Network management method, apparatus, and system

1. A network management method comprising:

obtaining, by a first-hierarchy network management device, at least one of an analysis report of a first-hierarchy managed object from a management data analytics device, or a status report of at least one second-hierarchy managed object from a second-hierarchy network management device, wherein the first-hierarchy network management device is connected to the second-hierarchy network management device, the first-hierarchy network management device and the second-hierarchy network management device are configured to separately manage managed objects of different hierarchies, a managed object of the managed objects is a device, a network, or a service provided by the network; and

indicating, based on a performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report, to the second-hierarchy network management device to manage the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, wherein

the first-hierarchy managed object comprises the at least one second-hierarchy managed object or is associated with the at least one second-hierarchy managed object.

2. The network management method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicating to the second-hierarchy network management device to manage the second-hierarchy managed object comprises:

generating management indication information based on the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report; and

sending the management indication information to the second-hierarchy network management device, wherein

the management indication information comprises at least one of:

configuration operation information comprising a configuration operation to be performed on the at least one second-hierarchy managed object;

configuration requirement information comprising a configuration requirement for the at least one second-hierarchy managed object; or

performance indicator requirement information comprising a performance indicator requirement for the at least one second-hierarchy managed object.

3. The network management method according to claim 2 , wherein the management indication information comprises the configuration operation information, and the configuration operation information further comprises at least one:

adding the at least one second-hierarchy managed object;

deleting the at least one second-hierarchy managed object; or

modifying configuration information of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object.

4. The network management method according to claim 2 , wherein the generating management indication information based on the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report comprises:

determining a network configuration difference based on the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report, wherein the network configuration difference is a difference between the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and at least another second-hierarchy managed object that is to be comprised in the first-hierarchy managed object or is to be associated with the first-hierarchy managed object, and that is determined based on the performance indicator requirement and at least one of the analysis report or the status report; and

generating the management indication information based on the network configuration difference.

5. The network management method according to claim 2 , wherein the generating management indication information based on the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report comprises:

determining a performance indicator difference based on the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report, wherein the performance indicator difference is a difference between a measurement result of a performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object and the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object; and

generating the management indication information based on the performance indicator difference.

6. The network management method according to claim 2 , wherein the sending the management indication information to the second-hierarchy network management device comprises:

sending a closed-loop control management message to the second-hierarchy network management device, wherein the closed-loop control management message comprises the management indication information.

7. The network management method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the analysis report of the first-hierarchy managed object from the management data analytics device comprises:

sending an analysis report subscription request message to the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report subscription request message comprises an identifier of the first-hierarchy managed object; and receiving an analysis report notification message from the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report notification message comprises the analysis report of the first-hierarchy managed object; or

sending an analysis report request message to the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report request message comprises the identifier of the first-hierarchy managed object; and receiving an analysis report response message from the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report response message comprises the analysis report of the first-hierarchy managed object.

8. The network management method according to claim 1 , wherein the analysis report of the first-hierarchy managed object comprises at least one of information related to a performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object or resource information of the first-hierarchy managed object.

9. The network management method according to claim 8 , wherein

the information related to the performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object is statistics information or prediction information of a measured value of the performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object, or a difference between a measurement result of the performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object and the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object; and

the resource information of the first-hierarchy managed object is statistics information or prediction information of a remaining resource amount of the first-hierarchy managed object, or statistics information or prediction information of resource utilization of the first-hierarchy managed object.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the status report of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object from the second-hierarchy network management device comprises:

sending an operations and maintenance status request message to the second-hierarchy network management device, wherein the operations and maintenance status request message comprises an identifier of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object; and receiving an operations and maintenance status response message from the second-hierarchy network management device, wherein the operations and maintenance status response message comprises the status report of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object; or

sending an operations and maintenance status subscription request message to the second-hierarchy network management device, wherein the operations and maintenance status subscription request message comprises the identifier of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object; and receiving an operations and maintenance status notification message from the second-hierarchy network management device, wherein the operations and maintenance status notification message comprises the status report of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the status report comprises analysis data, and the analysis data comprises at least one of:

a mapping relationship between throughput distribution and service experience of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, a difference between an actual throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and a target throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and a cause of the difference between an actual throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and a target throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, or information of a service that is included by the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and has a throughput that is unqualified;

the status report comprises decision data, and the decision data comprises at least one of:

a throughput control policy of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, management behavior for the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, or resource or parameter configuration information; or

the status report comprises execution data, and the execution data comprises at least one of:

management behavior executed by the second-hierarchy network management device, a resource or parameter configuration quantity, or an execution result.

12. The network management method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first-hierarchy network management device is a network slice management service device,

the first-hierarchy managed object is a network slice,

the second-hierarchy network management device is a network slice subnet management service device, and

the at least one second-hierarchy managed object is a network slice subnet.

13. The network management method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first-hierarchy network management device is a network slice subnet management service device,

the first-hierarchy managed object is a network slice subnet,

the second-hierarchy network management device is a management device of a network element in the network slice subnet, and

the at least one second-hierarchy managed object is a device in the network slice subnet.

14. The network management method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first-hierarchy network management device is a communication service management service device,

the first-hierarchy managed object is a communication service or a communication service instance,

the second-hierarchy network management device is a network slice management service device, and

the at least one second-hierarchy managed object is a network slice management service.

15. A first-hierarchy network management device comprising:

at least one processor, and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor, the one or more memories configured to store non-transitory instructions, and the at least one processor configured to execute the non-transitory instructions to thereby cause the first-hierarchy network management device to:

obtain at least one of an analysis report of a first-hierarchy managed object from a management data analytics device, or a status report of at least one second-hierarchy managed object from a second-hierarchy network management device; and

indicate, based on a performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report, to the second-hierarchy network management device to manage the at least one of second-hierarchy managed object, wherein

the first-hierarchy managed object comprises the at least one second-hierarchy managed object or is associated with the at least one second-hierarchy managed object,

wherein the first-hierarchy network management device is connected to a second-hierarchy network management device, the first-hierarchy network management device and the second-hierarchy network management device are configured to separately manage managed objects at different hierarchies, a managed object is a device, a network, or a service provided by the network.

16. The first-hierarchy network management device according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the non-transitory instructions to further cause the first-hierarchy network management device to:

generate management indication information based on the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object and at least one of the analysis report or the status report; and

send the management indication information to the second-hierarchy network management device, wherein

the management indication information comprises at least one of:

configuration operation information comprising a configuration operation to be performed on the at least one second-hierarchy managed object;

configuration requirement information comprising a configuration requirement for the at least one second-hierarchy managed object; or

performance indicator requirement information comprising a performance indicator requirement for the at least one second-hierarchy managed object.

17. The first-hierarchy network management device according to claim 16 , wherein the management indication information comprises the configuration operation information, and the configuration operation information further comprises at least one of:

adding the at least one second-hierarchy managed object;

deleting the at least one second-hierarchy managed object; or

modifying configuration information of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object.

18. The first-hierarchy network management device according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the non-transitory instructions to further cause the first-hierarchy network management device to:

send an analysis report subscription request message to the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report subscription request message comprises an identifier of the first-hierarchy managed object; and receive an analysis report notification message from the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report notification message comprises the analysis report of the first-hierarchy managed object; or

send an analysis report request message to the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report request message comprises the identifier of the first-hierarchy managed object; and receive an analysis report response message from the management data analytics device, wherein the analysis report response message comprises the analysis report of the first-hierarchy managed object.

19. The first-hierarchy network management device according to claim 15 , wherein

the information related to the performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object is statistics information or prediction information of a measured value of the performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object, or a difference between a measurement result of the performance indicator of the first-hierarchy managed object and the performance indicator requirement of the first-hierarchy managed object; and

resource information of the first-hierarchy managed object is statistics information or prediction information of a remaining resource amount of the first-hierarchy managed object, or statistics information or prediction information of resource utilization of the first-hierarchy managed object.

20. The first-hierarchy network management device according to claim 15 , wherein

the status report comprises analysis data, and the analysis data comprises at least one of:

a mapping relationship between throughput distribution and service experience of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, a difference between an actual throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and a target throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and a cause of the difference between an actual throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and a target throughput of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, or information of a service that is included by the at least one second-hierarchy managed object and has a throughput that is unqualified;

the status report comprises decision data, and the decision data comprises at least one of:

a throughput control policy of the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, management behavior for the at least one second-hierarchy managed object, or resource or parameter configuration information; or

the status report comprises execution data, and the execution data comprises at least one of:

management behavior executed by the second-hierarchy network management device, a resource or parameter configuration quantity, or an execution result.