Method for determining regional priority, network device and computer storage medium

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for determining regional priority, a network device and a computer storage medium, wherein the method comprises: obtaining information of a network slice, setting regional priority based on the information of the network slice; and configuring the regional priority to a terminal device.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of information processing technology, and in particular to a method for determining regional priority, a network device and a computer storage medium. Background Art

[0002] When 5G is widely mentioned, network slicing is one of the most discussed technologies. In order to implement network slicing, network function virtualization (NFV) is a prerequisite. Basically, the main idea of ​​NFV is to deploy the network function software (i.e. MME, S / P-GW and PCRF in packet core and DU in RAN) all in virtual machines on commercial servers instead of separately deployed in their dedicated network devices. In this way, RAN is treated as edge cloud and core functions as core cloud. The connection between VMs located in edge and core cloud is configured using SDN. Then, slices are created for each service (i.e. telephony slice, massive IoT slice, mission-critical IoT slice, etc.).

[0003] Usually, network switching is configured in a specific area, such as a specific frequency band or a specific cell or a specific registration area or a specific paging area. After the terminal is configured with a network slice, the network will set different regional priorities based on the network slice configured by the terminal. For example, if the network switching information configured by the terminal is of the MIoT type, the access network will set the area configured with the MIoT type to a higher priority. When the terminal reselects a cell, it can give priority to an area with a higher priority. The same terminal can be configured with multiple network slices, but at present, in this case, it is not determined how the access network sets the priority of the area. Summary of the invention

[0004] To solve the above technical problems, the embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining regional priorities, a network device and a computer storage medium.

[0005] A method for determining a regional priority provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a network device, including:

[0006] Obtain information about network slices, and set regional priorities based on the information about the network slices;

[0007] The zone priority is configured to the terminal device.

[0008] An embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, including:

[0009] A processing unit, obtaining information of a network slice; and setting a regional priority based on the information of the network slice;

[0010] The communication unit configures the area priority to the terminal device.

[0011] An embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can be run on the processor,

[0012] Wherein, the processor is used to execute the steps of the aforementioned method when running the computer program.

[0013] An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and the computer executable instructions implement the aforementioned method steps when executed.

[0014] The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention can obtain the information of network slices; set the regional priority based on the information of the network slices, and configure the regional priority to the terminal device; thus, when the terminal is configured with the network slice, the same terminal can be configured with multiple network slices, and the priority of the area corresponding to the terminal device can be set based on the information of the network slice. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a method flow for determining regional priorities according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0016] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0017] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a hardware architecture of an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] In order to enable a more detailed understanding of the features and technical contents of the embodiments of the present invention, the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The attached drawings are for reference only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention.

[0019] Embodiment 1

[0020] The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for determining regional priority, which is applied to network devices, such as Figure 1 As shown, including:

[0021] Step 101: Obtain information about a network slice, and set a regional priority based on the information about the network slice;

[0022] Step 102: Configure the regional priority to the terminal device.

[0023] The technical solution provided in this embodiment enables the network device to set the regional priority based on the information of the network slice, and then configure the regional priority to the terminal device.

[0024] It should be understood that in this embodiment, the network device sets the regional priority for the terminal device.

[0025] The first device sets the regional priority based on the information of the network slice provided by the second device, and provides the regional priority to the terminal. In other words, a device in the network provides the information of the network slice to another device, and then sets the regional priority corresponding to the terminal based on the information.

[0026] Specifically, the obtaining of network slice information includes:

[0027] The information of the network slice is obtained from one of the core network, the access network, the terminal device, and the operation and maintenance device. That is, the information of the corresponding network slice can be obtained from the core network or the access network.

[0028] Furthermore, the method of obtaining network slice information from different devices is described as follows:

[0029] The first method is to obtain the information of the network slice from the terminal device, wherein the terminal device directly obtains the information of the network slice, or obtains the information of the network slice through the configuration on the network side.

[0030] Among them, the terminal device can directly obtain the network slice information by signing a contract. Specifically, the contract signing method can be that the user negotiates with the operator in advance to obtain the contract result, and the contract signing method can also include the path information for the user to obtain the network slice information; it can be understood that the contract signing can include multiple types of information, such as: the address information of the contract signing server for the user to obtain network switching information, routing information, contract signing password, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0031] The terminal device can also directly receive the information of the network slice configured on the network side. For example, the terminal device can directly obtain the information of the network slice configured on the network side from the corresponding management network device. The specific acquisition method is not described in detail in this implementation.

[0032] That is, the terminal can obtain this network slice information through signing a contract; or obtain this network slice information through network configuration. In this way, the regional priority is set based on the network slice information provided by the terminal, and this regional priority is provided to the terminal.

[0033] The second method is to obtain the network slice information from the core network, and the core network can obtain the network slice information from the contract server of the terminal device, or from the terminal device, or from the access network, or from other core networks.

[0034] That is to say, before executing step 101, the network side also needs to know which terminal device needs to set regional priority; therefore, when obtaining network slice information, it is necessary to combine the relevant information of the terminal device and obtain the corresponding information from its corresponding contracted server, access network or other core network.

[0035] Among them, the other core network can be the core network of other systems, as long as it is not the core network corresponding to the current terminal device.

[0036] That is, the core network can obtain this network slice information from the terminal's contracted server, from the terminal, or from the access network.

[0037] It should also be pointed out that the time or opportunity for obtaining the information of other core networks may be during the process of network switching of the terminal device, at which time the core network may obtain the network slice information from other core networks. Alternatively, it can be understood that the network slice information is obtained from the original core network to which the terminal device is connected.

[0038] In addition, the method of obtaining network slicing information from the access network and operation and maintenance equipment can be the same or similar to the above two methods, and will not be enumerated here.

[0039] Further, the area is at least one of the following: a beam area, a cell, a frequency band, a frequency point, a registration area, a tracking area, and a paging area. For example, a beam area can be a cell covered by at least one beam; in addition, different cells, different frequency bands, or different frequency points are divided into different areas. Of course, frequency bands of several different frequency bands can also be divided into the same area, which is not limited here. It can be understood that the division method of other registration areas, tracking areas, and paging areas can be the same as the above, and will not be repeated here.

[0040] Based on the above solution introduced in this embodiment, the information description of the network slice includes at least one of the following:

[0041] Priority information of network slices;

[0042] Network slice level information;

[0043] attribute information of the terminal device;

[0044] The correspondence between network slices and regions.

[0045] Among them, the priority information of the network slice can be divided into N priorities, such as high, medium, low priority, or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th priority, etc.

[0046] The level information of network slices can also exist in multiple levels. For example, it can be divided into 10 levels (of course, it can be more or less). Furthermore, for the level information of network slices, the level information of network slices can also be matched with the priority information of network slices. For example, levels 1-3 correspond to high priority, levels 4-8 correspond to medium priority, and levels 9-10 correspond to low priority.

[0047] The attribute information of the terminal device may be used in the following manner: determining the priority of the network slice based on the attribute information of the terminal device; and setting the regional priority based on the priority of the network slice. For example, if the terminal is an MIoT type terminal, the corresponding network slice type has a higher priority; or if the terminal does not belong to a certain network slice attribute, the network slice has a lower priority.

[0048] The correspondence between network slices and regions can be the priority information of network slices and regions. That is to say, the priority information of the region corresponding to the network slice is determined according to the priority information of the network slice. For example, the priority of the network slice can correspond to the priority corresponding to a certain region or several regions to be indicated by the network slice. Then, when setting the regional priority for the terminal device, the region corresponding to the network slice with the highest priority can be selected for the terminal device based on the priority of the network slice corresponding to the region. In other words, there is a preset correspondence between network slices and regions, which will not be repeated here.

[0049] It can be seen that by adopting the above solution, it is possible to obtain network slicing information; set regional priority based on the network slicing information, and configure the regional priority to the terminal device; thus, after the terminal is configured with the network slice, the same terminal can be configured with multiple network slices, and the priority of the area corresponding to the terminal device can be set based on the network slice information.

[0050] Embodiment 2

[0051] An embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, such as Figure 2 As shown, including:

[0052] The processing unit 21 obtains information about the network slice, and sets a regional priority based on the information about the network slice;

[0053] The communication unit 22 configures the area priority to the terminal device.

[0054] The technical solution provided in this embodiment enables the network device to set the regional priority based on the information of the network slice, and then configure the regional priority to the terminal device.

[0055] It should be understood that in this embodiment, the network device sets the regional priority for the terminal device.

[0056] The first device sets the regional priority based on the information of the network slice provided by the second device, and provides the regional priority to the terminal. In other words, a device in the network provides the information of the network slice to another device, and then sets the regional priority corresponding to the terminal based on the information.

[0057] Specifically, the processing unit 21 obtains the information of the network slice from one of the core network, the access network, the terminal device, and the operation and maintenance device through the communication unit 22. That is, the corresponding network slice information can be obtained from the core network or from the access network.

[0058] Furthermore, the method of obtaining network slice information from different devices is described as follows:

[0059] The first method is to obtain the information of the network slice from the terminal device, wherein the terminal device directly obtains the information of the network slice, or obtains the information of the network slice through the configuration on the network side.

[0060] Among them, the terminal device can directly obtain the network slice information by signing a contract. Specifically, the contract signing method can be that the user negotiates with the operator in advance to obtain the contract result, and the contract signing method can also include the path information for the user to obtain the network slice information; it can be understood that the contract signing can include multiple types of information, such as: the address information of the contract signing server for the user to obtain network switching information, routing information, contract signing password, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0061] The terminal device can also directly receive the information of the network slice configured on the network side. For example, the terminal device can directly obtain the information of the network slice configured by the management network device from the management network device corresponding to itself. The specific acquisition method is not described in detail in this implementation.

[0062] That is, the terminal can obtain this network slice information through signing a contract; or obtain this network slice information through network configuration. In this way, the regional priority is set based on the network slice information provided by the terminal, and this regional priority is provided to the terminal.

[0063] The second method is to obtain the network slice information from the core network, and the core network can obtain the network slice information from the contract server of the terminal device, or from the terminal device, or from the access network, or from other core networks.

[0064] In other words, the network side also needs to know which terminal device needs to set regional priority; therefore, when obtaining network slicing information, it is necessary to combine the relevant information of the terminal device and obtain the corresponding information from the contracted server, access network or other core network corresponding to the terminal device.

[0065] Among them, the other core network can be the core network of other systems, as long as it is not the core network corresponding to the current terminal device.

[0066] That is, the core network can obtain this network slice information from the terminal's contracted server, from the terminal, or from the access network.

[0067] It should also be pointed out that the time or opportunity for obtaining the information of other core networks may be during the process of network switching of the terminal device, at which time the core network may obtain the network slice information from other core networks. Alternatively, it can be understood that the network slice information is obtained from the original core network to which the terminal device is connected.

[0068] In addition, the method of obtaining network slicing information from the access network and operation and maintenance equipment can be the same or similar to the above two methods, and will not be enumerated here.

[0069] Further, the area is at least one of the following: a beam area, a cell, a frequency band, a frequency point, a registration area, a tracking area, and a paging area. For example, a beam area can be a cell covered by at least one beam; in addition, different cells, different frequency bands, or different frequency points are divided into different areas. Of course, frequency bands of several different frequency bands can also be divided into the same area, which is not limited here. It can be understood that the division method of other registration areas, tracking areas, and paging areas can be the same as the above, and will not be repeated here.

[0070] Based on the above solution introduced in this embodiment, the information description of the network slice includes at least one of the following:

[0071] Priority information of network slices;

[0072] Network slice level information;

[0073] attribute information of the terminal device;

[0074] The correspondence between network slices and regions.

[0075] Among them, the priority information of the network slice can be divided into N priorities, such as high, medium, low priority, or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th priority, etc.

[0076] The level information of network slices can also exist in multiple levels. For example, it can be divided into 10 levels (of course, it can be more or less). Furthermore, for the level information of network slices, the level information of network slices can also be matched with the priority information of network slices. For example, levels 1-3 correspond to high priority, levels 4-8 correspond to medium priority, and levels 9-10 correspond to low priority.

[0077] The attribute information of the terminal device may be used in the following manner: determining the priority of the network slice based on the attribute information of the terminal device; and setting the regional priority based on the priority of the network slice. For example, if the terminal is an MIoT type terminal, the corresponding network slice type has a higher priority; or if the terminal does not belong to a certain network slice attribute, the network slice has a lower priority.

[0078] The correspondence between network slices and regions can be the priority information of network slices and regions. That is to say, the priority information of the region corresponding to the network slice is determined according to the priority information of the network slice. For example, the priority of the network slice can correspond to the priority corresponding to a certain region or several regions to be indicated by the network slice. Then, when setting the regional priority for the terminal device, the region corresponding to the network slice with the highest priority can be selected for the terminal device based on the priority of the network slice corresponding to the region. In other words, there is a preset correspondence between network slices and regions, which will not be repeated here.

[0079] It can be seen that by adopting the above solution, it is possible to obtain network slicing information; set regional priority based on the network slicing information, and configure the regional priority to the terminal device; thus, after the terminal is configured with the network slice, the same terminal can be configured with multiple network slices, and the priority of the area corresponding to the terminal device can be set based on the network slice information.

[0080] The embodiment of the present invention also provides a network device hardware composition architecture, such as Figure 3 As shown, the system includes: at least one processor 31, a memory 32, and at least one network interface 33. The various components are coupled together through a bus system 34. It can be understood that the bus system 34 is used to realize the connection and communication between these components. In addition to the data bus, the bus system 34 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for the sake of clarity, Figure 3 Various buses are labeled as bus system 34 .

[0081] It can be understood that the memory 32 in the embodiment of the present invention may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories.

[0082] In some embodiments, the memory 32 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or an extended set thereof:

[0083] Operating system 321 and application programs 322 .

[0084] The processor 31 is configured to be capable of processing the method steps of the aforementioned embodiment 1, which will not be described in detail here.

[0085] An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and when the computer executable instructions are executed, the method steps of the above-mentioned embodiment 1 are implemented.

[0086] If the above-mentioned device of the embodiment of the present invention is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as an independent product, it can also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention can be essentially or partly reflected in the form of a software product that contributes to the prior art. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the methods described in each embodiment of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM, Read Only Memory), a magnetic disk or an optical disk. In this way, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

[0087] Accordingly, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer storage medium, in which a computer program is stored. The computer program is configured to execute the data scheduling method of the embodiment of the present invention.

[0088] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, and thus, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above embodiments.

Claims

1. A method for determining regional priorities, applied to a network device, comprising: Obtaining network slice information, where the network slice information includes attribute information of the terminal device; Determining the priority of the network slice based on the attribute information of the terminal device; Based on the priority of the network slice, setting the priority of the area corresponding to the network slice; The priority of the area corresponding to the network slice is configured to the terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The network slice information further includes at least one of the following: Network slice level information; The correspondence between network slices and regions.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The obtaining of network slice information includes: Obtain the information of the network slice from one of the core network, access network, terminal equipment, and operation and maintenance equipment.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The area is at least one of the following: Beam area, cell, frequency band, frequency point, registration area, tracking area, paging area.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein: When obtaining network slice information from a terminal device, the terminal device can directly obtain the network slice information, or obtain the network slice information through configuration on the network side.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein: When obtaining network slice information from the core network, the core network can obtain network slice information from the contract server of the terminal device, or from the terminal device, or from the access network, or from other core networks.

7. A network device comprising: A processing unit obtains information about a network slice, where the network slice information includes attribute information of a terminal device; Determining the priority of the network slice based on the attribute information of the terminal device; Based on the priority of the network slice, setting the priority of the area corresponding to the network slice; The communication unit configures the priority of the area corresponding to the network slice to the terminal device.

8. The network device according to claim 7, wherein: The network slice information further includes at least one of the following: Network slice level information; The correspondence between network slices and regions.

9. The network device according to claim 7, wherein: The processing unit obtains the information of the network slice from one of the core network, access network, terminal equipment, and operation and maintenance equipment through the communication unit.

10. The network device according to claim 7, wherein: The area is at least one of the following: Beam area, cell, frequency band, frequency point, registration area, tracking area, paging area.

11. The network device according to claim 10, wherein: When obtaining network slice information from a terminal device, the terminal device can directly obtain the network slice information, or obtain the network slice information through configuration on the network side.

12. The network device according to claim 10, wherein: When obtaining network slice information from the core network, the core network can obtain network slice information from the contract server of the terminal device, or from the terminal device, or from the access network, or from other core networks.

13. A network device comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of being executed on the processor, Wherein, when the processor is used to run the computer program, it executes the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

14. A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed, implement the method steps described in any one of claims 1 to 6.

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