5G Network Slicing Performance Management Service Architecture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current management systems for 5G networks and network slicing lack standardized definitions for service-based operations and notifications, particularly in performance management, which hinders effective measurement job control and data reporting.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a service-based architecture with defined management service components and operations, such as createMeasurementJob, stopMeasurementJob, and subscribe/unsubscribe notifications, following the 3GPP TS 28.533 specifications to provide standardized interfaces for performance management in 5G networks and network slicing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If standardized service-based operations and notifications are implemented for performance management, then management efficiency and interoperability are improved, but system complexity increases due to the need to define and manage multiple service components and operations
Solution Approach 1:
The performance management system is segmented into distinct service-based operations (createMeasurementJob, stopMeasurementJob, etc.) and notifications (performanceDataReport, errorReport, etc.), each handling specific management tasks. This segmentation allows for modular implementation and standardized interfaces while maintaining overall system efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The service-based architecture defines universal management operations and notifications that can be applied across different 5G network functions and slicing scenarios. These standardized components serve multiple purposes: performance monitoring, fault management, and operational control, reducing the need for separate specialized mechanisms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive performance management operations are defined for 5G networks and slicing, then measurement job control capability is improved, but the difficulty of implementation and standardization increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes a complete set of pre-defined operations and notifications for performance management before deployment. All measurement job control functions (creation, stopping, reporting) are standardized in advance according to 3GPP TS 28.533 specifications, allowing implementers to follow established patterns rather than designing from scratch.
Solution Approach 2:
The service-based operations and notifications utilize standardized parameters and information elements that can be consistently applied across different 5G network scenarios. By changing and adapting these standardized parameters for specific measurement jobs and network slices, the system achieves versatility without requiring custom implementations.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus of a management service producer comprises one or more processors to create a measurement job for one or more NFs, NSSIs, NSIs, networks or subnetworks by receiving a CreateMeasurementJob operation request for creating a measurement job for the one or more NFs, NSSIs, NSIs, networks or subnetworks from a consumer, checking if one or more new measurement types need to be collected for the one or more NFs or constituent NSSIs or constituent NFs, requesting the NFs or the management service producer of the constituent NSSIs or constituent NFs to collect the performance data when one or more new measurements types are to be collected for the one or more NFs or constituent NSSIs or constituent NFs. The management service producer allows the consumer to choose the reporting method from performance data file reporting and performance data streaming for the collected performance data in the CreateMeasurementJob operation request.