Method and system for processing bearer under ISR mechanism

• US 8,553,615 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2010
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• 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: Di, Zhiyu, Wu, Wenfu, Wang, Shanshan
• Primary Examiner(s): ABELSON, RONALD B
• Application Number:
  US12/835,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20100278113A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,183 Days
• Field of Search: 370/236, 370/328, 370/331, 455/436
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/66 Policy and charging system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/204 UMTS; GPRS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Abstract

A method and a system for processing a bearer under an idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) mechanism are provided. The method for processing a bearer under an ISR mechanism includes the following steps. A mobility management network element acquires an access mode of a current network. The mobility management network element notifies a serving gateway (SGW) of the access mode of the current network, so that the SGW processes bearer according to the access mode of the current network. It can be ensured that the access mode of the current network is consistent with the access mode for a policy and charging control (PCC) strategy adopted during a bearing procedure under the ISR mechanism.

Claims

1. A method for processing a bearing procedure under an idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) mechanism, comprising:

receiving a bearer request or a notification message for paging a user equipment (UE) from a serving gateway (SGW);

based on the received bearer request or the notification message, initiating paging the UE to acquire an access mode of a current network;

thereafter, acquiring the access mode of the current network; and

notifying the SGW of the access mode of the current network, so that the SGW performs a bearer processing according to the access mode of the current network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bearer request carries an access mode of an previous resident network, and after acquiring the access mode of the current network, the method comprises:

comparing the access mode of the current network with the access mode of the previous resident network;

determining that the access mode of the current network is different from the access mode of the previous resident network; and

notifying the SGW of the access mode of the current network.

3. A method for processing a bearing procedure under an idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) mechanism, comprising:

receiving a bearer request sent by a packet data network gateway (PGW);

after receiving the bearer request, notifying a mobility management network element to page a user equipment;

thereafter, receiving an access mode of a current network sent by the mobility management network element; and

performing a bearer processing according to the access mode of the current network.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein after receiving the access mode of the current network, the method comprises:

comparing the access mode of the current network with a recorded access mode of an previous resident network;

determining that the access mode of the current network is different from the recorded access mode of the previous resident network; and

thereafter, performing the bearer processing according to the access mode of the current network.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the performing the bearer processing according to the access mode of the current network comprises:

sending the access mode of the current network to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity;

acquiring a policy and charging control (PCC) rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network from the PCRF entity; and

sending a create bearer request corresponding to the access mode of the current network according to the PCC rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the performing the bearer processing according to the access mode of the current network comprises:

sending the access mode of the current network to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity;

acquiring a policy and charging control (PCC) rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network from the PCRF entity; and

sending a bearer modifying request corresponding to the access mode of the current network according to the acquired PCC rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein after receiving the access mode of the current network, the method further comprises:

notifying the PGW of the access mode of the current network; and

receiving a bearer request corresponding to the access mode of the current network sent by the PGW according to a policy and charging control (PCC) rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network.

8. A mobile network system, comprising:

a mobility management network element configured to acquire an access mode of a current network; and

a serving gateway (SGW) configured to acquire the access mode of the current network from the mobility management network element, and perform a bearing procedure according to the access mode of the current network.

9. The mobile network system according to claim 8, further comprising:

a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity configured to receive the access mode of the current network, and send a policy and charging control (PCC) rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network to the SGW.

10. The mobile network system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a packet data network gateway (PGW) configured to send the access mode of the current network to the PCRF entity, and initiate a bearing procedure according to the PCC rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network.

11. A mobility management network element, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a bearer request or a notification message for paging a user equipment (UE) from a serving gateway (SGW);

a paging unit configured to initiate paging the UE to obtain an access mode of a current network according to the bearer request or the notification message for paging the UE received by the receiving unit;

an acquisition unit configured to obtain the access mode of the current network; and

a notification unit configured to notify the SGW of the access mode of the current network acquired by the acquisition unit.

12. The mobility management network element according to claim 11, wherein the bearer request received by the receiving unit carries an access mode of an previous resident network, and the mobility management network element further comprises:

a comparison unit configured to compare the access mode of the current network with the access mode of the previous resident network.

13. A serving gateway (SGW), comprising:

a bearer request receiving unit configured to receive a bearer request sent by a packet data network gateway (PGW);

a sending unit configured to notify a mobility management network element to page a user equipment (UE);

a receiving unit configured to receive an access mode of a current network sent by the mobility management network element; and

a bearer processing unit configured to perform a bearer processing according to the access mode of the current network received by the receiving unit.

14. The SGW according to claim 13, further comprising:

a recording unit configured to record an access mode of an previous resident network; and

a comparison unit configured to compare the access mode of the current network received by the receiving unit with the access mode of the previous resident network recorded in the recording unit,

wherein when a comparison result indicates that the access mode of the current network is different from the access mode of the previous resident network, the bearer processing unit performs the bearer processing according to the access mode of the current network received by the receiving unit.

15. The SGW according to claim 13, further comprising:

a notification unit configured to notify the PGW of the access mode of the current network received by the receiving unit.