CN-122002391-A - Communication method and device

Abstract

A communication method and apparatus for supporting deployment of different types of edge application servers. The method comprises the steps that first network equipment receives first request information, wherein the first request information is used for requesting deployment of a first edge application server, the first request information comprises deployment type information of the first edge application server and/or service level protocol requirement information of the first edge application server, the service level protocol requirement information is associated with the deployment type information of the first edge application server, the deployment type information is used for indicating that the deployment type of the first edge application server is deployed in an edge data network or in an access network, and the first network equipment deploys the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server.

Inventors

• ZHAO XIAN
• LI XIANMING
• Jiang Ruqi

Assignees

• 华为技术有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20241108

Claims (20)

1. 1. An edge application server deployment method, comprising: Receiving first request information, wherein the first request information is used for requesting to deploy a first edge application server, the first request information comprises deployment type information of the first edge application server and/or service level protocol requirement information of the first edge application server, the service level protocol requirement information is associated with the deployment type information of the first edge application server, and the deployment type information is used for indicating that the deployment type of the first edge application server is deployed in an edge data network or in an access network; and deploying the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server.
2. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the deploying the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server comprises: And sending a deployment command of the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server, wherein the deployment command comprises indication information of first resources, the first resources serve the first edge application server, and the indication information of the first resources is used for indicating the first resources of the first cloud.
3. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sending the deployment command of the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server comprises: sending the deployment command according to the deployment type information and the resource demand information of the first edge application server; Wherein the resource requirement information is included in the first request information or the resource requirement information is obtained according to the service level agreement requirement information.
4. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the deploying the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server comprises: and deploying the application of the first edge application server on the first resource of the first cloud according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server.
5. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises: and sending indication information of the first resource, wherein the indication information of the first resource is used for indicating the first resource of the first cloud.
6. 6. A method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the method further comprises: Sending second request information to second network equipment, wherein the second request information is used for requesting resource state information of a first cloud, the first cloud is used for deploying the first edge application server, the second request information comprises an identifier of the first cloud, and the first cloud is determined according to the deployment type information and/or resource demand information of the first edge application server; receiving resource status information of the first cloud from the second network device; The first resource is determined according to the resource requirement information and the resource state information of the first cloud.
7. 7. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the first resource is determined from the deployment type information, resource requirement information of the first edge application server, deployment type information corresponding to at least one cloud, and resource state information of the at least one cloud, the at least one cloud comprising the first cloud.
8. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first request information further comprises service scope information of the first edge application server, the method further comprising: transmitting service range information of the first edge application server to a second network device; And receiving resource state information of the at least one cloud from the second network device, wherein the resource state information of the at least one cloud is determined according to the service range information of the first edge application server.
9. 9. The method of any of claims 6-8, wherein the resource status information of the cloud includes an identification of occupied resources of the cloud.
10. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the resource status information of the cloud further comprises one or more of the following information: The identification of the task corresponding to the occupied resource; The deployment type information of the task corresponding to the occupied resource; Storage type information of the task corresponding to the occupied resource; Sharing mode information of the task corresponding to the occupied resource; and the resource allocation strategy information of the task corresponding to the occupied resource.
11. 11. The method according to any one of claims 1-10, wherein the first request information further includes resource allocation policy information of the first edge application server, the resource allocation policy information being associated with a resource allocation priority of the first edge application server, and the first resource is further determined according to the resource allocation policy information.
12. 12. The method of any one of claims 2-11, wherein the method further comprises: And sending first indication information to the second network equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating to stop the task corresponding to the occupied resource of the first cloud.
13. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first edge application server has a higher resource allocation priority than a task corresponding to an occupied resource of the first cloud.
14. 14. The method of any of claims 1-13, wherein the first request information includes the service level agreement requirement information, the method further comprising: determining delay requirement information according to the service level protocol requirement information; And determining the deployment type information according to the time delay requirement information and a first corresponding relation, wherein the first corresponding relation comprises a corresponding relation between the time delay requirement information and the deployment type information.
15. 15. The method of any of claims 1-14, wherein the first request information includes the service level agreement requirement information, the method further comprising: Transmitting the service level agreement requirement information to a second network device; and receiving the deployment type information from the second network device, wherein the deployment type information is determined according to the service level agreement requirement information.
16. 16. An edge application server deployment method, comprising: Receiving second request information from first network equipment, wherein the second request information is used for requesting resource state information of a first cloud, the first cloud is used for deploying a first edge application server, the second request information comprises identification of the first cloud, the first cloud is determined according to deployment type information of the first edge application server and/or resource demand information of the first edge application server, and the deployment type information is used for indicating whether the deployment type of the first edge application server is deployed in an edge data network or in an access network; and sending the resource state information of the first cloud to the first network equipment according to the identification of the first cloud.
17. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises: Receiving a deployment command from the first network device, wherein the deployment command comprises indication information of a first resource, the first resource serves the first edge application server, the indication information of the first resource is used for indicating the first resource of the first cloud, and the first resource is determined according to resource state information of the first cloud; And deploying the application of the first edge application server on the first resource.
18. 18. An edge application server deployment method, comprising: receiving service range information from a first edge application server of a first network device; and sending resource state information of at least one cloud to the first network device, wherein the resource state information of the at least one cloud is determined according to the service range information of the first edge application server.
19. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises: receiving a deployment command from the first network device, wherein the deployment command comprises indication information of a first resource, the first resource serves the first edge application server, the indication information of the first resource is used for indicating the first resource of a first cloud, and the at least one cloud comprises the first cloud; And deploying the application of the first edge application server on the first resource.
20. 20. An edge application server deployment method, comprising: Receiving service level agreement requirement information from a first edge application server of a first network device; and sending deployment type information of the first edge application server to the first network equipment, wherein the deployment type information is determined according to the service level agreement requirement information.

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 Edge computing is a distributed computing architecture that pushes computing power and data storage towards the edges of a network, near the source of data generation (e.g., internet of things devices, intelligent terminals, etc.). Edge computing differs from traditional cloud computing, which relies on a centralized remote data center. The main purpose of edge computing is to enhance application performance and user experience by reducing data transmission latency, reducing bandwidth requirements, and improving real-time. Currently, application servers for performing edge computation may be deployed in an edge data network (edge data network, EDN) or an access network, and how to deploy different edge application servers 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 different types of edge application servers. 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 an edge computing 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 edge application server, the first request information comprises deployment type information of the first edge application server and/or service level protocol requirement information of the first edge application server, the service level protocol requirement information is associated with the deployment type information of the first edge application server, the deployment type information is used for indicating that the deployment type of the first edge application server is deployed in an edge data network or in an access network, and the first network equipment deploys the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server. Based on the method shown in the first aspect, the first network device may deploy the first edge application server according to the deployment type information of the first edge application server in the deployment request of the edge application server, so as to support deployment of the edge application server in the edge data network or in the access network, and thus may support deployment of different types of edge application servers. It can also be said that, based on one aspect, any type of deployment of edge application servers can be implemented, the type of edge application servers can include edge application servers deployed in an edge data network or edge application servers deployed in an access network. In the present application, "deployment in access network" may be replaced by "deployment near access network". In one possible implementation manner, a first network device may send a deployment command of the first edge application server according to deployment type information of the first edge application server, where the deployment command includes indication information of a first resource, where the first resource serves the first edge application server, and the indication information of the first resource is used to indicate the first resource of the first cloud. Based on the implementation, the first network device may send a deployment command according to the deployment type information, where the deployment command may be used to deploy the first edge application server on the cloud. The deployment command may include indication information of the first resource, i.e. the deployment command may indicate that the first edge application server is deployed at the first resource. Wherein the first network device may be an edge computing orchestration function. The implementation may also be described as determining the first resource based on deployment type information of the first edge application server. In one possible implementation, the first network device may send the deployment command according to resource