WO2022247611A1

WO2022247611A1 - Method and apparatus for processing intention

Info

Publication number: WO2022247611A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/091395
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李业兴; 李贤明; 于益俊
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2021-05-27
Filing date: 2022-05-07
Publication date: 2022-12-01
Also published as: CN115412932A

Abstract

Provided in the present application are a method and apparatus for processing an intention. The method comprises: a first network element acquiring a first value of a first intention target, wherein the first value conflicts with a second value of a second intention target, the first intention target is used for indicating a target value which a first intention expects to achieve, and the second intention target is used for indicating a target value which a second intention expects to achieve; the first network element acquiring first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating a first value range of the first intention target; and the first network element determining a third value of the first intention target according to the first information, wherein the third value is within the first value range, and the third value does not conflict with the second value, such that both the first intention and the second intention can be executed by a system, thereby improving the flexibility of handling an intention conflict.

Description

A method and device for processing intent

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application with the application number 202110587135.2 and the application title "A Method and Device for Processing Intent" submitted to the China Patent Office on May 27, 2021, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference in this application middle.

technical field

The present application relates to the field of wireless communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for processing intents.

Background technique

In the process of network configuration and monitoring, users can adopt a cognitive network management system that determines the behavior control mode based on the direction of observation. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology and context-aware strategies to adjust the services provided according to changes in user needs, environmental conditions, and business goals. Therefore, the system can help users automate work, thereby reducing operating expenses and improving networks. use and maintenance.

Users can achieve their expectations of the system by creating intent in the system. However, when the system creates an intent, the created intent may conflict with the active intent in the system, the system will compare the priorities of the conflicting intents, and then execute the intent with a higher priority, that is, the system will compete with Select an intent to execute in order to resolve intent conflicts, resulting in lower-priority intents being unable to be executed, the number of intents that can be supported in the system at the same time is small, and the system is less flexible in dealing with intent conflicts. Therefore, There is an urgent need for a method of dealing with intentions that can improve the flexibility of dealing with intention conflicts.

Contents of the invention

The present application provides a method and device for processing intents, which can improve the flexibility of processing intent conflicts.

In a first aspect, a method for processing an intent is provided, the method may be executed by a first network element or a chip in the first network element, and the method includes: the first network element acquires a first value of a first intent target, the The first value conflicts with the second value of the second intention target, the first intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the first intention, and the second intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention; A network element acquires first information, where the first information is used to indicate a first value range of the first intended target; the first network element determines a third value of the first intended target according to the first information, and the first The three values belong to the first value range, and the third value does not conflict with the second value.

It should be noted that the first network element determines the third value of the first intended target according to the first information, which may also be understood as the first network element modifies the first value of the first intended target to the third value according to the first information.

Therefore, in this application, when the first value of the first intent conflicts with the second value of the second intent, the third value of the first intent can be re-determined according to the value range of the target of the first intent instead of directly hanging to carry out the first intention. Since the third value of the first intent does not conflict with the second value of the second intent, both the first intent and the second intent can be executed by the system, thereby improving flexibility in handling intent conflicts.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: the first network element acquires second information, where the second information is used to indicate a second value range of the second intended target, The priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

It should be noted that the acquisition by the first network element of the second value range of the target of the second intent may be understood as allowing the second value of the second intent to be modified.

Therefore, in this application, when both the first intention object and the second intention object can support modification, the first network element can determine according to the priority of the first intention and the priority of the second intention that it is the first intention to modify the first intention object. One value, or modify the second value of the second intent target, so that the flexibility of processing intent conflicts can be further improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: the first network element determines that the second value of the second intended target is not allowed to be modified.

Therefore, in this application, the first network element can determine whether the second value of the second intended object is allowed to be modified, and then determine whether to modify the first value of the first intended object, if the second value of the second intended object is not allowed is modified, then modify the first value, if the second value of the second intent target is allowed to be modified, it can be determined according to the priority of the first intent and the priority of the second intent that the first value of the first intent target is to be modified, The second value of the second intent target is also modified, so that the flexibility of processing intent conflicts can be further improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method includes: the first network element releases the resource of the second intent, and the priority of the first intent is higher than the priority of the second intent.

Therefore, in this application, when the priority of the first intention is higher than that of the second intention, the first network element can release the resources of the second intention, thereby avoiding unnecessary waste of resources.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the first network element acquires third information, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value is allowed to be modified to the third value.

Therefore, in this application, the first network element can determine whether the first value is allowed to be modified according to the third information, so that when the first value conflicts with the second value, the first network element can choose to modify the first value, or is the third value that determines the target of the first intent, thus increasing the flexibility in handling intent conflicts.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the acquiring the first information by the first network element includes: the first network element receives the first information from the second network element, or the first network element The first information is determined.

Therefore, in this application, the first network element can determine the first information by itself, that is, the first value range of the first intended target, and can also obtain the first value range from the second network element, thereby further improving Flexibility in dealing with conflicting intent.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the conflict between the first value and the second value of the second intent includes: the first operation corresponding to the first value and the second operation corresponding to the second value Operation conflicts, or the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive.

Therefore, in this application, the conflict between the first value and the second value may mean that the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive during the intent translation process, or that the first operation and the second operation conflict during the intent execution process, so that The technical solutions provided in this application can be applied to various scenarios of conflicting intentions.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: the first network element sends fourth information to the second network element, where the fourth information is used to request to obtain the second intended target , the second intention is an intention in an active state; the first network element receives fifth information from the second network element, and the fifth information is used to indicate a target of the second intention.

Therefore, in this application, the second intent may be the intent in the active state, and the first network element may determine whether the first value of the target of the first intent conflicts with the target value of the intent in the active state, thereby improving the processing intent conflict reliability.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, when the first network element determines the first information, the method further includes: the first network element sends the first network element to the second network element Information; the first network element receives sixth information from the second network element, where the sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.

Therefore, in this application, if the first network element determines the first information, that is, the value range of the first intended target, the first network element may send the first information to the second network element, so that the second network element Whether the first value range can be accepted can be determined according to user requirements, and if the second network element can accept the first value range, the first network element can determine a third value according to the first value range, thereby being able to Ensure that the needs of users are met.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the first network element determines a third value of the first intended target according to the first information, and the third value belongs to the first value range, including : The first network element determines that the third value is the maximum value or the minimum value among target values that do not conflict with the second value in the first value range.

Therefore, in this application, the first value range may include multiple target values that do not conflict with the second value, and the first network element may select the maximum or minimum value among them as the third value of the first intended target, Improve the performance of the system to execute the first intent.

In a second aspect, a method for processing an intent is provided, the method may be executed by a second network element or a chip in the second network element, and the method includes: the second network element sends first information to the first network element, the The first information is used to indicate the first value range of the first intended target, the first information is also used to determine a third value of the first intended target, the third value belongs to the first value range, and the third The value does not conflict with the second value of the second intention target, the first intention target is used to indicate the target value that the first intention is expected to achieve, and the second intention target is used to indicate the target value that the second intention is expected to achieve; The second network element sends third information to the first network element, the third information is used to indicate that the first value of the first intended target is allowed to be modified to the third value, and the first value conflicts with the second value.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementation manners of the second aspect, the method further includes: the second network element sending second information to the first network element, where the second information is used to indicate the second intended target In the second value range, the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

In a third aspect, a method for processing an intent is provided, the method may be executed by a second network element or a chip in the second network element, and the method includes: the second network element receives first information from the first network element, the The first information is used to indicate the first value range of the first intended target, the first information is also used to determine a third value of the first intended target, the third value belongs to the first value range, and the third The value does not conflict with the second value of the second intent target of the second intent, the first intent target is used to indicate the target value that the first intent expects to achieve, and the second intent target is used to indicate the second intent expects to achieve Target value: the second network element determines to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementation manners of the third aspect, the method further includes: the second network element sending sixth information to the first network element, where the sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept The first value range indicated by the first information.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementation manners of the third aspect, the method further includes: the second network element sending second information to the first network element, where the second information is used to indicate the second intended target In the second value range, the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementation manners of the third aspect, the method further includes: the second network element sending third information to the first network element, where the third information is used to indicate the The first value is allowed to be modified to the third value, the first value conflicts with the second value.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a device for processing intentions, the device including a processing unit and a transceiver unit, the transceiver unit is used to obtain a first value of a first intention target, and the first value conflicts with a second value of a second intention target , the first intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the first intention, and the second intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention; the processing unit is used to obtain the first information, and the first information is used In order to indicate the first value range of the first intended object, the processing unit is further configured to determine a third value of the first intended object according to the first information, the third value belongs to the first value range, and the third value Three values do not conflict with this second value.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to obtain second information, the second information is used to indicate a second value range of the second intention target, and the first intention has a priority lower than or equal to the priority of this second intent.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is further configured to determine that the second value of the second intended target is not allowed to be modified.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is further configured to release resources of the second intent, and the priority of the first intent is higher than the priority of the second intent.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the transceiving unit is further configured to acquire third information, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value is allowed to be modified to the third value.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the transceiving unit is specifically configured to receive the first information from the second network element, or the processing unit is specifically configured to determine the first information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the conflict between the first value and the second value of the second intent includes: the first operation corresponding to the first value and the second operation corresponding to the second value Operation conflicts, or the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send fourth information, where the fourth information is used to request acquisition of the second intent target, and the second intent is an active In other words, the transceiving unit is also used to receive fifth information, where the fifth information is used to indicate the second intended target.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the transceiving unit is further configured to send the first information to the second network element, and the transceiving unit is further configured to receive sixth information from the second network element , the sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is specifically configured to determine that the maximum value or the minimum value of the target values that do not conflict with the second value in the first value range is the first value triple value.

According to a fifth aspect, there is provided a device for processing intentions. The device includes a transceiver unit configured to send first information, the first information is used to indicate a first value range of a first intention target, and the first information It is also used to determine a third value of the first intended target, the third value belongs to the first value range, the third value does not conflict with the second value of the second intended target, and the first intended target is used for Indicating the target value expected to be achieved by the first intention, the second intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention; the transceiver unit is further configured to send third information to the first network element, the first The third information is used to indicate that the first value of the first intended object is allowed to be modified to the third value, and the first value conflicts with the second value.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementation manners of the fifth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send second information to the first network element, where the second information is used to indicate a second value of the second intended target scope, the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

According to the sixth aspect, there is provided a device for processing intentions, the device includes a transceiver unit, the transceiver unit is used to receive first information, the first information is used to indicate the first value range of the first intention target, and the first information It is also used to determine a third value of the first intended target, the third value belongs to the first value range, the third value does not conflict with the second value of the second intended target, and the first intended target is used for indicating the target value expected to be achieved by the first intention, and the second intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention; the processing unit is configured to determine the first value range that accepts the first information indication.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementation manners of the sixth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send sixth information to the first network element, where the sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept the first information The first value range indicated.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementation manners of the sixth aspect, the transceiving unit is further configured to send second information to the first network element, where the second information is used to indicate a second value of the second intended target scope, the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementation manners of the sixth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send third information to the first network element, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value of the first intended target allows is modified to the third value, the first value conflicts with the second value

In a seventh aspect, a communication device is provided, and the device may include a processing unit, a sending unit, and a receiving unit. Optionally, the sending unit and the receiving unit may also be transceiver units.

When the device is the first network element, the processing unit may be a processor, and the sending unit and the receiving unit may be transceivers; the device may also include a storage unit, which may be a memory; the storage unit is used for storing An instruction, the processing unit executes the instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the first network element executes any one method of the first aspect to the third aspect. When the device is a chip in the first network element, the processing unit may be a processor, and the sending unit and receiving unit may be input/output interfaces, pins or circuits, etc.; the processing unit executes the instructions stored in the storage unit , so that the chip executes the methods of the first aspect to the third aspect. The storage unit is used to store instructions, and the storage unit may be a storage unit in the chip (for example, a register, a cache, etc.), or a storage unit outside the chip in the first network element (for example, a read-only memory, random access memory, etc.).

In an eighth aspect, a communication device is provided, including a processor and an interface circuit, and the interface circuit is used to receive signals from other communication devices other than the communication device and transmit them to the processor or send signals from the processor For other communication devices other than the communication device, the processor is used to implement any method of the aforementioned first aspect to the third aspect through a logic circuit or executing code instructions.

In a ninth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program or instruction is stored, and when the computer program or instruction is executed, any one of the aforementioned first to third aspects can be realized. method.

In a tenth aspect, a computer program product including instructions is provided, and when the instructions are executed, any method of the aforementioned first aspect to the third aspect is implemented.

In an eleventh aspect, a computer program is provided. The computer program includes codes or instructions. When the codes or instructions are executed, the methods in any possible implementation manners of the aforementioned first aspect to the third aspect are implemented.

A twelfth aspect provides a chip system, which includes a processor and may further include a memory, configured to implement at least one method described in the foregoing first aspect to the third aspect. The system-on-a-chip may consist of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.

In a thirteenth aspect, a communication system is provided, and the system includes the apparatus (such as a first network element and a second network element) according to any one of the fourth aspect to the sixth aspect.

In some implementation manners, the first network element may be an intent translation network element, and the second network element may be an intent management network element.

In some implementation manners, the first network element may be an intent execution network element, and the second network element may be an intent management network element.

In some implementation manners, the first network element may be an intent execution network element, and the second network element may be an intent translation network element.

In some implementation manners, the first network element may be a service provider, or an intention provider, and the second network element may be a service consumer, or an intention consumer.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system applying the processing intent provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an example of processing intent conflicts provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an example of intent translation network elements handling intent conflicts provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of an example of an intention execution network element handling an intention conflict provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of another example of intent translation network elements handling intent conflicts provided by the embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of another example of processing intent conflicts by an intent-executing network element provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are schematic structural diagrams of a possible communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solution in this application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical solution of this application can be applied to various types of network function virtualization (network function virtualization, NFV) systems, and the system can use standard formal language to integrate the current operator's business technical solutions, network construction solutions and network operation and maintenance methods It is described as patterns and strategies, and based on these patterns and strategies, technical solutions and construction plans are realized. For example, the technical solution of the present application can be applied to one or more of the following systems: wireless intent driven network (wireless intent driven network, wIDN) system, experiential networked intelligence (ENI) system, intent driven management service ( intent driven management service (IDMS) system or open network automation platform (open network automation platform, ONAP) system, etc.

For clarity, some terms in the embodiments of the present application are explained below.

Intent: Refers to the expectations of the acting system. An intent can include one or more of the following: requirements, intent goals, and constraints.

Intent instance: the object after instantiating the intent. For example, in this application, an intent can be replaced with an instance of an intent.

Intent expression: an expression used to carry an intention, and the expression includes one or more of the following: intention action name, intention action attribute, intention action object name or intention action object attribute. Intent expressions have specific syntax and semantics.

Intent goal: used to indicate the target value that the intention needs to achieve.

Intent translation: the process of converting an intent into an intent executable command or rule or sub-intent.

Intention execution: issue the executable commands, sub-intents, and rules of the intent, and adjust the executable commands, sub-intents, and rules according to the network environment and the achievement of the intent.

Intention-executable commands: A series of instructions formed by intentions through operations such as translation decisions.

Intent mode: specifies the syntax and semantics of intent expressions. The intent pattern may include one or more of the following: fields, value ranges of fields, types of fields, and hierarchical relationships between fields. For example, fields can be used to describe the type, name, or consumer of the intent schema.

Intent state: Intent state includes activation state, conflict state, deactivation state or sleep state, etc. Among them, the intention being in the active state can be understood as the intention being executed; the intention being in the conflicting state can be understood as the intention conflicting with the intention in the system; the intention being in the deactivated state can be understood as the intention not being executed; the intention being in the sleeping state can be understood It is understood that the intended goal of the intention has been temporarily suspended due to long-term failure to achieve it.

Intent creation: Create a new intent in the intent system and create a corresponding intent context.

Intention knowledge: Intent knowledge is the relevant parameters of the intent pattern stored in the intent knowledge base. For example, the above-mentioned relevant parameters may include one or more of the following: executable operations corresponding to the intent, entity identifiers of the intent, or entity types of the intent.

Intent operation: the executable operation corresponding to the intent target.

Conflict of intent: When two intents cannot be achieved at the same time due to mutual exclusion of intent expressions, execution operations, or semantics, the two intents are said to be in conflict. Optionally, the intent conflict may refer to a conflict between an intent that needs to be created and an active intent in the system.

In order to facilitate the understanding of the embodiment of the present application, the intended system applicable to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application will first be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a system 100 suitable for processing intentions of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1 , the system 100 includes an intended consumption network element 110 and an intended provision network element 120 . The intention providing network element may include an intention management network element 121 , an intention translation network element 122 , and an intention execution network element 123 .

The intended consumption network element 110, also called the intended consumer, is the intended consumer. For example, the intended consumption network element 110 may be an operation support system (operations support systems, OSS), a business support system (business support systems, BSS), an application (application, APP) or other user equipment. For an IDMS system, the intended consumption network element 110 may be a service consumer or a management service (management service, MnS) network element, such as a network management system (network management system, NMS). The intent-consuming network element 110 can communicate with the intent-providing network element 120, for example, the intent-consuming network element 110 can send a request for creating or implementing an intent to the intent-providing network element 120.

The intention management network element 121 can be used for managing the intention mode, it can receive the request information from the intention consumption network element 110, and process the request information. The intent management network element 121 may include an intent schema library, which is used to store intent schemas. The intent management network element 121 may also include an intent instance library, through which the intent management network element 121 may obtain state information of an intent mode, an intent target, and an operation corresponding to the intent.

The intent translation network element 122 may receive translation request information from the intent management network element 121 to implement the intent translation function. The intent translation network element 122 can also acquire the intent pattern from the intent management network element 121 , and check the syntax and semantics of the information provided by the intent consumption network element 110 .

The intent execution network element 123 may receive commands from the intent management network element 122 and the intent translation network element 121, and implement operations related to the intent.

It should be noted that systems with different processing intents may also include other network elements with corresponding functions.

For example, for a wIDN system, the system may also include an intent knowledge management network element and an intent knowledge base. Wherein, the intent management network element is used to manage the intent knowledge, and the intent knowledge base is used to store the intent knowledge. The intent management network element may also include an intent pattern repository and an intent instance repository, where the intent pattern repository is used to store intent patterns, and the intent instance repository is used to store intents.

For the ENI system, the ENI system may also include one or more of the following: an input function network element, an output function network element, an analysis function network element, and a decision function network element. Wherein, the input function network element may include a data collection network element and a normalization network element, which are used for receiving data from an external system and performing operations such as normalizing the data. The output function network element may include an output network element and a denormalization network element, which are used to convert the system internal command into a format that can be processed by the external system and send it to the external system. The analysis function network element can be used to sense and analyze the existing network state and predict the future network state. For example, the analysis function network element may include a knowledge management network element, a context awareness network element and a cognitive management network element. Among them, the knowledge management network element can manage the intention knowledge, the context awareness network element can perceive and analyze the existing network status, and the cognitive management network element can perform management analysis. The aforementioned intent management network element and intent translation network element may be sub-network elements in the analysis function network element. The decision-making function network element is used to generate new operation commands according to the policy target on the basis of awareness of the network state, arrange the operation commands, and send the operation commands to the output network element. The decision-making function network element can include policy management network elements , a context-aware network element and a drive management network element, wherein the policy management network element is used to manage intent policies, the context-aware network element is used to sense and analyze network status, and the drive management network element is used to perform drive management of intent.

For the IDMS system, the intended consumption network element can be the network management system (network management system, NMS), the intended provision network element can be the equipment management system (element management system, EMS), the intention management network element, the intention translation network element and the intention execution A network element may be a sub-module intended to provide a network element.

It should be noted that the solution of this application can be applied to other systems including corresponding network elements, which is not limited in this application.

At present, in the intent processing system, when the intent consumer sends an intent creation request to the intent provider network element, if the intent conflicts with the active intent in the system, the system will compete according to the priority of the two intents , that is to say, the system will determine the intent with lower priority according to a certain mechanism, and suspend the intent with lower priority, and the number of intents that can be supported simultaneously in the system is small.

This application proposes an intention method, which can improve the flexibility of dealing with intention conflicts.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a schematic flow chart of the method 100 for processing intentions provided by the present application.

S101. A first network element acquires a first value of a first intended target.

The first value conflicts with the second value of the second intention goal, the first intention goal is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the first intention, and the second intention goal is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention.

For example, the first network element may be an intent translation network element or an intent execution network element.

When the first network element is an intent translation network element, the first network element may acquire the first value of the first intent target from an intent management network element; when the first network element is an intent execution network element, the first network element The first value of the first intent target may be acquired from an intent translation network element.

In a possible implementation manner, the conflict between the first value and the second value of the second intent includes: the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive, or the first operation corresponding to the first value corresponds to the second value The second operation conflicts.

Wherein, the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive, which can be understood as: the intersection of the first value and the second value is empty. Alternatively, the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive, which can be understood as: the first value and the second value are different, and the first intended object corresponding to the first value and the second intended object corresponding to the second value cannot coexist.

For example, the first intended goal corresponding to the first value is "guarantee that the average throughput rate of UEs in base station 1 is not higher than 8 Mbps", and the second intended goal corresponding to the second value is "guarantee that the average throughput rate of terminal equipment in base station 1 higher than 10Mbps", at this time the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive.

The first operation corresponding to the first value conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value. The first operation corresponding to the first value can be understood as: the operation that needs to be performed to reach the first value, and the second operation corresponding to the second value It can be understood as: the operation that needs to be performed to reach the second value, and conflict can be understood as: the first operation and the second operation cannot be executed completely, and the first value and the second value cannot be achieved at the same time. For example, assuming that the first intended goal corresponding to the first value is "to ensure that the average throughput of UEs in base station 1 is not higher than 8 Mbps", there are three first operations corresponding to the first value, which are:

A. Adjust the inclination angle of the base station to 30 degrees.

B. Turn off the energy-saving algorithm switch of the base station.

C. Adjust the weight value of the air interface scheduling algorithm to 0.8.

Assume that the second intention goal corresponding to the second value is "reduce the energy consumption of the base station by 30%", and there are two second operations corresponding to the second value, which are:

a. Adjust the inclination angle of the base station to 60 degrees.

b. Turn on the energy-saving algorithm switch of the base station.

It can be seen that operation A and operation a cannot be performed together, and operation B and operation b cannot be performed together. Assume that operation C, operation a and operation b are performed separately, and the execution result is "the average throughput rate of the UE in base station 1 is 8.5 Mbps" , "Reduce the energy consumption of the base station by 30%", the result cannot reach the first value of the first intended goal. At this time, it can be understood that the first operation corresponding to the first value conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value.

For example, the conflict between the first operation corresponding to the first value and the second operation corresponding to the second value can also be understood as: at least one of the operations corresponding to the first value and the operation corresponding to the second value cannot be executed together. The first value of the first intent cannot be satisfied after performing the operations that can be performed among the operations corresponding to the first value.

In a possible implementation, the first intent may be an intent that needs to be created, and the second intent is an active intent in the system, or the first intent is an active intent in the system, and the second intent is An intent needs to be created.

As an example but not a limitation, the present application takes the second intention as an intention in an active state in the system as an example.

S102. The first network element acquires first information, where the first information is used to indicate a first value range of a first intended target.

For example, the first value range may be a set or a value, and the set may be a set composed of multiple discrete values, or a set composed of one or more segments of continuous values.

The first network element may acquire the first information in any of the following three ways:

Way #1

The first network element receives the first information from the second network element, and correspondingly, the second network element sends the first information to the first network element.

For example, when the first network element is an intention translation network element, the second network element may be an intention management network element; when the first network element is an intention execution network element, the second network element may be an intention translation network element or Intent to manage network elements.

It should be noted that the second network element may simultaneously send the first value of the first target of the first intention and the first information to the first network element, and the second network element may also divide the first information and the first value into The two messages are sent to the first network element, and the second network element can also only send the first information to the first network element, and the first network element can obtain the first information from the first value range in the first information according to preset rules. one value.

In a possible implementation, the first information may be obtained by the second network element from the intended consumer, that is to say, the first information may be determined by the intended consumer, for example, when the second network element is the intended When managing network elements, the intent management network element can obtain the first information from the intent creation or implementation request issued by the intent consumer, and when the second network element is an intent translation network element, the intent translation network element can also pass the intent management The network element obtains the first information identified by the intended consumer.

Way #2

The first network element determines the third value range of the first intended target.

The third value range may be understood as the value range of the first intended target acceptable to the first network element.

It should be noted that the third value range may be a set or a value, and the set may be a set of multiple discrete values, or a set of one or more continuous values.

For example, the first network element determines the third value range according to the second intended target or the current operating state of the system.

For another example, in the case that the first value of the first intentional goal cannot be satisfied by performing an executable operation, such as an operation that does not conflict with the second operation, the first network element may determine the first intentional goal according to the achievable goal value The third value range of .

The first network element sends the seventh information to the second network element, and correspondingly, the second network element receives the seventh information from the first network element.

The seventh information is used to indicate the third value range.

The second network element determines the first information according to the seventh information, where the first information is used to indicate the first value range.

Wherein, the second network element determines the first information according to the seventh information. In a possible implementation manner, the second network element sends indication information for indicating the third value range to the intended consumer, and the intended consumer determines whether can accept the third value range, if the intended consumer accepts the third value range, the intended consumer sends information indicating acceptance of the third value range to the second network element, and the second network element can send The third value range is determined as the first value range; if the intended consumer does not accept the third value range, the intended consumer sends information indicating the first value range to the second network element, so that the second The network element acquires first information used to indicate the first value range.

That is to say, the first network element can obtain the first value range by negotiating with the second network element, or through negotiation with the intended consumer through the second network element. The first network element first gives the second network element A suggested value range, the second network element feeds back a value range or value acceptable to the intended consumer to the first network element according to the suggested value range, if the first network element accepts the value fed back by the intended consumer value range or value, the first network element has acquired the first information.

It should be noted that the above is only an example of one negotiation. In this application, if the second network element does not accept the value range of the intended consumer feedback, the third value range can be re-determined and sent to the second network element , repeating the above negotiation process until the first network element obtains the first commonly accepted value range, or reaches a predetermined number of times of negotiation.

Way #3

The first network element determines the first information.

In a possible implementation manner, the first network element determines the first information, and the first network element may determine the first value range of the first intended target according to system preset conditions, or the first network element may determine the first value range of the first intended target according to the current The operating conditions of the system, the load, or the goals to be achieved by the system determine the value range of the first intended goal, that is, the first information, which is not particularly limited in this application.

In another possible implementation manner, the first network element determines the first information, and when performing an executable operation, for example, an operation that does not conflict with the second operation, and cannot satisfy the first value of the first intention goal, The first network element may determine the first value range of the first intended target according to the achievable target value, that is, the first information.

In a possible implementation manner, when the first network element obtains the first information using method #3, that is, when the first network element determines the first information, the first network element sends the first information to the second network element, corresponding to Specifically, the second network element receives the first information from the first network element.

The second network element determines whether to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.

For example, the second network element may send information indicating the first value range to the intended consumer according to the first information, and the intended consumer determines whether they can accept the first value range, if the intended consumer can accept the first value range The first value range means that the consumer is intended to feed back information indicating that the first value range can be accepted to the second network element.

When the second network element accepts the first value range indicated by the first information, the second network element sends sixth information to the first network element, and correspondingly, the first network element receives the sixth information from the second network element Six information.

The sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.

In the case that the second network element does not accept the first value range indicated by the first information, the second network element may send the first network element to indicate rejection of the first value range indicated by the first information, so that The first network element may redetermine a first value range and resend the first value range to the second network element, or the first network element may suspend execution of the first intention.

In a possible implementation manner, the first network element determines whether the second value of the second intended object is allowed to be modified.

In a possible implementation manner, the first network element may determine whether the second intent is allowed to be modified according to displayed information.

For example, the first network element acquires the second information.

The second information is used to indicate the second value range of the second intended target.

It should be noted that the acquisition of the second information by the first network element may also be understood as that the second intent target of the second intent is allowed to be modified, that is, the second information may also indicate that the second value of the second intent is allowed to be modified.

The manner in which the first network element acquires the second information is similar to the manner in which the first network element acquires the first information, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

In another possible implementation manner, if the first network element does not obtain information that can indicate that the second intent is allowed to be modified, the first network element may default that the second intent is not allowed to be modified.

That is to say, when the first value conflicts with the second value, the first network element can determine whether the second value of the second intended target is allowed to be modified, and if the second value is not allowed to be modified, the first The network element may execute step S103. When the second value of the second intended object is allowed to be modified, if the first value conflicts with the second value, the system may choose to modify the first value or the second value, Wherein, modifying the first value or modifying the second value may also be understood as the first network element re-determining a target value for the first intended target or the second intended target.

That is to say, the confirmation result of the first network element determining whether the second value of the second intended object is allowed to be modified includes the following two situations:

Case 1:

When the first network element determines that the second value is not allowed to be modified, in a possible implementation manner, the first network element determines whether to suspend the second value according to the priority of the first intention and the priority of the second intention. intention.

If the priority of the first intent is higher than or equal to the priority of the second intent, the first network element determines to suspend the second intent.

In a possible implementation manner, the first network element releases resources of the second intent, and stops executing the second intent.

It should be noted that in this application, the second value of the second intent cannot be modified, and the priority of the second intent is lower than that of the first intent, and the second intent is suspended as an example. The first intent of the first intent A value cannot be modified, and the priority of the first intent is lower than that of the second intent. The operation of suspending the first intent is similar, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

Case 2:

In a case where the first network element determines that the second value is allowed to be modified, in a possible implementation manner, the first network element determines whether the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

Therefore, the first network element may determine whether to modify the first value or to modify the second value according to the priority of the first intention and the priority of the second intention.

The confirmation result of the first network element determining whether the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent includes the following two situations:

Case a: If the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent, the first network element executes step S103.

S103. The first network element determines a third value of the first intended target according to the first information.

The third value belongs to the first value range, and the third value does not conflict with the second value.

In a possible implementation manner, the first network element determines that the third value is the maximum value or the minimum value among the target values that do not conflict with the second value in the first value range.

In another possible implementation manner, the first network element determines a target value that does not conflict with the second value in the first value range, and determines the second value among the target values that do not conflict according to preset rules or system information. triple value. For example, the system information includes the accuracy of the bandwidth in the system or the bearer size, etc.

For example, the second intended goal corresponding to the second value is "guarantee that the average throughput rate of UEs in base station 1 is not higher than 8 Mbps", and the first intended goal corresponding to the first value is "guarantee that the average throughput rate of UEs in base station 1 is higher than 10Mbps", assuming that the first intent is determined to be modified, the first value range of the first intent target indicated by the first information is [5,10].

If the system identifies the bandwidth with an accuracy of 1 Mbps, the first network element may determine that the third value is 7 Mbps, that is, the first intended goal corresponding to the third value is "to ensure that the average throughput of UEs in base station 1 is higher than 7 Mbps".

If the system identifies the bandwidth with an accuracy of 0.1 Mbps, the first network element can determine that the third value is 7.9 Mbps, that is, the first intended goal corresponding to the third value is "to ensure that the average throughput rate of UEs in base station 1 is higher than 7.9 Mbps ".

Case b: If the priority of the first intent is higher than that of the second intent, the first network element may determine a fourth value of the second intent, and the fourth value does not conflict with the first value.

Optionally, the first network element may also obtain the value range of the second intended target. The manner in which the first network element obtains the value range of the second intended object may be similar to the manner in which the first information is obtained, and details are not repeated here.

Optionally, the first network element may also determine the fourth value according to the value range of the second intended target. The manner in which the first network element determines the fourth value according to the value range of the second intended target may be similar to the manner in which the third value is determined according to the first information, and details are not repeated here for simplicity.

In a possible implementation manner, after the first network element determines the third value of the first intention target, the first network element may also send at least one of the following information to the second network element: the identifier of the first intention, State information for the first intent and a value for the third. For example, the first network element may send the foregoing at least one item of information to the second network element through an update message. Wherein, the state information of the first intention is used to indicate that the state of the first intention is an active state.

In another possible implementation manner, after the first network element determines the fourth value of the target of the second intent, the first network element may also send at least one of the following information to the second network element: the target of the second intent ID, state information for the second intent, and a fourth value. For example, the first network element may send the foregoing at least one item of information to the second network element through an update message. Wherein, the state information of the second intent is used to indicate that the state of the second intent is an active state.

It should be noted that if neither the first intent nor the second intent is allowed to be modified, or although the first intent and/or the second intent are allowed to be modified, a non-conflicting target value cannot be determined according to the modification range of the target value, the A network element may perform preemption according to the priority of the first intent and the priority of the second intent. For example, if the priority of the first intent is low, the execution of the first intent is suspended, and if the priority of the second intent is low, the execution of the second intent is suspended. The network element sends update information, where the update information includes an identifier of the suspended execution intent and status information for indicating the suspended execution, for example, indicating that the status of the suspended execution intent is a conflict state.

According to the solution proposed in this embodiment, when the first value of the first intent conflicts with the second value of the second intent, the third value of the first intent can be re-determined according to the value range of the target of the first intent instead of Immediately suspend the execution of the first intent. Since the third value of the first intent does not conflict with the second value of the second intent, both the first intent and the second intent can be executed by the system, thereby improving flexibility in handling intent conflicts.

In the method 100 proposed in this embodiment, optionally, the following operations may also be included:

S104. The first network element acquires third information, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value is allowed to be modified to a third value.

For example, when the first network element is an intent translation network element, the first network element may obtain the third information from an intent management network element; when the first network element is an intent execution network element, the first network element may obtain the third information from an intent The translation network element obtains the third information.

It should be noted that the first value of the first intent target and the third information may be sent through the same message, or may be sent through different messages.

Through step S104, the first network element may determine whether the first value of the first intended object is allowed to be modified according to the third information.

S105. The first network element sends fourth information to the second network element, and correspondingly, the second network element receives the fourth information from the first network element.

The fourth information is used to request to obtain the second intent target, and the second intent is an active intent.

The second network element may be an intent management network element.

For example, the first network element may send the fourth message to the second network element through an intent query request message. Alternatively, the fourth information may be an intent query request message.

In a possible implementation manner, when the first network element is an intent translation network element, the fourth information may be used to request to obtain the second value of the second intent target, so that the first network element may determine the first intent target Whether the first value of and the second value of the second intent target are mutually exclusive.

In another possible implementation manner, when the first network element is a network element with an intention to execute, the fourth information may be used to request to obtain the second operation corresponding to the second value, so that the first network element may determine the first value Whether the corresponding first operation conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value.

It should be noted that in this application, the number of second intents may be one or more, that is to say, there may be one or more second intents in the system that conflict with the first value of the first intent target.

S106. The first network element receives fifth information from the second network element, and correspondingly, the second network element sends the fifth information to the first network element.

The fifth information is used to indicate the second intended target.

That is to say, the second network element may send the second intention object of the second intention to the first network element according to the fourth information, that is, the second value of the second intention object or the second operation corresponding to the second value.

Through steps S105 and S106, the first network element can obtain the second intention target, so that the first network element can determine whether the first value of the first intention target conflicts with the target value of the intention in the active state, and can improve the processing intention conflict reliability.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic flowchart of a method 200 for an intent translation network element to handle intent conflicts.

S201. The intention translation network element (an example of the first network element) receives the first value of the first intention target from the intention management network element (an example of the second network element), and correspondingly, sends the intention translation network element to the intention translation network element. Element sends the first value of the first intent target.

The first value conflicts with the second value of the second intention target, the first intention target is used to indicate the target value that the first intention is expected to achieve, and the second intention target is used to indicate the target value that the second intention is expected to achieve.

For example, the intent management network element sends the first value of the first intent target to the intent translation network element through an intent translation request message (translateIntent).

S202. The intention translation network element receives first information from the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element sends the first information to the intention translation network element.

The first information is used to indicate the value range of the first intended target.

For example, the intent management network element may also send the first value of the first intent target to the intent translation network element through an intent translation request message (translateIntent).

It should be noted that the intent translation network element may determine, according to the first information, that the first value of the first intent target is allowed to be modified.

Optionally, S203. The intention translation network element receives the third information from the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element sends the third information to the intention translation network element.

The third information is used to indicate that the first value is allowed to be modified.

For example, the intent management network element may also send the third information to the intent translation network element through an intent translation request message (translateIntent).

For example, the intent translation network element may determine whether the first value is allowed to be modified according to the third information.

Optionally, the intent management network element may obtain the first value, the first information or the third information of the first intent target from an add intent request message (implementIntent request) sent by the intent consumer to indicate creation of the first intent.

Optionally, the intent management network element sends an intent implementation response message (implementIntent) of the first intent to the intent consumer.

Optionally, the intent translation network element sends a query intent schema request message (retrieveIntentSchema) corresponding to the first intent to the intent management network element, and correspondingly, the intent management network element receives the query intent corresponding to the first intent from the intent translation network element Schema request message.

For example, the query intent pattern request message corresponding to the first intent may be used to request to acquire the intent pattern of the first intent and/or the first operation corresponding to the first value of the first intent target.

Optionally, the intent translation network element receives the first operation corresponding to the intent mode of the first intent and/or the first value of the first intent target from the intent management network element.

Optionally, the intent translation network element may check the syntax and semantics of the first intent according to the intent mode of the first intent obtained from the intent management network element.

Optionally, S204, the intention translation network element sends fourth information to the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element receives the fourth information from the intention translation network element.

The fourth information is used to request to obtain the target of the second intent, and the second intent is an intent in an active state.

For example, the intent translation network element may send the fourth information to the intent management network element through a query intent request message (queryIntent).

For example, the fourth information may be used to request to obtain the second value of the second intended goal, that is, the current goal value of the second intended goal, and the second operation corresponding to the second value.

Optionally, S205. The intention translation network element receives fifth information from the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element sends the fifth information to the intention translation network element.

The fifth information is used to indicate the second intended target.

For example, the intent management network element may send the fifth information to the intent translation network element by querying an intent reply message.

Optionally, the query reply message may also include an identifier of the second intent.

For example, the intent management network element may return the requested related information of the second intent target to the intent translation network element according to the fourth information request.

S206. The intent translation network element determines whether the first value of the first intent object and the second value of the second intent object are mutually exclusive.

The description of the mutual exclusion of the first value and the second value is similar to that described in the method 100, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

If the intent translation network element determines that the first value and the second value are not mutually exclusive, the first intent under the first value may be executed.

It should be noted that, when the intent translation network element acquires the first information, it may determine that when the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive, the first value of the first intent target is allowed to be modified.

If the network element intended to translate determines that the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive, the network element intended to translate performs step S207.

S207. The intent translation network element determines whether the second value of the second intent object is allowed to be modified.

The description of whether the intent translation network element determines whether the second value of the second intent object is allowed to be modified is similar to the description in method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

The confirmation result of step S207 may include the following two situations:

Case 1: If the intention translation network element determines that the second value of the second intention object is not allowed to be modified, the intention translation network element performs step S208.

S208. The intent translation network element determines a third value of the first intent target of the first intent according to the first information.

The third value belongs to the first value range, and the third value does not conflict with the first value.

A manner in which the intent translation network element determines the third value of the first intent target of the first intent according to the first information is similar to that described in method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

Case 2: If the intention translation network element determines that the second value of the second intention object is allowed to be modified, the intention translation network element performs step S209.

S209. The intent translation network element determines whether the priority of the first intent is higher than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

The confirmation result of step S209 may include the following two situations:

Case a: If the intent translation network element determines that the priority of the first intent is higher than or equal to the priority of the second intent, the intent translation network element determines the fourth value of the second intent target of the second intent, and the fourth value is the same as the first intent Values do not conflict.

The manner in which the intent translation network element determines the fourth value is similar to that described in method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

Case b: If the intent translation network element determines that the priority of the first intent is lower than the priority of the second intent, the intent translation network element performs step S208, that is, the intent translation network element determines the first intent target of the first intent according to the first information the third value of .

When the intent translation network element determines the third value of the first intent target according to the first information, it can also be said that when the intent translation network element modifies the target value of the first intent target, the intent translation network element may send a message to the intent management network element The intent context update message (intentContextUpdate) for updating the first intent, correspondingly, the intent management network element receives the intent context update message from the intent translation network element.

The intent context update message for updating the first intent may include at least one item of the following information: an identifier of the first intent, state information of the first intent, and a third value. Wherein, the state information of the first intent is used to indicate that the state of the first intent is an active state.

When the intent translation network element determines the fourth value of the second intent target according to the determination, it can also be said that when the intent translation network element modifies the target value of the second intent target, the intent translation network element may send a message for updating the second intent target to the intent management network element. Correspondingly, the intention management network element receives the intention context update message from the intention translation network element.

The intent context update message for updating the second intent may include at least one of the following information: an identifier of the second intent, state information of the second intent, and a fourth value. Wherein, the state information of the second intent is used to indicate that the state of the second intent is an active state.

It should be noted that, for the sake of clarity, the above description is an example where the first value of the first intent object is allowed to be modified. In this application, it may also include the scenario where the first intent is not allowed to be modified, but the second intent is allowed to be modified , the implementation is similar to that the first intent is allowed to be modified, and the second intent is not allowed to be modified. For the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

In addition, if both the first intent and the second intent are not allowed to be modified, or the first intent and/or the second intent are allowed to be modified, but a non-conflicting target value cannot be determined according to the modification range of the target value, the intent translation network element The preemption may be performed according to the priority of the first intent and the priority of the second intent, and the manner of performing the preemption is similar to the description in the method 100, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic flow chart of a method 300 for handling intent conflicts by an intent-executing network element.

S301. The intent execution network element (an example of the first network element) receives a first value of the first intent target from an intent translation network element (an example of the second network element).

For example, the intent translation network element may send the first value of the first intent target to the intent execution network element through an execute intent request message (executeIntent).

S302. The intention execution network element receives first information from the intention translation network element, and correspondingly, the intention translation network element sends the first information to the intention execution network element.

For example, the intent translation network element may also send the first information to the intent execution network element through an execution intent request message (executeIntent).

It should be noted that the intention execution network element may determine, according to the first information, that the first value of the first intention target is allowed to be modified.

Optionally, S303. The intention execution network element receives the third information from the intention translation network element, and correspondingly, the intention translation network element sends the third information to the intention execution network element.

For example, the intent translation network element may also send the third information to the intent execution network element through an execution intent request message (executeIntent).

That is to say, the intent translating network element may also send third information indicating that the first value is allowed to be modified to the intent executing network element, so that the intent executing network element may also determine whether the first value is allowed to be modified according to the third information.

Optionally, the intent translation network element converts the first operation corresponding to the intent mode of the first intent and/or the first value of the first intent target, and the intent mode of the second intent and/or the second value of the second intent target The corresponding second operation is sent to the intent execution network element.

Wherein, the intent translation network element acquires the first operation corresponding to the intent mode of the first intent and/or the first value of the first intent target, and the intent mode of the second intent and/or the second value corresponding to the second intent target The manner of the second operation may be similar to the manner obtained in method 200, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that the intent translation network element may also acquire the relevant information of the first intent and the second intent from the intent management network element itself, which is not particularly limited in this application.

S304. The intent execution network element determines whether the first operation corresponding to the first value of the first intent target of the first intent conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value of the second intent target of the second intent.

The description of the conflict between the first operation corresponding to the first value and the second operation corresponding to the second value is similar to that described in method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

If the intent execution network element determines that the first operation corresponding to the first value does not conflict with the second operation corresponding to the second value, the first intent under the first value may be executed.

It should be noted that when the intention execution network element detects whether the first operation and the second operation conflict, there may be no operation that can be executed, that is, assuming that the first value of the first intention target of the first intention corresponds to The operations are operation A, operation B and operation C, and the operations being executed by the second intent are operation a, operation b and operation c, operation A and operation a cannot be performed together, operation B and operation b cannot be performed together, operation C and operation c cannot be executed together. If the predefined priority is to execute the operation of the second intent, then there is no operation to be executed for the first intent. Optionally, the intent execution network element directly suspends the execution of the first intent. Optionally, the intent execution network element Whether to suspend the execution of the first intent may be determined according to the priority of the first intent and the priority of the second intent. For example, if the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent, the execution of the intent is suspended If the priority of the first intent is higher than that of the second intent, the intent execution network element suspends the execution of the second intent. When the intent execution network element suspends the execution of the first intent, it can also send the intent context update message (intentContextUpdate) of the first intent to the intent management network element, which is used to indicate that the identity of the first intent and the state of the first intent are conflicting . When the intention execution network element suspends the execution of the second intention, it may also send an intention context update message of the second intention to the intention management network element, which is used to indicate that the identity of the second intention and the state of the second intention are conflicting, or It is used to send a release intent resource request message (releaseIntentResource) for instructing to release resources of the second intent to the intent management network element, where the release intent resource request message includes the identifier of the second intent.

In addition, the present application takes the first value of the first intent object to be modified as an example, if the first intent object is not allowed to be modified, it can also be determined whether to suspend execution according to the priority of the first intent and the priority of the second intent first intention.

If the intended execution network element determines that the first operation corresponding to the first value conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value, and there is an executable operation in the first operation and the second operation,

S305. The intent execution network element determines a third value of the first intent target according to the first information.

It should be noted that the third value may be a target value actually achieved after the intention execution unit executes an executable operation corresponding to the first intention, for example, an operation that does not conflict with the second operation.

A manner in which the intent-executing network element determines the third value of the first intent target of the first intent according to the first information is similar to that described in method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

Optionally, the intent execution network element may send an intent context update message (intentContextUpdate) for updating the first intent to the intent management network element, and correspondingly, the intent management network element receives the intent context update message from the intent execution network element.

The intent context update message for updating the first intent may include at least one item of the following information: an identifier of the first intent, state information of the first intent, and a third value. Wherein, the state information of the first intention is used to indicate that the state of the first intention is an active state.

In addition, if both the first intent and the second intent are not allowed to be modified, or the first intent and/or the second intent are allowed to be modified, but a non-conflicting target value cannot be determined according to the modification range of the target value, the intent execution network element The preemption may be performed according to the priority of the first intent and the priority of the second intent, and the manner of performing the preemption is similar to the description in the method 100, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic flowchart of another method 400 for an intent translation network element to handle intent conflicts.

S401. The intention translation network element (an example of the first network element) receives the first value of the first intention target from the intention management network element (an example of the second network element), and correspondingly, sends the intention translation network element to the intention translation network element. Element sends the first value of the first intent target.

S402. The intention translation network element receives third information from the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element sends the third information to the intention translation network element.

It should be noted that the intent management network element may obtain the first value of the first intent target and the third information from the implementIntent request message (implementIntent request) sent by the intent consumer to indicate creation of the first intent.

Optionally, the intent translation network element sends a query intent mode request message (implementIntent) corresponding to the first intent to the intent management network element, and correspondingly, the intent management network element receives the query intent corresponding to the first intent from the intent translation network element Schema request message.

Optionally, S403. The intention translation network element sends fourth information to the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element receives the fourth information from the intention translation network element.

Optionally, S404. The intention translation network element receives fifth information from the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element sends the fifth information to the intention translation network element.

The fifth information is used to indicate the second intended target.

S405. The intent translation network element determines whether the first value of the first intent target of the first intent and the second value of the second intent target of the second intent are mutually exclusive.

It should be noted that, when the intent translation network element acquires the third information, it may determine that the first value of the first intent target is allowed to be modified when the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive.

If the network element intended to translate determines that the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive, the network element intended to translate performs step S406.

S406. The intent translation network element determines whether the second value of the second intent object is allowed to be modified.

The determination result of step S406 includes the following two situations:

Case 1: If the intention translation network element determines that the second value of the second intention target is not allowed to be modified, in a possible implementation manner, the intention translation network element performs step S407.

S407. The intent translation network element determines first information, where the first information is used to indicate a first value range of the first intent target.

The manner in which the intent translation network element determines the first information is similar to that described in the method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

S408. The intention translation network element sends the first information to the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element receives the first information from the intention translation network element.

The first information is used to indicate the first value range of the first intended target.

For example, the intent translation network element may send the first information to the intent management network element through a tolerance range request message (toleranceIntervalRequest).

Therefore, the intent management network element may send the first information to the intent consumer.

Optionally, the tolerance range request message further includes an identifier of the first intention.

The intent management network element may send the first information to the intent consumer, and the intent consumer may determine whether to accept the first value range indicated by the first information, and if the intent consumer accepts the first value range indicated by the first information, then The intent consumer may send indication information for accepting the value range of the first information to the intent management network element.

S409. The intent management network element determines a first value range that accepts the indication of the first information.

S410. The intention management network element sends sixth information to the intention translation network element, and correspondingly, the intention translation network element receives the sixth information from the intention management network element.

The sixth information is used to indicate the first value range that the management network element accepts the first value indicated by the first information.

For example, the intent management network element may send the sixth information to the intent translation network element through a tolerance range reply message (toleranceIntervalResponse).

Optionally, the tolerance range reply message further includes an identifier of the first intention.

In the case that the intention management network element or the intention consumer does not accept the first value range indicated by the first information, the intention management network element may send a first value indicating rejection of the first information indication to the intention translation network element. Therefore, the intent translation network element may re-determine a first value range and resend the first value range to the intent management network element, or the intent translation network element may suspend execution of the first intent.

If the intent translation network element determines that the second value of the second intent target is not allowed to be modified, in another possible implementation manner, the intent translation network element determines a third value range of the first intent target.

The third value range is used to indicate the value range of the first intent target that the schematic translation network element can accept.

The manner in which the intention translation network element determines the third value range is similar to the description in method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

The intention translation network element sends the seventh information to the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element receives the seventh information from the intention translation network element.

The seventh information is used to indicate the third value range.

For example, the intent translation network element may send the seventh information to the intent management network element through a tolerance range request message.

Therefore, the intent management network element can send the seventh information to the intent consumer.

Optionally, the tolerance request message further includes an identifier of the first intent.

The intended consumer can determine the first value range of the first intended target according to the seventh information. It can also be understood that the intended consumer cannot fully accept the first value range, and the intended consumer has determined the first value range that the intended consumer can accept. The value range of the intent target, that is, the first value range, and the first value range is sent to the intent management network element.

The intention management network element sends the first information to the intention translation network element, and correspondingly, the intention translation network element receives the first information from the intention management network element.

For example, the intent management network element may send the first information to the intent translation network element through a tolerance range reply message.

Optionally, the first information is further used to indicate that the third value range of the first intended target is not accepted.

S411. The intent translation network element determines a third value of the first intent target of the first intent according to the first information.

Case 2: If the intent translation network element determines that the second value of the second intent object is allowed to be modified, the intent translation network element determines whether the priority of the first intent is higher than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

The result of determining whether the priority of the first intent by the intent translation network element is higher than or equal to the priority of the second intent includes the following two situations:

The manner in which the intent translation network element determines the fourth value is similar to that described in the method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

Case b: If the intent translation network element determines that the priority of the first intent is lower than that of the second intent, then execute steps S407 to S411 to determine the third value of the first intent target, which can also be said to modify the first intent The first value of the target.

Optionally, when the intent translation network element determines the third value of the first intent target according to the first information, it can also be said that when the intent translation network element modifies the target value of the first intent target, the intent translation network element may report to the intent management network The element sends an intent context update message (intentContextUpdate) for updating the first intent, and correspondingly, the intent management network element receives the intent context update message from the intent translation network element.

When the intent translation network element determines the fourth value of the second intent target according to the determination, it can also be said that when the intent translation network element modifies the target value of the second intent target, the intent translation network element may send a message for updating the second intent target to the intent management network element. The intent context update message of the intent, correspondingly, the intent management network element receives the intent context update message from the intent translation network element.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic flowchart of another method 500 for handling intent conflicts by an intent-executing network element.

S501. The intent execution network element (an example of the first network element) receives a first value of the first intent target from an intent translation network element (an example of the second network element).

S502. The intent executing network element receives third information from the intent translating network element, and correspondingly, the intent translating network element sends the third information to the intent executing network element.

S503. The intent execution network element determines whether the first operation corresponding to the first value of the first intent target of the first intent conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value of the second intent target of the second intent.

It should be noted that, when the intention execution network element detects whether the first operation conflicts with the second operation, there may be no operation that can be performed, and the corresponding operation method may be similar to the description in method 300. For simplicity, the Let me repeat.

It should be noted that, when the intent execution network element obtains the third information, it may determine that when the first operation corresponding to the first value conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value, the first value of the first intent target allows modified.

If the network element intending to execute determines that the first operation corresponding to the first value conflicts with the second operation corresponding to the second value, in a possible implementation manner, the network element intending to execute performs step S504.

S504. The intent execution network element determines first information, where the first information is used to indicate a first value range of the first intent target.

The manner in which the intent-to-execute network element determines the first information is similar to that described in method 100, and for simplicity, details are not repeated here.

S505. The intention execution network element sends the first information to the intention management network element (an example of the second network element), and correspondingly, the intention management network element receives the first information from the intention execution network element.

For example, the intent execution network element may send the first information to the intent management network element through a tolerance range request message (toleranceIntervalRequest).

The intended consumer may determine whether to accept the first value range indicated by the first information, and if the intended consumer accepts the first value range indicated by the first information, the intended consumer may send an acceptance of the first information to the intention management network element. An indication of the range of values.

S506. The intent management network element determines a first value range that accepts the indication of the first information.

S507. The intention management network element sends sixth information to the intention execution network element, and correspondingly, the intention execution network element receives the sixth information from the intention management network element.

In the case that the intention management network element or the intention consumer does not accept the first value range indicated by the first information, the intention management network element may send the intention execution network element a first value indicating rejection of the first information indication. value range, so that the intent execution network element may re-determine a first value range, and resend the first value range to the intent management network element, or the intent execution network element may suspend execution of the first intent.

If the intent execution network element determines that the second value of the second intent object is not allowed to be modified, in another possible implementation manner, the intent execution network element determines a third value range of the first intent object.

The third value range is used to refer to the value range of the first intent target that the intent execution network element can accept.

The manner in which the intent-to-execute network element determines the third value range is similar to the description in method 100, and will not be repeated here for simplicity.

The intention execution network element sends the seventh information to the intention management network element, and correspondingly, the intention management network element receives the seventh information from the intention execution network element.

The seventh information is used to indicate the third value range.

For example, the intent execution network element may send the seventh information to the intent management network element through a tolerance range request message.

The intention management network element sends the first information to the intention execution network element, and correspondingly, the intention execution network element receives the first information from the intention management network element.

For example, the intention management network element may send the first information to the intention execution network element through a tolerance range reply message.

S508. The intent execution network element determines a third value of the first intent target of the first intent according to the first information.

Optionally, when the intent execution network element determines the third value of the first intent target according to the first information, it can also be said that when the intent execution network element modifies the target value of the first intent target, the intent execution network element may report to the intent management network The element sends an intent context update message (intentContextUpdate) for updating the first intent, and correspondingly, the intent management network element receives the intent context update message from the intent execution network element.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are schematic structural diagrams of a possible communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application. These communication devices can be used to realize the functions of the first network element and the second network element in the above method embodiments, and therefore can also realize the beneficial effects of the above method embodiments. In the embodiment of the present application, the communication device may be the first network element or the second network element, or may be a module (such as a chip) applied in the first network element or the second network element.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the communication device 900 includes a processing unit 910 and a transceiver unit 920 . The communication device 900 is configured to implement the functions of the first network element or the second network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 above. Alternatively, the communication device 900 may include a module for implementing any function or operation of the first network element or the second network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. , firmware, or any combination thereof.

When the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. Binary conflict, the first intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the first intention, and the second intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention; the processing unit 920 is configured to obtain the first information, the first intention target value A piece of information is used to indicate a first value range of the first intended object, and the processing unit 920 is further configured to determine a third value of the first intended object according to the first information, and the third value belongs to the first value range , the third value does not conflict with the second value.

Therefore, in this application, when the first value of the first intent conflicts with the second value of the second intent, the third value of the first intent can be re-determined according to the value range of the target of the first intent instead of directly hanging to carry out the first intention. Since the third value of the first intent does not conflict with the second value of the second intent, both the first intent and the second intent can be executed by the system, thereby improving the flexibility of handling intent conflicts.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. The second value range of the intent target, the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the processing unit 920 is further used to determine that the second value of the second intended object is not allowed to be modified.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the processing unit 920 is also used to release the resources of the second purpose, and the priority Takes precedence over this second intent.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. The value is allowed to be modified to this third value.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the transceiver unit 920 is specifically configured to receive the first information from the second network element, or the processing unit 920 is specifically configured to determine the first information.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the transceiver unit 920 is also used to send fourth information to the second network element, the fourth information It is used to request to obtain the second intent target, the second intent is an active intent; the transceiver unit 920 is also configured to receive fifth information from the second network element, and the fifth information is used to indicate the second intent Target.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the transceiver unit 920 is also used to send the first information to the second network element, and the transceiver unit 920 is further configured to receive sixth information from the second network element, where the sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the first network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the processing unit 920 is specifically configured to determine that the first value range does not conflict with the second value The maximum or minimum of the target values of is the third value.

When the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the second network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the transceiver unit 920 is used to send the first information, the first information is used to indicate the first value of the first intended target range, the first information is also used to determine a third value of the first intended target, the third value belongs to the first value range, and the third value does not conflict with the second value of the second intended target, said The first intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the first intention, and the second intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention; the transceiver unit 920 is further configured to send the third information, the third information is used to indicate that the first value of the first intended target is allowed to be modified to the third value, and the first value conflicts with the second value.

Optionally, when the communication device 900 is used to realize the function of the second network element in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the transceiver unit 920 is also used to send second information to the first network element, the second information is In the second value range indicating the target of the second intent, the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intent.

More detailed descriptions about the processing unit 910 and the transceiver unit 920 can be directly obtained by referring to the related descriptions in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , and will not be repeated here.

As shown in FIG. 8 , the communication device 1000 includes a processor 1010 and an interface circuit 1020 . The processor 1010 and the interface circuit 1020 are coupled to each other. It can be understood that the interface circuit 1020 may be a transceiver or an input-output interface. Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a memory 1030 for storing instructions executed by the processor 1010 or storing input data required by the processor 1010 to execute the instructions or storing data generated by the processor 1010 after executing the instructions.

When the communication device 1000 is used to implement the method shown in FIG. 2 , the processor 1010 is used to implement the functions of the above-mentioned processing unit 1010 , and the interface circuit 1020 is used to implement the functions of the above-mentioned transceiver unit 1020 .

When the communication device 1000 is used to implement the method shown in FIG. 2 , the communication device 1000 includes a processor 1010 and an interface circuit 1020 . The processor 1010 and the interface circuit 1020 are coupled to each other. It can be understood that the interface circuit 1020 may be a transceiver or an input-output interface. Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a memory 1030 for storing instructions executed by the processor 1010 or storing input data required by the processor 1010 to execute the instructions or storing data generated by the processor 1010 after executing the instructions.

When the communication device 1000 is used to implement the method shown in FIG. 2 , the processor 1010 is used to implement the functions of the processing unit 1010 described above, and the interface circuit 1020 is used to implement the functions of the transceiver unit 1020 described above.

When the above communication device is a chip applied to the first network element, the first network element chip implements the functions of the first network element in the above method embodiment. The first network element chip receives information from other modules (such as radio frequency modules or antennas) in the first network element, and the information is sent to the first network element by network equipment; or, the first network element chip sends information to the first network element Other modules in the network element (such as radio frequency modules or antennas) send information, and the information is sent from the first network element to the second network element.

When the above communication device is a chip applied to the second network element, the second network element chip implements the functions of the second network element in the above method embodiment. The second network element chip receives information from other modules (such as radio frequency modules or antennas) in the second network element, and the information is sent by the first network element to the second network element; or, the second network element chip sends information to the second network element Other modules (such as radio frequency modules or antennas) in the second network element send information, and the information is sent by the second network element to the first network element.

It can be understood that the processor in the embodiments of the present application can be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), and can also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof. A general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor, or any conventional processor.

Memory in the embodiment of the present application can be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), erasable Programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM), registers, hard disk, mobile hard disk, CD-ROM or any other form of storage medium known in the art . An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium may also be a component of the processor. The processor and storage medium can be located in the ASIC. In addition, the ASIC can be located in a network device or a terminal device. Of course, the processor and the storage medium may also exist in the network device or the terminal device as discrete components.

In the above embodiments, all or part of them may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer programs or instructions. When the computer program or instructions are loaded and executed on the computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are executed in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, a network device, a terminal device, or other programmable devices. The computer program or instructions may be stored in or transmitted via a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer, or a data storage device such as a server integrating one or more available media. The available medium may be a magnetic medium, such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetic tape; it may also be an optical medium, such as a DVD; it may also be a semiconductor medium, such as a solid state disk (solid state disk, SSD).

In each embodiment of the present application, if there is no special explanation and logical conflict, the terms and/or descriptions between different embodiments are consistent and can be referred to each other, and the technical features in different embodiments are based on their inherent Logical relationships can be combined to form new embodiments.

It should be understood that in this embodiment of the application, the numbers "first", "second"... are only used to distinguish different objects, such as different network devices, and do not limit the scope of the embodiment of this application. Examples are not limited to this.

It should also be understood that in this application, "when", "if" and "if" all mean that the network element will make corresponding processing under certain objective circumstances, and it is not a limited time, and it does not require the network element to There must be an action of judgment during implementation, and it does not mean that there are other restrictions.

It should also be understood that in each embodiment of the present application, "A corresponds to B" means that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A. However, it should also be understood that determining B according to A does not mean determining B only according to A, and B may also be determined according to A and/or other information.

It should also be understood that the term "and/or" in this article is only an association relationship describing associated objects, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, A and/or B may indicate: A exists alone, and A and B exist simultaneously. B, there are three situations of B alone. In addition, the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the contextual objects are an "or" relationship.

The meaning of the expression similar to "the item includes one or more of the following: A, B, and C" appearing in this application, unless otherwise specified, usually means that the item can be any of the following: A; B ;C;A and B;A and C;B and C;A,B and C;A and A;A,A and A;A,A and B;A,A and C,A,B and B;A , C and C; B and B, B, B and B, B, B and C, C and C; C, C and C, and other combinations of A, B and C. The above is an example of the three elements of A, B and C to illustrate the optional items of the project. When the expression is "the project includes at least one of the following: A, B, ..., and X", it is in the expression When there are more elements, then the applicable entries for this item can also be obtained according to the aforementioned rules.

It can be understood that the various numbers involved in the embodiments of the present application are only for convenience of description, and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. The size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic.

Claims

A method for processing intent, characterized in that the method includes:

The first network element obtains the first value of the first intention goal, the first value conflicts with the second value of the second intention goal, the first intention goal is used to indicate the goal value that the first intention is expected to achieve, the The second intention target is used to indicate the target value that the second intention expects to achieve;

The first network element acquires first information, where the first information is used to indicate a first value range of the first intended target;

The first network element determines a third value of the first intended target according to the first information, the third value belongs to the first value range, and the third value is different from the second value conflict.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

The first network element acquires second information, where the second information is used to indicate a second value range of the second intent target, and the priority of the first intent is lower than or equal to that of the second intent priority.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

The first network element determines that the second value of the second intended object is not allowed to be modified.
The method of claim 3, further comprising:

The first network element releases the resources of the second intent, and the priority of the first intent is higher than the priority of the second intent.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

The first network element acquires third information, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value is allowed to be modified to the third value.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the acquiring the first information by the first network element comprises:

the first network element receives the first information from a second network element; or

The first network element determines the first information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the conflict between the first value and the second value of the second intended target comprises: the first operation corresponding to the first value and the second value The second operation corresponding to the two values conflicts, or the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

The first network element sends fourth information to the second network element, where the fourth information is used to request acquisition of the second intent target, where the second intent is an active intent;

The first network element receives fifth information from the second network element, where the fifth information is used to indicate the second intended target.
The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein when the first network element determines the first information, the method further comprises:

sending the first information to the second network element by the first network element;

The first network element receives sixth information from the second network element, where the sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the first network element determines a third value of the first intended object according to the first information, and the third value belongs to the The first value range mentioned above includes:

The first network element determines that a maximum value or a minimum value among target values that do not conflict with the second value in the first value range is the third value.
A method for processing intent, characterized in that the method includes:

The second network element sends first information to the first network element, where the first information is used to indicate a first value range of the first intended target, and the first information is also used to determine the first value range of the first intended target Three values, the third value belongs to the first value range, the third value does not conflict with the second value of the second intention, and the first intention is used to indicate the goal that the first intention expects to achieve value, the second intention target is used to indicate the target value that the second intention is expected to achieve;

The second network element sends third information to the first network element, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value of the first intended target is allowed to be modified to the third value, and the first value conflicts with the second value.
The method of claim 11, further comprising:

The second network element sends second information to the first network element, the second information is used to indicate a second value range of the second intention target, and the priority of the first intention is lower than or Equal to the priority of the second intent.
A device for processing intentions, characterized in that the device includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit,

The transceiving unit is configured to acquire a first value of a first intention goal, the first value conflicts with a second value of a second intention goal, and the first intention goal is used to indicate a goal value that the first intention expects to achieve , the second intention target is used to indicate the target value that the second intention is expected to achieve;

The processing unit is configured to acquire first information, where the first information is used to indicate a first value range of the first intended target;

The processing unit is further configured to determine a third value of the first intention target according to the first information, the third value belongs to the first value range, and the third value is consistent with the second Values do not conflict.
The apparatus of claim 13 wherein,

The transceiving unit is further configured to obtain second information, the second information is used to indicate a second value range of the second intention target, and the priority of the first intention is lower than or equal to the priority of the second intention. Intent priority.
The apparatus of claim 13 wherein,

The processing unit is further configured to determine that the second value of the second intended object is not allowed to be modified.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein,

The processing unit is further configured to release resources of the second intent, and the priority of the first intent is higher than the priority of the second intent.
Apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 16, characterized in that

The transceiving unit is further configured to obtain third information, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value is allowed to be modified to the third value.
Apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 17, characterized in that

The transceiving unit is specifically configured to receive the first information from a second network element; or

The processing unit is specifically configured to determine the first information.
The device according to any one of claims 13 to 18, wherein the conflict between the first value and the second value of the second intended target comprises: the first operation corresponding to the first value is inconsistent with the second value The second operation corresponding to the two values conflicts, or the first value and the second value are mutually exclusive.
Apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 19, characterized in that

The transceiving unit is further configured to send fourth information to the second network element, the fourth information is used to request acquisition of the second intent target, the second intent is an active intent,

It is also used for receiving fifth information from the second network element, where the fifth information is used to indicate the second intended target.
The device according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein when the processing unit is specifically configured to determine the first information,

The transceiver unit is further configured to send the first information to the second network element,

It is also used to receive sixth information from the second network element, where the sixth information is used to instruct the second network element to accept the first value range indicated by the first information.
Apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 21 wherein,

The processing unit is specifically configured to determine the third value as the maximum value or the minimum value among target values that do not conflict with the second value in the first value range.
A device for processing intentions, characterized in that the device includes a transceiver unit,

The transceiver unit is configured to send first information to a first network element, the first information is used to indicate a first value range of a first intention target, and the first information is also used to determine the first intention A third value of the target, the third value belongs to the first value range, the third value does not conflict with the second value of the second intention target, and the first intention target is used to indicate the first intention expectation an achieved target value, the second intention target is used to indicate the target value expected to be achieved by the second intention,

It is also used to send third information to the first network element, where the third information is used to indicate that the first value of the first intended target is allowed to be modified to the third value, and the first value is the same as the first value The second value conflicts.
The apparatus of claim 23, wherein,

The transceiver unit is further configured to send second information to the first network element, the second information is used to indicate a second value range of the second intention target, and the priority of the first intention is low equal to or equal to the priority of the second intent.
A processing device, characterized in that it comprises at least one processor, and the at least one processor is used to execute a computer program stored in a memory, so that the device implements the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 .
A processing device, characterized in that it comprises at least one processor, and the at least one processor is configured to execute a computer program stored in a memory, so that the device implements the method as claimed in claim 11 or 12.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized by comprising a computer program, which causes the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 when the computer program is run on the computer.
A computer program product, characterized in that, when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is made to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
A chip system, characterized in that it includes: a processor, configured to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a communication device equipped with the chip system executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 .