Network Intent Management Using Autonomous Trigger Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
The frequent signaling exchange between network management service consumer and producer entities for managing network management intents leads to inefficiencies in network management performance.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where the network management service producer entity autonomously executes actions based on trigger and suspension conditions, reducing reliance on direct signaling for action execution and suspension.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If frequent signaling exchange is used between consumer entity and producer entity to manage network management intent, then the network management intent can be executed, but the management performance deteriorates and transmission resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The producer entity is configured with trigger conditions and suspension conditions that enable it to autonomously determine when to execute and suspend actions without requiring continuous signaling from the consumer entity. The producer entity monitors the conditions itself and automatically executes the corresponding actions, effectively serving itself rather than requiring external control for each state change.
Solution Approach 2:
The trigger conditions and suspension conditions are pre-configured in the producer entity before runtime. These conditions include predetermined criteria for executing and suspending actions, allowing the system to prepare the decision-making logic in advance rather than requiring real-time signaling exchanges to make decisions during operation.
2Reliability
If frequent signaling exchange is used between consumer entity and producer entity, then network management intent can be managed, but transmission resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The producer entity autonomously monitors trigger conditions and suspension conditions, eliminating the need for continuous signaling from the consumer entity. This self-monitoring capability reduces transmission resource consumption while maintaining reliable execution of network management intents.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of continuous signaling, the system uses periodic condition checking where the producer entity evaluates trigger and suspension conditions at predetermined intervals or when specific events occur, reducing transmission resource consumption while ensuring timely execution of actions.
3Productivity
If autonomous execution based on trigger conditions is implemented, then management performance improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system manages complexity by changing the state parameters (trigger condition satisfied/not satisfied, suspension condition satisfied/not satisfied) rather than requiring complex control logic. The producer entity simply monitors these parameter changes and executes corresponding actions, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining high management performance.
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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.