Granted Patent B2

US 12,328,608 · App. 17/936,599 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Inventor: Long He (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04W24/04H04L41/0663

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. An apparatus applied to a first network slice selection network element, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that are executable by the at least one processor, the instructions including instructions for:

receiving slice availability information from an access management network element, wherein the slice availability information supports the first network slice selection network element in providing a slice availability service to the access management network element;

sending a synchronization request message to a second network slice selection network element, wherein the synchronization request message comprises an identifier of the access management network element and the slice availability information, and the second network slice selection network element is a disaster recovery network slice selection network element of the first network slice selection network element;

receiving a task deletion message from the second network slice selection network element, wherein the task deletion message comprises the identifier of the access management network element or a task identifier of a first subscription task, and the first subscription task corresponds to the slice availability information of the access management network element and is created in the first network slice selection network element; and

deleting the first subscription task; and

wherein the first network slice selection network element providing the slice availability service to the access management network element comprises:

receiving, by the first network slice selection network element, a first request message from the access management network element, wherein the first request message requests to subscribe to a change notification of the slice availability information of the access management network element; and

creating, by the first network slice selection network element, the first subscription task, wherein the first subscription task is used to notify the access management network element when the slice availability information of the access management network element changes.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions for:

sending a first notification message to the access management network element, wherein the first notification message comprises changed slice availability information of the access management network element.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions for:

sending task information of the first subscription task to the access management network element, wherein the task information comprises the task identifier of the first subscription task.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions for:

sending task information of the first subscription task to the second network slice selection network element, wherein the task information comprises the task identifier of the first subscription task.

5. An apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to:

receive a synchronization request message from a first network slice selection network element, wherein the synchronization request message comprises an identifier of an access management network element and slice availability information of the access management network element, the slice availability information supports the apparatus in providing a slice availability service for the access management network element, and the apparatus is a disaster recovery network slice selection network element of the first network slice selection network element; and

receive a second request message from the access management network element, wherein the second request message comprises an identifier of the first network slice selection network element, and the second request message requests to subscribe to a change notification of the slice availability information of the access management network element;

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that are executed by the at least one processor, the instructions including instructions to:

send a task deletion message to the first network slice selection network element using the transceiver, wherein the task deletion message comprises the identifier of the access management network element or a task identifier of a first subscription task, the first subscription task corresponds to the slice availability information of the access management network element and is created in the first network slice selection network element, and the task deletion message indicates to the first network slice selection network element to delete the first subscription task;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a fault notification message from a network repository function network element, wherein the fault notification message indicates that the first network slice selection network element is faulty;

wherein the instructions further include instructions for recording a task deletion flag; and

wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive a fault recovery message from the network repository function network element, wherein the fault recovery message indicates fault recovery of the first network slice selection network element; and

send the task deletion message to the first network slice selection network element based on the recorded task deletion flag.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to:

create a second subscription task for the slice availability information of the access management network element, wherein the second subscription task is used to notify the access management network element when the slice availability information of the access management network element changes.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to send a second notification message to the access management network element, wherein the second notification message comprises changed slice availability information of the access management network element.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive task information of the first subscription task from the first network slice selection network element, wherein the task information comprises the task identifier of the first subscription task.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the second request message comprises the task identifier of the first subscription task.

10. A system, comprising:

an access management network element;

a first network slice selection network element; and

a second network slice selection network element, wherein the second network slice selection network element is a disaster recovery network slice selection network element of the first network slice selection network element;

wherein the access management network element is configured to:

send slice availability information to the first network slice selection network element, wherein the slice availability information supports the first network slice selection network element in providing a slice availability service to the access management network element;

send a first request message to the first network slice selection network element, wherein the first request message is used to subscribe to a change notification of the slice availability information of the access management network element;

determine that the first network slice selection network element or a communication link between the access management network element and the first network slice selection network element is faulty; and

send a second request message to the second network slice selection network element, wherein the second request message comprises an identifier of the first network slice selection network element, and the second request message requests to subscribe to the change notification of the slice availability information of the access management network element.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the access management network element is configured to determine that the first network slice selection network element or the communication link between the access management network element and the first network slice selection network element is faulty by:

receiving a fault notification message from a network repository function network element, wherein the fault notification message indicates that the first network slice selection network element is faulty; or

detecting that the communication link between the access management network element and the first network slice selection network element is faulty.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the second request message further comprises a task identifier of a first subscription task, and the first subscription task corresponds to the slice availability information of the access management network element and is created in the first network slice selection network element; and

wherein the access management network element is further configured to receive task information of the first subscription task from the first network slice selection network element, wherein the task information comprises the task identifier of the first subscription task.

13. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the access management network element is further configured to receive a second notification message from the second network slice selection network element, wherein the second notification message comprises changed slice availability information of the access management network element.

14. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the access management network element is further configured to:

receive a first notification message from the first network slice selection network element, wherein the first notification message comprises changed slice availability information of the access management network element.

15. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the second network slice selection network element is configured to:

receive a fault notification message from a network repository function network element, wherein the fault notification message indicates that the first network slice selection network element is faulty; and

record a task deletion flag, wherein the task deletion flag corresponds to sending a task deletion message to the first network slice selection network element after a fault of the first network slice selection network element is recovered, the task deletion message comprises the identifier of the access management network element or a task identifier of a first subscription task, the first subscription task corresponds to the slice availability information of the access management network element and is created in the first network slice selection network element, and the task deletion message indicates to the first network slice selection network element to delete the first subscription task.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein the second network slice selection network element is further configured to:

receive a fault recovery message from the network repository function network element, wherein the fault recovery message indicates fault recovery of the first network slice selection network element; and

send the task deletion message to the first network slice selection network element based on the recorded task deletion flag.

17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the second network slice selection network element is further configured to:

create a second subscription task for the slice availability information of the access management network element, wherein the second subscription task is used to notify the access management network element when the slice availability information of the access management network element changes.

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