Computing power resource scheduling method and related apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12574337-B2
Application number	US-202318522367-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2023
Priority date	May 31, 2021
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A first terminal device sends a computing power request message to the first device, where the computing power request message includes computing plane resource indication information, and the computing plane resource indication information indicates a computing power requirement of the first terminal device; and receives computing power configuration information sent by the first device, where the computing power configuration information includes first indication information and/or second indication information, the first indication information indicates a first computing power resource provided by the first device, the second indication information indicates a second computing power resource provided by the second device, and the first device is different from the second device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, performed by a first terminal device or a chip on the first terminal device, wherein the method comprises:
sending a computing power request message to a first device, wherein the computing power request message comprises computing plane resource indication information, and the computing plane resource indication information indicates a computing power requirement of the first terminal device; and receiving computing power configuration information from the first device, wherein the computing power configuration information comprises at least one of:
first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a first computing power resource provided by the first device, or
second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates a second computing power resource provided by a second device,
wherein whether the computing power configuration information comprises one or both of the first indication information or the second indication information is based on the computing plane resource indication information and a computing plane remaining computing resource of the first device, and wherein the first device is different from the second device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first device is a first base station, and the sending the computing power request message to the first device comprises:
sending the computing power request message to the first device by using air interface radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first device is a core network device, and the sending the computing power request message to the first device comprises:
sending the computing power request message to the first device by using non-access stratum (NAS) signaling.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the computing plane resource indication information comprises one or more of a computing power size, an execution time, a computing power task type, a computing model, a computing algorithm, an execution result transmission trigger type, or a trigger type.

5 . The method of claim 4 , the computing model comprising a protocol-predefined model, download address information of the computing model indicated by a model identifier.

6 . The method of claim 4 , the trigger type being at least one of periodic execution, execution of an RRM event, or a change in an RRC state of the first terminal device.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the computing power request message is responsive to the first terminal device determining that a computing plane resource of the first terminal device is insufficient to support artificial intelligence (AI) collaboration with another network device.

8 . A method, performed by a first device or a chip on the first device, wherein the method comprises:
receiving a computing power request message from a first terminal device, wherein the computing power request message comprises computing plane resource indication information, and the computing plane resource indication information indicates a computing power requirement of the first terminal device; determining a first computing power resource based on the computing plane resource indication information and a computing plane remaining computing resource of the first device; and sending computing power configuration information to the first terminal device, wherein the computing power configuration information comprises at least one of: first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates the first computing power resource provided by the first device, or second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates a second computing power resource provided by a second device, wherein whether the computing power configuration information comprises one or both of the first indication information or the second indication information is based on the computing plane resource indication information and the computing plane remaining computing resource of the first device, and wherein the first device is different from the second device.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending a computing power transfer request message to the second device, to indicate the computing power requirement of the first terminal device or a computing power requirement of the first device; and receiving a computing power transfer acknowledgment message from the second device, wherein the computing power transfer acknowledgment message comprises the second indication information.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first device comprises a first base station, and the second device comprises a second base station, and the sending the computing power transfer request message to the second device comprises:
sending the computing power transfer request message to the second device by using X2 interface signaling.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first device is the first base station, and the receiving the computing power request message from the first terminal device comprises:
receiving the computing power request message from the first terminal device by using air interface radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first device comprises a first base station, and the second device comprises a core network device, and the sending the computing power transfer request message to the second device comprises:
sending the computing power transfer request message to the second device by using N2 interface signaling.

13 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first device is a core network device, and the second device comprises a first base station; and the receiving the computing power request message from the first terminal device comprises:
receiving the computing power request message from the first terminal device by using non-access stratum (NAS) signaling.

14 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the computing plane resource indication information comprises one or more of a computing power size, an execution time, a computing power task type, a computing model, a computing algorithm, an execution result transmission trigger type, or a trigger type.

15 . The method of claim 14 , the computing model comprising a protocol-predefined model, download address information of the computing model indicated by a model identifier.

16 . The method of claim 14 , the trigger type being at least one of periodic execution, execution of an RRM event, or a change in an RRC state of the first terminal device.

17 . A method, performed by a second device or a chip on the second device, wherein the method comprises:
receiving a computing power transfer request message from a first device, wherein the first device is a network device; determining a second computing power resource based on the computing power transfer request message and a computing plane remaining computing resource of the second device; and sending a computing power transfer acknowledgment message to the first device, wherein the computing power transfer acknowledgment message comprises second indication information, and the second indication information indicates the second computing power resource provided by the second device to a terminal device, the computing power transfer acknowledgment message causing the first device to perform: sending, to the terminal device, computing power conf

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Chenghui
• Liu Zhe
• Wu Jianjun

Classifications

• G06F1/3203

  Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode · CPC title

• G06F9/5094

  where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria (power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206) · CPC title

• H04L41/5051

  Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time · CPC title

• H04L41/14

  Network analysis or design · CPC title

• H04L41/0823

  characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability (for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02) · CPC title