Network-based information processing method and system, and mobility management network element

• US 8,661,137 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2011
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• 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: Chen, Zhongping, Wu, Wenfu, Sun, Xiaoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Le H
• Application Number:
  US13/333,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/226, 709/223, 726/7, 719/325, 370/252, 370/232, 705/1.1, 455/573
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

An information processing method and system, and a mobility management network element are provided by the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, the information processing method includes: receiving a message that includes data information of a user equipment UE; determining that the UE is a UE of low data usage; and sending the received data information of the UE to a machine type control server. By using the method, no bearer is activated, and the network side does not need to allocate bearer resources for data transmission of the UE. Therefore, the network load is reduced.

Claims

1. An information processing method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobility management network element, a message that comprises data information of a user equipment (UE) through a control plane;

determining, by the mobility management network element, that the UE is a UE of low data usage; and

sending, by the mobility management network element, the received data information of the UE to a machine type control server without allocating bearer resource to the UE.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the determining that the UE is a UE of low data usage comprises:

receiving, by the mobility management network element, subscription information of the UE sent by a home subscriber server, and determining that the UE is a UE of low data usage according to the subscription information of the UE;

or

determining, by the mobility management network element, that the UE is a UE of low data usage according to a registration request message received from the UE, wherein the registration request message comprises indication information for indicating that the UE is a UE of low data usage.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein before sending the received data information of the UE to the machine type control server, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the mobility management network element, subscription information of the UE sent by a home subscriber server; and

obtaining, by the mobility management network element, address information of the machine type control server according to the subscription information of the UE.

4. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the mobility management network element, a registration request message to the machine type control server so that the machine type control server obtains address information of the mobility management network element.

5. A mobility management network element, comprising:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a message that comprises data information of a user equipment through a control plane;

a first determining unit, configured to determine that the UE is a UE of low data usage; and

a sending unit, configured to send the received data information of the UE to a machine type control server without allocating bearer resource to the UE.

6. The mobility management network element according to claim 5, wherein:

the first receiving unit is further configured to receive subscription information of the UE sent by a home subscriber server;

the first determining unit is configured to determine that the UE is a UE of low data usage according to the subscription information of the UE received by the first receiving unit;

or

the first receiving unit is further configured to receive a registration request message from the user equipment, wherein the registration request message comprises indication information for indicating that the UE is a UE of low data usage; and

the first determining unit is configured to determine that the UE is a UE of low data usage according to the registration request message of the UE received by the first receiving unit.

7. The mobility management network element according to claim 5, further comprising:

a registration request unit, configured to send a registration request message to the machine type control server so that the machine type control server obtains address information of the mobility management network element.

8. An information processing system, comprising a mobility management network element and a machine type control server, wherein:

the machine type control server is configured to send a service request message to the mobility management network element; and

the mobility management network element is configured to;

receive the service request message sent by the machine type control server, determine that a user equipment corresponding to the service request message is a UE of low data usage, determine that the UE is in a connected state, and instruct the UE to send data information to the machine type control server according to the service request message, or, send data information, which is sent by the machine type control server, to the UE, according to the service request message, wherein the UE is not allocated with bearer resource by the mobility management network element.

9. The information processing system according to claim 8, wherein:

the machine type control server is further configured to determine address information of the mobility management network element that serves the UE.

10. The information processing system according to claim 9, wherein:

the machine type control server obtains the address information of the mobility management network element according to registration information;

or

the machine type control server searches a home subscriber server for the address information of the mobility management network element.