Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Li Ji

Qinghai Zeng

Jun Wang

Hongzhuo Zhang

Ruiyue Xu

Lan Zou

Huan Yun Zhang

Shukun Wang

Kai Zhang

Yan Li

Xing Liu

Xiaoying Xu

Jun Chen

Henrik Olofsson

Guohua Zhou

Yan Zhou

Zhiming Li

Binsong Tang

Xiaoqian Jia

Yanyan Liu

Huan Zhang

Example data processing methods and apparatuses are disclosed. In one example data processing method, a first terminal obtains packet delay budget adjustment information, where the packet delay budget adjustment information is used to indicate an adjusted packet delay budget, a packet delay budget adjustment amount, or a packet delay budget adjustment range. The first terminal adjusts a size of a jitter buffer based on the packet delay budget adjustment information, and then buffers data based on the adjusted jitter buffer.

Data processing method and apparatus

A method for associating a network service (NS) with a virtualized network function (VNF) to enable a network manager (NM) to determine a relationship between the NS and the VNF and maintain the NS. The method includes sending, by the NM, an NS instantiation request message to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), where the NS instantiation request message carries the information about the NS. The method further includes receiving, by the NM, an NS instantiation completion message from the NFVO, where the NS instantiation completion message carries information about the NS and information about N VNFs. The method further includes determining a mapping relationship between the NS and the N VNFs according to the information about the NS and the information about the N VNFs, where information about each VNF in the information about the N VNFs represents the VNF in the N VNFs forming the NS, and N&#x2265;one.

Method for associating NS with VNF, apparatus, and system

A network slice management method, and a management unit and a system that are based on the method are provided. The method includes: determining, by a first management unit, subnet requirement information based on network slice requirement information, where a network slice includes at least one subnet; sending, by the first management unit, a first negotiation request to a second management unit, where the first negotiation request carries the subnet requirement information, and the first negotiation request is used to query for a support status of the second management unit for the subnet requirement information; and determining, by the second management unit, that the second management unit can support the subnet requirement information, or determining, by the second management unit, that the second management unit cannot support the subnet requirement information.

Network slice management method, management unit, and system

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a management method, and a management device and a system that are based on the method. The method includes: sending, by a second management device, an update request to a first management device, where the update request is used to request the first management device to update requirement information of a subnet managed by the first management device; and then, determining, by the first management device, that the subnet can satisfy the update request, or determining that the subnet cannot satisfy the update request. In the solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second management device can request the first management device to update the requirement information of the subnet managed by the first management device, thereby preventing a management fault of an entire network slice when a subnet managed by the second management device cannot satisfy a preset requirement.

Management method, management unit, and system

A quality parameter transmission method includes: sending, by the network side device, a first request message to the terminal, where the first request message is used to request a quality parameter related to user experience of a preset service; and after receiving the first request message from the network side device, sending, by the terminal, the quality parameter to the network side device. The network side device obtains, from the terminal, the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service, and therefore can evaluate network operation quality by using the quality parameter, to facilitate network optimization, provide better network quality for the terminal, and improve user experience.

Quality parameter transmission method, terminal, and network side device

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a network function management method, a management device, and a system. The method includes: obtaining, by a second management device, sharing information of a network function, where the sharing information of the network function is used to indicate whether the network function can be shared by at least two network slices; sending, by the second management device, the sharing information of the network function to a first management device; and orchestrating, by the first management device, the network function based on the sharing information of the network function. It can be learned from the above that the embodiments of the present invention provide a specific solution to choosing to provide a network slice with a shared network function or an exclusive network function, thereby facilitating network function maintenance and management.

Network function management method, management unit, and system

This application provide an information sending method, and a device and a system. The method includes: creating or updating, by a first device, a network slice instance; sending, by the first device, a first message to a second device, where the first message carries first network slice instance information, the first network slice instance information is first information about the created or updated network slice instance, and the first network slice instance information includes an identifier of the network slice instance; and storing or configuring, by the second device, the first network slice instance information. In the solutions, after creating or updating the network slice instance, the first device may send the information about the created or updated network slice instance to the second device, and the second device may store or configure the information, so as to avoid allocating an improper network slice instance to a terminal.

Telecommunication network utilizing network slice information

A life cycle management method and device for a network service are provided. The method includes determining, by an operation support system (OSS) according to a target network service (NS), an existing virtualized network function (VNF) instance required for life cycle management on the target NS; sending, by the OSS, a life cycle management request of the target NS to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), where the life cycle management request includes a mapping relationship between an identifier of the existing VNF instance and a characteristic parameter corresponding to the identifier; and receiving, by the NFVO, the life cycle management request from the OSS for the target NS, and performing life cycle management on the target NS according to the existing VNF instance and the mapping relationship. In embodiments of the present disclosure, processing efficiency of life cycle management and resource utilization can be improved.

Life cycle management method and device for network service

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a VNF processing policy determining method, an apparatus, and a system, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to avoid a problem that an NS constituted by a VNF cannot normally run when an EM fails to configure an application parameter for the VNF. The method includes: receiving, by a management node, a configuration feedback message sent by an EM, and determining a processing policy for a VNF according to the configuration feedback message, where the configuration feedback message is used to indicate whether an application parameter of the VNF is successfully configured, and the processing policy is used by the management node to process the VNF. The method is applied to an NFV technology.

VNF processing policy determining method, apparatus, and system

The present application relates to a service transfer method, user equipment, and an access network device. The method includes: receiving, by user equipment, a public land mobile network identity PLMN ID and auxiliary information corresponding to the PLMN ID that are sent by a 3GPP access network entity, where the auxiliary information corresponding to the PLMN ID is used by the user equipment to perform service transfer to a wireless local area network WLAN that an operator corresponding to the PLMN ID allows the user equipment to access; and performing, by the user equipment, service transfer according to the PLMN ID and the auxiliary information corresponding to the PLMN ID. Technical solutions provided in embodiments of the present invention may increase a success rate of service transfer.

Method, user equipment, and access network device for offloading 3GPP traffic to an authorized WLAN operator

A method for associating a network service (NS) with a virtualized network function (VNF), an apparatus, and a system such that a network manager (NM) can determine a relationship between an NS and a VNF, and maintain the NS. The method includes sending, by an NM, an NS instantiation request message to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), receiving an NS instantiation completion message from the NFVO, and determining a mapping relationship between a first NS and N VNFs according to information about the first NS and information about the N VNFs. The NS instantiation request message carries the information about the first NS, the NS instantiation completion message carries the information about the first NS and the information about the N VNFs, information about each VNF in the information about the N VNFs represents the VNF in the N VNFs forming the first NS, and N&#x2265;1.

A service transfer method and apparatus, and a service transfer processing method and apparatus relate to the field of mobile communications, are applied to a service transfer technology, and can improve utilization of network system resources. The method comprises: acquiring, by a UE, first information that is used to instruct the UE to perform service transfer to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point; performing service transfer according to the first information; and sending a service transfer result to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access point that serves the UE.

Service transfer method and apparatus

The present application discloses an identifier interaction method, comprising sending, by a 3GPP access network entity, an identifier of a wireless local area network (WLAN) to the user equipment according to the priority information of the WLAN, where the identifier of the WLAN is an identifier of a WLAN that a home area operator of a user equipment (UE) allows the UE to access and/or an identifier of a WLAN that a roaming area operator of the UE allows the UE to access, and the 3GPP access network entity is in a roaming area in which the user equipment is located.

Identifier interaction method and device

The present invention provides a method for determining an unnecessary handover and a base station. The method includes: if a user equipment UE is handed over from a first cell to a second cell, and then handed over from the second cell to a third cell, determining, by a base station, a time threshold corresponding to a UE characteristic attribute parameter of the UE, and a time of stay of the UE in the second cell; determining, by the base station according to the time threshold corresponding to a UE characteristic attribute and the time of stay of the UE in the second cell that are determined, whether an unnecessary handover of the UE occurs; and determining that an unnecessary handover of the UE occurs if the time of stay is shorter than the time threshold. The present invention optimizes a method for determining whether an unnecessary handover occurs.

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Shanghai, China

Li Ji