WO2019179301A1 - Method and device for managing virtual resource - Google Patents

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WO2019179301A1
WO2019179301A1 PCT/CN2019/076748 CN2019076748W WO2019179301A1 WO 2019179301 A1 WO2019179301 A1 WO 2019179301A1 CN 2019076748 W CN2019076748 W CN 2019076748W WO 2019179301 A1 WO2019179301 A1 WO 2019179301A1
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  • the present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for managing virtual resources.
  • the fifth generation mobile communication (the 5th-generation, 5G) system introduces the concept of network slice.
  • 5G fifth generation mobile communication
  • NFV Network functions virtualization
  • VNF virtualized network functions
  • NEs network elements
  • NFs network functions
  • VNF App the network function software
  • the VNF App runs on the VNF instance to perform network forwarding and packet processing functions.
  • the VNF instance uses virtualization technology to provide VNF App with resources such as CPU, memory, disk storage, and network interface required for operation.
  • the number of virtual resources used by the virtualized network functional entity can be determined as follows: as shown in FIG.
  • NFVI virtualized infrastructure manager
  • VNFM virtual network infrastructure
  • VM virtual machine
  • VNFM virtualized network function manager
  • the EM After obtaining the VR PM data of the VNF instance, the EM also performs the service performance measurement data of the network function entity running on the VNF instance (that is, the VNF application (VNF application) performance management (PM) data (data). Associated with VR PM data and reported to the network manager (NM) system (NM is part of the operations support system (OSS)) to be determined by NM based on VNF APP.PM data and VR PM data The number of virtual resources used by the network function entity running on VNF instance #2, so that the NM system can grasp the resource usage and service operation of the network.
  • VNF application VNF application
  • PM performance management
  • the access and mobility management function (AMF) entity is used as an example.
  • the network slice instance 1, the network slice instance 2, and the network slice instance 3 share the AMF.
  • the VNFM cannot distinguish between the VM (virtual machine) or the virtualization container of the AMF instance belonging to each network slice instance, and further generate VR PM data of the AMF instance belonging to each network slice instance. Therefore, it is impossible to measure that the AMF entity belongs to each network. The number of virtual resources used by the slice instance.
  • the present application provides a method and an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, which are used to determine a virtual resource corresponding to a network slice instance, so as to facilitate resource management scheduling and charging of a slice.
  • the application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, including: a first management function unit receives a first message, where the first message is used to determine one or more associations of virtual network function VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. Information of the virtual resource unit, where the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, where the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container; The first management function unit determines, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance.
  • the virtual resource container in this application refers to a virtual machine VM or a virtualization container used by the VNF instance.
  • the present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, by using a first management function unit to determine, according to a first message, a mapping relationship between information of a first network slice instance and information of a virtual resource unit corresponding to any VNF instance, such that When a network segment instance and another network slice instance have a shared VNF instance, the first management function unit can determine the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance and belong to the virtual resource unit corresponding to the shared VNF instance by using the maintained mapping relationship. The virtual resource unit of the other network slice instance, so as to determine all the virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance, thereby facilitating resource management scheduling and charging of the network slice.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  • VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance Information in the information belonging to at least one virtual resource unit of the first network slice instance; the first management function unit receiving a second message sent by the second management function unit for the first request message; And a management function unit determines, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: determining, by the first management function unit, a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the slice instance and the second network slice instance, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance, and the first management function unit measures the service performance corresponding to the first network slice instance. And determining, by the ratio of the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, determining that the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource belongs to the first network slice instance VR measurement data. This facilitates determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance from one or more VR measurement data associated with the shared VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit.
  • the first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines the first network slice
  • the single network slice corresponding to the instance selects the auxiliary information S-NSSAI set and the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource, and the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAI, first
  • the management function unit determines, according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource, that the network resource is in the S-NSSAI
  • the service performance measurement result of each corresponding S-NSSAI in the set; the first management function unit is based on the mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and the corresponding S- of the network resource in the S-NSSAI set
  • auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the single network slice corresponding to the first network slice instance and a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information
  • the mapping relationship between the VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit and the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI in the S-NSSAI set is convenient for determining the service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the service performance of the second network slice instance. Measurement results.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: determining, by the first management function unit, the shared network resource, that: the first management function unit determines that the network resource is performed by using a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance.
  • the first management function unit determines the network.
  • the resource is a shared network resource; or, when the first management function unit determines to perform network function virtualization NFV deployment on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, using the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance, The first management function unit determines that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource.
  • the present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, including: a first management function unit determining identifier information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resources allocated by the second management function unit to the first network slice instance.
  • the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual resource container; the first management function unit needs to determine the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance, and the first management function unit is configured to the second management
  • the function unit sends a first request message, where the first request message includes the identifier information, where the first request message is used to request the second management function unit to report the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information;
  • the unit receives the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information sent by the second management function unit.
  • the application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, and the identifier information is determined by the first management function unit, and the identifier information is carried in the process of requesting management of the first network slice instance, so that one or more VNF instances are allocated on one hand.
  • the functional unit of the virtual resource unit may associate the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance with the identification information, so that in the subsequent process, the functional unit that can conveniently allocate the virtual resource unit to the one or more VNF instances is based on the first management.
  • the management unit of the first network slice instance of the functional unit manages one or more virtual resource units allocated by the VNF instance in units of groups, and on the other hand, the first management function unit needs to determine the VR measurement of the first network slice instance.
  • the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information is reported by the second management function unit by using the first request message carrying the identifier information, and further, for facilitating sharing of two or more network slice instances.
  • this is convenient for distinguishing and counting.
  • Two or more instances of network sections share VNF instance corresponding virtual network resources belonging to any of a slice corresponding to each instance of the virtual resource, and a network according to any instance of the slice corresponding to each measurement data VR.
  • the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have shared network resources
  • the method provided by the application further includes The first management function unit sends a message to the third management function unit in the process of managing the first network slice instance: the identifier information, the information about the shared network resource, where the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
  • the third management function unit receives the information of the shared network resource
  • the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the information of the shared network resource may be associated with the identification information, so as to facilitate distinguishing and counting.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit sends a second request message to the second management function unit, and information or identifier information of the network resource shared by the second request message, where The second request message requests the second management function unit to report VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  • the second management function unit determines, according to the information about the shared network resource, the VR that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR corresponding to the shared network resource, so that the second management function unit requests the fifth management function unit to measure the shared network resource.
  • VR measurement data of the VR belonging to the first network slice instance in the corresponding VR is a possible design.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: determining, by the first management function unit, a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the slice instance and the second network slice instance; the first management function unit performs the service performance measurement corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement corresponding to the second network slice instance And a VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, and determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  • the first management function unit determines the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines that the first network slice instance corresponds to the first network slice instance.
  • a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set and a second network slice instance corresponding to a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set, and a network resource service indicator, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAI; Determining, by the first management function unit, that the network resource is in the S according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource.
  • the first management function unit according to a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and the network resource corresponding to the S-NSSAI set
  • the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI determining the service performance measurement result and the location of the first network slice instance Service performance measurement result of the second example of network sections.
  • auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the single network slice corresponding to the first network slice instance and a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information
  • the mapping between the network resource and the service performance measurement of each S-NSSAI in the S-NSSAI set facilitates determining the service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
  • the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource, and includes: the network resource has a new increase when the network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment outside the first network slice instance. a virtual resource, and the newly added virtual resource corresponds to a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the first management function unit requests the first When the network slice instance other than the network slice instance performs the NFV deployment, the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is used, and then the network resource is determined to be a shared network resource. By determining the shared network resources, it is convenient to subsequently count the VRs belonging to the respective network slice instances in the VR corresponding to the shared network resources.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit according to the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit, and the first network slice instance Exclusive VR measurement data, determining VR measurement data of the first network slice instance; or VR measurement data belonging to the second network slice instance in the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit, and the second network slice instance exclusive
  • the VR measurement data determines VR measurement data of the second network slice instance.
  • the VR measurement data of the shared VNF instance or the virtual resource unit belonging to each network slice instance is calculated by measuring the VR measurement data of the shared VNF instance or the virtual resource unit and the service measurement result of each network slice instance, and finally the VR measurement of the network slice instance is finally calculated. Data, easy to slice resource management scheduling and billing.
  • a method for managing a virtual resource is provided by the application, where the second management function unit receives a first request message sent by the first management function unit, where the first request message includes identifier information, and the first request message is used by the first request message.
  • the second management function unit And requesting the second management function unit to report the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information; the second management function unit according to the first request message, and one or more VNF instances recorded in the second management function unit And determining, by the associated relationship between the virtual resource unit and the identifier information, the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information, where the virtual resource unit includes: at least a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container And a second management function unit sends the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information to the first management function unit.
  • the present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource.
  • the second management function unit maintains an association relationship between the identifier information and the virtual deployment unit of the first network slice instance, so that the first management function unit requests to determine the identifier information.
  • the resource group associated with the identification information may be determined according to the identification information, and all VRs in the resource group associated with the identification information are determined as the VR of the first network slice instance, such that The management request message for the first network slice instance may be subsequently used.
  • the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance may be determined according to the identification information.
  • the first network slice may be managed in units of resource groups. The virtual resource unit used by the instance, and reports the VR measurement data in the resource group.
  • the method further includes: receiving, by the second management function unit, the second request message sent by the third management function unit,
  • the second request message includes the identification information and the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance; the identification information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance; the second management function unit
  • the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances determined according to the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance is divided into one or more resource groups; the second management function unit is one or more The resource group is associated with the identification information to determine an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances and the identification information.
  • the second management function unit receives information of the first VNF instance or information of the first virtual resource unit, and identification information, and the second management function unit uses the virtual resource used by the one or more VNF instances.
  • the unit is divided into one or more resource groups, specifically: the virtual resource belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance that is associated with the information of the first VNF instance by the second management function unit. And dividing the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance into one or more resource groups.
  • the corresponding virtual resource unit is likely to be a virtual resource unit corresponding to two or more network slice instances respectively, and thus the shared VNF instance is determined.
  • the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance that is, the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance and the VR measurement data belonging to other network slice instances in the virtual resource unit corresponding to the shared VNF instance are distinguished, so that all belongings can be determined.
  • the method provided by the application further includes: the second management function unit receives a third request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance, and the second VNF instance
  • the information associated with the second VNF corresponds to the requirement information and the identification information
  • the third request message is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is one or more corresponding to the first network slice instance.
  • the second management function unit updates the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, or one acquired by the second management function unit or a resource corresponding to the multiple VNF instances; if the resource corresponding to any one of the VNF instances is greater than the first threshold, the second management function unit determines the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance.
  • Information of the resource group the second management function unit updates the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance Resource group information associated with the resource group in one or more virtual resource units, which can facilitate resource group unit updating the first network using virtual slice instance resource unit.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: the second management function unit receives a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and identifier information, where The fourth request message request determines the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance; the second management function unit is associated with the identification information according to the fourth request message.
  • the second management function unit sending a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes
  • the information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the VNF instance is used to request measurement of the VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance may be determined on the one hand, that is, the VR belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the measurement data is distinguished from the VR measurement data belonging to other network slice instances. After the distinction is made, the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance can be finally calculated to facilitate the resource management scheduling and charging of the slice.
  • the application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, including: determining, by the third management function unit, that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, and determining, by the third management function unit, one or more corresponding to the first network slice instance The deployment parameter of the VNF; the third management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes one or more VNF deployment parameters and identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify the first network slice instance.
  • One or more virtual resource units allocated, the virtual resource unit comprising: at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container.
  • the third management function unit determines that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, and the third management function unit receives the second request message sent by the first management function unit, where the second request message is requested.
  • the first network slice instance is managed, and the third management function unit determines that the first network slice instance needs to be managed.
  • the first network slice instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit with the second network slice instance, and the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. information.
  • the method before the third management function unit sends the first request message to the second management function unit, the method further includes: the third management function unit receiving the first management function unit to send the need to the first network
  • the identification information is obtained in the request message that the slice instance manages.
  • the method before the third management function unit sends the first request message to the second management function unit, the method further includes: the third management function unit is associated with the deployment parameter identifier information of the one or more VNFs, and The identification information is sent to the first management function unit.
  • the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource may implement the method in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and thus the first aspect is also implemented. Or the beneficial effects of any possible implementation of the first aspect.
  • the device for managing the virtual resource may be a first management function unit, such as NSMF or NFMF, or may be a chip applied to the first management function unit.
  • the above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
  • the device for managing a virtual resource comprising: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message, where the first message is used to determine one of a VNF instance corresponding to one or more virtual network function VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance or Information of the plurality of virtual resource units, the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, wherein the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container, and the determining unit is configured to: And determining, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to any one of the VNF instances.
  • the VNF instance is a shared VNF instance
  • the apparatus provided by the application further includes: a sending unit, configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used for the request Reporting VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance, where the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes The information of the one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance belongs to the information of the at least one virtual resource unit of the first network slice instance, and the receiving unit is further configured to receive the second management function unit for the first And a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  • the determining unit is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the second network splicing instance, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance, and the determining unit is further configured to: according to the service corresponding to the first network shard instance Determining a proportional relationship between the performance measurement result and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, determining that the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource belongs to the first network slice VR measurement data for the example.
  • the determining unit is further configured to determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, And the service indicator of the network resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs; the determining unit is further configured to: according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the second network Determining the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, and determining the unit, and further determining, according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource Determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance, and a mapping relationship between the NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set The service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
  • the determining unit is further configured to determine the unit, and is further configured to use the newly added virtual resource in the network resource, and the newly added virtual resource and the first network slice instance And the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the determining unit is further configured to request, in the first management function unit, the first When the network segmentation instance of the network segmentation instance performs the virtual network-functionalized NFV deployment, the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is determined to be a shared network resource.
  • the device for managing the virtual resource may include: a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive the first message, where the first message is used to determine that the first network slice instance corresponds to Information of one or more virtual resource units corresponding to any one of the VNF instances of the virtual network function, the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, where the virtual resource unit includes At least one of the virtual deployment unit VDU and the virtual resource container; the processor, configured to determine, according to the first message received by the communication interface, information of the first network slice instance and the virtual resource unit corresponding to any one of the VNF instances The mapping relationship between.
  • the VNF instance is a shared VNF instance
  • the communication interface is configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  • VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes one or more virtualities associated with the VNF instance Information of at least one virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance in the information of the resource unit; and receiving a second message sent by the second management function unit for the first request message, the processor is further configured to: Determining, according to the second message received by the communication interface, VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  • the processor is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the second network sharding instance, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance, and used to measure service performance corresponding to the first network slice instance and VR measurement of the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource corresponding to the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource data.
  • the processor is further configured to determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and
  • the service indicator of the network resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs, and corresponding to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and the second network slice instance
  • An S-NSSAI set, and a service indicator of the network resource determining a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, and using the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information according to the S-NSSAI Determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance of the first network slice instance, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set Business performance measurement results.
  • the processor is further configured to: determine that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource The virtual resource is corresponding to the network slice instance except the first network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource, or the processor is further configured to request the When the network slice instance other than the network slice instance performs the virtual network functioned NFV deployment, using the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance, determining that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource .
  • the receiver and the processor of the device managing the virtual resource are coupled to each other.
  • the apparatus for managing virtual resources provided by the sixth aspect further includes a memory, wherein the memory is used to store code and data, and the processor, the receiver, and the memory are coupled to each other.
  • the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource may implement the method in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and thus the second aspect or the second Aspects of the benefits of any possible implementation.
  • the device for managing the virtual resource may be a first management function unit, such as NSMF or NFMF, or may be a chip applied to the first management function unit.
  • the above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
  • the device for managing a virtual resource comprising: a determining unit, configured to determine the identifier information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated by the second management function unit to the first network slice instance;
  • the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual resource container, and the sending unit is further configured to send, to the second management function unit, the determining unit determines that the VR measurement data that is determined to be the first network slice instance is determined.
  • a first request message where the first request message includes the identifier information, where the first request message is used to request the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information
  • the receiving unit is configured to receive the second management function unit to send the identifier information.
  • Virtual network VR measurement data of the associated first network slice instance where the first request message is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated by the second management function unit to the first network slice instance.
  • the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have shared network resources
  • the sending unit is further configured to send to the third management function unit in the process of requesting management of the first network slice instance. And sending the identifier information, the information about the network resource, where the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
  • the sending unit is further configured to send a second request message to the third management function unit, where the second request message includes information or identifier information of the network resource, where the second request message requests the The second management function unit reports VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  • the determining unit is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource, and a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network
  • the VR measurement data corresponding to the resource determines VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  • the determining unit is specifically configured to: determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network a service indicator of the resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs, and the determining unit is further configured to: according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and the second network slice instance The S-NSSAI set, and the service indicator of the network resource, determine a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, and the determining unit is further configured to use the S-NSSAI and the network slice Determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the second network by using a mapping relationship between the instance information and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set The business performance measurement result of the slice instance.
  • the determining unit is further configured to: determine that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource And the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the determining unit is further configured to determine a processing unit that is configured to correspond to a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance.
  • the network segment corresponding to the first network slice instance is used to perform the NFV deployment, and the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is determined to be a shared network resource.
  • the device for managing a virtual resource may include: a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to determine identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify that the second management function unit is the first One or more virtual resource units allocated by the network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container; the communication interface is configured to determine, at the processor, that the first network slice instance needs to be determined During the VR measurement data, the first request message is sent to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes identification information, where the first request message is used to request to determine VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information, and And for receiving the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the second management function unit to send the identifier information.
  • the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have a shared network resource
  • the communication interface is further configured to perform, in the process of managing the first network slice instance by the processor, to the third management function unit. And sending the identifier information and the information about the network resource, where the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
  • the communication interface is further configured to send a second request message to the third management function unit, where the second request message includes information or identification information of the network resource, and the second request message requests the second management
  • the function unit reports VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  • the processor is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource; and a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network
  • the VR measurement data corresponding to the resource determines VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  • the processor is further configured to determine a single network slice selection assistance information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the a service indicator of the network resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs; and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and an S- corresponding to the second network slice instance And determining, by the NSSAI set, the service indicator of the network resource, the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set; and the information between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information a mapping relationship, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and a service performance of the second network slice instance Measurement results.
  • the processor is further configured to: determine that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource And the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the processor is further configured to determine that the processor is configured to be the same as the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance.
  • the network slice instance other than the network slice instance is used for NFV deployment, the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is used, and then the network resource is determined to be a shared network resource.
  • the receiver and the processor of the device managing the virtual resource are coupled to each other.
  • the apparatus for managing virtual resources provided by the eighth aspect further includes a memory, wherein the memory is used to store code and data, and the processor, the receiver, and the memory are coupled to each other.
  • the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource can implement the method in any possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the third aspect, and thus the third aspect or the third aspect can also be implemented.
  • the device for managing the virtual resource may be a second management function unit, such as a VNFM, or may be a chip applied to the second management function unit.
  • the above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
  • the device for managing a virtual resource comprising: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first request message sent by a third management function unit, where the first request message includes identifier information and deployment parameters of one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance
  • the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container; and the determining unit is configured to use one or a plurality of VNF deployment parameters, determining a virtual resource unit used by one or more VNF instances; and a processing unit configured to divide the virtual resource units used by the one or more VNF instances into one or more resource groups, and Associate one or more resource groups with identification information.
  • the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance share the first VNF instance
  • the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance
  • the processing unit is specifically configured to: information about the first VNF instance
  • One or more virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the associated first VNF instance, and one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance are divided into one Or in multiple resource groups.
  • the receiving unit is further configured to receive a third request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance and a second VNF corresponding to the information of the second VNF instance.
  • the identification information where the identification information is used to determine a resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs, and the third request message is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, and second The VNF instance is any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance.
  • the device provided by the application further includes: an update unit, configured to update the first network slice instance according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF.
  • the resource group to which the virtual resource unit is used, or the processing unit, is also used to acquire the resource corresponding to one or more VNF instances; the determining unit is further configured to exist in the resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances.
  • the resource corresponding to a VNF instance is greater than the first threshold, and the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs is determined.
  • the information update unit is further configured to update one or more virtual resource units in the resource group associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any one of the VNF instances belongs.
  • the receiving unit is further configured to receive a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and the identifier information, and the fourth request message requests to determine the first VNF.
  • the determining unit is further configured to use, according to the fourth request message, the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information
  • the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is determined in the resource group to which the virtual resource unit belongs;
  • the apparatus provided by the application further includes: a sending unit, configured to send a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes The information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is used to request measurement of VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the apparatus for managing a virtual resource may include: a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a first request message sent by the third management function unit, where the first request message includes an identifier And the deployment parameter of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance, the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes the virtual deployment unit VDU and At least one of the virtual resource containers; the processor, configured to determine, according to the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs received by the communication interface, the virtual resource units used by the one or more VNF instances; the processing unit, configured to Or the virtual resource units used by the multiple VNF instances are divided into one or more resource groups, and one or more resource groups are associated with the identification information.
  • the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance share the first VNF instance
  • the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance
  • the processor is specifically configured to: information about the first VNF instance
  • One or more virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the associated first VNF instance, and one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance are divided into one Or in multiple resource groups.
  • the communication interface is further configured to receive a third request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance and a second VNF corresponding to the information of the second VNF instance. And the third information request is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance;
  • the processor is further configured to update, according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs, or the processor, and the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the acquired
  • the processor is further configured to: in the resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances, the resource corresponding to the VNF instance is greater than the first threshold, and determine the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs; And one or more of the resource groups associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs is updated.
  • the communication interface is further configured to receive a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and identification information, and the fourth request message requests to determine the first VNF.
  • the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and identification information
  • the fourth request message requests to determine the first VNF.
  • the processor is further configured to use, according to the fourth request message, the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information
  • the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is determined in the resource group to which the virtual resource unit belongs;
  • the device provided by the application further includes: a communication interface, configured to send a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes The information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is used to request measurement of VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the receiver and the processor of the device managing the virtual resource are coupled to each other.
  • the apparatus for managing virtual resources provided by the tenth aspect further includes a memory, wherein the memory is used to store code and data, and the processor, the receiver, and the memory are coupled to each other.
  • the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource can implement the method in any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect, and thus the fourth aspect or the The beneficial effects of any of the four possible implementations.
  • the device for managing the virtual resource may be a third management function unit, such as VFVO, or may be a chip applied to the third management function unit.
  • the above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
  • the device for managing a virtual resource comprising: a determining unit, configured to determine that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, determining a deployment parameter of one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance; and sending, for sending to the second
  • the management function unit sends a first request message, where the first request message includes one or more deployment parameters of the VNF and identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance, the virtual resource
  • the unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container.
  • the device further includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a second request message sent by the first management function unit, where the second request message requests management of the first network slice instance; Specifically, it is determined that the first network slice instance needs to be managed according to the second request message received by the receiving unit.
  • the first network slice instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit with the second network slice instance, and the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. information.
  • the determining unit is further configured to determine the identification information in the request message that is sent by the first management function unit and needs to manage the first network slice instance.
  • the determining unit is further configured to determine identification information for the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs
  • the sending unit is further configured to send the identification information to the first management function unit.
  • the device for managing a virtual resource includes: a communication interface and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, and determine one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance.
  • a deployment parameter the communication interface, configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes one or more VNF deployment parameters and identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify the first network slice instance.
  • One or more virtual resource units including at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container.
  • the communication interface is further configured to receive a second request message sent by the first management function unit, where the second request message requests management of the first network slice instance, and the processor is specifically configured to The second request message received by the communication interface determines that the first network slice instance needs to be managed.
  • the first network slice instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit with the second network slice instance, and the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. information.
  • the processor is further configured to determine the identification information in the request message that is sent by the first management function unit and needs to manage the first network slice instance.
  • the processor is further configured to determine identification information for the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs, and the communication interface is further configured to send the identification information to the first management function unit.
  • the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause the first aspect or a method in any of the possible implementations of the first aspect Executed.
  • the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause a second aspect or a method in any of the possible implementations of the second aspect Executed.
  • the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause a method in any of the possible implementations of the third aspect or the third aspect Executed.
  • the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause a method in any of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect Executed.
  • the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein a computer program product stores instructions, when the instructions are executed, such that the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect Executed.
  • the application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein the computer program product stores instructions, when the instructions are executed, the second aspect or the method in any possible implementation manner of the second aspect Executed.
  • the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein an instruction is stored in a computer program product, and when the instruction is executed, the method in any of the above third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect is made Executed.
  • the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein a computer program product stores instructions, when the instructions are executed, such that the method of any of the above fourth aspect or any of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect Executed.
  • the present application provides a chip for use in a first management function unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction
  • the interface circuit is operative to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
  • the present application provides a chip for use in a first management functional unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction To perform the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation of the second aspect, the interface circuit is configured to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
  • the present application provides a chip for use in a second management function unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction
  • the interface circuit is operative to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
  • the present application provides a chip for use in a third management function unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction To perform the method of any of the fourth aspect or any of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect, the interface circuit is configured to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
  • the chip described above in the present application may further include at least one memory in which an instruction or a computer program is stored.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram 1 of a network architecture in the prior art
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram 2 of a network architecture in the prior art
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart 1 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart 2 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart 3 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart 4 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart 5 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart 6 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart 7 of a method for managing a virtual resource provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart 8 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart nin of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart 5 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application.
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of a first management function unit provided by the present application.
  • 15 is a schematic structural diagram 2 of a first management function unit provided by the present application.
  • 16 is a schematic structural diagram 3 of a first management function unit provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of still another first management function unit provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 18 is a second schematic structural diagram of a first management function unit provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram 3 of still another first management function unit provided by the present application.
  • 20 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of a second management function unit provided by the present application.
  • 21 is a second schematic structural diagram of a second management function unit provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 22 is a schematic structural diagram 3 of a second management function unit provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided by the present application.
  • a shared network resource refers to a network resource belonging to two or more network slice instances, where the network resource may be a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
  • a shared VNF instance refers to a VNF instance belonging to two or more network slice instances.
  • a shared virtual resource unit refers to a virtual resource unit belonging to two or more network slice instances.
  • An exclusive VNF instance where a VNF instance belongs to a network slice instance, and an exclusive virtual resource unit refers to a virtual resource unit belonging to a network slice instance.
  • the present application provides a method and an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, which are used to determine a virtual resource corresponding to a network slice instance, so as to facilitate resource management scheduling and charging of a slice.
  • the method and the device are based on the same inventive concept. Since the principles of the method and the device for solving the problem are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repeated description is not repeated.
  • first, second, and the like in this application are only used to distinguish different objects, and the order is not limited.
  • first management function unit and the second management function unit are merely for distinguishing different management function units, and are not limited in their order.
  • a and/or B which may indicate that A exists separately, and A and B exist simultaneously. There are three cases of B.
  • the character "/" in the present application generally indicates that the context of the context is an "or" relationship.
  • one or more of A, B, and C indicates that there may be the following relationship: A exists separately, B exists separately, C exists separately, A and B exist simultaneously, A and C exist simultaneously, and B and C exist simultaneously. At the same time, there are A, B and C, and there are A and A at the same time, and B and B exist at the same time, and there are cases of C and C at the same time.
  • a plurality of the present application generally means two or more, for example, a plurality of A, and may indicate that there is a relationship that there are two As or three As.
  • the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a network management system.
  • the solution of the embodiment of the present invention is a network management system including a network function virtualization (NFV) system, that is, an NFV-based network management system is taken as an example. Be explained.
  • NFV network function virtualization
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of an NFV-based network management system.
  • the traditional network architecture usually adopts independent business network and operation support system.
  • NFV technology deconstructs the network architecture from vertical and horizontal.
  • the network architecture in the NFV environment is divided into three layers from a vertical perspective:
  • NFV infrastructure which understands a resource pool formed by connecting multiple geographically dispersed data centers through a high-speed communication network.
  • NFVI requires virtualization to convert physical compute/storage/swap resources into virtual compute/storage/swap resource pools.
  • Virtual network layer corresponds to the current telecommunication service network. Each physical network element is mapped into a virtualized network function (VNF) unit. The required resources of the VNF unit need to be decomposed into virtual computing/storage/exchange. The resource is carried by the NFVI.
  • the interface between the VNF units can use a signaling interface or a data interface defined by a conventional network.
  • the service/network management layer includes an operations support system (OSS)/business support system (BSS) and an element manager (EM) system 110 (as shown in Figure 3).
  • OSS operations support system
  • BSS business support system
  • EM element manager
  • NM network manager
  • the network management unit may be described as an NM unit or an NM.
  • the network slice management function (NSMF) is a management unit similar to the NM function, and can be integrated with the NM or integrated into the NM.
  • Network Function Management (NFMF) is a management unit similar to EM. It is a management unit that manages network function services after the network adopts a service architecture. NFMF is an optional management unit and related functions may be incorporated into NSMF.
  • the network architecture in the NFV (network function virtualization) environment is divided into two domains from the horizontal perspective:
  • Service network domain Corresponding to the current telecommunication service networks.
  • MANO Management and orchestration: responsible for the management and orchestration of the entire NFVI resources, mapping and association of business networks and NFVI resources, implementation of OSS business resource processes, etc., as shown in Figure 3, MANO includes virtualization.
  • VNFM virtual network function management
  • the MANO may also include a network service index, a virtual network function index, a network function virtual example, a network function virtualization infrastructure resource, and the like.
  • MANO is responsible for the allocation of infrastructure resources required for network slicing according to the NFV deployment requirements of the NSMF/NFMF unit, and completes the deployment of virtualized network functions (VNF) on the virtualized infrastructure and completes network functions.
  • the VNFM104 unit and the VIM106 unit of MANO are responsible for receiving virtual resource measurement tasks, generating and reporting virtual resource statistics.
  • the network slice management function (NSMF) unit is responsible for the entire lifecycle management of network slice instance (NSI) creation, activation, operation, deactivation, and deletion.
  • the NSMF unit accepts the customer's network slicing order and creates a network slicing instance based on the stored network slicing template that drives the virtualization orchestration and management functional unit and the slicing control functional entity.
  • NSMF creates a performance measurement task for the network slice instance, sets performance measurement thresholds, receives performance measurement data, and receives notification that the performance measurement exceeds the threshold.
  • the foregoing performance measurement tasks include measurement of a service key indicator of a network slice instance and measurement of a virtual resource (VR) used by the network slice instance.
  • VR virtual resource
  • a network slice includes a radio access network, a transmission network, and a core network. Each part can be regarded as a subnet of a network slice, and correspondingly has a network slice subnet management function (network slice subnet management). Function, NSSMF) is responsible for managing it.
  • NSSMF network slice subnet management function
  • NSMF and NSSMF can be collectively referred to as network slice management function NSMF, and are not specifically distinguished.
  • the NSMF receives the network segmentation requirements (including the network slice subnet requirements) generated by the communication service management function (CSMF) according to the customer's service requirements; and converts the received network slice requirements into network slice subnet requirements, and The network slice subnet requirement is sent to the network slice subnet management function (NSSMF).
  • CSMF communication service management function
  • NSSMF network slice subnet management function
  • NSMF converts the network slicing subnet requirements to the network slicing instance requirements that need to be deployed, and sends the network function requirements to MANO.
  • MANO connects the VNF instances
  • NSMF directly or indirectly configures the services to the VNF instance through NFMF (that is, it can run).
  • NFMF On the network function entity), the business required by the customer order can be run normally on the slice. This way the network slice is created.
  • network slicing refers to customizing different logical networks according to different service requirements on a physical or virtual network infrastructure.
  • the network slice can be a complete end-to-end network including the terminal device, the access network, the transmission network, the core network and the application server, and can provide a complete communication service with certain network capabilities, and the network slice can guarantee the bearer service or
  • the communication resource that the service can meet the service level agreement (SLA) can also be considered as the combination of network functions and communication resources required to complete a certain communication service or certain communication services.
  • SLA service level agreement
  • a network slice instance is a real-world logical network that can meet certain network characteristics or service requirements.
  • a complete network sharding instance can provide complete end-to-end network services.
  • the network sharding instance can include one or more network slice subnet instances (NSSIs) and one or more network functions (network functions, NF).
  • the NSMF and the NSSMF are collectively referred to as a slice management function NSMF, and the NSI and the NSSI are collectively referred to as a network slice instance NSI, and are not specifically limited.
  • the NFVO113 unit is responsible for handling the lifecycle management of virtualized services, as well as the allocation and scheduling of virtual resources in virtual infrastructure and network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI).
  • NFVI network functions virtualization infrastructure
  • the NFVO 113 unit can communicate with one or more virtualized network function managers (VNFM) 104 to perform resource related requests, send configuration information to the VNFM 104, and collect status information for the VNF 108.
  • VNFM virtualized network function managers
  • the NFVO 113 can also communicate with a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) 106, perform resource allocation, and/or reserve, exchange virtualized hardware resource configuration and status information.
  • VIP virtualized infrastructure manager
  • the VNFM 104 unit is responsible for lifecycle management of one or more VNFs, such as instantiating, updating, querying, scaling, and terminating the VNF 108 unit.
  • the VNFM 104 unit can communicate with the VNF 108 unit to complete VNF lifecycle management and exchange configuration and status information.
  • the VNFM104 unit may be a virtual resource management unit, or the VNFM104 unit may have a function of managing virtual resources; the NFVO113 unit may be a virtual resource orchestration unit, or the NFVO113 unit may have a function of orchestrating virtual resources.
  • the VIM 106 unit controls and manages the interaction of the VNF 108 unit with the computing hardware 111, the storage hardware 112, the network hardware 113, the virtual computing 105, the virtual storage 107, and the virtual network 109.
  • the VIM 106 performs resource management functions, including managing infrastructure resources, allocating (eg, adding resources to virtual containers), and running functions (eg, collecting NFVI failure information).
  • the VNFM 104 unit and the VIM 106 unit can communicate with each other, request resource allocation, and exchange virtualized hardware resource configuration and status information.
  • NFVI the infrastructure layer of NFV, consists of hardware components, software components, or a combination of both to establish a virtualized environment, deploy, manage, and implement the VNF108 unit.
  • Hardware resources and virtualization layers are used to provide virtualized resources for the VNF108 unit, such as virtual machines and other forms of virtual containers.
  • the hardware resources include computing hardware 111, storage hardware 112, and network hardware 113. As an embodiment, the resources of computing hardware 111 and storage hardware 112 may be grouped together.
  • the virtualization layer in NFVI abstracts hardware resources and decouples the VNF108 unit from the underlying physical network layer.
  • Each VNF 108 unit running in one or more virtual containers, corresponds to a set of network functions belonging to one or more physical devices.
  • the element management system (EM) 110 is a system for configuring and managing devices in a traditional telecommunication system.
  • the EM 110 can also be used to configure and manage the VNF, and initiate a new VNF to the VNFM 104 unit.
  • NFMF interacts with MANO in the role of EM.
  • the operation support system and business support system (OSS/BSS) 124 supports various end-to-end telecommunication services.
  • the management functions supported by OSS include: network configuration, service provision, and fault management.
  • BSS handles orders, payments, revenues, etc., supporting product management, order management, revenue management and customer management.
  • NSMF interacts with MANO in the role of OSS system.
  • NFV Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
  • NS Network Service
  • An NS is made up of multiple VNFs and a link (LINK) connection between them.
  • the VNF instance is formed by MANO assigning a virtualized resource on the NFVI.
  • the VNF instance runs a software image of the network function, forming a network functional entity.
  • a VNF often consists of multiple VNF components (VNF components).
  • VNF components VNF components
  • a VNF instance The number of virtual CPUs, virtual memory, and virtual storage allocated by the MAN for the VNF instance. It can also include the bandwidth of the virtual network used by the VNF internal link, which can be used as the number of VRs used by the VNF instance.
  • the VR used by the network sharding instance includes the VR used by each VNF instance that constitutes the network sharding instance, and may also include the virtual network used by the LINK between the VNF instances. Therefore, the number of virtual resources used by a network sharding instance is the number of VRs of the NFV Network Service instance deployed for the network sharding instance, that is, the number of VRs used by each VNF instance, and may also include the number of LINK VRs used between VNF instances.
  • the first management function unit involved in the following embodiments may be NSMF or NFMF
  • the second management function unit may be VNFM
  • the third management function unit may be NFVO.
  • the first management function unit receives a first message, where the first message is used to determine information about one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance corresponding to the first network slice instance, where the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource.
  • VDU virtual deployment unit
  • the virtual deployment unit refers to the deployment and operation of the VNFC. If the VNF does not divide the VNFC, the part and operation of the entire VNF are supported.
  • the virtual resource unit may further include a virtual resource container such as a virtual machine or a virtualized container.
  • the virtual resource container provides an isolated virtual computing environment consisting of virtual CPU, virtual memory, virtual disk storage and virtual network interfaces for VNF software or VNFC software.
  • the method provided by the present application may further include: before S100, the first management function unit sends a request to the third management function unit to slice the first network.
  • the request message for the instance to manage.
  • the management of the network service instance in the application may include: performing NFV deployment on the network service instance, and expanding the network service instance (for example, when the function of the network service instance cannot meet the requirement, adding one to the network service instance) VNF instance of a function, or the number of VNF instances that add a function) or shrink the network service instance (for example, reduce the number of VNF instances in the network service instance).
  • expanding the network service instance for example, when the function of the network service instance cannot meet the requirement, adding one to the network service instance
  • VNF instance of a function for example, when the function of the network service instance cannot meet the requirement, adding one to the network service instance
  • shrink the network service instance for example, reduce the number of VNF instances in the network service instance.
  • the request message for managing the first network slice instance (for example, may also be an NFV deployment request message) carries the network service.
  • the third management function unit may perform a process of requesting the second management function unit to manage one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance.
  • the third management function unit determines, according to the NSD ID and the other NFV deployment command parameters determined by the NSD ID, the first network service instance corresponding to the first network slice instance, and determines one or more included in the first network service instance. A VNF instance, and a deployment parameter corresponding to any one of the VNF instances. Then, the third management function unit sends the deployment parameter corresponding to any VNF instance to the second management function unit, and the second management function unit determines any VNF instance according to the VNFD (Virtual Network Function Descriptor) corresponding to each VNF instance.
  • VNFD Virtual Network Function Descriptor
  • the deployment result corresponding to any one of the VNF instances, wherein the deployment result corresponding to the VNF instance includes all VDUs corresponding to the VNF instance, and information about virtual resources allocated to any one of the VDUs, such as a virtual CPU. Virtual memory, virtual disk storage and virtual network interfaces, and more.
  • the first network service instance includes: a VNF#1 instance, a VNF#2 instance, and a VNF#3 instance
  • the result of the VNF instance deployment may be information of VNF#1, information of the VNF#2 instance, and VNF#3.
  • the information of the VNF instance may be an identifier of the VNF instance, or an index
  • the information of the virtual resource may be an identifier of the virtual resource, or an index, which is not limited in this application.
  • the VNF#1 instance includes: VNFC1 and VNFC2, wherein VNFC1 needs to deploy VDU1 and VDU2, VNFC2 needs to deploy VDU3 and VDU4, and the second management function unit deploys VDU1 and VDU2 for VNFC1 of VNF#1 instance, which is VNF# 1 instance of VNFC2 deploys VDU3 and VDU4.
  • the third management function unit After receiving the result of the deployment of the VNF instance sent by the second management function unit, the third management function unit completes the deployment of the virtual link between the VNF instances, and connects the VNF instances to form a first network service instance, and After completing the NFV deployment of the first network slice instance, the first message is sent to the first management function unit.
  • the first message may include: information of one or more virtual resource units corresponding to any one of the one or more virtual network function VNF instances, and information of the first network service instance.
  • the request message for managing the first network slice instance may be a request message for expanding or shrinking the first network slice instance.
  • the third management function unit determines, according to the request message that is managed by the first network sharding instance, the VNF instance that needs to be expanded or contracted (taking the first VNF instance as an example), and the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance, Then, the third management function unit sends a message requesting the expansion or contraction of the first VNF instance to the second management function unit, where the message carries the expansion parameter or the reduction parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the second management function unit determines, according to the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance, and according to the VNFD corresponding to the first VNF instance, which VDUs need to be increased or decreased in any one of the VNFCs in the first VNF instance. For example, the second management function unit determines to expand the newly deployed VDU 5 as VNF #1. After the second management function unit completes the expansion or volume reduction operation of the first VNF instance, the second management function unit sends the expansion or contraction result of the first VNF instance to the third management function unit, where the expansion or contraction is performed.
  • the result carries the information of the first VNF instance, the newly added VDU information for the first VNF instance, the reduced VDU information from the first VNF instance, the information of the virtual resource allocated for the newly added VDU, and the like.
  • the third management function unit adjusts the deployment of the virtual link of the first network slice instance, in which case the first message may be for the first management function unit.
  • the sent NFV deploys the expansion and contraction response message, wherein the NFV deployment expansion and contraction response message carries the first network service instance information and the expansion and contraction result of the first network service instance, wherein the expansion and contraction result of the first network service instance includes The expansion and contraction operation of the VNF instance included in the first network service instance, the information of the expansion and contraction operation of the virtual link, and the like.
  • the first message may include: information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be reduced, information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be expanded, and information of the first network service instance. It can be understood that the information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be reduced and the information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be expanded may exist at the same time, or information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be reduced, or information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be expanded.
  • the third management function unit that is used to determine the VNF instance that needs to be expanded or reduced according to the request message for managing the first network snippet instance, and the expansion parameter or the suffix parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance can be implemented as follows: :
  • the request message for managing the first network slice instance includes the first network service instance information and the capacity expansion/reduction capacity requirement information, where the requirement information is used to determine a parameter for expanding or shrinking the first network slice instance.
  • the third management function unit may determine, according to the first network service instance information, an NSD, a capacity expansion or a contraction parameter used by the first network service instance, and determine that the first network service instance needs to be expanded and contracted.
  • the information of the VNF instance is determined, and the expansion parameter or the reduction parameter corresponding to the VNF instance that needs to be expanded and contracted is determined, and the information of the VNF instance that needs to perform the expansion and contraction operation is determined as the information of the first VNF instance.
  • the capacity expansion/reduction capacity requirement information may include: a service level agreement (SLA) requirement of the network slice, or a requirement for adding or releasing a sub service, and the like.
  • SLA service level agreement
  • the request message for managing the first network fragment instance includes the information of the first VNF instance, and the expansion parameter or the contraction parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance, so that the third management function unit can be based on the information of the first VNF instance.
  • the VNF instance that needs to be expanded or contracted is the first VNF instance, and the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the first management function unit expands or shrinks the first network sharding instance
  • the information of the first VNF instance and the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance may be directly sent to
  • the second management function unit sends the expansion or contraction result to the first management function unit after the second management function unit performs the expansion or contraction.
  • the first message may be the second management function unit. Sent to the first management function unit.
  • the second management function unit in the application may also monitor resources of any VNF instance. If the virtual CPU, virtual memory, virtual storage or virtual network reaches the expansion and contraction threshold, the second management function unit triggers. The expansion and contraction of the VNF instance, and after performing the expansion and contraction, sends the first message to the first management function unit.
  • the first management function unit in the present application may be NSMF or NFMF
  • the third management function unit may be NFVO
  • the second management function unit may be VNFM.
  • the information of the virtual resource unit may be an identifier of the VDU.
  • the first management function unit determines, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance.
  • the first management function unit requests the network slice instance 1 and the network slice instance 2 to be deployed as an example, where the network slice instance 1 includes: VNF# 1 instance, VNF#2 instance, VNF#1 instance corresponding to VDU1, VDU2, VNF#2 instance corresponding to VDU3, VDU4, then the first management function unit determines that VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, VDU4 and network slice instance 1 have a mapping relationship .
  • the first management function unit requests to deploy network slice instance 2, network slice instance 2 and network slice instance 1 share the VNF #1 instance, and when performing NFV deployment on network slice instance 2, the VNF#1 instance is deployed.
  • VDU21, VDU22 then the first management function unit records VDU21 and VDU22 deployed as VNF1# instances belonging to network slice instance 2 according to the deployment result carried in the response message for deploying network slice instance 2.
  • the first management function unit may update the information of the first network slice instance and the virtual corresponding to any VNF instance.
  • the mapping relationship between the information of the resource unit, and the updated mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between the information of the first network slice instance and the information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to any VNF instance.
  • the network slice instance 1 when the network slice instance 1 is created, the network slice instance 1 has a mapping relationship with the VDU1, the VDU2, the VDU3, and the VDU4. After the network slice instance 1 is expanded, the VDU5 is added to the network slice instance 1.
  • a management function unit determines that VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, VDU4, and VDU5 have a mapping relationship with network slice instance 1 after the update.
  • the VDU3 is deleted, and the first management function unit determines that the VDU1, VDU2, and VDU4 have a mapping relationship with the network slice instance 1 after the update.
  • VNF instance corresponding to the first network slice instance described in the foregoing embodiment may be one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance.
  • the present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, by using a first management function unit to determine, according to a first message, a mapping relationship between information of a first network slice instance and information of a virtual resource unit corresponding to any VNF instance, such that When a network slice instance and another network slice instance have a shared VNF instance, the first management function unit determines the mapping relationship between the information of the first network slice instance and the information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance. On the one hand, the virtual resource unit corresponding to the network slice instance may be determined.
  • the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance in the virtual resource unit corresponding to the shared VNF instance may be determined and belong to The virtual resource unit of the other network slice instance, so as to determine all the virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance, thereby facilitating resource management scheduling and charging of the network slice.
  • the first management function unit may determine a mapping between one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first network slice instance and the first network slice instance information. relationship.
  • there may be any two or more network slice instances sharing a VNF instance for example, an operator's enhanced mobile broadband band (eMBB) slice and enterprise eMBB slice sharing AMF instance.
  • the first management function unit needs to determine which virtual resource units of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the shared AMF instance belong to the operator's eMBB slice, and which virtual The resource unit belongs to the enterprise eMBB slice.
  • the VNF instance involved in step S101 is taken as an example of sharing a VNF instance, for example, the VNF instance is shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance.
  • the VNF instance may of course be shared by three or more VNF instances in an actual process.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit determines one or more virtualities corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance in the resource unit that is, the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance among the one or more VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the first management function unit determines the VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance of the one or more VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance, and may be implemented by:
  • the method provided by the present application further includes:
  • the first management function unit sends a first request message to the third management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  • the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance that belongs to the first network slice Information of at least one virtual resource unit of the instance.
  • the first request message further includes performance management PM information.
  • the first management function unit creates a VR-related performance management task for each network function in the first network slice instance.
  • the first network slice instance requests the second network slice instance to create a VNF instance.
  • the VR-related performance management task also carries the first virtual resource unit list, and the first virtual resource unit list is the first A management function unit obtains all the VDU information belonging to the network slice instance 2 under the VNF instance according to the relationship between the NFV deployment and the network slice instance.
  • the first management function unit determines that the first VNF instance corresponds to the mapping relationship between the information of the first network slice instance and the information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to any one of the VNF instances. Of the one or more virtual resource units belonging to the at least one virtual resource unit of the first network slice instance.
  • the first management function unit receives a second message that is sent by the second management function unit for the first request message.
  • the second message includes the PM information, and the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance indicated by the information of the VNF instance.
  • the first management function unit determines, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes:
  • the first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and corresponding to the network resource shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance.
  • the VR measures data, and the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance.
  • the first management function unit in the application determines that the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance are implemented in the following manner: the first management function unit determines the first network slice instance Corresponding single network slice selection assistant identifier (S-NSSAI) set and single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance (S-NSSAI set includes one or more S -NSSAI), and the service indicator of the shared network resource (VNF instance or virtual resource unit) (that is, the number of successes and failures of the signaling interaction process using the network registration or session establishment of the above S-NSSAI), S - the NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs; the first management function unit is configured according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network The service indicator of the resource, determining the serviceability of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network
  • mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information has been recorded in the first management function unit.
  • the information recorded in the first network slice instance is associated with S-NSSAI1
  • the second network slice instance is recorded.
  • the information is associated with S-NSSAI2.
  • the first management function unit determines that the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance is implemented by: the first management function unit requests the second The management function unit creates a VR related item performance management task of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. After the VR related item performance management task of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit is created, the second management function unit sends the obtained VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit to the first management. Functional unit.
  • the first management function unit determines, according to a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, The VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data.
  • the network management resource is a VNF instance
  • the first management function unit determines the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the shared VNF instance corresponding to the shared VNF instance.
  • the VR measurement data, the first management function unit is based on the proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the shared VNF instance. And determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the shared VNF instance.
  • step S108 in the present application may be implemented in the following manner:
  • the first management function unit is according to a formula:
  • the second network slice instance is a network slice instance that has network resources shared with the first network slice instance except the first network slice instance.
  • the service resource weighting is a ratio of the number of virtual resources corresponding to the service indicator.
  • a video call needs to occupy 5 virtual resources, and a voice call only needs to occupy 1 virtual resource, where 5 and 1 are the above-mentioned service resource weighting.
  • the first management function unit changes the parameter of the first network slice instance in the above formula to the first parameter.
  • the parameters of the second network slice instance can be.
  • the first management function unit may VR measurement data corresponding to a VNF instance (virtual resource unit) other than the shared VNF instance in the one or more VNF instances (or shared virtual resource units) corresponding to the first network slice instance, and the first VNF instance or the first virtual
  • the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR corresponding to the resource unit determines the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance.
  • the network slice instance 1 and the network slice instance 2 share the VNF#1 instance, and the VR1 and VR2 in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#1 instance belong to the network slice instance 1, and the VNF#1 instance corresponds to the VR measurement data.
  • VR3 and VR4 belong to network slice instance 2
  • the VR measurement data of the network slice instance 1 further includes: VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#2 instance and VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#3 instance, so that the first management function unit can Determining the VR measurement data of the network slice instance 1 includes: VR measurement data corresponding to the VR1, VR2, VNF#2 instance, and VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#3 instance.
  • the first management function unit may calculate a corresponding VNF instance according to the foregoing steps.
  • the VR measurement data belongs to the VR measurement data of any one of the first network slice instances.
  • the first management function unit may further determine the shared network resource by using the following manner. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the method provided by the application further includes S109 or S110:
  • the first management function unit determines that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance is configured to perform network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource and the first Corresponding to the network slice instance outside the network slice instance, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource.
  • the first network slice instance is the network slice instance 1, the network slice instance 1 has the network resource 1, and the network resource is the VNF instance 1, and the first management function unit records the network slice instance 1 and the VNF instance.
  • the first management function unit determines, when the network function virtualized NFV deployment is performed on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, and uses the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance, where the first management function unit is used. Determining, that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource.
  • the first management function unit when the first management function unit creates the network slice instance 2, indicating that the network slice instance 2 is created using the existing VNF instance 1, the first management function unit can determine that the VNF instance 1 is a shared VNF instance, or When the management function unit creates the network slice instance 2, indicating that the network slice instance 2 is created using the existing virtual resource unit 1, the first management function unit can determine that the virtual resource unit 1 is a shared VNF instance.
  • the present application provides another method for managing a virtual resource, where the method includes:
  • the first management function unit determines identifier information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated by the second management function unit to the first network slice instance.
  • the virtual resource unit includes a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual At least one item in the resource container.
  • VDU virtual deployment unit
  • the first management function unit may determine information of the first network slice instance (eg, an identifier of the first network slice instance) as the identification information, or the first management function unit may re-assign the first network slice instance to the first network slice instance. Identify and use the ID as identification information.
  • the third management function unit when determining that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance need to be managed, the third management function unit associates a first identifier with the first network slice instance, and sends the first identifier. To the first management function unit, the first management function unit determines the first identifier as the identification information.
  • the third management function unit determines that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance are to be managed, and the third management function unit manages the first network slice instance according to the first management function unit.
  • the request message determines that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance need to be managed.
  • the first management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first management function unit needs to determine the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance, where the first request message includes the identifier information.
  • the first request message is used to request the second management function unit to report the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information, where the information of the VNF instance is used to determine the VR allocated for the virtual resource unit corresponding to the VNF instance.
  • the second management function unit determines, according to the first request message, an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances recorded in the second management function unit and the identifier information, to determine the first association of the identifier information.
  • Virtual network VR measurement data for a network slice instance For a network slice instance.
  • the second management function unit determines that the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information is implemented by: the second management function unit requests the fifth management function unit to create a PM task, where the first And the fifth management function unit acquires the virtual network VR measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance according to the identifier information of the virtual network VR corresponding to the first network slice instance, and obtains the VR measurement result. Report to the second management function unit.
  • the method further includes: the second management function unit receives the first request message sent by the first management function unit.
  • the second management function unit sends, to the first management function unit, virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information.
  • the first management function unit receives the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information sent by the second management function unit. In this way, the first management function unit can determine the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance.
  • the present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, where the first management function unit requests to carry the identification information in the process of managing the first network slice instance, so that the functional unit of the virtual resource unit is allocated to one or more VNF instances on the one hand.
  • the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance may be associated with the identification information, so that in the subsequent process, the functional unit that can allocate the virtual resource unit for the one or more VNF instances is based on the first pair of the first management function unit.
  • the management request of the network sharding instance manages the virtual resource unit allocated by one or more VNF instances in groups, and on the other hand, may be carried in the process of determining the VR measurement data of the first network sharding instance by the first management function unit.
  • the first request message of the identification information requests the second management function unit to report the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information, and further, for facilitating two or more network slice instances to have a shared VNF instance, Easy to distinguish and count by two or more Examples of envelope sections VNF shared resource instances corresponding to the virtual network belonging to any of a slice corresponding to each instance of the virtual resource, and a network according to any instance of the slice corresponding to each measurement data VR.
  • the first management function unit in the present application acquires the identification information before executing the S202.
  • the first management function unit sends the identification information to the third management function in the process of requesting the third management function unit to manage the first network slice instance. And transmitting, by the third management function unit, the identification information to the second management function unit.
  • the first management function unit sends the identifier information and the information of the VNF instance that needs to be expanded or needs to be released to the second management function unit in the process of requesting the second management function unit to expand or shrink the first network slice instance.
  • the third management function unit may send, to the second management function unit, one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance, and deployment parameters corresponding to one or more VNFs. And identification information.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes: before the step S203, the second management function unit establishes one or more identifier information of any one of the network slice instances corresponding to the any one of the network slice instances.
  • the second management function unit in the present application establishes between the identifier information of any network slice instance and the virtual resource unit used by one or more VNF instances corresponding to any one of the network slice instances.
  • the relationship can be achieved by:
  • the third management function unit sends a second request message to the second management function unit, in requesting the second management function unit to manage one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance.
  • the message includes: the identification information and the deployment parameter of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance; the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance, where the virtual resource unit includes: At least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container (eg, a virtual machine or a virtualization container, etc.).
  • the process of the third management function unit requesting the second management function unit to manage the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance may be referred to the description in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
  • the third management function unit may send the identifier information to the second management function unit in a message requesting management of one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance, or may request to the first network. Sending the identifier information to the second management function unit in the newly defined management message in the process of managing the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the slice instance, that is, the second request message is one corresponding to the request for the first network slice instance or Newly defined management messages in the process of managing multiple VNF instances.
  • the second management function unit receives the second request message sent by the third management function unit.
  • the second management function unit divides the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance into one or more resource groups according to the second request message.
  • the second management function unit in the application divides the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances into one or more resource groups, including: the second management function unit uses virtual ones of the one or more VNF instances.
  • the resource units are divided into the same resource group, or the second management function unit divides the virtual resource units used by the same VNF instance into the same resource group, and the virtual resource units used by different VNF instances are located in different resource groups.
  • the second management function unit divides the virtual resource units corresponding to the same VNFC in the one or more VNFCs corresponding to the same VNF instance into the same resource group, and divides the virtual resource units corresponding to different VNFCs into different resources. In the group.
  • the second management function unit associates one or more resource groups with the identification information to determine an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances and the identification information.
  • one or more resource groups of the second management function unit are associated with the identifier information, and the second management function unit may map the second identifier of the one or more resource groups with the identifier information. Or the second management function unit directly uses the identification information as an identifier of one or more resource groups.
  • the first network slice instance is the network slice instance 1, and the identification information is the identifier 1.
  • the network slice instance 1 includes the VNF instance 1 and the VNF instance 2 as an example:
  • the second management function unit determines that VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, and VDU4 need to be deployed for VNF instance 1, and VDU5 and VDU6 need to be deployed for VNF instance 2, and the second management function unit will be VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, and VDU4, VDU5, and VDU6.
  • the resource group to which the VDU1, the VDU2, the VDU3, the VDU4, the VDU5, and the VDU6 belong is associated with the identifier 1.
  • the second management function unit determines that VDU1 and VDU2 need to be deployed for VNFC1 of VNF instance 1, and the second management function unit assigns VDU1 and VDU2 to the same resource group 1-1, and the second management function unit determines that it needs to be The VNFC2 of the VNF instance 1 needs to deploy the VDU3 and the VDU4, and the second management function unit assigns the VDU3 and the VDU4 to the same resource group 1-2.
  • the second management function unit determines that the VDU5 and the VDU6 need to be deployed for the VNF instance 2. Then the second management function unit assigns VDU5 and VDU6 to the same resource group 1-3.
  • the second management function unit can associate the identifier 1 with the resource group 1-1, the resource group 1-2, and the resource group 1-3. In this way, the second management function unit can assign VDUs of different VNFCs of the same VNF instance to different resource groups, and assign VDUs of different VNF instances to different resource groups. It is convenient to determine the VDU of each VNF instance.
  • the third management function unit determines that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance need to be managed, the third management function unit performs the following step S205. Specifically, the third management function unit determines that the process of managing the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance is to be described in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
  • the third management function unit may perform NFV deployment or expansion on the first network slice instance in the first management function unit, and the determination in the reduction operation needs to perform one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. management.
  • the first network slice instance and the second The network snippet instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit as an example.
  • the method provided by the application further includes:
  • the first management function unit sends, to the third management function unit, the information of the first VNF instance or the information of the first virtual resource unit, and the identifier information, in the process of managing the first network slice instance.
  • the third management function unit may perform the following steps according to the request message for managing the first network slice instance:
  • the third management function unit determines that the first management function unit indicates that the first VNF instance indicated by the information of the first VNF instance in the existing second network slice instance is used when creating the first network slice instance, or creates the first network.
  • the third management function unit requests the second management function unit to manage the first VNF instance.
  • the second management function unit may associate the newly added virtual resource unit of the first VNF instance with the identification information of the first network slice instance. At this time, the virtual resource unit and the second network originally in the first VNF instance The identification information of the slice instance is associated.
  • the first management function unit has performed NFV deployment on the second network slice instance.
  • the second management function unit records the identifier information of the second network slice instance.
  • the association relationship between the virtual resource units used by the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the second network slice instance, for example, the VDU1, VDU2 corresponding to the VNF instance 1 is associated with the identification information 1.
  • the VNF instance 1 shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance needs to be added in addition to the existing VDU1 and VDU2.
  • the second management function unit associates VDU1, VDU2, and VDU3 with the identification information 2.
  • the second management function unit associates only the VDU3 with the identification information 2, VDU1 and VDU2 are associated with the identification information 2.
  • the second management function unit first determines the virtual resource unit used by the VNF instance according to the identification information, and when the capacity is expanded, the VNF instance is newly added.
  • the virtual resource unit is associated with the identification information.
  • the virtual resource unit released by the VNF instance is deleted from the resource group associated with the identification information.
  • S208 in the present application may be specifically implemented by: the second management function unit belongs to the first network of one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance.
  • the virtual resource unit of the slice instance and the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance are divided into one or more resource groups.
  • the second management function unit receives the information of the first VNF instance or the information of the first virtual resource unit, and the identification information, in a process that the third management function unit requests to manage one or more VNF instances.
  • the second management function unit allocates the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance, and monopolizes the first network slice instance.
  • One or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance are divided into one or more resource groups.
  • the second management function unit is configured according to the identifier information. Determining all the virtual resource units associated with the identification information, and sharing the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance of the VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit, and one or more virtual ones corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance Resource units are divided into one or more resource groups.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes:
  • the first management function unit sends a third request message to the second management function unit, where the third request message includes the information of the first VNF instance and the identifier information, and the third request message requests the second management function unit to report the first VNF instance.
  • the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data.
  • the second management function unit receives the third request message.
  • the second management function unit determines, according to the third request message, the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance from the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information belongs.
  • the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information is the virtual resource unit 1, the virtual resource unit 2, and the virtual resource unit 3, and the virtual resource unit 3 is the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the second management function unit determines that the virtual resource unit 3 is a virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  • the second management function unit sends a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance, and the fifth request message is used to request to measure the corresponding corresponding to the first VNF instance. VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit.
  • the fifth function management unit may be a VIM.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes:
  • the first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and a VR corresponding to the shared network resource (for example, a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit). Measurement data.
  • the first management function unit in the application determines the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines the first network slice instance.
  • the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs;
  • the first management function unit is configured according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the a service indicator of the network resource, determining a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set;
  • the first management function unit is based on a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and Determining the first network
  • the first management function unit is based on a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, Determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  • step S218 can be referred to the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
  • the first management function unit determines a shared network resource (for example, a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit), where: the first management function unit determines that the shared network resource has a newly added virtual resource, And the newly added virtual resource corresponds to the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance, and then the network resource is determined to be a shared network resource. Or the first management function unit determines to use the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance when the network function virtualized NFV deployment is performed on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, and the first management function unit Determining, that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource.
  • a shared network resource for example, a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit
  • the method provided by the application further includes:
  • the second management function unit receives the second request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the second request message includes the information of the second VNF instance, the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF associated with the information of the second VNF instance, and the identifier information.
  • the third request message is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance.
  • the fourth management function unit may be NFMF or NFVO or NF, where NF is a network function corresponding to the second VNF instance.
  • the second management function unit updates the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF.
  • the second management function unit determines that the VDU needs to be added to the second VNF according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, and the second management function unit divides the newly added VDU into the network resource used by the first network slice instance. In the resource group.
  • the second management function unit determines that the VDU in the one or more VDUs corresponding to the second VNF needs to be released according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, the VDU to be released from the network resource used by the first network slice instance belongs to Deleted in the resource group. If the VNF instance needs to be released, the VDU corresponding to the released VNF instance is deleted from the resource group to which the network resource used by the first network slice instance belongs.
  • the method provided by the present application further includes:
  • the second management function unit determines information about the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the VNF instance belongs.
  • the resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances may be: a virtual CPU, a virtual memory, a virtual storage, or a virtual network.
  • the resource corresponding to any one of the VNF instances is greater than the first threshold, the resource corresponding to the VNF instance is greater than the first threshold.
  • the second management function unit triggers the expansion or contraction of the VNF instance.
  • the capacity of the VDU to which the VDU of the VDU is to be expanded or reduced is expanded or reduced.
  • the second management function unit updates one or more virtual resource units in the resource group associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any one of the VNF instances belongs.
  • each network element for example, the first management function unit and the second management function unit, in order to implement the above functions, includes hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to each function.
  • the present application can be implemented in a combination of hardware or hardware and computer software in combination with the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is implemented in hardware or computer software to drive hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present application.
  • the embodiment of the present application may divide the function module by using the first management function unit and the second management function unit according to the foregoing method example.
  • each function module may be divided according to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated.
  • a processing module In a processing module.
  • the above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of the module in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and the actual implementation may have another division manner. The following is an example of dividing each functional module by using corresponding functions:
  • FIG. 14 shows a possible structural diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment.
  • the first management function unit includes: a receiving unit 101 and a determining unit 102.
  • the receiving unit 101 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S101 and S105 in the foregoing embodiment.
  • the determining unit 102 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S102, S106, S107, and S108 in the foregoing embodiment. S109 and S110.
  • the first management function unit may further include a transmitting unit 103 for supporting the first management function unit to perform steps S103, S104 in the above embodiment. All the related content of the steps involved in the foregoing method embodiments may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional modules, and details are not described herein again.
  • the sending unit 103 in the present application may be a transmitter of the first management function unit, and the receiving unit 101 may be a receiver of the first management function unit, and the transmitter may be integrated with the receiver.
  • the specific transceiver Used together as a transceiver, the specific transceiver may also be referred to as a communication interface or transceiver circuit, and the determination unit 102 may be integrated on the processor of the first management function unit.
  • FIG. 15 shows a possible logical structure diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment.
  • the first management function unit includes a processing module 112 and a communication module 113.
  • the processing module 112 is configured to perform control management on the actions of the first management function unit.
  • the processing module 112 is configured to perform a step of performing message or data processing on the first management function unit side, for example, supporting the first management function unit to perform the foregoing. Steps S102, S106, S107, S108, S109, and S110 in the embodiment;
  • the communication module 113 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S101, S103, S204, and S105 in the above embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • the first management function unit may further include a storage module 111, configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit.
  • the processing module 112 may be a processor or a controller, such as a central processing unit, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, Hardware components or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure.
  • the processor may also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, and the like.
  • the communication module 113 can be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, a communication interface, or the like.
  • the storage module 111 can be a memory.
  • the processing module 112 is the processor 120
  • the communication module 113 is the communication interface 130 or the transceiver
  • the storage module 111 is the memory 140
  • the first management function unit involved in the present application may be the device shown in FIG.
  • the communication interface 130, the at least one processor 120, and the memory 140 are mutually connected by a bus 110; the bus 110 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus or the like.
  • the bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in Figure 16, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.
  • the memory 140 is configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit.
  • the communication interface 130 is configured to support the first management function unit to communicate with other devices (eg, the second management function unit), and the processor 120 is configured to support the first management function unit to execute the program code and data stored in the memory 140 to implement the present application.
  • a method of managing virtual resources is provided.
  • FIG. 17 shows a possible structural diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment.
  • the first management function unit includes a determining unit 201, a transmitting unit 202, and a receiving unit 203.
  • the determining unit 201 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S201, S217, and S218 in the foregoing embodiment;
  • the sending unit 202 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S202, S210, and S213 in the foregoing embodiment;
  • the receiving unit 203 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform step S205 in the above embodiment.
  • All the related content of the steps involved in the foregoing method embodiments may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional modules, and details are not described herein again.
  • the receiving unit 203 in the present application may be a receiver of the first management function unit, and the sending unit 202 may be a transmitter of the first management function unit, and the transmitter may generally be combined with the first management function.
  • the receivers of the units are integrated for use as transceivers, and the specific transceivers may also be referred to as communication interfaces, or transceiver circuits, and further the determination unit 201 may be integrated on the processor of the first management function unit.
  • FIG. 18 shows a possible logical structure diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment.
  • the first management function unit includes: a processing module 212 and a communication module 213.
  • the processing module 212 is configured to control and manage the action of the first management function unit.
  • the processing module 212 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform the operation of performing message or data processing on the first management function unit side in the foregoing embodiment.
  • the steps S201, S217, and S218 in the foregoing embodiment are performed; the communication module 213 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform an operation of receiving messages and data on the first management function unit side in the foregoing embodiment, for example, Steps S202, S210, S213, and S205 in the above embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • the first management function unit may further include a storage module 211, configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit.
  • the processing module 212 can be a processor or a controller, for example, a central processing unit, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, Hardware components or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure.
  • the processor may also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, and the like.
  • the communication module 213 can be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, a communication interface, or the like.
  • the storage module 211 can be a memory.
  • the processing module 212 is the processor 220
  • the communication module 213 is the communication interface 230 or the transceiver
  • the storage module 211 is the memory 210
  • the first management function unit involved in the present application may be the device shown in FIG.
  • the communication interface 230, the at least one processor 220, and the memory 210 are connected to each other through a bus 200.
  • the bus 200 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus or the like.
  • the bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in Figure 19, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.
  • the memory 210 is configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit.
  • the communication interface 230 is configured to support the first management function unit to communicate with other devices (eg, the second management function unit), and the processor 220 is configured to support the first management function unit to execute the program code and data stored in the memory 210 to implement the present application.
  • a method of managing virtual resources is provided.
  • FIG. 20 shows a possible structural diagram of the second management function unit involved in the above embodiment.
  • the second management function unit includes a receiving unit 301, a determining unit 302, and a transmitting unit 303.
  • the receiving unit 301 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform steps S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219 in the foregoing embodiment.
  • the determining unit 302 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform step S209 in the foregoing embodiment.
  • S215 and S221, S222, the sending unit 303 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform steps S204 and S216 in the foregoing embodiment.
  • processing unit 304 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform steps S208 and S212 in the foregoing embodiment
  • the update unit 305 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform the above. Steps S220 and S223 in the embodiment. And/or other processes for the techniques described herein. All the related content of the steps involved in the foregoing method embodiments may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional modules, and details are not described herein again.
  • the receiving unit 301 in the present application may be a receiver of the second management function unit, and the sending unit 303 may be a transmitter of the second management function unit, and the receiver may generally be associated with the second management function.
  • the transmitters of the units are integrated for use as transceivers.
  • the specific transceivers may also be referred to as communication interfaces or transceiver circuits.
  • the determination unit 302 and the processing unit 304 and the update unit 305 may be integrated in the processor of the second management function unit.
  • FIG. 21 shows a possible logical structure diagram of the second management function unit involved in the above embodiment.
  • the second management function unit includes a processing module 312 and a communication module 313.
  • the processing module 312 is configured to control and control the action of the second management function unit.
  • the processing module 312 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform the operation of performing message or data processing on the second management function unit side in the foregoing embodiment.
  • the steps S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220, and S223 in the above embodiment are used to support the second management function unit to perform the message on the second management function unit side in the above embodiment or
  • the operation of data reception or transmission is, for example, steps S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204, and S216 in the above embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • the second management function unit may further include a storage module 311, configured to store program codes and data of the second management function unit.
  • the processing module 312 can be a processor or a controller, such as a central processing unit, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, Hardware components or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure.
  • the processor may also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, and the like.
  • the communication module 313 can be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, a communication interface, or the like.
  • the storage module 311 can be a memory.
  • the second management function unit involved in the present application may be the device shown in FIG.
  • the communication interface 330, the at least one processor 320, and the memory 310 are connected to each other through a bus 300.
  • the bus 300 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus or the like.
  • the bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 22, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.
  • the memory 310 is configured to store program codes and data of the second management function unit.
  • the communication interface 330 is configured to support the second management function unit to communicate with other devices (eg, the first management function unit), and the processor 320 is configured to support the second management function unit to execute the program code and data stored in the memory 310 to implement the present application.
  • a method of managing virtual resources is provided.
  • the above receiving unit is an interface circuit of the device for receiving signals from other devices.
  • the receiving unit is an interface circuit for the chip to receive signals from other chips or devices.
  • the above transmitting unit is an interface circuit of the device for transmitting signals to other devices.
  • the transmitting unit is an interface circuit for transmitting signals to other chips or devices.
  • FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip system 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the chip system 150 includes at least one processor 1510 and interface circuitry 1530.
  • the chip system 150 further includes a memory 1540, which may include a read only memory and a random access memory, and provides operating instructions and data to the processor 1510.
  • a portion of the memory 1540 may also include a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM).
  • NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
  • memory 1540 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset of them, or their extension set:
  • the corresponding operation is performed by calling an operation instruction stored in the memory 1540 (which can be stored in the operating system).
  • the first management function unit the chip system used by the second management function unit has a similar structure, and different devices can use different chip systems to implement respective functions.
  • the processor 1510 controls the operation of the first management function unit and the second management function unit.
  • the processor 1510 may also be referred to as a CPU (central processing unit).
  • Memory 1540 can include read only memory and random access memory and provides instructions and data to processor 1510.
  • a portion of memory 1540 may also include non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM).
  • NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
  • the memory 1540, the interface circuit 1530, and the memory 1540 are coupled together by a bus system 1520.
  • the bus system 1520 may include a power bus, a control bus, a status signal bus, and the like in addition to the data bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as bus system 1520 in FIG.
  • the method disclosed in the foregoing embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the processor 1510 or implemented by the processor 1510.
  • the processor 1510 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the foregoing method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1510 or an instruction in a form of software.
  • the processor 1510 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processing (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or Other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
  • DSP digital signal processing
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field-programmable gate array
  • the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented or carried out.
  • the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.
  • the steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented by the hardware decoding processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
  • the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
  • the storage medium is located in the memory 1540, and the processor 1510 reads the information in the memory 1540 and performs the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
  • the interface circuit 1530 is configured to perform the first management function in the embodiments shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG.
  • the unit, the second management function unit receives and transmits the steps.
  • the processor 1510 is configured to execute the first management function unit in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. The steps of managing the processing of functional units.
  • the instructions stored by the memory for execution by the processor may be implemented in the form of a computer program product.
  • the computer program product may be written in the memory in advance, or may be downloaded in software and installed in the memory.
  • a computer program product includes one or more computer instructions.
  • the computer can be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device.
  • the computer instructions can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transferred from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, computer instructions can be wired from a website site, computer, server or data center (eg, Coax, fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL) or wireless (eg, infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) is transmitted to another website, computer, server, or data center.
  • a website site eg, computer, server or data center
  • DSL digital subscriber line
  • wireless eg, infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.
  • the computer readable storage medium can be any available media that can be stored by the computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, or the like that includes one or more available media.
  • Useful media can be magnetic media (eg, floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape), optical media (eg, DVD), or semiconductor media (eg, solid state disk, SSD), and the like.
  • a computer storage medium wherein instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to execute S101, S103, S104 and S105, S102, S106, S107 in the embodiment , S108, S109, and S110. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a computer storage medium wherein instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to perform steps S201, S217, S218, S202, S210, and S213 in the embodiment. And S205. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a computer storage medium wherein instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed, causing the second management function unit to execute S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204 in the embodiment, S216, S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220 and S223. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a computer program product storing instructions, when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to execute S101, S103, S104 and S105, S102, S106 in the embodiment, S107, S108, S109, and S110. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a computer program product in another aspect, storing instructions, when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to perform steps S201, S217, S218, S202, S210 in the embodiment, S213 and S205. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a computer program product in another aspect, storing instructions, when the instructions are executed, causing the second management function unit to execute S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204 in the embodiment. S216, S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220 and S223. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a chip is provided, the chip being applied to a first management functional unit, the chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit and the at least one processor are interconnected by a line, and the processor is configured to execute an instruction to perform the implementation In the example, S101, S103, S104 and S105, S102, S106, S107, S108, S109 and S110. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a chip is provided, the chip being applied to a first management function unit, the chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit and the at least one processor are interconnected by a line, and the processor is configured to execute an instruction to execute Steps S201, S217, S218, S202, S210, S213, and S205 in the embodiment in the embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • a chip is provided, the chip being applied to a second management function unit, the chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit and the at least one processor are interconnected by a line, and the processor is configured to execute an instruction to execute S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204, S216, S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220, and S223 in the embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
  • the present application further provides an NFV system, which includes a first management function unit as shown in FIGS. 14-16, and a first management function unit shown in FIG. 17-19, FIG. 20- The second management function unit and the third management function unit shown in FIG.
  • the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners.
  • the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative.
  • the division of cells is only a logical function division.
  • multiple units or components may be combined or integrated. Go to another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed.
  • the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
  • the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
  • each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for managing a virtual resource, which relate to the technical field of communications and are used for determining a virtual resource corresponding to a network slice instance so as to manage, schedule and charge a resource of a slice. The solution comprises: a first management function unit acquiring information of one or more virtual resource units corresponding to any one virtualized network function (VNF) instance of one or more VNF instances corresponding to a first network slice instance, wherein the information of the virtual resource unit is used for determining a virtual resource used by the virtual resource unit, and the virtual resource unit comprises at least one of a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual resource container; and the first management function unit determining a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and the information of the virtual resource units corresponding to any one VNF instance.

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一种管理虚拟资源的方法及装置Method and device for managing virtual resources
本申请要求于2018年3月20日提交中国国家知识产权局、申请号为201810230883.3、发明名称为“一种管理虚拟资源的方法及装置”的中国专利申请的优先权，其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application, filed on March 20, 2018, to the National Intellectual Property Office of China, Application No. 201110230283.3, entitled "A Method and Apparatus for Managing Virtual Resources", the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference. In this application.
技术领域Technical field
本申请涉及通信技术领域，具体涉及一种管理虚拟资源的方法及装置。The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for managing virtual resources.
背景技术Background technique
随着多种多样的通信业务的不断涌现，不同的通信业务对网络性能的需求存在显著的区别，第五代移动通信(the 5th-generation，5G)***引入了网络切片(network slice)的概念，以应对不同通信业务对网络性能的需求的差异。网络功能虚拟化(network functions virtualization，NFV)是实现网络切片的重要技术基础。With the emergence of a variety of communication services, there is a significant difference in the demand for network performance between different communication services. The fifth generation mobile communication (the 5th-generation, 5G) system introduces the concept of network slice. To cope with the difference in network performance requirements of different communication services. Network functions virtualization (NFV) is an important technical basis for network segmentation.
在NFV环境中，移动网络中的传统网络设备(也称为网元(network element，NE)，或者称为网络功能(network function，NF))被分成虚拟网络功能(virtualized network function，VNF)实例和网络功能软件VNF App两个部分组成。其中VNF App运行在VNF实例上负责完成网络转发和报文处理等业务功能，VNF实例使用虚拟化技术为VNF App提供运行所需的CPU、内存、磁盘存储和网络接口等资源。现有技术中，可以通过如下方式确定虚拟化网络功能实体使用的虚拟资源数量：如图1所示，虚拟基础设施管理器(virtualized infrastructure manager，VIM)从网络功能虚拟化基础设施(network function virtualization infrastructure，NFVI)收集各个目标虚拟机(virtual machine，VM)或虚拟化容器(Virtualization container)的虚拟资源性能测量数据(即虚拟资源(virtual resource，VR)性能管理(performance management，PM)data)，并上报到虚拟网络功能管理器(virtualized network function manager，VNFM)；VNFM将其组合成目标虚拟网络功能(virtualized network function，VNF)实例的虚拟资源性能测量数据VR PM data，并通过VNFM和EM之间的接口(例如，Ve-Vnfm-em接口)上报到网元管理(element manager，EM)。EM获得VNF实例的VR PM data后，还会将VNF实例上运行的网络功能实体的业务性能测量数据(即VNF应用程序(VNF application，VNF App)性能管理(performance management，PM)数据(data))和VR PM data关联起来一起上报到网络管理(network manager，NM)***(NM是运营支持***(operations support system，OSS)的一部分)，以由NM根据VNF APP.PM data以及VR PM data确定VNF实例#2上运行的网络功能实体所使用的虚拟资源数量，这样NM***就能掌握网络的资源使用和业务运行情况。In an NFV environment, traditional network devices (also known as network elements (NEs), or network functions (NFs)) in a mobile network are divided into virtualized network functions (VNF) instances. And the network function software VNF App is composed of two parts. The VNF App runs on the VNF instance to perform network forwarding and packet processing functions. The VNF instance uses virtualization technology to provide VNF App with resources such as CPU, memory, disk storage, and network interface required for operation. In the prior art, the number of virtual resources used by the virtualized network functional entity can be determined as follows: as shown in FIG. 1, a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) virtual network infrastructure (network function virtualization) Infrastructure, NFVI) collects virtual resource performance measurement data (virtual resource (VR) performance management (PM) data) of each target virtual machine (VM) or virtualization container (virtual resource). And reported to the virtualized network function manager (VNFM); VNFM combines it into virtual resource performance measurement data VR PM data of the target virtualized network function (VNF) instance, and passes VNFM and EM The interface (for example, the Ve-Vnfm-em interface) is reported to the element manager (EM). After obtaining the VR PM data of the VNF instance, the EM also performs the service performance measurement data of the network function entity running on the VNF instance (that is, the VNF application (VNF application) performance management (PM) data (data). Associated with VR PM data and reported to the network manager (NM) system (NM is part of the operations support system (OSS)) to be determined by NM based on VNF APP.PM data and VR PM data The number of virtual resources used by the network function entity running on VNF instance #2, so that the NM system can grasp the resource usage and service operation of the network.
但是，5G网络支持网络切片后，在5G核心网(5GC，5G core network)中有很多网络功能实体是多个网络切片实例共享的，如图2所示，以网络功能为接入与移动管理功能(access and mobility management function，AMF)实体为例，网络切片实例1、网络切片实例2以及网络切片实例3共享AMF，使用上述现有技术虽然可以测量出AMF实体整体使用的虚拟资源数量，但是VNFM无法将AMF实例属于各个网络切片实例的VM(virtual machine)或虚 拟化容器(virtualization container)区分出来，进一步生成AMF实例属于各个网络切片实例的VR PM data，因此无法测量出来AMF实体属于各个网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源数量。However, after the 5G network supports network slicing, many network functional entities in the 5G core network (5GC, 5G core network) are shared by multiple network slicing instances, as shown in Figure 2, with network functions as access and mobility management. The access and mobility management function (AMF) entity is used as an example. The network slice instance 1, the network slice instance 2, and the network slice instance 3 share the AMF. Although the above-mentioned prior art can measure the number of virtual resources used by the AMF entity as a whole, The VNFM cannot distinguish between the VM (virtual machine) or the virtualization container of the AMF instance belonging to each network slice instance, and further generate VR PM data of the AMF instance belonging to each network slice instance. Therefore, it is impossible to measure that the AMF entity belongs to each network. The number of virtual resources used by the slice instance.
发明内容Summary of the invention
本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法及装置，用以确定网络切片实例对应的虚拟资源，以便于切片的资源管理调度和计费。The present application provides a method and an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, which are used to determine a virtual resource corresponding to a network slice instance, so as to facilitate resource management scheduling and charging of a slice.
为解决上述技术问题，本申请提供如下技术方案：To solve the above technical problem, the present application provides the following technical solutions:
第一方面，本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，包括：第一管理功能单元接收第一消息，第一消息用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的虚拟网络功能VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息，所述虚拟资源单元的信息用于确定所述虚拟资源单元使用的虚拟资源VR，其中，所述虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；第一管理功能单元根据所述第一消息，确定所述第一网络切片实例的信息与所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系。In a first aspect, the application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, including: a first management function unit receives a first message, where the first message is used to determine one or more associations of virtual network function VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. Information of the virtual resource unit, where the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, where the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container; The first management function unit determines, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance.
可选的，本申请中的虚拟资源容器指部署VNF实例所使用的虚拟机VM或虚拟化容器。Optionally, the virtual resource container in this application refers to a virtual machine VM or a virtualization container used by the VNF instance.
本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，通过第一管理功能单元根据第一消息确定第一网络切片实例的信息与任一个VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系，这样在第一网络切片实例和其他网络切片实例存在共享VNF实例时，第一管理功能单元通过维护的映射关系，可以确定出共享VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元以及属于其他网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以便于确定出所有属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，从而便于网络切片的资源管理调度和计费。The present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, by using a first management function unit to determine, according to a first message, a mapping relationship between information of a first network slice instance and information of a virtual resource unit corresponding to any VNF instance, such that When a network segment instance and another network slice instance have a shared VNF instance, the first management function unit can determine the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance and belong to the virtual resource unit corresponding to the shared VNF instance by using the maintained mapping relationship. The virtual resource unit of the other network slice instance, so as to determine all the virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance, thereby facilitating resource management scheduling and charging of the network slice.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，该第一请求消息用于请求上报VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，该第一请求消息包括所述VNF实例的信息或虚拟资源单元列表，所述虚拟资源单元列表包括所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息中属于所述第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息；所述第一管理功能单元接收所述第二管理功能单元针对所述第一请求消息发送的第二消息；所述第一管理功能单元根据所述第二消息确定所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。通过提供VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息，无论NVF实例为共享VNF实例或者非共享VNF实例，这样便于第一管理功能单元获取VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance. VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance, the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance Information in the information belonging to at least one virtual resource unit of the first network slice instance; the first management function unit receiving a second message sent by the second management function unit for the first request message; And a management function unit determines, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance. Providing information of at least one virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance, whether the NVF instance is a shared VNF instance or a non-shared VNF instance, so that the first management function unit is convenient to obtain The VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据，所述网络资源为虚拟资源单元或所述VNF实例，第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。这样便于从共享VNF实例或者共享虚拟资源单元关联的一个或者多个VR测量数 据中确定出属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the method provided by the present application further includes: determining, by the first management function unit, a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the slice instance and the second network slice instance, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance, and the first management function unit measures the service performance corresponding to the first network slice instance. And determining, by the ratio of the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, determining that the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource belongs to the first network slice instance VR measurement data. This facilitates determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance from one or more VR measurement data associated with the shared VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit.
在一种可能的设计中，第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及网络资源的业务指标，S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI，第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；第一管理功能单元根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。通过维护第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI的集合和第二网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI的集合，以及S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系以及共享VNF实例或共享虚拟资源单元与S-NSSAI集合中各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，便于确定第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。In a possible design, the first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines the first network slice The single network slice corresponding to the instance selects the auxiliary information S-NSSAI set and the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource, and the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAI, first The management function unit determines, according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource, that the network resource is in the S-NSSAI The service performance measurement result of each corresponding S-NSSAI in the set; the first management function unit is based on the mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and the corresponding S- of the network resource in the S-NSSAI set The service performance measurement result of the NSSAI, determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance Traffic performance measurements. Maintaining a set of the auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the single network slice corresponding to the first network slice instance and a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information The mapping relationship between the VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit and the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI in the S-NSSAI set is convenient for determining the service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the service performance of the second network slice instance. Measurement results.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元确定共享的网络资源，包括：第一管理功能单元确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；或，第一管理功能单元确定对所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时，使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。通过确定共享VNF实例或虚拟资源单元，这样便于确定出共享VNF实例或共享虚拟资源单元中分别属于每个网络切片实例的虚拟资源测量数据。In a possible design, the method provided by the present application further includes: determining, by the first management function unit, the shared network resource, that: the first management function unit determines that the network resource is performed by using a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance. When the network function virtualization NFV deployment has a newly added virtual resource, and the newly added virtual resource corresponds to a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, the first management function unit determines the network. The resource is a shared network resource; or, when the first management function unit determines to perform network function virtualization NFV deployment on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, using the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance, The first management function unit determines that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource. By determining the shared VNF instance or virtual resource unit, it is convenient to determine the virtual resource measurement data belonging to each network slice instance in the shared VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit.
第二方面，本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，包括：第一管理功能单元确定标识信息，标识信息用于标识第二管理功能单元为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；第一管理功能单元需要确定第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据过程中，第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，第一请求消息中包括标识信息，第一请求消息用于请求第二管理功能单元上报标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据；第一管理功能单元接收第二管理功能单元发送的标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。In a second aspect, the present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, including: a first management function unit determining identifier information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resources allocated by the second management function unit to the first network slice instance. a unit, where the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual resource container; the first management function unit needs to determine the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance, and the first management function unit is configured to the second management The function unit sends a first request message, where the first request message includes the identifier information, where the first request message is used to request the second management function unit to report the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information; The unit receives the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information sent by the second management function unit.
本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，通过第一管理功能单元确定标识信息，且在请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中携带标识信息，这样一方面为一个或者多个VNF实例分配虚拟资源单元的功能单元可以将该第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息关联，这样后续过程中，可以便于为一个或者多个VNF实例分配虚拟资源单元的功能单元基于第一管理功能单元的对第一网络切片实例的管理请求，以组为单位管理一个或者多个VNF实例分配的虚拟资源单元，另一方面，在第一管理功能单元需要确定第一网络切片实例的VR 测量数据过程中可以通过携带标识信息的第一请求消息请求第二管理功能单元上报标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，此外，对于便于两个或两个以上的网络切片实例具有共享VNF实例而言，这样便于区分和统计被两个或两个以上的网络切片实例共享VNF实例对应的虚拟资源中属于任一个网络切片实例各自对应的虚拟资源，以及任一个网络切片实例各自对应的VR测量数据。The application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, and the identifier information is determined by the first management function unit, and the identifier information is carried in the process of requesting management of the first network slice instance, so that one or more VNF instances are allocated on one hand. The functional unit of the virtual resource unit may associate the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance with the identification information, so that in the subsequent process, the functional unit that can conveniently allocate the virtual resource unit to the one or more VNF instances is based on the first management. The management unit of the first network slice instance of the functional unit manages one or more virtual resource units allocated by the VNF instance in units of groups, and on the other hand, the first management function unit needs to determine the VR measurement of the first network slice instance. The VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information is reported by the second management function unit by using the first request message carrying the identifier information, and further, for facilitating sharing of two or more network slice instances. For the VNF instance, this is convenient for distinguishing and counting. Two or more instances of network sections share VNF instance corresponding virtual network resources belonging to any of a slice corresponding to each instance of the virtual resource, and a network according to any instance of the slice corresponding to each measurement data VR.
在一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例具有共享的网络资源，第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息之前，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中向第三管理功能单元发送：标识信息，共享的网络资源的信息，所述网络资源为VNF实例或虚拟资源单元。这样第三管理功能单元在接收到共享的网络资源的信息之后，可以将共享的网络资源的信息对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据与标识信息关联，便于区分和统计被两个或两个以上的网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的虚拟资源。In a possible design, the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have shared network resources, and before the first management function unit sends the first request message to the second management function unit, the method provided by the application further includes The first management function unit sends a message to the third management function unit in the process of managing the first network slice instance: the identifier information, the information about the shared network resource, where the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit. After the third management function unit receives the information of the shared network resource, the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the information of the shared network resource may be associated with the identification information, so as to facilitate distinguishing and counting. A virtual resource corresponding to a network resource shared by two or more network slice instances.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第二请求消息，第二请求消息共享的网络资源的信息或标识信息，所述第二请求消息请求所述第二管理功能单元上报所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。这样便于第二管理功能单元根据共享的网络资源的信息确定出共享的网络资源对应的VR中属于第一网络切片实例的VR，以便第二管理功能单元请求第五管理功能单元测量共享的网络资源对应的VR中属于第一网络切片实例的VR的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit sends a second request message to the second management function unit, and information or identifier information of the network resource shared by the second request message, where The second request message requests the second management function unit to report VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource. In this way, the second management function unit determines, according to the information about the shared network resource, the VR that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR corresponding to the shared network resource, so that the second management function unit requests the fifth management function unit to measure the shared network resource. VR measurement data of the VR belonging to the first network slice instance in the corresponding VR.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据；第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the method provided by the present application further includes: determining, by the first management function unit, a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the slice instance and the second network slice instance; the first management function unit performs the service performance measurement corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement corresponding to the second network slice instance And a VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, and determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
在一种设计中，第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，包括：第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和第二网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合，以及网络资源的业务指标，S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；所述第一管理功能单元根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。通过维护第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI的集合和第二网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI的集合，以及S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系以及网络资源与S-NSSAI集合中各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，便于确定第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。In one design, the first management function unit determines the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines that the first network slice instance corresponds to the first network slice instance. a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set and a second network slice instance corresponding to a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set, and a network resource service indicator, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAI; Determining, by the first management function unit, that the network resource is in the S according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource. a service performance measurement result corresponding to each S-NSSAI in the NSSAI set; the first management function unit according to a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and the network resource corresponding to the S-NSSAI set The service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI, determining the service performance measurement result and the location of the first network slice instance Service performance measurement result of the second example of network sections. Maintaining a set of the auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the single network slice corresponding to the first network slice instance and a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information The mapping between the network resource and the service performance measurement of each S-NSSAI in the S-NSSAI set facilitates determining the service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
在一种可能的设计中，第一管理功能单元确定网络资源为共享的网络资源，包括：网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例对应，则第一管理功能单元确定网络资源为共享的网络资源；或，第一管理功能单元请求对第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例进行NFV部署时使用第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源。通过确定共享的网络资源，这样便于后续统计出共享的网络资源对应的VR中分别属于各个网络切片实例的VR。In a possible design, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource, and includes: the network resource has a new increase when the network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment outside the first network slice instance. a virtual resource, and the newly added virtual resource corresponds to a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the first management function unit requests the first When the network slice instance other than the network slice instance performs the NFV deployment, the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is used, and then the network resource is determined to be a shared network resource. By determining the shared network resources, it is convenient to subsequently count the VRs belonging to the respective network slice instances in the VR corresponding to the shared network resources.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元根据第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，以及第一网络切片实例独占的VR测量数据，确定第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据；或者，根据第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元中属于第二网络切片实例的VR测量数据，以及第二网络切片实例独占的VR测量数据，确定第二网络切片实例的VR测量数据。通过测量共享VNF实例或虚拟资源单元的VR测量数据和各个网络切片实例的业务测量结果，计算共享VNF实例或虚拟资源单元属于各个网络切片实例的VR测量数据，最终统计出来网络切片实例的VR测量数据，便于切片的资源管理调度和计费。In a possible design, the method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit according to the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit, and the first network slice instance Exclusive VR measurement data, determining VR measurement data of the first network slice instance; or VR measurement data belonging to the second network slice instance in the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit, and the second network slice instance exclusive The VR measurement data determines VR measurement data of the second network slice instance. The VR measurement data of the shared VNF instance or the virtual resource unit belonging to each network slice instance is calculated by measuring the VR measurement data of the shared VNF instance or the virtual resource unit and the service measurement result of each network slice instance, and finally the VR measurement of the network slice instance is finally calculated. Data, easy to slice resource management scheduling and billing.
第三方面，本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法，包括：第二管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息，第一请求消息中包括标识信息，第一请求消息用于请求第二管理功能单元上报标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据；第二管理功能单元根据第一请求消息，以及第二管理功能单元中记录的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系，确定标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据，其中，虚拟资源单元包括：虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；第二管理功能单元向第一管理功能单元发送标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。In a third aspect, a method for managing a virtual resource is provided by the application, where the second management function unit receives a first request message sent by the first management function unit, where the first request message includes identifier information, and the first request message is used by the first request message. And requesting the second management function unit to report the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information; the second management function unit according to the first request message, and one or more VNF instances recorded in the second management function unit And determining, by the associated relationship between the virtual resource unit and the identifier information, the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information, where the virtual resource unit includes: at least a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container And a second management function unit sends the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information to the first management function unit.
本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，本申请中第二管理功能单元通过维护标识信息与第一网络切片实例的虚拟部署单元之间的关联关系，这样在第一管理功能单元请求确定标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据时，可以根据标识信息确定标识信息关联的资源组，并将标识信息关联的资源组中所有的VR确定为第一网络切片实例的VR，这样可以后续基于对第一网络切片实例的管理请求消息，一方面，可以以根据标识信息确定第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元，另一方面，可以以资源组为单位管理第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元，并上报资源组内的VR测量数据。The present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource. In this application, the second management function unit maintains an association relationship between the identifier information and the virtual deployment unit of the first network slice instance, so that the first management function unit requests to determine the identifier information. When the virtual network VR measurement data of the associated first network slice instance is determined, the resource group associated with the identification information may be determined according to the identification information, and all VRs in the resource group associated with the identification information are determined as the VR of the first network slice instance, such that The management request message for the first network slice instance may be subsequently used. On the one hand, the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance may be determined according to the identification information. On the other hand, the first network slice may be managed in units of resource groups. The virtual resource unit used by the instance, and reports the VR measurement data in the resource group.
在一种可能的设计中，第二管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息之前，方法还包括：第二管理功能单元接收第三管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息，第二请求消息包括标识信息以及第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数；标识信息用于标识为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；第二管理功能单元将根据第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数确定的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中；第二管理功能单元将一个或者多个资源组与标识信息关联，以确定一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系。通过维护一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系， 这样便于基于资源组为单位上报一个资源组内的VR测量数据或者以资源组为单元管理虚拟资源单元。In a possible design, before the second management function unit receives the first request message sent by the first management function unit, the method further includes: receiving, by the second management function unit, the second request message sent by the third management function unit, The second request message includes the identification information and the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance; the identification information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance; the second management function unit The virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances determined according to the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance is divided into one or more resource groups; the second management function unit is one or more The resource group is associated with the identification information to determine an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances and the identification information. By maintaining the association relationship between the virtual resource unit and the identifier information used by the one or more VNF instances, it is convenient to report the VR measurement data in one resource group based on the resource group unit or manage the virtual resource unit in the resource group unit.
在一种可能的设计中，第二管理功能单元接收第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息，以及标识信息，第二管理功能单元将一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中具体为：第二管理功能单元将第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中。对于由两个或两个以上的网络切片实例共享VNF实例而言，其对应的虚拟资源单元很可能为两个或两个以上的网络切片实例分别对应的虚拟资源单元，因此通过确定共享VNF实例中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，即将共享VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据和属于其他网络切片实例的VR测量数据区分出来，这样可以确定所有属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元。In a possible design, the second management function unit receives information of the first VNF instance or information of the first virtual resource unit, and identification information, and the second management function unit uses the virtual resource used by the one or more VNF instances. The unit is divided into one or more resource groups, specifically: the virtual resource belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance that is associated with the information of the first VNF instance by the second management function unit. And dividing the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance into one or more resource groups. For a shared VNF instance by two or more network slice instances, the corresponding virtual resource unit is likely to be a virtual resource unit corresponding to two or more network slice instances respectively, and thus the shared VNF instance is determined. The virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance, that is, the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance and the VR measurement data belonging to other network slice instances in the virtual resource unit corresponding to the shared VNF instance are distinguished, so that all belongings can be determined The virtual resource unit of the first network slice instance.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第二管理功能单元接收第四管理功能单元发送的第三请求消息，第三请求消息包括第二VNF实例的信息、第二VNF实例的信息关联的第二VNF对应的需求信息以及标识信息，第三请求消息用于对第二VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元进行管理，第二VNF实例为第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例中的任一个；第二管理功能单元根据第二VNF对应的需求信息，更新第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组，或，第二管理功能单元获取的一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源；在一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源中存在任一个VNF实例对应的资源大于第一阈值，则第二管理功能单元确定任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息；第二管理功能单元更新任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息关联的资源组中一个或者多个虚拟资源单元，这样可以便于以资源组为单位更新第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元。In a possible design, the method provided by the application further includes: the second management function unit receives a third request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance, and the second VNF instance The information associated with the second VNF corresponds to the requirement information and the identification information, and the third request message is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is one or more corresponding to the first network slice instance. Any one of the VNF instances; the second management function unit updates the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, or one acquired by the second management function unit or a resource corresponding to the multiple VNF instances; if the resource corresponding to any one of the VNF instances is greater than the first threshold, the second management function unit determines the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance. Information of the resource group; the second management function unit updates the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance Resource group information associated with the resource group in one or more virtual resource units, which can facilitate resource group unit updating the first network using virtual slice instance resource unit.
在一种可能的设计中，本申请提供的方法还包括：第二管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第四请求消息，第四请求消息包括第一VNF实例的信息以及标识信息，第四请求消息请求确定第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据；第二管理功能单元根据第四请求消息，从标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组中确定第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元；第二管理功能单元向第五管理功能单元发送第五请求消息，第五请求消息包括第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息，第五请求消息用于请求测量第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的VR测量数据。这样一方面可以基于第四请求消息确定第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，即将第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据和属于其他网络切片实例的VR测量数据区分出来，在区分出来之后可以便于最终统计出来第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，以便于切片的资源管理调度和计费。In a possible design, the method provided by the present application further includes: the second management function unit receives a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and identifier information, where The fourth request message request determines the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance; the second management function unit is associated with the identification information according to the fourth request message. Determining, by the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs, the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance; the second management function unit sending a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes The information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the VNF instance is used to request measurement of the VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance. On the one hand, the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance may be determined on the one hand, that is, the VR belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance. The measurement data is distinguished from the VR measurement data belonging to other network slice instances. After the distinction is made, the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance can be finally calculated to facilitate the resource management scheduling and charging of the slice.
第四方面，本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，包括：第三管理功能单元确定需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理，第三管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数；第三管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，第一请求消息 包括一个或者多个VNF的部署参数以及标识信息，标识信息用于标识为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元，该虚拟资源单元包括：虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项。In a fourth aspect, the application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, including: determining, by the third management function unit, that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, and determining, by the third management function unit, one or more corresponding to the first network slice instance The deployment parameter of the VNF; the third management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes one or more VNF deployment parameters and identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify the first network slice instance. One or more virtual resource units allocated, the virtual resource unit comprising: at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container.
在一种可能的设计中，第三管理功能单元确定需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理，包括：第三管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息，该第二请求消息请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理，则第三管理功能单元确定需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理。In a possible design, the third management function unit determines that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, and the third management function unit receives the second request message sent by the first management function unit, where the second request message is requested. The first network slice instance is managed, and the third management function unit determines that the first network slice instance needs to be managed.
在一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例或者第一虚拟资源单元，第一请求消息还包括第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息。In a possible design, the first network slice instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit with the second network slice instance, and the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. information.
在一种可能的设计中，第三管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息之前，该方法还包括：第三管理功能单元在接收第一管理功能单元发送的需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息中获取标识信息。In a possible design, before the third management function unit sends the first request message to the second management function unit, the method further includes: the third management function unit receiving the first management function unit to send the need to the first network The identification information is obtained in the request message that the slice instance manages.
在一种可能的设计中，第三管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息之前，该方法还包括：第三管理功能单元为一个或者多个VNF的部署参数关联标识信息，以及将标识信息发送给第一管理功能单元。In a possible design, before the third management function unit sends the first request message to the second management function unit, the method further includes: the third management function unit is associated with the deployment parameter identifier information of the one or more VNFs, and The identification information is sent to the first management function unit.
相应的，第五方面，本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的装置，该管理虚拟资源的装置可以实现第一方面或第一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，因此也能实现第一方面或第一方面任意可能的实现方式中的有益效果。该管理虚拟资源的装置可以为第一管理功能单元，例如NSMF或者NFMF，也可以为应用于第一管理功能单元中的芯片。其可以通过软件、硬件、或者通过硬件执行相应的软件实现上述方法。Correspondingly, in a fifth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource may implement the method in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and thus the first aspect is also implemented. Or the beneficial effects of any possible implementation of the first aspect. The device for managing the virtual resource may be a first management function unit, such as NSMF or NFMF, or may be a chip applied to the first management function unit. The above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
该管理虚拟资源的装置，包括：接收单元，用于接收第一消息，第一消息用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟网络功能VNF实例中任一个VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息，虚拟资源单元的信息用于确定虚拟资源单元使用的虚拟资源VR，其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项，确定单元，用于根据第一消息，确定第一网络切片实例的信息与任一个VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系。The device for managing a virtual resource, comprising: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message, where the first message is used to determine one of a VNF instance corresponding to one or more virtual network function VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance or Information of the plurality of virtual resource units, the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, wherein the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container, and the determining unit is configured to: And determining, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to any one of the VNF instances.
在一种可能的设计中，第VNF实例为共享VNF实例，本申请提供的装置还包括：发送单元，用于向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，所述第一请求消息用于请求上报所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，所述第一请求消息包括所述VNF实例的信息或虚拟资源单元列表，所述虚拟资源单元列表包括所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息中属于所述第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息；接收单元，还用于接收第二管理功能单元针对所述第一请求消息发送的第二消息；确定单元，还用于根据所述第二消息确定所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the VNF instance is a shared VNF instance, and the apparatus provided by the application further includes: a sending unit, configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used for the request Reporting VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance, where the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes The information of the one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance belongs to the information of the at least one virtual resource unit of the first network slice instance, and the receiving unit is further configured to receive the second management function unit for the first And a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
在一种可能的设计中，确定单元，还用于确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及所述第一网络切片实例和所述第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据，其中，所述网络资源为虚拟资源单元或所述VNF实例；确定单元，还用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR 测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the determining unit is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the second network splicing instance, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance, and the determining unit is further configured to: according to the service corresponding to the first network shard instance Determining a proportional relationship between the performance measurement result and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, determining that the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource belongs to the first network slice VR measurement data for the example.
在一种可能的设计中，确定单元，还具体用于确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；确定单元，还用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定单元，还用于根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。In a possible design, the determining unit is further configured to determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, And the service indicator of the network resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs; the determining unit is further configured to: according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the second network Determining the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, and determining the unit, and further determining, according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource Determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance, and a mapping relationship between the NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set The service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
在一种可能的设计中，确定单元，确定单元，还用于确定单元，还用于网络资源中具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；或者，所述确定单元，还用于在所述第一管理功能单元请求对所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例进行虚拟网络功能化NFV部署时，使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。In a possible design, the determining unit, the determining unit is further configured to determine the unit, and is further configured to use the newly added virtual resource in the network resource, and the newly added virtual resource and the first network slice instance And the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the determining unit is further configured to request, in the first management function unit, the first When the network segmentation instance of the network segmentation instance performs the virtual network-functionalized NFV deployment, the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is determined to be a shared network resource.
第六方面，一种可能的设计中，该管理虚拟资源的装置可以包括：处理器与通信接口，其中，通信接口，用于接收第一消息，第一消息用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟网络功能VNF实例中任一个VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息，虚拟资源单元的信息用于确定虚拟资源单元使用的虚拟资源VR，其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；处理器，用于根据通信接口接收到的第一消息，确定第一网络切片实例的信息与任一个VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系。In a sixth aspect, in a possible design, the device for managing the virtual resource may include: a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive the first message, where the first message is used to determine that the first network slice instance corresponds to Information of one or more virtual resource units corresponding to any one of the VNF instances of the virtual network function, the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, where the virtual resource unit includes At least one of the virtual deployment unit VDU and the virtual resource container; the processor, configured to determine, according to the first message received by the communication interface, information of the first network slice instance and the virtual resource unit corresponding to any one of the VNF instances The mapping relationship between.
一种可能的设计中，VNF实例为共享VNF实例，通信接口，用于向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，该第一请求消息用于请求上报所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，所述第一请求消息包括所述VNF实例的信息或虚拟资源单元列表，所述虚拟资源单元列表包括所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息中属于所述第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息；以及接收所述第二管理功能单元针对所述第一请求消息发送的第二消息，处理器，还用于根据通信接口接收到的第二消息确定所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the VNF instance is a shared VNF instance, and the communication interface is configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance. VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance, the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes one or more virtualities associated with the VNF instance Information of at least one virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance in the information of the resource unit; and receiving a second message sent by the second management function unit for the first request message, the processor is further configured to: Determining, according to the second message received by the communication interface, VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
一种可能的设计中，处理器，还用于确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及所述第一网络切片实例和所述第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据，其中，所述网络资源为虚拟资源单元或所述VNF实例，以及用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the The VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the second network sharding instance, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance, and used to measure service performance corresponding to the first network slice instance and VR measurement of the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource corresponding to the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource data.
一种可能的设计中，处理器，还具体用于确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切 片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI，以及用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，以及用于根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and The service indicator of the network resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs, and corresponding to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and the second network slice instance An S-NSSAI set, and a service indicator of the network resource, determining a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, and using the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information according to the S-NSSAI Determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance of the first network slice instance, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set Business performance measurement results.
一种可能的设计中，处理器，还具体用于确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源，或者，处理器，还用于请求对所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例进行虚拟网络功能化NFV部署时，使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to: determine that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource The virtual resource is corresponding to the network slice instance except the first network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource, or the processor is further configured to request the When the network slice instance other than the network slice instance performs the virtual network functioned NFV deployment, using the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance, determining that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource .
可选的，该管理虚拟资源的装置的接收器和处理器相互耦合。Optionally, the receiver and the processor of the device managing the virtual resource are coupled to each other.
可选的，第六方面提供的管理虚拟资源的装置还包括存储器，其中，存储器用于存储代码和数据，处理器、接收器和存储器相互耦合。Optionally, the apparatus for managing virtual resources provided by the sixth aspect further includes a memory, wherein the memory is used to store code and data, and the processor, the receiver, and the memory are coupled to each other.
第七方面，本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的装置，该管理虚拟资源的装置可以实现第二方面或第一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，因此也能实现第二方面或第二方面任意可能的实现方式中的有益效果。该管理虚拟资源的装置可以为第一管理功能单元，例如NSMF或者NFMF，也可以为应用于第一管理功能单元中的芯片。其可以通过软件、硬件、或者通过硬件执行相应的软件实现上述方法。In a seventh aspect, the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource may implement the method in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and thus the second aspect or the second Aspects of the benefits of any possible implementation. The device for managing the virtual resource may be a first management function unit, such as NSMF or NFMF, or may be a chip applied to the first management function unit. The above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
该管理虚拟资源的装置，其特征在于，包括：确定单元，用于确定标识信息，标识信息用于标识第二管理功能单元为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；发送单元，还用于在确定单元确定需要确定为第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据过程中，向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，第一请求消息中包括标识信息，第一请求消息用于请求确定标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，接收单元，用于接收第二管理功能单元发送标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。The device for managing a virtual resource, comprising: a determining unit, configured to determine the identifier information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated by the second management function unit to the first network slice instance; The virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual resource container, and the sending unit is further configured to send, to the second management function unit, the determining unit determines that the VR measurement data that is determined to be the first network slice instance is determined. a first request message, where the first request message includes the identifier information, where the first request message is used to request the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information, and the receiving unit is configured to receive the second management function unit to send the identifier information. Virtual network VR measurement data of the associated first network slice instance.
一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例具有共享的网络资源，发送单元，还用于在在请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中向第三管理功能单元发送所述标识信息，所述网络资源的信息，所述网络资源为VNF实例或虚拟资源单元。In a possible design, the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have shared network resources, and the sending unit is further configured to send to the third management function unit in the process of requesting management of the first network slice instance. And sending the identifier information, the information about the network resource, where the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
一种可能的设计中，发送单元，还用于向第三管理功能单元发送第二请求消息，第二请求消息第二请求消息包括网络资源的信息或标识信息，所述第二请求消息请求所述第二管理功能单元上报所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the sending unit is further configured to send a second request message to the third management function unit, where the second request message includes information or identifier information of the network resource, where the second request message requests the The second management function unit reports VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
一种可能的设计中，确定单元，还用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据，以及，用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性 能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the determining unit is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource, and a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network The VR measurement data corresponding to the resource determines VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
一种可能的设计中，确定单元具体用于：确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI，确定单元，还用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定单元，还用于根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。In a possible design, the determining unit is specifically configured to: determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network a service indicator of the resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs, and the determining unit is further configured to: according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and the second network slice instance The S-NSSAI set, and the service indicator of the network resource, determine a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, and the determining unit is further configured to use the S-NSSAI and the network slice Determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and the second network by using a mapping relationship between the instance information and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set The business performance measurement result of the slice instance.
一种可能的设计中，确定单元，还用于确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；或，所述确定单元，还用于确定处理单元对所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例进行NFV部署时使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。In a possible design, the determining unit is further configured to: determine that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource And the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the determining unit is further configured to determine a processing unit that is configured to correspond to a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance. The network segment corresponding to the first network slice instance is used to perform the NFV deployment, and the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is determined to be a shared network resource.
第八方面，一种可能的设计中，该管理虚拟资源的装置可以包括：处理器与通信接口，其中，处理器，用于确定标识信息，标识信息用于标识第二管理功能单元为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；通信接口用于在处理器确定需要确定为第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据过程中，向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，第一请求消息中包括标识信息，第一请求消息用于请求确定标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，以及用于接收第二管理功能单元发送标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。In an eighth aspect, in a possible design, the device for managing a virtual resource may include: a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to determine identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify that the second management function unit is the first One or more virtual resource units allocated by the network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container; the communication interface is configured to determine, at the processor, that the first network slice instance needs to be determined During the VR measurement data, the first request message is sent to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes identification information, where the first request message is used to request to determine VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information, and And for receiving the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the second management function unit to send the identifier information.
一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例具有共享的网络资源，通信接口，还用于在处理器对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中向第三管理功能单元发送标识信息以及所述网络资源的信息，所述网络资源为VNF实例或虚拟资源单元。In a possible design, the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have a shared network resource, and the communication interface is further configured to perform, in the process of managing the first network slice instance by the processor, to the third management function unit. And sending the identifier information and the information about the network resource, where the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
一种可能的设计中，通信接口，还用于向第三管理功能单元发送第二请求消息，第二请求消息包括网络资源的信息或标识信息，所述第二请求消息请求所述第二管理功能单元上报所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the communication interface is further configured to send a second request message to the third management function unit, where the second request message includes information or identification information of the network resource, and the second request message requests the second management The function unit reports VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
一种可能的设计中，处理器，还用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据；以及，用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource; and a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network The VR measurement data corresponding to the resource determines VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
一种可能的设计中，处理器，还具体用于确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源 的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；以及用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；以及用于根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to determine a single network slice selection assistance information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the a service indicator of the network resource, the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs; and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, and an S- corresponding to the second network slice instance And determining, by the NSSAI set, the service indicator of the network resource, the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set; and the information between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information a mapping relationship, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set, determining a service performance measurement result of the first network slice instance and a service performance of the second network slice instance Measurement results.
一种可能的设计中，处理器，还用于确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；或者，处理器，还用于确定处理器对所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例进行NFV部署时使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to: determine that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance performs network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource And the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the processor is further configured to determine that the processor is configured to be the same as the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance. When the network slice instance other than the network slice instance is used for NFV deployment, the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is used, and then the network resource is determined to be a shared network resource.
可选的，该管理虚拟资源的装置的接收器和处理器相互耦合。Optionally, the receiver and the processor of the device managing the virtual resource are coupled to each other.
可选的，第八方面提供的管理虚拟资源的装置还包括存储器，其中，存储器用于存储代码和数据，处理器、接收器和存储器相互耦合。Optionally, the apparatus for managing virtual resources provided by the eighth aspect further includes a memory, wherein the memory is used to store code and data, and the processor, the receiver, and the memory are coupled to each other.
第九方面，本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的装置，该管理虚拟资源的装置可以实现第三方面或第三方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，因此也能实现第三方面或第三方面任意可能的实现方式中的有益效果。该管理虚拟资源的装置可以为第二管理功能单元，例如VNFM，也可以为应用于第二管理功能单元中的芯片。其可以通过软件、硬件、或者通过硬件执行相应的软件实现上述方法。In a ninth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource can implement the method in any possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the third aspect, and thus the third aspect or the third aspect can also be implemented. Aspects of the benefits of any possible implementation. The device for managing the virtual resource may be a second management function unit, such as a VNFM, or may be a chip applied to the second management function unit. The above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
该管理虚拟资源的装置，包括：接收单元，用于接收第三管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息，第一请求消息包括标识信息以及第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数，标识信息用于标识为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；确定单元，用于根据一个或者多个VNF的部署参数，确定一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元；处理单元，用于将一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中，以及将一个或者多个资源组与标识信息关联。The device for managing a virtual resource, comprising: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first request message sent by a third management function unit, where the first request message includes identifier information and deployment parameters of one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance The identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container; and the determining unit is configured to use one or a plurality of VNF deployment parameters, determining a virtual resource unit used by one or more VNF instances; and a processing unit configured to divide the virtual resource units used by the one or more VNF instances into one or more resource groups, and Associate one or more resource groups with identification information.
一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例，第一请求消息还包括第一VNF实例的信息，处理单元具体用于：将第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中。In a possible design, the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance share the first VNF instance, the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance, and the processing unit is specifically configured to: information about the first VNF instance One or more virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the associated first VNF instance, and one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance are divided into one Or in multiple resource groups.
一种可能的设计中，接收单元，还用于接收第四管理功能单元发送的第三请求消息，第三请求消息包括第二VNF实例的信息、第二VNF实例的信息关联的第二VNF对应的需求信息以及标识信息，标识信息用于确定第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组，第三请求消息用于对第二VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元进行管理，第二VNF实例为第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例中的任一个；本申请提供的装置还包括：更新单元，还用于根据第二VNF对应的需求信息，更新第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所 属的资源组，或，处理单元，还用于获取的一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源；确定单元，还用于在一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源中存在任一个VNF实例对应的资源大于第一阈值，确定任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息；更新单元，还用于更新任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息关联的资源组中一个或者多个虚拟资源单元。In a possible design, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a third request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance and a second VNF corresponding to the information of the second VNF instance. And the identification information, where the identification information is used to determine a resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs, and the third request message is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, and second The VNF instance is any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. The device provided by the application further includes: an update unit, configured to update the first network slice instance according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF. The resource group to which the virtual resource unit is used, or the processing unit, is also used to acquire the resource corresponding to one or more VNF instances; the determining unit is further configured to exist in the resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances. The resource corresponding to a VNF instance is greater than the first threshold, and the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs is determined. The information update unit is further configured to update one or more virtual resource units in the resource group associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any one of the VNF instances belongs.
一种可能的设计中，接收单元，还用于接收第一管理功能单元发送的第四请求消息，第四请求消息包括第一VNF实例的信息以及标识信息，第四请求消息请求确定第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据；确定单元，还用于根据第四请求消息，从标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组中确定第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元；本申请提供的装置还包括：发送单元，用于向第五管理功能单元发送第五请求消息，第五请求消息包括第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息，第五请求消息用于请求测量第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and the identifier information, and the fourth request message requests to determine the first VNF. VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the instance; the determining unit is further configured to use, according to the fourth request message, the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information The virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is determined in the resource group to which the virtual resource unit belongs; the apparatus provided by the application further includes: a sending unit, configured to send a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes The information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is used to request measurement of VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
第十方面，本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的装置可以包括：处理器与通信接口，其中，通信接口，用于接收第三管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息，第一请求消息包括标识信息以及第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数，标识信息用于标识为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；处理器，用于根据通信接口接收到的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数，确定一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元；处理单元，用于将一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中，以及将一个或者多个资源组与标识信息关联。In a tenth aspect, the apparatus for managing a virtual resource provided by the present application may include: a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a first request message sent by the third management function unit, where the first request message includes an identifier And the deployment parameter of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance, the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes the virtual deployment unit VDU and At least one of the virtual resource containers; the processor, configured to determine, according to the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs received by the communication interface, the virtual resource units used by the one or more VNF instances; the processing unit, configured to Or the virtual resource units used by the multiple VNF instances are divided into one or more resource groups, and one or more resource groups are associated with the identification information.
一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例，第一请求消息还包括第一VNF实例的信息，处理器具体用于：将第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中。In a possible design, the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance share the first VNF instance, the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance, and the processor is specifically configured to: information about the first VNF instance One or more virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the associated first VNF instance, and one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance are divided into one Or in multiple resource groups.
一种可能的设计中，通信接口，还用于接收第四管理功能单元发送的第三请求消息，第三请求消息包括第二VNF实例的信息、第二VNF实例的信息关联的第二VNF对应的需求信息以及标识信息，第三请求消息用于对第二VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元进行管理，第二VNF实例为第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例中的任一个；处理器，还用于根据第二VNF对应的需求信息，更新第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组，或，处理器，还用于获取的一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源；处理器还用于在一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源中存在任一个VNF实例对应的资源大于第一阈值，确定任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息；处理器，还用于更新任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息关联的资源组中一个或者多个虚拟资源单元。In a possible design, the communication interface is further configured to receive a third request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance and a second VNF corresponding to the information of the second VNF instance. And the third information request is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance; The processor is further configured to update, according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs, or the processor, and the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the acquired The processor is further configured to: in the resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances, the resource corresponding to the VNF instance is greater than the first threshold, and determine the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs; And one or more of the resource groups associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs is updated. Virtual resource units.
一种可能的设计中，通信接口，还用于接收第一管理功能单元发送的第四请求消息，第四请求消息包括第一VNF实例的信息以及标识信息，第四请求消息请求确定第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据； 处理器，还用于根据第四请求消息，从标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组中确定第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元；本申请提供的装置还包括：通信接口，用于向第五管理功能单元发送第五请求消息，第五请求消息包括第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息，第五请求消息用于请求测量第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的VR测量数据。In a possible design, the communication interface is further configured to receive a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and identification information, and the fourth request message requests to determine the first VNF. VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the instance; the processor is further configured to use, according to the fourth request message, the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information The virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is determined in the resource group to which the virtual resource unit belongs; the device provided by the application further includes: a communication interface, configured to send a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes The information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance is used to request measurement of VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
可选的，该管理虚拟资源的装置的接收器和处理器相互耦合。Optionally, the receiver and the processor of the device managing the virtual resource are coupled to each other.
可选的，第十方面提供的管理虚拟资源的装置还包括存储器，其中，存储器用于存储代码和数据，处理器、接收器和存储器相互耦合。Optionally, the apparatus for managing virtual resources provided by the tenth aspect further includes a memory, wherein the memory is used to store code and data, and the processor, the receiver, and the memory are coupled to each other.
第十一方面，本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的装置，该管理虚拟资源的装置可以实现第四方面或第四方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，因此也能实现第四方面或第四方面任意可能的实现方式中的有益效果。该管理虚拟资源的装置可以为第三管理功能单元，例如VFVO，也可以为应用于第三管理功能单元中的芯片。其可以通过软件、硬件、或者通过硬件执行相应的软件实现上述方法。In an eleventh aspect, the present application provides an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, where the apparatus for managing a virtual resource can implement the method in any possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect, and thus the fourth aspect or the The beneficial effects of any of the four possible implementations. The device for managing the virtual resource may be a third management function unit, such as VFVO, or may be a chip applied to the third management function unit. The above method can be implemented by software, hardware, or by executing corresponding software through hardware.
该管理虚拟资源的装置，包括：确定单元，用于确定需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理，确定第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数；发送单元，用于向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，第一请求消息包括一个或者多个VNF的部署参数以及标识信息，标识信息用于标识为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元，该虚拟资源单元包括：虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项。The device for managing a virtual resource, comprising: a determining unit, configured to determine that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, determining a deployment parameter of one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance; and sending, for sending to the second The management function unit sends a first request message, where the first request message includes one or more deployment parameters of the VNF and identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance, the virtual resource The unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container.
在一种可能的设计中，该装置，还包括：接收单元，用于接收第一管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息，该第二请求消息请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理；确定单元，具体用于根据接收单元接收到的第二请求消息，确定需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理。In a possible design, the device further includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a second request message sent by the first management function unit, where the second request message requests management of the first network slice instance; Specifically, it is determined that the first network slice instance needs to be managed according to the second request message received by the receiving unit.
在一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例或者第一虚拟资源单元，第一请求消息还包括第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息。In a possible design, the first network slice instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit with the second network slice instance, and the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. information.
在一种可能的设计中，确定单元，还用于在接收第一管理功能单元发送的需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息中确定标识信息。In a possible design, the determining unit is further configured to determine the identification information in the request message that is sent by the first management function unit and needs to manage the first network slice instance.
在一种可能的设计中，确定单元，还用于为一个或者多个VNF的部署参数确定标识信息，发送单元，还用于将标识信息发送给第一管理功能单元。In a possible design, the determining unit is further configured to determine identification information for the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs, and the sending unit is further configured to send the identification information to the first management function unit.
第十二方面，该管理虚拟资源的装置，包括：通信接口和处理器，其中，处理器用于确定需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理，确定第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数；通信接口，用于向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，第一请求消息包括一个或者多个VNF的部署参数以及标识信息，标识信息用于标识为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元，该虚拟资源单元包括：虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项。In a twelfth aspect, the device for managing a virtual resource includes: a communication interface and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the first network slice instance needs to be managed, and determine one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance. a deployment parameter, the communication interface, configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes one or more VNF deployment parameters and identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify the first network slice instance. One or more virtual resource units including at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container.
在一种可能的设计中，该通信接口，还用于接收第一管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息，该第二请求消息请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理；处理器，具体用于根据通信接口接收到的第二请求消息，确定需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理。In a possible design, the communication interface is further configured to receive a second request message sent by the first management function unit, where the second request message requests management of the first network slice instance, and the processor is specifically configured to The second request message received by the communication interface determines that the first network slice instance needs to be managed.
在一种可能的设计中，第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例或者第一虚拟资源单元，第一请求消息还包括第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息。In a possible design, the first network slice instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit with the second network slice instance, and the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. information.
在一种可能的设计中，处理器，还用于在接收第一管理功能单元发送的需要对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息中确定标识信息。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to determine the identification information in the request message that is sent by the first management function unit and needs to manage the first network slice instance.
在一种可能的设计中，处理器，还用于为一个或者多个VNF的部署参数确定标识信息，通信接口，还用于将标识信息发送给第一管理功能单元。In a possible design, the processor is further configured to determine identification information for the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs, and the communication interface is further configured to send the identification information to the first management function unit.
第十三方面，本申请提供一种计算机可读存储介质，该计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第一方面或第一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a thirteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause the first aspect or a method in any of the possible implementations of the first aspect Executed.
第十四方面，本申请提供一种计算机可读存储介质，该计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令，当指令被执行时，使得第二方面或第二方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a fourteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause a second aspect or a method in any of the possible implementations of the second aspect Executed.
第十五方面，本申请提供一种计算机可读存储介质，该计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第三方面或第三方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a fifteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause a method in any of the possible implementations of the third aspect or the third aspect Executed.
第十六方面，本申请提供一种计算机可读存储介质，该计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令，当指令被执行时，使得第四方面或第四方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a sixteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause a method in any of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect Executed.
第十七方面，本申请提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，计算机程序产品中存储有指令，当该指令被运行时，使得上述第一方面或第一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a seventeenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein a computer program product stores instructions, when the instructions are executed, such that the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect Executed.
第十八方面，本申请提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，计算机程序产品中存储有指令，当该指令被运行时，使得上述第二方面或第二方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a eighteenth aspect, the application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein the computer program product stores instructions, when the instructions are executed, the second aspect or the method in any possible implementation manner of the second aspect Executed.
第十九方面，本申请提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，计算机程序产品中存储有指令，当该指令被运行时，使得上述第三方面或第三方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a nineteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein an instruction is stored in a computer program product, and when the instruction is executed, the method in any of the above third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect is made Executed.
第二十方面，本申请提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，计算机程序产品中存储有指令，当该指令被运行时，使得上述第四方面或第四方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法被执行。In a twentieth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions, wherein a computer program product stores instructions, when the instructions are executed, such that the method of any of the above fourth aspect or any of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect Executed.
第二十一方面，本申请提供一种芯片，应用于第一管理功能单元中，该芯片包括至少一个处理器和接口电路，接口电路和至少一个处理器耦合，处理器用于运行计算机程序或指令，以执行第一方面或第一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，接口电路用于与芯片之外的其它模块进行通信。In a twenty-first aspect, the present application provides a chip for use in a first management function unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction In an implementation of the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect, the interface circuit is operative to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
第二十二方面，本申请提供一种芯片，应用于第一管理功能单元中，该芯片包括至少一个处理器和接口电路，接口电路和至少一个处理器耦合，处理器用于运行计算机程序或指令，以执行第二方面或第二方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，接口电路用于与芯片之外的其它模块进行通信。In a twenty-second aspect, the present application provides a chip for use in a first management functional unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction To perform the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation of the second aspect, the interface circuit is configured to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
第二十三方面，本申请提供一种芯片，应用于第二管理功能单元中，该芯片包括至少一个处理器和接口电路，接口电路和至少一个处理器耦合，处理器用于运行计算机程序或指令，以执行第三方面或第三方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，接口电路用于与芯片之外的其它模块进行通信。In a twenty-third aspect, the present application provides a chip for use in a second management function unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction In an implementation of the third aspect or any of the possible implementations of the third aspect, the interface circuit is operative to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
第二十四方面，本申请提供一种芯片，应用于第三管理功能单元中，该芯片包括至少一个处理器和接口电路，接口电路和至少一个处理器耦合，处理器用于运行计算机程序或指令， 以执行第四方面或第四方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法，接口电路用于与芯片之外的其它模块进行通信。In a twenty-fourth aspect, the present application provides a chip for use in a third management function unit, the chip including at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to at least one processor, the processor for running a computer program or instruction To perform the method of any of the fourth aspect or any of the possible implementations of the fourth aspect, the interface circuit is configured to communicate with other modules external to the chip.
可选的，本申请中上述描述的芯片还可以包括至少一个存储器，该至少一个存储器中存储有指令或计算机程序。Optionally, the chip described above in the present application may further include at least one memory in which an instruction or a computer program is stored.
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图1为现有技术中的一个网络架构示意图一；1 is a schematic diagram 1 of a network architecture in the prior art;
图2为现有技术中的一个网络架构示意图二；2 is a schematic diagram 2 of a network architecture in the prior art;
图3为本申请提供的一种网络架构示意图；3 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by the present application;
图4为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图一；4 is a schematic flowchart 1 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图5为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图二；FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart 2 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图6为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图三；FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart 3 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图7为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图四；FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart 4 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图8为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图五；FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart 5 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图9为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图六；FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart 6 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图10为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图七；10 is a schematic flowchart 7 of a method for managing a virtual resource provided by the present application;
图11为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图八；11 is a schematic flowchart 8 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图12为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图九；12 is a schematic flowchart nin of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图13为本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程示意图五；FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart 5 of a method for managing a virtual resource according to the present application;
图14为本申请提供的一种第一管理功能单元的结构示意图一；FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of a first management function unit provided by the present application; FIG.
图15为本申请提供的一种第一管理功能单元的结构示意图二；15 is a schematic structural diagram 2 of a first management function unit provided by the present application;
图16为本申请提供的一种第一管理功能单元的结构示意图三；16 is a schematic structural diagram 3 of a first management function unit provided by the present application;
图17为本申请提供的又一种第一管理功能单元的结构示意图一；FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of still another first management function unit provided by the present application; FIG.
图18为本申请提供的又一种第一管理功能单元的结构示意图二；FIG. 18 is a second schematic structural diagram of a first management function unit provided by the present application; FIG.
图19为本申请提供的又一种第一管理功能单元的结构示意图三；FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram 3 of still another first management function unit provided by the present application; FIG.
图20为本申请提供的一种第二管理功能单元的结构示意图一；20 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of a second management function unit provided by the present application;
图21为本申请提供的一种第二管理功能单元的结构示意图二；21 is a second schematic structural diagram of a second management function unit provided by the present application;
图22为本申请提供的一种第二管理功能单元的结构示意图三；FIG. 22 is a schematic structural diagram 3 of a second management function unit provided by the present application; FIG.
图23为本申请提供的一种芯片的结构示意图。FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided by the present application.
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在介绍本申请之前，首先介绍本申请涉及到的相关名词：Before introducing this application, first introduce the related terms involved in this application:
共享的网络资源指一个网络资源属于两个或两个以上的网络切片实例，其在，网络资源可以为VNF实例或者虚拟资源单元。A shared network resource refers to a network resource belonging to two or more network slice instances, where the network resource may be a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
共享VNF实例，指一个VNF实例属于两个或两个以上的网络切片实例。A shared VNF instance refers to a VNF instance belonging to two or more network slice instances.
共享虚拟资源单元，指一个虚拟资源单元属于两个或两个以上的网络切片实例。A shared virtual resource unit refers to a virtual resource unit belonging to two or more network slice instances.
独占的VNF实例，指一个VNF实例属于一个网络切片实例，独占的虚拟资源单元，指一个虚拟资源单元属于一个网络切片实例。An exclusive VNF instance, where a VNF instance belongs to a network slice instance, and an exclusive virtual resource unit refers to a virtual resource unit belonging to a network slice instance.
本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法及装置，用以确定网络切片实例对应的虚拟资源，以便于切片的资源管理调度和计费。其中，方法和装置是基于同一发明构思的，由于方法及设备解决问题的原理相似，因此设备与方法的实施可以相互参见，重复之处不再赘述。The present application provides a method and an apparatus for managing a virtual resource, which are used to determine a virtual resource corresponding to a network slice instance, so as to facilitate resource management scheduling and charging of a slice. The method and the device are based on the same inventive concept. Since the principles of the method and the device for solving the problem are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repeated description is not repeated.
本申请中的术语“第一”、“第二”等仅是为了区分不同的对象，并不对其顺序进行限定。例如，第一管理功能单元和第二管理功能单元仅仅是为了区分不同的管理功能单元，并不对其先后顺序进行限定。The terms "first", "second", and the like in this application are only used to distinguish different objects, and the order is not limited. For example, the first management function unit and the second management function unit are merely for distinguishing different management function units, and are not limited in their order.
本申请中术语“和/或”，仅仅是一种描述关联对象的关联关系，表示可以存在三种关系，例如，A和/或B，可以表示：单独存在A，同时存在A和B，单独存在B这三种情况。另外，本申请中字符“/”，一般表示前后关联对象是一种“或”的关系。此外，A、B以及C中的一个或多个，表示可以存在如下关系：单独存在A，单独存在B，单独存在C，同时存在A和B，同时存在A和C，同时存在B和C，同时存在A、B和C，同时存在A、A，同时存在B、B，同时存在C、C的情况。The term “and/or” in the present application is merely an association relationship describing an associated object, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, A and/or B, which may indicate that A exists separately, and A and B exist simultaneously. There are three cases of B. In addition, the character "/" in the present application generally indicates that the context of the context is an "or" relationship. In addition, one or more of A, B, and C indicates that there may be the following relationship: A exists separately, B exists separately, C exists separately, A and B exist simultaneously, A and C exist simultaneously, and B and C exist simultaneously. At the same time, there are A, B and C, and there are A and A at the same time, and B and B exist at the same time, and there are cases of C and C at the same time.
需要说明的是，本申请中，“示例性的”或者“例如”等词用于表示作例子、例证或说明。本申请中被描述为“示例性的”或者“例如”的任何实施例或设计方案不应被解释为比其他实施例或设计方案更优选或更具优势。确切而言，使用“示例性的”或者“例如”等词旨在以具体方式呈现相关概念。It should be noted that, in the present application, the words "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean an example, illustration, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of the words "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present the concepts in a particular manner.
本申请中的多个通常指两个或两个以上，例如，多个A，可以表示存在如下关系：存在两个A或者存在三个A。A plurality of the present application generally means two or more, for example, a plurality of A, and may indicate that there is a relationship that there are two As or three As.
在介绍本申请之前，先介绍本申请提供的方法所应用到的网络架构，以便于本领域技术人员理解：Before introducing this application, the network architecture to which the method provided by the present application is applied will be introduced, so as to be understood by those skilled in the art:
本发明实施例提供的技术方案可以应用于网络管理***，本发明实施例的方案以包含网络功能虚拟化(network function virtualization，NFV)***的网络管理***，即以基于NFV的网络管理***为例进行说明。The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a network management system. The solution of the embodiment of the present invention is a network management system including a network function virtualization (NFV) system, that is, an NFV-based network management system is taken as an example. Be explained.
图3为基于NFV的网络管理***的网络架构的示意图。传统的网络架构通常采用独立的业务网络和运营支撑***，同传统网络架构相比，NFV技术从纵向和横向上对网络架构进行了解构。如图3所示，NFV环境下的网络架构从纵向看分为三层：3 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of an NFV-based network management system. The traditional network architecture usually adopts independent business network and operation support system. Compared with the traditional network architecture, NFV technology deconstructs the network architecture from vertical and horizontal. As shown in Figure 3, the network architecture in the NFV environment is divided into three layers from a vertical perspective:
基础设施层：网络功能虚拟化基础设施(NFV infrastructure，NFVI)，可以理解通过高速通信网将多个地理上分散的数据中心连接起来形成的一个资源池。NFVI需要通过虚拟化将物理的计算/存储/交换资源转换为虚拟的计算/存储/交换资源池。Infrastructure layer: NFV infrastructure (NFVI), which understands a resource pool formed by connecting multiple geographically dispersed data centers through a high-speed communication network. NFVI requires virtualization to convert physical compute/storage/swap resources into virtual compute/storage/swap resource pools.
虚拟网络层：虚拟网络层对应目前的各个电信业务网络，每个物理网元映射为一个虚拟网络功能(virtualized network function，VNF)单元，VNF单元所需资源需要分解为虚拟的计算/存储/交换资源，由NFVI来承载，VNF单元之间的接口可以采用传统网络定义的信令接口或数据接口。Virtual network layer: The virtual network layer corresponds to the current telecommunication service network. Each physical network element is mapped into a virtualized network function (VNF) unit. The required resources of the VNF unit need to be decomposed into virtual computing/storage/exchange. The resource is carried by the NFVI. The interface between the VNF units can use a signaling interface or a data interface defined by a conventional network.
业务/网络管理层：业务/网络管理层包括运营支撑***(operations support system，OSS)/业务支撑***(business support system，BSS)和网元管理(element manager，EM)***110(如图3所示，包括EM1和EM2)，需要为虚拟化进行必要的修改和调整。可选的，OSS/BSS中可以包含网络管理(network manager，NM)单元。为描述方便，下文中，网络管理单元可以描述为NM单元或NM。在使用网络切片的网络环境下，网络切片管理功能(network slice  management function，NSMF)是和NM功能类似的管理单元，可以和NM融合或者融入NM中。网络功能管理功能(Network Function，NFMF)是和EM类似的管理单元，是网络采用服务化架构后，管理网络功能服务的管理单元。NFMF是个可选的管理单元，相关功能有可能合并入NSMF中。Service/Network Management: The service/network management layer includes an operations support system (OSS)/business support system (BSS) and an element manager (EM) system 110 (as shown in Figure 3). The indications, including EM1 and EM2), require the necessary modifications and adjustments for virtualization. Optionally, a network manager (NM) unit may be included in the OSS/BSS. For convenience of description, hereinafter, the network management unit may be described as an NM unit or an NM. In a network environment using network slicing, the network slice management function (NSMF) is a management unit similar to the NM function, and can be integrated with the NM or integrated into the NM. Network Function Management (NFMF) is a management unit similar to EM. It is a management unit that manages network function services after the network adopts a service architecture. NFMF is an optional management unit and related functions may be incorporated into NSMF.
NFV(network function virtualization，网络功能虚拟化)环境下的网络架构从横向看，分为两个域：The network architecture in the NFV (network function virtualization) environment is divided into two domains from the horizontal perspective:
业务网络域：对应目前的各电信业务网络。Service network domain: Corresponding to the current telecommunication service networks.
资源管理编排域(management and orchestration，MANO)：负责对整个NFVI资源的管理和编排，业务网络和NFVI资源的映射和关联，OSS业务资源流程的实施等，如图3所示，MANO包括虚拟化基础设施管理(virtualized infrastructure manager，VIM)106单元、虚拟网络功能管理(VNF manager，VNFM)104单元和网络功能虚拟化编排器NFVO113单元三个单元，分别完成对NFVI、VNF108单元和业务网络提供的网络服务(network service)三个层次的管理。Management and orchestration (MANO): responsible for the management and orchestration of the entire NFVI resources, mapping and association of business networks and NFVI resources, implementation of OSS business resource processes, etc., as shown in Figure 3, MANO includes virtualization. Infrastructure management (VIM) 106 unit, virtual network function management (VNFM) unit 104 and network function virtualization orchestrator NFVO113 unit three units, respectively, complete the NFVI, VNF108 unit and business network Three levels of management of network services.
可选的，MANO中还可以包括网络服务索引、虚拟网络功能索引、网络功能虚拟示例、网络功能虚拟化基础设施资源等。此外，MANO根据NSMF/NFMF单元的NFV部署要求，负责网络切片所需的基础设施资源的分配，并完成虚拟网络功能(virtualized network function，VNF)在虚拟化基础设施上的部署，并完成网络功能(network function，NF)之间的网络连接。在网络切片运行过程中，MANO的VNFM104单元和VIM106单元负责接收虚拟资源测量任务，产生和上报虚拟资源统计数据。Optionally, the MANO may also include a network service index, a virtual network function index, a network function virtual example, a network function virtualization infrastructure resource, and the like. In addition, MANO is responsible for the allocation of infrastructure resources required for network slicing according to the NFV deployment requirements of the NSMF/NFMF unit, and completes the deployment of virtualized network functions (VNF) on the virtualized infrastructure and completes network functions. Network connection between (network function, NF). During the network slicing operation, the VNFM104 unit and the VIM106 unit of MANO are responsible for receiving virtual resource measurement tasks, generating and reporting virtual resource statistics.
下述将详细各个功能模块在NFV***中的功能：The function of each function module in the NFV system will be detailed below:
其中，网络切片管理功能(network slice management function，NSMF)单元：负责网络切片实例(network slice instance，NSI)的创建、激活、运行、去激活、删除等整个生命周期管理。NSMF单元接受客户的网络切片订单，并根据存储的网络切片模板驱动虚拟化编排和管理功能单元和切片控制功能实体创建网络切片实例。在网络切片实例运行阶段，NSMF创建网络切片实例的性能测量任务，设置性能测量阈值，接收性能测量数据，以及接收性能测量超过阈值的通知。其中，上述性能测量任务包括网络切片实例业务关键指标的测量和网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源(virtual resource，VR)的测量。具体的，一个网络切片包括无线接入网，传输网和核心网等几个部分，每个部分可以认为是一个网络切片的子网，对应的有一个网络切片子网管理功能(network slice subnet management function，NSSMF)负责对其进行管理。在本文中，可以将NSMF和NSSMF统称为网络切片管理功能NSMF，不再具体区分。NSMF接收通信业务管理功能(communication service management function，CSMF)根据客户的业务需求生成的网络切片需求(包括网络切片子网需求)；以及将接收到的网络切片需求转化为网络切片子网需求，并将网络切片子网需求发送至网络切片子网管理功能(network slice subnet management function，NSSMF)。NSMF将网络切片子网需求转换为需要部署的网络切片实例需求，将网络功能需求发送至MANO，在MANO将VNF实例连接起来后，NSMF直接或通过NFMF间接将业务配置到VNF实例(即能够运行的网络功能实体)上，使得客户订单要求的业务能够正常的在切片上运行起来。这样网络切片就创建起来了。The network slice management function (NSMF) unit is responsible for the entire lifecycle management of network slice instance (NSI) creation, activation, operation, deactivation, and deletion. The NSMF unit accepts the customer's network slicing order and creates a network slicing instance based on the stored network slicing template that drives the virtualization orchestration and management functional unit and the slicing control functional entity. During the network slice instance run phase, NSMF creates a performance measurement task for the network slice instance, sets performance measurement thresholds, receives performance measurement data, and receives notification that the performance measurement exceeds the threshold. The foregoing performance measurement tasks include measurement of a service key indicator of a network slice instance and measurement of a virtual resource (VR) used by the network slice instance. Specifically, a network slice includes a radio access network, a transmission network, and a core network. Each part can be regarded as a subnet of a network slice, and correspondingly has a network slice subnet management function (network slice subnet management). Function, NSSMF) is responsible for managing it. In this paper, NSMF and NSSMF can be collectively referred to as network slice management function NSMF, and are not specifically distinguished. The NSMF receives the network segmentation requirements (including the network slice subnet requirements) generated by the communication service management function (CSMF) according to the customer's service requirements; and converts the received network slice requirements into network slice subnet requirements, and The network slice subnet requirement is sent to the network slice subnet management function (NSSMF). NSMF converts the network slicing subnet requirements to the network slicing instance requirements that need to be deployed, and sends the network function requirements to MANO. After MANO connects the VNF instances, NSMF directly or indirectly configures the services to the VNF instance through NFMF (that is, it can run). On the network function entity), the business required by the customer order can be run normally on the slice. This way the network slice is created.
其中，网络切片，指在物理或者虚拟的网络基础设施上，根据不同的服务需求定制化不 同的逻辑网络。网络切片可以是一个包括了终端设备、接入网、传输网、核心网和应用服务器的完整的端到端网络，能够提供完整的通信服务，具有一定网络能力，网络切片可以是保证承载业务或者服务能达到服务水平协议(service level agreement，SLA)要求的通信资源，也可以认为是完成某个通信业务或某些通信业务所需的网络功能及通信资源的组合。Among them, network slicing refers to customizing different logical networks according to different service requirements on a physical or virtual network infrastructure. The network slice can be a complete end-to-end network including the terminal device, the access network, the transmission network, the core network and the application server, and can provide a complete communication service with certain network capabilities, and the network slice can guarantee the bearer service or The communication resource that the service can meet the service level agreement (SLA) can also be considered as the combination of network functions and communication resources required to complete a certain communication service or certain communication services.
网络切片实例(network slice instance，NSI)是一个真实运行的逻辑网络，可以满足一定网络特性或服务需求。一个完整的网络切片实例可以提供完整的端到端的网络服务，网络切片实例的可以包括一个或多个网络切片子网实例(network slice subnet instance，NSSI)和一个或多个网络功能(network function，NF)。A network slice instance (NSI) is a real-world logical network that can meet certain network characteristics or service requirements. A complete network sharding instance can provide complete end-to-end network services. The network sharding instance can include one or more network slice subnet instances (NSSIs) and one or more network functions (network functions, NF).
为了方便起见，在本文中将NSMF和NSSMF统一称为切片管理功能NSMF，将NSI和NSSI统一称为网络切片实例NSI，不做具体限定。For the sake of convenience, the NSMF and the NSSMF are collectively referred to as a slice management function NSMF, and the NSI and the NSSI are collectively referred to as a network slice instance NSI, and are not specifically limited.
NFVO113单元，主要负责处理虚拟化业务的生命周期管理，以及虚拟基础设施及网络功能虚拟化基础设施(network functions virtualization infrastructure，NFVI)中虚拟资源的分配和调度等。The NFVO113 unit is responsible for handling the lifecycle management of virtualized services, as well as the allocation and scheduling of virtual resources in virtual infrastructure and network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI).
NFVO113单元可以与一个或多个虚拟网络功能管理器(virtualized network function manager，VNFM)104通信，以执行资源相关请求，发送配置信息给VNFM104，收集VNF108的状态信息。另外，NFVO113也可与虚拟基础设施管理器(virtualized infrastructure manager，VIM)106通信，执行资源分配，和/或预留，交换虚拟化硬件资源配置和状态信息。The NFVO 113 unit can communicate with one or more virtualized network function managers (VNFM) 104 to perform resource related requests, send configuration information to the VNFM 104, and collect status information for the VNF 108. In addition, the NFVO 113 can also communicate with a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) 106, perform resource allocation, and/or reserve, exchange virtualized hardware resource configuration and status information.
VNFM104单元，负责一个或多个VNF的生命周期管理，比如实例化(instantiating)，更新(updating)，查询，弹性伸缩(scaling)，终止(terminating)VNF108单元。VNFM104单元可以与VNF108单元通信以完成VNF生命周期管理及交换配置和状态信息。在NFV架构中VNFM可以有多个，负责对不同类型的VNF进行生命周期管理。The VNFM 104 unit is responsible for lifecycle management of one or more VNFs, such as instantiating, updating, querying, scaling, and terminating the VNF 108 unit. The VNFM 104 unit can communicate with the VNF 108 unit to complete VNF lifecycle management and exchange configuration and status information. There are multiple VNFMs in the NFV architecture, which are responsible for lifecycle management of different types of VNFs.
可选的，VNFM104单元可以为虚拟资源管理单元，或VNFM104单元可以具备管理虚拟资源的功能；NFVO113单元可以为虚拟资源编排单元，或NFVO113单元可以具备编排虚拟资源的功能。VIM106单元，控制和管理VNF108单元与计算硬件111，存储硬件112，网络硬件113，虚拟计算(virtual computing)105，虚拟存储107，虚拟网络109的交互。例如VIM106执行资源管理功能，包括管理基础设施资源、分配(例如增加资源给虚拟容器)及运行功能(例如收集NFVI故障信息)。VNFM104单元及VIM106单元可以相互通信，请求资源分配，交换虚拟化硬件资源配置和状态信息。Optionally, the VNFM104 unit may be a virtual resource management unit, or the VNFM104 unit may have a function of managing virtual resources; the NFVO113 unit may be a virtual resource orchestration unit, or the NFVO113 unit may have a function of orchestrating virtual resources. The VIM 106 unit controls and manages the interaction of the VNF 108 unit with the computing hardware 111, the storage hardware 112, the network hardware 113, the virtual computing 105, the virtual storage 107, and the virtual network 109. For example, the VIM 106 performs resource management functions, including managing infrastructure resources, allocating (eg, adding resources to virtual containers), and running functions (eg, collecting NFVI failure information). The VNFM 104 unit and the VIM 106 unit can communicate with each other, request resource allocation, and exchange virtualized hardware resource configuration and status information.
NFVI即NFV的基础设施层，包含硬件部件，软件部件或两者组合，以建立虚拟化环境，部署，管理及实现VNF108单元。硬件资源和虚拟化层用于为VNF108单元提供虚拟化资源，如虚拟机和其他形式的虚拟容器。硬件资源包括计算(computing)硬件111，存储硬件112，网络硬件113。作为一种实施方式，计算硬件111和存储硬件112的资源可以集中在一起。NFVI中的虚拟化层可以抽象硬件资源，解耦VNF108单元与底层的物理网络层。NFVI, the infrastructure layer of NFV, consists of hardware components, software components, or a combination of both to establish a virtualized environment, deploy, manage, and implement the VNF108 unit. Hardware resources and virtualization layers are used to provide virtualized resources for the VNF108 unit, such as virtual machines and other forms of virtual containers. The hardware resources include computing hardware 111, storage hardware 112, and network hardware 113. As an embodiment, the resources of computing hardware 111 and storage hardware 112 may be grouped together. The virtualization layer in NFVI abstracts hardware resources and decouples the VNF108 unit from the underlying physical network layer.
每个VNF108单元，运行在一个或多个虚拟容器中，对应于一组属于一个或多个物理设备的网络功能。Each VNF 108 unit, running in one or more virtual containers, corresponds to a set of network functions belonging to one or more physical devices.
网元管理***(EM)110，是传统电信***中用于对设备进行配置，管理的***，在NFV架构中，EM110也可以用于对VNF进行配置和管理，以及向VNFM104单元发起新的VNF的实例化等生命周期管理操作，在本发明实施例中对于MANO，NFMF就是以EM的角色和 MANO交互。The element management system (EM) 110 is a system for configuring and managing devices in a traditional telecommunication system. In the NFV architecture, the EM 110 can also be used to configure and manage the VNF, and initiate a new VNF to the VNFM 104 unit. For instantiation and other lifecycle management operations, in the embodiment of the present invention, for MANO, NFMF interacts with MANO in the role of EM.
运营支持***和业务支持***(operations support system and business support system，OSS/BSS)124，支持各种端到端电信业务。OSS支持的管理功能包括：网络配置，业务提供，故障管理等。BSS处理订单，付费，收入等，支持产品管理，订单管理，收益管理及客户管理。在本发明实施例中对于MANO，NSMF就是以OSS***的角色和MANO交互。The operation support system and business support system (OSS/BSS) 124 supports various end-to-end telecommunication services. The management functions supported by OSS include: network configuration, service provision, and fault management. BSS handles orders, payments, revenues, etc., supporting product management, order management, revenue management and customer management. In the embodiment of the present invention, for MANO, NSMF interacts with MANO in the role of OSS system.
在上述过程中，MANO根据NSMF的命令进行网络切片实例的NFV部署，NFV部署即在NFVI(网络功能虚拟化基础设施)上部署一个网络服务实例供网络切片实例使用。在NFV中虚拟化的网络服务部署后称为一个网络服务(network service，NS)实例。一个NS是由多个VNF以及他们之间的链路(LINK)连接构成的。NS在NFVI上部署时，就会为虚拟机VM或虚拟化容器分配一定的CPU，硬盘，内存，并在VM上运行VNF的软件镜像，形成VNF实例，另外分配相应的网络链路，将VNF实例之间按照NSD的描述连接起来，最终形成一个NS实例。在上述过程中，VNF实例是由MANO在NFVI上分配虚拟资源(virtualized resource)形成的，VNF实例运行了网络功能的软件镜像，形成了一个网络功能实体。实际上一个VNF往往有多个VNF组件(VNFC，VNF component)组成的，MANO部署VNF时会将VNFC部署在分配的VM或虚拟化容器上，然后将VNFC通过虚拟网络的链路连接起来，形成一个VNF实例。MANO为VNF实例分配的虚拟CPU，虚拟内存和虚拟存储的数量，还可以包括VNF内部链路使用的虚拟网络的带宽，就可以作为VNF实例使用的VR数量。网络切片实例使用的VR就包括组成网络切片实例的各个VNF实例使用的VR，还可以包括VNF实例之间LINK使用的虚拟网络。因此一个网络切片实例使用的虚拟资源数量就是为该网络切片实例部署的NFV的Network Service实例的VR数量，即各个VNF实例使用的VR数量，以及还可以包括VNF实例之间LINK使用VR数量。In the above process, MANO performs NFV deployment of the network slicing instance according to the NSMF command. The NFV deployment deploys a network service instance on the NFVI (Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure) for the network slicing instance. After the virtualized network service in NFV is deployed, it is called a network service (NS) instance. An NS is made up of multiple VNFs and a link (LINK) connection between them. When the NS is deployed on the NFVI, it allocates a certain CPU, hard disk, memory, and software image of the VNF running on the VM to form a VNF instance, and allocates a corresponding network link to the VNF. The instances are connected according to the description of the NSD, and finally form an NS instance. In the above process, the VNF instance is formed by MANO assigning a virtualized resource on the NFVI. The VNF instance runs a software image of the network function, forming a network functional entity. In fact, a VNF often consists of multiple VNF components (VNF components). When MANO deploys VNF, VNFC will be deployed on the allocated VM or virtualized container, and then the VNFC will be connected through the virtual network link. A VNF instance. The number of virtual CPUs, virtual memory, and virtual storage allocated by the MAN for the VNF instance. It can also include the bandwidth of the virtual network used by the VNF internal link, which can be used as the number of VRs used by the VNF instance. The VR used by the network sharding instance includes the VR used by each VNF instance that constitutes the network sharding instance, and may also include the virtual network used by the LINK between the VNF instances. Therefore, the number of virtual resources used by a network sharding instance is the number of VRs of the NFV Network Service instance deployed for the network sharding instance, that is, the number of VRs used by each VNF instance, and may also include the number of LINK VRs used between VNF instances.
下述实施例中涉及到的第一管理功能单元可以为NSMF或者NFMF，第二管理功能单元可以为VNFM，第三管理功能单元可以为NFVO。The first management function unit involved in the following embodiments may be NSMF or NFMF, the second management function unit may be VNFM, and the third management function unit may be NFVO.
以下介绍一下本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法的流程，如图4所示，包括：The following describes the flow of a method for managing virtual resources provided by the present application, as shown in FIG. 4, including:
S101、第一管理功能单元接收第一消息，该第一消息用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息，虚拟资源单元的信息用于确定虚拟资源单元使用的虚拟资源VR，其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元(virtualization deployment unit，VDU)和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项。S101. The first management function unit receives a first message, where the first message is used to determine information about one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance corresponding to the first network slice instance, where the information of the virtual resource unit is used to determine the virtual resource. The virtual resource VR used by the unit, wherein the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual resource container.
其中，虚拟部署单元指可以用于支持对VNFC的部署和操作，如果VNF没有划分VNFC，则支持整个VNF的部分和操作。The virtual deployment unit refers to the deployment and operation of the VNFC. If the VNF does not divide the VNFC, the part and operation of the entire VNF are supported.
可选的，虚拟资源单元还可以包括虚拟机或虚拟化容器等虚拟资源容器。虚拟资源容器为VNF的软件或VNFC的软件提供一个由虚拟CPU，虚拟内存，虚拟磁盘存储和虚拟网络接口组成的隔离的虚拟计算环境。Optionally, the virtual resource unit may further include a virtual resource container such as a virtual machine or a virtualized container. The virtual resource container provides an isolated virtual computing environment consisting of virtual CPU, virtual memory, virtual disk storage and virtual network interfaces for VNF software or VNFC software.
如图5所示，作为本申请的一种可能的实施例，本申请提供的方法在步骤S101之前还可以包括：S103、第一管理功能单元向第三管理功能单元发送请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息。As shown in FIG. 5, as a possible embodiment of the present application, the method provided by the present application may further include: before S100, the first management function unit sends a request to the third management function unit to slice the first network. The request message for the instance to manage.
具体的，本申请中对网络服务实例进行管理可以包括：对网络服务实例进行NFV部署，对网络服务实例进行扩容(例如当网络服务实例的功能不能满足要求时，在网络服务实例中 增加一个具有某项功能的VNF实例，或者增加某项功能的VNF实例数量)或对网络服务实例进行缩容(例如减少网络服务实例中的VNF实例的数量)等。下述涉及到对网络服务实例进行管理均可以参见此处的描述，本申请后续不再赘述。Specifically, the management of the network service instance in the application may include: performing NFV deployment on the network service instance, and expanding the network service instance (for example, when the function of the network service instance cannot meet the requirement, adding one to the network service instance) VNF instance of a function, or the number of VNF instances that add a function) or shrink the network service instance (for example, reduce the number of VNF instances in the network service instance). The following is related to the management of the network service instance, which can be referred to here, and will not be described later in this application.
作为一种示例，当第一管理功能单元需要对创建的第一网络切片实例进行NFV部署时，对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息(例如，也可以为NFV部署请求消息)携带网络服务描述符标识(network service descriptor identifier，NSD ID)，以及其它NFV部署命令参数。这样第三管理功能单元在接收到对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息之后，便可以执行请求第二管理功能单元对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的过程，该过程具体如下：第三管理功能单元根据NSD ID确定的NSD以及其它NFV部署命令参数，确定第一网络切片实例对应的第一网络服务实例，并确定第一网络服务实例包括的一个或者多个VNF实例，以及一个或者多个VNF实例中任一个VNF实例对应的部署参数。之后第三管理功能单元将任一个VNF实例对应的部署参数发送给第二管理功能单元，由第二管理功能单元根据任一个VNF实例各自对应的VNFD(虚拟网络功能描述符)确定任一个VNF实例包括的VNF组件(VNF component，VNFC)，以及部署任一个VNF实例包括的VNFC所使用的虚拟部署单元VDU，在第二管理功能单元为任一个VNF实例部署完成之后，第二管理功能单元向第三管理功能单元发送VNF实例部署的结果，其中，VNF实例部署的结果中包括第一网络服务实例包括的一个或者多个VNF实例的信息，以及一个或者多个VNF实例的信息关联的一个或者多个VNF实例中任一个VNF实例对应的部署结果，其中，一个VNF实例对应的部署结果包括该VNF实例对应的所有VDU，以及为所有VDU中任一个VDU分配的虚拟资源的信息，比如虚拟CPU，虚拟内存，虚拟磁盘存储和虚拟网络接口等等。As an example, when the first management function unit needs to perform NFV deployment on the created first network slice instance, the request message for managing the first network slice instance (for example, may also be an NFV deployment request message) carries the network service. The network service descriptor identifier (NSD ID), as well as other NFV deployment command parameters. After the third management function unit receives the request message for managing the first network slice instance, the third management function unit may perform a process of requesting the second management function unit to manage one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. The process is specifically as follows: the third management function unit determines, according to the NSD ID and the other NFV deployment command parameters determined by the NSD ID, the first network service instance corresponding to the first network slice instance, and determines one or more included in the first network service instance. A VNF instance, and a deployment parameter corresponding to any one of the VNF instances. Then, the third management function unit sends the deployment parameter corresponding to any VNF instance to the second management function unit, and the second management function unit determines any VNF instance according to the VNFD (Virtual Network Function Descriptor) corresponding to each VNF instance. The VNF component (VNFC), and the virtual deployment unit VDU used by the VNFC included in any VNF instance, after the second management function unit is deployed for any VNF instance, the second management function unit is The third management function unit sends the result of the VNF instance deployment, where the result of the VNF instance deployment includes information of one or more VNF instances included in the first network service instance, and one or more information associated with one or more VNF instances. The deployment result corresponding to any one of the VNF instances, wherein the deployment result corresponding to the VNF instance includes all VDUs corresponding to the VNF instance, and information about virtual resources allocated to any one of the VDUs, such as a virtual CPU. Virtual memory, virtual disk storage and virtual network interfaces, and more.
示例性的，第一网络服务实例包括：VNF#1实例、VNF#2实例以及VNF#3实例，则VNF实例部署的结果可以为VNF#1的信息、VNF#2实例的信息以及VNF#3实例的信息，以及VNF#1实例对应的VDU1、VNF#2实例对应的VDU2和VDU3、以及VNF#3实例对应的VDU4、VDU5和VDU6。Exemplarily, the first network service instance includes: a VNF#1 instance, a VNF#2 instance, and a VNF#3 instance, and the result of the VNF instance deployment may be information of VNF#1, information of the VNF#2 instance, and VNF#3. The information of the instance, as well as the VDU2 and VDU3 corresponding to the VDU1, VNF#2 instance corresponding to the VNF#1 instance, and the VDU4, VDU5, and VDU6 corresponding to the VNF#3 instance.
例如，VNF实例的信息可以为VNF实例的标识，或者索引，虚拟资源的信息可以为虚拟资源的标识，或者索引，本申请对此不作限定。For example, the information of the VNF instance may be an identifier of the VNF instance, or an index, and the information of the virtual resource may be an identifier of the virtual resource, or an index, which is not limited in this application.
又例如VNF#1实例包括：VNFC1、以及VNFC2，其中，VNFC1需要部署VDU1和VDU2，VNFC2需要部署VDU3和VDU4，则第二管理功能单元为VNF#1实例的VNFC1部署VDU1和VDU2，为VNF#1实例的VNFC2部署VDU3和VDU4。For example, the VNF#1 instance includes: VNFC1 and VNFC2, wherein VNFC1 needs to deploy VDU1 and VDU2, VNFC2 needs to deploy VDU3 and VDU4, and the second management function unit deploys VDU1 and VDU2 for VNFC1 of VNF#1 instance, which is VNF# 1 instance of VNFC2 deploys VDU3 and VDU4.
其次，第三管理功能单元在接收到第二管理功能单元发送的VNF实例部署的结果后，完成VNF实例之间的虚拟链路的部署，将VNF实例连接起来形成第一网络服务实例，并在完成上述第一网络切片实例的NFV部署之后向第一管理功能单元发送第一消息。Secondly, after receiving the result of the deployment of the VNF instance sent by the second management function unit, the third management function unit completes the deployment of the virtual link between the VNF instances, and connects the VNF instances to form a first network service instance, and After completing the NFV deployment of the first network slice instance, the first message is sent to the first management function unit.
此时，第一消息可以包括：一个或者多个虚拟网络功能VNF实例中任一个VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息，以及第一网络服务实例的信息。At this time, the first message may include: information of one or more virtual resource units corresponding to any one of the one or more virtual network function VNF instances, and information of the first network service instance.
作为另一种示例，当已创建的当网络切片承载的业务发生变化，或者运营商为了特定的运维目的，第一管理功能单元可以命令NFVO对网络服务实例进行扩缩容，则在这个场景中，对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息可以为对第一网络切片实例进行扩容或缩容的请求消息。第三管理功能单元根据第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息确定需要进行扩容或者 缩容的VNF实例(以第一VNF实例为例)，以及第一VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数，之后，第三管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送请求对第一VNF实例进行扩容或者缩容的消息，该消息中携带了第一VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数。然后，第二管理功能单元根据第一VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数，以及根据第一VNF实例对应的VNFD确定第一VNF实例内任一个VNFC需要增加或减少哪些VDU。例如第二管理功能单元确定为VNF#1扩容新部署VDU5。在第二管理功能单元对第一VNF实例扩容或者缩容操作完成后，第二管理功能单元将第一VNF实例的扩缩或者缩容结果发送到第三管理功能单元，其中扩缩或者缩容结果中携带了第一VNF实例的信息，为第一VNF实例新增加的VDU信息，从第一VNF实例中减少的VDU信息，以及为新增加的VDU分配的虚拟资源的信息等等。第三管理功能单元接收到第一VNF实例的扩缩或者缩容结果之后，调整第一网络切片实例的虚拟链路的部署，在这种情况下，第一消息可以为针对第一管理功能单元发送的NFV部署扩缩容响应消息，其中NFV部署扩缩容响应消息携带第一网络服务实例信息和第一网络服务实例的扩缩容结果，其中，第一网络服务实例的扩缩容结果包括第一网络服务实例所包含的VNF实例的扩缩容操作和虚拟链路的扩缩容操作的信息等等。As another example, when the service that is created by the network slice changes, or the operator can command the NFVO to expand and shrink the network service instance for specific operation and maintenance purposes, in this scenario The request message for managing the first network slice instance may be a request message for expanding or shrinking the first network slice instance. The third management function unit determines, according to the request message that is managed by the first network sharding instance, the VNF instance that needs to be expanded or contracted (taking the first VNF instance as an example), and the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance, Then, the third management function unit sends a message requesting the expansion or contraction of the first VNF instance to the second management function unit, where the message carries the expansion parameter or the reduction parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance. Then, the second management function unit determines, according to the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance, and according to the VNFD corresponding to the first VNF instance, which VDUs need to be increased or decreased in any one of the VNFCs in the first VNF instance. For example, the second management function unit determines to expand the newly deployed VDU 5 as VNF #1. After the second management function unit completes the expansion or volume reduction operation of the first VNF instance, the second management function unit sends the expansion or contraction result of the first VNF instance to the third management function unit, where the expansion or contraction is performed. The result carries the information of the first VNF instance, the newly added VDU information for the first VNF instance, the reduced VDU information from the first VNF instance, the information of the virtual resource allocated for the newly added VDU, and the like. After receiving the scaling or shrinking result of the first VNF instance, the third management function unit adjusts the deployment of the virtual link of the first network slice instance, in which case the first message may be for the first management function unit. The sent NFV deploys the expansion and contraction response message, wherein the NFV deployment expansion and contraction response message carries the first network service instance information and the expansion and contraction result of the first network service instance, wherein the expansion and contraction result of the first network service instance includes The expansion and contraction operation of the VNF instance included in the first network service instance, the information of the expansion and contraction operation of the virtual link, and the like.
此时，第一消息可以包括：需要减少的虚拟资源单元的信息、需要扩容的虚拟资源单元的信息以及第一网络服务实例的信息。可以理解的是，需要减少的虚拟资源单元的信息和需要扩容的虚拟资源单元的信息可以同时存在，也可以存在需要减少的虚拟资源单元的信息，或者需要扩容的虚拟资源单元的信息。At this time, the first message may include: information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be reduced, information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be expanded, and information of the first network service instance. It can be understood that the information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be reduced and the information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be expanded may exist at the same time, or information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be reduced, or information of the virtual resource unit that needs to be expanded.
上述涉及到的第三管理功能单元根据对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息确定需要进行扩容或者缩容的VNF实例，以及第一VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数可以通过如下方式实现：The third management function unit that is used to determine the VNF instance that needs to be expanded or reduced according to the request message for managing the first network snippet instance, and the expansion parameter or the suffix parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance can be implemented as follows: :
方式1、对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息包括第一网络服务实例信息，以及扩容/缩容需求信息，其中，需求信息用于确定对第一网络切片实例进行扩容或者缩容的参数。在这种情况下，第三管理功能单元可以根据第一网络服务实例信息确定第一网络服务实例所使用的NSD，扩容或者缩容的参数，确定第一网络服务实例中需要进行扩缩容操作的VNF实例的信息，并确定需要进行扩缩容操作的VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数，并将需要进行扩缩容操作的VNF实例的信息确定为第一VNF实例的信息。The request message for managing the first network slice instance includes the first network service instance information and the capacity expansion/reduction capacity requirement information, where the requirement information is used to determine a parameter for expanding or shrinking the first network slice instance. . In this case, the third management function unit may determine, according to the first network service instance information, an NSD, a capacity expansion or a contraction parameter used by the first network service instance, and determine that the first network service instance needs to be expanded and contracted. The information of the VNF instance is determined, and the expansion parameter or the reduction parameter corresponding to the VNF instance that needs to be expanded and contracted is determined, and the information of the VNF instance that needs to perform the expansion and contraction operation is determined as the information of the first VNF instance.
示例性的，扩容/缩容需求信息可以包括：网络切片的服务等级协议(service level agreement，SLA)要求，或增加或释放子业务的需求等。Exemplarily, the capacity expansion/reduction capacity requirement information may include: a service level agreement (SLA) requirement of the network slice, or a requirement for adding or releasing a sub service, and the like.
方式2、对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息包括第一VNF实例的信息，以及第一VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数，这样第三管理功能单元可以根据第一VNF实例的信息确定需要进行扩容或者缩容的VNF实例为第一VNF实例，以及第一VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数。The request message for managing the first network fragment instance includes the information of the first VNF instance, and the expansion parameter or the contraction parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance, so that the third management function unit can be based on the information of the first VNF instance. The VNF instance that needs to be expanded or contracted is the first VNF instance, and the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance.
此外，需要说明的是，第一管理功能单元在对第一网络切片实例进行扩容或者缩容时，可以第一VNF实例的信息，以及第一VNF实例对应的扩容参数或者缩容参数直接发送给第二管理功能单元，并在第二管理功能单元执行完扩容或者缩容之后将扩容或者缩容结果发送给第一管理功能单元，在这种情况下，第一消息可以为第二管理功能单元向第一管理功能单元发送的。In addition, it should be noted that, when the first management function unit expands or shrinks the first network sharding instance, the information of the first VNF instance and the expansion parameter or the condensing parameter corresponding to the first VNF instance may be directly sent to The second management function unit sends the expansion or contraction result to the first management function unit after the second management function unit performs the expansion or contraction. In this case, the first message may be the second management function unit. Sent to the first management function unit.
作为又一种示例，本申请中第二管理功能单元也可以监控任一个VNF实例的资源，如果虚拟CPU，虚拟内存，虚拟存储或虚拟网络达到扩缩容门限，则第二管理功能单元会触发VNF实例的扩缩容，并在执行完扩缩容之后，向第一管理功能单元发送第一消息。As a further example, the second management function unit in the application may also monitor resources of any VNF instance. If the virtual CPU, virtual memory, virtual storage or virtual network reaches the expansion and contraction threshold, the second management function unit triggers. The expansion and contraction of the VNF instance, and after performing the expansion and contraction, sends the first message to the first management function unit.
示例性的，本申请中的第一管理功能单元可以为NSMF或者NFMF，第三管理功能单元可以为NFVO，第二管理功能单元可以为VNFM。Exemplarily, the first management function unit in the present application may be NSMF or NFMF, the third management function unit may be NFVO, and the second management function unit may be VNFM.
其中，虚拟资源单元的信息可以为VDU的标识。The information of the virtual resource unit may be an identifier of the VDU.
S102、第一管理功能单元根据第一消息，确定第一网络切片实例的信息与VNF实例关联的一个或多个虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系。S102. The first management function unit determines, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance.
一种示例，在对新创建的网络切片实例进行NFV部署的场景中，以第一管理功能单元请求对网络切片实例1和网络切片实例2部署为例，其中，网络切片实例1包括：VNF#1实例、VNF#2实例，VNF#1实例对应VDU1，VDU2，VNF#2实例对应VDU3，VDU4，则第一管理功能单元确定VDU1，VDU2，VDU3，VDU4与网络切片实例1之间具有映射关系。类似的，如果第一管理功能单元请求部署网络切片实例2，网络切片实例2和网络切片实例1共享VNF#1实例，且在对网络切片实例2进行NFV部署时，为VNF#1实例部署了VDU21，VDU22，那么第一管理功能单元根据针对部署网络切片实例2的响应消息中携带的部署结果，记录为VNF1#实例部署的VDU21和VDU22属于网络切片实例2。As an example, in the scenario of performing NFV deployment on the newly created network slice instance, the first management function unit requests the network slice instance 1 and the network slice instance 2 to be deployed as an example, where the network slice instance 1 includes: VNF# 1 instance, VNF#2 instance, VNF#1 instance corresponding to VDU1, VDU2, VNF#2 instance corresponding to VDU3, VDU4, then the first management function unit determines that VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, VDU4 and network slice instance 1 have a mapping relationship . Similarly, if the first management function unit requests to deploy network slice instance 2, network slice instance 2 and network slice instance 1 share the VNF #1 instance, and when performing NFV deployment on network slice instance 2, the VNF#1 instance is deployed. VDU21, VDU22, then the first management function unit records VDU21 and VDU22 deployed as VNF1# instances belonging to network slice instance 2 according to the deployment result carried in the response message for deploying network slice instance 2.
另一种示例，当VNF实例对应的VDU增加或者减少，或者网络服务实例对应的VNF实例增加或者减少时，第一管理功能单元可以更新第一网络切片实例的信息与任一个VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系，并将更新后的映射关系为确定第一网络切片实例的信息与任一个VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系。In another example, when the VDU corresponding to the VNF instance is increased or decreased, or the VNF instance corresponding to the network service instance is increased or decreased, the first management function unit may update the information of the first network slice instance and the virtual corresponding to any VNF instance. The mapping relationship between the information of the resource unit, and the updated mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between the information of the first network slice instance and the information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to any VNF instance.
示例性的，在创建网络切片实例1时，网络切片实例1与VDU1，VDU2，VDU3，VDU4之间具有映射关系，在对网络切片实例1扩容之后，为网络切片实例1增加了VDU5，则第一管理功能单元确定更新之后VDU1，VDU2，VDU3，VDU4以及VDU5与网络切片实例1具有映射关系。Illustratively, when the network slice instance 1 is created, the network slice instance 1 has a mapping relationship with the VDU1, the VDU2, the VDU3, and the VDU4. After the network slice instance 1 is expanded, the VDU5 is added to the network slice instance 1. A management function unit determines that VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, VDU4, and VDU5 have a mapping relationship with network slice instance 1 after the update.
又一示例，在对网络切片实例1缩容之后，删除了VDU3，则第一管理功能单元确定更新之后VDU1，VDU2，VDU4与网络切片实例1具有映射关系。In another example, after the network slice instance 1 is compacted, the VDU3 is deleted, and the first management function unit determines that the VDU1, VDU2, and VDU4 have a mapping relationship with the network slice instance 1 after the update.
可以理解的是，上述实施例中描述的第一网络切片实例对应的VNF实例可以为第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例。It can be understood that the VNF instance corresponding to the first network slice instance described in the foregoing embodiment may be one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance.
本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，通过第一管理功能单元根据第一消息确定第一网络切片实例的信息与任一个VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系，这样在第一网络切片实例和其他网络切片实例存在共享VNF实例时，第一管理功能单元通过确定的第一网络切片实例的信息和VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系，一方面，可以确定出一个网络切片实例对应的虚拟资源单元，另一方面，对于共享VNF实例，则可以确定出共享VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元以及属于其他网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以便于确定出所有属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，从而便于网络切片的资源管理调度和计费。The present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, by using a first management function unit to determine, according to a first message, a mapping relationship between information of a first network slice instance and information of a virtual resource unit corresponding to any VNF instance, such that When a network slice instance and another network slice instance have a shared VNF instance, the first management function unit determines the mapping relationship between the information of the first network slice instance and the information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance. On the one hand, the virtual resource unit corresponding to the network slice instance may be determined. On the other hand, for the shared VNF instance, the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance in the virtual resource unit corresponding to the shared VNF instance may be determined and belong to The virtual resource unit of the other network slice instance, so as to determine all the virtual resource units belonging to the first network slice instance, thereby facilitating resource management scheduling and charging of the network slice.
上述步骤主要描述了对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中，第一管理功能单元均可以确定第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元和第一网络切片实例信息之间的映 射关系。但是，在实际过程中，可能存在任意两个或者两个以上的网络切片实例共享一个VNF实例(例如，运营商的增强的移动宽带(enhanced mobile broad band，eMBB)切片和企业eMBB切片共享AMF实例)，则为了明确对任一个网络切片实例的计费，则第一管理功能单元需要确定共享的AMF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中哪些虚拟资源单元属于运营商的eMBB切片，哪些虚拟资源单元属于企业eMBB切片。The foregoing steps mainly describe that, in the process of managing the first network slice instance, the first management function unit may determine a mapping between one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first network slice instance and the first network slice instance information. relationship. However, in the actual process, there may be any two or more network slice instances sharing a VNF instance (for example, an operator's enhanced mobile broadband band (eMBB) slice and enterprise eMBB slice sharing AMF instance. And the first management function unit needs to determine which virtual resource units of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the shared AMF instance belong to the operator's eMBB slice, and which virtual The resource unit belongs to the enterprise eMBB slice.
基于此，作为本申请的另一种可能的实施例，下述以步骤S101涉及到的VNF实例为共享VNF实例为例，例如，该VNF实例为第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共享的VNF实例，当然在实际过程中共享VNF实例可能由三个或者三个以上的VNF实例共享，本申请提供的方法还包括：第一管理功能单元确定第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，也即确定第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。Based on this, as another possible embodiment of the present application, the VNF instance involved in step S101 is taken as an example of sharing a VNF instance, for example, the VNF instance is shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance. The VNF instance may of course be shared by three or more VNF instances in an actual process. The method provided by the present application further includes: the first management function unit determines one or more virtualities corresponding to the first VNF instance. The virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance in the resource unit, that is, the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance among the one or more VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance.
具体的，第一管理功能单元确定第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，可以通过以下方式实现：Specifically, the first management function unit determines the VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance of the one or more VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance, and may be implemented by:
一种可能的实现方式，如图6所示，本申请提供的方法还包括：As shown in FIG. 6, the method provided by the present application further includes:
S104、第一管理功能单元向第三管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，该第一请求消息用于请求上报所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，所述第一请求消息包括所述VNF实例的信息或虚拟资源单元列表，所述虚拟资源单元列表包括所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息中属于所述第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息。S104. The first management function unit sends a first request message to the third management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance. The first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance that belongs to the first network slice Information of at least one virtual resource unit of the instance.
可选的，该第一请求消息还包括性能管理PM信息。Optionally, the first request message further includes performance management PM information.
具体的，第一管理功能单元创建第一网络切片实例内各个网络功能的VR相关的性能管理任务，对于跨多个切片共享VNF实例，第一网络切片实例请求第二网络切片实例创建VNF实例的VR相关性能管理任务时，除了携带性能管理(performance management，PM)任务信息(例如，PM任务标识)，VNF实例的信息外，还携带第一虚拟资源单元列表，第一虚拟资源单元列表是第一管理功能单元根据其维护的NFV部署情况和网络切片实例的对应关系，查找VNF实例下所有属于网络切片实例2的VDU信息获得的。Specifically, the first management function unit creates a VR-related performance management task for each network function in the first network slice instance. For sharing the VNF instance across multiple slices, the first network slice instance requests the second network slice instance to create a VNF instance. In addition to carrying the performance management (PM) task information (for example, the PM task identifier) and the VNF instance information, the VR-related performance management task also carries the first virtual resource unit list, and the first virtual resource unit list is the first A management function unit obtains all the VDU information belonging to the network slice instance 2 under the VNF instance according to the relationship between the NFV deployment and the network slice instance.
可以理解的是，在步骤S104之前还可以包括：第一管理功能单元根据第一网络切片实例的信息与任一个VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系，确定第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息。It can be understood that before the step S104, the first management function unit determines that the first VNF instance corresponds to the mapping relationship between the information of the first network slice instance and the information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to any one of the VNF instances. Of the one or more virtual resource units belonging to the at least one virtual resource unit of the first network slice instance.
S105、第一管理功能单元接收第二管理功能单元针对第一请求消息发送的第二消息。S105. The first management function unit receives a second message that is sent by the second management function unit for the first request message.
可选的，第二消息包括PM信息，以及VNF实例的信息指示的VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。Optionally, the second message includes the PM information, and the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance indicated by the information of the VNF instance.
S106、第一管理功能单元根据第二消息确定第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。S106. The first management function unit determines, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance.
另一种可能的实现方式，如图7所示，本申请提供的方法还包括：Another possible implementation manner, as shown in FIG. 7, the method provided by the present application further includes:
S107、第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据，所述网络资源为虚拟资源单元或所述VNF实例。S107. The first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and corresponding to the network resource shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance. The VR measures data, and the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance.
本申请中的第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果可以通过以下方式实现：第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息(single network slice selection assistant identifier，S-NSSAI)集合和第二网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合(S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI)，以及共享的网络资源(VNF实例或虚拟资源单元)的业务指标(即会使用上述S-NSSAI的网络注册或会话建立的信令交互过程的成功和失败的次数等指标)，S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；第一管理功能单元根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。The first management function unit in the application determines that the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance are implemented in the following manner: the first management function unit determines the first network slice instance Corresponding single network slice selection assistant identifier (S-NSSAI) set and single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance (S-NSSAI set includes one or more S -NSSAI), and the service indicator of the shared network resource (VNF instance or virtual resource unit) (that is, the number of successes and failures of the signaling interaction process using the network registration or session establishment of the above S-NSSAI), S - the NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs; the first management function unit is configured according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the network The service indicator of the resource, determining the serviceability of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set a measurement result; the first management function unit determines the first part according to a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set A service performance measurement result of a network slice instance and a service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
可以理解的是，第一管理功能单元中已记录有S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，例如，记录有第一网络切片实例的信息与S-NSSAI1关联，第二网络切片实例的信息与S-NSSAI2关联。It can be understood that the mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information has been recorded in the first management function unit. For example, the information recorded in the first network slice instance is associated with S-NSSAI1, and the second network slice instance is recorded. The information is associated with S-NSSAI2.
其中，第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共享的第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元对应的VR测量数据可以通过以下方式实现：第一管理功能单元请求第二管理功能单元创建上述第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元的VR相关项性能管理任务。第二管理功能单元在创建完第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元的VR相关项性能管理任务之后，将获得的第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元对应的VR测量数据发送给第一管理功能单元。The first management function unit determines that the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance is implemented by: the first management function unit requests the second The management function unit creates a VR related item performance management task of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit. After the VR related item performance management task of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit is created, the second management function unit sends the obtained VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit to the first management. Functional unit.
S108、第一管理功能单元根据第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。S108. The first management function unit determines, according to a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, The VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data.
示例性的，以网络资源为VNF实例为例，则第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及共享VNF实例对应的VR测量数据，第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及共享VNF实例对应的VR测量数据，确定共享VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。For example, the network management resource is a VNF instance, and the first management function unit determines the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the shared VNF instance corresponding to the shared VNF instance. The VR measurement data, the first management function unit is based on the proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the shared VNF instance. And determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the shared VNF instance.
具体的，本申请中的步骤S108可以通过以下方式实现：第一管理功能单元根据公式：Specifically, step S108 in the present application may be implemented in the following manner: the first management function unit is according to a formula:
第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元在第一网络切片实例的VR数量数据＝共享的网络资源(VNF实例或虚拟资源单元)对应的VR测量数据×(第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果×第一业务资源加权/(第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果×第一业务资源加权+第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果×第二业务资源加权)。The VR measurement data of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit in the first network slice instance=the VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource (the VNF instance or the virtual resource unit)×(the service performance measurement corresponding to the first network slice instance) Result × first service resource weighting / (the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance × the first service resource weighting + the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance × the second service resource weighting).
可以理解的是，第二网络切片实例为除第一网络切片实例以外其余与第一网络切片实例具有共享的网络资源的网络切片实例。It can be understood that the second network slice instance is a network slice instance that has network resources shared with the first network slice instance except the first network slice instance.
其中，业务资源加权是上述业务指标所对应的虚拟资源数量的比值。The service resource weighting is a ratio of the number of virtual resources corresponding to the service indicator.
示例性的，比如视频通话需要占用5份虚拟资源，而语音通话只需要占用1份虚拟资源，这里的5和1就是上述的业务资源加权。For example, a video call needs to occupy 5 virtual resources, and a voice call only needs to occupy 1 virtual resource, where 5 and 1 are the above-mentioned service resource weighting.
需要说明的是，当需要计算第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元在第二网络切片实例的VR数量数据时，第一管理功能单元将上述公式中的第一网络切片实例的参数更改为第二网络切片实例的参数即可。It should be noted that, when it is required to calculate the VR quantity data of the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit in the second network slice instance, the first management function unit changes the parameter of the first network slice instance in the above formula to the first parameter. The parameters of the second network slice instance can be.
可以理解的是，本申请中在第一管理功能单元确定共享VNF实例(或者共享虚拟资源单元)对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据之后，第一管理功能单元便可以根据第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例(或者共享虚拟资源单元)中除共享VNF实例以外的VNF实例(虚拟资源单元)对应的VR测量数据，以及第一VNF实例或第一虚拟资源单元对应的VR中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，确定出第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。It can be understood that, in the application, after the first management function unit determines the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the shared VNF instance (or the shared virtual resource unit), the first management function unit may VR measurement data corresponding to a VNF instance (virtual resource unit) other than the shared VNF instance in the one or more VNF instances (or shared virtual resource units) corresponding to the first network slice instance, and the first VNF instance or the first virtual The VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR corresponding to the resource unit determines the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance.
示例性的，网络切片实例1和网络切片实例2共享VNF#1实例，VNF#1实例对应的VR测量数据中的VR1、VR2属于网络切片实例1，VNF#1实例对应的VR测量数据中的VR3、VR4属于网络切片实例2，且网络切片实例1的VR测量数据还包括：VNF#2实例对应的VR测量数据、以及VNF#3实例对应的VR测量数据，这样第一管理功能单元便可以确定网络切片实例1的VR测量数据包括：VR1、VR2、VNF#2实例对应的VR测量数据、以及VNF#3实例对应的VR测量数据。Exemplarily, the network slice instance 1 and the network slice instance 2 share the VNF#1 instance, and the VR1 and VR2 in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#1 instance belong to the network slice instance 1, and the VNF#1 instance corresponds to the VR measurement data. VR3 and VR4 belong to network slice instance 2, and the VR measurement data of the network slice instance 1 further includes: VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#2 instance and VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#3 instance, so that the first management function unit can Determining the VR measurement data of the network slice instance 1 includes: VR measurement data corresponding to the VR1, VR2, VNF#2 instance, and VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF#3 instance.
需要说明的是，本申请中对于共享VNF实例而言，如果该共享VNF实例被两个或者两个以上的网络切片实例共享，则第一管理功能单元可以根据上述步骤计算出共享VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中分别属于任一个第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。It should be noted that, in the present application, for the shared VNF instance, if the shared VNF instance is shared by two or more network slice instances, the first management function unit may calculate a corresponding VNF instance according to the foregoing steps. The VR measurement data belongs to the VR measurement data of any one of the first network slice instances.
综上所述，作为本申请的另一种可能的实施例，第一管理功能单元还可以通过如下方式确定共享的网络资源，因此，如图8所示，本申请提供的方法还包括S109或S110：In summary, as another possible embodiment of the present application, the first management function unit may further determine the shared network resource by using the following manner. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the method provided by the application further includes S109 or S110:
S109、第一管理功能单元确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源。S109. The first management function unit determines that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance is configured to perform network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource and the first Corresponding to the network slice instance outside the network slice instance, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource.
示例性的，以第一网络切片实例为网络切片实例1，该网络切片实例1具有网络资源1，以网络资源为VNF实例1为例，第一管理功能单元记录有网络切片实例1与VNF实例1关联的VR1、VR2以及VR3之间的映射关系，若第一管理功能单元确定VR2还与网络切片实例2关联，则第一管理功能单元确定网络资源为共享的网络资源。Exemplarily, the first network slice instance is the network slice instance 1, the network slice instance 1 has the network resource 1, and the network resource is the VNF instance 1, and the first management function unit records the network slice instance 1 and the VNF instance. The mapping relationship between the associated VR1, VR2, and VR3. If the first management function unit determines that VR2 is also associated with the network slice instance 2, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource.
S110、第一管理功能单元确定对所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时，使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。S110. The first management function unit determines, when the network function virtualized NFV deployment is performed on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, and uses the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance, where the first management function unit is used. Determining, that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource.
示例性的，第一管理功能单元在创建网络切片实例2时，指示使用已有的VNF实例1创建网络切片实例2，则第一管理功能单元便可以确定VNF实例1为共享VNF实例，或者第一管理功能单元在创建网络切片实例2时，指示使用已有的虚拟资源单元1创建网络切片实例2，则第一管理功能单元便可以确定虚拟资源单元1为共享VNF实例。Exemplarily, when the first management function unit creates the network slice instance 2, indicating that the network slice instance 2 is created using the existing VNF instance 1, the first management function unit can determine that the VNF instance 1 is a shared VNF instance, or When the management function unit creates the network slice instance 2, indicating that the network slice instance 2 is created using the existing virtual resource unit 1, the first management function unit can determine that the virtual resource unit 1 is a shared VNF instance.
如图9所示，本申请提供了另一种管理虚拟资源的方法，该方法包括：As shown in FIG. 9, the present application provides another method for managing a virtual resource, where the method includes:
S201、第一管理功能单元确定标识信息，该标识信息用于标识第二管理功能单元为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项。S201. The first management function unit determines identifier information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated by the second management function unit to the first network slice instance. The virtual resource unit includes a virtual deployment unit (VDU) and a virtual At least one item in the resource container.
作为一个示例，第一管理功能单元可以将第一网络切片实例的信息(例如，第一网络切片实例的标识)确定为标识信息，或者第一管理功能单元可以重新为第一网络切片实例分配一个标识，并将该标识作为标识信息。As an example, the first management function unit may determine information of the first network slice instance (eg, an identifier of the first network slice instance) as the identification information, or the first management function unit may re-assign the first network slice instance to the first network slice instance. Identify and use the ID as identification information.
作为另一个示例，第三管理功能单元在确定需要对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理时，为第一网络切片实例关联一个第一标识，并将该第一标识发送给第一管理功能单元，则第一管理功能单元将该第一标识确定为标识信息。As another example, when determining that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance need to be managed, the third management function unit associates a first identifier with the first network slice instance, and sends the first identifier. To the first management function unit, the first management function unit determines the first identifier as the identification information.
具体的，第三管理功能单元确定需要对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理，包括：第三管理功能单元根据第一管理功能单元发送的对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息，确定需要对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理。Specifically, the third management function unit determines that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance are to be managed, and the third management function unit manages the first network slice instance according to the first management function unit. The request message determines that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance need to be managed.
S202、第一管理功能单元需要确定第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据过程中，该第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，该第一请求消息中包括标识信息，该第一请求消息用于请求第二管理功能单元上报标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据，VNF实例的信息用于确定为VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元分配的VR。S202. The first management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first management function unit needs to determine the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance, where the first request message includes the identifier information. The first request message is used to request the second management function unit to report the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information, where the information of the VNF instance is used to determine the VR allocated for the virtual resource unit corresponding to the VNF instance.
S203、第二管理功能单元根据第一请求消息，以及第二管理功能单元中记录的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系，确定标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。S203. The second management function unit determines, according to the first request message, an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances recorded in the second management function unit and the identifier information, to determine the first association of the identifier information. Virtual network VR measurement data for a network slice instance.
具体的，第二管理功能单元确定标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据可以通过以下方式实现：第二管理功能单元请求第五管理功能单元创建PM任务，其中，携带第一网络切片实例对应的虚拟网络VR的标识信息，第五管理功能单元根据第一网络切片实例对应的虚拟网络VR的标识信息获取第一网络切片实例对应的虚拟网络VR测量结果，并将VR测量结果报告给第二管理功能单元。Specifically, the second management function unit determines that the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information is implemented by: the second management function unit requests the fifth management function unit to create a PM task, where the first And the fifth management function unit acquires the virtual network VR measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance according to the identifier information of the virtual network VR corresponding to the first network slice instance, and obtains the VR measurement result. Report to the second management function unit.
相应的，本申请提供的步骤S203之前还包括：第二管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息。Correspondingly, before step S203 provided by the application, the method further includes: the second management function unit receives the first request message sent by the first management function unit.
S204、第二管理功能单元向第一管理功能单元发送标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。S204. The second management function unit sends, to the first management function unit, virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information.
S205、第一管理功能单元接收第二管理功能单元发送的标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。这样第一管理功能单元便可以确定第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。S205. The first management function unit receives the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information sent by the second management function unit. In this way, the first management function unit can determine the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance.
本申请提供一种管理虚拟资源的方法，通过第一管理功能单元请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中携带标识信息，这样一方面为一个或者多个VNF实例分配虚拟资源单元的功能单元可以将该第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息关联，这样后续过程中，可以便于为一个或者多个VNF实例分配虚拟资源单元的功能单元基于第一管理功能单元的对第一网络切片实例的管理请求，以组为单位管理一个或者多个VNF实例分配的虚拟资源单元，另一方面，在第一管理功能单元需要确定第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据过程中可以通过携带标识信息的第一请求消息请求第二管理功能单元上报标识信息关联的第一网络切 片实例的VR测量数据，此外，对于便于两个或两个以上的网络切片实例具有共享VNF实例而言，这样便于区分和统计被两个或两个以上的网络切片实例共享VNF实例对应的虚拟资源中属于任一个网络切片实例各自对应的虚拟资源，以及任一个网络切片实例各自对应的VR测量数据。The present application provides a method for managing a virtual resource, where the first management function unit requests to carry the identification information in the process of managing the first network slice instance, so that the functional unit of the virtual resource unit is allocated to one or more VNF instances on the one hand. The virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance may be associated with the identification information, so that in the subsequent process, the functional unit that can allocate the virtual resource unit for the one or more VNF instances is based on the first pair of the first management function unit. The management request of the network sharding instance manages the virtual resource unit allocated by one or more VNF instances in groups, and on the other hand, may be carried in the process of determining the VR measurement data of the first network sharding instance by the first management function unit. The first request message of the identification information requests the second management function unit to report the VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identification information, and further, for facilitating two or more network slice instances to have a shared VNF instance, Easy to distinguish and count by two or more Examples of envelope sections VNF shared resource instances corresponding to the virtual network belonging to any of a slice corresponding to each instance of the virtual resource, and a network according to any instance of the slice corresponding to each measurement data VR.
可以理解的是，本申请中第一管理功能单元在执行S202之前，第二管理功能单元便获取到该标识信息。例如，在标识信息为第一管理功能单元生成的情况下：第一管理功能单元在请求第三管理功能单元对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中，将该标识信息发送给第三管理功能单元，并由第三管理功能单元将该标识信息发送给第二管理功能单元。或者第一管理功能单元在请求第二管理功能单元对第一网络切片实例进行扩容或者缩容的过程中，向第二管理功能单元发送标识信息以及需要扩容或者需要释放的VNF实例的信息。在标识信息为第三管理功能单元生成的情况下：第三管理功能单元可以向第二管理功能单元发送第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF，以及一个或者多个VNF对应的部署参数，以及标识信息。It can be understood that the first management function unit in the present application acquires the identification information before executing the S202. For example, in the case that the identification information is generated by the first management function unit: the first management function unit sends the identification information to the third management function in the process of requesting the third management function unit to manage the first network slice instance. And transmitting, by the third management function unit, the identification information to the second management function unit. Or the first management function unit sends the identifier information and the information of the VNF instance that needs to be expanded or needs to be released to the second management function unit in the process of requesting the second management function unit to expand or shrink the first network slice instance. In the case that the identification information is generated by the third management function unit, the third management function unit may send, to the second management function unit, one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance, and deployment parameters corresponding to one or more VNFs. And identification information.
基于此，作为本申请的另一个实施例，本申请提供的方法在步骤S203之前还包括：第二管理功能单元建立任一个网络切片实例的标识信息与该任一个网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元之间的关联关系，该关联关系用于确定标识信息关联的网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元。Based on this, as another embodiment of the present application, the method provided by the present application further includes: before the step S203, the second management function unit establishes one or more identifier information of any one of the network slice instances corresponding to the any one of the network slice instances. An association relationship between virtual resource units used by the VNF instance, the association relationship being used to determine a virtual resource unit used by one or more VNF instances corresponding to the network slice instance associated with the identification information.
具体的，如图10所示，本申请中的第二管理功能单元建立任一个网络切片实例的标识信息与该任一个网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元之间的关联关系，可以通过以下方式实现：Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the second management function unit in the present application establishes between the identifier information of any network slice instance and the virtual resource unit used by one or more VNF instances corresponding to any one of the network slice instances. The relationship can be achieved by:
S206、第三管理功能单元在请求第二管理功能单元对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的过程中，向第二管理功能单元发送第二请求消息，该第二请求消息包括：标识信息以及第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数；标识信息用于标识为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元，其中，虚拟资源单元包括：虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器(例如虚拟机或虚拟化容器等)中的至少一项。S206. The third management function unit sends a second request message to the second management function unit, in requesting the second management function unit to manage one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. The message includes: the identification information and the deployment parameter of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance; the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance, where the virtual resource unit includes: At least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container (eg, a virtual machine or a virtualization container, etc.).
具体的，第三管理功能单元请求第二管理功能单元对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的过程可以参见上述实施例中的描述，本申请在此不再赘述。Specifically, the process of the third management function unit requesting the second management function unit to manage the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance may be referred to the description in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
具体的，第三管理功能单元可以将标识信息携带在请求对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的消息中发送给第二管理功能单元，也可以在请求对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的过程中新定义的管理消息中向第二管理功能单元发送该标识信息，也即第二请求消息为请求对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的过程中新定义的管理消息。Specifically, the third management function unit may send the identifier information to the second management function unit in a message requesting management of one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance, or may request to the first network. Sending the identifier information to the second management function unit in the newly defined management message in the process of managing the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the slice instance, that is, the second request message is one corresponding to the request for the first network slice instance or Newly defined management messages in the process of managing multiple VNF instances.
S207、第二管理功能单元接收第三管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息。S207. The second management function unit receives the second request message sent by the third management function unit.
S208、第二管理功能单元根据第二请求消息，将第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中。S208. The second management function unit divides the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance into one or more resource groups according to the second request message.
具体的，本申请中第二管理功能单元将一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组包括：第二管理功能单元将一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至同一个资源组中，或者第二管理功能单元将同一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至同一个资源组中，不同的VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元位于不同的资源组中， 或者第二管理功能单元将同一个VNF实例对应的一个或者多个VNFC中同一个VNFC对应的虚拟资源单元划分至同一个资源组中，将不同VNFC对应的虚拟资源单元划分至不同的资源组组中。Specifically, the second management function unit in the application divides the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances into one or more resource groups, including: the second management function unit uses virtual ones of the one or more VNF instances. The resource units are divided into the same resource group, or the second management function unit divides the virtual resource units used by the same VNF instance into the same resource group, and the virtual resource units used by different VNF instances are located in different resource groups. The second management function unit divides the virtual resource units corresponding to the same VNFC in the one or more VNFCs corresponding to the same VNF instance into the same resource group, and divides the virtual resource units corresponding to different VNFCs into different resources. In the group.
S209、第二管理功能单元将一个或者多个资源组与标识信息关联，以确定一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系。S209. The second management function unit associates one or more resource groups with the identification information to determine an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances and the identification information.
具体的，本申请中将第二管理功能单元一个或者多个资源组与标识信息关联，可以是第二管理功能单元将一个或者多个资源组的第二标识与该标识信息之间做映射，或者第二管理功能单元将标识信息直接作为一个或者多个资源组的标识。Specifically, in the present application, one or more resource groups of the second management function unit are associated with the identifier information, and the second management function unit may map the second identifier of the one or more resource groups with the identifier information. Or the second management function unit directly uses the identification information as an identifier of one or more resource groups.
示例性的，以第一网络切片实例为网络切片实例1，标识信息为标识1，该网络切片实例1包括VNF实例1和VNF实例2为例：Exemplarily, the first network slice instance is the network slice instance 1, and the identification information is the identifier 1. The network slice instance 1 includes the VNF instance 1 and the VNF instance 2 as an example:
Case1、第二管理功能单元确定需要为VNF实例1部署VDU1、VDU2、VDU3和VDU4，需要为VNF实例2部署VDU5、VDU6，则第二管理功能单元将VDU1、VDU2、VDU3和VDU4、VDU5、VDU6归属到同一个资源组中，并将该VDU1、VDU2、VDU3和VDU4、VDU5、VDU6所属的资源组与标识1关联。Case1, the second management function unit determines that VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, and VDU4 need to be deployed for VNF instance 1, and VDU5 and VDU6 need to be deployed for VNF instance 2, and the second management function unit will be VDU1, VDU2, VDU3, and VDU4, VDU5, and VDU6. The resource group to which the VDU1, the VDU2, the VDU3, the VDU4, the VDU5, and the VDU6 belong is associated with the identifier 1.
Case2、第二管理功能单元确定需要为VNF实例1的VNFC1需要部署VDU1和VDU2，则第二管理功能单元将VDU1和VDU2归属到同一个资源组1-1中，第二管理功能单元确定需要为VNF实例1的VNFC2需要部署VDU3和VDU4，则第二管理功能单元将VDU3和VDU4归属到同一个资源组1-2中，此外，第二管理功能单元确定需要为VNF实例2部署VDU5和VDU6，则第二管理功能单元将VDU5和VDU6归属到同一个资源组1-3中。在Case2的情况下，第二管理功能单元可以将标识1与资源组1-1、资源组1-2以及资源组1-3关联。这样第二管理功能单元可以将同一个VNF实例的不同VNFC的VDU归属到不同的资源组中，以及将不同VNF实例的VDU归属到不同的资源组中。便于确定每个VNF实例的VDU。The second management function unit determines that VDU1 and VDU2 need to be deployed for VNFC1 of VNF instance 1, and the second management function unit assigns VDU1 and VDU2 to the same resource group 1-1, and the second management function unit determines that it needs to be The VNFC2 of the VNF instance 1 needs to deploy the VDU3 and the VDU4, and the second management function unit assigns the VDU3 and the VDU4 to the same resource group 1-2. In addition, the second management function unit determines that the VDU5 and the VDU6 need to be deployed for the VNF instance 2. Then the second management function unit assigns VDU5 and VDU6 to the same resource group 1-3. In the case of Case2, the second management function unit can associate the identifier 1 with the resource group 1-1, the resource group 1-2, and the resource group 1-3. In this way, the second management function unit can assign VDUs of different VNFCs of the same VNF instance to different resource groups, and assign VDUs of different VNF instances to different resource groups. It is convenient to determine the VDU of each VNF instance.
可以理解的是，在第三管理功能单元确定需要对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理之后，第三管理功能单元执行下述步骤S205。具体的，第三管理功能单元确定需要对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的过程可以参见上述实施例中的描述，本申请在此不再赘述。It can be understood that after the third management function unit determines that one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance need to be managed, the third management function unit performs the following step S205. Specifically, the third management function unit determines that the process of managing the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance is to be described in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
同样，第三管理功能单元可以在第一管理功能单元请求对第一网络切片实例进行NFV部署，或者扩容，缩容操作中的确定需要对第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理。Similarly, the third management function unit may perform NFV deployment or expansion on the first network slice instance in the first management function unit, and the determination in the reduction operation needs to perform one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. management.
在第一管理功能单元和至少一个其它管理功能单元之间存在共享VNF实例或者共享虚拟资源单元时，如图11所示，作为本申请的另一个实施例，以第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例或者第一虚拟资源单元为例，本申请提供的方法还包括：When there is a shared VNF instance or a shared virtual resource unit between the first management function unit and the at least one other management function unit, as shown in FIG. 11, as another embodiment of the present application, the first network slice instance and the second The network snippet instance shares the first VNF instance or the first virtual resource unit as an example. The method provided by the application further includes:
S210、第一管理功能单元请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中向第三管理功能单元发送：第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息，以及标识信息。这样第三管理功能单元在接收到第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息之后便可以根据对第一网络切片实例进行管理的请求消息执行以下步骤：S210: The first management function unit sends, to the third management function unit, the information of the first VNF instance or the information of the first virtual resource unit, and the identifier information, in the process of managing the first network slice instance. In this way, after receiving the information of the first VNF instance or the information of the first virtual resource unit, the third management function unit may perform the following steps according to the request message for managing the first network slice instance:
S1、第三管理功能单元确定第一管理功能单元指示创建第一网络切片实例时使用已有的第二网络切片实例中的第一VNF实例的信息指示的第一VNF实例，或者创建第一网络切片 实例时使用已有的第二网络切片实例中的第一虚拟资源单元的信息指示的第一虚拟资源单元，则第三管理功能单元在向第二管理功能单元请求对第一VNF实例进行管理的过程中，第二管理功能单元可以将第一VNF实例新增加的虚拟资源单元与第一网络切片实例的标识信息关联，此时，第一VNF实例中原来具有的虚拟资源单元与第二网络切片实例的标识信息关联。S1. The third management function unit determines that the first management function unit indicates that the first VNF instance indicated by the information of the first VNF instance in the existing second network slice instance is used when creating the first network slice instance, or creates the first network. When the slice instance uses the first virtual resource unit indicated by the information of the first virtual resource unit in the existing second network slice instance, the third management function unit requests the second management function unit to manage the first VNF instance. The second management function unit may associate the newly added virtual resource unit of the first VNF instance with the identification information of the first network slice instance. At this time, the virtual resource unit and the second network originally in the first VNF instance The identification information of the slice instance is associated.
示例性的，在创建第一网络切片实例之前，第一管理功能单元已经对第二网络切片实例进行了NFV部署，此时，第二管理功能单元中记录有第二网络切片实例的标识信息1与第二网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元之间的关联关系，例如，VNF实例1对应的VDU1、VDU2与标识信息1关联。Exemplarily, before the first network slice instance is created, the first management function unit has performed NFV deployment on the second network slice instance. At this time, the second management function unit records the identifier information of the second network slice instance. The association relationship between the virtual resource units used by the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the second network slice instance, for example, the VDU1, VDU2 corresponding to the VNF instance 1 is associated with the identification information 1.
当需要创建第一网络切片实例，第一网络切片实例关联标识信息2时，对于第一网络切片实例和第二网络切片实例共用的VNF实例1除了已有的VDU1和VDU2之外，还需要增加VDU3，则第二管理功能单元将VDU1、VDU2以及VDU3与标识信息2关联。或者当需要创建第一网络切片实例，新创建的VNF实例不包括VDU1和VDU2时，只需要VDU3时，则对于第一网络切片实例，第二管理功能单元只将VDU3与标识信息2关联，不会将VDU1、VDU2与标识信息2关联。When the first network slice instance needs to be created, and the first network slice instance is associated with the identifier information 2, the VNF instance 1 shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance needs to be added in addition to the existing VDU1 and VDU2. In VDU3, the second management function unit associates VDU1, VDU2, and VDU3 with the identification information 2. Or when the first network slice instance needs to be created, and the newly created VNF instance does not include the VDU1 and the VDU2, only the VDU3 is required, and for the first network slice instance, the second management function unit associates only the VDU3 with the identification information 2, VDU1 and VDU2 are associated with the identification information 2.
需要说明的是，对共享VNF实例或者共享虚拟资源单元进行扩容或者缩容，则第二管理功能单元首先根据标识信息确定VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元，在扩容时，将该VNF实例新增加的虚拟资源单元与标识信息关联，当缩容时，将该VNF实例释放的虚拟资源单元从标识信息关联的资源组中删除。It should be noted that, when the shared VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit is expanded or reduced, the second management function unit first determines the virtual resource unit used by the VNF instance according to the identification information, and when the capacity is expanded, the VNF instance is newly added. The virtual resource unit is associated with the identification information. When the content is reduced, the virtual resource unit released by the VNF instance is deleted from the resource group associated with the identification information.
因此，基于步骤S210，本申请中的S208具体可以通过以下方式实现：第二管理功能单元将第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中。Therefore, based on step S210, S208 in the present application may be specifically implemented by: the second management function unit belongs to the first network of one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance. The virtual resource unit of the slice instance and the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance are divided into one or more resource groups.
S211、第二管理功能单元在第三管理功能单元请求对一个或者多个VNF实例进行管理的过程中接收第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息，以及标识信息。S211. The second management function unit receives the information of the first VNF instance or the information of the first virtual resource unit, and the identification information, in a process that the third management function unit requests to manage one or more VNF instances.
S212、第二管理功能单元将第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中。S212. The second management function unit allocates the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance of the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance, and monopolizes the first network slice instance. One or more virtual resource units corresponding to the VNF instance are divided into one or more resource groups.
具体的，对于共享VNF实例或者共享虚拟资源单元而言，由于共享VNF实例或者共享虚拟资源单元一部分属于第一网络切片实例，另一部分属于第二网络切片实例，则第二管理功能单元根据标识信息确定标识信息关联的所有虚拟资源单元，并将共享VNF实例或者共享虚拟资源单元中属于第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中。Specifically, for the shared VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit, since the shared VNF instance or a part of the shared virtual resource unit belongs to the first network slice instance and the other part belongs to the second network slice instance, the second management function unit is configured according to the identifier information. Determining all the virtual resource units associated with the identification information, and sharing the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance of the VNF instance or the shared virtual resource unit, and one or more virtual ones corresponding to the VNF instance exclusive to the first network slice instance Resource units are divided into one or more resource groups.
作为本申请的又一个实施例，如图12所示，本申请提供的方法还包括：As still another embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. 12, the method provided by the present application further includes:
S213、第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第三请求消息，第三请求消息包括第一VNF实例的信息以及标识信息，第三请求消息请求第二管理功能单元上报第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。S213. The first management function unit sends a third request message to the second management function unit, where the third request message includes the information of the first VNF instance and the identifier information, and the third request message requests the second management function unit to report the first VNF instance. The VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data.
S214、第二管理功能单元接收第三请求消息。S214. The second management function unit receives the third request message.
S215、第二管理功能单元根据第三请求消息，从标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例所使 用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组中确定第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元。S215. The second management function unit determines, according to the third request message, the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance from the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information belongs.
示例性的，标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元为虚拟资源单元1、虚拟资源单元2以及虚拟资源单元3，且虚拟资源单元3与第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元关联，则第二管理功能单元确定虚拟资源单元3为第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元。Exemplarily, the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information is the virtual resource unit 1, the virtual resource unit 2, and the virtual resource unit 3, and the virtual resource unit 3 is the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance. In association, the second management function unit determines that the virtual resource unit 3 is a virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
S216、第二管理功能单元向第五管理功能单元发送第五请求消息，第五请求消息包括第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息，第五请求消息用于请求测量第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的VR测量数据。S216. The second management function unit sends a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes information of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance, and the fifth request message is used to request to measure the corresponding corresponding to the first VNF instance. VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit.
具体的，第五功能管理单元可以为VIM。Specifically, the fifth function management unit may be a VIM.
可选的，作为本申请的另一个实施例，如图13所示，本申请提供的方法还包括：Optionally, as another embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. 13, the method provided by the present application further includes:
S217、第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及共享的网络资源(例如，VNF实例或虚拟资源单元)对应的VR测量数据。S217. The first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and a VR corresponding to the shared network resource (for example, a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit). Measurement data.
具体的，本申请中的第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，包括：第一管理功能单元确定第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和第二网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合，以及共享的网络资源(例如，VNF实例或虚拟资源单元)的业务指标，S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；第一管理功能单元根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。Specifically, the first management function unit in the application determines the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first management function unit determines the first network slice instance. Corresponding single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set and a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and service indicators of the shared network resource (for example, VNF instance or virtual resource unit), The S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs; the first management function unit is configured according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the a service indicator of the network resource, determining a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set; the first management function unit is based on a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and Determining the first network by using the service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set The service performance measurement result of the network segment instance and the service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
S218、第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。S218, the first management function unit is based on a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, Determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
具体的，步骤S218的实现可以参见上述实施例，本申请在此不再赘述。Specifically, the implementation of the step S218 can be referred to the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
具体的，本申请提供的方法中，第一管理功能单元确定共享的网络资源(例如，VNF实例或虚拟资源单元)，包括：第一管理功能单元确定共享的网络资源具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例对应，则确定网络资源为共享的网络资源。或，第一管理功能单元确定对所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时，使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。Specifically, in the method provided by the present application, the first management function unit determines a shared network resource (for example, a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit), where: the first management function unit determines that the shared network resource has a newly added virtual resource, And the newly added virtual resource corresponds to the network slice instance outside the first network slice instance, and then the network resource is determined to be a shared network resource. Or the first management function unit determines to use the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance when the network function virtualized NFV deployment is performed on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, and the first management function unit Determining, that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource.
可选的，一种示例，本申请提供的方法还包括：Optionally, in an example, the method provided by the application further includes:
S219、第二管理功能单元接收第四管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息，第二请求消息包括第二VNF实例的信息、第二VNF实例的信息关联的第二VNF对应的需求信息以及标识信息，第三请求消息用于对第二VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元进行管理，第二VNF实例为第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例中的任一个。S219. The second management function unit receives the second request message sent by the fourth management function unit, where the second request message includes the information of the second VNF instance, the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF associated with the information of the second VNF instance, and the identifier information. The third request message is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance.
示例性的，第四管理功能单元可以为NFMF或NFVO或NF，其中，NF为第二VNF实 例对应的网络功能。Exemplarily, the fourth management function unit may be NFMF or NFVO or NF, where NF is a network function corresponding to the second VNF instance.
S220、第二管理功能单元根据第二VNF对应的需求信息，更新第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组。S220. The second management function unit updates the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF.
具体的，第二管理功能单元根据第二VNF对应的需求信息，确定需要为第二VNF增加VDU，则第二管理功能单元将新增加的VDU划分至第一网络切片实例所使用的网络资源所属的资源组中。Specifically, the second management function unit determines that the VDU needs to be added to the second VNF according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, and the second management function unit divides the newly added VDU into the network resource used by the first network slice instance. In the resource group.
如果第二管理功能单元根据第二VNF对应的需求信息确定需要释放第二VNF对应的一个或者多个VDU中的VDU，则将需要释放的VDU从第一网络切片实例所使用的网络资源所属的资源组中删除。或者确定需要释放某个VNF实例，则需要释放的VNF实例对应的VDU从第一网络切片实例所使用的网络资源所属的资源组中删除。If the second management function unit determines that the VDU in the one or more VDUs corresponding to the second VNF needs to be released according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, the VDU to be released from the network resource used by the first network slice instance belongs to Deleted in the resource group. If the VNF instance needs to be released, the VDU corresponding to the released VNF instance is deleted from the resource group to which the network resource used by the first network slice instance belongs.
或，另一种示例，本申请提供的方法还包括：Or, as another example, the method provided by the present application further includes:
S221、第二管理功能单元获取的一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源。S221. The resource corresponding to one or more VNF instances acquired by the second management function unit.
S222、在一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源中存在任一个VNF实例对应的资源大于第一阈值，则第二管理功能单元确定任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息。S222: If the resource corresponding to any one of the VNF instances is greater than the first threshold, the second management function unit determines information about the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the VNF instance belongs.
其中，一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源可以为：虚拟CPU，虚拟内存，虚拟存储或虚拟网络，在一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源中存在任一个VNF实例对应的资源大于第一阈值时，第二管理功能单元会触发VNF实例的扩容或者缩容。第二管理功能单元在扩容或者缩容时需要确定达到扩容或者缩容门限的VDU所属的资源组，并对达到扩容或者缩容门限的VDU所属的资源组中的VDU进行扩容或者缩容。The resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances may be: a virtual CPU, a virtual memory, a virtual storage, or a virtual network. When the resource corresponding to any one of the VNF instances is greater than the first threshold, the resource corresponding to the VNF instance is greater than the first threshold. The second management function unit triggers the expansion or contraction of the VNF instance. The capacity of the VDU to which the VDU of the VDU is to be expanded or reduced is expanded or reduced.
S223、第二管理功能单元更新任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息关联的资源组中一个或者多个虚拟资源单元。S223. The second management function unit updates one or more virtual resource units in the resource group associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any one of the VNF instances belongs.
上述主要从各个网元之间交互的角度对本申请实施例提供的方案进行了介绍。可以理解的是，各个网元，例如第一管理功能单元、第二管理功能单元，为了实现上述功能，其包含了执行各个功能相应的硬件结构和/或软件模块。本领域技术人员应该很容易意识到，结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的各示例的单元及算法步骤，本申请能够以硬件或硬件和计算机软件的结合形式来实现。某个功能究竟以硬件还是计算机软件驱动硬件的方式来执行，取决于技术方案的特定应用和设计约束条件。专业技术人员可以对每个特定的应用来使用不同方法来实现所描述的功能，但是这种实现不应认为超出本申请的范围。The solution provided by the embodiment of the present application is mainly introduced from the perspective of interaction between the network elements. It can be understood that each network element, for example, the first management function unit and the second management function unit, in order to implement the above functions, includes hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to each function. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the present application can be implemented in a combination of hardware or hardware and computer software in combination with the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is implemented in hardware or computer software to drive hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present application.
本申请实施例可以根据上述方法示例对第一管理功能单元、第二管理功能单元进行功能模块的划分，例如，可以对应各个功能划分各个功能模块，也可以将两个或两个以上的功能集成在一个处理模块中。上述集成的模块既可以采用硬件的形式实现，也可以采用软件功能模块的形式实现。需要说明的是，本申请实施例中对模块的划分是示意性的，仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分，实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式。下面以采用对应各个功能划分各个功能模块为例进行说明：The embodiment of the present application may divide the function module by using the first management function unit and the second management function unit according to the foregoing method example. For example, each function module may be divided according to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated. In a processing module. The above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of the module in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and the actual implementation may have another division manner. The following is an example of dividing each functional module by using corresponding functions:
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图14示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第一管理功能单元的一种可能的结构示意图。第一管理功能单元包括：接收单元101、确定单元102。其中，接收单元101用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S101、S105；确定单元102用于 支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S102、S106、S107、S108、S109以及S110。此外，第一管理功能单元还可以包括发送单元103，该发送单元103用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S103、S104。上述方法实施例涉及的各步骤的所有相关内容均可以援引到对应功能模块的功能描述，在此不再赘述。In the case of employing an integrated unit, FIG. 14 shows a possible structural diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment. The first management function unit includes: a receiving unit 101 and a determining unit 102. The receiving unit 101 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S101 and S105 in the foregoing embodiment. The determining unit 102 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S102, S106, S107, and S108 in the foregoing embodiment. S109 and S110. Furthermore, the first management function unit may further include a transmitting unit 103 for supporting the first management function unit to perform steps S103, S104 in the above embodiment. All the related content of the steps involved in the foregoing method embodiments may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional modules, and details are not described herein again.
在采用硬件实现的基础上，本申请中的发送单元103可以为第一管理功能单元的发送器，接收单元101可以为第一管理功能单元的接收器，该发送器通常可以和接收器集成在一起用作收发器，具体的收发器还可以称为通信接口或收发电路，确定单元102可以集成在第一管理功能单元的处理器上。On the basis of hardware implementation, the sending unit 103 in the present application may be a transmitter of the first management function unit, and the receiving unit 101 may be a receiver of the first management function unit, and the transmitter may be integrated with the receiver. Used together as a transceiver, the specific transceiver may also be referred to as a communication interface or transceiver circuit, and the determination unit 102 may be integrated on the processor of the first management function unit.
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图15示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第一管理功能单元的一种可能的逻辑结构示意图。第一管理功能单元包括：处理模块112和通信模块113。处理模块112用于对第一管理功能单元的动作进行控制管理，例如，处理模块112用于执行在第一管理功能单元侧进行消息或数据处理的步骤，例如，支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S102、S106、S107、S108、S109以及S110；通信模块113用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S101、S103、S204以及S105。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。可选的，第一管理功能单元还可以包括存储模块111，用于存储第一管理功能单元的程序代码和数据。In the case of employing an integrated unit, FIG. 15 shows a possible logical structure diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment. The first management function unit includes a processing module 112 and a communication module 113. The processing module 112 is configured to perform control management on the actions of the first management function unit. For example, the processing module 112 is configured to perform a step of performing message or data processing on the first management function unit side, for example, supporting the first management function unit to perform the foregoing. Steps S102, S106, S107, S108, S109, and S110 in the embodiment; the communication module 113 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S101, S103, S204, and S105 in the above embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein. Optionally, the first management function unit may further include a storage module 111, configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit.
其中，处理模块112可以是处理器或控制器，例如可以是中央处理器单元，通用处理器，数字信号处理器，专用集成电路，现场可编程门阵列或者其他可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件、硬件部件或者其任意组合。其可以实现或执行结合本发明公开内容所描述的各种示例性的逻辑方框，模块和电路。处理器也可以是实现计算功能的组合，例如包含一个或多个微处理器组合，数字信号处理器和微处理器的组合等等。通信模块113可以是收发器、收发电路或通信接口等。存储模块111可以是存储器。The processing module 112 may be a processor or a controller, such as a central processing unit, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, Hardware components or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, and the like. The communication module 113 can be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, a communication interface, or the like. The storage module 111 can be a memory.
当处理模块112为处理器120，通信模块113为通信接口130或收发器时，存储模块111为存储器140时，本申请所涉及的第一管理功能单元可以为图16所示的设备。When the processing module 112 is the processor 120, the communication module 113 is the communication interface 130 or the transceiver, and the storage module 111 is the memory 140, the first management function unit involved in the present application may be the device shown in FIG.
其中，通信接口130、至少一个处理器120以及存储器140通过总线110相互连接；总线110可以是PCI总线或EISA总线等。总线可以分为地址总线、数据总线、控制总线等。为便于表示，图16中仅用一条粗线表示，但并不表示仅有一根总线或一种类型的总线。其中，存储器140用于存储第一管理功能单元的程序代码和数据。通信接口130用于支持第一管理功能单元与其他设备(例如，第二管理功能单元)通信，处理器120用于支持第一管理功能单元执行存储器140中存储的程序代码和数据以实现本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法。The communication interface 130, the at least one processor 120, and the memory 140 are mutually connected by a bus 110; the bus 110 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus or the like. The bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in Figure 16, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus. The memory 140 is configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit. The communication interface 130 is configured to support the first management function unit to communicate with other devices (eg, the second management function unit), and the processor 120 is configured to support the first management function unit to execute the program code and data stored in the memory 140 to implement the present application. A method of managing virtual resources is provided.
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图17示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第一管理功能单元的一种可能的结构示意图。第一管理功能单元包括：确定单元201、发送单元202以及接收单元203。其中，确定单元201用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S201、S217、S218；发送单元202用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S202、S210、S213；接收单元203用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S205。此外，和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其它过程。上述方法实施例涉及的各步骤的所有相关内容均可以援引到对应功能模块的功能描述，在此不再赘述。In the case of employing an integrated unit, FIG. 17 shows a possible structural diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment. The first management function unit includes a determining unit 201, a transmitting unit 202, and a receiving unit 203. The determining unit 201 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S201, S217, and S218 in the foregoing embodiment; the sending unit 202 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform steps S202, S210, and S213 in the foregoing embodiment; The receiving unit 203 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform step S205 in the above embodiment. In addition, and/or other processes for the techniques described herein. All the related content of the steps involved in the foregoing method embodiments may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional modules, and details are not described herein again.
在采用硬件实现的基础上，本申请中的接收单元203可以为第一管理功能单元的接收器， 发送单元202可以为第一管理功能单元的发送器，该发送器通常可以和第一管理功能单元的接收器集成在一起用作收发器，具体的收发器还可以称为通信接口，或收发电路，此外确定单元201可以集成在第一管理功能单元的处理器上。On the basis of hardware implementation, the receiving unit 203 in the present application may be a receiver of the first management function unit, and the sending unit 202 may be a transmitter of the first management function unit, and the transmitter may generally be combined with the first management function. The receivers of the units are integrated for use as transceivers, and the specific transceivers may also be referred to as communication interfaces, or transceiver circuits, and further the determination unit 201 may be integrated on the processor of the first management function unit.
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图18示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第一管理功能单元的一种可能的逻辑结构示意图。第一管理功能单元，包括：处理模块212和通信模块213。处理模块212用于对第一管理功能单元的动作进行控制管理，例如，处理模块212用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中在第一管理功能单元侧进行消息或数据处理的操作，例如，执行上述实施例中的步骤S201、S217、S218；通信模块213用于支持第一管理功能单元执行上述实施例中在第一管理功能单元侧进行消息或数据接收和发送的操作，例如，上述实施例中的步骤S202、S210、S213以及S205。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。In the case of employing an integrated unit, FIG. 18 shows a possible logical structure diagram of the first management function unit involved in the above embodiment. The first management function unit includes: a processing module 212 and a communication module 213. The processing module 212 is configured to control and manage the action of the first management function unit. For example, the processing module 212 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform the operation of performing message or data processing on the first management function unit side in the foregoing embodiment. For example, the steps S201, S217, and S218 in the foregoing embodiment are performed; the communication module 213 is configured to support the first management function unit to perform an operation of receiving messages and data on the first management function unit side in the foregoing embodiment, for example, Steps S202, S210, S213, and S205 in the above embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
可选的，第一管理功能单元还可以包括存储模块211，用于存储第一管理功能单元的程序代码和数据。Optionally, the first management function unit may further include a storage module 211, configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit.
其中，处理模块212可以是处理器或控制器，例如可以是中央处理器单元，通用处理器，数字信号处理器，专用集成电路，现场可编程门阵列或者其他可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件、硬件部件或者其任意组合。其可以实现或执行结合本发明公开内容所描述的各种示例性的逻辑方框，模块和电路。处理器也可以是实现计算功能的组合，例如包含一个或多个微处理器组合，数字信号处理器和微处理器的组合等等。通信模块213可以是收发器、收发电路或通信接口等。存储模块211可以是存储器。The processing module 212 can be a processor or a controller, for example, a central processing unit, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, Hardware components or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, and the like. The communication module 213 can be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, a communication interface, or the like. The storage module 211 can be a memory.
当处理模块212为处理器220，通信模块213为通信接口230或收发器时，存储模块211为存储器210时，本申请所涉及的第一管理功能单元可以为图19所示的设备。When the processing module 212 is the processor 220, the communication module 213 is the communication interface 230 or the transceiver, and the storage module 211 is the memory 210, the first management function unit involved in the present application may be the device shown in FIG.
其中，通信接口230、至少一个处理器220以及存储器210通过总线200相互连接；总线200可以是PCI总线或EISA总线等。总线可以分为地址总线、数据总线、控制总线等。为便于表示，图19中仅用一条粗线表示，但并不表示仅有一根总线或一种类型的总线。其中，存储器210用于存储第一管理功能单元的程序代码和数据。通信接口230用于支持第一管理功能单元与其他设备(例如，第二管理功能单元)通信，处理器220用于支持第一管理功能单元执行存储器210中存储的程序代码和数据以实现本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法。The communication interface 230, the at least one processor 220, and the memory 210 are connected to each other through a bus 200. The bus 200 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus or the like. The bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in Figure 19, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus. The memory 210 is configured to store program codes and data of the first management function unit. The communication interface 230 is configured to support the first management function unit to communicate with other devices (eg, the second management function unit), and the processor 220 is configured to support the first management function unit to execute the program code and data stored in the memory 210 to implement the present application. A method of managing virtual resources is provided.
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图20示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第二管理功能单元的一种可能的结构示意图。第二管理功能单元包括：接收单元301、确定单元302以及发送单元303。其中，接收单元301用于支持第二管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S203以及S207、S211、S214以及S219；确定单元302用于支持第二管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S209、S215以及S221、S222，发送单元303用于支持第二管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S204、S216。此外，还包括：处理单元304以及更新单元305，其中，处理单元304用于支持第二管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S208、S212，更新单元305用于支持第二管理功能单元执行上述实施例中的步骤S220以及S223。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其它过程。上述方法实施例涉及的各步骤的所有相关内容均可以援引到对应功能模块的功能描述，在此不再赘述。In the case of employing an integrated unit, FIG. 20 shows a possible structural diagram of the second management function unit involved in the above embodiment. The second management function unit includes a receiving unit 301, a determining unit 302, and a transmitting unit 303. The receiving unit 301 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform steps S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219 in the foregoing embodiment. The determining unit 302 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform step S209 in the foregoing embodiment. S215 and S221, S222, the sending unit 303 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform steps S204 and S216 in the foregoing embodiment. In addition, the processing unit 304 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform steps S208 and S212 in the foregoing embodiment, and the update unit 305 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform the above. Steps S220 and S223 in the embodiment. And/or other processes for the techniques described herein. All the related content of the steps involved in the foregoing method embodiments may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional modules, and details are not described herein again.
在采用硬件实现的基础上，本申请中的接收单元301可以为第二管理功能单元的接收器， 发送单元303可以为第二管理功能单元的发送器，该接收器通常可以和第二管理功能单元的发送器集成在一起用作收发器，具体的收发器还可以称为通信接口或收发电路，确定单元302以及处理单元304以及更新单元305可以集成在第二管理功能单元的处理器。On the basis of hardware implementation, the receiving unit 301 in the present application may be a receiver of the second management function unit, and the sending unit 303 may be a transmitter of the second management function unit, and the receiver may generally be associated with the second management function. The transmitters of the units are integrated for use as transceivers. The specific transceivers may also be referred to as communication interfaces or transceiver circuits. The determination unit 302 and the processing unit 304 and the update unit 305 may be integrated in the processor of the second management function unit.
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图21示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第二管理功能单元的一种可能的逻辑结构示意图。第二管理功能单元包括：处理模块312和通信模块313。处理模块312用于对第二管理功能单元的动作进行控制管理，例如，处理模块312用于支持第二管理功能单元执行上述实施例中在第二管理功能单元侧进行消息或数据处理的操作，例如，上述实施例中的步骤S209、S215以及S221、S222、S208、S212、S220以及S223；通信模块313用于支持第二管理功能单元执行上述实施例中在第二管理功能单元侧进行消息或数据接收或发送的操作，例如，上述实施例中的步骤S203以及S207、S211、S214以及S219、S204、S216。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第二管理功能单元执行的过程。In the case of employing an integrated unit, FIG. 21 shows a possible logical structure diagram of the second management function unit involved in the above embodiment. The second management function unit includes a processing module 312 and a communication module 313. The processing module 312 is configured to control and control the action of the second management function unit. For example, the processing module 312 is configured to support the second management function unit to perform the operation of performing message or data processing on the second management function unit side in the foregoing embodiment. For example, the steps S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220, and S223 in the above embodiment are used to support the second management function unit to perform the message on the second management function unit side in the above embodiment or The operation of data reception or transmission is, for example, steps S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204, and S216 in the above embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
可选的，第二管理功能单元还可以包括存储模块311，用于存储第二管理功能单元的程序代码和数据。Optionally, the second management function unit may further include a storage module 311, configured to store program codes and data of the second management function unit.
其中，处理模块312可以是处理器或控制器，例如可以是中央处理器单元，通用处理器，数字信号处理器，专用集成电路，现场可编程门阵列或者其他可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件、硬件部件或者其任意组合。其可以实现或执行结合本发明公开内容所描述的各种示例性的逻辑方框，模块和电路。处理器也可以是实现计算功能的组合，例如包含一个或多个微处理器组合，数字信号处理器和微处理器的组合等等。通信模块313可以是收发器、收发电路或通信接口等。存储模块311可以是存储器。The processing module 312 can be a processor or a controller, such as a central processing unit, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, Hardware components or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, and the like. The communication module 313 can be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, a communication interface, or the like. The storage module 311 can be a memory.
当处理模块312为处理器320，通信模块313为通信接口330或收发器时，存储模块311为存储器310时，本申请所涉及的第二管理功能单元可以为图22所示的设备。When the processing module 312 is the processor 320, the communication module 313 is the communication interface 330 or the transceiver, and the storage module 311 is the memory 310, the second management function unit involved in the present application may be the device shown in FIG.
其中，通信接口330、至少一个处理器320以及存储器310通过总线300相互连接；总线300可以是PCI总线或EISA总线等。总线可以分为地址总线、数据总线、控制总线等。为便于表示，图22中仅用一条粗线表示，但并不表示仅有一根总线或一种类型的总线。其中，存储器310用于存储第二管理功能单元的程序代码和数据。通信接口330用于支持第二管理功能单元与其他设备(例如，第一管理功能单元)通信，处理器320用于支持第二管理功能单元执行存储器310中存储的程序代码和数据以实现本申请提供的一种管理虚拟资源的方法。The communication interface 330, the at least one processor 320, and the memory 310 are connected to each other through a bus 300. The bus 300 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus or the like. The bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 22, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus. The memory 310 is configured to store program codes and data of the second management function unit. The communication interface 330 is configured to support the second management function unit to communicate with other devices (eg, the first management function unit), and the processor 320 is configured to support the second management function unit to execute the program code and data stored in the memory 310 to implement the present application. A method of managing virtual resources is provided.
以上接收单元(或用于接收的单元)是一种该装置的接口电路，用于从其它装置接收信号。例如，当该装置以芯片的方式实现时，该接收单元是该芯片用于从其它芯片或装置接收信号的接口电路。以上发送单元(或用于发送的单元)是一种该装置的接口电路，用于向其它装置发送信号。例如，当该装置以芯片的方式实现时，该发送单元是该芯片用于向其它芯片或装置发送信号的接口电路。The above receiving unit (or unit for receiving) is an interface circuit of the device for receiving signals from other devices. For example, when the device is implemented in a chip, the receiving unit is an interface circuit for the chip to receive signals from other chips or devices. The above transmitting unit (or unit for transmitting) is an interface circuit of the device for transmitting signals to other devices. For example, when the device is implemented in a chip, the transmitting unit is an interface circuit for transmitting signals to other chips or devices.
图23是本发明实施例提供的芯片***150的结构示意图。芯片***150包括至少一个处理器1510和接口电路1530。FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip system 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The chip system 150 includes at least one processor 1510 and interface circuitry 1530.
可选的，该芯片***150还包括存储器1540，存储器1540可以包括只读存储器和随机存取存储器，并向处理器1510提供操作指令和数据。存储器1540的一部分还可以包括非易失性随机存取存储器(non-volatile random access memory，NVRAM)。Optionally, the chip system 150 further includes a memory 1540, which may include a read only memory and a random access memory, and provides operating instructions and data to the processor 1510. A portion of the memory 1540 may also include a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM).
在一些实施方式中，存储器1540存储了如下的元素，可执行模块或者数据结构，或者他 们的子集，或者他们的扩展集：In some embodiments, memory 1540 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset of them, or their extension set:
在本发明实施例中，通过调用存储器1540存储的操作指令(该操作指令可存储在操作***中)，执行相应的操作。In the embodiment of the present invention, the corresponding operation is performed by calling an operation instruction stored in the memory 1540 (which can be stored in the operating system).
一种可能的实现方式为：第一管理功能单元，第二管理功能单元所用的芯片***的结构类似，不同的装置可以使用不同的芯片***以实现各自的功能。One possible implementation manner is: the first management function unit, the chip system used by the second management function unit has a similar structure, and different devices can use different chip systems to implement respective functions.
处理器1510控制第一管理功能单元，第二管理功能单元的操作，处理器1510还可以称为CPU(central processing unit，中央处理单元)。存储器1540可以包括只读存储器和随机存取存储器，并向处理器1510提供指令和数据。存储器1540的一部分还可以包括非易失性随机存取存储器(NVRAM)。具体的应用中存储器1540、接口电路1530以及存储器1540通过总线***1520耦合在一起，其中总线***1520除包括数据总线之外，还可以包括电源总线、控制总线和状态信号总线等。但是为了清楚说明起见，在图23中将各种总线都标为总线***1520。The processor 1510 controls the operation of the first management function unit and the second management function unit. The processor 1510 may also be referred to as a CPU (central processing unit). Memory 1540 can include read only memory and random access memory and provides instructions and data to processor 1510. A portion of memory 1540 may also include non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM). In a specific application, the memory 1540, the interface circuit 1530, and the memory 1540 are coupled together by a bus system 1520. The bus system 1520 may include a power bus, a control bus, a status signal bus, and the like in addition to the data bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as bus system 1520 in FIG.
上述本发明实施例揭示的方法可以应用于处理器1510中，或者由处理器1510实现。处理器1510可能是一种集成电路芯片，具有信号的处理能力。在实现过程中，上述方法的各步骤可以通过处理器1510中的硬件的集成逻辑电路或者软件形式的指令完成。上述的处理器1510可以是通用处理器、数字信号处理器(digital signal processing，DSP)、专用集成电路(application specific integrated circuit，ASIC)、现成可编程门阵列(field-programmable gate array，FPGA)或者其他可编程逻辑器件、分立门或者晶体管逻辑器件、分立硬件组件。可以实现或者执行本发明实施例中的公开的各方法、步骤及逻辑框图。通用处理器可以是微处理器或者该处理器也可以是任何常规的处理器等。结合本发明实施例所公开的方法的步骤可以直接体现为硬件译码处理器执行完成，或者用译码处理器中的硬件及软件模块组合执行完成。软件模块可以位于随机存储器，闪存、只读存储器，可编程只读存储器或者电可擦写可编程存储器、寄存器等本领域成熟的存储介质中。该存储介质位于存储器1540，处理器1510读取存储器1540中的信息，结合其硬件完成上述方法的步骤。The method disclosed in the foregoing embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the processor 1510 or implemented by the processor 1510. The processor 1510 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the foregoing method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1510 or an instruction in a form of software. The processor 1510 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processing (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or Other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. The methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented or carried out. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented by the hardware decoding processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like. The storage medium is located in the memory 1540, and the processor 1510 reads the information in the memory 1540 and performs the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
可选地，接口电路1530用于执行图4、图5、图6、图7、图8、图9、图10、图11、图12以及图13所示的实施例中的第一管理功能单元，第二管理功能单元的接收和发送的步骤。Optionally, the interface circuit 1530 is configured to perform the first management function in the embodiments shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. The unit, the second management function unit receives and transmits the steps.
处理器1510用于执行图4、图5、图6、图7、图8、图9、图10、图11、图12以及图13所示的实施例中的第一管理功能单元，第二管理功能单元的处理的步骤。The processor 1510 is configured to execute the first management function unit in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. The steps of managing the processing of functional units.
在上述实施例中，存储器存储的供处理器执行的指令可以以计算机程序产品的形式实现。计算机程序产品可以是事先写入在存储器中，也可以是以软件形式下载并安装在存储器中。In the above embodiments, the instructions stored by the memory for execution by the processor may be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product may be written in the memory in advance, or may be downloaded in software and installed in the memory.
计算机程序产品包括一个或多个计算机指令。在计算机上加载和执行计算机程序指令时，全部或部分地产生按照本申请实施例的流程或功能。计算机可以是通用计算机、专用计算机、计算机网络、或者其他可编程装置。计算机指令可以存储在计算机可读存储介质中，或者从一个计算机可读存储介质向另一计算机可读存储介质传输，例如，计算机指令可以从一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心通过有线(例如同轴电缆、光纤、数字用户线(DSL))或无线(例如红外、无线、微波等)方式向另一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心进行传输。计算机可读存储介质可以是计算机能够存储的任何可用介质或者是包含一个或多个可用介质集成的服务器、数据中心等数据存储设备。可用介质可以是磁性介质，(例如，软盘、 硬盘、磁带)、光介质(例如，DVD)、或者半导体介质(例如固态硬盘solid state disk，SSD)等。A computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions in accordance with embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transferred from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, computer instructions can be wired from a website site, computer, server or data center (eg, Coax, fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL) or wireless (eg, infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) is transmitted to another website, computer, server, or data center. The computer readable storage medium can be any available media that can be stored by the computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, or the like that includes one or more available media. Useful media can be magnetic media (eg, floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape), optical media (eg, DVD), or semiconductor media (eg, solid state disk, SSD), and the like.
一方面，提供一种计算机存储介质，计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第一管理功能单元执行实施例中的S101、S103、S104以及S105、S102、S106、S107、S108、S109以及S110。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。In one aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, wherein instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to execute S101, S103, S104 and S105, S102, S106, S107 in the embodiment , S108, S109, and S110. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
又一方面，提供一种计算机存储介质，计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第一管理功能单元执行实施例中的步骤S201、S217、S218、S202、S210、S213以及S205。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。In still another aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, wherein instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to perform steps S201, S217, S218, S202, S210, and S213 in the embodiment. And S205. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
另一方面，提供一种计算机存储介质，计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第二管理功能单元执行实施例中的S203以及S207、S211、S214以及S219、S204、S216、S209、S215以及S221、S222、S208、S212、S220以及S223。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第二管理功能单元执行的过程。In another aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, wherein instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed, causing the second management function unit to execute S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204 in the embodiment, S216, S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220 and S223. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
一方面，提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，计算机程序产品中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第一管理功能单元执行实施例中的S101、S103、S104以及S105、S102、S106、S107、S108、S109以及S110。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。In one aspect, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product storing instructions, when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to execute S101, S103, S104 and S105, S102, S106 in the embodiment, S107, S108, S109, and S110. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
又一方面，提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，计算机程序产品中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第一管理功能单元执行实施例中的步骤S201、S217、S218、S202、S210、S213以及S205。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。In another aspect, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product storing instructions, when the instructions are executed, causing the first management function unit to perform steps S201, S217, S218, S202, S210 in the embodiment, S213 and S205. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
另一方面，提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，计算机程序产品中存储有指令，当指令被运行时，使得第二管理功能单元执行实施例中的S203以及S207、S211、S214以及S219、S204、S216、S209、S215以及S221、S222、S208、S212、S220以及S223。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第二管理功能单元执行的过程。In another aspect, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product storing instructions, when the instructions are executed, causing the second management function unit to execute S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204 in the embodiment. S216, S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220 and S223. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
一方面，提供一种芯片，该芯片应用于第一管理功能单元中，芯片***包括至少一个处理器和接口电路，接口电路和至少一个处理器通过线路互联，处理器用于运行指令，以执行实施例中的S101、S103、S104以及S105、S102、S106、S107、S108、S109以及S110。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。In one aspect, a chip is provided, the chip being applied to a first management functional unit, the chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit and the at least one processor are interconnected by a line, and the processor is configured to execute an instruction to perform the implementation In the example, S101, S103, S104 and S105, S102, S106, S107, S108, S109 and S110. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
又一方面，提供一种芯片，该芯片应用于第一管理功能单元中，芯片***包括至少一个处理器和接口电路，接口电路和至少一个处理器通过线路互联，处理器用于运行指令，以执行实施例中实施例中的步骤S201、S217、S218、S202、S210、S213以及S205。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第一管理功能单元执行的过程。In still another aspect, a chip is provided, the chip being applied to a first management function unit, the chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit and the at least one processor are interconnected by a line, and the processor is configured to execute an instruction to execute Steps S201, S217, S218, S202, S210, S213, and S205 in the embodiment in the embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein. And/or other processes performed by the first management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
另一方面，提供一种芯片，该芯片应用于第二管理功能单元中，芯片***包括至少一个处理器和接口电路，接口电路和至少一个处理器通过线路互联，处理器用于运行指令，以执行实施例中的S203以及S207、S211、S214以及S219、S204、S216、S209、S215以及S221、S222、S208、S212、S220以及S223。和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其他由第二管理功能单元执行的过程。In another aspect, a chip is provided, the chip being applied to a second management function unit, the chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit and the at least one processor are interconnected by a line, and the processor is configured to execute an instruction to execute S203 and S207, S211, S214, and S219, S204, S216, S209, S215 and S221, S222, S208, S212, S220, and S223 in the embodiment. And/or other processes performed by the second management functional unit for the techniques described herein.
此外，本申请还提供一种NFV***，该业务分流的***包括如图14-图16所示的第一管 理功能单元，图17-图19所示的第一管理功能单元，图20-图22所示的第二管理功能单元以及第三管理功能单元。In addition, the present application further provides an NFV system, which includes a first management function unit as shown in FIGS. 14-16, and a first management function unit shown in FIG. 17-19, FIG. 20- The second management function unit and the third management function unit shown in FIG.
本领域普通技术人员可以意识到，结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的各示例的单元及算法步骤，能够以电子硬件、或者计算机软件和电子硬件的结合来实现。这些功能究竟以硬件还是软件方式来执行，取决于技术方案的特定应用和设计约束条件。专业技术人员可以对每个特定的应用来使用不同方法来实现所描述的功能，但是这种实现不应认为超出本申请的范围。Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present application.
所属领域的技术人员可以清楚地了解到，为描述的方便和简洁，上述描述的***、装置和单元的具体工作过程，可以参考前述方法实施例中的对应过程，在此不再赘述。A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
在本申请所提供的几个实施例中，应该理解到，所揭露的***、装置和方法，可以通过其它的方式实现。例如，以上所描述的装置实施例仅仅是示意性的，例如，单元的划分，仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分，实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式，例如多个单元或组件可以结合或者可以集成到另一个***，或一些特征可以忽略，或不执行。另一点，所显示或讨论的相互之间的耦合或直接耦合或通信连接可以是通过一些接口，装置或单元的间接耦合或通信连接，可以是电性，机械或其它的形式。In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of cells is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated. Go to another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
作为分离部件说明的单元可以是或者也可以不是物理上分开的，作为单元显示的部件可以是或者也可以不是物理单元，即可以位于一个地方，或者也可以分布到多个网络单元上。可以根据实际的需要选择其中的部分或者全部单元来实现本实施例方案的目的。The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
另外，在本申请各个实施例中的各功能单元可以集成在一个处理单元中，也可以是各个单元单独物理存在，也可以两个或两个以上单元集成在一个单元中。In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
功能如果以软件功能单元的形式实现并作为独立的产品销售或使用时，可以存储在一个计算机可读取存储介质中。基于这样的理解，本申请的技术方案本质上或者说对现有技术做出贡献的部分或者该技术方案的部分可以以软件产品的形式体现出来，该计算机软件产品存储在一个存储介质中，包括若干指令用以使得一台计算机设备(可以是个人计算机，服务器，或者网络设备等)执行本申请各个实施例方法的全部或部分步骤。而前述的存储介质包括：U盘、移动硬盘、只读存储器(ROM，Read-Only Memory)、随机存取存储器(RAM，Random Access Memory)、磁碟或者光盘等各种可以存储程序代码的介质。Functionality, if implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, can be stored on a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, or a part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium, including The instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the various embodiments of the present application. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like. .
以上，仅为本申请的具体实施方式，但本申请的保护范围并不局限于此，任何熟悉本技术领域的技术人员在本申请揭露的技术范围内，可轻易想到变化或替换，都应涵盖在本申请的保护范围之内。因此，本申请的保护范围应以权利要求的保护范围为准。The above is only a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, and should cover Within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be determined by the scope of protection of the claims.

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  1. 一种管理虚拟资源的方法，其特征在于，包括：A method for managing virtual resources, comprising:
    第一管理功能单元接收第一消息，所述第一消息用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的虚拟网络功能VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息，所述虚拟资源单元的信息用于确定所述虚拟资源单元使用的虚拟资源VR，其中，所述虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；The first management function unit receives a first message, where the first message is used to determine information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the virtual network function VNF instance corresponding to the first network slice instance, where the information of the virtual resource unit is used by Determining a virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, where the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据所述第一消息，确定所述第一网络切片实例的信息与所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系。The first management function unit determines, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance.
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：The method of claim 1 further comprising:
    所述第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，所述第一请求消息用于请求上报所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，所述第一请求消息包括所述VNF实例的信息或虚拟资源单元列表，所述虚拟资源单元列表包括所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息中属于所述第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息；The first management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report the VR measurement belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance. Data, the first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance belonging to the first network Information of at least one virtual resource unit of the slice instance;
    所述第一管理功能单元接收所述第二管理功能单元针对所述第一请求消息发送的第二消息；The first management function unit receives a second message that is sent by the second management function unit for the first request message;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据所述第二消息确定所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。The first management function unit determines, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  3. 根据权利要求2所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:
    所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及所述第一网络切片实例和所述第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据，所述网络资源为虚拟资源单元或所述VNF实例；Determining, by the first management function unit, a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。The first management function unit is based on a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, Determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  4. 根据权利要求3所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，包括：The method according to claim 3, wherein the first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, including:
    所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；The first management function unit determines a single network slice selection assistance information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and a service indicator of the network resource The S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；Determining, by the first management function unit, the network resource according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource. Service performance measurement results of respective S-NSSAIs in the S-NSSAI set;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。The first management function unit determines the first according to a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set. The service performance measurement result of the network slice instance and the service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
  5. 根据权利要求1-4任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，第一管理功能单元确定共享的网络资源，包括：The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first management function unit determines the shared network resource, including:
    所述第一管理功能单元确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；或，所述第一管理功能单元确定对所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时，使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。The first management function unit determines that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance performs the network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource and the first Corresponding to the network slice instance outside the network slice instance, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource; or the first management function unit determines a network other than the first network slice instance The first management function unit determines that the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource, when the network instance virtual network NFV is deployed, and the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is used.
  6. 一种管理虚拟资源的方法，其特征在于，包括：A method for managing virtual resources, comprising:
    第一管理功能单元确定标识信息，所述标识信息用于标识第二管理功能单元为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，所述虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；The first management function unit determines identification information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated by the second management function unit for the first network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes a virtual deployment unit VDU and At least one item in the virtual resource container;
    所述第一管理功能单元向所述第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，所述第一请求消息中包括所述标识信息，所述第一请求消息用于请求所述第二管理功能单元上报所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据；The first management function unit sends a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes the identifier information, where the first request message is used to request the second management function unit And reporting virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information;
    所述第一管理功能单元接收所述第二管理功能单元发送的所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。The first management function unit receives virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information sent by the second management function unit.
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例具有共享的网络资源，所述第一管理功能单元向所述第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息之前，所述方法还包括：第一管理功能单元向第三管理功能单元发送：所述标识信息，所述网络资源的信息，所述网络资源为VNF实例或虚拟资源单元。The method according to claim 6, wherein the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have shared network resources, and the first management function unit sends the first to the second management function unit. Before the request message, the method further includes: the first management function unit sends: the identifier information, the information about the network resource, the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit, to the third management function unit.
  8. 根据权利要求6或7所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the method further comprises:
    所述第一管理功能单元向第二管理功能单元发送第二请求消息，所述第二请求消息包括共享的网络资源的信息和标识信息，所述第二请求消息请求所述第二管理功能单元上报共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。The first management function unit sends a second request message to the second management function unit, where the second request message includes information of shared network resources and identification information, and the second request message requests the second management function unit VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource is reported.
  9. 根据权利要求6-8任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：The method of any of claims 6-8, wherein the method further comprises:
    所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及所述第一网络切片实例和所述第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据；Determining, by the first management function unit, a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance VR measurement data corresponding to the shared network resource;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。The first management function unit is based on a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, Determining VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  10. 根据权利要求9所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，包括：The method according to claim 9, wherein the first management function unit determines a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, including:
    所述第一管理功能单元确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；The first management function unit determines a single network slice selection assistance information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and an S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and a service indicator of the network resource, where The S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；Determining, by the first management function unit, the network resource according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource. Service performance measurement results of respective S-NSSAIs in the S-NSSAI set;
    所述第一管理功能单元根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。The first management function unit determines the first according to a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set. The service performance measurement result of the network slice instance and the service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
  11. 根据权利要求7-10任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，第一管理功能单元确定网络资源为共享的网络资源，包括：The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource, and includes:
    所述第一管理功能单元确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例以外网络切片实例进行网络功能虚拟化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；The first management function unit determines that the network resource has a newly added virtual resource when the network slice instance performs the network function virtualization NFV deployment, and the newly added virtual resource and the first Corresponding to the network slice instance other than the network slice instance, the first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource;
    或，所述第一管理功能单元请求对所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例进行NFV部署时使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的为共享的网络资源。Or, the first management function unit requests to use the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance when performing network NFV deployment on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, and then determining that the first network slice instance corresponds to For shared network resources.
  12. 一种管理虚拟资源的方法，其特征在于，包括：A method for managing virtual resources, comprising:
    第二管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息，所述第一请求消息中包括标识信息，所述第一请求消息用于请求所述第二管理功能单元上报所述标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据；The second management function unit receives the first request message sent by the first management function unit, where the first request message includes the identifier information, where the first request message is used to request the second management function unit to report the identifier information. Virtual network VR measurement data of the associated first network slice instance;
    所述第二管理功能单元根据所述第一请求消息，以及一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系，确定所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据，其中，所述虚拟资源单元包括：虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；Determining, by the second management function unit, the first network slice associated with the identifier information according to the first request message, and an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances and the identifier information The virtual network VR measurement data of the example, wherein the virtual resource unit comprises: at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container;
    所述第二管理功能单元向所述第一管理功能单元发送所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。The second management function unit sends the virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information to the first management function unit.
  13. 根据权利要求12所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第二管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息之前，所述方法还包括：The method according to claim 12, wherein before the second management function unit receives the first request message sent by the first management function unit, the method further includes:
    所述第二管理功能单元接收第三管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息，所述第二请求消息包括标识信息以及第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数；所述标识信息用于标识为所述第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；The second management function unit receives a second request message sent by the third management function unit, where the second request message includes the identifier information and the deployment parameter of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance; the identifier information Means identifying one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance;
    所述第二管理功能单元将根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数确定的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中；The second management function unit divides the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances determined according to the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance into one or more resource groups;
    所述第二管理功能单元将所述一个或者多个资源组与所述标识信息关联，以确定一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系。The second management function unit associates the one or more resource groups with the identification information to determine an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances and the identification information.
  14. 根据权利要求12或13所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例，所述方法还包括：所述第二管理功能单元接收第一VNF实例的信息或者第一虚拟资源单元的信息，以及所述标识信息，所述第二管理功能单元将所述一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中具体为：The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the first network slice instance shares a first VNF instance with the second network slice instance, the method further comprising: the second management function unit receiving the first The information of the VNF instance or the information of the first virtual resource unit, and the identifier information, the second management function unit divides the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances into one or more resource groups Specifically:
    所述第二管理功能单元将所述第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将所述第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至所述一个或者多个资源组中。The second management function unit, the virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance, among the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance, and the first One or more virtual resource units corresponding to a VNF instance exclusively occupied by a network slice instance are divided into the one or more resource groups.
  15. 根据权利要求12-14任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the method further comprises:
    所述第二管理功能单元接收第三请求消息，所述第三请求消息包括第二VNF实例的信息、所述第二VNF实例的信息关联的第二VNF对应的需求信息以及所述标识信息，所述第三请求消息用于对所述第二VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元进行管理，所述第二VNF实例为所述第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例中的任一个；The second management function unit receives a third request message, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance, requirement information corresponding to the second VNF associated with the information of the second VNF instance, and the identifier information, The third request message is used to manage a virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance. ;
    所述第二管理功能单元根据所述第二VNF对应的需求信息，更新所述第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组，The second management function unit updates the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF.
    或，所述第二管理功能单元获取所述的一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源；Or the second management function unit acquires resources corresponding to the one or more VNF instances;
    在所述一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源中存在任一个VNF实例对应的资源大于第一阈值，则所述第二管理功能单元确定任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息；If the resource corresponding to any one of the VNF instances is greater than the first threshold, the second management function unit determines the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs. information;
    所述第二管理功能单元更新所述任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息关联的资源组中一个或者多个虚拟资源单元。The second management function unit updates one or more virtual resource units in the resource group associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the any one of the VNF instances belongs.
  16. 根据权利要求12-14任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the method further comprises:
    所述第二管理功能单元接收第一管理功能单元发送的第四请求消息，所述第四请求消息包括第一VNF实例的信息以及标识信息，所述第四请求消息请求确定所述第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据；The second management function unit receives a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes information of the first VNF instance and identification information, and the fourth request message requests determining the first VNF VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the instance;
    所述第二管理功能单元根据所述第四请求消息，从所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组中确定所述第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元；Determining, by the second management function unit, the virtuality corresponding to the first VNF instance from the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information belongs according to the fourth request message Resource unit
    所述第二管理功能单元向第五管理功能单元发送第五请求消息，所述第五请求消息包括所述第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息，所述第五请求消息用于请求测量所述第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的VR测量数据。The second management function unit sends a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes information of a virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance, and the fifth request message is used to request measurement VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  17. 一种管理虚拟资源的装置，其特征在于，包括：An apparatus for managing a virtual resource, comprising:
    接收单元，用于接收第一消息，所述第一消息用于确定第一网络切片实例对应的虚拟网络功能VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息，所述虚拟资源单元的信息用于确定所述虚拟资源单元使用的虚拟资源VR，其中，所述虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message, where the first message is used to determine information about one or more virtual resource units associated with a virtual network function VNF instance corresponding to the first network slice instance, where the information of the virtual resource unit is used by Determining a virtual resource VR used by the virtual resource unit, where the virtual resource unit includes at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container;
    确定单元，用于根据所述第一消息，确定所述第一网络切片实例的信息与所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息之间的映射关系。And a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the first message, a mapping relationship between information of the first network slice instance and information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance.
  18. 根据权利要求17所述的装置，其特征在于，所述装置还包括：The device according to claim 17, wherein the device further comprises:
    发送单元，用于向第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，所述第一请求消息用于请求上报所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据，所述第一请求消息包括所述VNF实例的信息或虚拟资源单元列表，所述虚拟资源单元列表包括所述VNF实例关联的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元的信息中属于所述第一网络切片实例的至少一个虚拟资源单元的信息；a sending unit, configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message is used to request to report VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance, The first request message includes information of the VNF instance or a virtual resource unit list, where the virtual resource unit list includes information of one or more virtual resource units associated with the VNF instance that belongs to the first network slice instance. Information of at least one virtual resource unit;
    所述接收单元，还用于接收所述第二管理功能单元针对所述第一请求消息发送的第二消息；The receiving unit is further configured to receive a second message that is sent by the second management function unit for the first request message;
    所述确定单元，还用于根据所述第二消息确定所述VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。The determining unit is further configured to determine, according to the second message, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the VNF instance.
  19. 根据权利要求17或18所述的装置，其特征在于，所述确定单元，还用于确定所述 第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及所述第一网络切片实例和所述第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据，其中，所述网络资源为虚拟资源单元或所述VNF实例；The device according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, And the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance, where the network resource is a virtual resource unit or the VNF instance;
    所述确定单元，还用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。The determining unit is further configured to: according to a proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource And determining, by the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, VR measurement data that belongs to the first network slice instance.
  20. 根据权利要求19所述的装置，其特征在于，所述确定单元，还具体用于确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set and the second network slice instance corresponding to the first network slice instance. Corresponding S-NSSAI set, and a service indicator of the network resource, where the S-NSSAI set includes one or more S-NSSAIs;
    所述确定单元，还用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；The determining unit is further configured to determine the network according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource. The service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the resource in the S-NSSAI set;
    所述确定单元，还用于根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。The determining unit is further configured to determine, according to a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set. A service performance measurement result of a network slice instance and a service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
  21. 根据权利要求17-20任一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述确定单元，还用于确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例进行虚拟网络功能化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；或者，所述确定单元，还用于在所述第一管理功能单元请求对所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例进行虚拟网络功能化NFV部署时，使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源为共享的网络资源。The device according to any one of claims 17 to 20, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine a network slice instance of the network resource outside the first network slice instance to perform virtual network functionalized NFV deployment. The first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource, if the newly added virtual resource corresponds to a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance. Or the determining unit is further configured to use the first network slice when the first management function unit requests virtual network functionalized NFV deployment for a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance. And determining, by the network resource corresponding to the instance, the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance is a shared network resource.
  22. 一种管理虚拟资源的装置，其特征在于，包括：An apparatus for managing a virtual resource, comprising:
    确定单元，用于确定标识信息，所述标识信息用于标识第二管理功能单元为第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；其中，所述虚拟资源单元包括虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；a determining unit, configured to determine identifier information, where the identifier information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated by the second management function unit for the first network slice instance; wherein the virtual resource unit includes a virtual deployment unit VDU and At least one item in the virtual resource container;
    发送单元，还用于向所述第二管理功能单元发送第一请求消息，所述第一请求消息中包括所述标识信息，所述第一请求消息用于请求确定所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据；The sending unit is further configured to send a first request message to the second management function unit, where the first request message includes the identifier information, where the first request message is used to request to determine a location associated with the identifier information. VR measurement data of the first network slice instance;
    接收单元，用于接收所述第二管理功能单元发送所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。And a receiving unit, configured to receive, by the second management function unit, virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information.
  23. 根据权利要求22所述的装置，其特征在于，所述第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例具有共享的网络资源，所述发送单元，还用于在请求对第一网络切片实例进行管理的过程中向第三管理功能单元发送所述标识信息以及所述网络资源的信息，所述网络资源为VNF实例或虚拟资源单元。The device according to claim 22, wherein the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance have shared network resources, and the sending unit is further configured to request management of the first network slice instance. And sending, to the third management function unit, the identifier information and the information about the network resource, where the network resource is a VNF instance or a virtual resource unit.
  24. 根据权利要求22或23所述的装置，其特征在于，所述发送单元，还用于向第三管理功能单元发送第二请求消息，所述第二请求消息包括网络资源的信息或标识信息，所述第二请求消息请求所述第二管理功能单元上报所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第 一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。The device according to claim 22 or 23, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send a second request message to the third management function unit, where the second request message includes information or identifier information of the network resource, The second request message requests the second management function unit to report VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  25. 根据权利要求22-24任一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述确定单元，还用于确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果，以及所述第一网络切片实例和所述第二网络切片实例共享的网络资源对应的VR测量数据；The device according to any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine a service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and a service performance corresponding to the second network slice instance a measurement result, and VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource shared by the first network slice instance and the second network slice instance;
    以及，用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例对应的业务性能测量结果的比例关系，以及所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据，确定所述网络资源对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据。And determining, according to the proportional relationship between the service performance measurement result corresponding to the first network slice instance and the service performance measurement result corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource, The VR measurement data corresponding to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the network resource.
  26. 根据权利要求25所述的装置，其特征在于，所述确定单元具体用于：确定所述第一网络切片实例对应的单个网络切片选择辅助信息S-NSSAI集合和第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，所述S-NSSAI集合包括一个或者多个S-NSSAI；The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the determining unit is specifically configured to: determine a single network slice selection auxiliary information S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance and a S corresponding to the second network slice instance a NSSAI set, and a service indicator of the network resource, the S-NSSAI set including one or more S-NSSAIs;
    所述确定单元，还用于根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合、所述第二网络切片实例对应的S-NSSAI集合，以及所述网络资源的业务指标，确定所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果；The determining unit is further configured to determine the network according to the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the first network slice instance, the S-NSSAI set corresponding to the second network slice instance, and the service indicator of the network resource. The service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the resource in the S-NSSAI set;
    所述确定单元，还用于根据S-NSSAI和网络切片实例信息之间的映射关系，以及所述网络资源在S-NSSAI集合中对应的各个S-NSSAI的业务性能测量结果，确定所述第一网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果和所述第二网络切片实例的业务性能测量结果。The determining unit is further configured to determine, according to a mapping relationship between the S-NSSAI and the network slice instance information, and a service performance measurement result of each S-NSSAI corresponding to the network resource in the S-NSSAI set. A service performance measurement result of a network slice instance and a service performance measurement result of the second network slice instance.
  27. 根据权利要求22-26任一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述确定单元，还用于确定网络资源在所述第一网络切片实例之外的网络切片实例进行虚拟网络功能化NFV部署时具有新增加的虚拟资源，且所述新增加的虚拟资源与所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例对应，则所述第一管理功能单元确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源；The device according to any one of claims 22 to 26, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine a network slice instance of the network resource outside the first network slice instance to perform virtual network functionalized NFV deployment. The first management function unit determines that the network resource is a shared network resource, if the newly added virtual resource corresponds to a network slice instance other than the first network slice instance.
    或，所述确定单元，还用于确定处理单元对所述第一网络切片实例以外的网络切片实例进行NFV部署时使用所述第一网络切片实例对应的网络资源，则确定所述网络资源为共享的网络资源。Or the determining unit is further configured to: when the processing unit performs NFV deployment on the network slice instance other than the first network slice instance, use the network resource corresponding to the first network slice instance, and determine that the network resource is Shared network resources.
  28. 一种管理虚拟资源的装置，其特征在于，包括：An apparatus for managing a virtual resource, comprising:
    接收单元，用于接收第一管理功能单元发送的第一请求消息，所述第一请求消息中包括标识信息，所述第一请求消息用于请求所述第二管理功能单元上报所述标识信息关联的第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据；a receiving unit, configured to receive a first request message sent by the first management function unit, where the first request message includes identifier information, where the first request message is used to request the second management function unit to report the identifier information Virtual network VR measurement data of the associated first network slice instance;
    确定单元，用于根据所述第一请求消息，以及一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系，确定所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据，其中，所述虚拟资源单元包括：虚拟部署单元VDU和虚拟资源容器中的至少一项；a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the first request message, an association relationship between the virtual resource unit and the identifier information used by the one or more VNF instances, the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information Virtual network VR measurement data, wherein the virtual resource unit comprises: at least one of a virtual deployment unit VDU and a virtual resource container;
    发送单元，用于向所述第一管理功能单元发送所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟网络VR测量数据。And a sending unit, configured to send, to the first management function unit, virtual network VR measurement data of the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information.
  29. 根据权利要求28所述的装置，其特征在于，所述接收单元，还用于接收第三管理功能单元发送的第二请求消息，所述第二请求消息包括标识信息以及第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数；所述标识信息用于标识为所述第一网络切片实例分配的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元；The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a second request message sent by the third management function unit, where the second request message includes the identifier information and the first network slice instance corresponding to Deployment parameters of one or more VNFs; the identification information is used to identify one or more virtual resource units allocated for the first network slice instance;
    处理单元，用于将根据所述第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF的部署参数确定 的一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元划分至一个或者多个资源组中；a processing unit, configured to divide, into the one or more resource groups, the virtual resource units used by the one or more VNF instances determined according to the deployment parameters of the one or more VNFs corresponding to the first network slice instance;
    所述确定单元，还用于将所述一个或者多个资源组与所述标识信息关联，以确定一个或者多个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元与标识信息之间的关联关系。The determining unit is further configured to associate the one or more resource groups with the identification information to determine an association relationship between the virtual resource unit used by the one or more VNF instances and the identification information.
  30. 根据权利要求28或29所述的装置，其特征在于，所述第一网络切片实例与第二网络切片实例共享第一VNF实例，所述第一请求消息还包括所述第一VNF实例的信息，所述处理单元具体用于：The device according to claim 28 or 29, wherein the first network slice instance shares a first VNF instance with a second network slice instance, and the first request message further includes information of the first VNF instance. The processing unit is specifically configured to:
    将所述第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元中属于所述第一网络切片实例的虚拟资源单元，以及将所述第一网络切片实例独占的VNF实例对应的一个或者多个虚拟资源单元划分至所述一个或者多个资源组中。a virtual resource unit belonging to the first network slice instance among the one or more virtual resource units corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance, and a VNF exclusive to the first network slice instance One or more virtual resource units corresponding to the instance are divided into the one or more resource groups.
  31. 根据权利要求28-30任一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述接收单元，还用于接收第三请求消息，所述第三请求消息包括第二VNF实例的信息、所述第二VNF实例的信息关联的第二VNF对应的需求信息以及所述标识信息，所述第三请求消息用于对所述第二VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元进行管理，所述第二VNF实例为所述第一网络切片实例对应的一个或者多个VNF实例中的任一个；The device according to any one of claims 28-30, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a third request message, where the third request message includes information of the second VNF instance, the second The second VNF corresponding to the information associated with the information of the VNF instance and the identifier information, where the third request message is used to manage the virtual resource unit used by the second VNF instance, where the second VNF instance is Any one of the one or more VNF instances corresponding to the first network slice instance;
    所述装置还包括：The device also includes:
    更新单元，还用于根据所述第二VNF对应的需求信息，更新所述第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组，And an update unit, configured to update, according to the requirement information corresponding to the second VNF, a resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance belongs,
    或，处理单元，还用于获取所述的一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源；所述确定单元，还用于在所述一个或者多个VNF实例对应的资源中存在任一个VNF实例对应的资源大于第一阈值，确定任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息；Or the processing unit is further configured to acquire the resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances, where the determining unit is further configured to: in the resource corresponding to the one or more VNF instances, any one of the VNF instances exists The resource is greater than the first threshold, and the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by any VNF instance belongs is determined;
    所述更新单元，还用于更新所述任一个VNF实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组的信息关联的资源组中一个或者多个虚拟资源单元。The update unit is further configured to update one or more virtual resource units in the resource group associated with the information of the resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the any one of the VNF instances belongs.
  32. 根据权利要求29-31任一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述接收单元，还用于接收第一管理功能单元发送的第四请求消息，所述第四请求消息包括第一VNF实例的信息以及标识信息，所述第四请求消息请求确定所述第一VNF实例的信息关联的第一VNF实例对应的VR测量数据中属于所述第一网络切片实例的VR测量数据；The device according to any one of claims 29 to 31, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a fourth request message sent by the first management function unit, where the fourth request message includes the first VNF instance. The information and the identification information, the fourth request message requesting that the VR measurement data belonging to the first network slice instance in the VR measurement data corresponding to the first VNF instance associated with the information of the first VNF instance is determined;
    所述确定单元，还用于根据所述第四请求消息，从所述标识信息关联的所述第一网络切片实例所使用的虚拟资源单元所属的资源组中确定所述第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元；The determining unit is further configured to determine, according to the fourth request message, a first VNF instance corresponding to a resource group to which the virtual resource unit used by the first network slice instance associated with the identifier information belongs Virtual resource unit
    所述发送单元，用于向第五管理功能单元发送第五请求消息，所述第五请求消息包括所述第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的信息，所述第五请求消息用于请求测量所述第一VNF实例对应的虚拟资源单元的VR测量数据。The sending unit is configured to send a fifth request message to the fifth management function unit, where the fifth request message includes information of a virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance, and the fifth request message is used to request measurement VR measurement data of the virtual resource unit corresponding to the first VNF instance.
  33. 一种芯片，其特征在于，所述芯片包括处理器和接口电路，所述接口电路和所述处理器耦合，所述处理器用于运行计算机程序或指令，以实现如权利要求1-5任一项所述的方法，或者权利要求6-11任一项所述的方法，或者权利要求12-16任一项所述的方法，所述接口电路用于与所述芯片之外的其它模块进行通信。A chip, characterized in that the chip comprises a processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being coupled to the processor, the processor for running a computer program or instructions to implement any of claims 1-5 The method of any one of claims 6 to 11, or the method of any one of claims 12 to 16, the interface circuit for performing with a module other than the chip Communication.
  34. 一种计算机可读存储介质，其特征在于，所述计算机可读存储介质中存储有计算机程序或指令，当所述计算机程序或指令被运行时，实现如权利要求1-5任一项所述的方法，或者权利要求6-11任一项所述的方法，或者权利要求12-16任一项所述的方法。A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program or instructions, when the computer program or instructions are executed, implementing any one of claims 1-5 The method of any of claims 6-11, or the method of any of claims 12-16.
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