WO2024067805A1

WO2024067805A1 - Bearer association method, apparatus, device and readable storage medium

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Publication number: WO2024067805A1
Application number: PCT/CN2023/122577
Authority: WO
Inventors: 胡南; 陈宁宇
Original assignee: 中国移动通信有限公司研究院; 中国移动通信集团有限公司
Priority date: 2022-09-28
Filing date: 2023-09-28
Publication date: 2024-04-04
Also published as: CN117793787A

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications. Provided are a bearer association method, an apparatus, a device and a readable storage medium, aiming to achieve fusion of communication and computing power. The method comprises: a network node receives target information of a target terminal, the target information being used for establishing an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer; and the network node establishes the association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer.

Description

A bearer association method, device, equipment and readable storage medium

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202211190627.9 filed in China on September 28, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a bearer association method, apparatus, device and readable storage medium.

Background technique

Scenarios such as the metaverse and cloud gaming require the integration of communications and computing power (cloud computing), but there is currently no unified architecture that integrates communications and computing power.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bearer association method, apparatus, device, and readable storage medium to achieve the integration of communication and computing power.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association method, including:

The network node receives target information of a target terminal, where the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer;

The network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, the target information includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer; and the network node establishing an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer includes:

The network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer according to the first information.

Optionally, the quality of service (QoS) requirement of the computing power bearer is related to the QoS requirement of the data bearer.

Optionally, the network node establishes an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer, including:

The network node establishes an association relationship between data bearers of one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearer, wherein the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application.

Optionally, the target information includes second information of one or more target terminals, and the network node establishes an association relationship between data bearers of the one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearer, including:

The network node receives second information sent by the one or more target terminals;

The network node sends third information to the one or more target terminals according to the second information;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

First association information, used to indicate that the data bearer has an association relationship with the first computing power bearer;

The first indication is used to indicate whether to share computing power with other terminals;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Second association information, used to indicate that the first computing power bearer has an association relationship with the target data bearer;

A second indication, used to indicate that the first computing power bearer is a computing power bearer shared with other terminals;

Computing capacity.

Optionally, before the network node sends third information to the one or more target terminals according to the second information, the method further includes:

The network node obtains auxiliary information from a core network device or an application server;

The network node determines, based on the auxiliary information, that the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application.

Optionally, the method further includes:

The network node receives fourth information sent by the one or more target terminals, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

A third indication, used to indicate information of a data bearer associated with the first computing power bearer;

A fourth indication is used to indicate information of a first target computing power network node, and the network node forwards the data packet carried by the first computing power to the first target computing power network node;

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

The computing power required for the data packet carried by the first computing power.

Optionally, the method further includes:

The network node sends fifth information to the second target computing power network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to the multiple target terminals;

Among them, the fifth information is obtained by the network node according to the correspondence between the data carrying capacity of the target terminal and the target computing power carrying capacity.

Optionally, the method further includes:

The network node allocates computing capacity to the target terminal.

Optionally, the network node allocating computing capacity to the target terminal includes:

The network node determines the available computing capacity through negotiation with the computing network node;

The network node allocates computing capacity to the target terminal according to the available computing capacity.

Optionally, the method further includes:

The network node establishes a second computing power bearer with the computing power network node, wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association method, including:

The terminal sends target information to the network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.

Optionally, the target information includes first information, and the terminal sends the target information to the network node, including:

The terminal sends first information to the network node, and the first information is used to indicate the number There is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, the target information includes second information, and the terminal sends the target information to the network node, including:

The terminal sends second information to the network node;

The terminal receives third information sent by the network node;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the method further includes:

The terminal sends fourth information to the network node, where the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association method, including:

The computing power network node receives the fifth information sent by the network node, and the fifth information is used to indicate the target The relationship between the computing power loads corresponding to the target terminals;

The computing network nodes allocate computing capacity;

Optionally, the computing power network nodes allocate computing power capacity, including:

The computing power network node establishes a second computing power bearer with the network node and allocates computing power capacity to the second computing power bearer; wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, if a computing power bearer is established between the network node and one of the target terminals, the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing power capacity of the computing power bearer;

If a shared computing power bearer is established between the network node and multiple target terminals, the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing power capacity of the shared computing power bearer.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association device, applied to a network node, including:

A first receiving module, configured to receive target information of a target terminal, wherein the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer;

The first establishing module is used to establish an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, the target information includes first information, and the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer; the first establishment module is used to establish an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer according to the first information.

Optionally, the quality of service QoS requirement of the computing power bearer is related to the QoS requirement of the data bearer.

Optionally, the first establishing module is used to establish an association relationship between data bearers of one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearer, wherein the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application.

Optionally, the target information includes second information of one or more target terminals, and the first establishing module includes:

A second receiving submodule, configured to receive second information sent by the one or more target terminals;

A first sending submodule, configured to send third information to the one or more target terminals according to the second information;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the device may further include:

A first acquisition module is used for a core network device or an application server to acquire auxiliary information;

The first determining module is configured to determine, based on the auxiliary information, that the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application.

Optionally, the device may further include:

The first receiving module is configured to receive fourth information sent by the one or more target terminals, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

Optionally, the device may further include:

A first sending module, configured to send fifth information to a second target computing power network node, wherein the fifth information is used to indicate an association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to multiple target terminals;

Optionally, the device may further include:

The first processing module is used to allocate computing capacity to the target terminal.

Optionally, the first processing module includes:

A first determination submodule is used to determine the available computing capacity through negotiation with the computing network node;

The first allocation submodule is used to allocate computing capacity to the target terminal according to the available computing capacity.

Optionally, the device may further include:

The second establishing module is used to establish a second computing power bearer with the computing power network node, wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association device, applied to a terminal, including:

The first sending module is used to send target information to the network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.

Optionally, the target information includes first information, and the first sending module is used to send the first information to the network node, and the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, the target information includes second information, and the first sending module includes:

A first sending submodule, configured to send second information to the network node;

A first receiving submodule, configured to receive third information sent by the network node;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the device may further include:

The second sending module is configured to send fourth information to the network node, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association device, which is applied to a computing power network node, including:

A first receiving module, configured to receive fifth information sent by a network node, wherein the fifth information is used to indicate an association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to a target terminal;

A first processing module, used for allocating computing capacity;

Optionally, the first processing module is used to establish a second computing power bearer with the network node and allocate computing power capacity to the second computing power bearer; wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, if computing power is established between the network node and one of the target terminals, The computing capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing capacity of the computing power bearer; if a shared computing power bearer is established between the network node and multiple target terminals, the computing capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing capacity of the shared computing power bearer.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association device, applied to a network node, including: a processor and a transceiver;

The processor is used to receive target information of a target terminal, where the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer; and to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer.

Optionally, the target information includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer; and the processor is further used to:

According to the first information, an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer is established.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Establish an association relationship between the data bearer of one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearer, wherein the data bearer of the one or more target terminals corresponds to the same application.

Optionally, the target information includes second information of one or more target terminals, and the processor is further configured to:

receiving second information sent by the one or more target terminals;

sending third information to the one or more target terminals according to the second information;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

The second association information is used to indicate that the first computing power bearer has an association relationship with the target data bearer. Tie;

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Obtain auxiliary information from core network equipment or application servers;

It is determined, according to the auxiliary information, that the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Receive fourth information sent by the one or more target terminals, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Sending fifth information to the second target computing power network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate an association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to multiple target terminals;

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Allocate computing capacity to the target terminal.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Determine the available computing capacity through negotiation with computing network nodes;

Allocate computing capacity to the target terminal according to the available computing capacity.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

A second computing power bearer is established with the computing power network node, wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association device, applied to a terminal, including: a processor and a transceiver;

The transceiver is used to send target information to the network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.

Optionally, the target information includes first information, and the transceiver is further used for:

Sending first information to the network node, where the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, the target information includes second information, and the transceiver is further used for:

sending second information to the network node;

receiving third information sent by the network node;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the transceiver is further used for:

Sending fourth information to the network node, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

The fourth indication is used to indicate the information of the first target computing power network node, and the network node forwarding the data packet carried by the first computing power to the first target computing power network node;

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association device, applied to a computing network node, including: a processor and a transceiver;

The transceiver is used to receive fifth information sent by the network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to the target terminal;

The processor is used to allocate computing capacity;

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Establish a second computing power bearer with the network node, and allocate computing power capacity to the second computing power bearer; wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer.

Optionally, if a computing power bearer is established between the network node and one of the target terminals, the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing power capacity of the computing power bearer; if a shared computing power bearer is established between the network node and multiple target terminals, the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing power capacity of the shared computing power bearer.

In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps in the bearer association method as described above when executing the program.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a readable storage medium, on which a program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, the steps in the bearer association method as described above are implemented.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, an association can be established between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer, thereby realizing the integration of communication and computing power.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a flow chart of a bearer association method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG2 is a second flowchart of the bearer association method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3 is a third flowchart of the bearer association method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4 is one of the structural diagrams of the bearing association device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG5 is a second structural diagram of the bearing association device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG6 is a third structural diagram of the bearing association device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG7 is a fourth structural diagram of the bearing association device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG8 is a fifth structural diagram of the bearing association device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a sixth structural diagram of the bearing association device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the term "and/or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent three situations: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

The term "plurality" in the embodiments of the present disclosure refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar thereto.

The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Scenarios such as the metaverse and cloud gaming require the integration of communications and computing power (cloud computing), but there is currently no unified architecture that takes the integration of communications and computing power into consideration.

Specifically, in the related technologies, application data and computing power data are independent of each other. In actual use, if the computing power data is rejected or downgraded, the application data will be transmitted normally even though it is unavailable, which will waste air interface resources. Furthermore, in the related technologies, computing power is shared, but in vertical industry applications, some industry users hope to deploy their own private clouds, and hope to sink the computing power nodes of the deployed private clouds to a location closer to the terminal. For example, the computing power nodes need to be directly connected to the base station to meet more stringent latency requirements. This is something that existing cloud computing cannot meet. In addition, the computing data in the related technologies are all transmitted as Internet Protocol (IP) packets, and IP packets do not have QoS guarantees, that is, latency, The speed cannot be guaranteed.

To solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bearer association method.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a bearer association method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps:

Step 101: A network node receives target information of a target terminal, where the target information is used to establish an association between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer.

The target terminal may be any terminal, and the target computing power bearer may be a computing power bearer determined by the terminal, or a computing power bearer determined by a network node, etc. Furthermore, the computing power bearer is used to transmit computing power data packets, which may be transmitted to nodes with computing capabilities for calculation via the computing power bearer; the data bearer may be a DRB.

Among them, the target terminal is responsible for communication and metaverse applications; the network node (Network side, NS) is responsible for air interface resource management and allocation in wireless communication, and establishing air interface connection with the terminal, such as the next generation base station (The next Generation Node B, gNB). The air interface connection established in the embodiment of the present disclosure can carry data from the terminal to the Internet, and can also be used to carry the communication needs of the rendering computing class corresponding to various applications of the terminal. The entities also involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure include a computing network node (Node of Computing Force, NCF), which is responsible for providing computing power to complete the computing needs sent by the client (terminal or application server). A network node can be connected to one or more computing network nodes, so that it can support computing network nodes exclusive to vertical industries. The application server is a node that provides application services. For example, if the terminal uses a mobile office application (Application, APP) for communication, then the server of the mobile office APP in the network is the application server. Here, the application server can also be understood as the opposite end that communicates with the terminal.

The communication interface between the terminal and the network node is recorded as the uu port, and the interface connection between the network node and the computing network node is recorded as the cc port. If the terminal has computing power requirements, the original data to be calculated needs to be transmitted to the network node through the uu port, and then the network node sends it to the computing network node through the cc port.

Step 102: The network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer.

The relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer means that the information transmitted in the target computing power bearer is used for the data bearer, and there is a corresponding relationship between the two. The data transmitted in the target computing power bearer needs to be calculated by the computing power network. In the case of extended reality (XR) services, the data bearer transmits the user's motion status information, and the target computing power bearer transmits the image information to be rendered or rendered. The target computing power bearer may include an upstream computing power bearer and/or a downstream computing power bearer. The upstream computing power bearer transmits the data to be rendered to the computing power node. After the computing power node calculates and renders, it is transmitted to the terminal through the downstream computing power bearer. The data bearer is combined with the target computing power bearer in the terminal to obtain a real-time displayed XR video. The establishment of the association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer may be achieved by, but is not limited to, setting an association identifier or recording a corresponding relationship between the data bearer and the computing power bearer, or setting an association identifier or recording a corresponding relationship between the data packet transmitted by the data bearer and the data packet transmitted by the computing power bearer.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the correspondence between data carrying and target computing power carrying can be the correspondence between data carrying and target computing power carrying of a target terminal, or the correspondence between data carrying and target computing power carrying of multiple target terminals. That is, the correspondence between data carrying and target computing power carrying can be a one-to-one correspondence, or a many-to-one correspondence. Of course, with the development of technology, the correspondence between data carrying and target computing power carrying in the embodiments of the present disclosure can also be expanded. However, no matter how it is expanded, the way to establish the association relationship can adopt the method described in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

If the above correspondence includes a correspondence between a data bearer of a target terminal and a target computing power bearer, in this step, the target information includes first information, and the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer; the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer according to the first information. That is, in this way, the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer according to the association relationship between the data bearer indicated by the terminal and the target computing power bearer.

For example, when the target terminal is running a metaverse application X, the network node can support the communication needs of X and establish data bearer x with the target terminal. At the same time, in order to support X, the network node and the target terminal establish computing power bearer y to support the computing power needs of the target terminal. Among them, computing power bearer y is the target computing power bearer. Among them, the process of establishing computing power bearer y includes sending the computing power needs related to the target terminal and the original data to be calculated to the network node through computing power bearer y, and then the network node forwards it to the NCF.

The network node may associate the data bearer x with the computing power bearer y. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network node completes the above association because the network node maintains various data bearers. However, whether there is an association relationship between data bearer x and computing power bearer y is notified by the target terminal to the network node. That is, the target terminal notifies the network node of whether there is an association relationship between data bearer x and computing power bearer y through the first information. If the two are associated, the network node associates them.

Among them, the association relationship between data bearing and computing power bearing can also be called the association relationship between application data packets and computing power data packets.

If the above correspondence includes a correspondence between data bearers of multiple target terminals and target computing power bearers, in this step, the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearers of one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearers, wherein the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application. That is, one or more target applications run the same application at a certain time or within a time range or in a certain scenario.

In this case, the target information includes second information of one or more target terminals. The network node receives the second information sent by the one or more target terminals, and sends third information to the one or more target terminals based on the second information, thereby establishing an association relationship between the data bearer of the one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearer.

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The first association information is used to indicate that the data bearer is associated with the first computing power bearer, or to indicate that the data bearer and the first computing power bearer are used for the same application;

The first indication is used to indicate whether to share computing power with other terminals.

The third information includes one or more of the following:

The second association information is used to indicate that the first computing power bearer has an association relationship with a target data bearer; the target data bearer may be the same as the data bearer indicated in the first association information;

Computing capacity: The computing capacity is used to indicate the computing power of the network node for the first computing capacity configuration of the target terminal. The unit of computing capacity can be the number of floating point calculations per unit time, the length of floating point numbers, the number of CPU cores, the number of main frequencies, the memory capacity, etc. For example, if a network node has 10 computing units, Six computing power units can be allocated to the target terminal as the maximum capacity that the target terminal can use. The computing power unit can be tops, tflops, or hash rate, etc. tops is a trillion operations per second. tflops is floating-point operations per second.

The third information may also be referred to as bearer configuration information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network node obtains auxiliary information from a core network device or an application server, and determines, based on the auxiliary information, that the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application, thereby accurately associating the data bearers of the multiple target terminals with the target computing power bearers. The auxiliary information may, for example, include information about the applications running on the multiple target terminals.

During data transmission, the network node receives fourth information sent by the one or more target terminals, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet (such as a packet header, etc.) carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to represent one or more of the following:

A third indication is used to indicate information of a data bearer associated with the first computing power bearer; for example, an identifier may be carried in a packet header to indicate the data bearer associated with the first computing power bearer, that is, to which data bearer the data packet of the first computing power bearer corresponds;

A fourth indication is used to indicate information of the first target computing power network node, and the network node forwards the data packet carried by the first computing power to the first target computing power network node; for example, forwarding information or an identifier of the first target computing power network node may be carried in the packet header as the fourth indication, which is used to indicate that the data carried by the first computing power needs to be forwarded by the network node to the computing power network node, or indicates to which computing power network node the network node needs to forward the data;

Computing power type information: information used to identify the type of computing power carried in the computing power data packet carried by the first computing power. For example, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), image rendering, slicing, cloud computing, etc.;

QoS information;

Shared computing power flag, used to indicate whether computing power is shared with other terminals;

If the shared computing power indicator indicates that the data information carried by the data packet carried by the first computing power can be shared with other Terminals share computing power, and network nodes can share computing power when processing such data packets. That is, assuming that the shared computing power of the network node is 10 computing units, and the target terminal is configured with 6 computing units as capacity, that is, the maximum computing units that can be used, then, at the current time point, a data packet occupies 4 computing units, then before the calculation of the data packet is completed, the network node has only 2 computing units left to serve the terminal. Alternatively, if the terminal only uses 4 computing units, the network node cannot allocate or schedule computing resources to other terminals. No more than 6 (10-4=6) computing units.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the computing power bearer has a corresponding QoS requirement, and the QoS requirement of the computing power bearer is related to the QoS requirement of the data bearer. This correlation can be reflected in that the processing or adjustment of the data packet of the data bearer or the QoS of the data bearer can be adjusted according to the change of the data packet of the computing power bearer or the QoS of the computing power bearer. In this way, the waste of air interface resources caused by the independence of application data and computing power data in the related technology can be avoided. At the same time, by introducing the concept of computing power bearer, reliable QoS guarantee can be provided for the computing power data transmitted between the terminal and the computing power network node.

For example, when the data packet carried by the computing power fails to be transmitted or is rejected, the corresponding application data packet may also be discarded; or, when the data packet carried by the computing power is delayed, the corresponding application data packet may also be delayed; or when the indicators carried by the computing power, such as resolution, are degraded, the QoS parameters corresponding to the data bearer may also be modified.

Optionally, the network node sends fifth information to the second target computing power network node, and the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between the computing power bearers corresponding to multiple target terminals. Among them, the second target computing power network node can be the aforementioned first target computing power network node, and can also be other computing power network nodes. Among them, the fifth information is obtained by the network node based on the correspondence between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer. For example, after the network node obtains the correspondence between the data bearer and the computing power bearer of multiple terminals, it can determine the association relationship between the computing power bearers of multiple terminals, that is, the fifth information.

Optionally, the network node allocates computing capacity to the target terminal, thereby allocating wireless resources and computing resources in a coordinated manner. For example, the network node determines the available computing capacity through negotiation with the computing network node, and allocates computing capacity to the target terminal based on the available computing capacity. quantity.

For example, a network node obtains the available computing capacity, such as 100 computing units, by negotiating with a computing power node. When a network node configures computing power for multiple terminals, the total computing power does not exceed 100 computing power units. When multiple terminals share computing power, the computing power consumed by these terminals can be the sum of the computing power occupied by each terminal computing power load, or the maximum value. For example, when these terminals occupy computing power in parallel at the same time, the sum of the computing power is taken; if these terminals occupy computing power at different times, the maximum value is taken.

Optionally, the network node establishes a second computing power bearer with the computing power network node, so as to facilitate the computing power network node to coordinate computing power resources and utilize resources more efficiently. The computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer. The corresponding meaning can be understood as that the computing power resources or computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer and the second computing power bearer need to be consistent.

Referring to FIG. 2 , FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a bearer association method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2 , the method includes the following steps:

Step 201: The terminal sends target information to a network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.

Specifically, in this step, the target information includes first information, and the terminal sends the first information to the network node, and the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer. In this case, the first information is the target information.

Alternatively, the target information includes second information, the terminal sends the second information to the network node, and receives third information sent by the network node. In this case, the second information is the target information.

The second information includes one or more of the following:

A data bearer establishment request; a first computing power bearer establishment request; first association information, used to indicate that the data bearer has an association relationship with the first computing power bearer; a first indication, used to indicate whether to share computing power with other terminals;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

The second association information is used to indicate that the first computing power bearer has an association relationship with the target data bearer; the second indication is used to indicate that the first computing power bearer is a computing power bearer shared with other terminals. Load; computing power capacity.

The meaning of each information in the second information or the third information may refer to the description of the aforementioned method embodiment.

Optionally, when performing data transmission, if multiple computing power network nodes are included, the terminal sends fourth information to the network node, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; the fourth information is used to represent one or more of the following:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

The meaning of each information in the fourth information may refer to the description of the aforementioned method embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3 , FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a bearer association method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in FIG. 3 , the method includes the following steps:

Step 301: The computing power network node receives fifth information sent by the network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between the computing power bearers corresponding to the target terminal.

Step 302: The computing power network nodes allocate computing power capacity.

Specifically, in this step, the computing power network node establishes a second computing power bearer with the network node according to the fifth information, and allocates computing power capacity to the second computing power bearer; wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer. The meaning of corresponding can be understood as that the computing power resources or computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer are consistent with those of the second computing power bearer.

Specifically, if computing power is established between the network node and one of the target terminals, The computing capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing capacity of the computing power bearer; if a shared computing power bearer is established between the network node and multiple target terminals, the computing capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing capacity of the shared computing power bearer.

Among them, the way in which the computing power network node allocates computing power capacity can be the same as the way in which the network node allocates computing power capacity.

The present disclosure also provides a bearer association device, which is applied to a network node. Referring to FIG. 4 , FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of the bearer association device provided by the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4 , the bearer association device includes:

A first receiving module 401 is used to receive target information of a target terminal, where the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer;

The first establishing module 402 is used to establish an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer.

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the device may further include:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

Optionally, the device may further include:

The fifth information is the network node's information based on the data bearer and target terminal It is obtained by the correspondence between the standard computing power load.

Optionally, the device may further include:

Optionally, the first processing module includes:

A first determination submodule, used to determine the available computing capacity through negotiation with the computing network node;

Optionally, the device may further include:

The device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can execute the above method embodiment, and its implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which will not be described in detail in this embodiment.

The present disclosure also provides a bearer association device, which is applied to a terminal. Referring to FIG5 , FIG5 is a structural diagram of the bearer association device provided by the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5 , the bearer association device includes:

The first sending module 501 is used to send target information to a network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The first association information is used to indicate that the data bearer has an association relationship with the first computing power bearer. Tie;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the device may further include:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

The device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can execute the above method embodiment, and its implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which will not be repeated in this embodiment.

The present disclosure embodiment also provides a bearer association device, which is applied to a computing network node. Referring to FIG. 6 , FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of the bearer association device provided by the present disclosure embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6 , the bearer association device includes:

The first receiving module 601 is used to receive fifth information sent by the network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between the computing power bearers corresponding to the target terminal; the first processing module 602 is used to allocate computing power capacity;

Among them, the fifth information is obtained by the network node based on the association between the data carrying capacity of the target terminal and the target computing power carrying capacity.

The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a bearer association device, which is applied to a network node. Referring to FIG. 7 , FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of the bearer association device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7 , the bearer association device includes: a processor 701 and a transceiver 702;

The processor 701 is used to receive target information of a target terminal, where the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer; and to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer.

Optionally, the processor 701 is further configured to:

Optionally, the target information includes second information of one or more target terminals, and the processor 701 is further configured to:

receiving second information sent by the one or more target terminals;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the processor 701 is further configured to:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

Optionally, the processor 701 is further configured to:

Allocate computing capacity to the target terminal.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

Optionally, the processor 701 is further configured to:

The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a bearer association device, which is applied to a terminal. Referring to FIG8 , FIG8 is a structural diagram of the bearer association device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8 , the bearer association device includes: a processor 801 and a transceiver 802;

The transceiver 802 is used to send target information to the network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.

Optionally, the target information includes first information, and the transceiver 802 is further configured to:

Optionally, the target information includes second information, and the transceiver 802 is further configured to:

Sending second information to the network node;

receiving third information sent by the network node;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Computing capacity.

Optionally, the transceiver 802 is further used for:

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a bearer association device, which is applied to a computing network node. Referring to FIG. 9 , FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of the bearer association device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 9 , the bearer association device includes: a processor 901 and a transceiver 902;

The transceiver 902 is used to receive fifth information sent by the network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between the computing power bearers corresponding to the target terminal;

The processor 901 is used to allocate computing capacity;

Optionally, the processor 901 is further configured to:

It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is schematic and is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure may be integrated into a processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional units.

If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure is essentially or the part that contributes to the relevant technology or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to enable a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), disk or optical disk and other media that can store program code.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including: a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor; the processor is configured to read the program in the memory to implement the steps in the bearer association method described above.

The disclosed embodiment also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the load-bearing association method is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here. The readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (such as floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical discs (MO), etc.), optical storage (such as compact discs (CD), digital video discs (Digital Video Discs) Disc (DVD), Blu-ray Disc (BD), High-definition Versatile Disc (HVD), etc.), and semiconductor memories (such as ROM, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drive (SSD)), etc.

It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "include", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element.

Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure, or the part that contributes to the relevant technology, can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD), and includes a number of instructions for a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation modes. The above-mentioned specific implementation modes are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present disclosure, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the scope of protection of the present disclosure and the claims, all of which are within the protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

A bearer association method, the method comprising:

The network node receives target information of a target terminal, where the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer;

The network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the target information includes first information, and the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer;

The network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer, including:

The network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer according to the first information.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the quality of service (QoS) requirement of the computing power bearer is related to the QoS requirement of the data bearer.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer, comprising:

The network node establishes an association relationship between data bearers of one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearer, wherein the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the target information includes second information of one or more target terminals, and the network node establishes an association relationship between data bearers of the one or more target terminals and the target computing power bearer, comprising:

The network node receives second information sent by the one or more target terminals;

The network node sends third information to the one or more target terminals according to the second information;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

First association information, used to indicate that the data bearer has an association relationship with the first computing power bearer;

The first indication is used to indicate whether to share computing power with other terminals;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

Second association information, used to indicate that the first computing power bearer has an association relationship with the target data bearer;

A second indication, used to indicate that the first computing power bearer is a computing power bearer shared with other terminals;

Computing capacity.
The method according to claim 5, wherein, before the network node sends third information to the one or more target terminals according to the second information, the method further comprises:

The network node obtains auxiliary information from a core network device or an application server;

The network node determines, based on the auxiliary information, that the data bearers of the one or more target terminals correspond to the same application.
The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

The network node receives fourth information sent by the one or more target terminals, wherein the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

A third indication, used to indicate information of a data bearer associated with the first computing power bearer;

A fourth indication is used to indicate information of a first target computing power network node, and the network node forwards the data packet carried by the first computing power to the first target computing power network node;

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

The computing power required for the data packet carried by the first computing power.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

The network node sends fifth information to the second target computing power network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between the computing power bearers corresponding to the multiple target terminals;

The fifth information is the network node according to the data bearer and the target terminal It is obtained by the correspondence between the standard computing power load.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

The network node allocates computing capacity to the target terminal.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the network node allocates computing capacity to the target terminal, comprising:

The network node determines the available computing capacity through negotiation with the computing network node;

The network node allocates computing capacity to the target terminal according to the available computing capacity.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

The network node establishes a second computing power bearer with the computing power network node, wherein the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer corresponds to the computing power capacity of the target computing power bearer.
A bearer association method, the method comprising:

The terminal sends target information to the network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the target information includes first information, and the terminal sending the target information to the network node comprises:

The terminal sends first information to the network node, where the first information is used to indicate that there is an association relationship between the data bearer and the target computing power bearer.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the target information includes second information, and the terminal sending the target information to the network node comprises:

The terminal sends second information to the network node;

The terminal receives third information sent by the network node;

The second information includes one or more of the following:

Data bearer establishment request;

The first computing power carries the establishment request;

First association information, used to indicate that the data bearer has an association relationship with the first computing power bearer;

The first indication is used to indicate whether to share computing power with other terminals;

The third information includes one or more of the following:

The second association information is used to indicate that the first computing power bearer has an association relationship with the target data bearer. Tie;

A second indication, used to indicate that the first computing power bearer is a computing power bearer shared with other terminals;

Computing capacity.
The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

The terminal sends fourth information to the network node, where the fourth information is carried in a data packet carried by the first computing power; and the fourth information is used to indicate one or more of the following:

A third indication, used to indicate information of a data bearer associated with the first computing power bearer;

A fourth indication is used to indicate information of a first target computing power network node, and the network node forwards the data packet carried by the first computing power to the first target computing power network node;

Hashrate type information;

QoS information;

Shared computing power identification;

The computing power required for the data packet carried by the first computing power.
A bearer association method, the method comprising:

The computing power network node receives fifth information sent by the network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate an association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to the target terminal;

The computing network nodes allocate computing capacity;

Among them, the fifth information is obtained by the network node according to the correspondence between the data carrying capacity of the target terminal and the target computing power carrying capacity.
The method according to claim 16, wherein the computing network node allocates computing capacity, comprising:

The computing power network node establishes a second computing power bearer with the network node, and allocates computing power capacity to the second computing power bearer;

The computing capacity carried by the second computing power corresponds to the computing capacity carried by the target computing power.
The method according to claim 17, wherein

If a computing power bearer is established between the network node and one of the target terminals, the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing power capacity of the computing power bearer;

If a shared computing power bearer is established between the network node and multiple target terminals, the computing power capacity of the second computing power bearer is the same as the computing power capacity of the shared computing power bearer.
A bearer association device, applied to a network node, comprising:

A first receiving module, configured to receive target information of a target terminal, wherein the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer;

The first establishing module is used to establish an association relationship between the data bearer of the target terminal and the target computing power bearer.
A bearer association device, applied to a terminal, comprising:

The first sending module is used to send target information to the network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.
A bearing association device, applied to a computing network node, comprising:

A first receiving module, configured to receive fifth information sent by a network node, wherein the fifth information is used to indicate an association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to a target terminal;

A first processing module, used for allocating computing capacity;

Among them, the fifth information is obtained by the network node according to the correspondence between the data carrying capacity of the target terminal and the target computing power carrying capacity.
A bearer association device is applied to a network node, the device comprising: a processor and a transceiver;

The processor is used to receive target information of a target terminal, where the target information is used to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer; and to establish an association relationship between a data bearer of the target terminal and a target computing power bearer.
A bearer association device, applied to a terminal, comprising: a processor and a transceiver;

The transceiver is used to send target information to the network node, so that the network node establishes an association relationship between the data bearer of the terminal and the target computing power bearer according to the target information.
A bearer association device is applied to a computing power network node, the device comprising: a processor and a transceiver;

The transceiver is used to receive fifth information sent by the network node, where the fifth information is used to indicate the association relationship between computing power bearers corresponding to the target terminal;

The processor is used to allocate computing capacity;

Among them, the fifth information is obtained by the network node based on the correspondence between the data carrying capacity of the target terminal and the target computing power carrying capacity.
A communication device comprises: a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor; wherein the processor is used to read the program in the memory to implement the steps in the bearer association method as described in any one of claims 1 to 18.
A readable storage medium for storing a program, wherein when the program is executed by a processor, the steps in the bearer association method according to any one of claims 1 to 18 are implemented.