CN111581203A - Information processing method, device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides an information processing method, an information processing device and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the virtualized network function VNF management module acquires an NS instance storage space created by an A & AI through interaction with a running state database A & AI based on the identification of the NS instance determined by the NS instantiation request, executes instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, sends obtained NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances contained in the NS instance to the A & AI, and stores the NS instance information into the NS instance storage space and stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance into the VNF instance storage space by the A & AI. In the technical scheme, the VNF management module stores the running state data into the A & AI, so that the processing task of the NFV system is reduced, and the information query efficiency is improved.

Description

Information processing method, device and storage medium

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of data processing, and in particular, to an information processing method, device and storage medium.

Background technique

A virtualized network service (NS) in a network function virtualization (NFV) system may include one or more virtual network function (VNF) modules. When deploying the NS, the service requester needs to provide the service provider with NS description information (NSdescriptor, NSD), which is also called an NSD template. The NSD is mainly used to describe the topology of the NS and contains description information (VNF descriptor, VNFD) of each VNF. The VNFD is the description information of a VNF, also called a VNF template.

In the prior art, business data in an NFV system can be stored in the following manner: NSD templates, VNF packages (including VNFDs), and successfully deployed NS instance information are stored on an NFV orchestrator (NFV orchestrator, NFVO), and successfully deployed VNFs Instance information is stored on a virtualized network function manager (VNFM). The service requester can query the NS instance information after the NS instance in the NFV system runs for a period of time according to the requirements, and obtain the query result.

However, since the business data of the NFV system is stored in NFVO and VNFM, all business data needs to be queried in NFVO and VNFM, resulting in heavy processing tasks and low information query efficiency in the NFV system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present application provide an information processing method, device, and storage medium, so as to solve the problems in the prior art that the NFV system has heavy processing tasks and low information query efficiency.

A first aspect of the present application provides an information processing method, which is applicable to a virtualized network function VNF management module, and the method includes:

Based on the identification of the NS instance determined by the network service NS instantiation request, obtain the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI;

Perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance;

Send the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, so that the A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and stores the corresponding VNF instance information for each VNF instance. VNF instance information is stored in the VNF instance storage space.

In this embodiment, the VNF management module itself does not save the NS instance information and VNF instance information, but saves the NS instance information and VNF instance information in the running state in the A&AI, which reduces the processing task of the NFV system and improves the information query. efficiency.

In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

Receive a VNF instance information parameter list generated and sent after the A&AI stores the VNF instance information, where the VNF instance information parameter list includes: the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI;

The NS instance information in the VNF management module is updated according to the VNF instance information parameter list, where the NS instance information includes: the VNF instance and resource information created by the NS instance during the instantiation process.

In this embodiment, the VNF management module receives the VNF instance information parameter list sent by the A&AI, and updates the NS instance information in the VNF management module based on the VNF instance information parameter list, so that the NS instance information stored in the VNF management module The instance information is accurate, that is, it is determined that the parameters of the stored VNF instance are accurate.

In the above possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

Receive an NS instance information query request sent by a service requester, where the NS instance information query request includes: at least one parameter to be queried;

Determine whether the at least one parameter to be queried is in the VNF instance information parameter list;

For the parameter to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the running state database A&AI;

For a parameter to be queried that is not in the VNF instance information parameter list, the value information of the parameter to be queried is obtained by interacting with the service design and creation SDC module.

In this embodiment, the VNF management module can determine the query location of the parameter to be queried, that is, store it in the A&AI or SDC, so that the value information of the parameter to be queried can be accurately obtained, avoiding that the service data is stored in NFVO and VNFM The problem of inaccurate query results caused by inconsistent data in multiple storage locations.

In another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the identifier of the NS instance determined based on the network service NS instantiation request, and the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI is obtained by interacting with the running state database A&AI, including:

Determine the identity of the NS instance according to the identity of the NS information model description template NSD carried in the network service NS instantiation request;

Send the NS instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, where the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance;

Receive the NS instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format.

In this embodiment, the VNF management module interacts with the A&AI to create an NS instance storage space, which lays a foundation for storing the NS instance information in the A&AI.

In yet another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, before the sending the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, the method further includes:

In the process of performing the instantiation operation on the NS instance, determine the identifiers of all VNF instances included in the NS instance;

Send a VNF instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, where the VNF instance storage space request is used to request the creation of a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, and the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: the identifiers of all VNF instances ;

Receive the VNF instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and the preset VNF instance format.

In this embodiment, the VNF management module interacts with the A&AI to create a VNF instance storage space, which lays a foundation for storing the information of each VNF instance in the A&AI.

In yet another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the instantiation operation is performed on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and all the NS instances included in the NS instance. VNF instance information corresponding to the VNF instance, including:

The instantiation operation process is performed on the NS instance based on the NS instance parameters included in the NS instance storage space, and after the instantiation is successful, the NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance parameters is obtained;

The instantiation operation process is performed on the NS instance, and the instantiation operation is performed on all VNFs included in the NS instance respectively, to obtain VNF instance information corresponding to all the VNF instances.

A second aspect of the present application provides an information processing method, which is suitable for running state database A&AI, and the method includes:

Create an NS instance storage space based on the NS instance storage space creation request of the VNF management module;

sending the NS instance storage space to the VNF management module;

receiving the NS instance information sent by the VNF management module and the VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance corresponding to the NS instance information,

The NS instance information is stored in the NS instance storage space, and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance is stored in the VNF instance storage space.

In this embodiment, after A&AI creates the NS instance storage space, it can receive and store the NS instance information sent by the VNF management module and the VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance corresponding to the NS instance information, avoiding the need for the VNF management module It saves NS instance information and VNF instance information by itself, resulting in heavy processing tasks of the NFV system and low information query efficiency.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, after the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance is stored in the VNF instance storage space, the method further includes:

Generate a VNF instance information parameter list according to the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance, where the VNF instance information parameter list includes the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI;

Send the VNF instance information parameter list to the VNF management module.

In this embodiment, A&AI sends the VNF instance information parameter list in the NS instantiation process to the VNF management module, so that the VNF management module updates its own NS instance information, so that the NS instance information stored in the VNF management module is accurate, That is, it is determined that the parameters of the stored VNF instance are accurate.

In the above possible implementation manner of the second aspect, if the NS instance information query request received by the VNF management module from the service requester includes the parameters to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, the method further include:

receiving a parameter query request sent by the VNF management module, where the parameter query request includes: the parameter to be queried;

determining the value information of the parameter to be queried;

Send the value information of the parameter to be queried to the VNF management module.

In this embodiment, if the NS instance information query request received by the VNF management module from the service requester includes the parameters to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, then the VNF management module can query the A&AI to accurately obtain the parameters to be queried. Query parameter value information.

In another possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the NS instance storage space creation request based on the VNF management module, creating the NS instance storage space, includes:

Receive an NS instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module, where the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance;

The NS instance storage space is created according to the identifier of the NS instance and a preset NS instance format.

In yet another possible implementation manner of the second aspect, before the receiving the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance sent by the VNF management module, the method further includes:

Receive a VNF instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module during the instantiation operation for the NS instance, where the VNF instance storage space creation request is used to request the creation of a VNF instance storage for storing VNF instance information space, the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: the identifiers of all VNF instances;

Create the VNF instance storage space according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and the preset VNF instance format;

Send the VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module.

A third aspect of the present application provides an information processing device, which is suitable for a virtualized network function VNF management module, and the device includes: an acquisition unit, a processing unit, and a transceiver unit;

The obtaining unit is used to obtain the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI based on the identification of the NS instance determined by the network service NS instantiation request;

The processing unit is configured to perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance;

the transceiver unit, configured to send the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, so that the A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, Store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space.

In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to receive a VNF instance information parameter list generated and sent after the A&AI stores the VNF instance information, where the VNF instance information parameter list includes: The parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI;

The processing unit is further configured to update the NS instance information in the VNF management module according to the VNF instance information parameter list, where the NS instance information includes: the VNF instance created during the instantiation of the NS instance and resource information.

In the above-mentioned possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to receive an NS instance information query request sent by a service requester, where the NS instance information query request includes: at least one parameter to be queried;

The processing unit is further configured to judge whether the at least one parameter to be queried is in the VNF instance information parameter list, and for the to-be-queried parameter in the VNF instance information parameter list, through the operation state database A&AI Obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried through interaction, and obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the service design and creation SDC module for the parameter to be queried that is not in the VNF instance information parameter list.

In another possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the obtaining unit is configured to obtain the NS instance storage created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI based on the identifier of the NS instance determined based on the network service NS instantiation request space, specifically:

The acquiring unit is specifically configured to determine the identifier of the NS instance according to the identifier of the NS information model description template NSD carried in the NS instantiation request of the network service, and send the creation of the NS to the A&AI through the transceiver unit. An instance storage space creation request, and the NS instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format through the transceiver unit, wherein the NS instance storage space The creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance.

In yet another possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processing unit is further configured to, before the transceiver unit sends the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, In the process of performing the instantiation operation on the NS instance, determine the identifiers of all VNF instances included in the NS instance;

The transceiver unit is further configured to send a VNF instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, and receive the VNF instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and a preset VNF instance format, The VNF instance storage space request is used to request to create a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, and the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: identifiers of all VNF instances.

In yet another possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processing unit is configured to perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and the VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance, specifically:

The processing unit is specifically configured to perform an instantiation operation process on the NS instance based on the NS instance parameters included in the NS instance storage space, and after the instantiation is successful, obtain the NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance parameters, and The instantiation operation process is performed on the NS instance, and the instantiation operation is performed on all VNFs included in the NS instance respectively, to obtain VNF instance information corresponding to all the VNF instances.

For the beneficial effects of the various possible designs of the third aspect, reference may be made to the descriptions in the various possible designs of the first aspect, which will not be repeated here.

A fourth aspect of the present application provides an information processing device suitable for running state database A&AI, the device comprising: a processing unit, a transceiver unit, and a storage unit;

The processing unit is used to create a NS instance storage space based on the NS instance storage space creation request of the VNF management module;

The transceiver unit is configured to send the NS instance storage space to the VNF management module, and receive the NS instance information sent by the VNF management module and the correspondence of all VNF instances included in the NS instance corresponding to the NS instance information VNF instance information,

The storage unit is configured to store the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space.

In a possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is further configured to, after the storage unit stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space, The VNF instance information generates a VNF instance information parameter list, and the VNF instance information parameter list includes the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI;

The transceiver unit is further configured to send the VNF instance information parameter list to the VNF management module.

In the above possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, if the NS instance information query request received by the VNF management module from the service requester includes the parameters to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, then

The transceiver unit is further configured to receive a parameter query request sent by the VNF management module, where the parameter query request includes: the parameter to be queried;

The processing unit is further configured to determine the value information of the parameter to be queried;

The transceiver unit is further configured to send the value information of the parameter to be queried to the VNF management module.

In another possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is configured to create an NS instance storage space based on a request for creating an NS instance storage space of the VNF management module, specifically:

The processing unit is specifically configured to receive, through the transceiver unit, an NS instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module, where the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance, and is based on the NS instance storage space creation request. The identifier of the instance and the preset NS instance format create the NS instance storage space.

In yet another possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to receive, before receiving the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance sent by the VNF management module The VNF instance storage space creation request sent in the process of performing the instantiation operation of the NS instance, the VNF instance storage space creation request is used to request the creation of a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, and the VNF instance storage space is created The request includes: the identities of all VNF instances;

The processing unit is further configured to create the VNF instance storage space according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and a preset VNF instance format;

The transceiver unit is further configured to send the VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module.

For the beneficial effects of the various possible designs of the fourth aspect, reference may be made to the descriptions in the various possible designs of the second aspect, which will not be repeated here.

A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and running on the processor, the processor implements the above-mentioned method when executing the program. Methods provided by one aspect and various possible designs of the first aspect.

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, including at least one processing element (or chip) for executing the above first aspect and various possible design and providing methods of the first aspect.

A seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a storage medium, where instructions are stored in the storage medium, and when the instructions are run on a computer, the computer is made to execute the first aspect and the methods provided by various possible designs of the first aspect .

An eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer program product including instructions, which, when run on a computer, enables the computer to execute the above-mentioned first aspect and the methods provided by various possible designs of the first aspect.

A ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the processor executes the program to achieve the above-mentioned first The method provided by the second aspect and various possible designs of the second aspect.

A tenth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, including at least one processing element (or chip) for performing the above second aspect and various possible design and provision methods of the second aspect.

An eleventh aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a storage medium, where instructions are stored in the storage medium, and when the instructions are executed on a computer, the computer is made to execute the above-mentioned second aspect and various possible designs provided by the second aspect. method.

A twelfth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer program product including instructions, which, when run on a computer, enables the computer to execute the above-mentioned second aspect and the methods provided by various possible designs of the second aspect.

In the information processing method, device and storage medium provided by this application, the identifier of the NS instance determined based on the NS instantiation request by the VNF management module, the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI is obtained by interacting with the A&AI, and the storage space of the NS instance is based on the NS instance storage space obtained by interacting with the A&AI. Execute the instantiation operation on the NS instance, and send the obtained NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and the VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances contained in the NS instance to the A&AI, and the A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space , store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space. In this technical solution, the VNF management module saves the data in the running state in the A&AI, which reduces the processing task of the NFV system, improves the information query efficiency, and solves the problem of the heavy processing tasks of the NFV system and the low information query efficiency in the prior art. question.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of the NFV system;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow diagram of ETSI NFV completing a service deployment in the prior art;

3 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 1 of an information processing method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 2 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

5 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 3 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

6 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 4 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

7 is a schematic diagram of an ONAP architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow in Embodiment 5 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another ONAP architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 6 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 4 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The traditional telecommunication system is composed of various special hardware devices, and different applications use different hardware devices. With the growth of the network scale, the telecommunication system becomes more and more complex, and there are more and more challenges to be faced, such as the development and launch of new services, system operation and maintenance, and resource utilization. In order to meet these challenges and take advantage of the virtualization technology and cloud computing technology in the information technology (IT) industry, 13 major telecom operators in the world jointly released the network function virtualization (NFV) white paper and announced that in The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) established the NFV Industry Specific Group (ISG) to formulate the requirements and technical framework of NFV and promote the development of NFV.

NFV technology can be simply understood as migrating the functions of each network element used in a telecommunication network from a current dedicated hardware platform to a general commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) server. Through NFV technology, each network element used in the telecommunications network is transformed into an independent application, which can be flexibly deployed on a unified infrastructure platform based on standard servers, storage, switches and other equipment. Hardware device resource pooling and virtualization, providing virtual resources for upper-layer applications, realizing application and hardware decoupling, so that each application can quickly increase virtual resources to achieve the purpose of rapidly expanding system capacity, or can quickly reduce virtual resources to achieve shrinkage The purpose of system capacity is to greatly improve the elasticity of the network. A common COTS server is used to form a shared resource pool. Newly developed services do not need to deploy hardware devices separately, which greatly shortens the time for new services to go online.

The foundation of NFV technology includes cloud computing technology and virtualization technology. General-purpose COTS computing/storage/network hardware devices can be decomposed into multiple virtual resources through virtualization technology for use by various upper-layer applications. Through virtualization technology, the decoupling between applications and hardware is realized, which greatly increases the supply speed of virtual resources; through cloud computing technology, the elastic scaling of applications can be realized, and the matching of virtual resources and business loads can be realized, which not only improves the efficiency of virtual resources The utilization efficiency is improved, and the response rate of the system is improved.

Exemplarily, by using general hardware devices and virtualization technologies, the functions of the special devices in the traditional network are carried, thereby reducing the expensive cost caused by deploying the special devices. Through the decoupling of software and hardware, the functions of network devices no longer depend on dedicated hardware. Using the characteristics of cloud computing, resources can be fully and flexibly shared, enabling rapid development and deployment of new services, and automatic deployment, elastic scaling, fault isolation, and self-healing based on actual business needs.

Generally, in an NFV system, the party that can receive the virtualization request and virtualize the corresponding service according to the virtualization request is called the service provider of the virtualization service, and the party that initiates the virtualization request is called the service request. square.

At present, the virtualized network service (NS) in NFV may be an IP multimedia subsystem (IP multimedia subsystem, IMS) network, or a next-generation mobile core network (evolved packet core, EPC). An NS may include one or more virtual network function (VNF) modules.

When deploying the NS, the service requester needs to provide the service provider with description information (NSdescriptor, NSD) of the network service, which is also called the deployment template of the NS. NSD mainly describes the topology structure of network services and contains description information (VNF descriptor, VNFD) of each VNF, wherein, in the topology structure, virtual link descriptor (VLD) is used to describe the connection between VNFs. VNFD is the description information of a VNF, also known as the deployment template of VNF, wherein, VNFD includes virtual deployment unit (virtualisation deployment unit, VDU), connection point (connection point, CP), virtual link (virtual link, VL) and other information .

Among them, the VDU can represent a virtual machine with application software installed, and the description of the VDU will include the description of all virtual resources of the virtual machine, and the CP represents the connection information on the virtual machine, for example, it can be the virtual network card information, It can be represented by an IP address or a MAC address. VL is a virtual connection connecting multiple VDUs in a VNF, and can be represented by information such as connection type and bandwidth.

Exemplarily, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of an NFV system. As shown in FIG. 1, the NFV system 100 can be used in various networks, eg, implemented in a data center network, carrier network, or local area network. The NFV system 100 includes an NFV management and orchestration (NFV MANO) 101, an NFV infrastructure (NFVI) 130, a plurality of virtual network functions (VNF) 108, a plurality of Element management (EM) 122 , network service, VNF and infrastructure description (network service, VNF and infrastructure description) 126 , and operation-support system/business support system (OSS/BSS) 124 .

Wherein, the NFV MANO 101 includes an NFV orchestrator (NFV orchestrator, NFVO) 102 , one or more VNF managers (VNF manager, VNFM) 104 and a virtualized infrastructure manager (virtualized infrastructure manager, VIM) 106 . NFVI 130 includes computing hardware 112 , storage hardware 114 , network hardware 116 , a virtualization layer, virtual computing 110 , virtual storage 118 , and virtual networking 120 . The network service, VNF and infrastructure description 126 and OSS/BSS 124 are introduced in detail in the standard specification of the system, and will not be repeated here.

NFV MANO 101 is used to perform monitoring and management of VNF 108 and NFVI 130.

The NFVO 102 is mainly responsible for processing the life cycle management of virtualized services, and the allocation and scheduling of virtual infrastructure and virtual resources in the NFVI 130. That is, NFVO 102 may implement network services on NFVI 130, and may also perform resource-related requests from one or more VNFMs 104, or send configuration information to VNFMs 104, and collect VNFs 108 status information.

Additionally, NFVO 102 may communicate with VIM 106 to enable allocation and/or reservation of resources and to exchange configuration and status information for virtualized hardware resources.

The VNFM 104 can manage one or more VNFs 108 . The VNFM 104 may be responsible for the lifecycle management of one or more VNFs, performing various management functions such as instantiating, updating, querying, scaling, terminating VNFs 108, and the like. The VNFM 104 and VIM 106 may communicate with each other for resource allocation and exchange configuration and status information for virtualized hardware resources. In the NFV architecture, there can be multiple VNFMs, which are responsible for life cycle management of different types of VNFs.

VIM 106 is used to control and manage the interaction of VNF 108 with computing hardware 112 , storage hardware 114 , network hardware 116 , virtual computing 118 , virtual storage 120 , and virtual network 122 . For example, the VIM 106 may perform resource management functions, such as managing the allocation of infrastructure resources (eg, adding resources to virtual containers) and operational functions (eg, collecting NFVI fault information).

Exemplarily, the NFVI 130 includes hardware resources, software resources, or a combination of the two to complete the deployment of the virtualized environment, manage and implement the VNF 108 . In other words, hardware resources and the virtualization layer are used to provide virtualized resources, such as virtual machines and other forms of virtual containers. Hardware resources include computing hardware 112 , storage hardware 114 , and network hardware 116 . Computing hardware 112 may be off-the-shelf hardware and/or custom hardware to provide processing and computing resources. The storage hardware 114 may be storage capacity provided within the network or storage capacity resident in the storage hardware 114 itself (local storage within the server).

In one implementation, the resources of computing hardware 112 and storage hardware 114 may be pooled. Network hardware 116 may be a switch, router, and/or any other network device configured to have switching functionality. Network hardware 116 may span multiple domains and may include multiple networks interconnected by one or more transport networks.

A virtualization layer within NFVI 130 can abstract hardware resources from the physical layer and decouple VNF 108 in order to provide VNF 108 with virtualized resources. The virtual resource layer includes virtual computing 110 , virtual storage 118 and virtual network 120 . Virtual computing 110 and virtual storage 118 may be provided to VNF 108 in the form of virtual machines, and/or other virtual containers. For example, one or more VNFs 108 may be deployed on a virtual machine VM, and the virtualization layer abstracts the network hardware 116 to form a virtual network 120, which may include a virtual switch (VS) that uses to provide connectivity between virtual machines and other virtual machines. Additionally, the transport network in the network hardware 116 may be virtualized using a centralized control plane and a separate forwarding plane (eg, software-defined networking, SDN).

The EM 110 is a system for configuring and managing equipment in a traditional telecommunication system. In the NFV architecture, EM 110 can also be used to configure and manage VNFs, and initiate lifecycle management operations such as instantiation of new VNFs to VNFM 104 .

OSS/BSS124, supporting various end-to-end telecom services. The management functions supported by OSS include: network configuration, service provision, and fault management. BSS handles orders, payments, revenue, etc., and supports product management, order management, revenue management and customer management.

As shown in FIG. 1, VNFM 104 may interact with VNF 108 and EM 122 to manage the lifecycle of the VNF and to exchange configuration and state information. VNF 108 may be configured to perform virtualization of at least one network function through a physical network device. For example, in one implementation, the VNF 108 may be configured to provide functionality provided by different network elements in the IMS network. EM 122 is configured to manage one or more VNFs 108.

Exemplarily, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a service deployment completed by ETSI NFV in the prior art. As shown in FIG. 2 , this embodiment is described by the interaction of OSS/BSS, NFVO and VNFM. Optionally, the service deployment process may include the following steps:

Step 21: OSS/BSS uploads the NSD file to NFVO.

The NSD file is a deployment template of NS, which is designed by OSS/BSS.

Step 22: NFVO authenticates the NSD file, and saves the NSD file after authentication.

Optionally, after NFVO saves the NSD file, the NS can be deployed by using the NSD file later.

Step 23: NFVO reports to the OSS/BSS a successful response to the upload of the NSD file.

The NSD file upload success response is used to indicate that the NFVO successfully receives and saves the NSD file uploaded by the OSS/BSS.

Step 24: The OSS/BSS uploads the VNF packages of all VNFs contained in the NSD file to NFVO.

Among them, the VNF package, namely the VNF package, contains all the information required to deploy a VNF, including VNFD files and the like.

Exemplarily, if the above NSD contains multiple VNFs, this step needs to be repeated to instruct all VNF packages to be uploaded successfully, that is, the VNF packages of each VNF are successfully uploaded to NFVO.

It should be noted that this step 24 can also be performed before step 21, that is, the OSS/BSS first uploads the VNF packages of all VNFs, and then uploads the NSD. This embodiment of the present application does not limit the upload order of the NSD file and the VNF packages of all VNFs included in the NSD, which may be determined according to actual conditions.

Optionally, for the VNFD file included in the VNF package, usually, a VNFD file can contain the following parameters:

In practical applications, the uploaded VNFD file also includes specific value information of the above parameters.

Step 25: The NFVO reports a successful response of the VNF package upload to the OSS/BSS.

The VNF package upload success response is used to indicate that the VNF packages of all VNFs included in the NSD file have been successfully uploaded to NFVO.

Step 26: The OSS/BSS is sending a request for creating an NS instance identifier to the NFVO.

Wherein, the NS instance identification request includes: the identification of the NSD file.

Optionally, before deploying an NS instance, OSS/BSS needs to request NFVO to create an NS instance ID for the NS instance.

Step 27: NFVO creates an NS instance identifier for the NS instance according to the identifier of the NSD file.

Optionally, the NFVO saves a record of an NS instance in its own database according to the received identifier of the NSD, and assigns an identifier to the NS instance.

Step 28: NFVO returns the NS instance identifier to the OSS/BSS.

Step 29: The OSS/BSS initiates an NS instantiation request to the NFVO.

Wherein, the NS instantiation request includes: the NS instance identifier.

Step 210: NFVO obtains the corresponding NSD file according to the NS instance identifier in the NS instantiation request.

Step 211: NFVO deploys an NS instance by interacting with the VNFM according to the NSD file.

Specifically, this step 211 can be implemented through the following steps A1 to A5:

Step A1: The NFVO initiates the VNF instantiation process to the VNFM according to the VNFD identifier contained in the NSD file.

Optionally, if the NSD file contains multiple VNFD identifiers, NFVO needs to initiate multiple VNF instantiation processes to the VNFM.

Step A2: The VNFM obtains the VNFD file according to the VNFD identifier, and deploys the VNF instance by using the VNFD file.

Step A3: The VNFM saves the information of the successfully deployed VNF instance.

Step A4: The VNFM reports to the NFVO that the VNF instance is successfully deployed.

Optionally, the VNF instance information saved by the VNFM is called VnfInfo, which can specifically include the following parameters:

In the above VnfInfo, the values of the above parameters such as vnfdId, vnfProvider, vnfProductName, vnfSoftwareVersion, vnfdVersion, onboardedVnfPkgInfoId, vnfConfigurableProperty and monitoringParameter are directly obtained from the VNFD or VNF package in step 24, and other information is based on the specific deployed VNF obtained from the current actual situation.

A5: After NFVO receives the successful responses of all VNF instantiations, it connects all VNF instances to form NS instances according to the description information in NSD.

Optionally, NFVO connects all VNF instances to form an NS instance, indicating that the NS instance is successfully deployed.

Step 212: NFVO saves the deployed NS instance information.

This NS instance information is also referred to as NsInfo.

Step 213: NFVO returns a successful response of NS instance deployment to the OSS/BSS.

Step 214: The OSS/BSS initiates an NS instantiation information query request to the NFVO.

Optionally, when OSS/BSS needs to query NS instance information, it can initiate an NS instantiation information query request to NFVO. This request can be used to query the entire NS instance information, or it can specify the current value of a parameter in the NS instance information to query. value.

Step 215: NFVO determines the information of the NS instance by interacting with the VNFM according to the NS instantiation information query request.

Optionally, NFVO initiates a VNFInfo query request to the VNFM. If the NS instantiation information query request corresponds to querying the information of a VNF instance in the NS instance, the VNFM returns the value of the parameters included in the VNFInfo. The instantiation information query request corresponds to querying the entire VNFInfo information, then the VNFM returns the values of all the parameters contained in the VNFInfo. If the NS instantiation information query request corresponds to querying a certain parameter information in the VNF instance, the VNFM only returns the parameter. the current value of .

Step 216: NFVO returns the obtained information of the NS instance to the OSS/BSS.

In this embodiment, it can be seen from the above steps that in the current NFV architecture, the VNFpackage (including VNFD) and NSD files in the deployment state and the NS instance information in the running state are all stored on NFVO, and the running state VNF instance information is stored on the VNFM. That is, the business data of the NFV system is stored in NFVO and VNFM, so that all business data needs to be queried in NFVO and VNFM, resulting in heavy processing tasks of the NFV system and low information query efficiency.

In view of the above problems, the embodiments of the present application provide an information processing method, device, and storage medium. The VNF management module obtains the NS instance created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI based on the identifier of the NS instance determined by the NS instantiation request. Storage space, perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the storage space of the NS instance, obtain the NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and the VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances contained in the NS instance, and combine the NS instance information with each VNF. The VNF instance information corresponding to the instance is sent to the A&AI, and the A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space. In this technical solution, the VNF management module saves the data in the running state in the A&AI, which reduces the processing tasks of the NFV system and improves the efficiency of information query.

Hereinafter, the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail through specific embodiments. It should be noted that the following specific embodiments may be combined with each other, and the same or similar concepts or processes may not be repeated in some embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 1 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application. This embodiment is described by taking the information interaction between the virtualized network function VNF management module and the running state database A&AI. As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the information processing method may include the following steps:

Step 31: The VNF management module obtains the storage space of the NS instance created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI based on the identifier of the NS instance determined by the NS instantiation request.

Exemplarily, in this embodiment, when the service requester needs to instantiate an NS, first, the VNF management module creates an NS instance identifier for the NS instance according to the received NS instantiation request; secondly, the VNF manages The module requests A&AI to create an NS instance storage space for storing NS instance information; finally, the VNF management module receives the NS instance storage space returned by A&AI after successfully creating the NS instance storage space.

Specifically, after receiving the NS instance storage space sent by the VNF management module, A&AI creates an NS instance storage address (space) for storing the NS instance in the A&AI database, and the NS instance storage space will contain an NS instance. All parameters that need to be saved, but the values of all parameters are empty, so that the VNF management module can instantiate the NS instance. After the NS instance is successfully instantiated, the specific values of the parameters included in the NS instance can be obtained. .

Step 32: The VNF management module performs an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, and obtains NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance.

Optionally, in this embodiment, after the VNF management module obtains the storage space of the NS instance, it determines all the parameters that the NS instance needs to save. Therefore, the VNF management module determines the storage space of the NS instance based on the format of the storage space of the NS instance. The instance performs the instantiation operation, and the specific value of each parameter can be determined.

Exemplarily, in this embodiment, this step 32 may be implemented by the following steps:

Step B1: The VNF management module performs an instantiation operation process on the NS instance based on the NS instance parameters included in the NS instance storage space, and after successful instantiation, obtains NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance parameters.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the VNF management module determines the specific value of each NS instance parameter based on the NS instance parameter included in the NS instance storage space. If the specific value of each NS instance parameter is obtained, it is considered that the The instantiation of NS is successful, and correspondingly, the NS instance information corresponding to all NS instance parameters is obtained.

Step B2: The VNF management module performs the instantiation operation process on the NS instance, and performs the instantiation operation on all the VNFs included in the NS instance respectively to obtain VNF instance information corresponding to all the VNF instances.

Exemplarily, each NS instance may include multiple VNFs. Therefore, when the VNF management module performs the instantiation operation process on the NS instance, that is, performing the instantiation operation on all the VNFs included in the NS instance, and obtains each VNF in all VNF instances. VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF.

Step 33: The VNF management module sends the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the VNF management module will request A&AI to create an NS instance storage space and a VNF instance storage space respectively during the process of instantiating the NS and VNF. After the VNF is successfully instantiated, the VNF management module itself does not save the NS instance information and VNF instance information generated during the NS instantiation process, but sends them to A&AI for storage.

Step 34: A&AI stores the received NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and stores the received VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space.

In this embodiment, the A&AI receives the NS instance information and the VNF instance information sent by the VNF management module, and stores them respectively. Specifically, A&AI stores the received NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space, so as to improve query efficiency during subsequent queries.

In the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the VNF management module obtains the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI by interacting with the A&AI based on the identifier of the NS instance determined by the NS instantiation request, and executes the instance on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space. After the initialization operation and sub-instantiation are successful, the obtained NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and the VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances contained in the NS instance are sent to A&AI, and A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space , and store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space. In this technical solution, the VNF management module itself does not save NS instance information and VNF instance information, but saves the NS instance information and VNF instance information in the running state in the A&AI, which reduces the processing tasks of the NFV system and improves the information query efficiency .

Exemplarily, on the basis of the foregoing embodiments, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 2 of the information processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4, after the above step 34, the information processing method may further include the following steps:

Step 41: A&AI generates a VNF instance information parameter list according to the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance.

Wherein, the VNF instance information parameter list includes the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI.

Optionally, in this embodiment, after A&AI saves the received NS instance information and VNF information, it may generate a VNF instance information parameter list based on the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance, that is, determine each NVF instance. The parameters the instance contains, and the parameters of this NS instance.

Step 42: A&AI sends the VNF instance information parameter list to the VNF management module.

Exemplarily, the A&AI synchronizes the information stored by itself, that is, the VNF instance information parameter list to the VNF management module, so that the VNF management module knows which NS instance parameters are saved in the A&AI in time, so that the VNF management module receives service requests in the future. When the parameter query request of the party is received, the specific storage location of the parameter corresponding to the parameter query request can be determined in time, which improves the response speed of the VNF.

Step 43: The VNF management module updates the NS instance information in the VNF management module according to the received VNF instance information parameter list.

The NS instance information includes: VNF instance and resource information created during the instantiation of the NS instance.

In this embodiment, the VNF management module receives the VNF instance information parameter list sent by the A&AI, and updates the NS instance information in the VNF management module based on the VNF instance information parameter list, so that the NS instance information stored in the VNF management module The instance information is accurate, that is, it is determined that the parameters of the stored VNF instance are accurate.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4 , in this embodiment, the information processing method may further include the following steps:

Step 44: The VNF management module receives the NS instance information query request sent by the service requester.

Wherein, the NS instance information query request includes: at least one parameter to be queried.

Optionally, in this embodiment, when the service requester queries the NS instance information, the service requester initiates an NS instantiation information query request to the VNF management module, and the request can be used to query the entire NS instance information, or can specify the query NS. The current value of a parameter in the instance information, therefore, the NS instance information query request includes: at least one parameter to be queried.

Step 45: The VNF management module determines whether the at least one parameter to be queried is in the VNF instance information parameter list.

In this embodiment, the VNF management module parses the NS instantiation information query request, determines all parameters to be queried included in the NS instance information query request, and determines whether each parameter to be queried belongs to the VNF instance information parameter list. The parameters to be queried stored in the A&AI and the parameters to be queried in the storage and service design and creation (service design & creation, SDC) module.

Step 46: For the parameter to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, the VNF management module obtains the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the A&AI.

As an example, if some parameters to be queried included in the NS instance information query request exist in the VNF instance information parameter list, it means that the value information of these parameters to be queried is stored in the A&AI. Interactively obtain the value information of these parameters to be queried.

Exemplarily, the VNF management module sends a parameter query request to the A&AI, where the parameter query request includes: the parameter to be queried, and the A&AI queries the NS instance storage space or the VNF instance storage space based on the to-be-queried parameter, and determines the value information of the query parameter, Send it to the VNF management module, so that the VNF management module obtains the value information of the parameter to be queried.

Step 47: For parameters to be queried that are not in the VNF instance information parameter list, the VNF management module obtains value information of the parameters to be queried by interacting with the service design and creation SDC module.

As another example, if some parameters to be queried included in the NS instance information query request do not exist in the VNF instance information parameter list, it can indicate that these parameters to be queried are not generated during the NS instantiation process, and the The value information is not stored in A&AI, it is probably design state data, and can be queried in the SDC module that stores design state data. Therefore, the value information of these parameters to be queried can be obtained by interacting with the SDC module.

In the information query method provided in this embodiment of the present application, after A&AI stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance, it generates a VNF instance information parameter list according to the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance, and sends it to the VNF management module. The VNF management module updates the NS instance information in the VNF management module based on the received VNF instance information parameter list, so that when the VNF management module receives the NS instance information query request sent by the service requester, it can determine the NS instance information query Whether at least one parameter to be queried in the request is in the VNF instance information parameter list, if so, obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with A&AI; if not, obtain the parameter to be queried by interacting with the SDC module value information. In this technical solution, the VNF management module can determine the query position of the parameter to be queried, so that the value information of the parameter to be queried can be accurately obtained, and the inconsistency of the data in multiple storage locations when the business data is stored in NFVO and VNFM is avoided. The query result is inaccurate.

Exemplarily, on the basis of the foregoing embodiments, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 3 of the information processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in Figure 5, the above step 31 can be implemented by the following steps:

Step 51: The VNF management module determines the identifier of the NS instance according to the identifier of the NS information model description template NSD carried in the NS instantiation request.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the VNF management module obtains the NS instantiation request of the service requester, the NS instantiation request carries the identifier of the NSD, and the VNF management module can be the instantiated NS according to the identifier of the NSD. Allocate an identity, that is, the identity of the NS instance can be determined.

Step 52: The VNF management module sends an NS instance storage space creation request to the A&AI.

Wherein, the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance.

Optionally, in this embodiment, in order to reduce the processing burden of the NVF system, before instantiating an NS, the VNF management module first sends an NS instance storage space creation request to A&AI to request A&AI to create a storage space for an NS instance. NS instance storage space for information. The NS instance storage space creation request includes the identifier of the NS instance, which is used to instruct the A&AI to create an NS instance storage space for the corresponding NS instance.

Step 53: A&AI creates an NS instance storage space according to the received identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format.

Optionally, in this embodiment, a preset NS instance format is stored in A&AI, for example, it satisfies the instance format defined by ONAP. Therefore, A&AI can create an identifier of the NS instance in the request based on the NS instance storage space and store it itself. The preset NS instance format creates an NS instance storage space for the NS instance.

Step 54: A&AI sends the NS instance storage space to the VNF management module.

In this embodiment, after the A&AI creates the NS instance storage space, it may send it to the VNF management module, so that the VNF management module instantiates the NS instance according to the received NS instance storage space.

In the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the VNF management module determines the identifier of the NS instance according to the identifier of the NSD carried in the NS instantiation request, and sends the NS instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, and the A&AI receives the NS instance according to the identifier of the NS instance. The identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format, create an NS instance storage space, and send the NS instance storage space to the VNF management module. In this technical solution, the VNF management module interacts with the A&AI to create an NS instance storage space, which lays a foundation for storing the NS instance information in the A&AI.

Exemplarily, on the basis of the foregoing embodiments, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 4 of the information processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 6, before the above step 33, the method may further include the following steps:

Step 61: The VNF management module determines the identifiers of all VNF instances included in the NS instance during the instantiation operation for the NS instance.

In this embodiment, in the process of instantiating the NS instance, the VNF management module first determines all the VNFs included in the NS instance, and creates an instance identifier for each VNF, that is, determines all the VNFs included in the NS instance. The ID of the VNF instance. Exemplarily, the VNF management module performs an instantiation operation on the NS instance, that is, performs an instantiation operation on each VNF instance included in the NS instance.

Step 62: The VNF management module sends a VNF instance storage space creation request to A&AI.

The VNF instance storage space request is used to request to create a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, and the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: identifiers of all VNF instances.

Optionally, when each NS instance includes multiple VNF instances, the VNF management module may perform an instantiation operation on each VNF instance respectively, and in the process of performing the instantiation operation on each VNF instance, send the VNF to A&AI. The instance storage space creation request is to request to create a VNF instance storage space for the identifier of each VNF instance, and each created VNF instance storage space is used to store the corresponding VNF instance information.

Step 63: A&AI creates a VNF instance storage space according to the preset VNF instance format and the received identifiers of all VNF instances.

In this embodiment, A&AI stores a preset VNF instance format, for example, it satisfies the instance format defined by ONAP, therefore, A&AI can be based on the received identifiers of all VNF instances and the preset VNF instance format stored by itself, Create a VNF instance storage space for each VNF instance.

Step 64: A&AI sends the created VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module.

In this embodiment, after A&AI creates the storage space of each VNF instance, it can send it to the VNF management module. In this way, after receiving the storage space of each VNF instance, the VNF management module can compare the storage space of each VNF instance based on the storage space of each VNF instance. Each VNF instance is instantiated.

In the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the VNF management module determines the identifiers of all VNF instances included in the NS instance during the process of instantiating the NS instance, and sends a VNF instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, and the A&AI according to The preset VNF instance format and the received identifiers of all VNF instances create a VNF instance storage space, and send the created VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module. In this technical solution, the VNF management module interacts with A&AI to create VNF instance storage space, which lays a foundation for storing each VNF instance information in A&AI.

Based on the descriptions of the above embodiments, the information processing method will be specifically described below with respect to two ONAP architectures applicable to the information processing method.

In a possible design of the embodiment of the present application, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an ONAP architecture provided by the embodiment of the present application. The open network automation platform (ONAP) is an open source project whose main function is to implement the MANO platform defined by ETSI NFV. Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 7 , the ONAP architecture may include: an application scenario user interface (use case user interface, UUI)/virtual underlying resource deployer (VirtualInfrastructure Deployment, VID), a service design and creation module (service design&creation, SDC), service orchestrator (SO), virtual function controller (VFC), active and available inventory (A&AI), and multi-virtualized infrastructure manager (Multi-virtualized infrastructure manager, Multi-VIM).

Among them, UUI/VID is a user interface system, and a user can send a request to the ONAP system on the interface, for example, a request to instantiate an NS or VNF.

The SDC is ONAP's design state tool, responsible for the design and storage of VNF packages (including VNFDs) and NSDs.

In this embodiment, both the UUI/VID and the SDC belong to design-state related modules, that is, they are used for service design.

The SO is the main orchestrator of ONAP and is responsible for receiving lifecycle management requests such as instantiation from the outside.

The VFC includes NFVO and VNFM. VNFM is divided into G-VNFM and vendor s-VNFM. When the VNFM is a vendors-VNFM, the VFC also includes a plug-in for connecting NFVO to the vendor s-VNFM.

The A&AI is responsible for storing all running state data in ONAP, including instantiated NS instance data and VNF instance data.

The Multi-VIM provides management of underlying resources, similar to the VIM in the ETSI NFV architecture.

In the ONAP architecture, SO, VFC, A&AI, and Multi-VIM are all running projects, responsible for business deployment and other life cycle management operations.

From the architecture of this embodiment, it can be seen that the ONAP system is an architecture in which the design state and the running state are separated, and the design state data and the running state data are maintained and saved by different modules.

Exemplarily, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 5 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application. This embodiment is implemented based on the ONAP architecture shown in FIG. 7 , and thus, this embodiment is implemented by the interaction of UUI/VID, SDC, SO, VFC and A&AI. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8 , the information processing method may include the following steps:

Step 81: The UUI/VID uploads the NSD file and the VNF packages of all VNFs contained in the NSD file to the SDC.

Among them, UUI/VID designs NSD files based on the standard requirements of ETSI NFV, and uploads the designed NSD files to SDC through the user interface of UUI/VID. The SDC will authenticate and save the NSD file, so that the NSD file can be used to deploy the NS instance later.

In this embodiment, the UUI/VID also uploads the VNF packages of all the VNFs contained in the NSD file to the SDC, so that the VNF instance can be subsequently deployed using the VNF packages of all the VNFs contained in the NSD file.

Step 82: The UUI/VID sends an NS instantiation request to the SO.

Wherein, the NS instantiation request includes the identifier of the NSD file uploaded in step 81 .

Step 83: The SO converts the NS instantiation request into an NS instance identification creation request.

In this embodiment, the SO first judges whether the NSD of the NS to be instantiated meets the requirements of the ETSI NFV standard according to the identifier of the NSD file in the received NS instantiation request, and if so, adopts the interface message defined by ETSI NFV, Convert the NS instantiation request to an NS instance ID creation request.

Step 84: The SO sends the NS instance identifier creation request to the VFC.

It should be noted that the VFC in this embodiment includes the NFVO function and the VNFM function defined in ETSI NFV.

Step 85: The VFC creates an NS instance identifier for the NS instance according to the identifier of the NSD file.

Specifically, the VFC assigns an instance identifier to the NS that needs to be instantiated.

Step 86: The VFC returns the NS instance identifier to the SO.

Step 87: The VFC sends an NS instance storage space creation request to the A&AI.

Wherein, the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance. The NS instance storage space creation request is used to apply for A&AI to create an NS instance storage space for storing NS instance information.

Step 88: The A&AI creates an NS instance storage space according to the received identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format.

Step 89: The A&AI feeds back the created NS instance storage space to the VFC.

Step 810: The SO sends an NS instantiation request to the VFC.

The NS instantiation request is implemented using ETSI NFV standard interface messages, and the NS instantiation request includes the NS instance identifier returned by the VFC.

Step 811 : The VFC performs the instantiation operation process on the NS instance, and performs the instantiation operation on all the VNFs included in the NS instance respectively to obtain VNF instance information corresponding to all the VNF instances.

In this embodiment, the VFC uses the NFV standard process to perform the NS instantiation operation, and instantiates all the VNFs contained in the NS. In order to coordinate with the ONAP architecture, the VFC needs to apply to A&AI for the creation of VNF instance storage space during the instantiation process. Request to store VNF instance information.

A&AI creates a VNF instance storage space based on the preset VNF instance format and the received identifiers of all VNF instances, and sends it to the VFC. The VFC instantiates all the VNFs contained in the NS based on the VNF instance storage space.

Exemplarily, the specific format of the VNF instance storage space is as follows:

Step 812: The VFC sends the obtained NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI.

Step 813: The A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space.

When the VFC completes the instantiation process of the NS instance, that is, after the NS instance is successfully created, it updates the NS instance information to the NS instance storage space of A&AI, including updating the instance information of all VNFs contained in the NS to the VNF instance of A&AI in the storage space. That is, the VFC returns the values of the parameters obtained during the instantiation of NS to A&AI for storage.

Step 814: A&AI generates a VNF instance information parameter list according to the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance and sends it to the VFC.

In this embodiment, the format of the VNF instance storage space in the above step 811 is not exactly the same as the VnfInfo defined by ETSI NFV. Therefore, A&AI returns the generated VNF instance information parameter list to the VFC.

Step 815: The VFC updates the NS instance information according to the VNF instance information parameter list.

Step 816: The VFC returns an NS instantiation success response to the SO.

Step 817: The VFC receives the NS instance information query request sent by the UUI/VID.

Optionally, after the NS instance runs for a period of time, when the NS instance information needs to be queried, the NS instance information query request is sent to the SO through the UUI/VID for query.

Step 818: For the parameter to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, the VFC obtains the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the A&AI.

Exemplarily, if the parameter to be queried is in the VNF instance information parameter list, such as vnfState, the VFC sends a parameter query request query to the A&AI to obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried.

Step 819: For parameters to be queried that are not in the VNF instance information parameter list, the VFC obtains the value information of the parameters to be queried by interacting with the SDC module.

In this embodiment, the parameters to be queried are compared with the received VNF instance information parameter list. For example, the query is vnfSoftwareVersion. In the ETSI NFV definition, this parameter is included in VnfInfo, but this parameter is in ONAP. It belongs to design state data, so it is not in the above VNF instance information parameter list. At this time, the VFC sends a parameter query request to the SDC to obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried.

Step 820: The VFC returns the value information of each parameter to be queried to the UUI/VID.

The implementation principles and beneficial effects that are not detailed in this embodiment can be referred to the descriptions in the above-mentioned embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 , and will not be repeated here.

Exemplarily, in another possible design of the embodiment of the present application, FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another ONAP architecture provided by the embodiment of the present application. The difference between this architecture and the ONAP architecture in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is that, in this embodiment, NFVO is separated from VFC, that is, NFVO exists independently of VFC. Thus, in this embodiment, VFC is replaced by VNFM, which NFVO can be used as an ONAP orchestrator in parallel with SO, where NFVO handles the deployment of NS and VNFs that meet the ETSI NFV standard and other lifecycle management operations, and SO handles the deployment of applications using other technologies.

For the specific introduction of each module included in the architecture, reference may be made to the descriptions in the above-mentioned embodiments shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 , and details are not repeated here.

Exemplarily, FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of Embodiment 6 of the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application. This embodiment is implemented based on the ONAP architecture shown in FIG. 9 . Therefore, this embodiment is implemented by the interaction of UUI/VID, SDC, SO/NFVO, VNFM and A&AI. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10 , the information processing method may include the following steps:

Step 101: The UUI/VID uploads the NSD file and the VNF packages of all VNFs contained in the NSD file to the SDC.

Step 102: The UUI/VID sends an NS instance identifier creation request to the SO/NFVO.

The NS instance identifier creation request includes the identifier of the NSD file uploaded in step 101.

Step 103: SO/NFVO creates an NS instance identifier for the NS instance according to the identifier of the NSD file.

In this embodiment, since the NSD file follows the ETSI NFV standard, this step is mainly processed by NFVO.

Step 104: The SO/NFVO returns the created NS instance identifier to the UUI/VID.

Step 105: SO/NFVO sends an NS instance storage space creation request to A&AI.

Specifically, NFVO applies to A&AI to create a storage space for an NS instance to store NS instance information.

Step 106: A&AI creates an NS instance storage space according to the received identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format.

Step 107: A&AI feeds back the created NS instance storage space to SO/NFVO.

Step 108: The UUI/VID sends an NS instantiation request to the SO/NFVO.

Wherein, the NS instantiation request adopts the ETSI NFV standard interface message, which includes the NS instance identifier received back in step 104.

Step 109: The SO/NFVO initiates a VNF instantiation request to the VNFM for the VNF included in the NS corresponding to the NS instance identifier.

The VNF instantiation request includes applying to the VNFM for a VNF instance identifier.

Step 1010: The VNFM sends a VNF instance storage space creation request to the A&AI.

Wherein, the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: identifiers of all VNF instances.

Step 1011: A&AI creates a VNF instance storage space based on the preset VNF instance format and the received identifiers of all VNF instances.

In this embodiment, the specific format of the storage space of the VNF instance is the same as that in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 above, and details are not repeated here.

Step 1012: A&AI feeds back the created VNF instance storage space to the VNFM.

Step 1013: The VNFM performs an instantiation operation process on all VNF instances based on the VNF instance storage space, and obtains NS instance information and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances.

Step 1014: The VNFM sends the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI.

Step 1015: The A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space.

Step 1016: A&AI generates a VNF instance information parameter list according to the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance and sends it to the VNFM.

Step 1017: The VNFM updates the NS instance information according to the VNF instance information parameter list.

Step 1018: The VNFM returns an NS instantiation success response to the SO/NFVO.

Step 1019: The VNFM receives the NS instance information query request sent by the UUI/VID.

Step 1020: For the parameter to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, the VNFM obtains the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the A&AI.

Step 1021: For parameters to be queried that are not in the VNF instance information parameter list, the VNFM obtains value information of the parameters to be queried by interacting with the SDC module.

Step 1022: The VNFM returns the value information of each parameter to be queried to the UUI/VID.

The implementation principles and beneficial effects that are not detailed in this embodiment can be referred to the descriptions in the embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 , and will not be repeated here.

The following are apparatus embodiments of the present application, which can be used to execute the method embodiments of the present application. For details not disclosed in the device embodiments of the present application, please refer to the method embodiments of the present application.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. The device is suitable for VNF management module. As shown in FIG. 11 , the apparatus of this embodiment may include: an acquisition unit 111 , a processing unit 112 , and a transceiver unit 113 .

Wherein, the obtaining unit 111 is used to obtain the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI based on the identification of the NS instance determined by the network service NS instantiation request;

The processing unit 112 is configured to perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance;

The transceiver unit 113 is configured to send the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, so that the A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, Store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space.

Exemplarily, in a possible design of this embodiment, the transceiver unit 113 is further configured to receive a VNF instance information parameter list generated and sent after the A&AI stores the VNF instance information, the VNF instance information parameter list. The list includes: the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI;

The processing unit 112 is further configured to update the NS instance information in the VNF management module according to the VNF instance information parameter list, where the NS instance information includes: the VNF instance created during the instantiation of the NS instance and resource information.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the transceiver unit 113 is further configured to receive an NS instance information query request sent by a service requester, where the NS instance information query request includes: at least one parameter to be queried;

The processing unit 112 is further configured to determine whether the at least one parameter to be queried is in the VNF instance information parameter list, and for the parameter to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, through the running state database A&AI interacts to obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried, and for the parameter to be queried that is not in the VNF instance information parameter list, obtains the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the service design and creation SDC module .

Exemplarily, in another possible design of this embodiment, the obtaining unit 111 is configured to obtain the identifier of the NS instance determined based on the network service NS instantiation request, and obtain the data created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI. NS instance storage space, specifically:

The obtaining unit 111 is specifically configured to determine the identifier of the NS instance according to the identifier of the NS information model description template NSD carried in the NS instantiation request of the network service, and send the creation of the NS to the A&AI through the transceiver unit 113 An instance storage space creation request, and the NS instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format through the transceiver unit 113, wherein the NS instance storage space The creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance.

Exemplarily, in another possible design of this embodiment, the processing unit 112 is further configured to send the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the transceiving unit 113 . Before A&AI, in the process of performing the instantiation operation on the NS instance, determine the identifiers of all VNF instances included in the NS instance;

The transceiver unit 113 is further configured to send a VNF instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, and receive the VNF instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and the preset VNF instance format, The VNF instance storage space request is used to request to create a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, and the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: identifiers of all VNF instances.

Exemplarily, in another possible design of this embodiment, the processing unit 112 is configured to perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance. and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance, specifically:

The processing unit 112 is specifically configured to perform an instantiation operation process on the NS instance based on the NS instance parameters included in the NS instance storage space, and after the instantiation is successful, obtain the NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance parameters, and The instantiation operation process is performed on the NS instance, and the instantiation operation is performed on all VNFs included in the NS instance respectively, to obtain VNF instance information corresponding to all the VNF instances.

The apparatus in this embodiment can be used to execute the implementation scheme of the VNF management module in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 , and the specific implementation manner and technical effect are similar, and are not repeated here.

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. This unit is suitable for A&AI. As shown in FIG. 12 , the apparatus of this embodiment may include: a processing unit 121 , a transceiver unit 122 , and a storage unit 123 .

Wherein, the processing unit 121 is used to create the NS instance storage space based on the NS instance storage space creation request of the VNF management module;

The transceiver unit 122 is configured to send the NS instance storage space to the VNF management module, and to receive the NS instance information sent by the VNF management module and the correspondence of all VNF instances included in the NS instance corresponding to the NS instance information VNF instance information,

The storage unit 123 is configured to store the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space.

Exemplarily, in a possible design of this embodiment, the processing unit 121 is further configured to, after the storage unit 123 stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space, according to each VNF instance storage space. The VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance generates a VNF instance information parameter list, and the VNF instance information parameter list includes the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI;

The transceiver unit 122 is further configured to send the VNF instance information parameter list to the VNF management module.

Exemplarily, in the above possible design of this embodiment, if the NS instance information query request received by the VNF management module from the service requester includes the parameters to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, then

The transceiver unit 122 is further configured to receive a parameter query request sent by the VNF management module, where the parameter query request includes: the parameter to be queried;

The processing unit 121 is further configured to determine the value information of the parameter to be queried;

The transceiver unit 122 is further configured to send the value information of the parameter to be queried to the VNF management module.

Exemplarily, in another possible design of this embodiment, the processing unit 121 is configured to create the NS instance storage space based on the NS instance storage space creation request of the VNF management module, specifically:

The processing unit 121 is specifically configured to receive the NS instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module through the transceiving unit 122, where the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance, and according to the NS instance storage space creation request The identifier of the instance and the preset NS instance format create the NS instance storage space.

Exemplarily, in another possible design of this embodiment, the transceiver unit 122 is further configured to receive the VNF management module before receiving the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance sent by the VNF management module. A VNF instance storage space creation request sent during the instantiation operation for the NS instance, the VNF instance storage space creation request is used to request the creation of a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, the VNF instance The storage space creation request includes: the identifiers of all VNF instances;

The processing unit 121 is further configured to create the VNF instance storage space according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and the preset VNF instance format;

The transceiver unit 122 is further configured to send the VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module.

The apparatus in this embodiment can be used to execute the implementation scheme of A&AI in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 , and the specific implementation manner and technical effect are similar, and details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that it should be understood that the division of each unit of the above apparatus is only a division of logical functions, and in actual implementation, it may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or may be physically separated. And these units can all be implemented in the form of software calling through processing elements; they can also all be implemented in hardware; some units can also be implemented in the form of calling software through processing elements, and some units can be implemented in hardware. For example, the processing unit may be a separately established processing element, or it may be integrated into a certain chip of the above-mentioned apparatus to realize, in addition, it may also be stored in the memory of the above-mentioned apparatus in the form of program code, and a certain processing element of the above-mentioned apparatus may be used. Call and execute the function of the above processing unit. The implementation of other units is similar. In addition, all or part of these units can be integrated together, and can also be implemented independently. The processing element described here may be an integrated circuit with signal processing capability. In the implementation process, each step of the above-mentioned method or each of the above-mentioned units may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor element or an instruction in the form of software.

For example, the above units may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as: one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), or one or more digital microprocessors (digital) signal processor, DSP), or, one or more field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) and so on. For another example, when a certain unit above is implemented in the form of a processing element scheduling program code, the processing element may be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) or other processors that can invoke program codes. For another example, these units can be integrated together and implemented in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

In the above-mentioned embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated. The computer may be a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a readable storage medium or transmitted from one readable storage medium to another readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from a website site, computer, server or data center via wire ( Transmission to another website site, computer, server, or data center by means such as coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (eg, infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that includes one or more available media integrated. The usable media may be magnetic media (eg, floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (eg, DVDs), or semiconductor media (eg, solid state disks (SSDs)), and the like.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. The device is suitable for VNF management module. As shown in FIG. 13 , the information processing apparatus may include a transceiver 131 , a controller/processor 132 and a memory 133 .

Wherein, in the embodiment of the present application, the transceiver 131 may be configured to send the NS instance information obtained by the controller/processor 132 and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, and receive the NS instance storage space sent by the A&AI , VNF instance storage space, and VNF instance information parameter list.

The controller/processor 132 can control and manage the actions of the information processing apparatus, so as to execute various steps of the VNF management module in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 , and/or for the technology described in this application. other processes. For example, it is used to determine the identifier of the NS instance based on the NS instantiation request, obtain the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI by interacting with the A&AI, and use it to perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, etc. As an example, the controller/processor 132 is configured to support the information processing apparatus to perform steps 31 and 32 in FIG. 3 .

The memory 133 is used to store program codes and data of the information processing apparatus. For example, the memory 133 can be used to store the acquired NS instance storage space, NS instance information and VNF instance information obtained by performing an instantiation operation on the NS instance, and the execution instructions and execution results of the controller/processor 132 .

The information processing apparatus in this embodiment can be used to execute the implementation scheme of the VNF management module in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 , and the specific implementation manner and technical effect are similar, and are not repeated here.

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 4 of an information processing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. This unit is suitable for A&AI. As shown in FIG. 14 , the information processing apparatus may include a transceiver 141 , a controller/processor 142 and a memory 143 .

Wherein, in the embodiment of the present application, the transceiver 141 may be configured to send the created NS instance storage space and VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module, and receive information such as NS instance information and VNF instance information sent by the VNF management module.

The controller/processor 142 can control and manage the actions of the information processing apparatus, so as to execute the various steps of the A&AI in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. other processes. For example, it is used to create an NS instance storage space according to the received identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format.

The memory 143 is used to store program codes and data of the information processing apparatus. For example, the memory 143 can be used to store the received NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, store the received VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space, etc., and store the controller/processing Execution instructions and execution results of the controller 142.

The information processing apparatus in this embodiment can be used to execute the implementation scheme of A&AI in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 , and the specific implementation manner and technical effect are similar, and are not repeated here.

Exemplarily, an embodiment of the present application further provides a storage medium, where instructions are stored in the storage medium, and when the instructions are executed on a computer, the computer is made to execute the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 above. The implementation scheme of the VNF management module in .

Exemplarily, an embodiment of the present application further provides a chip for running instructions, where the chip is used to execute the implementation solutions of the VNF management module in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 .

Exemplarily, an embodiment of the present application further provides a program, which, when executed by a processor, is used to execute the implementation solutions of the VNF management module in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 .

Exemplarily, the embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product, which, when running on a computer, enables the computer to execute the implementation solutions of the VNF management module in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 .

Exemplarily, an embodiment of the present application further provides a storage medium, where instructions are stored in the storage medium, and when the instructions are executed on a computer, the computer is made to execute the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 above. Implementation of A&AI in China.

Exemplarily, an embodiment of the present application further provides a chip for running an instruction, where the chip is used to execute the implementation solutions of A&AI in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 .

Exemplarily, an embodiment of the present application further provides a program, which, when executed by a processor, is used to execute the implementation solutions of A&AI in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 .

Exemplarily, the embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product, which, when running on a computer, enables the computer to execute the implementation solutions of A&AI in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 10 .

In this application, "at least one" means one or more, and "plurality" means two or more. "And/or", which describes the association relationship of the associated objects, indicates that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can indicate: the existence of A alone, the existence of A and B at the same time, and the existence of B alone, where A, B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the related objects before and after are an "or" relationship; in the formula, the character "/" indicates that the related objects are a "division" relationship. "At least one item(s) below" or similar expressions thereof refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one item (number) of a, b, or c can represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, where a, b, and c can be single or multiple indivual.

It can be understood that, the various numbers and numbers involved in the embodiments of the present application are only for the convenience of description, and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

It can be understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, the size of the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not imply the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic, rather than the implementation of the present application. The implementation of the examples constitutes no limitation.

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1. An information processing method, characterized in that it is applicable to a virtualized network function VNF management module, the method comprising: Based on the identification of the NS instance determined by the network service NS instantiation request, obtain the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI; Perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance; Send the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, so that the A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and stores the corresponding VNF instance information for each VNF instance. VNF instance information is stored in the VNF instance storage space. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: Receive a VNF instance information parameter list generated and sent after the A&AI stores the VNF instance information, where the VNF instance information parameter list includes: the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI; The NS instance information in the VNF management module is updated according to the VNF instance information parameter list, where the NS instance information includes: the VNF instance and resource information created by the NS instance during the instantiation process. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises: Receive an NS instance information query request sent by a service requester, where the NS instance information query request includes: at least one parameter to be queried; Determine whether the at least one parameter to be queried is in the VNF instance information parameter list; For the parameter to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the running state database A&AI; For a parameter to be queried that is not in the VNF instance information parameter list, the value information of the parameter to be queried is obtained by interacting with the service design and creation SDC module. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein, the identifier of the NS instance determined based on the network service NS instantiation request, obtains the NS created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI Instance storage, including: Determine the identity of the NS instance according to the identity of the NS information model description template NSD carried in the network service NS instantiation request; Send the NS instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, where the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance; Receive the NS instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein before the sending the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, the method further comprises: include: In the process of performing the instantiation operation on the NS instance, determine the identifiers of all VNF instances included in the NS instance; Send a VNF instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, where the VNF instance storage space request is used to request the creation of a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, and the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: the identifiers of all VNF instances ; Receive the VNF instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and the preset VNF instance format. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the instantiation operation is performed on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance, including: The instantiation operation process is performed on the NS instance based on the NS instance parameters included in the NS instance storage space, and after the instantiation is successful, the NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance parameters is obtained; The instantiation operation process is performed on the NS instance, and the instantiation operation is performed on all VNFs included in the NS instance respectively, to obtain VNF instance information corresponding to all the VNF instances. 7. an information processing method, is characterized in that, is applicable to running state database A&AI, described method comprises: Create an NS instance storage space based on the NS instance storage space creation request of the VNF management module; sending the NS instance storage space to the VNF management module; receiving the NS instance information sent by the VNF management module and the VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance corresponding to the NS instance information, The NS instance information is stored in the NS instance storage space, and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance is stored in the VNF instance storage space. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein after storing the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space, the method further comprises: Generate a VNF instance information parameter list according to the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance, where the VNF instance information parameter list includes the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI; Send the VNF instance information parameter list to the VNF management module. 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein, if the NS instance information query request received by the VNF management module from the service requester includes the parameters to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, then The method also includes: receiving a parameter query request sent by the VNF management module, where the parameter query request includes: the parameter to be queried; determining the value information of the parameter to be queried; Send the value information of the parameter to be queried to the VNF management module. 10. The method according to any one of claims 7-9, wherein, the NS instance storage space creation request based on the VNF management module, creating an NS instance storage space, comprising: Receive an NS instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module, where the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance; The NS instance storage space is created according to the identifier of the NS instance and a preset NS instance format. 11. The method according to any one of claims 7-10, wherein before receiving the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance sent by the VNF management module, the method further comprises: Receive a VNF instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module during the instantiation operation for the NS instance, where the VNF instance storage space creation request is used to request the creation of a VNF instance storage for storing VNF instance information space, the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: the identifiers of all VNF instances; Create the VNF instance storage space according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and the preset VNF instance format; Send the VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module. 12. An information processing device, characterized in that it is suitable for a virtualized network function VNF management module, the device comprising: an acquisition unit, a processing unit, and a transceiver unit; The obtaining unit is used to obtain the NS instance storage space created by the A&AI by interacting with the running state database A&AI based on the identification of the NS instance determined by the network service NS instantiation request; The processing unit is configured to perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space, to obtain NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance; the transceiver unit, configured to send the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance to the A&AI, so that the A&AI stores the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, Store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to receive a VNF instance information parameter list generated and sent after the A&AI stores the VNF instance information, the VNF instance information parameter list. The list includes: the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI; The processing unit is further configured to update the NS instance information in the VNF management module according to the VNF instance information parameter list, where the NS instance information includes: the VNF instance created during the instantiation of the NS instance and resource information. 14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to receive an NS instance information query request sent by a service requester, the NS instance information query request comprising: at least one parameter to be queried; The processing unit is further configured to judge whether the at least one parameter to be queried is in the VNF instance information parameter list, and for the to-be-queried parameter in the VNF instance information parameter list, through the operation state database A&AI Obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried through interaction, and obtain the value information of the parameter to be queried by interacting with the service design and creation SDC module for the parameter to be queried that is not in the VNF instance information parameter list. 15. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12-14, wherein the obtaining unit is configured to obtain the identifier of the NS instance determined based on the network service NS instantiation request, by interacting with the running state database A&AI. Describe the NS instance storage space created by A&AI, specifically: The acquiring unit is specifically configured to determine the identifier of the NS instance according to the identifier of the NS information model description template NSD carried in the NS instantiation request of the network service, and send the creation of the NS to the A&AI through the transceiver unit. An instance storage space creation request, and the NS instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifier of the NS instance and the preset NS instance format through the transceiver unit, wherein the NS instance storage space The creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance. 16. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12-15, wherein the processing unit is further configured to send the NS instance information and the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the transceiver unit Before giving the A&AI, in the process of performing the instantiation operation on the NS instance, determine the identifiers of all VNF instances included in the NS instance; The transceiver unit is further configured to send a VNF instance storage space creation request to the A&AI, and receive the VNF instance storage space created by the running state database A&AI according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and a preset VNF instance format, The VNF instance storage space request is used to request to create a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, and the VNF instance storage space creation request includes: identifiers of all VNF instances. 17. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12-15, wherein the processing unit is configured to perform an instantiation operation on the NS instance based on the NS instance storage space to obtain the corresponding NS instance NS instance information and VNF instance information corresponding to all VNF instances included in the NS instance, specifically: The processing unit is specifically configured to perform an instantiation operation process on the NS instance based on the NS instance parameters included in the NS instance storage space, and after the instantiation is successful, obtain the NS instance information corresponding to the NS instance parameters, and The instantiation operation process is performed on the NS instance, and the instantiation operation is performed on all VNFs included in the NS instance respectively, to obtain VNF instance information corresponding to all the VNF instances. 18. An information processing device, characterized in that it is suitable for running state database A&AI, the device comprising: a processing unit, a transceiver unit and a storage unit; The processing unit is used to create a NS instance storage space based on the NS instance storage space creation request of the VNF management module; The transceiver unit is configured to send the NS instance storage space to the VNF management module, and receive the NS instance information sent by the VNF management module and the correspondence of all VNF instances included in the NS instance corresponding to the NS instance information VNF instance information, The storage unit is configured to store the NS instance information in the NS instance storage space, and store the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space. 19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the processing unit is further configured to, after the storage unit stores the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance in the VNF instance storage space, according to each VNF instance The VNF instance information corresponding to the VNF instance generates a VNF instance information parameter list, and the VNF instance information parameter list includes the parameters of the NS instance stored by the A&AI; The transceiver unit is further configured to send the VNF instance information parameter list to the VNF management module. 20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein if the NS instance information query request received by the VNF management module from the service requester includes the parameters to be queried in the VNF instance information parameter list, then The transceiver unit is further configured to receive a parameter query request sent by the VNF management module, where the parameter query request includes: the parameter to be queried; The processing unit is further configured to determine the value information of the parameter to be queried; The transceiver unit is further configured to send the value information of the parameter to be queried to the VNF management module. 21. The device according to any one of claims 18-20, wherein the processing unit is configured to create an NS instance storage space based on a request for creating an NS instance storage space of the VNF management module, specifically: The processing unit is specifically configured to receive, through the transceiver unit, an NS instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module, where the NS instance storage space creation request includes: the identifier of the NS instance, and is based on the NS instance storage space creation request. The identifier of the instance and the preset NS instance format create the NS instance storage space. 22. The device according to any one of claims 18 to 21, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to receive the VNF instance information corresponding to each VNF instance sent by the VNF management module. The VNF instance storage space creation request sent by the VNF management module in the process of performing the instantiation operation on the NS instance, the VNF instance storage space creation request is used for requesting to create a VNF instance storage space for storing VNF instance information, The VNF instance storage space creation request includes: the identifiers of all VNF instances; The processing unit is further configured to create the VNF instance storage space according to the identifiers of all VNF instances and a preset VNF instance format; The transceiver unit is further configured to send the VNF instance storage space to the VNF management module. 23. An information processing device, comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, wherein the processor implements the program as claimed in claim 1 when the processor executes the program. The method of any one of -6. 24. An information processing device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, wherein the processor implements the program as claimed in claim 7 when the processor executes the program. - The method of any one of 11. 25. A storage medium, characterized in that the storage medium stores an instruction that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-6. 26. A storage medium, characterized in that, the storage medium stores an instruction that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 7-11.

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