Service Control Method for Machine Type Communications Device and Related Apparatus and System

• US 20130170347A1
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• 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: Zhang, Wanqiang, Guo, Xiaolong, Yu, Qi, Hu, Huadong
• Granted Patent: US 8,913,589 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/808 User-type aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/824 Applicable to portable or mobile terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0072 of resource information of target access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/24 Reselection being triggered by specific parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/18 Management of setup rejection or failure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A service control method for a machine type communications device and a related apparatus and system are disclosed. The service control method for the machine type communications device may include: receiving, by an access-network network element, a service request message from a core-network network element, where the service request message carries device type indication information of a user equipment (UE), and the device type indication information of the UE is used to indicate whether the UE is a machine type communications device; determining a device type of the UE according to the device type indication information of the UE; and if a current load of the access-network network element exceeds a set threshold, determining, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a service operation corresponding to the service request message.

Claims

1. A service control method for a machine type communications device comprising:

receiving, by an access-network network element, a service request message from a core-network network element, wherein the service request message carries device type indication information of a user equipment (UE), and wherein the device type indication information of the UE is used to indicate whether the UE is a machine type communications device;

determining a device type of the UE according to the device type indication information of the UE; and

determining, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a service operation corresponding to the service request message when a current load of the access-network network element exceeds a set threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service request message also carries service indication information for indicating a priority of the service, and wherein determining, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute the service operation corresponding to the service request message comprises determining, according to the priority which is of the service and indicated by the service indication information carried in the service request message and the device type of the UE, whether to execute the service operation corresponding to the service request message.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the service request message from the core-network network element comprises:

receiving a paging request message from the core-network network element;

or

receiving an initial context setup request message from the core-network network element;

or

receiving a handover request message from the core-network network element.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein after receiving the initial context setup request message from the core-network network element, the method further comprises:

receiving a bearer setup request message or a bearer modify request message from the core-network network element, wherein the bearer setup request message or the bearer modify request message carries service indication information for indicating a priority of the service; and

determining, according to the priority which is of the service and indicated by the service indication information carried in the bearer setup request message or the bearer modify request message and the device type of the UE, whether to execute a bearer processing operation corresponding to the bearer setup request message or the bearer modify request message.

5. A service control method for a machine type communications device comprising:

receiving, by a target-access-network network element, a handover request message from a source-access-network network element, wherein the handover request message carries device type indication information of a UE, and wherein the device type indication information of the UE is used to indicate whether the UE is a machine type communications device;

determining a device type of the UE according to the device type indication information of the UE; and

determining, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a handover operation corresponding to the handover request message when a current load of the target-access-network network element exceeds a set threshold.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the handover request message also carries service indication information for indicating a priority of the service, and wherein determining, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a handover operation corresponding to the handover request message comprises determining, according to the priority which is of the service and indicated by the service indication information carried in the handover request message and the device type of the UE, whether to execute the handover operation corresponding to the handover request message.

7. An access-network network element comprising:

a first receiving unit configured to receive a service request message from a core-network network element, wherein the service request message carries device type indication information of a UE, and wherein the device type indication information of the UE is used to indicate whether the UE is a machine type communications device;

a first determining unit configured to determine a device type of the UE according to the device type indication information of the UE; and

a first service controlling unit configured to determine, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a service operation corresponding to the service request message when a current load of the access-network network element exceeds a set threshold.

8. The access-network network element according to claim 7, wherein if the service request message also carries service indication information for indicating a priority of the service, the first service controlling unit is specifically configured to determine, according to the priority which is of the service and indicated by the service indication information carried in the service request message and the device type of the UE, whether to execute the service operation corresponding to the service request message when the current load of the access-network network element exceeds the set threshold.

9. An access-network network element comprising:

a second receiving unit configured to receive a handover request message from a source-access-network network element, wherein the handover request message carries device type indication information of a UE, and wherein the device type indication information of the UE is used to indicate whether the UE is a machine type communications device;

a second determining module configured to determine a device type of the UE according to the device type indication information of the UE; and

a second service controlling unit configured to determine, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a handover operation corresponding to the handover request message when a current load of the access-network network element exceeds a set threshold.

10. The access-network network element according to claim 9, wherein the handover request message also carries service indication information for indicating a priority of the service, and wherein the second service controlling unit is specifically configured to determine, according to the priority which is of the service and indicated by the service indication information carried in the service request message and the device type of the UE, whether to execute the handover operation corresponding to the handover request message when the current load of the access-network network element exceeds the set threshold.

11. A service control system comprising:

a core-network network element; and

an access-network network element,

wherein the access-network network element is configured to;

receive a service request message from the core-network network element, wherein the service request message carries device type indication information of a UE, and wherein the device type indication information of the UE is used to indicate whether the UE is a machine type communications device;

determine a device type of the UE according to the device type indication information of the UE; and

determine, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a service operation corresponding to the service request message when a current load of the access-network network element exceeds a set threshold.

12. A service control system comprising:

a target-access-network network element; and

a source-access-network network element,

wherein the target-access-network network element is configured to receive a handover request message from the source-access-network network element,

wherein the handover request message carries device type indication information of a UE,

wherein the device type indication information of the UE is used to indicate whether the UE is a machine type communications device, and

wherein the target-access-network network element is configured to determine, according to the device type of the UE, whether to execute a handover operation corresponding to the handover request message.