Method and device for accessing and obtaining user equipment context and user equipment identity

• US 9,560,555 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2016
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
• 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: Guo, Xiaolong
• Primary Examiner(s): Skripnikov, Alex
• Application Number:
  US15/043,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20160165488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0022 for transferring data sessions between adjacent core network technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0033 with transfer of context information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/005 Data network PoA devices

Abstract

A method and device for accessing and obtaining user equipment (UE) context and UE identity are provided. The method for access includes: when a UE accesses a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network, judging, by a network node, whether a Globally Unique Mobility Management Entity Identifier (GUMMEI) carried by the UE or a Mobility Management Entity Group Identity (MMEGI) in the GUMMEI is allocated or mapped by the SAE network; if the GUMMEI or MMEGI is allocated by the SAE network, selecting, by the network node, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) according to the GUMMEIA network device includes an identity attribute obtaining module and a network resource node allocation module. Therefore, the access of the UE is achieved.

Claims

1. A communication method, comprising:

when a temporary identity used in next update (TIN) in a user equipment (UE) indicates a packet temporary mobile subscriber identity (P-TMSI) type,

generating, by the UE, a first global unique temporary identity (GUTI) from a P-TMSI and a routing area identity (RAI) held by the UE; and

when the UE determines that the UE holds a second GUTI allocated by a system architecture evolution (SAE) network, sending, by the UE, the generated first GUTI in a first information element (IE) of a tracking area updating (TAU) request and the second GUTI in an additional GUTI IE of the TAU request to a mobility management entity (MME) in the SAE network; and

when the TIN in the UE indicates a GUTI type or a radio access technology (RAT)-related temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) type and the UE determines that the UE holds a third GUTI allocated by the SAE network,

sending, by the UE, the third GUTI in the first IE in the TAU request without the additional GUTI IE.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first GUTI from the P-TMSI and the RAI includes a MME group id from a location area code (LAC) and the most significant bit (MSB) of the MME group id is 0;

and

the MSB of an MME group id included in the second GUTI is 1.

3. An apparatus, comprising a processing unit and a memory, wherein

the memory stores information including program codes, and

the processing unit executes the program codes, causing the apparatus to execute:

when a temporary identity used in next update (TIN) in the apparatus indicates a packet temporary mobile subscriber identity (P-TMSI) type,

generating a first global unique temporary identity (GUTI) from a P-TMSI and a routing area identity (RAI) held by the apparatus; and

when the apparatus determines that the apparatus holds a second GUTI allocated by a system architecture evolution (SAE) network, sending the generated first GUTI in a first information element (IE) of a tracking area updating (TAU) request and the second GUTI in an additional GUTI IE of the TAU request to a mobility management entity (MME) in the SAE network; and

when the TIN in the apparatus indicates a GUTI type or a radio access technology (RAT)-related temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) type and the apparatus determines that the UE holds a third GUTI allocated by the SAE network,

sending the third GUTI in the first IE in the TAU request without the additional GUTI IE.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first GUTI from the P-TMSI and the RAI includes a MME group id from a location area code (LAC) and the most significant bit (MSB) of the MME group id is 0;

and

the MSB of an MME group id included in the second GUTI is 1.

5. A non-transient computer readable medium, which stores program codes for execution by an apparatus in a communication system, wherein the program codes comprise instructions for performing the following:

when a temporary identity used in next update (TIN) in the apparatus indicates a packet temporary mobile subscriber identity (P-TMSI) type,

generating a first global unique temporary identity (GUTI) from a P-TMSI and a routing area identity (RAI) held by the apparatus; and

when the apparatus determines that the apparatus holds a second GUTI allocated by a system architecture evolution (SAE) network, sending the generated first GUTI in a first information element (IE) of a tracking area updating (TAU) request and the second GUTI in an additional GUTI IE of the TAU request to a mobility management entity (MME) in the SAE network; and

when the TIN in the apparatus indicates a GUTI type or a radio access technology (RAT)-related temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) type and the apparatus determines that the UE holds a third GUTI allocated by the SAE network,

sending the third GUTI in the first IE in the TAU request without the additional GUTI IE.

6. The non-transient computer readable medium according to claim 5, wherein the first GUTI from the P-TMSI and the RAI includes a MME group id from a location area code (LAC) and the most significant bit (MSB) of the MME group id is 0;

and

the MSB of an MME group id included in the second GUTI is 1.

7. A communication system, comprising a mobility management entity (MME) and a user equipment (UE), wherein:

the UE is configured to perform;

when a temporary identity used in next update (TIN) in the UE indicates a packet temporary mobile subscriber identity (P-TMSI) type,

generating a first global unique temporary identity (GUTI) from a P-TMSI and a routing area identity (RAI) held by the UE; and

when the UE determines that the UE holds a second GUTI allocated by a system architecture evolution (SAE) network, sending the generated first GUTI in a first information element (IE) of a tracking area updating (TAU) request and the second GUTI in an additional GUTI IE of the TAU request to the mobility management entity (MME) in the SAE network; and

when the TIN in the apparatus indicates a GUTI type or a radio access technology (RAT)-related temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) type and the UE determines that the UE holds a third GUTI allocated by the SAE network,

sending the third GUTI in the first IE in the TAU request without the additional GUTI IE; and

the MME is configured to receive the TAU request from the UE.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the first GUTI from the P-TMSI and the RAI includes a MME group id from a location area code (LAC) and the most significant bit (MSB) of the MME group id is 0;

and

the MSB of an MME group id included in the second GUTI is 1.