METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING NETWORK COGNITION

• US 20130029705A1
• Filed: 10/01/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chen, Jie, Li, You, GONG, Lei
• Granted Patent: US 9,008,706 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/501
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for implementing network cognition. The method includes: determining a type of a received network task; according to the type of the received network task, selecting at least one cognitive capability identifier corresponding to the type of the network task; using network devices with the at least one cognitive capability identifier as alternative network devices; determining an alternative network device that is among the alternative network devices and has a cognitive capability that meets a condition for performing the network task is a target network device; and controlling the target network device to perform the network task.

Claims

1. A method for implementing network cognition, comprising:

determining a type of a received network task;

according to the type of the received network task, selecting at least one cognitive capability identifier corresponding to the type of the network task, wherein the cognitive capability identifier is configured to identify a cognitive capability of a network device;

using network devices with the at least one cognitive capability identifier as alternative network devices;

determining that an alternative network device that is among the alternative network devices and has a cognitive capability that meets a condition for performing the network task is a target network device; and

controlling the target network device to perform the network task.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one cognitive capability identifier comprises:

an identifier indicating the cognitive capability of the network device and a level of the cognitive capability.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the target network devices are determined according to a following process:

determining, according to an identifier indicating the cognitive capability of the network device and a level of the cognitive capability, that the alternative network device of which a cognitive capability level meets the condition for performing the network task is the target network device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one cognitive capability identifier comprises:

an identifier indicating the cognitive capability and a cognitive capability level of the network device; and

an identifier indicating a cognitive capability parameter value possessed by the network device.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein a process of determining the target network devices comprises:

determining, according to the identifier indicating a cognitive capability parameter value possessed by the network device, and the identifier indicating the cognitive capability parameter value possessed by the network device, that an alternative network device of which the cognitive capability level and parameter value meet the condition for performing the network task is the target network device.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

when the cognitive capability identifier of the alternative network device does not meet the condition for performing the network task, stopping the network task, or updating the network task and returning to the step of selecting the at least one cognitive capability identifier corresponding to the type of the network task.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the type of the network task comprises:

one or a combination of any of a sensing task, a decision task, and a reconfiguration task.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the cognitive capability comprises:

a sensing capability, a learning capability, or a reconfiguration capability.

9. An apparatus for implementing network cognition, comprising:

a determining unit, configured to determine a type of a received network task;

a cognitive capability identifier selecting unit, configured to;

according to the type of the received network task, select at least one cognitive capability identifier corresponding to the type of the network task, wherein the cognitive capability identifier is configured to identify a cognitive capability of a network device;

an alternative device selecting unit, configured to use network devices with the at least one cognitive capability identifier as alternative network devices;

a target device selecting unit, configured to determine an alternative network device that is among the alternative network devices and has a cognitive capability that meets a condition for performing the network task is a target network device; and

a controlling unit, configured to control the target network device to perform the network task.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a task judging unit, configured to judge, when the cognitive capability identifier of the alternative network device do not meet the condition for the network task, whether the network task needs to be updated;

an ending unit, configured to end the network task when the network task does not need to be updated; and

an updating unit, configured to update the network task when the network task needs to be updated.