Network Management Intent Triggers Without Frequent Signaling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network management systems require frequent signaling exchanges between consumer and producer entities to manage network resources, leading to inefficiencies and increased resource consumption.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where network management service producer entities execute actions based on trigger and suspension conditions, reducing the need for direct signaling and enabling flexible management of network management intents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If frequent signaling exchange is used between consumer entity and producer entity to manage network management intent, then management control can be maintained, but transmission resource consumption increases and management performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The producer entity autonomously monitors trigger conditions and executes actions without requiring continuous signaling from the consumer entity. The system enables self-service by allowing the producer entity to independently determine when trigger conditions are met and automatically execute the corresponding actions, eliminating the need for frequent consumer entity interventions and reducing transmission resource consumption while maintaining effective management control
Solution Approach 2:
The trigger condition is configured in advance with the network management intent, specifying the conditions under which actions should be executed. This preliminary configuration allows the producer entity to proactively monitor and automatically execute actions when conditions are met, without requiring real-time signaling exchanges, thus improving management performance while reducing transmission resource consumption
2Loss of energy
If autonomous execution based on trigger conditions is implemented, then transmission resource consumption is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the state parameter of the trigger condition from unknown to satisfied, triggering automatic execution. By monitoring parameter changes in the trigger condition (such as performance metrics crossing thresholds), the producer entity can autonomously execute actions without complex continuous signaling protocols, reducing transmission resource consumption while managing system complexity through parameter-based triggering
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AI summary
This application provides a method and an apparatus for managing a network management intent, and a system. The method includes: receiving a trigger condition associated with the network management intent, where the trigger condition is a condition for triggering execution of actions, and the actions include at least one network management action used for implementing at least one target in the network management intent. A producer entity can start to execute the actions in response to determining that the trigger condition is satisfied, instead of relying on signaling between a consumer entity and the producer entity to trigger the execution of the actions, so that management performance for the network management intent can be improved.