Method, entity, and system for implementing trunk service

• US 9,392,583 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• 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: Xiong, Chunshan
• Primary Examiner(s): Acolatse, Kodzovi
• Application Number:
  US14/318,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20140307682A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/1443 between licensed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/08 Trunked mobile radio systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method, includes: receiving uplink control plane signaling or uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data sent by a UE; performing, encapsulation and conversion on the uplink control plane signaling or the uplink control plane signaling and the uplink user plane media data, and sending the uplink control plane signaling or the uplink control plane signaling and the uplink user plane media data after the encapsulation and conversion to a TCF; receiving downlink control plane signaling or downlink control plane signaling and downlink user plane media data sent by the TCF; and performing encapsulation and conversion on the downlink control plane signaling or the downlink control plane signaling and the downlink user plane media data, and sending the downlink control plane signaling or the downlink control plane signaling and the downlink user plane media data after the encapsulation and conversion to the UE.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a trunk service, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by an interworking function (IWF) entity, uplink signaling comprising at least uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data sent by a trunk user equipment (UE);

performing, by the IWF entity, encapsulation and conversion on the uplink signaling by encapsulating and converting the uplink control plane signaling using a first transmission protocol and further by encapsulating and converting the uplink user plane media data using a second transmission protocol different from the first transmission protocol, the performing encapsulation and conversion on the uplink signaling generating encapsulated and converted uplink signaling comprising encapsulated and converted uplink control plane signaling and further comprising encapsulated and converted uplink user plane media data;

sending the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling to a trunk control function (TCF) entity;

receiving, by the IWF entity, downlink signaling comprising at least downlink control plane signaling sent by the TCF entity;

performing, by the IWF entity, encapsulation and conversion on the downlink signaling to obtain encapsulated and converted downlink signaling; and

sending the encapsulated and converted downlink signaling to the UE.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the uplink signaling sent by the trunk UE comprises:

receiving, from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem, the uplink signaling sent by the UE, wherein the default bearer is on a packet data network (PDN) connection established by the UE to a dedicated access point name (APN) corresponding to a trunk.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the uplink signaling sent by the trunk UE comprises:

receiving, from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem, the uplink control plane signaling sent by the trunk UE; and

receiving, through a dedicated bearer in the trunk access subsystem, the uplink user plane media data sent by the trunk UE, wherein the default bearer and the dedicated bearer are bearers on a packet data network PDN connection established by the UE to a dedicated access point name (APN) corresponding to a trunk.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the uplink signaling sent by the trunk UE comprises:

receiving, through a Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) connection or a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection, the uplink control plane signaling sent by the UE, wherein the SCTP connection or the TCP connection is an SCTP connection or a TCP connection established between the IWF entity and the UE using a trunk access subsystem; and

receiving, through a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) connection, the uplink user plane media data sent by the UE to the TCF entity, wherein the RTP connection is an RTP connection established between the IWF entity and the UE using the trunk access subsystem.

5. The method according to claim 1,

wherein sending the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling comprises:

sending the encapsulated and converted uplink control plane signaling to the TCF entity through an Ra interface connection, wherein the Ra interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity; and

sending the encapsulated and converted uplink user plane media data to the TCF entity through an Ru interface connection, wherein the Ru interface connection established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the downlink signaling further comprises downlink user plane media data, and wherein receiving the downlink signaling sent by the TCF entity comprises:

receiving the downlink control plane signaling through an Ra interface connection, wherein the Ra interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity; and

receiving, by the IWF entity, the downlink user plane media data sent by the TCF entity to the UE through an Ru interface connection, wherein the Ru interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity.

7. A method for implementing a trunk service, the method comprising:

sending, by a trunk user equipment (UE), uplink signaling that includes at least uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data to an interworking function (IWF) entity to prompt the IWF entity to perform encapsulation and conversion on the uplink signaling by encapsulating and converting the uplink control plane signaling using a first transmission protocol and further by encapsulating and converting the uplink user plane media data using a second transmission protocol different from the first transmission protocol, and to further prompt the IWF entity to send the resulting encapsulated and converted uplink signaling to a trunk control function (TCF) entity; and

receiving, by the trunk UE, encapsulated and converted downlink signaling sent by the IWF entity, wherein the encapsulated and converted downlink signaling was obtained by the IWF entity through encapsulating and converting downlink signaling communicated from the TCF entity to the IWF entity, and wherein the downlink signaling includes at least downlink control plane signaling.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein sending the uplink signaling to the IWF entity comprises:

sending, by the trunk UE from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem, the uplink signaling to the IWF, wherein the default bearer is on a packet data network PDN connection established by the trunk UE to a dedicated access point name (APN) corresponding to a trunk.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein sending the uplink signaling to the IWF entity comprises:

sending, by the trunk UE, the uplink control plane signaling from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem; and

sending, by the trunk UE, the uplink user plane media data from a dedicated bearer in the trunk access subsystem, wherein the default bearer and the dedicated bearer are bearers on a packet data network (PDN) connection established by the trunk UE to a dedicated APN corresponding to a trunk.

10. A method for implementing a trunk service, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a trunk control function (TCF) entity, encapsulated and converted uplink signaling from an interworking function (IWF) entity, the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling being formed at the IWF entity by encapsulating and converting uplink signaling communicated from a trunk UE to the IWF entity, wherein the uplink signaling includes at least uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data, and wherein the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling includes encapsulated and converted uplink control plane signaling encapsulated and converted using a first transmission protocol and encapsulated and converted uplink user plane media data encapsulated and converted using a second transmission protocol different from the first transmission protocol; and

sending, by the TCF entity, downlink signaling that includes at least downlink control plane signaling to the IWF entity to prompt the IWF entity both to perform encapsulation and conversion on the downlink control plane signaling and to send the resulting encapsulated and converted downlink control plane signaling to the trunk UE.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein receiving the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling sent by the IWF entity comprises:

receiving, by the TCF entity, the encapsulated and converted uplink control plane signaling through an Ra interface connection, wherein the Ra interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity; and

receiving the encapsulated and converted uplink user plane media data through an Ru interface connection, wherein the Ru interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the downlink signaling further comprises downlink user plane media data, and wherein sending the downlink signaling to the IWF entity comprises:

sending, by the TCF entity, the downlink control plane signaling to the IWF entity through an Ra interface connection, wherein the Ra interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity; and

sending, by the TCF entity, the downlink user plane media data to the IWF entity through an Ru interface connection, wherein the Ru interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity.

13. An interworking function (IWF) entity, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive uplink signaling that includes at least uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data sent by a trunk user equipment (UE); and

a transmitter, configured to perform encapsulation and conversion on the uplink signaling by encapsulating and converting the uplink control plane signaling using a first transmission protocol and further by encapsulating and converting the uplink user plane media data using a second transmission protocol different from the first transmission protocol, to obtain encapsulated and converted uplink signaling including encapsulated and converted uplink control plane signaling and further comprising encapsulated and converted uplink user plane media data, and to send the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling to a trunk control function (TCF) entity,

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive downlink signaling that includes at least downlink control plane signaling sent by the TCF entity, and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to perform encapsulation and conversion on the downlink signaling to obtain encapsulated and converted downlink signaling, and to send the encapsulated and converted downlink signaling to the trunk UE.

14. The interworking function entity according to claim 13, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive, from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem, the uplink signaling sent by the trunk UE, and wherein the default bearer is on a packet data network (PDN) connection established by the trunk UE to a dedicated access point name (APN) corresponding to a trunk.

15. The interworking function entity according to claim 13, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive, from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem, the uplink control plane signaling sent by the UE, and to receive, from a dedicated bearer, the uplink user plane media data sent by the UE, wherein the default bearer and the dedicated bearer are bearers on a PDN connection established by the UE to a dedicated APN corresponding to a trunk.

16. The interworking function entity according to claim 13, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive, through a Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) connection or a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection, the uplink control plane signaling sent by the trunk UE, and to receive, through a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) connection, the uplink user plane media data sent by the trunk UE to the TCF entity, wherein the SCTP connection or the TCP connection is a connection established between the IWF entity and the trunk UE by using a trunk access subsystem, and wherein the RTP connection is established between the IWF entity and the trunk UE by using the trunk access subsystem.

17. The interworking function entity according to claim 13

wherein the transmitter is configured to send the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling to the TCF entity by sending the encapsulated and converted uplink control plane to the TCF entity through an Ra interface connection, and by sending the encapsulated and converted uplink user plane media data to the TCF entity through an Ru interface connection, wherein the Ra interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity, and wherein the Ru interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity.

18. The interworking function entity according to claim 13, wherein the downlink signaling further comprises downlink user plane media data, and wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the downlink control plane signaling sent by the TCF entity to the UE through an Ra interface connection, and to receive the downlink user plane media data sent by the TCF entity to the UE through an Ru interface connection, wherein the Ra interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity, and wherein the Ru interface connection is established between the IWF entity and the TCF entity.

19. A trunk terminal, comprising:

a transmitter, configured to send uplink signaling including at least uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data to an interworking function (IWF) entity to prompt the IWF entity both to perform encapsulation and conversion on the uplink signaling by encapsulating and converting the uplink control plane signaling using a first transmission protocol and further by encapsulating and converting the uplink user plane media data using a second transmission protocol different from the first transmission protocol, and to further prompt the IWF entity to send the resulting encapsulated and converted uplink signaling to a trunk control function (TCF) entity; and

a receiver, configured to receive encapsulated and converted downlink signaling sent by the IWF entity, wherein the encapsulated and converted downlink signaling was obtained by the IWF entity through encapsulating and converting downlink signaling communicated from the TCF entity to the IWF entity, and wherein the downlink signaling includes at least downlink control plane signaling.

20. The trunk terminal according to claim 19, wherein the transmitter is configured to send the uplink signaling to the IWF entity by sending, from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem, the uplink signaling to the IWF entity, wherein the default bearer is on a packet data network (PDN) connection established by the trunk terminal to a dedicated access point name (APN) corresponding to a trunk.

21. The trunk terminal according to claim 19, wherein the transmitter is configured to send the uplink signaling to the IWF entity by sending the uplink control plane signaling from a default bearer in a trunk access subsystem, and by sending the uplink user plane media data from a dedicated bearer, wherein the default bearer and the dedicated bearer are bearers on a packet data network (PDN) connection established by the trunk terminal to a dedicated access point name (APN) corresponding to a trunk.

22. A trunk control function (TCF) entity, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive encapsulated and converted uplink signaling sent by an interworking function (IWF) entity, wherein the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling was formed at the IWF entity by encapsulating and converting uplink signaling communicated from a trunk user equipment (UE) to the IWF entity, wherein the uplink signaling includes at least uplink control plane signaling and uplink user plane media data, and wherein the encapsulated and converted uplink signaling includes encapsulated and converted uplink control plane signaling encapsulated and converted using a first transmission protocol and encapsulated and converted uplink user plane media data encapsulated and converted using a second transmission protocol different from the first transmission protocol; and

a transmitter, configured to send downlink signaling that includes at least downlink control plane signaling to the IWF to prompt the IWF entity both to perform encapsulation and conversion on the downlink signaling and to send the resulting encapsulated and converted downlink signaling to the UE.