Communication control device and communication control method
A common C-Plane control node includes a change request acquiring unit that acquires a change request relating to changing of a communication path relating to a UE, a determination unit that determines whether or not the UE has set up the communication path in each of control nodes of a plurality of slices using information included in the change request acquired by the change request acquiring unit, and a communication processing unit that performs a process relating to changing of a communication path while forming a state in which the communication path before change and the communication path after change coexist for each of a plurality of communication paths in a case in which the determination unit determines that the UE has set up the communication path in each of the plurality of slices.
1. A communication control device performing communication control relating to a user terminal that transmits and receives user information via a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being provided for a first control node in one or a plurality of slices that are virtualized networks generated on a network infrastructure, and the second communication path being provided for a second control node different from the first control node in one or a plurality of slices that are virtualized networks generated on a network infrastructure, the communication control device comprising:
a change request acquiring unit that acquires a change request relating to changing of the first and second communication paths relating to the user terminal; and
a communication processing unit that performs a process relating to changing of the first and second communication paths while forming a state in which the first and second communication paths before change and the changed communication path are compatible with each other,
wherein the communication processing unit performs a process of establishing the changed communication path and completes the establishment, and then performs a process of releasing the first and second communication paths before the change, thereby establishing a state in which the first and second communication paths before the change and the changed communication path are compatible, and
wherein the communication processing unit changes the communication path to the changed communication path provided for a first control node different from the second control node and a third control node before the change, and switches functions of both the first and second communication paths before the change to the changed communication path, and a number of the communication paths after the change is smaller than a total number of the first and second communication paths.
2. A communication control method using a communication control device performing communication control relating to a user terminal that transmits and receives user information via a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being provided for a first control node in one or a plurality of slices that are virtualized networks generated on a network infrastructure, and the second communication path being provided for a second control node different from the first control node in one or a plurality of slices that are virtualized networks generated on a network infrastructure, the communication control method comprising:
a change request acquiring step of acquiring a change request relating to changing of the first and second communication paths relating to the user terminal; and
a communication processing step of performing a process relating to changing of the first and second communication paths while forming a state in which the communication path before change and the changed communication path are compatible with each other,
wherein the communication processing step performs a process of establishing the changed communication path and completes the establishment, and then performs a process of releasing the first and second communication paths before the change, thereby establishing a state in which the first and second communication paths before the change and the changed communication path are compatible, and
wherein the communication processing step changes the communication path to the changed communication path provided for a first control node different from the second control node and a third control node before the change, and switches functions of both the first and second communication paths before the change to the changed communication path, and a number of the communication paths after the change is smaller than a total number of the first and second communication paths.