Method and system for setting up a bearer

• US 8,243,675 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2010
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
• 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: Zhou, Jinyi, Liu, Lan, Guo, Xiaolong, Li, Ming, Chen, Zhe, Yu, Qi
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu, Jung-Jen
• Application Number:
  US12/757,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20100226332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370204-215, 370229-253, 370310-337, 370338-350, 370/395.1, 370/395.3, 370/395.4, 370/395.41, 370/395.42, 370/395.5, 370/395.52, 370/395.53, 370412-421, 370431-457, 370458-463, 370464-497, 370498-529
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels

Abstract

Method and system for setting up a bearer are disclosed. The bearer setup method includes these steps: a packet data network gateway (PGW) obtains first quality of service (QoS) information and a first bearer identifier (ID), and sets up a bearer between the PGW and a radio access network (RAN) according to the first QoS information, where the bearer is associated with the first bearer ID; the RAN sets up a radio bearer (RB) with a user equipment (UE) according to second QoS information associated with the first QoS information, where the RB is associated with a second bearer ID associated with the first bearer ID. According to the technical solution of the present invention, when the UE is connected to a serving gateway (SGW) through a serving general packet radio service support node (SGSN), the SGSN and the SGW set up a bearer between the UE and the PGW. Thus, resources of each network entity in a network are fully utilized.

Claims

1. A serving general packet radio service support node (SGSN), comprising:

a QoS information obtaining unit, adapted to obtain first QoS information;

a downlink bearer resource (DBR) allocating unit, adapted to allocate a second DBR for a second bearer according to the first QoS information;

a DBR information sending unit, adapted to send the first QoS information and information about the second DBR;

an uplink bearer resource (UBR) information receiving unit, adapted to receive the first QoS information, information about a second UBR, and a first bearer ID;

a UBR information storing unit, adapted to store the first QoS information, the information about the second UBR, and the first bearer ID;

a UBR allocating unit, adapted to allocate a third UBR for the second bearer according to second QoS information associated with the first QoS information;

a UBR information sending unit, adapted to send the second QoS information and information about the third UBR;

a DBR information receiving unit, adapted to receive the second QoS information, information about a third DBR, and a second bearer ID associated with the first bearer ID; and

a DBR information storing unit, adapted to store the second QoS information, the information about the third DBR, and the second bearer ID.

2. The SGSN of claim 1, further comprising:

a QoS mapping relationship processing unit, adapted to store a mapping relationship between QoS information, and map the first QoS information into the second QoS information according to the mapping relationship between QoS information.

3. The SGSN of claim 2, further comprising:

a bearer ID obtaining unit, adapted to obtain the first bearer ID;

the DBR information sending unit, further adapted to send the first bearer ID along with the first QoS information and the information about the second DBR; and

the UBR information sending unit, further adapted to send the second bearer ID associated with the first bearer ID along with the second QoS information and the information about the third UBR.

4. The SGSN of claim 3, further comprising:

a bearer ID mapping relationship processing unit, adapted to store a mapping relationship between bearer IDs, and map the first bearer ID into the second bearer ID according to the mapping relationship between bearer IDs.