A network element management method, device, system, and control plane functional entity

A network element management device and network element management technology, applied in the fields of system and control plane functional entities, equipment, and network element management methods, can solve the problems of inconvenient, efficient and reliable network support and management, and increase the complexity of network control and management.

CN107547218BActive Publication Date: 2019-01-22ZTE CORP
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CN · China
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Publication Date
2019-01-22

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Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a network element management method. The method comprises: a control plane function (CPF) entity obtains a network element management policy; and send the network element management policy to a user plane function (UPF) entity corresponding to the network element management policy, so that the UPF performs a corresponding operation according to the network element management policy. Also disclosed in the present invention are a network element management device and system, a CPF, and a storage medium.
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technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, in particular to a network element management method, equipment, system and a control plane function entity (CPF, Controller Plane Function). Background technique

[0002] In order to meet the needs of network development and market applications, a network architecture in which the control plane and user plane of the gateway (GW, Gateway) are separated came into being. The gateway (S-GW, Serving Gateway) / packet data gateway (P-GW, Packet Data Network Gateway) is split into a control plane function CPF and a user plane function (UPF, User Plane Function).

[0003] After the control plane and user plane of the GW are separated, many problems existing in the existing EPS gateway are solved. The flexible deployment of the user plane reduces traffic detours, and the CPF and UPF are independently upgraded to reduce costs. However, new technical problems are introduced at the same...

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Embodiment 1

[0104] image 3 It is a schematic flow chart of the network element management method in the embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to the network architecture where the UPF and CPF of the gateway device are separated, as shown in image 3 As shown, the network element management method in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

[0105] Step 301: The CPF acquires a network element management policy.

[0106] Here, the network element management strategy may be, for example, performance statistical data collection, device status information collection, device information configuration, etc.;

[0107] In actual implementation, the network element management strategy obtained by the CPF may be obtained by receiving the network element management strategy sent by the network element management device, or by obtaining a locally pre-stored network element management strategy;

[0108] Here, the network element management device may be an EMS, an SDN-Contr...

Embodiment 2

[0128] Figure 4 It is a schematic flow chart of the network element management method in the embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to the network architecture where the UPF and CPF of the gateway device are separated, as shown in Figure 4 As shown, the network element management method in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

[0129] Step 401: The network element management device detects first information.

[0130] Here, the network element management device may be an EMS, an SDN-Controller, and the like.

[0131] The first information is used to indicate to send the network element management policy; the first information corresponds to the network element management policy one by one; for example: if the network element management policy is equipment information configuration, correspondingly, the first The information may be a received device information configuration instruction; if the network element management strategy is to collect dev...

Embodiment 3

[0148] Figure 5 is a schematic flow chart of a network element management method in an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 It is a signaling sequence diagram of the network element management method in the embodiment of the present invention; the method is applied to the network architecture where the UPF and CPF of the gateway device are separated, such as Figure 5 , Figure 6 As shown, the network element management method in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

[0149] Step 501: The network element management device sends a performance statistical data collection command to the CPF.

[0150] Here, the performance statistical data collection instruction is one of the network element management strategies. In this embodiment, the performance statistical data collection instruction specifically includes reporting the throughput information of the entire SPGW system every 5 minutes, including the sent and received messages. The number and flow of p...