CN-122002390-A - Communication method and device

Abstract

A communication method and apparatus for supporting deployment of RAN network elements and edge application servers. The method comprises the steps that first network equipment receives first request information, the first request information is used for requesting to deploy a first object, the first network equipment can also determine type information of the first object according to the first request information, the type information is used for indicating that the first object is a RAN network element or a RAN edge application server, and the first network equipment can also deploy the first object according to the type information.

Inventors

• ZHAO XIAN
• LI XIANMING

Assignees

• 华为技术有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20241108

Claims (20)

1. 1. A method of communication, for use with a first network device, comprising: receiving first request information, wherein the first request information is used for requesting to deploy a first object; Determining type information of the first object according to the first request information, wherein the type information is used for indicating that the first object is a Radio Access Network (RAN) network element or a RAN edge application server; and deploying the first object according to the type information.
2. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first request information comprises an identification of a RAN network element and/or network element type information indicating that the network element is a virtual network element or a physical network element, and the type information of the first object indicates that the first object is a RAN network element.
3. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first request information comprises first indication information and/or a software image of a RAN edge application server, the first indication information being used to indicate the RAN edge application server, and the type information of the first object being used to indicate that the first object is the RAN edge application server.
4. 4. A method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the method further comprises: Sending a resource allocation request to second network equipment according to the type information, wherein the resource allocation request is used for requesting the resource of the first object, and the type information is included in the resource allocation request; And receiving indication information of a first resource from the second network device, wherein the indication information of the first resource is used for indicating the first resource of a first cloud, the first resource serves the first object, and the indication information of the first resource is obtained according to the resource allocation request.
5. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises: Receiving cloud identification of a first cloud from the second network device and second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the residual resource amount of the first cloud is smaller than the resource demand amount of the first object; And sending third indication information to the second network equipment, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating to reduce the occupation of a second object on the first cloud, and the first cloud also serves the second object.
6. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second indication information includes a difference between a remaining amount of resources of the first cloud and a resource demand of the first object.
7. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the third indication information is specifically configured to indicate that a task of a second object of the first cloud is transferred to a second resource, the third indication information including indication information of the second resource and an identification of the task of the second object, the indication information of the second resource being configured to indicate the second resource of a second cloud.
8. 8. The method of any one of claims 5-7, wherein the method further comprises: Sending second request information to the third network device, where the second request information is used to request information of a service object of the first cloud, the service object of the first cloud includes the second object, and the second request information includes a cloud identifier of the first cloud; Receiving information of the second object from the third network device; and sending fourth indication information to the third network equipment, wherein the fourth indication information is used for indicating updating of resource information and/or configuration information of the second object.
9. 9. The method of any of claims 4-8, wherein the type information of the first object is used to indicate that the first object is a RAN edge application server, the method further comprising: And determining a first RAN network element according to the configuration information of the first object and the configuration information of at least one RAN network element, wherein the first cloud serves the first RAN network element, and the resource allocation request comprises a cloud identifier of the first cloud.
10. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the configuration information includes one or more of the following information: PLMN information, location information, network slice information, hardware device information.
11. 11. The method of any one of claims 4-10, wherein the method further comprises: and sending a configuration request of the first object to third network equipment, wherein the configuration request comprises indication information of the first resource.
12. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the resource allocation request further includes a task specification for the first object, the method further comprising: an identification of a task of the first object from the second network device is received, the identification of the task of the first object being determined from the task specification, the configuration request of the first object further comprising the identification of the task of the first object.
13. 13. The method of any of claims 1-12, wherein the first request information includes fifth indication information, the fifth indication information being used to indicate that the first object and a third object are deployed in a same cloud, and resources serving the first object and resources serving the third object belong to a same cloud.
14. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the type information for the first object is used to indicate that the first object is a RAN network element, and the type information for the third object is used to indicate that the third object is an edge application server.
15. 15. The method of claim 13 or 14, wherein the method further comprises: Transmitting a first resource allocation request to a second network device, wherein the first resource allocation request is used for requesting the resource of the third object, and the resource allocation request comprises type information of the first object; Receiving indication information of a first resource from the second network device, wherein the indication information of the first resource is used for indicating the first resource of a first cloud, and the first resource serves the first object; sending a second resource allocation request to second network equipment, wherein the resource allocation request is used for requesting the resource of the third object, the resource allocation request comprises the cloud identification of the first cloud, and the second resource allocation request comprises the type information of the third object; And receiving indication information of third resources from the second network equipment, wherein the indication information of the third resources is used for indicating third resources of the first cloud, and the third resources serve the third object.
16. 16. A method of communication, for use with a second network device, comprising: Receiving a resource allocation request from first network equipment, wherein the resource allocation request is used for requesting resources of the first object, and the resource allocation request comprises the type information; and sending indication information of a first resource to the first network equipment, wherein the indication information of the first resource is used for indicating the first resource of a first cloud, and the first resource serves the first object.
17. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises: Transmitting cloud identification of a first cloud and second indication information to the first network device, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the residual resource amount of the first cloud is smaller than the resource demand amount of the first object; And receiving third indication information from the first network equipment, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating to reduce the occupation of a second object on the first cloud, and the first cloud also serves the second object.
18. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second indication information includes a difference between a remaining amount of resources of the first cloud and a resource demand of the first object.
19. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the third indication information is specifically configured to indicate that a task of a second object of the first cloud is transferred to a second resource, the third indication information including indication information of the second resource and an identification of the task of the second object, the indication information of the second resource being configured to indicate the second resource of a second cloud.
20. 20. The method according to any of claims 16-19, wherein the resource allocation request further comprises a task specification of the first object, the method further comprising: and sending the identification of the task of the first object to the first network equipment, wherein the identification of the task of the first object is determined according to the task specification.

Description

Communication method and device Technical Field The present application relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a communication method and apparatus. Background Radio access network (radio accessnetwork, RAN) clouding has become a technical point in future communication network evolution by industry alliance in various large communication fields. In the RAN clouding technology, a RAN network element provides a service using cloud resources. Furthermore, the deployment location of the application server is more marginalized, e.g., may be deployed in the RAN. Edge application servers deployed in the RAN also need to use cloud resources. At present, how to realize the cooperative deployment of the RAN network element and the edge application server is a technical problem to be solved. Disclosure of Invention The application provides a communication method and a communication device, which are used for supporting the deployment of a RAN network element and an edge application server. In a first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, which may be performed by a first communication device, or the method may be applied to the first communication device. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the "first communication apparatus" in the present application may refer to the first network device itself, may be a component in the first network device, or may be a logic module or software capable of implementing all or part of the first network device. The first network device may be a cloud network orchestration function or a cloud resource orchestration function. The components in the present application may include, for example, at least one of a chip, a chip system, a processor, a transceiver, a processing unit, a transceiver unit, or other functional modules. Taking the first network device as an execution body as an example, the method includes: The first network equipment receives first request information, wherein the first request information is used for requesting to deploy a first object, the first network equipment can also determine type information of the first object according to the first request information, the type information is used for indicating that the first object is a RAN network element or a RAN edge application server, and the first network equipment can also deploy the first object according to the type information. Based on the first aspect, the first network device may determine type information of the first object according to a deployment request of the first object, and deploy the first object according to the type information, so as to support deployment of the RAN network element and the edge application server. In a possible implementation manner, the first request information includes an identifier of a RAN network element and/or network element type information, where the network element type information is used to indicate that the network element is a virtual network element or a physical network element, and the type information of the first object is used to indicate that the first object is a RAN network element. Based on the implementation manner, the first network device may flexibly determine that the first object is the RAN network element according to the identifier of the RAN network element and/or the network element type information of the RAN network element. In one possible implementation manner, the first request information includes first indication information and/or a software image of the RAN edge application server, where the first indication information is used to indicate the RAN edge application server, and the type information of the first object is used to indicate that the first object is the RAN edge application server. Based on the implementation, the first network device may flexibly determine that the first object is a RAN network element according to the first indication information and/or a software image of the RAN edge application server. In one possible implementation manner, the first network device may further send a resource allocation request to the second network device according to the type information, where the resource allocation request is used to request a resource of the first object, and the resource allocation request includes the type information, and in one possible implementation manner, the first network device may further receive indication information of the first resource from the second network device, where the indication information of the first resource is used to indicate the first resource of the first cloud, the first resource serves the first object, and the indication information of the first resource is obtained according to the resource allocation request. Based on the implementation, the first network device may request the second network device to allocate the type information of the first object according to the type information. In