Prioritized Configuration Error Reporting in Virtual BRAS
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional broadband remote access server (BRAS) configurations face issues with low resource utilization, complex management, and slow service provisioning, particularly due to the limitations in configuration error information transmission, which hinders efficient error identification and maintenance in virtual BRAS architectures.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that enhance the flexibility of configuration error information transmission by prioritizing error reporting based on service-specific priorities, allowing the user plane network element to selectively report configuration errors to the control plane network element, thereby improving the efficiency of error identification and maintenance processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the vBRAS-UP reports all configuration error information in batch configuration, then the completeness of error information is improved, but the complexity of error information processing and the difficulty of locating root cause increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large quantity of configuration error information into multiple groups based on service types or error categories. Each group is processed and reported separately, reducing the complexity of handling all errors at once while maintaining complete error information coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different processing qualities to different error information based on their importance and service criticality. High-priority errors receive detailed processing and immediate reporting, while lower-priority errors are aggregated or processed differently, optimizing the overall error handling efficiency.
2Device complexity
If the vBRAS-UP reports only a small quantity of configuration error information generated first, then the complexity of error information processing is reduced, but the ability to locate root cause and perform maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the vBRAS-CP requests specific error information from the vBRAS-UP based on the reported errors. This allows the system to obtain detailed error information on demand without overwhelming the processing system with all error data at once, improving root cause analysis capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary filtering and categorization of error information before reporting. Critical errors are identified and prioritized in advance, ensuring that the most important error information is reported first, enabling faster root cause location while maintaining manageable processing complexity.
3Ease of operation
If configuration error information is reported without prioritization, then the simplicity of error reporting is maintained, but the efficiency of error identification and maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a priority parameter for error information reporting. Errors are classified with different priority levels, and the reporting mechanism automatically adjusts based on these priorities. This maintains operational simplicity while significantly improving error identification efficiency by presenting critical errors first.
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AI summary
This application provides a configuration error information transmission method and a device. When generating a plurality of pieces of configuration error information after configuring a batch of configuration parameter groups, a user plane network element may report the configuration error information to a control plane network element based on reporting priorities of the configuration error information. According to embodiments, reporting can be performed based on the reporting priorities of the configuration error information. In this way, a user or the control plane network element can configure, by configuring the reporting priorities, an order of precedence of the configuration error information to be reported by the user plane network element.