Application Configuration Pre-Creation for Faster Subscription Queries
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Solution Overview
Problem
The query efficiency for subscription data of terminal devices requested by application function network elements is low, affecting service experience due to the increasing scale of data required, especially in interactions involving third-party application function network elements.
Innovation Solution
A method for creating application configuration information by a data management network element, which pre-creates this information based on identification information of application function network elements, allowing efficient querying and reducing the need for individual subscription data retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the data management network element queries all subscription data one by one based on terminal device identification information, then the query process is thorough and complete, but the query efficiency becomes lower as the scale of terminal device data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-creating application configuration information that includes subscription data of one or more terminal devices before actual service requests occur. When a service request comes, the data management network element can directly retrieve pre-prepared configuration information rather than querying all subscription data individually, thus improving query efficiency and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple individual subscription data queries into a single application configuration information structure. By combining subscription data of one or more terminal devices into unified application configuration information indexed by application function network element identification, the system reduces multiple sequential queries into one efficient retrieval operation.
2Ease of operation
If the data management network element stores and manages application configuration information for multiple terminal devices, then the service experience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data management by creating application configuration information organized according to application function network element identification. This segmentation allows the system to manage data in structured, manageable units rather than as a monolithic complex structure, making the system easier to operate while maintaining improved service experience.
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AI summary
This application provides a method for creating configuration information and a communication apparatus. A core network device (for example, a network exposure function network element or a data management network element) may pre-create application configuration information for an application function network element. The application configuration information includes subscription information of all or some terminal devices related to the application function network element. When the application function network element requests a service, the core network device may query data within a range of the application configuration information. This helps improve query efficiency compared with querying data in all subscription data.