Mobility management apparatus reselection method and mobility management apparatus

• US 10,412,647 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2019
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2014
• 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: Shi, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Wanqiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Dung
• Application Number:
  US16/255,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20190159089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 230 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0033 with transfer of context information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/12 Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers

Abstract

A mobility management apparatus reselection method and a mobility management apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving an access request message sent from user equipment (UE), where the access request message carries identity information of the UE; determining, according to the identity information of the UE, a type of a mobility management apparatus that the UE needs to access; reselecting a second mobility management apparatus according to the type of the mobility management apparatus that the UE needs to access; and forwarding the access request message to the second mobility management apparatus, so that the second mobility management apparatus executes an access request procedure of the UE. The embodiments of the present invention is applicable to the field of communications technologies.

Claims

1. A method for reselecting selecting a mobility management entity, comprising:

receiving, by a first mobility management entity, an access request message from user equipment (UE), the access request message carrying identity information of the UE;

receiving, by a subscriber server from the first mobility management entity, a request for obtaining subscription data corresponding to the identity information of the UE;

sending, by the subscriber server, the subscription data of the UE to the first mobility management entity, wherein the subscription data comprises information for obtaining a type of a mobility management entity that the UE needs to access;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity according to the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity, the type of the mobility management entity;

selecting, by the first mobility management entity, a second mobility management entity according to the type of the mobility management entity;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, an address of the second mobility management entity from an address server; and

forwarding, by the first mobility management entity, the access request message to the second mobility management entity according to the address of the second mobility management entity.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity comprises information about a correspondence between the identity information of the UE and the type of the mobility management entity.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the type of the mobility management entity corresponds to a number segment of the UE.

4. A method for selecting a mobility management entity, comprising:

sending, by user equipment (UE), an access request message to a first mobility management entity, the access request message carrying identity information of the UE;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity according to the identity information of the UE, subscription data of the UE from a subscriber server, wherein the subscription data comprises information for obtaining a type of a mobility management entity that the UE needs to access;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity according to the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity, the type of the mobility management entity;

selecting, by the first mobility management entity, a second mobility management entity according to the type of the mobility management entity;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, an address of the second mobility management entity from an address server; and

forwarding, by the first mobility management entity, the access request message to the second mobility management entity according to the address of the second mobility management entity.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity comprises information about a correspondence between the identity information of the UE and the type of the mobility management entity.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the type of the mobility management entity corresponds to a number segment of the UE.

7. A method for selecting a mobility management entity, comprising:

receiving, by a first mobility management entity, an access request message sent from user equipment (UE), the access request message carrying identity information of the UE;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity according to the identity information of the UE, subscription data of the UE from a subscriber server, wherein the subscription data comprises information for obtaining a type of a mobility management entity that the UE needs to access;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity according to the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity, the type of the mobility management entity;

selecting, by the first mobility management entity, a second mobility management entity according to the type of the mobility management entity;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, an address of the second mobility management entity from an address server; and

forwarding, by the first mobility management entity, the access request message to the second mobility management entity according to the address of the second mobility management entity.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity comprises information about a correspondence between the identity information of the UE and the type of the mobility management entity.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the type of the mobility management entity corresponds to a number segment of the UE.

10. A system for selecting a mobility management entity, comprising a first mobility management entity and a subscriber server,

wherein the subscriber server is configured for

receiving, from the first mobility management entity, a request for obtaining subscription data corresponding to identity information of user equipment (UE);

sending the subscription data of the UE to the first mobility management entity, the subscription data comprises information for obtaining a type of a mobility management entity that the UE needs to access; and

the first mobility management entity is configured for

receiving an access request message from the UE, the access request message carries the identity information of the UE;

obtaining, according to the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity, the type of the mobility management entity;

selecting a second mobility management entity according to the type of the mobility management entity;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, an address of the second mobility management entity from an address server; and

forwarding the access request message to the second mobility management entity according to the address of the second mobility management entity.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the system is an evolved packet system.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity comprises information about a correspondence between the identity information of the UE and the type of the mobility management entity.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the type of the mobility management entity corresponds to a number segment of the UE.

14. A system for selecting a mobility management entity, comprising a first mobility management entity and user equipment (UE),

wherein the UE is configured for sending an access request message to the first mobility management entity, the access request message carries identity information of the UE;

and

the first mobility management entity is configured for

obtaining, according to the identity information of the UE, subscription data of the UE from a subscriber server, the subscription data comprises information for obtaining a type of a mobility management entity that the UE needs to access;

obtaining, according to the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity, the type of the mobility management entity;

selecting a second mobility management entity according to the type of the mobility management entity;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, an address of the second mobility management entity from an address server; and

forwarding the access request message to the second mobility management entity according to the address of the second mobility management entity.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the system is an evolved packet system.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity comprises information about a correspondence between the identity information of the UE and the type of the mobility management entity.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the type of the mobility management entity corresponds to a number segment of the UE.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and a memory storing a program, the program comprising computer code which when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus to carry out the following operations;

receiving an access request message from user equipment (UE), the access request message carrying identity information of the UE;

obtaining, from a subscriber server according to the identity information of the UE, subscription data of the UE, wherein the subscription data comprises information for obtaining a type of a mobility management entity that the UE needs to access;

obtaining, according to the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity, the type of the mobility management entity;

selecting a second mobility management entity according to the type of the mobility management entity;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, an address of the second mobility management entity from an address server; and

forwarding the access request message to the second mobility management entity according to the address of the second mobility management entity.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity comprises information about a correspondence between the identity information of the UE and the type of the mobility management entity.

20. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the type of the mobility management entity corresponds to a number segment of the UE.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by at least one processor, the program comprising instructions for carrying out the following steps:

receiving an access request message from user equipment (UE), the access request message carrying identity information of the UE;

obtaining, from a subscriber server according to the identity information of the UE, subscription data of the UE, wherein the subscription data comprises information for obtaining a type of a mobility management entity that the UE needs to access;

obtaining, according to the information for obtaining the type of the mobility management entity, the type of the mobility management entity;

selecting a second mobility management entity according to the type of the mobility management entity;

obtaining, by the first mobility management entity, an address of the second mobility management entity from an address server; and

forwarding the access request message to the second mobility management entity according to the address of the second mobility management entity.