WO2021197463A1

WO2021197463A1 - Energy saving indication method and device, and computer storage medium

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Publication number: WO2021197463A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/085217
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张凯
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2020-04-03
Filing date: 2021-04-02
Publication date: 2021-10-07
Also published as: CN113498120A

Abstract

The embodiments of the present application disclose an energy saving indication method and device, and a computer storage medium. The energy saving indication method is applied to an energy saving indication unit, and comprises: acquiring a first data set related to an analysis service in an analysis region, the analysis region comprising one or more analysis network elements, the analysis service being a service transmitted in the analysis region; determining a weighted data set according to the first data set, determining a weight corresponding to each piece of weighted data in the weighted data set, and determining a weighted average value according to the weight corresponding to each piece of weighted data; and determining energy saving indication information according to the weighted average value, the energy saving indication information being used by an energy saving determination unit to perform energy saving determination on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service. Energy saving indication information is obtained by means of an intelligent analysis of a first data set related to an analysis service so as to assist in energy saving determination, and the embodiments of the present application can achieve a balance between energy saving and service QoS guarantee.

Description

Energy-saving indication method, device and computer storage medium

This application claims the priority of a Chinese patent application filed with the China Intellectual Property Office on April 03, 2020, the application number is 202010262604.9, and the application name is "Energy-saving indication method, device and computer storage medium", the entire content of which is incorporated by reference In this application.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to an energy-saving indication method, device and computer storage medium.

Background technique

Traditional energy saving (ES) methods are divided into two types: centralized and distributed. Among them, the centralized energy saving method is directly issued by the operation and maintenance management (Operation Administration and Maintenance, OAM) entity to request the base station to perform energy-saving activation/deactivation. In the distributed energy-saving method, the base station independently decides to perform energy-saving activation/deactivation according to its own algorithm.

The above two energy-saving methods both analyze, determine, and operate energy-saving from the perspective of resource usage of network equipment. For example, when a certain base station cell has a load activity lower than the energy saving judgment threshold, the result of the energy saving judgment is to enter energy saving; when a certain base station cell has a load activity higher than the energy saving judgment threshold, the result of the energy saving judgment is not to enter energy saving, and The specific business content of the base station cell is not considered.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved in this application is how to achieve a balance between energy saving and quality of service (Quality of Service, QoS).

In the first aspect, this application provides an energy-saving indication method, which is applied to an energy-saving indication unit, and the energy-saving indication method includes:

Acquiring a first data set related to an analysis service in an analysis area, where the analysis area includes one or more analysis network elements, and the analysis service is a service transmitted in the analysis area;

Determine a weighted data set according to the first data set, determine a weight corresponding to each weighted data in the weighted data set, and determine a weighted average according to the weight corresponding to each weighted data;

The energy-saving indication information is determined according to the weighted average value, and the energy-saving indication information is used by the energy-saving judgment unit to make an energy-saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.

By intelligently analyzing the first data set related to the analysis service to obtain energy-saving indication information to assist in the energy-saving decision, the embodiment of the present application can achieve a balance between energy-saving and guaranteed service QoS.

As an optional implementation manner, before the weighted data set is determined according to the first data set, the energy saving indication method further includes:

Obtain the service type information corresponding to the analysis service, and determine whether the service type indicated by the service type information is a specified type;

If yes, determine energy-saving instruction information according to the service type, and the energy-saving instruction information is used by the energy-saving judgment unit to make an energy-saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service;

If not, perform the determination of the weighted data set according to the first data set.

As an optional implementation manner, the energy saving indication information is first indication information or second indication information.

Wherein, the first indication information includes first network element information and first judgment information, the first network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and the first judgment information is used to indicate the analysis service corresponding to the analysis service. Analyze the energy saving of network elements.

Wherein, the second indication information includes second network element information and second judgment information, the second network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and the second judgment information is used to indicate the analysis service corresponding to the analysis service. The analysis network element does not save energy.

As an optional implementation manner, the specified type includes a pre-defined first type or a second type. In this implementation manner, determining the energy-saving indication information according to the service type includes:

If the service type is the first type, generate the first indication information;

If the service type is the second type, the second indication information is generated.

As an optional implementation manner, the first indication information further includes first time information, and the first time information is used to indicate an energy-saving time period of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.

As an optional implementation manner, the second indication information further includes second time information, and the second time information is used to indicate the non-energy-saving state maintenance period of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.

As an optional implementation manner, the second indication information further includes path information, and the path information is used to indicate the target transmission path of the analysis service in its corresponding analysis network element.

As an optional implementation manner, before the acquiring the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area, the energy saving indication method further includes:

Obtain third network element information, and determine the service area corresponding to one or more network elements identified by the third network element information as the analysis area.

Obtain area information, and determine the network area identified by the area information as the analysis area.

Obtain business-related information, and determine the analysis business based on the business-related information.

Wherein, the business-related information includes business attribute information and/or business tenant information, the business attribute information is used to indicate one or more of the business type, business name, and business priority, and the business tenant information is used to indicate the tenant type, One or more of tenant name and tenant priority.

As an optional implementation manner, acquiring the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area includes:

The data attribute information is obtained, and the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area is obtained according to the data attribute information.

The data attribute information is used to indicate the data level and/or data type of the first data in the first data set.

In the above-mentioned optional implementation manner, by intelligently analyzing the service type of the analysis service, or performing intelligent analysis on the first data set related to the analysis service, the energy-saving indication information is obtained to assist in the energy-saving judgment. The indication method determines whether the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service is energy-saving or non-energy-saving based on the specific service content of the analysis service, which can achieve a balance between energy saving and guaranteed service QoS.

In the second aspect, this application provides an energy-saving indication device, which may be a network device or a chip in the network device. The device may include a processing module and a transceiver module. When the device is a network device, the processing module may be a processor, and the transceiver module may be a transceiver; the network device may also include a storage module, and the storage module may be a memory; the storage module is used to store instructions, and the processing The module executes the instructions stored in the storage module, so that the network device executes the above-mentioned method of the first aspect and each possible implementation manner of the first aspect. When the device is a chip in a network device, the processing module may be a processor, the transceiver module may be an input/output interface, a pin or a circuit, etc.; the processing module executes the instructions stored in the storage module to enable the network The device executes the foregoing method of the first aspect and each possible implementation manner of the first aspect. The storage module may be a storage module (for example, a register, a cache, etc.) in the chip, or a storage module located in the chip in the network device. External storage modules (for example, Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), etc.). Based on the same inventive concept, since the principle and beneficial effects of the energy-saving indicating device for solving the problem can be referred to the above-mentioned method of the first aspect and the possible implementation manners of the first aspect and the beneficial effects brought about, the implementation of the energy-saving indicating device Reference may be made to the above-mentioned method of the first aspect and each possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and the repetition is not repeated here.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores an instruction that, when executed, causes a network device to execute the method of the first aspect and each possible aspect of the first aspect. The implementation method and the beneficial effects brought by it will not be repeated here.

Description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an energy-saving indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of another energy-saving indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an energy-saving analysis scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another energy-saving analysis scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a framework of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the framework of another network device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic flowchart of an energy-saving indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. Wherein, the energy-saving indication method is applied to an energy-saving indication unit. The energy saving indication method shown in Fig. 1 includes the following steps.

S11: Acquire the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area.

In this embodiment of the present application, the minimum granularity of the analysis area may be a base station cell, and the maximum range may be a designated network area. Specifically, the analysis area may include one or more analysis network elements, so that the analysis area may be a service area corresponding to the one or more analysis network elements.

Among them, the analysis network elements may include, but are not limited to, base stations (such as gNB), core network network elements (such as User Plane Function (UPF) network elements, Session Management Function (SMF) network elements), etc. Physical Network Funcation (PNF) network elements and Virtual Network Funcation (VNF) network elements.

In the embodiment of the present application, the analysis service may be a service transmitted in the analysis area, for example, it may be a live video service, an intelligent meter reading service, and the like.

The first data set may include, but is not limited to, the service attribute information of the analysis service, the tenant type information of the analysis service, the load information of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and one or more first data sets related to the analysis service, etc. data.

Wherein, the service attribute information can be used to indicate the service attributes of the analysis service, such as the service type, service name, and service priority. The service type can be, for example, voice, video, industrial control, web browsing, automatic driving, etc. The service name can be, for example, video live broadcast, smart meter reading, etc., and the service priority can be, for example, high, medium, low, etc. .

Wherein, the tenant type information can be used to indicate tenant attributes such as the tenant type, tenant name, and tenant priority of the tenant corresponding to the analysis service. The tenant type can be, for example, live video, third-party Internet of Things (IoT), etc. The name of the tenant can be, for example, a video broadcast provider, a smart meter reading tenant, etc., and the priority of the tenant can be, for example, high, medium, Inferior.

Wherein, the load information can be used to indicate the number of users, resource occupation, etc. in the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first data in the first data set may be obtained by the energy-saving instruction unit through reporting from the terminal device corresponding to the analysis service. Alternatively, the first data in the first data set may be obtained by the energy saving indication unit from a signaling plane message or a data collection unit. Wherein, the data collection unit may be a network element (such as a base station, a UPF network element, etc.) through which the analysis service passes during transmission.

S12: Determine a weighted data set according to the first data set, determine a weight corresponding to each weighted data in the weighted data set, and determine a weighted average according to the weights corresponding to each weighted data.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving instruction unit may determine the weighted data set according to the first data set and the preset attribute identification set. Specifically, the energy saving instruction unit may first find a plurality of first data having the data attributes indicated by the attribute identifiers in the attribute identifier set from the first data set, and generate weighted data according to the plurality of first data gather.

Further, the weight corresponding to each weighted data in the weighted data set is determined according to the weighted data set and the correspondence between the pre-stored data and weights, and the weighted average is determined according to the weights corresponding to each weighted data.

S13: Determine energy saving indication information according to the weighted average value.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving indication information may be the first indication information or the second indication information. Specifically, the energy-saving indication unit performing the determination of energy-saving indication information based on the weighted average value may specifically include: when the weighted average value is less than a preset first threshold, the energy-saving indication unit may generate first indication information; when the weighted average When the value is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the energy saving instruction unit may generate second instruction information.

Wherein, the first indication information may include first network element information and first decision information. The first network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and the first judgment information is used to indicate the energy saving of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.

Wherein, the second indication information may include second network element information and second decision information. The second network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and the second judgment information is used to indicate that the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service does not save energy.

For example, for an analysis service whose service type is web browsing, service name is resource search, and tenant priority is low, when the attribute identifier set includes service type information and tenant priority information, and the web browsing service corresponds to the lower-level tenant The weights are 0.3 and 0.2 respectively. When the first threshold is 0.5, since the weighted average value of 0.25 is less than the first threshold of 0.5, the energy saving indication unit can generate the first indication information.

Further, the energy-saving instruction unit sends the energy-saving instruction information to the energy-saving judgment unit for the energy-saving judgment unit to make an energy-saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service. Specifically, the energy-saving judgment unit may perform energy-saving activation/deactivation of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service according to the energy-saving instruction information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy-saving indication unit or the energy-saving judgment unit may be carried by different energy-saving message service producers (Producers). Among them, the energy-saving message service producer may include a network element management unit (Element Manager, EM), a modular structural unit automation engine (Modular Building Block Automation Engine, MAE), a management data analysis function (Management Data Analytic Function, MDAF) unit, and a network slice Management (Network Slice Management Function, NSMF) unit, Network Slice Subnet Management Function (NSSMF) unit and Network Management (Network Manager, NM) unit, etc.

The energy-saving indication information is obtained by intelligently analyzing the first data set related to the analysis service. Based on the specific service content of the analysis service, the embodiment of the present application indicates that the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service is energy-saving or not to assist the energy-saving judgment unit to The analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service makes an energy saving judgment, which can achieve a balance between energy saving and guaranteed service QoS.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic flowchart of another energy-saving indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. Wherein, the energy-saving indication method is applied to an energy-saving indication unit. The energy saving indication method as shown in Fig. 2 includes the following steps.

S21: Obtain configuration information, and determine the analysis area and analysis service according to the configuration information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the configuration information may include one or more of area information, third network element information, service-related information, data attribute information, and third time information.

Among them, the area information can be used to indicate a specific network area, and can also be used to indicate a network type (such as a normal cell or a capacity-increasing cell). The third network element information is used to identify one or more network elements, and each network element may be a base station or a core network element.

When the configuration information is acquired, the energy saving instruction unit may determine the analysis area according to the configuration information.

As an optional implementation manner, when the configuration information includes area information and the area information is used to identify a network area, the energy saving indicating unit may determine the network area identified by the area information as the analysis area. Wherein, the network area may include one or more network elements, and each network element may be a base station or a core network element. In this case, the analysis network elements included in the analysis area are all the network elements included in the network area.

As another optional implementation manner, when the configuration information includes third network element information, the energy saving instruction unit may determine the service area corresponding to the third network element information as the analysis area. The service area corresponding to the third network element information is a service area managed by all network elements identified by the third network element information. In this case, the analysis network elements included in the analysis area are all the network elements identified by the third network element information.

For example, when the network element identified by the third network element information includes i base stations and j core network elements, the energy saving indicating unit may manage the service area of the i base stations and i core network elements Determined as the analysis area. In this case, the analysis network elements included in the analysis area are the i base stations and i core network elements.

As yet another optional implementation manner, when the configuration information includes third network element information and area information, and the area information is used to indicate the network type, the energy saving indicating unit may correspond to the third network element information In the service area, the service area whose network type is the network type indicated by the area information is determined as the analysis area. In this case, the analysis network element included in the analysis area is a network element whose service area managed by the network element identified by the third network element information is the network type indicated by the area information.

For example, when the third network element information is used to identify m base stations and n core network elements, and the area information is used to indicate common cells, the energy saving indicating unit may determine the common cells of the m base stations Is the analysis area. In this case, the analysis network elements included in the analysis area are the m base stations.

In the embodiment of the present application, the service-related information may include service attribute information and/or service tenant information.

Wherein, the service attribute information may include, but is not limited to, one or more of service type information, service name information, and service priority information, so that the service attribute information can be used to indicate the service type, service name, and service priority. One or more business attributes. Specifically, the service type information, service name information, and service priority information are used to indicate the service type, service name, and service priority, respectively.

For example, the service type can be Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra-reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC), and Massive Internet of Things (mIoT). ), vehicle wireless communication technology (Vehicle to everything, V2X), etc. Or, the service type may also be voice, video, industrial control, web browsing, automatic driving, etc., for example. The service name may be, for example, video live broadcast, smart meter reading, etc., and the service priority may be, for example, high, medium, or low.

Wherein, the business tenant information may include, but is not limited to, one or more of tenant type information, tenant name information, and tenant priority information, so that the business tenant information can be used to indicate the tenant type, tenant name, and tenant priority. One or more tenant attributes. Specifically, the tenant type information, tenant name information, and tenant priority information are used to indicate the tenant type, tenant name, and tenant priority, respectively.

For example, the tenant type may be live video, IoT, etc., the name of the tenant may be, for example, a live video provider, a smart meter reading tenant, etc., and the priority of the tenant may be, for example, high, medium, or low.

When the configuration information is obtained, the energy saving instruction unit may also determine the analysis service according to the configuration information.

As an optional implementation manner, the configuration information does not include service-related information, and the energy saving instruction unit may use all the services in the analysis area as the analysis service.

As another optional implementation manner, the configuration information includes service attribute information, and the energy saving indication unit may determine a service in the analysis area that has the service attribute indicated by the service attribute information as the analysis service.

As another optional implementation manner, the configuration information includes service tenant information, and the energy-saving indication unit may determine a service in the analysis area whose tenant is the tenant indicated by the service tenant information as the analysis service.

In the embodiment of the present application, the third time information is used to indicate the time period during which the energy saving instruction unit performs service analysis.

As an optional implementation manner, the third time information includes one or more time period information.

Among them, any time period information can be used to indicate the start time and duration. In this case, the first time information is used to instruct the energy saving instruction unit to perform service analysis at the time period identified by the start time and duration. For example, if the third time information includes the first time period information, where the first time period information is used to indicate that the start time and duration are 10:10:00 and 1 hour on March 26, 2020, respectively, then the The third time information is used to instruct the energy-saving instruction unit to perform business analysis during the time period from 10:10:00 on March 26, 2020 to 11:10:00 on March 26, 2020.

Alternatively, any time period information can be used to indicate the starting time (such as the starting year, month, day, hour, minute, and second) and the ending time (such as the ending year, month, day, hour, minute, and second). In this case, the third time information is used to instruct the energy saving instruction unit to perform service analysis in the time period between the start time and the end time. For example, if the third time information includes second time period information, the second time period information is used to indicate that the start time and the end time are 22:10:00 on March 26, 2020 and March 2020, respectively. At 23:10:00 on the 26th, the third time information is used to indicate the time between 22:10:00 on March 26, 2020 and 23:10:00 on March 26, 2020 for the energy-saving indicating unit Segment perform business analysis.

As another optional implementation manner, the third time information may be periodic time information. In this implementation manner, the third time information is used to instruct the energy saving instruction unit to periodically perform service analysis. Specifically, the third time information may include start time period information and period information, the start period information is used to indicate the time period during which the energy saving indicating unit performs service analysis for the first time, and the period information is used to indicate the energy saving indicating unit The cycle of performing business analysis. For example, if the start time period information is used to indicate the time period between 16:10:00, March 26, 2020, and 17:10:00, March 26, 2020, the period indicated by the period information is Every week, the third time information is used to instruct the energy-saving instruction unit to perform business analysis during the time period between 16:10:00 and 17:10:00 every Thursday from March 26, 2020.

S22: Acquire a first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area.

Wherein, the first data set includes one or more first data related to the analysis service.

When multiple analysis services are determined, the energy saving instruction unit may obtain the first data set respectively related to each analysis service.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving instruction unit may obtain the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area according to the data attribute information. Wherein, the data attribute information may include data level information and/or data type information.

As an optional implementation manner, when the data attribute information only includes data level information, the energy-saving indication unit may obtain data related to the analysis service whose level is the level indicated by the data level information as the first Data; or, the energy-saving instruction unit may obtain data related to the analysis service whose level is not lower than the level indicated by the data level information as the first data; or, the energy-saving instruction unit may obtain data related to the analysis service The data whose level is not higher than the level indicated by the data level information is regarded as the first data.

The level indicated by the data level information may be an application (Application, APP) level, a user equipment (User Equipment, UE) level, a session (Session) level, or a UE group level.

As another optional implementation manner, when the data attribute information only includes data type information, the energy saving indicating unit may obtain data related to the analysis service whose type is the type indicated by the data type information as the second One data. Wherein, the data type information may include service type information.

As yet another optional implementation manner, when the data attribute information includes data level information and data type information, the energy-saving indication unit may obtain the level of the analysis service related to the level indicated by the data level information and the level indicated by the data level information. Data whose type is the type indicated by the data type information is used as the first data; or, the energy-saving indicating unit may obtain data related to the analysis service whose level is not lower than the level indicated by the data level information and whose type is the first data. Data of the type indicated by the data type information is used as the first data; or, the energy-saving indicating unit may obtain data related to the analysis service whose level is not higher than the level indicated by the data level information and whose type is the data type information The indicated type of data serves as the first data.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the configuration information does not include service attribute information, the energy saving instruction unit may obtain the service attribute information of the analysis service as the first data. When the configuration information does not include service tenant information, the energy saving instruction unit may also obtain the service tenant information of the analysis service as the first data.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first data may be obtained by the energy-saving instruction unit reported by the terminal device, or may be obtained by the energy-saving instruction unit from a signaling plane message or a data collection unit.

According to the acquired one or more first data related to the analysis service, the energy saving instruction unit may generate the first data set.

Further, the energy-saving analysis unit may perform S23-S26 to perform intelligent analysis on the analysis service according to the configuration information and/or the first data set to determine the energy-saving indication information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving indication information may be the first indication information or the second indication information.

Wherein, the first indication information includes first network element information and first decision information and/or first time information. The first network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, the first decision information is used to indicate the energy saving of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and the first time information is used to indicate the analysis corresponding to the analysis service. The energy-saving time period of the network element.

Wherein, the second indication information includes second network element information and second decision information and/or second time information and/or path information. The second network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, the second judgment information is used to indicate that the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service does not save energy, and the second time information is used to indicate the analysis service corresponding to the analysis service. The non-energy-saving maintenance period of the analysis network element, the path information is used to indicate the target transmission path of the analysis service in its corresponding analysis network element, and the target transmission path may be such that the transmission delay of the analysis service is the shortest or The base station and/or transmission link with the highest transmission quality.

S23: Obtain the service type information corresponding to the analysis service, and determine whether the service type indicated by the service type information is a specified type.

In the embodiment of the present application, the service type indicated by the service type information can also be understood as the service type of the analysis service.

As an optional implementation manner, the energy saving instruction unit may obtain service type information corresponding to the analysis service from the configuration information.

As another optional implementation manner, the energy saving indication unit may obtain service type information corresponding to the analysis service from the first data set.

In the embodiment of the present application, the specified type may include a pre-defined first type or second type, where the first type may be, for example, a service type with low QoS requirements or a service type with low real-time requirements (such as web browsing services). ), the second type may be, for example, a service type with high QoS requirements or a service type with high real-time requirements (such as a live broadcast service).

In this case, determining whether the service type indicated by the service type information is a specified type by the energy-saving analysis unit may specifically include: determining whether the service type information belongs to a pre-stored first type information set or a second type information set ; If the service type information belongs to the first type information set, the energy saving indicating unit may determine that the service type indicated by the service type information is the first type; if the service type information belongs to the second type set, the energy saving The indicating unit may determine that the service type indicated by the service type information is the second type; if the service type information belongs to neither the first type information set nor the second type information set, the energy saving indicating unit may determine the The service type indicated by the service type information is not the specified type. Wherein, the first type information set may include service type information corresponding to service types with low QoS requirements and/or service type information corresponding to service types with low real-time requirements, and the second type information set includes one or more Service type information corresponding to service types with high QoS requirements and/or service type information corresponding to service types with high real-time requirements.

For example, when the second type of information set includes V2X service ID, video service ID, and autonomous driving service ID, if the service type information corresponding to the analysis service is used to indicate V2X, video or autonomous driving (that is, the analysis service If the service type is V2X, video, or automatic driving), the energy-saving instruction unit may generate second instruction information.

In this embodiment of the application, if it is determined that the service type indicated by the service type information is a specified type, the energy saving indicating unit may further execute S24; if it is determined that the service type indicated by the service type information is not a specified type, the The energy saving instruction unit may further execute S25 to S26.

S24: If the service type is the designated type, determine the energy saving indication information according to the service type.

In the embodiment of the present application, the execution of the energy-saving analysis unit to determine the energy-saving indication information according to the service type may specifically include: if the service type is the first type, the energy-saving indication unit may generate the first indication information; if the analysis If the service type of the service is the second type, the energy saving indication unit may generate the second indication information.

S25: If the service type is not the specified type, determine the weighted data set according to the first data set, determine the weight corresponding to each weighted data in the weighted data set, and determine the weighted average according to the weight corresponding to each weighted data .

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving instruction unit may determine the weighted data set according to the service-related data set of the analysis service and the preset attribute identification set. Specifically, the energy-saving instruction unit may first find a plurality of service-related data having the data attribute indicated by the attribute identifier in the attribute identifier set from the service-related data set, and generate weighted data according to the multiple service-related data gather.

Wherein, the business-related data set includes the first data set and/or business-related information of the analysis service. Specifically, if the first data set includes the business-related information, the business-related data set is the first data set; if the first data set does not include the business-related information, the business-related data set includes Each first data in the first data set and the business-related information.

S26: Determine energy saving indication information according to the weighted average value.

In the embodiment of the present application, the execution of the energy saving indication unit to determine the energy saving indication information according to the weighted average value may specifically include: when the weighted average value is less than a preset first threshold, the energy saving indication unit may generate the first indication information ; When the weighted average is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the energy saving indication unit may generate the second indication information.

For example, for an analysis service whose business type information is autonomous driving, business priority is high, tenant name is a driver, and tenant priority is high, when the weighted data is business type information, business priority information, and tenant priority Information, and the weights corresponding to the autonomous driving business, advanced business, and advanced tenants are 0.9, 0.8, and 0.8, respectively. When the first threshold is 0.5, since the weighted average 0.83 is greater than the first threshold 0.5, the energy saving indicator unit can generate a second Instructions. Wherein, the second information is used to indicate that the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service does not save energy during automatic driving.

Further, the energy-saving instruction unit sends the energy-saving instruction information to the energy-saving judgment unit for the energy-saving judgment unit to make an energy-saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service. Specifically, the energy-saving judgment unit performs energy-saving activation/deactivation of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service and/or selects the target transmission path for the analysis service according to the energy-saving instruction information.

The energy-saving indication information is obtained by intelligently analyzing the service type of the analysis service, or performing intelligent analysis on the first data set related to the analysis service. The embodiment of the present application indicates the analysis network corresponding to the analysis service based on the specific service content of the analysis service. Energy saving or non-energy saving (for example, when the analysis service is a service with high QoS requirements and/or real-time requirements, indicating that the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service does not save energy, and when the analysis service has a low QoS requirement and a low priority When instructing the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service to save energy) to assist the energy saving judgment unit to make an energy saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, the balance between energy saving and guaranteed service QoS can be achieved.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic structural diagram of an energy-saving analysis scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 3, the energy-saving analysis scenario includes the analysis area 30, the first base station 31, the second base station 32, the third base station 33, the first UPF network element 34, the second UPF network element 35, and the management of the first base station 31. The first cell A01 and the second cell A02, the third cell A03 and the fourth cell A04 managed by the second base station 32, the fifth cell A05, the sixth cell A06, and the seventh cell A07 managed by the third base station 33, and The first capacity-increasing cell B01 managed by the first base station 31 and the second capacity-increasing cell B02 managed by the third base station 33.

Wherein, the first base station 31, the second base station 32, and the first UPF network element 34 are currently in a non-energy-saving state, and the third base station 33 and the second UPF network element 35 are currently in an energy-saving state.

In FIG. 3, the analysis area 30 is the entire service area corresponding to the first base station 31, the second base station 32, the third base station 33, the first UPF network element 34, and the second UPF network element 35.

In this energy-saving analysis scenario, starting from a certain year, month, day, hour, minute and second, the energy-saving indicator unit, based on pre-stored configuration information (or called policy information), sets the service type in the analysis area 30 to eMBB and the service name to live video. , Data acquisition and analysis for businesses with high business priority.

Specifically, the data related to the live video service acquired by the energy-saving instruction unit in the embodiment of the present application may be service-related data at the APP application level.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving instruction unit may also obtain service tenant information of the video live broadcast service. For example, the business tenant information collected by the energy-saving instruction unit may include that the tenant type is a live video broadcast, the tenant name is a live video broadcast provider of a stadium game, and the tenant priority is a gold medal user.

Wherein, the way for the energy saving instruction unit to obtain the above-mentioned data related to the live video service and service tenant information of the live video service may be directly or indirectly obtained from a signaling plane message or other data collection unit.

Through intelligent analysis of the above-mentioned data related to the live video service and service tenant information of the live video service, the energy saving indication unit determines energy saving indication information. Wherein, the energy-saving indication information may include: the first base station 31, the second base station 32, and the first UPF network element 34 do not save energy during the game, and the network element currently in the energy-saving state (the third base station) needs to be newly opened. 33 and the second UPF network element 35) to ensure high QoS requirements for live video broadcasting.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving indication information may further include: energy saving of the third base station 33 and the second UPF network element 35 after the game is over, and the corresponding energy saving time period.

Further, the energy saving instruction unit may detect the transmission path of the live video service in the analysis area 30, and determine that there are multiple transmission links available for the live video service in the second UPF network element 35 (respectively transmission Links 1, 2, 3), and further determine the best transmission link among the multiple transmission links (for example, the transmission link 2 with the shortest transmission delay). Therefore, in order to ensure service experience, the energy saving indication information may further include: the video live broadcast service is transmitted through the transmission link 2 under the second UPF network element 35.

Further, the energy-saving instruction unit sends the energy-saving instruction information to the energy-saving judgment unit for the energy-saving judgment unit to make an energy-saving judgment. Specifically, the energy-saving judgment unit performs energy-saving activation on the first base station 31, the second base station 32, the third base station 33, the first UPF network element 34, and the second UPF network element 35 according to the energy saving indication information. Deactivate and/or select transmission link 2 for the live video service.

Through intelligent analysis of data related to the live video service, it is indicated that the analysis network element with the live video service does not save energy to ensure the high QoS requirements of the live video broadcast, and it is recommended that the analysis network element that is originally in the energy-saving state after the live video service ends Restoring energy saving, the embodiments of the present application can achieve a balance between energy saving and guaranteed service QoS.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic structural diagram of an energy-saving analysis scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 4, the energy-saving analysis scenario includes an analysis area 40, a first base station 41, a second base station 42, a third base station 43, a first UPF network element 44, a second UPF network element 45, and the first base station 41 manages The first cell A11 and the second cell A12, the third cell A13 and the fourth cell A14 managed by the second base station 42, the fifth cell A15, the sixth cell A16, and the seventh cell A17 managed by the third base station 43, and The first capacity-increasing cell B11 managed by the first base station 41 and the second capacity-increasing cell B12 managed by the third base station 43.

Wherein, the first base station 41, the second base station 42, the third base station 43, the first UPF network element 44, and the second UPF network element 45 are currently in a non-energy-saving state.

In FIG. 4, the analysis area 40 is the entire service area corresponding to the first base station 41, the second base station 42, the third base station 43, the first UPF network element 44, and the second UPF network element 45.

In this energy-saving analysis scenario, starting from a certain hour, minute and second every day, the energy-saving indicating unit uses pre-stored configuration information (or called policy information) to set the type of service in the analysis area 40 as mIoT, and the name of the service as smart meter reading. Data acquisition and analysis are performed on businesses with low business priority.

Specifically, the data related to the smart meter reading service acquired by the energy saving indication unit in the embodiment of the present application may be UE group owner-level service related data.

In the embodiment of the present application, the energy saving instruction unit may also obtain business tenant information of the smart meter reading service. For example, the business tenant information collected by the energy saving indication unit may include that the tenant type is IoT, the tenant name is a smart meter reading tenant, and the tenant priority is a gold user.

Wherein, the way for the energy saving instruction unit to obtain the above-mentioned data related to the smart meter reading service and the service tenant information of the smart meter reading service may be directly or indirectly obtained from a signaling plane message or other data collection unit.

Through intelligent analysis of the above-mentioned data related to the smart meter reading service and the business tenant information of the smart meter reading service, the energy saving instruction unit determines the energy saving instruction information. Wherein, the energy saving indication information may include: energy saving of the second UPF network element 45 and a corresponding energy saving time period. For example, if there is no mIoT service under the second UPF network element 45 during a certain period of time, and based on historical analysis and pre-judgment, there is no other service under the second UPF network element 45, it can indicate Energy saving.

Further, the energy saving instruction unit may detect the transmission path of the smart meter reading service in the second UPF network element 45, and determine that there are multiple transmission paths available for the smart meter reading service in the second UPF network element 45 Links (respectively the first base station 41, the second base station 42, the third base station 43 and the transmission links a, b, and c), and further determine the best transmission link (for example, the first The base station 41, the second base station 42 and the transmission link c) with the shortest transmission delay. Therefore, in order to ensure service experience, the energy saving indication information may further include: the smart meter reading service is transmitted under the second UPF network element 45 through the transmission link c and the first base station 41 or the second base station 42.

By intelligently analyzing the data related to the smart meter reading service, indicating that the analysis network element that does not have the service saves energy, while the status of other analysis network elements remains unchanged, the embodiment of the present application can achieve a balance between energy saving and service QoS guarantee.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of a framework of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 5, the network device 50 may include a transceiver module 51 and a processing module 52.

Specifically, the transceiver module 51 is used to obtain the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area. Wherein, the analysis area includes one or more analysis network elements, and the analysis service is a service transmitted in the analysis area.

As an optional implementation manner, the transceiving module 51 is also used to obtain third network element information before performing the acquisition of the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area. In this embodiment, the processing module 52 is configured to determine a service area corresponding to one or more network elements identified by the third network element information as the analysis area.

As another optional implementation manner, the transceiver module 51 is also used to acquire area information before executing the acquisition of the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area. In this embodiment, the processing module 52 is configured to determine the network area identified by the area information as the analysis area.

As an optional implementation manner, the transceiver module 51 is also used to obtain service-related information before performing the acquisition of the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area. In this embodiment, the processing module 52 is configured to determine the analysis service according to the service-related information. Wherein, the business-related information includes business attribute information and/or business tenant information, the business attribute information is used to indicate one or more of the business type, business name, and business priority, and the business tenant information is used to indicate the tenant type, One or more of tenant name and tenant priority.

As an optional implementation manner, when the transceiver module 51 executes to obtain the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area, it is specifically used to obtain data attribute information, and to obtain the analysis service in the analysis area according to the data attribute information. The first set of related data. The data attribute information is used to indicate the data level and/or data type of the first data in the first data set.

Further, the processing module 52 is configured to determine a weighted data set according to the first data set, determine a weight corresponding to each weighted data in the weighted data set, and determine a weighted average according to the weight corresponding to each weighted data.

Further, the processing module 52 is further configured to determine energy saving indication information according to the weighted average value. The energy saving indication information is used by the energy saving judgment unit to make an energy saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.

As an optional implementation manner, before the processing module 52 executes to determine the weighted data set according to the first data set, the transceiver module 51 is further configured to obtain service type information corresponding to the analysis service. In this embodiment, the processing module 52 is used to determine whether the service type indicated by the service type information is a designated type. Further, if it is determined that the service type indicated by the service type information is a specified type, the processing module 52 is further configured to determine energy saving indication information according to the service type, wherein the energy saving indication information is used for the analysis by the energy saving judgment unit The analysis network element corresponding to the service makes an energy saving judgment; if it is determined that the service type indicated by the service type information is not a specified type, the processing module 52 executes to determine a weighted data set according to the first data set.

As an optional implementation manner, the specified type includes a pre-defined first type or a second type. In this embodiment, when the processing module 52 determines the energy saving indication information according to the service type, it is specifically configured to generate the first indication information if it is determined that the service type indicated by the service type information is the first type; if If the service type is the second type, the second indication information is generated.

Based on the same inventive concept, the principle and beneficial effects of the network device 50 provided in the embodiment of the present application for solving the problem are similar to the embodiment of the energy-saving indication method shown in FIG. 2 of the present application. The implementation of the energy-saving indication method shown, the repetition will not be repeated.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a schematic diagram of a framework of another network device 60 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 6, the network device 60 may include: a bus 61, a processor 62, a memory 63, and an input/output interface 64. Wherein, the bus 61 is used to connect the processor 62, the memory 63, and the input/output interface 64 to each other and enable the aforementioned components to communicate with each other. The memory 63 is used to store one or more computer programs, and the computer programs include computer instructions. The input/output interface 64 is used to control the communication connection between the network device 60 and other devices (such as terminal devices).

Specifically, the processor 62 is configured to invoke the computer instruction to execute:

As an optional implementation manner, the processor 62 is configured to invoke the computer instruction to execute before acquiring the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area, and execute:

As an optional implementation manner, the specified type includes a pre-defined first type or a second type. In this implementation manner, the processor 62 is configured to invoke the computer instruction to execute the specific execution when the energy saving indication information is determined according to the service type:

If the service type is the first type, the first indication information is generated; if the service type is the second type, the second indication information is generated.

As an optional implementation manner, the processor 62 is configured to invoke the computer instruction to execute the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area to specifically execute:

Wherein, the processor 62 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU). The memory 63 may be any type of memory, such as ROM, RAM, non-volatile random access memory, and so on.

Based on the same inventive concept, the principle and beneficial effects of the network device 60 provided in the embodiment of the present application for solving the problem are similar to the embodiment of the energy-saving indication method shown in FIG. 2 of the present application. The implementation of the energy-saving indication method shown, the repetition will not be repeated.

Claims

An energy-saving indication method, characterized in that it is applied to an energy-saving indication unit, and includes:

Acquiring a first data set related to an analysis service in an analysis area, wherein the analysis area includes one or more analysis network elements, and the analysis service is a service transmitted in the analysis area;

Determine a weighted data set according to the first data set, determine a weight corresponding to each weighted data in the weighted data set, and determine a weighted average according to the weight corresponding to each weighted data;

The energy-saving indication information is determined according to the weighted average value, and the energy-saving indication information is used by the energy-saving judgment unit to make an energy-saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, before the determining a weighted data set according to the first data set, the method further comprises:

Acquiring service type information corresponding to the analysis service, and determining whether the service type indicated by the service type information is a specified type;

If yes, determine energy-saving indication information according to the service type, and the energy-saving indication information is used by the energy-saving judgment unit to make an energy-saving judgment on the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service;

If not, then execute the determination of the weighted data set according to the first data set.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the energy saving indication information is first indication information or second indication information;

The first indication information includes first network element information and first decision information, the first network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and the first decision information is used to indicate the analysis Energy-saving analysis of business corresponding network elements;

The second indication information includes second network element information and second decision information, the second network element information is used to identify the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service, and the second decision information is used to indicate the analysis The analysis network element corresponding to the service does not save energy.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the specified type includes a pre-defined first type or a second type, and the determining energy saving indication information according to the service type includes:

If the service type is the first type, generate the first indication information;

If the service type is the second type, the second indication information is generated.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the first indication information further comprises first time information, and the first time information is used to indicate an energy-saving time period of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the second indication information further comprises second time information, and the second time information is used to indicate the maintenance of the non-energy-saving state of the analysis network element corresponding to the analysis service period.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the second indication information further includes path information, and the path information is used to indicate a target transmission path of the analysis service in its corresponding analysis network element.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, before the acquiring the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area, the method further comprises:

Obtain third network element information, and determine a service area corresponding to one or more network elements identified by the third network element information as the analysis area.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, before the acquiring the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area, the method further comprises:

Obtain area information, and determine the network area identified by the area information as the analysis area.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, before the acquiring the first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area, the method further comprises:

Acquiring business-related information, and determining the analysis business according to the business-related information;

Wherein, the service-related information includes service attribute information and/or service tenant information, the service attribute information is used to indicate one or more of service type, service name, and service priority, and the service tenant information is used to indicate One or more of tenant type, tenant name, and tenant priority.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the acquiring a first data set related to an analysis service in an analysis area comprises:

Obtain data attribute information, and obtain a first data set related to the analysis service in the analysis area according to the data attribute information; wherein the data attribute information is used to indicate the data level of the first data in the first data set And/or data type.
An energy-saving indicating device, characterized by comprising a module for executing the energy-saving indicating method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
An energy-saving indication device, characterized in that the device includes a processor and a storage medium, the storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the device executes claims 1 to 11 Any one of the energy-saving indication methods.
A computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, which when executed, cause a network device to execute the energy-saving instruction method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
A communication device, characterized by comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to communicate with other communication devices; the processor is used to run a program, so that the communication device implements any of claims 1 to 11 The method described in one item.
A computer program product, characterized by comprising instructions, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the energy-saving indication method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
A chip, characterized by comprising a processor and an interface, the interface is used to obtain a program or instruction, and the processor is used to call the program or instruction to execute the energy saving instruction of any one of claims 1 to 11 method.