysis network element can determine the problematic first area information and/or first time information in the first network slice, thereby facilitating network devices to more accurately perform resource scheduling.
- the method may further include: the data analysis network element determining the first area information and/or location The first service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the first time information; then the response may further include the first area information and/or the first A first service experience information of network slicing.
- the service experience requirement information of the first network slice includes Positive service experience requirement information and/or negative service experience requirement information
- the positive service experience requirement information is filtering information that exceeds the first service level agreement requirement information
- the negative service experience requirement information is not satisfying Two service level agreements require information filtering information.
- the request may further include the In the case of three-region information, the third region indicated by the third region information includes the first region indicated by the first region information, and the method may further include: the data analysis network element according to the third region information , Acquiring the first area information corresponding to the service experience requirement information in the third area. It can be known from the possible implementation manner that the request carries the third area information, narrowing the searchable range, which is beneficial to the data analysis network element to quickly determine the first area information.
- the request also includes
- the third time information may be included, the third time indicated by the third time information includes the first time indicated by the first time information, and the method may further include: the data analysis network element according to the Third time information, acquiring the first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information in the third time information. It can be known from the possible implementation manner that the request carries the third time information, narrowing the searchable range, which is helpful for the data analysis network element to quickly determine the first time information.
- the sliced service experience requirement information includes at least one of the following information: the number of users of the first network slice, the average user experience requirement of the service, and the user satisfaction percentage requirement of the service, where the user of the service is satisfied
- the ratio is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than a preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the first network The sliced first service experience information includes at least one of the following information: the number of users of the first network slice, the number of users of the service, the average user experience information of the service, and the user satisfaction ratio information of the service, wherein
- the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than a preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- a fourth aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice, which may include: a network device receives resource configuration information of a first network slice sent by a network management network element, and the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information (maximum resource configuration) information) and/or guaranteed resource configuration information (guarantee resource configuration), the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate the maximum available resources of the first network slice, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate the first The network slice guarantees resources that can be used; the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information of the first network slice.
- the network device includes at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources, and a transmission network device.
- the network management network element refers to a device that has deployment network resources and has management and maintenance functions for the operation of the network, such as OAM or NSSF. It can be seen from the fourth aspect that the resources of the network do not need to be bound to the network slice. In other words, the resources of the network are not fixedly allocated to a network slice.
- the network resource scheduling method provided in the fourth aspect, wherein the network device can schedule resources for a certain network slice based on the guaranteed resource range under the maximum available resource range according to the instructions of the network management network element.
- This method enables the network device to flexibly schedule resources for the network slice according to the actual amount of resources required by the network slice, and promises to be able to schedule resources for the network slice to ensure the usable resource range when the network slice needs it.
- network slicing may also allow the use of resources with the maximum available resource range. This method not only ensures that the network slice has resources available, but also improves the flexibility of the resources.
- the first network slice guarantees that resources that can be used are allowed to be used by the second network slice. It can be seen from this possible implementation that the resources guaranteed to be used by the first network slice can also be used by the second network slice, especially when the first network slice does not need to use too many resources, the remaining resources within the usable resource range are guaranteed.
- the resources are allowed to be used by other network slices, as long as it can ensure that the first network slice can certainly schedule resources for the first network slice to be used in a guaranteed range of resources. This method improves the flexibility of resource utilization.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the network device according to the The resource configuration information of the first network slice is the first network slice scheduling resource, which may include: the network device is within the limit of the maximum resource configuration information, and the priority is the first according to the guaranteed resource configuration information
- the network slice schedules the resources that can be guaranteed to be used.
- the information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first time;
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information of the first network slice May include: the network device scheduling resources for the first network slice at the first time according to the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first time.
- the first time may be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, or may be pre-negotiated or included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, not It needs to be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information.
- the information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first area; the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information of the first network slice May include: the network device scheduling resources for the first network slice in the first area according to the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first area.
- the first area may be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, or may be pre-negotiated or included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, not It needs to be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information.
- the method may further include : The network device receives slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice sent by a slice management network element, where the slice quality information includes service experience information of the first network slice and/or the first network slice The satisfaction degree information of the service experience information relative to the target service level agreement; the network device adjusts the resource scheduled for the first network slice according to the slice quality information.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes the first The service experience information corresponding to the second area of the network slice and/or the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information corresponding to the second area relative to the target service level agreement requirements.
- the second area is unable to meet or exceed the target service level The area required by the agreement.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes The service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice and/or the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information corresponding to the second time relative to the target service level agreement requirements.
- the second time is that the target service level cannot be met or exceeded The time required by the agreement.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes the first The service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time of a network slice and/or the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time relative to the target service level agreement requirements.
- the network device Adjusting the quality information to the resources scheduled by the first network slice may include: if the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet the requirements of the target service level agreement, the network device is increased to the first network Resources for slice scheduling; if the service experience information of the first network slice exceeds the requirements of the target service level agreement, the network device reduces the resources scheduled for the first network slice.
- a fifth aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice, which may include: a network management network element determines resource configuration information of a first network slice, and the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information (maximum resource configuration) and// Or guaranteed resource configuration information (guarantee resource configuration), the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate the maximum available resources of the first network slice, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate the guaranteed performance of the first network slice Resources used; the network management network element sends resource configuration information of the first network slice to the network device, where the resource configuration information is used by the network device to schedule the first network slice according to the resource configuration information Resources.
- a network management network element determines resource configuration information of a first network slice, and the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information (maximum resource configuration) and// Or guaranteed resource configuration information (guarantee resource configuration), the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate the maximum available resources of the first network slice, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate the guaranteed performance of the first network slice Resources used; the
- the network management network element refers to a device that has deployment network resources and has management and maintenance functions for the operation of the network, such as OAM or NSSF. It can be seen from the fifth aspect that the resources of the network need not be bound to the network slice. In other words, the resources of the network are not fixedly allocated to a network slice.
- the network device includes at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources, and a transmission network device. According to the network resource scheduling method provided in the fifth aspect, the network device can schedule resources for a certain network slice based on the guaranteed resource range under the maximum available resource range according to the instructions of the network management network element.
- This method enables the network device to flexibly schedule resources for the network slice according to the actual amount of resources required by the network slice, and promises to be able to schedule resources for the network slice to ensure the usable resource range when the network slice needs it.
- network slicing may also allow the use of resources with the maximum available resource range. This method not only ensures that the network slice has resources available, but also improves the flexibility of the resources.
- the maximum resource configuration information is a maximum air interface resource configuration
- the information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration is the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first time; or, the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration corresponding to the first area information.
- the first time may be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, or may be pre-negotiated or included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, not It needs to be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information.
- the resource configuration information of the network slice may include: the network management network element determines the resource configuration information of the first network slice according to the target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice.
- the method may further include :
- the network management network element obtains information on resources that the network device schedules for the first network slice;
- the network management network element obtains slice quality information of the first network slice, and the slice quality information includes the first Service experience information of a network slice and/or satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement;
- the network management network element is the first network according to the network device Slicing scheduled resource information and the slicing quality information, updating resource configuration information of the first network slice; the network management network element sending the updated resource configuration information to the network device.
- the information of the resource includes the second area of the first network slice
- the service experience information of the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second area of the first network slice
- the network management network element is the first according to the network device
- the information about the resource scheduled by the network slice and the slice quality information to update the resource configuration information of the first network slice may include: the network management network element according to the information about the resource corresponding to the second area and the second Update service configuration information of the first network slice according to the service experience information corresponding to the area.
- the information of the resource includes the second time of the first network slice
- the service experience information of the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice
- the network management network element is the first according to the network device
- the information of the resource scheduled by the network slice and the slice quality information to update the resource configuration information of the first network slice may include: the information of the resource corresponding to the second time and the second The service experience information corresponding to time updates the resource configuration information of the first network slice.
- the resource information includes the second area of the first network slice Information about resources corresponding to the second time
- the service experience information of the first network slice includes the second area of the first network slice and service experience information corresponding to the second time
- the network management network element Updating, by the network device, the resource scheduling information of the first network slice and the slice quality information, updating the resource configuration information of the first network slice may include: the network management network element according to the second area and the first Update the resource configuration information of the first network slice with the resource information corresponding to the second time and the service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time.
- the resource configuration information may include: the network management network element updates the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information so that the updated maximum resource configuration information is not less than the network device being the first network Resource for slicing scheduling.
- the network management network element obtains the first
- the slice quality information of a network slice may include: the network management network element obtains the slice quality information from the slice management network element or data analysis device.
- a sixth aspect of the present application provides a method for controlling the number of users in a network slice, which may include: a slice management network element receiving information about the number of users of a target network slice sent by the network management network element, and indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate The reliability of the status information of the target network slice or the restriction information of the number of users; the slice control network element controls the number of users served by the target network slice according to the indication information and the number restriction information of users .
- the slice management and control network element may be a network element with user access, resource deployment, and function execution that manages and controls network slices. It may be located on the control plane of the operator's network.
- the network management network element can be a device with deployment network resources and management and maintenance functions for the operation of the network, such as OAM. From this sixth aspect, it can be known that the number of users served by the target network slice can be controlled according to the indication information and the user quantity limitation information, and the accuracy of the user quantity control can be improved.
- the indication information is used to indicate status information of the target network slice; the slice management and control network element is based on
- the instruction information and the user quantity limitation information controlling the number of users served by the target network slice may include: the slice management network element according to the user quantity limitation information according to the control mode corresponding to the status information To control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the state information is different, and the control method is also different. Therefore, accurate user quantity control can be achieved based on status information.
- the state information includes a test state or a stable state.
- the control manner is Ladder control. That is to say, the slicing control network element may access a number of users limited by the user quantity limitation information to the target network slice in a ladder manner or exclude users who have been served by the target network slice.
- the control manner is One-time control. That is to say, according to the stable state of the target network slice, the slicing control network element accesses the target network slice or the number of users restricted by the user number restriction information at a time to the target network slice Eliminate users who provide services.
- the indication information is used to indicate the credibility of the user quantity limitation information; the slice management network The element controls the number of users served by the target network slice according to the instruction information and the user quantity limitation information, which may include: the slice management network element corresponding to the credibility according to the user quantity limitation information Control mode, which controls the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the The control method is a step control method. That is to say, the slicing control network element accesses the target network slice by the number of users limited by the user quantity limitation information in a ladder manner or excludes users who have been served by the target network slice.
- the The control method is a one-time control method. That is, the slicing control network element accesses the number of users limited by the number of users restriction information to the target network slice at a time or excludes users who have been served by the target network slice.
- the slice management The network element receives the user quantity limit information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element, which may include: the slice management network element receives service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element, and the service level The protocol requirement information includes information about the number of users of the target network slice.
- the service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element to the slice control network element does not contain the user quantity limit information, then the user quantity limit information can be sent separately, and can be related to the target network slice service level agreement requirement Information is sent side by side.
- the slice management The network element receiving the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element may include: the slice management network element receiving the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element;
- the slicing control network element controls the number of users served by the target network slicing according to the instruction information and the user quantity limitation information, which may include: the slicing control network element targeting the area indicated by the area information, The number of users served by the target network slice is controlled according to the number of users corresponding to the indication information and the area information.
- the slice management The network element receives the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element, which may include: the slice management and control network element receives the user quantity restriction information corresponding to the time information sent by the network management network element; the slice management and control network element Controlling the number of users served by the target network slice according to the indication information and the number of users restriction information may include: the slice management network element controlling the time indicated by the time information according to the indication information and The limitation information of the number of users corresponding to the time information controls the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the slice The control network element receives the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element, which may include: the user corresponding to the area information and time information of the target network slice received by the slice management network element from the network management network element Quantity restriction information; the slice management and control network element controls the number of users served by the target network slice according to the instruction information and the user quantity restriction information, which may include: the slice management and control network element targets the area information The indicated area and the time indicated by the time information control the number of users served by the target network slice according to the indication information and the number of users corresponding to the area information and the time information.
- the The user number limitation information includes online user number limitation information and/or registered user number limitation information.
- a seventh aspect of the present application provides a method for controlling the number of users in a network slice.
- the method may include: the network management network element determines user number limit information and indication information for a target network slice, and the indication information is used to indicate the target The reliability of the status information of the network slice or the quantity limitation information of the user; the network management network element sends the quantity limitation information of the target network slice to the slice management network element, and the indication information, the indication The information and the user quantity limitation information are used by the slice management network element to control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the network management network element can be a device with deployment network resources and management and maintenance functions for the operation of the network.
- it can be OAM.
- the slice management network element can be user access, resource deployment, and function execution with management and control network slices. May be located on the control plane of the operator's network, for example, the slice management and control network element is NSSF. According to the seventh aspect, it is possible to control the number of users served by the target network slice according to the indication information and the user number limitation information, and the accuracy of user number control can be improved.
- the network management network element determining the number of users of the target network slice limit information may include: the network management network element Obtain the service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice; the network management network element determines the user quantity limit information of the target network slice according to the service level agreement requirement information.
- the network management network element reports to the slice management network
- the element sending information about the number of users of the target network slice may include: the network management network element sending the area information of the target network slice and the number of users corresponding to the area information to the slice management network element,
- the area information and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information are used by the slice management network element for the area indicated by the area information, within the range indicated by the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information Internally control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the network management network element reports to the slice management network Meta-transmitting information on the number of users of the target network slice may include: the network management network element sending the time information of the target network slice and the number of users corresponding to the time information to the slice management network element, The time information and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information are used to control the target network within the range indicated by the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information for the time indicated by the time information The number of users served by slicing.
- the network management network element reports to the slice management network
- the element sending information about the number of users of the target network slice may include: the network management network element sending the area information of the target network slice and the number of users corresponding to the area information to the slice management network element, And the time information of the target network slice and the user quantity restriction information corresponding to the time information, the area information and the user quantity restriction information corresponding to the area information are used by the slice management network element to target the area The area indicated by the information, controlling the number of users served by the target network slice within the range indicated by the number of users corresponding to the area information limit information, the time information and the number of users corresponding to the time information
- the limit information is used to control the number of users served by the target network slice within the range indicated by the number of users corresponding to the time information for the time indicated by the time information.
- the method may also include:
- the network management network element obtains slice quality information of the target network slice, where the slice quality information includes service experience information of the target network slice and/or service experience information of the target network slice relative to the service level agreement Request information satisfaction degree information;
- the network management network element updates the restriction information of the number of users of the target network slice or the indication information according to the slice quality information
- the network management network element sends the updated user quantity limitation information or the updated indication information to the slice management network element.
- the network management network element obtains slice quality information of the target network slice, It may include that the network management network element obtains the slice quality information from the slice management network element or the data analysis network element.
- the service experience information of the target network slice includes the The service experience information corresponding to the area indicated by the area information of the target network slice
- the network management network element updating the restriction information of the number of users of the target network slice or the indication information according to the slice quality information may include: The network management network element updates the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice or the indication information according to the service experience information corresponding to the area indicated by the area information.
- the service experience information of the target network slice includes the The service experience information corresponding to the time indicated by the time information of the target network slice
- the network management network element updating the restriction information of the number of users of the target network slice or the indication information according to the slice quality information may include: The network management network element updates the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice or the indication information according to the service experience information corresponding to the time indicated by the time information.
- the service experience information of the target network slice includes the The area indicated by the area information of the target network slice and the service experience information corresponding to the time indicated by the time information
- the network management network element updates the restriction information of the number of users of the target network slice according to the slice quality information or
- the indication information may include: the network management network element updates the user quantity limitation information or the location of the target network slice according to the service experience information corresponding to the area indicated by the area information and the time indicated by the time information The instructions.
- An eighth aspect of the present application provides a slice management and control network element, which is used to perform a resource scheduling method for network slices in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
- the slice management and control network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of the network slice in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, such as a receiving unit, a sending unit, and a processing unit .
- a ninth aspect of the present application provides a network device for performing a method for resource scheduling of network slices in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
- the network device may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of network slicing in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect, such as a receiving unit, a sending unit, and a processing unit.
- a tenth aspect of the present application provides a data analysis network element, which is used to perform a resource scheduling method for network slices in the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
- the data analysis network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of the network slice in the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect, such as a receiving unit, a sending unit, and a processing unit .
- An eleventh aspect of the present application provides a network device for performing a method for resource scheduling of network slices in the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect.
- the network device may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of the network slice in the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, such as a receiving unit, a sending unit, and a processing unit.
- a twelfth aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, which is used to perform a resource scheduling method for network slicing in the fifth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect.
- the network management network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of network slicing in the fifth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, such as a receiving unit, a sending unit, and a processing unit.
- a thirteenth aspect of the present application provides a slice management and control network element, which is used to perform a resource scheduling method for network slices in the sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect.
- the slice management and control network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of the network slice in the sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, such as a receiving unit, a sending unit, and a processing unit .
- a fourteenth aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, which is used to perform a resource scheduling method for network slicing in the seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect.
- the network management network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of network slicing in the seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, such as a receiving unit, a sending unit, and a processing unit.
- a fifteenth aspect of the present application provides a slice management and control network element, which includes: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the processor executes, the processor executes the method as described in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
- a sixteenth aspect of the present application provides a network device, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the processor executes the method as described in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
- a seventeenth aspect of the present application provides a data analysis network element, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the processor executes, the processor executes the method as described in the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
- An eighteenth aspect of the present application provides a network device, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- a network device including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the processor executes the method described in the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect.
- a nineteenth aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the computer-executed instruction is When the processor executes, the processor executes the method described in the fifth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect.
- a twentieth aspect of the present application provides a slice management and control network element, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the processor executes, the processor executes the method described in the sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect.
- a twenty-first aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the computer-executed instruction is When the processor executes, the processor executes the method described in the seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect.
- a twenty-second aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the first aspect or the first aspect described above The method described in any possible implementation manner of the aspect.
- a twenty-third aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the second aspect or the second as described above The method described in any possible implementation manner of the aspect.
- a twenty-fourth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the third aspect or the third aspect described above The method described in any possible implementation manner of the aspect.
- a twenty-fifth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect described above The method described in any possible implementation manner of the aspect.
- a twenty-sixth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the fifth aspect or the fifth aspect described above The method described in any possible implementation manner of the aspect.
- a twenty-seventh aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the sixth aspect or the sixth aspect described above The method described in any possible implementation manner of the aspect.
- a twenty-eighth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the seventh aspect or the seventh aspect described above The method described in any possible implementation manner of the aspect.
- a twenty-ninth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the first aspect or the first aspect described above Any possible method of implementation.
- a thirtieth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the second aspect or any of the second aspect A possible way to achieve it.
- a thirty-first aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the third aspect or the third aspect Any possible method of implementation.
- a thirty-second aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect described above Any possible method of implementation.
- a thirty-third aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the fifth aspect or the fifth aspect described above Any possible method of implementation.
- a thirty-fourth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the sixth aspect or the sixth aspect described above Any possible method of implementation.
- a thirty-fifth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the seventh aspect or the seventh aspect described above Any possible method of implementation.
- a thirty-sixth aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a slice management and control network element to implement the functions involved in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the slice management and control network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a thirty-seventh aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a network device to implement the functions mentioned in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network device.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a thirty-eighth aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a data analysis network element to implement the functions described in the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the data analysis network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a thirty-ninth aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a network device to implement the functions mentioned in the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network device.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a chip system includes a processor for supporting a network management network element to implement the functions involved in the fifth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network management network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a forty-first aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a slice management and control network element to implement the functions mentioned in the sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the slice management and control network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a chip system includes a processor for supporting a network management network element to implement the functions involved in the seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network management network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- the technical effects brought by any of the implementation methods in the eleventh aspect, the eighteenth aspect, the twenty-fifth aspect, the thirty-second aspect, and the thirty-ninth aspect can be found in the different implementation methods in the fourth aspect The technical effects brought about will not be repeated here.
- the technical effects of any of the fourteenth aspect, the twenty-first aspect, the twenty-eighth aspect, the thirty-fifth aspect, and the forty-second aspect can be found in the different realizations of the seventh aspect The technical effects brought by the method will not be repeated here.
- a forty-third aspect of the present application provides a communication system.
- the communication system includes:
- a slice management and control network element used to perform the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect
- a network device configured to perform the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect
- the data analysis network element is used to perform the method of the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
- a forty-fourth aspect of the present application provides a communication system.
- the communication system includes:
- a network device for performing the method of the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect
- the network management network element is used to perform the method of the fifth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect.
- a forty-fifth aspect of the present application provides a communication system.
- the communication system includes:
- a slice management and control network element used to perform the method of the sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect
- the network management network element is used to execute the method of the seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect.
- the slicing management and control network element When scheduling resources for network slicing in the embodiments of the present application, the slicing management and control network element will send area information and/or time information to the network device according to, so that the network device can schedule resources for the network slice according to the area information and/or time information , To achieve precise scheduling of resources, improve the utilization of network resources, and also improve the performance of network slicing.
- a forty-sixth aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice, which may include: a network device determines state information of a first network slice, and the state information of the first network slice includes the first network slice being in an unsigned service In a state of service agreement (SLA) or signed SLA, the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice.
- SLA state of service agreement
- the unsigned SLA state includes the test state or the new state
- the signed SLA state includes the stable state.
- the network device may include at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device or a transmission network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources. It can be known from the forty-sixth aspect that the network device can schedule resources for the first network slice according to whether the first network slice is in the unsigned SLA state or has signed the SLA state, thereby improving scheduling accuracy.
- the network device when the network device is an access network device, the network device
- the state information of the first network slice is the first network slice scheduling resource, which may include: the network device scheduling air interface resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice.
- the method may further include : The network device determines that the state information of the second network slice is that the second network slice is in the signed SLA state; when the state information of the first network slice is that the first network slice is in the unsigned SLA state, all The network device scheduling resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice may include: the network device is deprioritized behind the second network slice to schedule the first network slice Resources.
- the network device preferentially schedules resources for network slices that have signed SLAs, which can avoid the impact of network slices that have not signed SLAs on network slices that have been signed SLAs. If the first network slice is in an unsigned SLA state, the network device may lower the priority of scheduling the first network slice resource. In other words, the network device gives priority to scheduling resources for other network slices that have signed SLAs. Only then can resources be scheduled for the first network slice.
- the method may further include : The network device determines that the state information of the second network slice is that the second network slice is in an unsigned SLA state;
- the network device scheduling resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice may include: The network device prioritizes the second network slice and schedules resources for the first network slice.
- the network device if the network device learns that the first network slice is in the signed SLA state, or the first network slice never enters the signed SLA state from the signed SLA state, the network device improves Prioritize the resource scheduling of the first network slice to prevent the first network slice from being preempted by other newly created network slices.
- the network device determining the status information of the first network slice may include: the network device determining the status information of the first network slice according to the status indication information of the first network slice sent by a network management network element, the The status indication information includes status information of the first network slice.
- any one of the first to fourth possible implementation manners of the forty-sixth aspect, in the fifth possible implementation manner of the forty-sixth aspect may further include:
- the network device receives the resource configuration information of the first network slice sent by the network management network element, where the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information (maximum resource configuration) and/or guaranteed resource configuration information (guarantee resource configuration) information ,
- the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate the maximum available resources of the first network slice, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate the guaranteed resources of the first network slice;
- the network device uses the
- the resource configuration information of the first network slice and the state information of the first network slice are scheduling resources of the first network slice.
- the resource configuration information may also include status information of the first network slice.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- a forty-seventh aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice, which may include: a network management network element determines state information of a first network slice, and the state information of the first network slice includes that the first network slice is in Not signed SLA status or signed SLA status; the network management network element sends the status information of the first network slice to a network device, the status information of the first network slice is used for the network device to be the first network Slicing resources.
- the unsigned SLA state may include a test state or a newly created state, and the signed SLA state includes a stable state.
- the network management network element refers to a device that has deployment network resources and management and maintenance functions for the operation of the network. For example, it can be OAM, NSSF, or NSMF.
- the network device may include at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources, and a transmission network device. It can be known from the forty-sixth aspect that the network management network element can promptly notify the network device of the state information of the first network slice, so that the network device performs corresponding resource scheduling according to the SLA state of the first network slice.
- the method may further include:
- the network management network element determines resource configuration information of the first network slice, the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, and the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate the first network slice Maximum available resources, the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate the resources that the first network slice is guaranteed to use; the network management network element sends the resource configuration information of the first network slice to the network device, so The resource configuration information is used by the network device to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information.
- the resource configuration information may also include status information of the first network slice.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the resource configuration information includes the first Network slice status information.
- a forty-eighth aspect of the present application provides a method for resource scheduling of a network slice, which may include: the slice management network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level of the first network slice The reason for the protocol information is in the first network domain; the slice management network element sends the slice quality information of the first network slice to the network device in the first network domain, and the slice quality information is used by the network device according to The slice quality information is the first network slice scheduling resource.
- the slice quality information includes at least one of the following information: service experience information of the first network slice, and service satisfaction information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the reason why the slice control network element can accurately locate the service experience information of the first network slice that cannot meet the target service level agreement information is because it comes from a network domain (such as the access network domain), and then Then the slice quality information of the first network slice is provided to the network device in the network domain, so that the network device in the network domain adjusts the resource scheduling situation.
- This method can avoid blindly adjusting the resource scheduling situation of other normally working network domains, and improve the accuracy of resource scheduling.
- the method may further include: the slice management and control network element analyzes the network element or network management network from data Yuan obtains the slice quality information of the first network slice.
- the method may further include: the slice management and control network element determines the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target according to the service experience information of the first network slice Service level agreements require information about the degree of satisfaction of information.
- the method further It may include: the slice management network element determining that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice.
- any one of the first to third possible implementation manners of the forty-eighth aspect, in the fourth possible implementation manner of the forty-eighth aspect, all The reason that the slice management and control network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice is that the first network domain may include:
- the slice management and control network element obtains indication information from the network management network element, the indication information is used to indicate that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot be satisfied or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice The reason lies in the first network domain;
- the slice management and control network element obtains an indication from the network management network element Information, which can include:
- the slice management network element sends a request message to the network management network element, the request message is used to request that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement of the first network slice
- the network domain of information
- the slice management network element receives a response message sent by the network management network element, and the response message includes the indication information.
- the slice management network element Before a network device in a network domain sends the slice quality information of the first network slice, it may further include:
- the slice management network element obtains credibility information from the network management network element, and the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the indication information;
- the slice management network element sending the slice quality information of the first network slice to the network device in the first network domain may include:
- the slice management and control network element sends slice quality information of the first network slice to the network device of the first network domain according to the credibility information.
- the service experience information includes service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the area information and/or time information.
- the area information may be information of a problematic area
- the time information may be information of a problematic time.
- any one of the first to seventh possible implementation manners of the forty-eighth aspect, in the eighth possible implementation manner of the forty-eighth aspect, all Said satisfaction degree information includes unsatisfiability, satisfaction or excess satisfaction.
- a possible implementation manner, combined with the forty-eighth aspect, any one of the first to eighth implementation aspects of the forty-eighth aspect, in the ninth possible implementation manner of the forty-eighth aspect, all The method may further include:
- the slice management and control network element obtains the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice
- the slice management and control network element determines at least one service level agreement requirement information according to the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice;
- the slicing control network element determines one of the at least one service level agreement requirement information as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the first network domain includes at least one of the following: an access network domain, a core network domain, and a transmission network domain.
- the network device includes at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources, and a transmission network device.
- the service level agreement requirement information includes at least one of the following information: user number requirement information for the first network slice, request information for the average user experience of the service, and request information for the user satisfaction percentage of the service, wherein
- the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than the preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- a forty-ninth aspect of the present application provides a resource scheduling method for a network slice.
- the method includes: the network management network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target of the first network slice The reason for the service level agreement information lies in the first network domain; the network management network element sends indication information to the slice management network element, the indication information is used to indicate that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot be satisfied or exceeds the first The reason for the target service level agreement information of a network slice lies in the first network domain.
- the slice management network element can be notified of the first network domain where the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice, For example: access to the network domain, so as to avoid blindly adjusting the resource scheduling situation of other normally working network domains, and improve the accuracy of resource scheduling.
- the method further includes: the network management network element determines credibility information, the credibility The degree information is used to indicate the credibility of the indication information; the network management network element sends the credibility information to the slice management network element.
- the method further includes: The network management network element obtains slice quality information of the first network slice from the data analysis network element, wherein the slice quality information includes at least one of the following information: service experience information of the first network slice, and the first network slice Satisfaction information of the service experience information of the target service level agreement with respect to the information required by the target service level agreement.
- the method further includes: the network management network element determines the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target service level according to the service experience information of the first network slice The agreement requires information about the degree of satisfaction of the information.
- the method may further include: The network management network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the first network slice target service level agreement information.
- the service experience information includes service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the area information and/or time information.
- the method further includes:
- the network management network element receives a request message sent by the slice management network element, where the request message is used to request a network domain that causes the service experience information to fail or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice ;
- the network management network element sending instruction information to the slice management network element includes:
- all The method may further include:
- the slice management and control network element obtains the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice
- the slice management and control network element determines at least one service level agreement requirement information according to the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice;
- the slicing control network element determines one of the at least one service level agreement requirement information as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the first network domain includes at least one of the following: an access network domain, a core network domain, and a transmission network domain.
- all The service level agreement requirement information includes at least one of the following information: requirement information of the number of users of the first network slice, requirement information of the average user experience of the service, and requirement information of the user satisfaction ratio of the service, wherein the service The user satisfaction ratio is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than the preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- a fiftieth aspect of the present application provides a network device for performing the method for resource scheduling of network slicing in the foregoing forty-sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-sixth aspect.
- the network device may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of network slicing in the forty-sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-sixth aspect, such as: a receiving unit, a sending unit, and Processing unit.
- a fifty-first aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, the network management network element being used to perform the resource scheduling method for network slicing in the foregoing forty-seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-seventh aspect .
- the network management network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of the network slice in the forty-seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-seventh aspect, such as: a receiving unit and a sending unit And processing unit.
- a fifty-second aspect of the present application provides a slicing control network element, which is used to perform resource scheduling of network slicing in the foregoing forty-eighth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-eighth aspect Methods.
- the slicing management network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of network slicing in the forty-eighth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-eighth aspect, such as: receiving unit, sending Unit and processing unit.
- a fifty-third aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, which is used to perform a resource scheduling method for network slicing in the foregoing forty-ninth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-ninth aspect .
- the network management network element may include a unit or module for performing resource scheduling of network slicing in the forty-ninth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-ninth aspect, such as a receiving unit and a sending unit And processing unit.
- a fifty-fourth aspect of the present application provides a network device, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the computer-executed instruction is When the processor executes, the processor executes the method as described in the forty-sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-sixth aspect.
- a fifty-fifth aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the computer-executed instruction is When the processor executes, the processor executes the method described in the forty-seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-seventh aspect.
- a fifty-sixth aspect of the present application provides a slice management and control network element, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the computer-executed instruction is When the processor executes, the processor executes the method as described in the forty-eighth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-eighth aspect.
- a fifty-seventh aspect of the present application provides a network management network element, including: at least one processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a computer-executable instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor.
- the computer-executed instruction is When the processor executes, the processor executes the method described in the forty-ninth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-ninth aspect.
- a fifty-eighth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the forty-sixth aspect or The method described in any possible implementation manner of the forty-sixth aspect.
- a fifty-ninth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the forty-seventh aspect or The method described in any possible implementation manner of the forty-seventh aspect.
- the sixtieth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the forty-eighth aspect or the first The method described in any possible implementation manner of the forty-eight aspect.
- a sixty-first aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor executes the forty-ninth aspect or The method described in any possible implementation manner of the forty-ninth aspect.
- a sixty-second aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the forty-sixth aspect or the first Forty-six aspects of any possible implementation method.
- a sixty-third aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the forty-seventh aspect or the first Forty-seven aspects of any possible implementation method.
- a sixty-fourth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the forty-eighth aspect or the first Any one of the possible implementation methods in the forty-eight aspect.
- a sixty-fifth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product that stores one or more computer-executable instructions.
- the processor When the computer-executed instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the forty-ninth aspect or the first Forty-nine aspects of any possible implementation method.
- a sixty-sixth aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a network device to implement the functions involved in the foregoing forty-sixth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-sixth aspect .
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network device.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a sixty-seventh aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a network management network element to implement the foregoing forty-seventh aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-seventh aspect Features.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network management network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a sixty-eighth aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a slice management and control network element to implement the foregoing forty-eighth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-eighth aspect Function.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the slice management and control network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- a sixty-ninth aspect of the present application provides a chip system.
- the chip system includes a processor for supporting a network management network element to implement the foregoing forty-ninth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the forty-ninth aspect.
- the chip system may further include a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network management network element.
- the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
- the technical effects of any of the implementation methods in the fifty-fifth aspect, the fifty-fourth aspect, the fifty-eighth aspect, the sixty-second aspect, and the sixty-sixth aspect can be found in the forty-sixth aspect The technical effects brought by different implementations will not be repeated here.
- the technical effects of any of the implementation methods in the fifty-second aspect, the fifty-sixth aspect, the sixtyth aspect, the sixty-fourth aspect, and the sixty-eighth aspect can be found in the forty-eighth aspect
- the technical effects brought by different implementations will not be repeated here.
- the fifty-seventh aspect, the sixty-first aspect, the sixty-fifth aspect, and the sixty-ninth aspect please refer to the forty-ninth aspect
- the technical effects brought by the different implementations in the system will not be repeated here.
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of network slicing
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of controlling the number of users of a network slice in an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a network structure
- FIG. 7A is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of resource scheduling and user number control of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- 7C is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- 7D is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the control of the number of users of the network slice in the embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a communication device in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a slice management and control network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a network device in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a data analysis network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in an embodiment of this application.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a network management network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a slice management and control network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- 15 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a network management network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- 16 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a slice management and control network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- 17 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network management network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in an embodiment of this application.
- 19 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network management network element in an embodiment of the present application.
- the 5th generation (5G) network adopts the form of network slicing, thereby realizing the division of network resources with suitable characteristics for services with different needs. Different services have different needs, and the types of network slices are also different. As shown in Figure 1, several types of network slices and their corresponding relationships with tenants and network resources are introduced. Of course, the solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to 5G networks, and all networks including network slices are applicable.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of network slicing in an embodiment of the present application.
- eMBB enhanced mobile broadband
- URLLC ultra-high reliability and low-latency communication
- mIoT large Massive Internet of Things
- the types of network slices are not limited to the ones listed here, and network slices can also have custom types.
- Each type of network slice has its own characteristics, and the applicable fields are also different, for example:
- eMBB is mainly used for ultra-high-definition video, holographic technology, augmented reality, virtual reality and other applications, which have high requirements on network bandwidth and speed.
- URLLC is mainly used in unmanned driving, connected vehicles, automatic factories, telemedicine and other fields, requiring low latency and high reliability.
- mIoT is mainly used for massive IoT sensors deployed in the fields of measurement, architecture, agriculture, logistics, smart cities, homes, etc. It does not have high requirements on latency and mobility.
- Tenants can rent different types of network slices according to their needs. Tenants are mostly enterprises that provide various applications.
- Network slicing is actually the division of radio access network resources, core network resources and transmission resources.
- the corresponding radio access network resources, core network resources and transmission resources are Users provide business support.
- the network slices involved in this application may also be referred to as slices for short, including but not limited to slices, slice instances, or slice sub-instances, where the slices may be single network slice selection support information (single network selection selection information, S-NSSAI) ID unique
- the slice instance can be uniquely identified by the network slice information (network slice information, NSI) ID
- the slice sub-instance can be uniquely identified by the network slice selection information (network slice selection, information, NSSI) ID.
- the network slicing resources are managed and controlled by network management network elements, where network management network elements refer to devices that have deployment network resources and management and maintenance functions for network operation.
- the network management network element can be located on the management plane of the operator's network.
- the network management network element can be the OAM for operation management and maintenance.
- the network management network element can also be located on the control plane of the operator network.
- the network management network element can also select functions for network slice Network element NSSF.
- the network management network element may notify the network equipment according to the actual situation of the network slice, for example: the access network equipment, the core network equipment, the transmission network equipment, or other slice management network elements adjust the corresponding resources of the network slice.
- the slice management network element When the slice management network element controls the resources of the network slice, it can also obtain information related to the network slice from the data analysis network element, for example: area information or time information corresponding to the network slice, so that the network device can
- the resource scheduling corresponding to the area information or time information of the network slice can improve the accuracy and utilization rate of resource scheduling, and can also improve the performance of the network slice.
- the data analysis network element may be the network data analysis network element NWDAF, which may also be located on the management plane of the operator's network, for example, the data analysis network element may be MDAS.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- an embodiment of the method for resource scheduling of a network slice provided by an embodiment of the present application may include:
- the slice management network element sends a request to the data analysis network element, where the request includes service experience requirement information for the first network slice.
- the slice management and control network element refers to a network element with user access, resource deployment, and function execution that manages and controls network slices. It can be located on the control plane of the operator's network. For example, the slice management and control network element selects a functional network element (NSSF) for network slices. ); can also be located on the management plane of the operator's network, for example, the slice management network element is the operation management and maintenance network element (OAM).
- the data analysis network element may be the network data analysis network element NWDAF, which may also be located on the management plane of the operator's network, for example, the data analysis network element may be MDAS.
- the first network slice may be any network slice in the operator's network, may be a newly created network slice in a test state, or may be a network slice in a stable state.
- the service experience requirement information of the first network slice may include at least one of the following information:
- the user number requirement may include a filtering requirement for the user number
- the user number requirement may include a registered user number requirement and/or an online user number requirement.
- the requirements of the average user experience of the service may refer to the filtering requirements of the average user experience of the service, and the requirements of the average user experience of the service may include the filtering requirements of Mean Opinion Score (MOS).
- MOS Mean Opinion Score
- the requirements of the user satisfaction ratio of the business may refer to the filtering requirements of the user satisfaction ratio of the business.
- the service experience requirement information of the first network slice refers to information corresponding to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the target service level agreement requirement information includes the number of users requirement, the average user experience requirement of the service, and the requirement of the user satisfaction ratio of the service, wherein the user satisfaction ratio of the service is that the user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than a preset value Of users accounted for the proportion of the total number of users of the service.
- User number requirements may include registered user number requirements and/or online user number requirements.
- the requirement of the average user experience of the service may refer to the requirement of the average user experience of the service, where the average user experience of the service may include an average opinion score (Mean Opinion Score, MOS).
- MOS average opinion score
- the requirement of the user satisfaction ratio of the business may refer to the requirement of the user satisfaction ratio of the business.
- the service experience requirement information is used to filter problem areas and/or time in the first network slice.
- the service experience requirement information of the first network slice may include positive service experience requirement information and/or negative service experience requirement information, where the positive service experience requirement information is filtering information that exceeds the first service level agreement requirement information
- the negative service experience requirement information is filtering information that does not satisfy the second service level agreement requirement information.
- the first service level agreement requirement information and the second service level agreement requirement information may be the same as or different from the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the forward service experience requirement information is: the maximum number of registered users of the slice> 1 million, business average MOS>3, business user satisfaction rate>90%; negative service experience requirements information is: the maximum number of registered users of slices ⁇ 1 million, business average MOS ⁇ 3, business user satisfaction rate ⁇ 90%.
- the forward service experience requirement information is: the maximum number of registered users of the slice >1.2 million, business average MOS>4, business user satisfaction rate>95%; negative service experience requirements information: the maximum number of registered users of slices ⁇ 800,000, business average MOS ⁇ 2.5, business user satisfaction rate ⁇ 85%.
- the information required by the target service level agreement can be determined as follows:
- the slice management and control network element obtains the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice
- the slice management and control network element determines at least one service level agreement requirement information according to the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice;
- the slicing control network element determines one of the at least one service level agreement requirement information as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the slice management and control network element may obtain initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice from tenant or network management network element or operator configuration information.
- the initial service level agreement requires multiple files of information, for example:
- the data analysis network element After receiving the request sent by the slice management network element, the data analysis network element determines first area information and/or first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information.
- the first area information generally refers to the area that meets the information of the positive service experience requirements or the information of the negative service experience requirements.
- the first time information communication refers to the time when the information on the positive service experience requirements is met or the information on the negative service experience requirements is met.
- Network slicing usually has a corresponding relationship with area and time.
- a network slicing in different areas, or corresponding to the radio access network resources, core network resources or transmission network resources at different times will also be different, so the same network slice may be in Some areas or/and some time can meet the target service level agreement requirements information, some areas or/and some time can not meet the target service level agreement requirements information, some areas or/and some time exceed the target service level The agreement requires information.
- the data analysis network element may determine the area or time that cannot meet the target service level agreement requirements or determine the area or time that exceeds the target service level agreement requirements in excess according to the service experience requirement information. Specifically, the data analysis network element can determine the area or time that cannot meet the requirements of the target service level agreement based on the negative service experience requirement information, or the data analysis network element can determine the excess satisfaction target based on the positive service experience requirement information The area or time required by the service level agreement.
- the area information may be area information defined in a 3rd generation partnership (3GPP) communication network, which may be referred to as communication network area information, such as serving cell A or registration area B.
- the area information may also be area information defined in a non-3GPP communication network.
- the position information is a specific geographic location range, for example, latitude and longitude or global positioning system (GPS) position information, which may be referred to as geographic area information. This embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto.
- Time information can be absolute time, for example, from 00:00 on January 1, 2017 to 24:00 on January 30, 2017, or Monday to Friday; it can also be relative time information, for example, relative to receiving Within one month before the request.
- the granularity of the time information may be a granularity of hours, or a granularity of minutes or days, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the data analysis network element sends a response to the slice management network element, where the response includes first area information and/or first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information.
- the data analysis network element determines the first service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the first area information and/or the first time information; then the response Also includes the first service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the first area information and/or the first time information.
- the first service experience information corresponds to the first area information and/or the first time information.
- the first service experience information of the first network slice includes at least one of the following information: user number information of the first network slice, service user number information, and average service experience of the service Information and user satisfaction ratio information of a service, wherein the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not less than a preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the information on the number of users in the first network slice may include information on the number of registered users and/or information on the number of online users in the first network slice.
- the information on the number of users of the service may include information on the number of registered users of the service and/or information on the number of online users.
- the average service experience information of the business may include the average opinion score MOS of the business.
- the service user satisfaction ratio information of the service may be, for example: The service user satisfaction of the service A means that the user ratio of the service A whose MOS is greater than 3 is 90%.
- the slice management and control network element After receiving the response sent by the data analysis network element, the slice management and control network element sends second area information and/or second time information to the network device according to the first area information and/or first time information.
- the second area information may be the same as the first area information, and the second time information may also be the same as the first time information.
- the second area information may also be different from the first area information, and the second time information may also be different from the first time information.
- the slice management network element may determine the second area information according to the first area information, and the format of the second area information and the first area information may be different.
- the slice management and control network element may determine the second time information according to the first time information, and the format of the second time information and the first time information may be different, or the time indicated by the second time information may be included in the first area information. time.
- the response further includes first service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the first area information and/or the first time information, and the slice manages and controls the network element
- the second area information and/or the second time information may be determined according to first service experience information.
- the area indicated by the first area information is the first area
- the area indicated by the second area information is the second area.
- the second area is included in the first area. It can also be understood that the second area is a resource in the first area Areas with more serious problems, such as areas with scarce resources or areas with more redundant resources.
- the slice management network element may also send slice quality information corresponding to the second area information and/or the second time information to the network device, where the slice quality information includes the following information At least one of: second service experience information corresponding to the first network slice of the second area information and/or second time information, and the second service experience information relative to the first network slice
- the target service level agreement requires information about the degree of satisfaction of the information.
- the second service experience information corresponds to the second area information and/or the second time information.
- the satisfaction degree information includes unsatisfiability, satisfaction, or excess satisfaction.
- satisfaction or excess satisfaction can be understood as:
- the actual business average MOS 4, the actual business user satisfaction rate is 95%, which is over-satisfaction;
- the satisfaction information is expressed as a percentage value, such as 80% of service experience information that meets the target service level agreement requirements information, or service 120% of the experience information meets the information required by the target service level agreement, and no specific restrictions are made here.
- the network device may schedule resources for the first network slice according to the second area information and/or second time information.
- the network equipment includes at least one of the following equipment: access network equipment, core network equipment, transmission network equipment, and network management network elements.
- the access network device may be a (radio access network, RAN) device, such as a 5G base station (gNodeB, gNB).
- RAN radio access network
- gNodeB 5G base station
- Core network equipment may include at least one of the following equipment: user plane function network element (user plane function (UPF), policy control network element (policy control function, PCF), session management function network element (session management function, SMF), access Network element for access and mobility management function (access and mobility management function, AMF).
- user plane function network element user plane function (UPF)
- policy control network element policy control function
- PCF policy control network element
- session management function network element session management function
- SMF session management function
- AMF access Network element for access and mobility management function
- the transmission network equipment may include a backhaul link between the wireless access network and the core network, such as a router.
- the network management network element may be OAM.
- the access network device schedules access network resources for the first network slice according to the second area information, and the access network device uses the second time
- the information is scheduling access network resources for the first network slice.
- the core network device schedules core network resources for the first network slice according to the second area information, and the core network device uses the second time information as the The first network slice schedules core network resources.
- the transmission network device schedules transmission network resources for the first network slice according to the second area information, and the transmission network device uses the second time information as the The first network slice schedules transmission network resources.
- the network management network element controls the access network device or the core network device or the transmission network device to adjust the corresponding resources of the second area and/or the second time of the first network slice Dispatch volume.
- the network device when scheduling resource for the first network slice, may perform resource scheduling according to the second area information and/or second time information, which may improve the accuracy and utilization rate of resource scheduling, and also improve the The performance of a network slice.
- the request may further include third area information and/or third time information.
- the request in the embodiment of the present application may be a subscription request message or a direct request message.
- the direct request message requires NWDAF to return a response message immediately, and the subscription request message requires NWDAF to return a response message after the subscription reporting condition is met.
- the third area indicated by the third area information includes the first area indicated by the first area information, and the third area information is used to request the data analysis network element to The first area information corresponding to the service experience requirement information.
- the third time indicated by the third time information includes the first time indicated by the first time information, and the third time information is used to request the data analysis network element for the third time and The first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information.
- the third area includes the first area, and the first area includes the second area.
- the third time includes the first time, and the first time includes the second time.
- step 101 above: before the slice management network element sends a request to the data analysis network element, may further include:
- the slice management and control network element obtains the third service experience information of the first network slice
- the slice management network element determines the service experience requirement information of the first network slice, and the service experience requirement of the first network slice The information corresponds to the target service level agreement requirements.
- the third service experience information corresponds to the fourth area information and/or the fourth time information of the first network slice.
- the third service experience information is the fourth area information And/or service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the fourth time information.
- the fourth area may be the service area of the entire network slice or a part of the service area of the entire network slice; and the fourth time may be all the service time of the entire network slice or part of the service time of the entire network slice.
- the first service experience information is corresponding to the first area information and/or first time information corresponding to the first network slice
- the second service experience information is the second area information and/or second time corresponding to the first network slice
- the information corresponds.
- the fourth area includes the first area, and the first area includes the second area; the fourth time includes the first time, and the first time includes the second time.
- whether the third service experience information corresponds to the target service level agreement requirement information can be determined in the following manner:
- the slice management and control network element compares the third service experience information with the target service level agreement requirement information
- the slice management network element determines that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the slice management network element determining the service experience requirement information of the first network slice may include :
- the slice management network element determines the service experience requirement information of the first network slice corresponding to the unsatisfactory situation, which is the foregoing Describe the negative service experience request information.
- the slice management network element determines the service experience requirement information of the first network slice corresponding to the excess satisfaction condition, which is the foregoing Describe the positive service experience request information.
- the number of service users of the first network slice may also be adjusted, and the adjustment method may be:
- the slice management and control network element reduces the number of service users of the first network slice
- the slice management network element increases the number of service users of the first network slice.
- both the first area and the second area can be attributed to the problem area, and both the first time information and the second time information can be attributed to the problem time.
- the network domain where the cause of the problem area and/or problem time is located may be determined first, and then the network device is further determined. Therefore, the method of resource scheduling of the network slice also includes the following two possible implementations , Respectively:
- the method for resource scheduling of network slices may further include:
- the first network domain may be an access network domain, a core network domain, or a transmission network domain.
- the problem area includes a first area or a second area
- the problem time includes a first time or a second time
- the slice management network element may learn from the network management network element that the cause of the problem area and/or problem time lies in the first network domain.
- the slice management and control network element When the slice management and control network element is a slice management and control network element (such as NSSF) located on the operator's network control plane, the slice management and control network element can interact with the network management network element (such as OAM) located on the operator's network management plane, so as to know the first A network domain is the cause of the problem area and/or problem time; when the slice management and control network element is a slice management and control network element (such as NSMF) located on the operator's network management plane, the slice management and control network element can be connected to the operator's network Network management network elements (such as MDAS) of the management plane interact to learn that the first network domain is the cause of the problem area and/or problem time.
- the network management network element such as OAM
- the slice management and control network element when the slice management and control network element is a slice management and control network element (such as NSMF) located on the operator's network management plane, the slice management and control network element can be connected to the operator's network Network management network elements (
- the slice control network element determines the cause of the problem area and/or the problem time by itself in the first network domain where the network device is located.
- the slice management network element determines the network device from the first network domain and sends the network device to the network
- the device sends the problem area/problem time described in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the network device may refer to all network devices in the first network domain, or may be part of network devices in the first network domain, for example, only networks in the first network domain related to the problem area/problem time equipment.
- the slice management network element may also obtain from the network management network The element obtains first credibility information, and the first credibility information is used to indicate that the cause of the problem area and/or problem time is the credibility of the first network domain; the slice control network element according to the A credibility information determines the network device.
- first credibility information For the specific expression form of the first credibility information, reference may be made to the expression form of the credibility of the user quantity limitation information in the embodiment of FIG. 5, which will not be repeated here.
- the specific method for the slice management and control network element to determine the network device according to the first credibility information is: when the first credibility information is higher than a preset credibility value (such as the first credibility (Degree information value is greater than 90%), the slice management network element determines the network device from the first network domain; conversely, when the first credibility information is lower than the preset credibility value (such as A credibility information value is less than 60%), the slice control network element will not determine the network device from the first network domain, in other words, the network where the subsequent slice control network element sends the problem area/problem time to it The device will not come from the first network domain.
- a preset credibility value such as the first credibility (Degree information value is greater than 90%
- the slice management network element determines the network device from the first network domain
- the preset credibility value such as A credibility information value is less than 60%
- the method for resource scheduling of network slices may further include:
- the reason why the slice management and control network element determines that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information is that the second network domain may include: the slice management and control network The reason that the element learns from the network management network element that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information lies in the second network domain.
- the slice management network element When the slice management network element is a slice management network element (such as NSSF) located on the operator's network control plane, the slice management network element can interact with the network management network element (such as OAM) located on the operator's network management plane, so as to know The second network domain is the reason why the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information; when the slice management and control network element is a slice management and control network element (such as NSMF) located on the operator's network management plane At this time, the slice management and control network element can interact with a network management network element (such as MDAS) located on the operator's network management plane to learn that the second network domain is causing the third service experience information and the target service level agreement requirements The reason why the information does not correspond.
- a network management network element such as MDAS
- the slice management network element may also determine that the reason why the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information lies in the second network domain.
- the reason why the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information is obtained by any design is that after the second network domain, the slice management network element determines the network device from the second network domain And send the problem area/problem described in the embodiment of FIG. 2 to the network device.
- the network device may refer to all network devices in the second network domain, or may be part of network devices in the second network domain, for example, only networks in the second network domain related to the problem area/problem time equipment.
- the slice management network element may also obtain second credibility information from the network management network element, where the second credibility information is used to indicate that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information The reason is that the credibility of the second network domain; the slice management network element determines the network device according to the second credibility information.
- the second credibility information For the specific expression form of the second credibility information, reference may be made to the expression form of the credibility of the user quantity limitation information in the embodiment of FIG. 5, which will not be repeated here.
- the specific method for the slice management and control network element to determine the network device according to the second credibility information is: when the second credibility information is higher than a preset credibility value (such as the second credibility (Degree information value is greater than 90%), the slice management network element determines the network device from the second network domain; conversely, when the second credibility information is lower than the preset credibility value (such as If the value of the second credibility information is less than 60%), the slice control network element will not determine the network device from the second network domain, in other words, the network to which the subsequent slice control network element sends the problem area/problem time The device will not come from the second network domain.
- a preset credibility value such as the second credibility (Degree information value is greater than 90%
- another embodiment of the method for resource scheduling of a network slice provided by an embodiment of the present application may include:
- the network management network element determines resource configuration information of the first network slice, where the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information.
- the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate a maximum usable resource of the first network slice
- the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate a guaranteed usable resource of the first network slice.
- the network management network element refers to a device that has deployment network resources and has management and maintenance functions for network operation.
- the network management network element may be OAM or NSSF.
- the resource configuration information of the first network slice may be determined according to target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice.
- the target service level agreement requirement information may be the same as the target service level agreement requirement information described in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 and will not be repeated here.
- the network management network element sends resource configuration information of the first network slice to the network device.
- the network device may include at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device, and a transmission network device. Among them, the meanings of the access network device, the core network device and the transmission network device are shown in step 105, and will not be repeated here.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the resource configuration information may not correspond to the entire first network slice, may be resource configuration information corresponding to one or more areas of the first network slice, or may correspond to Resource configuration information for a period or a period of time.
- the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first time; or, the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration The information is maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first area.
- the network device After receiving the resource configuration information of the first network slice sent by the network management network element, the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information of the first network slice.
- the network device When scheduling resources for the first network slice, the network device will first consider the demand for resources. If the demand for resources does not exceed the resources guaranteed by the first network slice indicated by the guaranteed resource configuration information, it will be the first A network slice schedules resources of the required size. Within the range of resources that can be used by the first network slice, the network device schedules the first network slice. If the demand exceeds the resources guaranteed to be used by the first network slice, but does not exceed the resources that can be used by the first network slice indicated by the maximum resource configuration information, at least the resources guaranteed to be used by the first network slice will be scheduled according to the actual situation The amount of resources.
- the maximum resource that the first network slice can use is 20 units, and the first network slice guarantees that the resource that can be used is 11 units. If the demand is 8 units, the network equipment will dispatch 8 units of resources to For the first network slice, if the demand is 15 units, when the amount of resources is sufficient, 15 units will be scheduled for the first network slice. If the amount of resources is insufficient, at least 11 units of resources will also be scheduled Slice the first network.
- the network device may schedule resources for a certain network slice according to the guaranteed resource range under the maximum available resource range according to the instructions of the network management network element.
- This method enables the network device to flexibly schedule resources for the network slice according to the actual amount of resources required by the network slice, and promises to be able to schedule resources for the network slice to ensure the usable resource range when the network slice needs it.
- network slicing may also allow the use of resources with the maximum available resource range. This method not only ensures that the network slice has resources available, but also improves the flexibility of the resources.
- the resources guaranteed by the first network slice are allowed to be used by the second network slice. Especially when the first network slice does not need to use too many resources, it is guaranteed that the remaining resources within the usable resource range are allowed to be used by other network slices, as long as it can be guaranteed that the first network slice can be sliced for the first network slice when needed It is sufficient to schedule resources that can be used in a range of resources. This method improves the flexibility of resource utilization.
- the network device may use the maximum resource configuration information corresponding to the first time And/or guaranteed resource configuration information for the first network slice to schedule resources at the first time.
- the first time may be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, or may be pre-negotiated or included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, not It needs to be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information.
- the network device may use the maximum resource configuration information corresponding to the first area And/or guaranteed resource configuration information to schedule resources for the first network slice in the first area.
- the first area may be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, or may be pre-negotiated or included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, not It needs to be included in the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information.
- resources may be preferentially scheduled for a certain network slice according to the guaranteed resource range.
- This method enables the network device to flexibly schedule resources for the network slice according to the actual amount of resources required by the network slice, and promises to be able to schedule resources for the network slice to ensure the usable resource range when the network slice needs it.
- network slicing may also allow the use of resources with the maximum available resource range. This method not only ensures that the network slice has resources available, but also improves the flexibility of the resources.
- FIG. 4 As shown in FIG. 4, on the basis of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3 above, another embodiment of the method for resource scheduling of a network slice provided by an embodiment of the present application may include:
- the network management network element obtains information about resources scheduled by the network device for the first network slice.
- the resource information may include information of resources corresponding to the area or corresponding time.
- the information of the resource may include information of the resource corresponding to the second area of the first network slice, and/or, the information of the resource may include information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice Resource information.
- the first area may be the same as or different from the second area, and the second time may be the same as or different from the first time.
- the network management network element obtains slice quality information of the first network slice from the slice management network element or data analysis device.
- the slice quality information includes service experience information of the first network slice and/or satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice with respect to the target service level agreement requirements.
- the service experience information of the first network slice may be the same as the first service experience information, the second service experience information, or the third service experience information described in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 and will not be repeated here.
- Satisfaction information may include unsatisfied, satisfied, or over-satisfied, or other manifestations, and is also the same as the satisfaction information described in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2, and will not be repeated here.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice may include service experience information corresponding to the second area of the first network slice and/or Or satisfaction degree information of the service experience information corresponding to the second area relative to the target service level agreement.
- the second area is an area that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice and/or the second time The satisfaction degree information of the corresponding service experience information relative to the target service level agreement.
- the second time is a time that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the network management network element updates the resource configuration information of the first network slice according to the information of the resource scheduled by the network device for the first network slice and the slice quality information.
- the network management network element updates the first network slice according to the information of the resource corresponding to the second area and the service experience information corresponding to the second area Resource configuration information.
- the network management network element updates the first network slice according to the resource information corresponding to the second time and the service experience information corresponding to the second time Resource configuration information.
- the network management network element If the resource information is the information of the resource corresponding to the second area and the second time, the network management network element according to the information of the resource corresponding to the second area and the service experience information corresponding to the second area, and the second Updating the resource configuration information of the first network slice according to the resource information corresponding to the time and the service experience information corresponding to the second time.
- the network management network element updates the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information so that the updated maximum resource The configuration information is not less than the resources scheduled by the network device for the first network slice.
- the network management network element sends the updated resource configuration information to the network device.
- the updated resource configuration information includes updated maximum resource configuration information and/or updated guaranteed resource configuration information.
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the updated resource configuration information.
- the network device can schedule resources for the first network slice according to the updated maximum available resource range according to the instructions of the network management network element according to the updated guaranteed useable resource range, thereby improving resource flexibility.
- the network management network element can update the resource configuration information of the first network slice in time, so that the network device can adjust the resources scheduled by the first network slice in time, thereby improving the accuracy of resource scheduling and the first network slice Performance.
- the network device may also adjust to the resource scheduled by the first network slice. In this case, it may be:
- the network device receives the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice sent by the slice management network element, and the slice quality information includes service experience information of the first network slice and/or service experience information of the first network slice Information about the degree of satisfaction relative to the requirements of the target service level agreement;
- the network device adjusts the resources scheduled for the first network slice according to the slice quality information.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice may include service experience information corresponding to the second area of the first network slice and/or service experience information corresponding to the second area relative to the target service level Information on the degree of satisfaction required by the agreement.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice may include service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice and/or service experience information corresponding to the second time relative to the target service level agreement requirements Satisfaction information.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice may include service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time of the first network slice and/or relative service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time Information about the degree of satisfaction required by the target service level agreement.
- the second area is an area that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the second time is a time that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the network device adjusting the resources scheduled for the first network slice according to the slice quality information may include: if the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet the target service level agreement requirements, the network device increases Resources scheduled for the first network slice; if the service experience information of the first network slice exceeds the target service level agreement requirements, the network device reduces resources scheduled for the first network slice.
- the above solution whether the network management network element updates the resource configuration information of the first network slice in time, or the network device adjusts the resource scheduled by the first network slice according to the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice, can improve the accuracy of resource scheduling Performance and performance of the first network slice.
- the former may be more accurate, because the network management network element obtains the updated resource configuration information after analyzing more dimensions and a larger amount of data, and the accuracy is higher; the latter is more
- the network device may consider adjusting the resources scheduled for the first network slice directly according to the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice. If the two are used in combination, better results can be achieved.
- FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 above introduce the resource scheduling solution of the network slice under the indication of the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information.
- the content related to the resource scheduling of the network slice also has the control of the number of users.
- the method of controlling the number of users in the embodiment of the present application will be described below with reference to FIG. 5.
- an embodiment of the method for controlling the number of users provided by the embodiments of the present application may include:
- the network management network element determines the user quantity limitation information and indication information of the target network slice.
- the restriction information of the number of users of the target network slice refers to the restriction of the number of access users, which may include information on the number of online users or information on the number of registered users.
- the user number restriction information generally refers to the maximum user number information, that is, user capacity information.
- the indication information is used to indicate the status information of the target network slice or the credibility of the user quantity limitation information.
- the state information includes a test state or a stable state.
- the test state means that the target network slice is a new slice or is in the testing stage.
- the service level agreement is officially signed between the operator and the tenant for the target network slice;
- the stable state means that the target network slice is stable At this stage, in other words, a service level agreement has been formally signed between the operator and the tenant on the target network slice.
- the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific expression form indicating the test state or the stable state, for example, it may be a binary enumeration value, 0 represents the test state, and 1 represents the stable state. You can also use F to indicate the test state and T to indicate the stable state. Of course, you can also use other forms to represent the test state or stable state.
- Credibility refers to the degree of believability.
- the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific manifestation of untrustworthiness.
- the trustworthiness may be a floating point number in the range [0,1].
- a larger floating point value indicates a higher degree of reliability;
- Reliability can be a percentage value between 0-100%, the higher the ratio, the higher the degree of reliability;
- the credibility information can also be a predefined set (such as ⁇ A, B, C, D ⁇ ), where different enumeration values correspond to different degrees of reliability (eg, A>B>C>D).
- the network management network element refers to a device that has deployment network resources and has management and maintenance functions for the operation of the network, such as OAM.
- the embodiment of the present application does not limit the manner in which the network management network element determines the information about the number of users of the target network slice, and one of the methods may be:
- the network management network element obtains service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice
- the network management network element determines, according to the service level agreement requirement information, the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice.
- the network management network element can obtain the service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice from the tenant.
- the service level agreement requirement information basically has the same meaning as the service level agreement requirement information described in the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here. Repeat in detail.
- the network management network element sends to the slice management network element the information about the number of users of the target network slice and the indication information.
- the slice management and control network element refers to a network element with user access, resource deployment, and function execution that manages and controls network slices. For example, the slice management and control network element selects a function network element (NSSF) for network slices. In order to achieve more fine-grained control over the number of users, the network management network element sends to the slice management network element the area information of the target network slice and the user quantity limit information corresponding to the area information.
- NSF function network element
- the area information and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information are used by the slice management network element for the area indicated by the area information, within the range indicated by the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information Internally control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the network management network element sends the time information of the target network slice and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information to the slice management network element.
- the time information and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information are used to control the target network within the range indicated by the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information for the time indicated by the time information The number of users served by slicing.
- the slice management and control network element After the slice management and control network element receives the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element and the indication information, the number of users served by the target network slice is controlled according to the indication information and the user quantity limitation information .
- the slice management and control network element controls the service of the target network slice according to the control method corresponding to the state information according to the user quantity limitation information The number of users.
- the control mode is a step control mode. That is to say, the slicing control network element may access a number of users limited by the user quantity limitation information to the target network slice in a ladder manner or exclude users who have been served by the target network slice.
- the control mode is a one-time control mode. That is to say, according to the stable state of the target network slice, the slicing control network element accesses the target network slice or the number of users restricted by the user number restriction information at a time to the target network slice Eliminate users who provide services.
- the slice management and control network element controls the target network according to the control mode corresponding to the credibility according to the user quantity limitation information The number of users served by slicing.
- the control method is a step control method. That is to say, the slicing control network element accesses the target network slice by the number of users limited by the user quantity limitation information in a ladder manner or excludes users who have been served by the target network slice.
- the control mode is a one-time control mode. That is, the slicing control network element accesses the number of users limited by the number of users restriction information to the target network slice at a time or excludes users who have been served by the target network slice.
- the credibility meets the credibility requirements. If the credibility is a specific value, you can determine whether the credibility is by setting the credibility threshold Greater than the credibility threshold. If the credibility is a preset set of enumeration values, it can be determined whether the credibility is the corresponding enumeration value to meet the credibility requirements. Moreover, different credibility corresponds to different control methods, which is not limited to the above-mentioned ladder method or one-time method, and there may be other corresponding control methods.
- the limitation information of the number of users of the target network slice may be service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice received by the slice management and control network element from the network management network element, and the service level agreement requirement information includes Information about the number of users of the target network slice is limited.
- the service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element to the slice control network element does not contain the user quantity limit information, then the user quantity limit information can be sent separately, and can be related to the target network slice service level agreement requirement Information is sent side by side.
- the slice management and control network element When the user quantity limitation information is the user quantity limitation information corresponding to a certain area, the slice management and control network element, according to the indication information and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information, for the area indicated by the area information Control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the slice management and control network element When the user quantity limitation information is the user quantity limitation information corresponding to a certain time, the slice management and control network element, according to the indication information and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information, for the time indicated by the time information Control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a network architecture in a network slicing scenario. As shown in FIG.
- the network elements related to the foregoing embodiments include third-party network elements, for example, application function network elements (Application Function, AF), access network equipment, core network equipment (for example: AMF, PCF, etc.) for allocating user plane or control plane resources, slice management and control network elements (for example: NSSF), data analysis network elements (for example: NWDAF) and Network management network element (for example: OAM).
- application function network elements Application Function, AF
- access network equipment for example: AMF, PCF, etc.
- core network equipment for example: AMF, PCF, etc.
- slice management and control network elements for example: NSSF
- data analysis network elements for example: NWDAF
- Network management network element for example: OAM
- the slice management network element (for example: NSSF) and the data analysis network element (for example: NWDAF) actually belong to the core network equipment.
- the network management network element creates a network slice.
- the network management network element obtains the service level agreement (SLA) requirement information of the tenant for the network slice.
- SLA service level agreement
- the network management network element creates the network slice according to the SLA requirement information.
- creating the network slice specifically refers to that the network management network element sets resource configuration information for the network slice.
- the network slice here is not limited to a newly created network slice, but may also be an existing network slice. If it is an existing network slice, there is no need to set resource configuration information.
- the resource configuration information may be the maximum resource configuration information and/or the guaranteed resource configuration information described in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3 above.
- the resource configuration information is used to indicate the network resources that can be scheduled for the network slice.
- the network resources may include access network resources or core network resources, and may also include transmission network resources.
- the access network resources corresponding to one network slice may include: a guaranteeable air interface resource or a maximum air interface resource corresponding to the network slice.
- the configuration of the access network resource for the network slice by the network management network element specifically refers to the configuration of a guaranteed air interface resource or the largest air interface resource for the network slice.
- the air interface resource here may be actual physical resources, such as physical resource blocks (PRB), processor resources and storage resources of the access network device, that is, the network management network element instructs the access network device to schedule Physical resources.
- PRB physical resource blocks
- Air interface resources can also be parameters that reflect air interface performance, such as the uplink/downlink data packet loss rate of the network access device, the maximum/average radio resource control (RRC) number of connections, and the average delay of the data unit (DU) And so on, that is, the network management network element uses these performance parameters to indicate the physical resources to be scheduled by the access network device.
- RRC radio resource control
- DU average delay of the data unit
- the core network resources corresponding to one network slice may include: a guaranteeable core network resource corresponding to the network slice or the largest core network resource.
- the configuration of core network resources for the network slice by the network management network element specifically refers to configuring a guaranteed core resource or a maximum core network resource for the network slice.
- the core network resources are explained in the same way as the access network resources above. They can be specific core network physical resources, such as UPF storage resources, AMF CPU resources, or parameters reflecting core network performance, such as the N3 interface.
- General wireless packet service channel protocol general packet radio service Tuningelling Protocol, GTP
- GTP General wireless packet radio service Tuningelling Protocol
- the network management network element configuring the access network resource for the network slice specifically refers to that the network management network element sends the access network resource configuration information corresponding to the network slice to the access network device, and the access network The device schedules the corresponding access network resources for the network slice according to the resource configuration information of the access network.
- the access network resource configuration information includes guaranteed air interface resource configuration information or maximum air interface resource configuration information, and the access network device may be a base station or an access network domain management device; in addition, the network management network element configures core network resources Specifically, it means that the network management network element sends core network resource configuration information to the core network device, and the core network device schedules the corresponding core network resource according to the core network resource configuration information.
- the core network resource configuration information includes guaranteed core network resource configuration information or the largest core network resource configuration information, and the core network device can specifically allocate user plane or control plane resources to the core network device (such as AMF, SMF, UPF, etc.) ) Or for core network domain management equipment;
- the specific representation of the resource allocation amount issued in the resource configuration information is not limited, and it can be a ratio of total resources, such as configuring 30% of the total air interface resources for a slice, 40% of the total core network resources, or Specific resource values such as the number of PRBs and the size of the UPF storage space.
- the network management network element can also configure network resources for network slices by area information.
- the network management network element configures different access network resources or core network resources for different areas of the network slice, such as different tracking areas (TA), TA lists, different cells (cells), cell lists, etc. Or transmission network resources.
- TA tracking areas
- TA lists different cells
- cell lists cell lists
- transmission network resources This application does not limit the definition and form of regional information.
- the area information here is equivalent to the first area information of step 202 in the embodiment of FIG. 3.
- the network management element may initially allocate network resources evenly to different areas of the network slice, because in the initial state, the network management does not have or has little service experience information about the network slice, It does not know how to configure different network resources for different areas.
- the network management network element can also allocate network resources for network slices by time information. For example, with different time information, such as day/night, free/busy hours, 02:00-04:00, Monday-Friday, etc., the network management network element configures different access network resources or core network resources for the network slice .
- time information such as day/night, free/busy hours, 02:00-04:00, Monday-Friday, etc.
- the network management network element configures different access network resources or core network resources for the network slice .
- This application does not limit the definition and form of time information.
- the area information here is equivalent to the first time information of step 202 in the embodiment of FIG. 3.
- the network management element may initially allocate network resources to the network slice at different times on average, because in the initial state, the network management does not have or has little service experience information about the network slice. It does not know how to configure different network resources for different times.
- the network management network element sends the initial user number information and indication information corresponding to the network slice to the slice management network element.
- the information of the initial number of users of the network slice is equal to the restriction information of the number of users in step 401 of the embodiment of FIG. 5, which may include the information of the initial registered users or the number of online users of the network slice.
- the user number information is used to guide the slice management and control network element to perform the user number access control operation on the network slice.
- the slice management and control network element allows or denies the user's request to register into the network slice according to the information about the number of registered users sent by the network management network element, or removes the registered users from the network slice to control the network slice network Number of registered users.
- the slice management and control network element allows or denies the user to enter the online state according to the information about the number of online users sent by the network management network element, or changes the already online user to an offline or idle state to control the online user of the network slice network ⁇ Number effect.
- the user number information generally refers to the maximum user number information, that is, user capacity information.
- the initial user number information may include initial maximum registered user number information or maximum online user number information of the network slice.
- the network management network element may also inform the slice management network element of the SLA requirement information corresponding to the network slice.
- the SLA requirement information here can be the trial operation stage, that is, the SLA requirement information in the test state. After the test is completed, a stable state SLA requirement information can be determined.
- the network management network element can send the user number information inside the SLA request information to the slice control network element, or, instead of using the user number information as part of the SLA request information, the two can be sent separately Slicing control network element.
- the network management network element may also send user number information or SLA requirements to the slice management and control network element in different regions. That is to say, the network management network element informs the slice management network element of different numbers of users or SLA requirements corresponding to different areas. For example, TA1 corresponds to a maximum of 1 million registered users, SLA requires 1, TA2 corresponds to a maximum of 2 million registered users, and SLA requires 2.
- the area here is equivalent to the area information in step 402.
- All area information in the embodiments of the present application may be area information defined in a 3GPP communication network, which may be referred to as communication network area information), such as serving cell A or registration area B, and the area information may also be defined in a non-3GPP communication network
- Regional information for example, the location information is a specific geographic location range (for example, latitude and longitude or global positioning system (GPS) location information, which may be referred to as geographic area information).
- GPS global positioning system
- the number of users or SLA requirements can also be sent in time. That is to say, the network management network element informs the slice management network element of different user number information or SLA requirements corresponding to different times. For example, time period 1 corresponds to a maximum of 1 million registered users, SLA requires 1, and time period 2 corresponds to a maximum of 2 million registered users, and SLA requires 2.
- the time domain here is equivalent to the time information in step 402.
- All time information in the embodiment may be absolute time, for example, from 00:00 on January 1, 2017 to 24:00 on January 30, 2017, or from Monday to Friday; it may also be relative time information , For example, within one month after sending the user number information or SLA request information.
- the granularity of the time information may be a granularity of hours, or a granularity of minutes or days, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the indication information may be first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate the credibility information of the number of users or SLA requirement information sent by the network management network element, where the credibility information It refers to the degree of confidence/confidence of the network management network element for the user number information or SLA requirement information, which is a measure of the reliability of the user number information or SLA requirement information.
- This application does not limit the specific expression of credibility information, as long as it can reflect the credibility of the user number information or SLA requirements information.
- the credibility information can be a floating-point number in the range [0,1].
- a larger floating-point value indicates a higher degree of reliability; for another example, the credibility information can be a percentage between 0-100% The ratio value, the higher the ratio, the higher the degree of reliability; for another example, the credibility information can also be an enumerated value in a predefined set (such as ⁇ A, B, C, D ⁇ ), where different The degree of reliability corresponding to the value is different (for example, A>B>C>D).
- the credibility value corresponding to this state set by the network management network element is lower, for example, the credibility value is 60%, which is Because the network management network element does not have or has little service experience information about the network slice at this time, that is to say, the number of users generated by the network management network element or the basis information required by the SLA is very small, so the credibility at this time is more low.
- the indication information may also be second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the network slice is a new network slice or the network slice is in a test state or is in a stable state.
- the new network slicing or testing state is relatively stable.
- the former operator and the network tenant have not officially signed the SLA, and the network is in a state of continuous adjustment; the latter, the operator and the network tenant have officially signed the SLA.
- the network is in a relatively stable state and does not frequently perform resource adjustments.
- the present application does not limit the specific expression form indicating the test state or the stable state, for example, it may be a binary enumeration value, 0 represents the test state, and 1 represents the stable state. Or, F represents the test state and T represents the steady state.
- the test state or stable state can also be expressed in other forms.
- the slice management and control network element performs user number control on the network slice according to the initial user number information and the instruction information sent by the network management network element.
- the access control of the number of users specifically refers to controlling the number of registered users or the number of online users in the network slice. For details, see step 502.
- the slice control network element may allow users to access the network gradually or in stages Network slicing. For example, if the network management network element instructs the slice control network element that the maximum number of registered users of the network slice is 10 million, then the slice management network element can only allow 1 million users to access the network slice at a time, where the user access is allowed gradually or in stages.
- the purpose of the network slicing is to avoid the simultaneous access to a large number of users at the same time, which leads to a significant decrease in the service experience of the network slicing, and even affects the service experience of other network slicing which is already in a stable stage.
- the slice control network element determines that the credibility corresponding to the user number information or SLA requirement information is low, then the slice control network element can also eliminate users or gradually or in stages.
- the purpose of transferring users to other network slices, where the number of users of the network slice is reduced gradually or in stages, is to avoid affecting the service experience of a large number of users in the network slice at the same time, thereby avoiding affecting the service experience of the network slice.
- Increasing or decreasing the number of users in the network slice step by step or step by step corresponds to the ladder control method in the embodiment of FIG. 5.
- the slice management and control network element may allow the user to access the network slice gradually or in stages. For example, if the network management network element initially indicates that the maximum number of registered users of the network slice of the slice management network element is 10 million, then the slice management network element may only allow 1 million users to access the network slice at a time. Increasing or decreasing the number of users in the network slice step by step or step by step corresponds to the ladder control method in the embodiment of FIG. 5.
- the slice management and control network element may also perform user number access control on the network slice according to the area information. For example, the network management network element informs the slice management network element that the maximum number of registered users corresponding to the TA1 of the network slice is 1 million, and the maximum number of registered users corresponding to TA2 is 2 million. The slice management network element can only allow 1 million users to register with the network slice. TA1, 2 million users registered in TA2.
- the slice management and control network element may also perform access control on the number of users of the network slice according to the time information. For example, if the network management NE informs the slice management NE that period 1 (such as weekends) corresponds to a maximum of 1 million registered users, and period 2 (such as weekdays) corresponds to a maximum of 2 million registered users, then slice management NEs have the most in period 1 Only 1 million users are allowed to register on the network slice, and in period 2 only up to 2 million users are allowed to register on the network slice.
- period 1 such as weekends
- period 2 such as weekdays
- the slice management network element sends a first request to the data analysis network element, where the first request is used to request service experience information corresponding to the network slice.
- the service experience information corresponding to the newly created network slice in 501 may be requested here, or service experience information of other network slices.
- the other network slices may be network slices that are already in a stable state.
- service experience information of multiple network slices can also be requested together, but whether it is requesting service experience information of several network slices, the subsequent processing procedures are the same for the problematic network slices.
- the service experience information corresponding to each network slice includes: experience information of network slice granularity and experience information of service granularity in network slice.
- the network slice granularity experience information refers to information that can reflect the overall service experience of a network slice, which may include: information about the number of users of the network slice (such as network slice registration or online users), and end-to-end delay of the network slice Information, load information of network slices, etc.
- the service granularity experience information refers to the information that can reflect the service experience of a certain service in the network slice, including the quality information of the service's business granularity (that is, the information reflecting the overall service experience of the service), and the quality of the service's user granularity Information (that is, information reflecting the individual service experience of each user performing the service).
- the first request contains the network slice identification information of the requested network slice, where the network slice identification information is used to uniquely identify a network slice, and the network slice identification information may specifically be network slice selection support information (network slice selection support information, NSSAI), one or more of S-NSSAI, NSI and NSSI.
- network slice selection support information network slice selection support information, NSSAI
- S-NSSAI S-NSSAI
- NSI NSSI
- the first request may also include service identification information, that is, the first request is specifically used to request service experience information corresponding to a network slice corresponding to the service identification information, in other words, service experience information corresponding to a requested network slice
- service identification information that is, the first request is specifically used to request service experience information corresponding to a network slice corresponding to the service identification information, in other words, service experience information corresponding to a requested network slice
- the quality information of the business will be included.
- the service experience information corresponding to the network slice can be displayed in the form of a table, as shown in Table 1, of course, Table 1 only reflects one form of data structure expression, and may be other data structures.
- some cells are optional and not necessary.
- area information When there is no area information, it indicates that the slice experience information is network-wide experience information and is not limited to a certain area.
- the network slice 1 in Table 1 below may refer to the newly created network slice in 501, or may refer to any existing network slice.
- the first request includes area information, that is, the first request is specifically used to request service experience information of a network slice corresponding to the area information.
- the first request includes time information, that is, the first request is specifically used to request service experience information of a network slice corresponding to the time information.
- the service experience information of the requested network slice in this step is equivalent to the third service experience information described in step 105 of the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the network management network element sends a second request to the data analysis network element.
- the second request is used to request service experience information corresponding to the network slice.
- This step 505 can be understood according to step 504, except that the execution subject is changed from the slice management network element to the network management network element.
- the data analysis network element obtains service experience information of the network slice.
- the data analysis network element may obtain the service experience information of the network slice according to the request of the slice control network element or the network management network element, or may obtain the service experience information of the network slice by itself.
- the network slice here may be the first network slice, the second network slice, or the third network slice, or other network slices, or multiple network slices.
- Step 506 may also be described as the data analysis network element acquiring service experience information of the Nth network slice, where N is a specific value, or may be a set of multiple values.
- Data analysis network elements can obtain the service experience information of network slices in the following ways:
- the data analysis network element directly obtains service experience information related to the network slice from the AF corresponding to the network slice.
- This method may be based on the premise that the information provided by the AF is credible, and the AF can already provide some service experience information of the network slice, such as the number of users in the network slice, end-to-end delay, average service MOS, MOS distribution, single User's MOS, etc.
- the data analysis network element collects these experience data and performs simple statistical calculation to obtain the experience information of the network slice requested by the slice control network element or the network management network element.
- AF can provide data analysis network elements with user experience data of a single user performing service A, such as the MOS points of a single user performing service A, and the delay of a single user's service A, the data analysis network element is based on all single user's User experience can obtain the average MOS value of service A, the average end-to-end delay of service A, and can know the distribution of user experience of the service, etc. These data will be sent as service experience information to the slice management network element or network management network element .
- the data analysis network element obtains the relevant experience information of the network slice by performing model training on the services in the network slice.
- this method may include the following steps:
- Step A The data analysis network element can separately collect historical service data of a service from the AF network element, and obtain the service experience flow (Quality ofof) from the network network element (eg, RAN, AMF network element, SMF network element, UPF network element) Service, flow, QoS, and flow) historical network data.
- the network network element eg, RAN, AMF network element, SMF network element, UPF network element
- Service flow, QoS, and flow
- the service data involved in this application may be: bandwidth, delay, packet loss rate, jitter buffer, transmission control protocol (Transmission Control Protocol, TCP) congestion window, TCP receive window, media encoding type, media encoding Data such as rate and other parameters.
- transmission control protocol Transmission Control Protocol, TCP
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- the network data of the QoS flow level involved in this application can be any of the following parameters: bandwidth, delay, packet loss rate, according to the signal received power (reference signal reception power, RSRP), according to the signal reception quality (reference signal reception quality , RSRQ), block error rate (BLER) and channel quality indicator (CQI), network slice identification information, data network name (DNN) and other parameter data.
- RSRP reference signal reception power
- RSRQ reference signal reception quality
- BLER block error rate
- CQI channel quality indicator
- DNN data network name
- the data analysis network element obtains historical service data corresponding to one or more services such as video service, payment service, automatic driving service, and vertical (vertical) service through the AF network element.
- the data analysis network element can obtain historical network data from 5G NF.
- Table 2 illustrates the data content from tenant service experience data
- Table 3 illustrates the content of 5G NF network data. For details, see Tables 2 and 3:
- Step B The data analysis network element analyzes the historical network data and the historical service data to obtain a service experience model for each service in the network slice.
- the business experience model refers to the change relationship of the business data with the network data.
- a business experience model is as follows:
- the X variable represents each network data, for example, X1 may be GFBR, X2 may be PDB, X3 may be PER, X4 may be network data X4, and X5 may be network data X5.
- Wn represents the weight of the nth variable
- n represents the number of variables
- Xn represents the nth variable.
- n is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
- the value of H(x) represents the value of business data.
- Step C Based on the model relationship and the current or predicted network data X, the data analysis network element can calculate the current or predicted H(X) value, that is, the current or predicted business data value.
- the calculated value of the business data will be continuously statistically stored, and send the slice management network element or network management network element as service experience information.
- the data analysis network element sends the service experience information of the network slice to the slice management network element.
- This step 507 may be initiated based on step 504, or may be actively triggered by the data analysis network element, that is, the data analysis network element may send service experience information to the slice management network element according to the request of the slice management network element, or it may be Actively sent.
- the service experience information of the network slice in this step may be the service experience information of the newly created network slice in step 501, or may include service experience information of other existing network slices.
- the service experience information corresponding to a certain time information of the network slice is sent, such as the service experience information corresponding to the first time information.
- the service experience information corresponding to certain area information of the network slice is sent, such as the service experience information corresponding to the first area information.
- the data analysis network element may also send third indication information to the slice management network element, and the third indication information is used to indicate the corresponding credibility of the service experience information of the network slice sent by the data analysis network element
- the information, or the third indication information is used to indicate that the experience information for the newly created network slice has been collected.
- the data analysis network element sends the network slice service experience information to the network management network element.
- This step 508 can be performed by referring to step 507, except that the sent object is changed from the slice management network element to the network management network element.
- the slice management and control network element determines whether the service experience of the network slice meets the SLA requirement according to the service experience information of the network slice sent by the data analysis network element.
- the network slice may include the newly created network slice described in step 501, or may include other existing network slices, but no matter which network slice is used, the slice management network element determines whether the service experience of the network slice meets the corresponding SLA requirements And the subsequent processing operations are the same.
- This step means that the slice management and control network element directly or indirectly compares the service experience information sent by the data analysis network element with the SLA requirements required by the tenant, and determines whether the SLA requirements can be met.
- the two are the same type of information, the two can be directly compared; when the two information cannot be directly compared, the slice control network element needs to process the service experience information received from NWDAF first, and convert it into the ability to meet the SLA requirements Compare the same types of information.
- whether the service experience of the network slice meets the SLA requirements of the corresponding time and area of the network slice may be determined by time and by area.
- the slice management and control network element sends a query request to the data analysis network element.
- the query request is used to query the data analysis network element that the first network slice cannot be satisfied Specify the required area information/time information.
- the first network slice may be the newly created network slice described in step 501, or may be any other existing network slice, as long as it is determined that its service experience cannot meet the corresponding SLA requirements, it can be regarded as the first network slice Therefore, the first network slice may refer to multiple network slices that cannot meet the corresponding SLA requirements, that is, the query request may be used for area information/time information in the multiple network slices that cannot meet the corresponding specified requirements.
- the specified requirements include specified service experience requirements of network slice granularity or service experience requirements of business granularity.
- the specified requirements here are the same as the service experience information in the previous embodiment.
- the specified requirement is obtained according to the SLA requirement of the first network slice.
- the specific value of the specified requirement is the same as the value of the SLA requirement.
- the query request may include at least one filter condition, each filter condition corresponds to a network slice, and the network slice is a network slice that cannot meet the corresponding SLA requirements.
- Each filter condition is used to indicate to the data analysis network element the filter of the query content, which is generated according to the above specified requirements.
- the filtering conditions corresponding to network slice 1 are: network slice users ⁇ 1 million, end-to-end delay> 2 ms, average MOS ⁇ 3, and user satisfaction ⁇ 80%.
- the query request queries sub-region information/time information that cannot meet the specified requirements.
- the query condition corresponding to the network slice filtering conditions should include The area information and the area information in the filter condition correspond to the third area information in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the query request queries sub-time information/region information that cannot meet the specified requirements within the time.
- the query request corresponds to the filtering conditions of the network slice.
- the time information is included, and the time information in the filter condition corresponds to the third time information in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the filter condition of the query request corresponding to the network slice may contain both the time information and the area information.
- the query request in this step 510 queries that the time and the area cannot be satisfied Specify the required sub-time information/sub-area information.
- a network slice such as the first network slice
- the specified requirement and at least one filter condition in this step have the same functional meaning as the service experience requirement information in the embodiment of FIG. 2, and will not be described in detail here.
- the query request is used to query the data analysis network element for the area information/time information in the first network slice that cannot meet the specified requirements as an example for illustration.
- the query request is used to query the data analysis network element for the area information/time information in the first network slice that exceeds a certain requirement in excess.
- the slice control network element determines that the first network slice exceeds the corresponding SLA requirement
- the query request is used to query the data analysis network element for the area information/time information in the first network slice that exceeds a specified requirement.
- the method here is similar to the above method for querying the area information/time information that cannot meet the specified requirements, except that the specified requirements in the query request may be different, which will not be repeated here.
- the query request may be used to query the data analysis network element for area information/time information in the first network slice that cannot meet the first specified requirement and to query the first network slice for exceeding the second specified requirement
- the area information/time information of the first designated requirement and the second designated requirement may be the same or different.
- the data analysis network element sends a response message to the slice management and control network element according to the query request.
- the response message includes area information/time information corresponding to the first network slice that cannot meet the corresponding specified requirements.
- the response message here may include area information/time information corresponding to the plurality of network slices that cannot meet the specified requirements.
- the area information/time information contained in the response message in this step that cannot meet the corresponding designated requirements is equivalent to the first area information/first time information in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the response message further includes first service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the area information/time information.
- the first service experience information here is the same as the first service experience information in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- Service experience information has the same meaning.
- the slice management and control network element can query from the data analysis network element which specific areas/times in the network slice cannot meet the SLA requirements , Further, the specific service experience information corresponding to these problem areas/times can also be obtained from the data analysis network, so that subsequent networks can only accurately adjust network resources for these areas to avoid blindly adjusting network resources for the entire network, Thereby avoiding heavy workload and waste of network resources.
- the response message includes the first network slice Area information/time information that meets the specified requirements in excess.
- the method here is similar to the method in the above response message that includes the area information/time information corresponding to the first network slice that cannot meet the corresponding designated requirements, and details are not described here.
- the query request is used to query the data analysis network element for area information/time information in the first network slice that cannot meet the first specified requirement and inquires that the first network slice exceeds the second specified requirement in excess
- the area information/time information of the area the response message contains the area information/time information in the first network slice that cannot meet the first specified requirement and the area information/time information in the first network slice that exceeds the second specified requirement in excess.
- the slice management network element sends a first notification message to the network device, where the first notification message is used to notify the network device of the slice quality information of the first network slice.
- the first notification message includes network slice identification information corresponding to the first network slice.
- the slice quality information of the first network slice includes service experience information of the first network slice, or information about the degree of satisfaction of the service experience information of the first network slice to the SLA requirements of the first network slice.
- the slice quality information reference may be made to the meaning of the slice quality information in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the first notification message further includes area information, which is that the slice management and control network element cannot satisfy or exceed the specified amount in the first network slice obtained from the data analysis network element through the query request/response message.
- Required area information The area information here corresponds to the second area information in the embodiment of FIG. 2, and it is considered that the second area information is equivalent to the first area information.
- the first notification message contains the area information to inform a network slicing network of specific areas that cannot meet or exceed the SLA requirements, so that the access network device only performs resource adjustments on these specific areas and fine-tunes network resource adjustments. The process avoids blindly trying to work, thereby optimizing the allocation of network resources.
- the first notification message further includes time information
- the time information in the first notification message is each network slice obtained by the slice management and control network element from the data analysis network element via the first request/response message Time information that cannot meet or exceed the specified requirements in.
- the time information here corresponds to the second time information in the embodiment of FIG. 2, and it is considered that the second time information is equivalent to the first time information.
- step 512b the following step 512a may also exist.
- the access network device sends a third request to the slice management and control network element.
- the third request is used to request slice quality information of the first network slice.
- the slice management and control network element may also send a second notification message to the network management network element, where the second notification message is used to notify the network management network element of slice quality information of the first network slice.
- step 512b The operation mode of this step is similar to step 512b, and it only needs to change the sending object from the access network device to the slice management and control network element.
- step 513a before 513b there may be step 513a before 513b:
- the network management network element sends a fourth request to the slice management network element.
- the fourth request is used to request slice quality information of the first network slice.
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the slice quality information of the first network slice obtained from the slice management network element in step 512b.
- the access network device schedules more air interface resources for network slice 1 or preferentially schedules air interface resources to ensure that network slice 1
- the satisfaction degree of SLA requirement 1 is improved (for example, to 100%), and the quality of the final network slice 1 can meet its SLA requirement 1.
- the access network device schedules more air interface resources within the maximum air interface resource range (such as 30%) sent by the network management network element, that is, the increased air interface resource scheduling cannot exceed the maximum air interface resource range delivered by the network management network element.
- the access network device also needs to schedule more air interface resources by referring to the guaranteed air interface resource range (such as 20%) sent by the network management NE, for example, scheduling more air interface resources near the guaranteed air interface resource range (20%) .
- the access network device schedules fewer air interface resources for network slice 1 or the priority of air interface resource scheduling is reduced to ensure network slice 1
- the degree of satisfaction of its SLA requirement 1 is reduced (for example, to 100%), and the quality of the final network slice 1 can meet its SLA requirement 1.
- the access network device schedules fewer air interface resources within the maximum air interface resource range (such as 30%) sent by the network management network element, that is, the scheduled air interface resources cannot exceed the maximum air interface resource range delivered by the network management network element.
- the access network device also needs to refer to the guaranteed air interface resource range (such as 20%) sent by the network management network element and schedule fewer air interface resources, for example, scheduling less air interface resources near the guaranteed air interface resource range (20%) .
- the above SLA requirement 1 may be one of the target SLA requirements of the network slice 1, and the method for obtaining the target SLA requirement of the file is shown in the example in FIG. 2.
- the network device may also schedule resources for the first network slice according to the time information That is, the network device adjusts the first network slice resource scheduling only for the time information.
- the network device may also schedule resources for the first network slice according to the area information That is, the network device adjusts the first network slice resource scheduling only for the area information.
- the network device may be an access network device, a core network device, or a transmission network device.
- An access network device is used as an example.
- the access network device continuously generates air interface resource scheduling data. For example, the base station slices each network Time (such as time period or time point), a certain area (such as a cell or a list of cells) has scheduled air interface resource amount (such as the type and number of air interface physical resource blocks), scheduling priority and other data, which will be continuously used as air interface resource scheduling data Measure, collect, and report to the network management network element. These data will be used by the network management network element to detect and adjust the air interface resources.
- the manifestation of the amount of air interface resources is not limited to the type and number of air interface physical resource blocks that the access network device specifically calls for each network slice, such as the number of CPUs, the number of memories, and the number of channels. It can also be an access network device Call the air interface resources for each network slice as a proportion of the total air interface resources of the access network device, such as network slice 1 accounts for 20%, network slice 2 accounts for 30%, etc.
- the network management network element adjusts the network resource configuration information of the first network slice according to the acquired service experience information of the first network slice, so that the first network slice can meet the corresponding SLA requirements.
- the service experience information of the first network slice obtained by the network management network element may include: the service experience information of the first network slice obtained from the data analysis network element according to step 508, or the first network obtained from the slice management network element according to step 513b Slice quality information for slices.
- the network management network element determines that a network slice cannot meet the corresponding SLA requirements, the network management network element increases the configuration of the access network resource, the core network resource, or the transmission network resource. For details, see step 501; on the contrary, the network management network When the element judges that a network slice exceeds the corresponding SLA requirement, the network management network element reduces the configuration of the access network resource, the core network resource, or the transmission network resource. For details, see step 501.
- the network management network element determines that the service experience of a network slice just meets the corresponding SLA requirements, there is no need to adjust the configuration of the access network resources or core network resources or transmission network resources.
- the network management network element may target the time or the area Adjust the network resource configuration of the first network slice.
- the network management network element when adjusting the network resources of the first network slice, the network management network element also needs to consider the air interface resource scheduling data obtained from the access network device.
- the air interface resource scheduling data is executed by the access network for the first network slice Generated during the air interface resource scheduling process.
- the initial air interface resource configuration information set by the network management network element on network slice 1 is: the maximum air interface resource configuration is 30%, and the guaranteed air interface resource configuration is 20%. If the network management network element obtains that the amount of air interface resources scheduled by an access network device for network slice 1 is 20%, and the network management network element learns according to step 508 or step 513b that the corresponding air interface resource volume is 20%, the network slice 1 If the SLA requirement 1 is only 80% satisfied, the configuration of the network management network element adjustable air interface resource becomes: the maximum air interface resource configuration is 30%, and the guaranteed air interface resource configuration is 23%, which increases the access network equipment’s The amount of air interface resources for network slicing (e.g., increased to 23%) is ultimately to achieve the goal that network slice 1 satisfies its SLA requirement 1 to 100%.
- the initial air interface resource configuration information set by the network management network element on network slice 2 is: the maximum air interface resource configuration is 30%, and the guaranteed air interface resource configuration is 25%.
- the network management network element obtains that the amount of air interface resources scheduled by a certain access network device for network slice 2 is 25%, and the network management network element learns that the air interface resource quantity corresponds to 25% according to step 508 or step 513b, the network slice 2 SLA requirement 2 is only 120% satisfied, then the network management network element can adjust the configuration of the access network resources, so that the access network device reduces the amount of air interface resources for the network slice (for example, to 20%).
- the purpose of the network slice 2 meeting the requirement of its slice1 SLA is 100%.
- the adjustment of the core network resource configuration information can also be understood by referring to the adjustment of the access network resource configuration information, but the type of the adjusted resource is different, and the core network resource configuration information can be understood by referring to step 501.
- the network management network element can continuously adjust the network slice based on the service experience data of the network slice obtained from the data analysis network element and the slice control network element through the loop operation of steps 502-515 And other related network slice resource configuration information, the purpose is to make the network slice meet the SLA requirements of the network slice proposed by the tenant as much as possible, if the SLA requirements cannot be met, you need to re-negotiate with the tenant to achieve new SLA requirements, And does not affect the quality of other existing network slices that are in a stable stage.
- the network management network element determines the new SLA requirements that the newly created network slice can meet, and sends new user number information to the slice management network element according to the new SLA requirements.
- the meaning of the new user number information may be based on the meaning of the initial user number information in step 502.
- the new SLA requirement may be the same as or different from the SLA requirement in step 1.
- the network management network element may also inform the slice management network element of the new SLA requirements corresponding to the newly created network slice network.
- the network management network element may also inform the slice management network element of the fourth indication information, and the fourth indication information is used to notify the slice management network element of the new user number information or the credibility information of the new SLA requirement information sent by the network management network element.
- the credibility value corresponding to this state set by the network management network element is higher (for example, the credibility value is 99%).
- the network management network element may also inform the slice management network element of the fifth indication information, where the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the network slice is in a stable state. In this state, the network is relatively stable, and resource adjustments are not frequently performed. In addition, the network management network element needs to negotiate with the tenant and regard the new SLA requirement as the final signed SLA requirement.
- the slice management and control network element performs user number access control on the network slice according to the new user number information sent by the network management network element.
- the access control of the number of users specifically refers to controlling the number of registered users or the number of online users in the network slice. For details, see step 502.
- the slice management network element may also perform user number control on the network slice based on the fourth indication information.
- the slice management and control network element when the slice management and control network element is informed of the new user number information or the new SLA requirement information sent by the network management network element according to the fourth instruction information, the credibility is relatively high (such as 99%), the slice management and control network element can allow a large number of users at the same time Access the network slice. For example, if the slice management network element newly instructed by the network management network element has no more than 10 million registered users of the network slice, the slice management network element can allow 10 million users to access the network slice, without the need to allow users to access gradually or in stages. Or remove the network slice.
- the slice management network element may also perform user number control on the network slice based on the fifth indication information. Specifically, when the slice management network element learns that the network slice is in a stable stage according to the fifth instruction information, the slice management network element may allow a large number of users to access the network slice at the same time. For example, the network management network element initially instructs the slice management network element that the number of registered users of the network slice does not exceed 10 million, then the slice management network element may allow 10 million users to access the network slice.
- the slice management network element may also receive the fourth indication information and the fifth indication information from the network management network element, then the slice management network element only needs to control the number of users in the above manner.
- new user number information or new SLA requirements may also be sent by region, same as step 501.
- different states of network slices can be distinguished.
- the slice management and control network element can achieve differentiated control over the access of the number of users of network slices to improve The accuracy and fineness of the number of users control.
- the slice control network element can query from the data analysis network element to know which specific areas and/or times in the network slice cannot meet the SLA requirements, so that subsequent networks can only target These areas accurately adjust network resources to avoid blindly adjusting network resources on the entire network, thereby avoiding heavy workload and waste of network resources.
- 7B is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- another embodiment of the method for resource scheduling of a network slice provided by an embodiment of the present application may include one or more of the following steps:
- the slice management and control network element obtains slice quality information of the first network slice from the data analysis network element or the network management network element.
- the slice quality information includes at least one of the following information: service experience information of the first network slice, and service satisfaction information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the service experience information of the first network slice here may be specifically understood by referring to the meaning and content of the service experience information (for example, the third service experience information) described in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the service experience information of the first network slice here may be service experience information corresponding to the entire network range or all time ranges of the first network slice.
- the service experience information of the first network slice here may also be service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to certain area information or certain time information in the first network slice.
- the satisfaction degree information may include unsatisfiability, satisfaction or excess satisfaction. Specifically, for the meaning and expression of the satisfaction degree information, refer specifically to the satisfaction degree information in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the slice management and control network element obtains the slice quality information of the first network slice from the data analysis network element or the network management network element. For details, refer to the slice management and control network element described in steps 504 and 507 in the embodiment of FIG. 7A to obtain the network slice corresponding to the network slice from the data analysis network element. The description of the service experience information is understood and will not be repeated here.
- this embodiment may further include: a slice management network element according to the service experience of the first network slice
- the information determines the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice.
- the satisfaction degree information includes unsatisfiability, satisfaction, or excess satisfaction.
- the satisfaction degree information refer specifically to the satisfaction degree information in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice reference may be made to the target service level agreement requirement information described in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the slice management and control network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice according to the quality information of the first network slice.
- the slice management and control network element may directly determine the first network slice's The service experience information cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice.
- the slice management network element determines, based on the service experience information, that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the first network slice.
- the slice management network element sends a request to the network management network element.
- the request is used to request a network domain from the network management network element that causes the service experience information of the first network slice to fail to meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice.
- the network domain includes but is not limited to the following fields: access network domain (RAN domain), core network domain (CN domain), and transmission network domain (TN domain).
- RAN domain access network domain
- CN domain core network domain
- TN domain transmission network domain
- the network management network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice due to the first network domain.
- step 523 one or more of the following steps may also be included:
- Step A The network management network element obtains the slice quality information of the first network slice from the data analysis network element.
- Step B The network management network element determines, according to the slice quality information of the first network slice, that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceeds the first network slice target service level agreement information.
- step 521 or step 509 in the embodiment corresponding to step 7A For the method of this step, reference may be made to step 521 or step 509 in the embodiment corresponding to step 7A.
- the judgment result that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the first network slice target service level agreement information is a prerequisite for step 523 to be executed.
- step 523 and subsequent steps 524 may not Was executed.
- the network management network element Since the network management network element is a network element responsible for deploying, maintaining, and managing network slices, it can learn the global data of a network slice, so the network management network element can determine the service experience information of the first network slice for the first network slice target service Satisfaction information of the level agreement information, and can also locate the problematic network area that causes the service experience information of the first network slice to exceed or fail to meet the target service level agreement information of the first network slice, for example, the problematic network domain is RAN One or more of domain, CN domain, TN domain.
- the network management network element uses the problematic network domain as the first network domain. Specifically, for a network slice, the network management network element may preset one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) corresponding to each network domain. During the actual operation of network slicing, the network management network element compares the actual measured value and the preset value of the key performance indicators of each network domain to locate the problem area.
- KPIs key performance indicators
- the network management network element sends instruction information to the slice management network element.
- the indication information is used to indicate that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice due to the first network domain.
- the network management network element may send the indication information to the slice management and control network element as required by the slice management and control network element.
- the network management network element may also actively send the indication information to the slice management network element, that is, step 522 may not be executed.
- the network management network element may also send credibility information to the slice management network element, where the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the indication information.
- the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the indication information.
- the network management network element generates the credibility information according to an internal strategy or algorithm.
- the slice management network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice because of the first network domain.
- the slice management network element may determine, based on the indication information sent by the network management network element, that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice The reason lies in the first network domain.
- 522, 523, and 524 are optional steps. In another possible implementation manner, these three steps may not be executed, and the slice management and control network element may determine the first network slice. The reason why the service experience information cannot satisfy or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice lies in the first network domain. For a specific determination method, reference may be made to the determination method of the network management network element in step 523.
- the slice management network element sends the slice quality information of the first network slice to the network device in the first network domain.
- the reason that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot be satisfied or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice is that after the first network domain, the slice management network element A network device is determined in the first network domain, and slice quality information of the first network slice is sent to the network device.
- the network device may refer to all network devices in the first network domain, or may be part of network devices in the first network domain, for example, only in the first network domain corresponding to certain area information/time information Network equipment.
- the slice quality information is used by the network device to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the slice quality information.
- the slice management network element sends the slice quality information of the first network slice to the access network device in the access network domain, so that the access network device
- the network slice quality information is the first network slice scheduling air interface resource. How the access network device schedules more or less air interface resources for the first network slice according to the slice quality information of the first network slice can be specifically understood by referring to the related description in step 105 of FIG. 2 or step 514 of the embodiment of FIG. 7A .
- the resource scheduling method is basically the same as the access network domain where the first network domain is, except that the resources of the core network or the transmission network are scheduled.
- the resource scheduling method is also basically the same, as long as the corresponding resources are scheduled in the corresponding network domains, respectively.
- the slice management network element determines that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot be satisfied or exceeds the target service of the first network slice based on the indication information sent by the network management network element in step 524
- the reason of the horizontal protocol information is in the first network domain
- the slice management and control network element also receives credibility information sent by the network management network element.
- the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the indication information.
- the network element may also send the slice quality information of the first network slice to the network device of the first network domain according to the credibility information.
- the slice management network element when the credibility information is higher than a preset credibility value (eg, the credibility information value is greater than 90%), the slice management network element sends the first network to a network device in the first network domain Slice quality information of the slice; conversely, when the credibility information is lower than the preset credibility value (eg, the credibility information value is less than 60%), the slice management network element does not send to the network device in the first network domain Sending slice quality information of the first network slice.
- a preset credibility value eg, the credibility information value is greater than 90%
- the slice management network element when the credibility information is lower than the preset credibility value (eg, the credibility information value is less than 60%), the slice management network element does not send to the network device in the first network domain Sending slice quality information of the first network slice.
- the quality information of the first network slice may be slice quality information corresponding to the entire network range or the entire time range of the first network slice, or may be slice quality information corresponding to certain area information or certain time information in the first network slice.
- the certain area information or the certain time information may be that the slice management and control network element determines the second area information and/or the second time information using the method described in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the method described in the embodiment of FIG. 7B can be used in combination with the method described in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
- the slice control network element can be located using the method described in FIG. 7B.
- the first network domain and then send the second area information and/or the second time information to the network device of the first network domain, so that the network device of the first network domain is the first according to the second area information and/or the second time information Network slice scheduling resources.
- the reason why the slice management and control network element can accurately locate the service experience information of the first network slice that cannot meet the target service level agreement information is because it comes from a network domain (such as the access network domain), and then Then the slice quality information of the first network slice is provided to the network device in the network domain, so that the network device in the network domain adjusts the resource scheduling situation.
- This method can avoid blindly adjusting the resource scheduling situation of other normally working network domains, and improve the accuracy of resource scheduling.
- 7C is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for resource scheduling of network slices in an embodiment of the present application.
- another embodiment of the network slice resource scheduling method provided in this application includes one or more of the following steps:
- the network management network element determines the state information of the first network slice.
- the state information of the first network slice includes the unsigned SLA state or the signed SLA state of the first network slice.
- the unsigned SLA state means that a service level agreement for the first network slice has not been signed with the slice tenant.
- the first network slice belongs to a newly created network slice or a network slice that is still in the testing stage.
- the signed SLA status means that a service level agreement has been signed with the slice tenant for the first network slice.
- the first network slice belongs to a stable state network slice or it has completed the test phase.
- the network management network element may determine whether a service level agreement corresponding to the first network slice has been signed with the tenant according to the internal configuration information, so as to determine the status information of the first network slice.
- the network management network element may also determine the state information of the first network slice according to the slice quality information of the first network slice obtained from the data analysis network element.
- the slice quality information of the first network slice includes service experience information of the first network slice or service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target network service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice.
- the network management network element may determine the status information of the first network slice according to whether the service experience information meets the target service level agreement requirement information. For example, if the service experience information satisfies the target service level agreement requirement information, the status information of the first network slice is determined to be signed SLA status or equivalent stable state, on the contrary, it is determined to be unsigned SLA status or equivalent test status.
- the network management network element may also determine credibility information corresponding to the status information of the first network slice, where the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the status information.
- the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the status information.
- the specific expression form of the credibility information refer to the expression form of the credibility of the user quantity limitation information in the embodiment of FIG. 5.
- the network management network element sends the status indication information of the first network slice to the network device.
- the status indication information includes status information of the first network slice.
- the network management network element receives a status request message to be sent by the network device, where the status request message is used to request status information of the first network slice.
- the network management network element may actively send the status indication information of the first network slice to the network device, that is, it does not have to be based on the status request message of the network device.
- the network management network element can also indicate to the network device the target service level agreement requirement information corresponding to the status information, in other words, notify the network device which SLA the network slice is not signed or signed.
- the status indication information may be included in the resource configuration information and sent to the network device by the network management network element.
- the meaning and content of the resource configuration information refer to the resource configuration in the embodiment of FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 for details. The meaning of the information.
- the status indication information can be sent to the network device by the network management network element independently of the resource configuration information.
- the network management network element may also send the credibility information corresponding to the status information of the first network slice to the network device.
- the credibility information may be included in the status indication information and sent to the network device, or may be sent to the network device independently of the status indication information.
- the network device determines the state information of the first network slice.
- the network device determines the status information of the first network slice according to the status indication information of the first network slice sent by the network management network element.
- the network device determines the status information of the first network slice by itself. For details, refer to the method for the network management network element in step 520 to determine the status information of the first network slice. If the network device can determine the status information of the first network slice by itself, steps 530 and 531 can be omitted.
- the network device can also determine the target service level corresponding to the status information by itself or according to the notification of the network management network element
- the agreement requires information, in other words, to determine which SLA the network slice is unsigned or signed.
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice.
- the network device when the state information of the first network slice is that the first network slice has not signed the SLA state, and the state information of the second network slice is that the second network slice has signed the SLA state, the network device is deprioritized behind the second network slice to schedule resources for the first network slice. In other words, at this time, the network device preferentially schedules resources for the second network slice, and only schedules resources for the first network slice when there are resources remaining.
- the second network slice is another network slice that is different from the first network slice.
- the network device prioritizes the second network slice and schedules resources for the first network slice. In other words, at this time, the network device preferentially schedules resources for the first network slice, and only schedules resources for the second network slice when there are resources left.
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice and the second network slice at the same level. In other words, at this time, there is no priority difference between the two network slices, and resource scheduling can be obtained from the network device at the same opportunity.
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice and the second network slice at the same level; or, the network device schedules resources for the first network slice and the second network slice according to other information, for example, the network device
- the preemption of priority information between different networks schedules resources for different network slices.
- the network device can also schedule resources for different network slices according to the specific SLA signed by different slices. For example, the SLA signed by the first network slice requires high For SLA requirements of the second network slice, priority is given to scheduling resources for the first network slice.
- the network device may also schedule resources for the first network slice according to the credibility information. For example, when the credibility information is higher than a preset credibility value (eg, the credibility information value is greater than 90%), the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the foregoing several possible ways; otherwise, When the credibility information is lower than the preset credibility value (for example, the credibility information value is less than 60%), the network device does not schedule resources for the first network slice in the foregoing several possible ways. There are other possible implementation ways for the network device to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the credibility information, and the invention is not limited.
- a preset credibility value eg, the credibility information value is greater than 90%
- how the network device schedules resources for the first network slice may also be combined with the embodiment described in FIG. 3 or 4, that is, the network device may also configure the resource according to the network management network element.
- the information is the first network slice scheduling resource, which will not be repeated here.
- the network equipment described in this embodiment includes one or more of the following equipment types: access network equipment, core network equipment, and transmission network equipment.
- access network equipment access network equipment
- core network equipment core network equipment
- transmission network equipment for the specific meaning of the network device herein, reference may be made to the network device in the embodiment described in FIG. 3 or 4.
- step 533 is specifically that the access network device schedules air interface resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice.
- step 533 is specifically that the core network device schedules core network resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice.
- step 533 is specifically that the transmission network device schedules transmission network resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice.
- step 533 is that the corresponding network device each schedules the resources of the corresponding network.
- 7D is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for controlling the number of users in an embodiment of the present application.
- another embodiment of the method for controlling the number of users provided in the embodiments of the present application may include one or more of the following steps:
- the network management network element determines the initial user number limit information of the target network slice.
- the network management network element may determine the initial user number restriction information according to the initial service level agreement requirement information provided by the tenant of the network slice.
- the initial service level agreement requirement information generally refers to a trial operation service level agreement requirement provided by the tenant before signing the formal service level agreement, which may contain initial user number limit information.
- the network management network element sends to the slice management network element the initial user number limitation information of the target network slice.
- step 402 For specific details of this step, reference may be made to the method in which the network management network element sends the target network slice user number limitation information to the slice management network element in step 402, the only difference is that the instruction information described in step 402 is not sent in this step. I will not repeat them here.
- the slice management and control network element controls the number of users of the target network slice according to the initial user number limit information.
- the network management network element obtains slice quality information of the target network slice.
- the slice quality information includes the service experience information of the target network slice and/or the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the target network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirements of the target network slice.
- the meaning and content of the slice quality information reference may be made to the meaning and content of the slice quality information described in the embodiments of FIG. 2 to FIG. 7A, which will not be repeated here.
- the network management network element may obtain the slice quality information of the target network slice from the slice management network element or the data analysis network element. For details, refer to step 4 or FIG. 7A.
- the network management network element obtains the slice quality information or service experience of the first network slice The method of information will not be repeated here.
- the network management network element determines, according to the slice quality information of the target network slice, the new user number limitation information of the target network slice.
- the network management network element may also determine the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information relative to the target service level agreement requirement information according to the service experience information of the target network slice .
- the satisfaction degree information may include unsatisfiability, satisfaction, and excess satisfaction, or the satisfaction degree information may be other manifestations, which are not limited here.
- the network management network element determines the restriction information of the number of new users of the target network slice according to the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the target network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice. For example, when the satisfaction degree information is unsatisfiable, the number of users included in the new user number limit information determined by the network management network element is less than the initial user number limit information. In other words, the network management network element decides to reduce the number of users in the target network slice ; On the contrary, when the satisfaction degree information is over-fulfilled, the number of users contained in the new user number limit information determined by the network management network element is greater than the initial user number limit information. In other words, the network management network element decides to increase the number of users in the target network slice Quantity.
- the network management network element decides not to change the users in the target network slice Quantity.
- the network management network element sends the new user number limitation information to the slice management network element.
- step 541 the difference is that the initial user number restriction information in step 541 is replaced with new user number restriction information.
- the slice management and control network element controls the number of users served by the target network slice according to the new user number restriction information.
- the slice management and control network element does not need to do anything.
- the slice management and control network element needs to restrict more users to access the target network slice, and even needs to remove the excess from the target network slice The user accesses the target network slice.
- the slice management and control network element allows more users to access the target network slice.
- the network management network element and the slice control network element can continuously update the user number limit information in the target network slice to achieve the optimal number of users state, that is, the target network slice
- the service experience information meets the status of the information required by the target service level agreement.
- some steps in some embodiments of the present application may illustrate the network slice obtained by the slice management network element from the data analysis network element.
- Service experience information (such as service experience information corresponding to the first area information/first time information) and the service experience information of the network slice (such as second area information/second time information corresponding to the service experience information sent to the network device )
- both service experience information contains the network granularity experience information and service granularity experience information of the network slice, but in fact both can also contain different types of experience information, such as the former contains users Granular experience information, the latter contains experience information of network granularity and business granularity.
- the slice management and control network element may generate service experience information to be sent based on the received service experience information, and the two may be the same or different.
- the same is true for network management network elements.
- this embodiment involves both the slice control network element and the network management network element to obtain the service experience information of the network slice from the data analysis network element.
- this embodiment analyzes the two and the same data Network element interaction is taken as an example for illustration. There are also scenarios where the two interact with different data analysis network elements to obtain service experience information of network slices, which is not excluded in this embodiment.
- a slice management and control network element refers to a network element that has at least one of the following functions: user access function for managing and controlling network slices, resource deployment function, and network management command execution function, which can be located on the control plane of the operator network, such as a slice management and control network It selects the functional network element (NSSF) for network slicing; it can also be located on the management plane of the operator's network.
- NSSF functional network element
- the network element for slice management and control is OAM, NSMF, or communication service management function (CSMF).
- the data analysis network element refers to a network element that has at least one of the following data analysis functions: operator network data, service data, and user data. It can be located under operator control, for example, the data analysis network element can be the network data analysis network element NWDAF, or it can be located on the management plane of the operator network, for example, the data analysis network element can be MDAS.
- the network management network element refers to a network element having at least one of the following functions: the function of deploying network resources and the function of managing the network.
- the network management network element may be NSSF, OAM, NSMF, or CSMF.
- the slice management and control network element may be the NSSF of the control plane, then the corresponding network management network element may be OAM, NSMF or CSMF.
- the slice management and control network element may also be NSMF and CSMF of the management plane, then the corresponding network management network element may be MDAS.
- the above-mentioned slice management network element, network device, data analysis network element, and network management network element include hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to performing each function.
- the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed by hardware or computer software driven hardware depends on the specific application of the technical solution and design constraints. Professional technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.
- the above-mentioned slice management and control network element, network device, data analysis network element or network management network element can be implemented by one physical device, can also be implemented by multiple physical devices together, or can be one within a physical device
- the logical function unit is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication device includes at least one processor 601, memory 602, and communication line 603.
- the communication device may also include at least one of a transceiver 604 and a communication interface 606.
- the processor 601 can be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), microprocessor, application-specific integrated circuit (application-specific integrated circuit, server IC), or one or more used to control the application program execution Integrated circuit.
- CPU central processing unit
- microprocessor application-specific integrated circuit
- server IC application-specific integrated circuit
- the communication line 603 may include a path to transfer information between the above components.
- Transceiver 604 using any transceiver-like device for communicating with other devices or communication networks, such as Ethernet, radio access network (RAN), wireless local area networks (WLAN), etc. .
- the transceiver 604 may also be a transceiver circuit or a transceiver.
- the communication device is a slice management and control network element, a network device, a data analysis network element, or a network management network element, the transceiver may be included.
- the communication device may also include a communication interface 606.
- the memory 602 may be read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM), or other types that can store information and instructions
- the dynamic storage device can also be electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically programmable) read-only memory (EEPROM), read-only compact disc (compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (Including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be used by a computer Access to any other media, but not limited to this.
- the memory may exist independently, and is connected to the processor 601 through a communication line 603.
- the memory 602 may also be integrated with the processor 601.
- the memory 602 is used to store computer execution instructions for executing the solution of the present application, and the processor 601 controls execution.
- the processor 601 is used to execute computer-executed instructions stored in the memory 602, so as to implement the drone supervision method provided by the foregoing method embodiments of the present application.
- the computer execution instructions in the embodiments of the present application may also be called application program codes, which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the processor 601 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU0 and CPU1 in FIG. 8.
- the communication device may include multiple processors, such as the processor 601 and the processor 605 in FIG. 8.
- processors may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor.
- the processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (eg, computer execution instructions).
- this application can divide the functional units of the slice management and control network element, network equipment, data analysis network element or network management network element according to the above method embodiments, for example, each functional unit can be divided corresponding to each function, or Integrate two or more functions into one functional unit.
- the above integrated functional units can be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic structural diagram of a slice management and control network element.
- an embodiment of the slice management network element 70 of the present application may include a receiving unit 701, a processing unit 702, and a sending unit 703;
- the sending unit 703 is configured to send a request to the data analysis network element, where the request includes service experience requirement information for the first network slice;
- the receiving unit 701 is configured to receive a response sent by the data analysis network element, where the response includes first area information and/or first time information of the first network slice corresponding to the service experience requirement information;
- a sending unit 703, configured to send second area information and/or second time information to the network device according to the first area information and/or first time information, the second area information and/or second time information
- the network device schedules resources for the first network slice according to the second area information and/or second time information.
- the solution described above enables the network device to perform resource scheduling based on the second area information and/or second time information, which improves the accuracy of resource scheduling and utilization of network resources, and also improves the performance of network slicing.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to determine the second area information and/or the second time information according to the first service experience information.
- the sending unit 703 is configured to send slice quality information corresponding to the second area information and/or the second time information to the network device, where the slice quality information includes At least one of the following information: second service experience information corresponding to the first network slice of the second area information and/or second time information, and the second service experience information relative to the first
- the target service level agreement for network slicing requires information about the degree of satisfaction of the information.
- the second area information is used by the access network device to schedule the first network slice according to the second area information
- the second time information is used by the access network device to schedule access network resources for the first network slice according to the second time information.
- the satisfaction degree information includes unsatisfiability, satisfaction, or excess satisfaction.
- the third area indicated by the third area information includes the first area indicated by the first area information
- the first The three-region information is used to request the data analysis network element for the first region information corresponding to the service experience requirement information in the third region.
- the third time indicated by the third time information includes the first time indicated by the first time information
- the The third time information is used to request the first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information in the third time from the data analysis network element.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to obtain third service experience information of the first network slice; if the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information, then Determining service experience requirement information of the first network slice, the service experience requirement information of the first network slice corresponding to the target service level agreement requirement.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to compare the third service experience information with the target service level agreement requirement information; if the third service experience information does not meet or exceeds the requirements Target service level agreement requirement information, it is determined that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to determine, if the third service experience information does not satisfy the target service level agreement requirement information, the first network slice corresponding to the unsatisfied situation Service experience requirement information; if the third service experience information exceeds the target service level agreement requirement information, determine the service experience requirement information of the first network slice corresponding to the excess satisfaction condition.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to reduce the number of service users of the first network slice if the third service experience information does not meet the target service level agreement requirement information; if the If the third service experience information exceeds the target service level agreement requirement information in excess, the number of service users of the first network slice is increased.
- the processing unit 702 is further configured to obtain the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice; determine at least one service level according to the initial service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice Agreement requirement information; determining one of the at least one service level agreement requirement information as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the service experience requirement information of the first network slice includes at least one of the following information: the user number requirement of the first network slice, the average user experience requirement of the service, and the service The filtering requirement of the user satisfaction ratio, wherein the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than the preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the sending unit 703 is further configured to send a subscription request to the data analysis network element, where the subscription request is used to request service experience information of the second network slice.
- the receiving unit 701 is also used to learn from the network management network element that a new network slice needs to be created or a network slice is deleted.
- the processing unit 702 is further configured to determine that the cause of the problem area and/or problem time is the first network domain, and the problem area includes the first area or the second area.
- the problem time includes a first time or a second time; the slice management network element determines the network device according to the first network domain.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to learn from the network management network element that the cause of the problem area and/or problem time lies in the first network domain.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to acquire first credibility information from the network management network element, and the first credibility information is used to indicate a cause of the problem area and/or problem time It lies in the degree of credibility of the first network domain; determining the network device according to the first credibility information and the first network domain.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to learn from the network management network element that the cause that the third service experience information does not correspond to the target service level agreement requirement information is the second network domain.
- the processing unit 702 is configured to obtain second credibility information from the network management network element, and the second credibility information is used to indicate that the third service experience information and all The reason why the target service level agreement requirement information does not correspond lies in the degree of credibility of the second network domain; the network device is determined according to the second credibility information and the second network domain.
- the first network domain or the second network domain includes at least one of the following: an access network domain, a core network domain, and a transmission network domain.
- the slice control network element 70 provided by the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the slice control network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, so the embodiment of the present application may be implemented with reference to the method corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A Understand the relevant parts of the example.
- the slice management and control network element 70 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the slice management and control network element 70 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the slice management network element 70 to execute the method executed by the slice management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 701, the processing unit 702, and the sending unit 703 in FIG. 9 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 mobilizing the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 702 in FIG. 9 can be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 701 and the sending unit 703 in FIG. The process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the slice management and control network element provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A. I won't repeat them here.
- FIG. 10 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network device.
- an embodiment of the network device 80 provided by the present application may include: a receiving unit 801, a processing unit 802, and a sending unit 803;
- the receiving unit 801 is configured to receive second area information and/or second time information of the first network slice sent by the slice management network element;
- the processing unit 802 is configured to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the second area information and/or second time information.
- the network device of the present application can perform resource scheduling according to the second area information and/or the second time information, which improves the accuracy of resource scheduling and the utilization rate of network resources, and also improves the performance of network slicing.
- the receiving unit 801 is further configured to receive slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice sent by the slice management network element, the slice quality information including the first network slice Service experience information and/or satisfaction degree information of the first network slice service experience information relative to the target service level agreement requirements;
- the processing unit 802 is configured to adjust resources scheduled for the first network slice according to the slice quality information.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second area of the first network slice and/or service experience information corresponding to the second area is relatively According to the satisfaction degree information required by the target service level agreement, the second area is an area indicated by the second area information.
- the second area is an area that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice and/or relative service experience information corresponding to the second time
- the second time is the time indicated by the shown second time information.
- the second time is a time that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second area and the second time of the first network slice and/or the second area and the first
- the service experience information corresponding to the two times corresponds to the satisfaction degree information required by the target service level agreement
- the second area is the area indicated by the second area information
- the second time is the second time information shown The indicated time.
- the processing unit 802 is configured to increase resources scheduled for the first network slice if the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet the requirements of the target service level agreement; if If the service experience information of the first network slice exceeds the requirements of the target service level agreement in excess, the resources scheduled for the first network slice are reduced.
- the network device 80 provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the network device in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, so for the embodiment of the present application, reference may be made to the related method embodiments corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A. Partially understand.
- the network device 80 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the network device 80 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions, so that the network device 80 executes the method executed by the network device in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 801, the processing unit 802, and the sending unit 803 in FIG. 10 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 mobilizing the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 802 in FIG. 10 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 801 and the sending unit 803 in FIG. The process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, here No longer.
- FIG. 11 shows a schematic structural diagram of a data analysis network element.
- an embodiment of the data analysis network element 90 provided by the present application may include: a receiving unit 901, a processing unit 902, and a sending unit 903;
- the receiving unit 901 is configured to receive a request sent by a slice management network element, where the request includes service experience requirement information for the first network slice;
- the processing unit 902 is configured to determine first area information and/or first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information;
- the sending unit 903 is configured to send a response to the slice management network element, where the response includes first area information and/or first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information.
- the data analysis network element can determine the problematic first area information and/or first time information in the first network slice, thereby facilitating the network device to perform resource scheduling more accurately.
- the processing unit 902 is configured to determine first service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the first area information and/or the first time information; then the The response also includes first service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to the first area information and/or the first time information.
- the service experience requirement information of the first network slice includes positive service experience requirement information and/or negative service experience requirement information
- the positive service experience requirement information is that the excess meets the first
- the service level agreement requires filtering information of the information
- the negative service experience requirement information is filtering information that does not satisfy the second service level agreement requirement information.
- the processing unit 902 is further configured to: when the request further includes third area information, the third area indicated by the third area information includes the first area information In the first area, the first area information corresponding to the service experience requirement information is obtained in the third area according to the third area information.
- the processing unit 902 is further configured to include third time information in the request, and the third time indicated by the third time information includes the first time information. At the first time, according to the third time information, the first time information corresponding to the service experience requirement information is obtained from the third time information.
- the service experience requirement information of the first network slice includes at least one of the following information: the user number requirement of the first network slice, the average user experience MOS filtering requirement of the service, The filtering requirement of the user satisfaction ratio of the service, where the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not less than a preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the first service experience information of the first network slice includes at least one of the following information: user number information of the first network slice, service user number information, and service average User experience MOS information and user satisfaction ratio information of a service, wherein the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not less than a preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the data analysis network element 90 provided by the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the slice management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, so the embodiment of the present application may be implemented with reference to the method corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A Understand the relevant parts of the example.
- the data analysis network element 90 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the data analysis network element 90 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may invoke the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the data analysis network element 90 to execute the method performed by the data analysis network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 901, the processing unit 902, and the sending unit 903 in FIG. 11 may be implemented by activating the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions by the processor 601 in FIG.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 902 in FIG. 11 can be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 901 and the sending unit 903 in FIG.
- the process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 or FIG. 7A, here No longer.
- FIG. 12 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network device.
- an embodiment of the network device 100 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1001, a processing unit 1002, and a sending unit 1003;
- the receiving unit 1001 is configured to receive resource configuration information of a first network slice sent by a network management network element, where the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, and the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate the A maximum usable resource of the first network slice, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate a guaranteed usable resource of the first network slice;
- the processing unit 1002 is configured to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information of the first network slice.
- the resources of the network slice do not need to be bound to the network slice.
- the resources that can be used can be preferentially used within the range of the maximum available resources, which ensures that the network slice has The availability of resources also increases the flexibility of resources.
- the first network slice guarantees that resources that can be used are allowed to be used by the second network slice.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the processing unit 1002 is configured to, based on the guaranteed resource configuration information, preferentially guarantee scheduling of the guaranteed availability of the first network slice based on the guaranteed resource configuration information Resources.
- the processing unit 1002 is configured to use the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information as the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first time; Maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to a time schedules resources for the first network slice at the first time.
- the processing unit 1002 is configured to use the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information as the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first area, according to the Maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to an area schedule resources for the first network slice in the first area.
- the receiving unit 1001 is configured to receive slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice sent by a slice management network element, and the slice quality information includes service experience information of the first network slice And/or satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirements;
- the processing unit 1002 is configured to adjust resources scheduled for the first network slice according to the slice quality information.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second area of the first network slice and/or service experience information corresponding to the second area is relatively Information about the degree of satisfaction required by the target service level agreement.
- the second area is an area that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the slice quality information corresponding to the first network slice includes service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice and/or relative service experience information corresponding to the second time Information about the degree of satisfaction required by the target service level agreement.
- the second time is a time that cannot meet or exceed the requirements of the target service level agreement.
- the processing unit 1002 is configured to add resources scheduled for the first network slice if the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet the requirements of the target service level agreement; if If the service experience information of the first network slice exceeds the requirements of the target service level agreement in excess, the resources scheduled for the first network slice are reduced.
- the network device 100 provided by the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the slice management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 7A, so for the embodiment of the present application, refer to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 7A Understand the relevant parts in the corresponding method embodiments.
- the network device 100 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the network device 100 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the network device 100 to execute the method executed by the network device in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, or FIG. 7A.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1001, the processing unit 1002, and the sending unit 1003 in FIG. 12 may be implemented by activating the computer 601 stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions by the processor 601 in FIG. 8.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1002 in FIG. 12 can be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation process of the receiving unit 1001 and the sending unit 1003 in FIG. It can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to execute the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 7A, the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application can refer to the corresponding ones of FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 7A The method embodiments are not repeated here.
- FIG. 13 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network management network element.
- an embodiment of the network management network element 110 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1101, a processing unit 1102, and a sending unit 1103;
- the processing unit 1102 is configured to determine resource configuration information of the first network slice, where the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, and the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate that the first network slice is the largest Resources that can be used, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate resources that the first network slice is guaranteed to use;
- the sending unit 1103 is configured to send resource configuration information of the first network slice to the network device, where the resource configuration information is used by the network device to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information.
- the resources of the network slice do not need to be bound to the network slice.
- the resources that can be used can be preferentially used within the range of the maximum available resources, which ensures that the network slice has The availability of resources also increases the flexibility of resources.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or the guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first time; or, the maximum resource configuration information and/or Or the guaranteed resource configuration information is the maximum resource configuration information and/or the guaranteed resource configuration information corresponding to the first area.
- the processing unit 1102 is configured to determine resource configuration information of the first network slice according to target service level agreement requirement information of the first network slice.
- the processing unit 1102 is configured to acquire information about resources scheduled by the network device for the first network slice; acquire slice quality information of the first network slice, and the slice quality information Including service experience information of the first network slice and/or satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement; slicing the first network according to the network device
- the information of the scheduled resource and the slice quality information update the resource configuration information of the first network slice; the network management network element sends the updated resource configuration information to the network device.
- the processing unit 1102 is configured to include, in the resource information, information of resources corresponding to the second area of the first network slice, and service experience information of the first network slice includes all When the service experience information corresponding to the second area of the first network slice is updated, the resource of the first network slice is updated according to the information of the resource corresponding to the second area and the service experience information corresponding to the second area Configuration information.
- the processing unit 1102 is configured to: when the resource information includes resource information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice, and service experience information of the first network slice includes all When the service experience information corresponding to the second time of the first network slice is updated, the resource of the first network slice is updated according to the information of the resource corresponding to the second time and the service experience information corresponding to the second time Configuration information.
- the processing unit 1102 is configured to update the maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information so that the updated maximum resource configuration information is not less than the network device is the first A resource for network slice scheduling.
- the receiving unit 1101 is configured to obtain the slice quality information from the slice management network element or data analysis device.
- the network management network element 110 provided by the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the slice management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 7A, so for the embodiment of the present application, reference may be made to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. The relevant part of the method embodiment corresponding to 7A is understood.
- the network management network element 110 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the network management and network element 110 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the network management network element 110 to execute the method executed by the network management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, or FIG. 7A.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1101, the processing unit 1102, and the sending unit 1103 in FIG. 13 can be implemented by activating the computer stored in the memory 602 in the processor 601 in FIG. 8 to execute instructions.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1102 in FIG. 13 can be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 1101 and the sending unit 1103 in FIG. The process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network management network element provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 7A, the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application can be referred to the correspondence of FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 7A The method embodiment is not repeated here.
- FIG. 14 shows a schematic structural diagram of a slice management and control network element.
- an embodiment of the slice management network element 120 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1201, a processing unit 1202, and a sending unit 1203;
- the receiving unit 1201 is configured to receive the user quantity limitation information of the target network slice and the indication information sent by the network management network element, where the indication information is used to indicate the status information of the target network slice or the credibility of the user quantity limitation information degree;
- the processing unit 1202 is configured to control the number of users served by the target network slice according to the instruction information and the user number limitation information.
- the solution provided in this embodiment can control the number of users served by the target network slice according to the indication information and the user number limitation information, and can improve the accuracy of user number control.
- the processing unit 1202 is configured to, when the indication information is used to indicate the status information of the target network slice, according to the control method corresponding to the status information according to the user quantity limitation information To control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the state information includes a test state or a stable state.
- the control mode when the state information is a test state, the control mode is a step control mode.
- the control mode when the state information is a stable state, the control mode is a one-time control mode.
- the processing unit 1202 is configured to, when the indication information is used to indicate the credibility of the user quantity restriction information, correspond to the credibility according to the user quantity restriction information Control mode, which controls the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the control mode is a step control mode.
- the control mode when the credibility meets the credibility requirements, is a one-time control mode.
- the receiving unit 1201 is configured to receive service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element, where the service level agreement requirement information includes the target network slice User number limit information.
- the receiving unit 1201 is configured to receive the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information of the target network slice sent by the network management network element;
- the processing unit 1202 is configured to, for the area indicated by the area information, control the number of users served by the target network slice according to the indication information and the user number restriction information corresponding to the area information.
- the slice control network element 120 provided by the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the slice control network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A, so the embodiment of the present application may be implemented with reference to the method corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A Understand the relevant parts of the example.
- the slice management and control network element 120 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the slice management and control network element 120 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the slice management network element 120 to execute the method executed by the slice management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1201, the processing unit 1202, and the sending unit 1203 in FIG. 14 can be implemented by activating the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions by the processor 601 in FIG. 8.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1202 in FIG. 14 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 1201 and the sending unit 1203 in FIG. 14
- the process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the slice management and control network element provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A. I won't repeat them here.
- FIG. 15 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network management network element.
- an embodiment of the network management network element 130 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1301, a processing unit 1302, and a sending unit 1303;
- the processing unit 1302 is configured to determine the user quantity limitation information and the indication information of the target network slice, where the indication information is used to indicate the status information of the target network slice or the credibility of the user quantity limitation information;
- the sending unit 1303 is configured to send the number limitation information of the target network slice to the slice management network element and the indication information, the indication information and the number limitation information of the user are used for the slice management network element Control the number of users served by the target network slice.
- the solution provided by the present application can control the number of users served by the target network slice according to the instruction information and the user number limitation information, and can improve the accuracy of user number control.
- the processing unit 1302 is configured to obtain service level agreement requirement information of the target network slice; and determine the user quantity limit information of the target network slice according to the service level agreement requirement information.
- the sending unit 1303 is configured to send to the slice management network element the area information of the target network slice and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information, the area information and all The quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information is used by the slice management network element to control the target network within the range indicated by the quantity limitation information corresponding to the area information for the area indicated by the area information The number of users served by slicing.
- the sending unit 1303 is configured to send the time information of the target network slice and the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information to the slice management network element, and the time information and all The user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information is used for controlling the time served by the target network slice within the range indicated by the user quantity limitation information corresponding to the time information for the time indicated by the time information Quantity.
- the network management network element 130 provided by the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the network management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A, so for the embodiment of the present application, reference may be made to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A To understand the relevant parts.
- the network management network element 130 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- a person skilled in the art may think that the network management network element 130 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the network management network element 130 to execute the method executed by the network management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1301, the processing unit 1302, and the sending unit 1303 in FIG. 15 can be implemented by activating the computer 601 stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions by the processor 601 in FIG.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1302 in FIG. 15 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling a computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 1301 and the sending unit 1303 in FIG. 15
- the process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network management network element provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 or FIG. 7A. I will not repeat them here.
- FIG. 16 shows a schematic structural diagram of a slice management and control network element.
- an embodiment of the slice management network element 140 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1401, a processing unit 1402, and a sending unit 1403;
- the processing unit 1402 is configured to determine that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice due to the first network domain;
- the sending unit 1403 is configured to send slice quality information of the first network slice to the network device in the first network domain, and the slice quality information is used by the network device to determine the first slice according to the slice quality information.
- Network slice scheduling resources are configured to send slice quality information of the first network slice to the network device in the first network domain.
- the slice management network element can first accurately locate the service experience information of the first network slice that cannot meet the target service level agreement. The reason is that it comes from a network domain (such as the access network domain), and then The network device in the network domain provides slice quality information of the first network slice, so that the network device in the network domain adjusts resource scheduling.
- This method can avoid blindly adjusting the resource scheduling situation of other normally working network domains, and improve the accuracy of resource scheduling.
- the receiving unit 1401 is configured to obtain slice quality information of the first network slice from a data analysis network element or a network management network element.
- the processing unit 1402 is further configured to, when the slice quality information of the first network slice is service experience information of the first network slice, according to the service experience of the first network slice The information determines the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the processing unit 1402 is further configured to determine that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice.
- the receiving unit 1401 is configured to obtain indication information from the network management network element, where the indication information is used to indicate that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot be satisfied or exceeds the first The reason for the target service level agreement information of a network slice lies in the first network domain;
- the processing unit 1402 is further configured to determine, according to the indication information, that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice due to the first network domain.
- the sending unit 1403 is used to send a request message to the network management network element, where the request message is used to request that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot be satisfied or exceeds the requirement The network domain of the target service level agreement information of the first network slice;
- the receiving unit 1401 is configured to receive a response message sent by the network management network element, where the response message includes the instruction information.
- the receiving unit 1401 is configured to obtain credibility information from the network management network element, and the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the indication information;
- the processing unit 1402 is configured to determine, according to the credibility information and the indication information, that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice because the first Network domain.
- the service experience information includes service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to area information and/or time information.
- the satisfaction degree information includes unsatisfiability, satisfaction, or excess satisfaction.
- the processing unit 1402 is used to:
- One of the at least one service level agreement requirement information is determined as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the first network domain includes at least one of the following: an access network domain, a core network domain, and a transmission network domain.
- the network device includes at least one of the following devices: an access network device, a core network device for allocating user plane or control plane resources, and a transmission network device.
- the service level agreement requirement information includes at least one of the following information: user number requirement information of the first network slice, request information of the average user experience of the service, user satisfaction of the service Requirement information of the ratio, wherein the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than the preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the slice management and control network element 140 provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the slice management and control network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B, so the embodiment of the present application may refer to the relevant part in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B. understanding.
- the slice management network element 140 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the slice management and control network element 140 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the slice management network element 140 to execute the method executed by the slice management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1401, the processing unit 1402, and the sending unit 1403 in FIG. 16 can be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 mobilizing the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1402 in FIG. 16 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 1401 and the sending unit 1403 in FIG. The process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the slice management and control network element provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to execute the method corresponding to the embodiment of FIG. 7B, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B, and details are not described herein again.
- FIG. 17 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network management network element.
- an embodiment of the network management network element 150 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1501, a processing unit 1502, and a sending unit 1503;
- the processing unit 1502 is configured to determine that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the target service level agreement information of the first network slice due to the first network domain;
- Indication information is sent to the slice management network element, where the indication information is used to indicate that the service experience information of the first network slice fails to meet or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice due to the first network domain.
- the network management network element may notify the slice management network element of the first network domain where the service experience information of the first network slice cannot be satisfied or exceeds the target service level agreement information of the first network slice, For example: access to the network domain, so as to avoid blindly adjusting the resource scheduling situation of other normally working network domains, and improve the accuracy of resource scheduling.
- the processing unit 1502 is also used to determine credibility information, and the credibility information is used to indicate the credibility of the indication information;
- the sending unit 1503 is further configured to send the credibility information to the slice management and control network element.
- the receiving unit 1501 is configured to obtain slice quality information of a first network slice from a data analysis network element, where the slice quality information includes at least one of the following information: the first network Satisfaction information of the sliced service experience information and the first network sliced service experience information relative to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the processing unit 1502 is further configured to, when the slice quality information of the first network slice is service experience information of the first network slice, according to the service experience of the first network slice The information determines the satisfaction degree information of the service experience information of the first network slice relative to the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the processing unit 1502 is further configured to determine that the service experience information of the first network slice cannot meet or exceed the first network slice target service level agreement information.
- the service experience information includes service experience information of the first network slice corresponding to area information and/or time information.
- the receiving unit 1501 is further configured to receive a request message sent by the slice management and control network element, where the request message is used to request that the service experience information cannot be satisfied or exceeds the first Network domain of target service level agreement information of network slice;
- the sending unit 1503 is further configured to send a response message to the slice management network element, where the response message includes the indication information.
- processing unit 1502 is also used to:
- One of the at least one service level agreement requirement information is determined as the target service level agreement requirement information.
- the first network domain includes at least one of the following: an access network domain, a core network domain, and a transmission network domain.
- the service level agreement requirement information includes at least one of the following information: user number requirement information of the first network slice, request information of the average user experience of the service, user satisfaction of the service Requirement information of the ratio, wherein the user satisfaction ratio of the service is the ratio of the number of users whose user experience corresponding to the service is not worse than the preset value to the total number of users of the service.
- the network management network element 150 provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the network management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B, so the embodiment of the present application can be understood by referring to the relevant part in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B.
- the network management network element 150 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the network management network element 150 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 in FIG. 8 may invoke the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the network management network element 150 to execute the method performed by the network management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1501, the processing unit 1502, and the sending unit 1503 in FIG. 17 can be implemented by activating the computer 601 stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions by the processor 601 in FIG. 8.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1502 in FIG. 17 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling a computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 1501 and the sending unit 1503 in FIG.
- the process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network management network element provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7B, and details are not described here.
- FIG. 18 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network device.
- an embodiment of the network device 160 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1601, a processing unit 1602, and a sending unit 1603;
- the processing unit 1602 is configured to determine the state information of the first network slice.
- the state information of the first network slice includes that the first network slice is in an unsigned SLA state or has been signed SLA state;
- the processing unit 1602 is further configured to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice.
- the processing unit 1602 is configured to schedule air interface resources for the first network slice according to the state information of the first network slice when the network device is an access network device.
- the processing unit 1602 is further configured to determine the state information of the second network slice as that the second network slice is in an SLA signed state;
- the processing unit 1602 is configured to schedule resources for the first network slice when the state information of the first network slice is that the first network slice is in an unsigned SLA state, deprioritized to the second network slice .
- the processing unit 1602 is further configured to determine the state information of the second network slice as that the second network slice is in an unsigned SLA state;
- the processing unit 1602 is configured to schedule resources for the first network slice prior to the second network slice when the state information of the first network slice is the signed SLA state of the first network slice.
- the processing unit 1602 is configured to determine the status information of the first network slice according to the status indication information of the first network slice sent by a network management network element, where the status indication information includes all The status information of the first network slice is described.
- the receiving unit 1601 is configured to receive resource configuration information of the first network slice sent by a network management network element, where the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information,
- the maximum resource configuration information is used to indicate a maximum usable resource of the first network slice, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate a guaranteed resource of the first network slice; the network device according to the first
- the resource configuration information of a network slice and the state information of the first network slice are scheduling resources for the first network slice.
- the resource configuration information may also include status information of the first network slice.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the network device 160 provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the network device in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C, so the embodiment of the present application can be understood with reference to the relevant parts in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C.
- the network device 160 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the network device 160 may take the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions, so that the network device 160 executes the method executed by the network device in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1601, the processing unit 1602, and the sending unit 1603 in FIG. 18 may be implemented by activating the computer stored in the memory 602 in the processor 601 in FIG. 8 to execute instructions.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1602 in FIG. 18 may be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling a computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 1601 and the sending unit 1603 in FIG. 18 The process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to execute the method corresponding to the embodiment of FIG. 7C, the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application can refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C, and details are not described herein again.
- FIG. 19 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network management network element.
- an embodiment of the network management network element 170 of the present application may include: a receiving unit 1701, a processing unit 1702, and a sending unit 1703;
- the processing unit 1702 is configured to determine the state information of the first network slice, where the state information of the first network slice includes that the first network slice is in an unsigned SLA state or has been signed SLA state;
- the sending unit 1703 is configured to send the state information of the first network slice to a network device, and the state information of the first network slice is used by the network device to schedule resources for the first network slice.
- the network management network element can promptly notify the network device of the state information of the first network slice, so that the network device performs corresponding resource scheduling according to the SLA state of the first network slice.
- the processing unit 1702 is configured to determine resource configuration information of the first network slice, the resource configuration information includes maximum resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information, and the maximum resource configuration The information is used to indicate the maximum usable resource of the first network slice, and the guaranteed resource configuration information is used to indicate the guaranteed resource of the first network slice; the network management network element sends the resource to the network device Resource configuration information of the first network slice, where the resource configuration information is used by the network device to schedule resources for the first network slice according to the resource configuration information.
- the resource configuration information may also include status information of the first network slice.
- the maximum resource configuration information is maximum air interface resource configuration information and/or guaranteed resource configuration information is guaranteed air interface resource configuration information.
- the resource configuration information includes status information of the first network slice.
- the network management network element 170 provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to execute the method performed by the network management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C, so the embodiment of the present application can be understood by referring to the relevant part in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C.
- the network management network element 170 is presented in the form of dividing each functional unit in an integrated manner.
- the "functional unit” herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit, a processor and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuits, and/or other devices that can provide the above-mentioned functions.
- the network management network element 170 may adopt the form shown in FIG. 8.
- the processor 601 of FIG. 8 may call the computer execution instruction stored in the memory 602 to cause the network management network element 170 to execute the method executed by the network management network element in the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C.
- the functions/implementation processes of the receiving unit 1701, the processing unit 1702, and the sending unit 1703 in FIG. 19 can be implemented by activating the computer stored in the memory 602 to execute instructions by the processor 601 in FIG. 8.
- the function/implementation process of the processing unit 1702 in FIG. 19 can be implemented by the processor 601 in FIG. 8 calling the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 602, and the function/implementation of the receiving unit 1701 and the sending unit 1703 in FIG. 19
- the process can be realized by the transceiver 604 in FIG. 8.
- the network management network element provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to perform the method of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C, for the technical effects that can be obtained by the embodiment of the present application, refer to the method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 7C, and details are not described herein again.
- the communication connection of each component that is, the processing unit (or processor), the storage unit (or memory), and the transceiver unit (transceiver) communicate with each other through an internal connection channel to transfer control and /Or data signal.
- the above method embodiments of the present application may be applied to a processor, or the processor may implement the steps of the above method embodiments.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- the steps of the foregoing method embodiments may be completed by instructions in the form of hardware integrated logic circuits or software in the processor.
- the above processor may be a central processing unit (CPU), a network processor (NP) or a combination of CPU and NP, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), ready-made programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
- CPU central processing unit
- NP network processor
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA ready-made programmable gate array
- the general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in this application can be directly embodied and executed by a hardware decoding processor, or can be executed and completed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software module may be located in a mature storage medium in the art, such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an electrically erasable programmable memory, and a register.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
- the apparatus may include multiple processors or the processor includes multiple processing units.
- the processor may be a single-CPU processor or a multi-CPU processor.
- the memory is used to store computer instructions executed by the processor.
- the memory may be a storage circuit or a memory.
- the memory may be volatile memory or non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory.
- the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an erasable programmable read-only memory, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, or a flash memory.
- Volatile memory can be random access memory, which acts as external cache memory.
- the memory may be independent of the processor, or may be a storage unit in the processor, which is not limited herein. Although only one memory is shown in the figure, the device may also include multiple memories or the memory includes multiple storage units.
- the transceiver is used to implement content interaction between the processor and other units or network elements.
- the transceiver may be a communication interface of the device, a transceiver circuit or a communication unit, or a transceiver.
- the transceiver may also be a communication interface of the processor or a transceiver circuit.
- the transceiver may be a transceiver chip.
- the transceiver may also include a sending unit and/or a receiving unit.
- the transceiver may include at least one communication interface.
- the transceiver may also be a unit implemented in software.
- the processor may interact with other units or network elements through the transceiver. For example, the processor obtains or receives content from other network elements through the transceiver. If the processor and the transceiver are physically separate components, the processor may interact with other units of the device without going through the transceiver.
- the processor, the memory, and the transceiver may be connected to each other through a bus.
- the bus may be a peripheral component interconnection (PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (EISA) bus.
- PCI peripheral component interconnection
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- the bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus.
- names of request messages, response messages, and other various messages are used. However, these messages are only used to illustrate the content to be carried or the functions to be implemented.
- the application does not limit the specific names of the messages, for example, the first message, the second message, and the third message may also be used.
- These messages can be specific messages or some fields in the message. These messages can also represent various service-oriented operations.
- the computer program product includes one or more computer instructions.
- the computer may be a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices.
- the computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be from a website site, computer, server or data center Transmission to another website, computer, server or data center via wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.).
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- the computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be stored by a computer or a data storage device including a server, a data center, and the like integrated with one or more available media.
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- 一种网络切片的资源调度的方法,其特征在于,包括:网管网元获取网络设备为第一网络切片调度的资源的信息;所述网管网元从数据分析设备获取所述第一网络切片的切片质量信息;所述网管网元根据所述网络设备为所述第一网络切片调度的资源的信息和所述切片质量信息,更新所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述网管网元向所述网络设备发送所述更新后的资源配置信息。
- 根据权利要求1或2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络切片的切片质量信息包括所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息和/或所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息相对于目标服务水平协议要求的满足程度信息。
- 根据权利要求3所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息,包括:网络切片粒度的体验信息或网络切片中业务粒度的体验信息。
- 根据权利要求4所述的方法,其特征在于,所述网络切片粒度的体验信息包括以下信息的至少一种:网络切片的用户数信息、网络切片的端到端时延信息或网络切片的负载信息。
- 根据权利要求4所述的方法,其特征在于,所述网络切片中业务粒度的体验信息包括业务粒度的质量信息或业务的用户粒度的质量信息。
- 根据权利要求6所述的方法,其特征在于,所述业务粒度的质量信息包括:业务的用户数信息、业务的用户平均体验数值或业务的用户体验数值分布信息。
- 根据权利要求1-7任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述网络设备为接入网设备时,所述资源配置信息为空口资源配置信息。
- 根据权利要求1-8任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述资源配置信息包括最大资源配置信息和/或保证资源配置信息,所述最大资源配置信息用于指示所述第一网络切片最大能使用的资源,所述保证资源配置信息用于指示所述第一网络切片保证能使用的资源。
- 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,所述最大资源配置信息和/或保证资源配置信息为第一时间对应的最大资源配置信息和/或保证资源配置信息;或者,所述最大资源配置信息和/或保证资源配置信息为第一区域对应的最大资源配置信息和/或保证资源配置信息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述资源的信息包括所述第一网络切片的第二区域对应的资源的信息,所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息包括所述第一网络切片的所述第二区域对应的服务体验信息;所述网管网元根据所述网络设备为所述第一网络切片调度的资源的信息和所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息,调整所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息,可以包括:所述网管网元根据所述第二区域对应的资源的信息和所述第二区域对应的服务体验信息,调整所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述资源的信息包括所述第一网络切片的第二时间对应的资源的信息,所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息包括所述第一网络切片的所述第二时间对应的服务体验信息;所述网管网元根据所述网络设备为所述第一网络切片调度的资源的信息和所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息,调整所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息,可以包括:所述网管网元根据所述第二时间对应的资源的信息和所述第二时间对应的服务体验信息,调整所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息。
- 一种网络切片的资源调度的方法,其特征在于,包括:切片管控网元向数据分析网元发送请求,所述请求包括对第一网络切片的服务体验要求信息;所述切片管控网元接收所述数据分析网元发送的响应,所述响应中包括与所述服务体验要求信息对应的所述第一网络切片的第一区域信息和/或第一时间信息;所述切片管控网元根据所述第一区域信息和/或第一时间信息向网络设备发送第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息,所述第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息用于所述网络设备根据所述第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息为所述第一网络切片调度资源。
- 根据权利要求13所述的方法,其特征在于,所述响应还包括所述第一区域信息和/或所述第一时间信息所对应的所述第一网络切片的第一服务体验信息,所述方法包括:所述切片管控网元根据所述第一服务体验信息确定所述第二区域信息和/或所述第二时间信息。
- 根据权利要求13或14所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述切片管控网元向所述网络设备发送所述第二区域信息和/或所述第二时间信息对应的切片质量信息,其中,所述切片质量信息包括以下信息的至少一项:所述第二区域信息和/或所述第二时间信息的对应所述第一网络切片的第二服务体验信息、所述第二服务体验信息相对于所述第一网络切片的目标服务水平协议要求信息的满足程度信息。
- 根据权利要求13-15任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,当所述网络设备为接入网设备时,所述第二区域信息用于所述接入网设备根据所述第二区域信息为所述第一网络切片调度接入网资源,所述第二时间信息用于所述接入网设备根据所述第二时间信息为所述第一网络切片调度接入网资源。
- 根据权利要求15所述的方法,其特征在于,所述满足程度信息包括无法满足、满足或者超额满足。
- 根据权利要求13-17任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述请求中还包括第三区域信息时,所述第三区域信息所指示的第三区域包括所述第一区域信息所指示的第一区域,所述第三区域信息用于向所述数据分析网元请求所述第三区域中与所述服务体验要求信息对应的所述第一区域信息。
- 根据权利要求13-18任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述请求中还包括第三时间信息时,所述第三时间信息所指示的第三时间包括所述第一时间信息所述指示的第一时间,所述第三时间信息用于向所述数据分析网元请求所述第三时间中与所述服务体验要求信息 对应的所述第一时间信息。
- 一种网络切片的资源调度的方法,其特征在于,包括:网络设备接收切片管控网元发送的第一网络切片的第二区域信息,和/或第二时间信息;所述网络设备根据所述第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息为所述第一网络切片调度资源。
- 根据权利要求20所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述网络设备接收所述切片管控网元发送的所述第一网络切片对应的切片质量信息,所述切片质量信息包括所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息和/或所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息相对于目标服务水平协议要求的满足程度信息;所述网络设备根据所述切片质量信息调整为所述第一网络切片调度的资源。
- 一种网管网元,其特征在于,包括:接收单元,用于接收网络设备为第一网络切片调度的资源的信息,并从数据分析设备获取所述第一网络切片的切片质量信息;处理单元,用于根据所述接收单元接收的所述网络设备为所述第一网络切片调度的资源的信息和所述切片质量信息,更新所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息。
- 根据权利要求22所述的网管网元,其特征在于,还包括:发送单元,用于向所述网络设备发送所述更新后的资源配置信息。
- 根据权利要求22或23所述的网管网元,其特征在于,所述资源的信息包括所述第一网络切片的第二区域对应的资源的信息,所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息包括所述第一网络切片的所述第二区域对应的服务体验信息;所述处理单元,用于根据所述第二区域对应的资源的信息和所述第二区域对应的服务体验信息,调整所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息,所述第二区域与所述第一区域相同,或者所述第二区域与所述第一区域不相同。
- 根据权利要求22或23所述的网管网元,其特征在于,所述资源的信息包括所述第一网络切片的第二时间对应的资源的信息,所述第一网络切片的服务体验信息包括所述第一网络切片的所述第二时间对应的服务体验信息;所述处理单元,用于根据所述第二时间对应的资源的信息和所述第二时间对应的服务体验信息,调整所述第一网络切片的资源配置信息,所述第二时间与所述第一时间相同,或者所述第二时间与所述第一时间不相同。
- 一种切片管控网元,其特征在于,包括:发送单元,用于向数据分析网元发送请求,所述请求包括对第一网络切片的服务体验要求信息;接收单元,用于接收所述数据分析网元发送的响应,所述响应中包括与所述服务体验要求信息对应的所述第一网络切片的第一区域信息和/或第一时间信息;所述发送单元,用于根据所述第一区域信息和/或第一时间信息向网络设备发送第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息,所述第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息用于所述网络设备根据 所述第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息为所述第一网络切片调度资源。
- 一种网络设备,其特征在于,包括:接收单元,用于接收切片管控网元发送的第一网络切片的第二区域信息,和/或第二时间信息;处理单元,用于根据所述第二区域信息和/或第二时间信息为所述第一网络切片调度资源。
- 一种通信系统,其特征在于,包括:网管网元和数据分析设备,所述数据分析设备用于向所述网管网元发送第一网络切片的切片质量信息;所述网管网元用于执行上述权利要求1至12任一项所述的方法。
- 一种存储一个或多个计算机执行指令的计算机可读存储介质,其特征在于,当所述计算机执行指令被处理器执行时,所述处理器执行如上述权利要求1-12任一所述的方法,或者执行如上述权利要求13-19任一所述的方法,或者执行如上述权利要求20或21所述的方法。
- 一种存储一个或多个计算机执行指令的计算机程序产品,其特征在于,当所述计算机执行指令被所述处理器执行时,所述处理器执行如上述权利要求1-12任一所述的方法,或者执行如上述权利要求13-19任一所述的方法,或者执行如上述权利要求20或21所述的方法。
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