Data transmission method, network device, terminal device, and base station

• US 10,701,547 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2018
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2016
• 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: Liu, Yalin
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Chi Ho A
• Application Number:
  US16/158,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20190053036A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2503 Translation of Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/12 Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

This disclosure includes a data transmission method, a network device, a terminal device, and a base station. In the data transmission method, a target network device receives data sent by a target base station. The data is sent by a terminal device to the target base station, and the data includes identification information of the terminal device. When the target network device acknowledges, by using the identification information, that the terminal device has not been registered with the target network device, the target network device obtains user information of the terminal device. After the target network device obtains the user information of the terminal device, the target network device sends the data to a gateway. By using the data transmission method, the network device, the terminal device, and the base station disclosed in this patent application, the terminal device can still properly perform data transmission during movement.

Claims

1. A method of data transmission, comprising:

receiving, by a target network device from a target base station, data sent by a terminal device to the target base station, the data comprising identification information of the terminal device;

when the target network device acknowledges, by using the identification information, that the terminal device has not been registered with the target network device, obtaining, by the target network device, user information of the terminal device, wherein the user information includes subscription information, an encryption parameter and/or an authentication parameter of the terminal device; and

after the target network device obtains the user information of the terminal device, sending, by the target network device, the data to a gateway.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the identification information of the terminal device is a source first identifier of the terminal device, and the source first identifier is a first identifier allocated by a source network device to the terminal device;

and

after the target network device obtains the user information of the terminal device, the target network device further allocates a new first identifier to the terminal device, and the target network device sends the new first identifier to the terminal device by using the target base station.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

when the target network device acknowledges, by using the identification information, that the terminal device has not been registered with the target network device comprises:

the target network device has not recorded the source first identifier.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the data further comprises a sequence number of the terminal device;

and

when the target network device acknowledges, by using the identification information, that the terminal device has not been registered with the target network device comprises;

a sequence number corresponding to the source first identifier recorded in the target network device is different from the sequence number of the terminal device.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the data further comprises an IP address of the terminal device;

and

when the target network device acknowledges, by using the identification information, that the terminal device has not been registered with the target network device comprises;

an IP address corresponding to the source first identifier recorded in the target network device is different from the IP address of the terminal device.

6. A method of data transmission, comprising:

sending, by a terminal device, data to a target base station, so that the target base station sends the data to a target network device, wherein the data comprises a source first identifier of the terminal device, and the source first identifier is a first identifier allocated by a source network device to the terminal device; and

when the target network device acknowledges, by using the source first identifier, that the terminal device has not been registered with the target network device but the target network device obtains user information, receiving, by the terminal device, a new first identifier from the target base station, wherein the user information includes subscription information and/or an encryption parameter, an authentication parameter of the terminal device, and wherein the new first identifier is allocated by the target network device to the terminal device.

7. A network device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory, configured to store an instruction; and

a processor separately connected to the memory and the transceiver, configured to execute the instruction, to enable the network device to perform;

receiving, by the transceiver, data sent by a target base station, wherein the data is sent by a terminal device to the target base station, and the data comprises identification information of the terminal device;

when it is acknowledged, by using the identification information, that the terminal device has not been registered with the network device, obtaining user information of the terminal device by using the transceiver, wherein the user information include subscription information, an encryption parameter and/or an authentication parameter of the terminal device; and

after obtaining the user information of the terminal device, sending the data to a gateway by using the transceiver.

8. The network device according to claim 7, wherein

the identification information of the terminal device is a source first identifier of the terminal device, and the source first identifier is allocated by a source network device to the terminal device;

and

the processor further performs the following steps when executing the instruction;

after obtaining the user information of the terminal device, allocating a new first identifier to the terminal device, and sending, by using the transceiver, the new first identifier to the terminal device by using the target base station.

9. The network device according to claim 8, wherein

the memory is further configured to store information, and the case in which the terminal device has not been registered with the network device comprises:

the information stored in the memory does not comprise the source first identifier.

10. The network device according to claim 8, wherein

the data further comprises a sequence number of the terminal device;

and

the memory is further configured to store information, and the case in which the terminal device has not been registered with the network device comprises;

a sequence number corresponding to the source first identifier in the information stored in the memory is different from the sequence number of the terminal device.

11. The network device according to claim 8, wherein

the data further comprises an IP address of the terminal device;

and

the memory is further configured to store information, and the case in which the terminal device has not been registered with the network device comprises;

an IP address corresponding to the source first identifier in the information stored in the memory is different from the IP address of the terminal device.

12. A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory, configured to store an instruction; and

a processor separately connected to the memory and the transceiver, configured to execute the instruction, to enable the terminal device to perform the following;

sending data to a target base station by using the transceiver, so that the target base station sends the data to a target network device, wherein the data comprises a source first identifier of the terminal device, and the source first identifier is a first identifier allocated by a source network device to the terminal device; and

when the target network device acknowledges, by using the source first identifier, that the terminal device has not been registered with the target network device but the target network device obtains user information, receiving a new first identifier from the target base station by using the transceiver, wherein the user information include subscription information and/or an encryption parameter and/or an authentication parameter of the terminal device, and wherein the new first identifier is allocated by the target network device to the terminal device.