Mobile communication system, SGW, terminal communication method and control method

• US 9,918,261 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Okabe, Junya, Tamura, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Sinkantarakorn, Pao
• Assistant Examiner(s): JAHANGIR, KABIR U
• Application Number:
  US14/419,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20160073308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,404 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/023 Buffering or recovering information during reselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/12 Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer

Abstract

A bearer management device that performs control to reliably receive an incoming packet call that is made while a mobile terminal device is moving is provided. A bearer management device (10) includes an incoming call control unit (11) that, in the case where a mobility management device (30) manages a location of a mobile terminal device (40) as a result of movement of the mobile terminal device (40) whose location has been managed by a mobility management device (20), suspends processing of an incoming call to the mobile terminal device (40) made during movement of the mobile terminal device (40) until receiving a notification about completion of movement of the mobile terminal device (40) from the mobility management device (30), and resumes incoming call processing to the mobile terminal device (40) after receiving a notification about completion of movement of the mobile terminal device (40) from the mobility management device (30).

Claims

1. A mobile communication system comprising:

a terminal (UE);

a MME (Mobility Management Entity) or a SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node); and

a SGW (Serving Gateway);

wherein the SGW is configured to receive and to buffer a packet for the UE and to send a Downlink Data Notification message to the MME or the SGSN; and

the MME or the SGSN is configured to send a Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message to the SGW in response to the Downlink Data Notification message,

wherein the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message contains a cause value indicating a temporary rejection due to UE mobility, and the SGW buffers the packet until receiving a Modify Bearer Request message.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Tracking Area Update procedure with a change of the MME is in progress when the MME receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Routing Area Update procedure with a change of the SGSN is in progress when the SGSN receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the SGW is configured to start a locally configured guard timer upon receiving a message that the Downlink Data Notification message is temporarily rejected.

5. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the SGW sends a Modify Bearer Response message in response to the Modify Bearer Request message.

6. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

the SGW sends the Downlink Data Notification message to a new MME or a new SGSN after receiving the Modify Bearer Request message.

7. The mobile communication system according to claim 4, wherein the buffered packet is released when the timer expires.

8. A SGW (Serving Gateway) implemented in a mobile communication system including a terminal (UE) and a MME (Mobility Management Entity) or a SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node), the SGW comprising:

a receiver to receive a packet for the UE;

a processor to buffer the packet; and

a transmitter to send a Downlink Data Notification message to the MME or the SGSN

wherein the receiver receives a Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message from the MME or the SGSN in response to the Downlink Data Notification message,

the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message contains a cause value indicating a temporary rejection due to UE mobility, and

the processor buffers the packet until the SGW receives a Modify Bearer Request message.

9. The SGW according to claim 8, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Tracking Area Update procedure with a change of the MME is in progress when the MME receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

10. The SGW according to claim 8, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Routing Area Update procedure with a change of the SGSN is in progress when the SGSN receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

11. A communication method of a mobile communication system including a terminal (UE), a MME (Mobility Management Entity) or a SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node), and a SGW (Serving Gateway), the method comprising:

receiving and buffering, by the SGW, a packet for the UE;

sending, by the SGW, a Downlink Data Notification message to the MME or the SGSN; and

sending, by the MME or the SGSN, a Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message to the SGW in response to the Downlink Data Notification message,

wherein the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message contains a cause value indicating a temporary rejection due to UE mobility, and

the SGW buffers the packet until receiving a Modify Bearer Request message.

12. The communication method of a mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Tracking Area Update procedure with a change of the MME is in progress when the MME receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

13. The communication method of a mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Routing Area Update procedure with a change of the SGSN is in progress when the SGSN receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

14. A control method for a SGW (Serving Gateway) implemented in a mobile communication system including a terminal (UE) and a MME (Mobility Management Entity) or a SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node), the method comprising:

receiving and buffering a packet for the UE;

sending a Downlink Data Notification message to the MME or the SGSN; and

receiving, from the MME or the SGSN, a Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message in response to the Downlink Data Notification message,

wherein the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message contains a cause value indicating a temporary rejection due to UE mobility, and

the SGW buffers the packet until receiving a Modify Bearer Request message.

15. The control method for a SGW according to claim 14, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Tracking Area Update procedure with a change of the MME is in progress when the MME receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

16. The control method for a SGW according to claim 14, wherein

the cause value is included in the Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message if a Routing Area Update procedure with a change of the SGSN is in progress when the SGSN receives the Downlink Data Notification message from the SGW.

17. A terminal (UE) implemented in a mobile communication system, the terminal comprising:

a processor to initiate a tracking area update procedure when there is a change of a first MME (Mobility Management Entity) to a second MME or a routing area update procedure when there is a change of a first SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) to a second SGSN; and

a receiver to receive a paging from a base station or radio control equipment, the base station or radio control equipment receiving a message related to the paging from the second MME or the second SGSN in response to a Downlink Data Notification (DDN) message, wherein the receiver receives the paging if the tracking area update procedure or the routing area update procedure is in progress when the first MME or the first SGSN receives the DDN message.

18. The mobile terminal (UE) according to claim 17, wherein the receiver receives the paging after the UE receives a tracking area update accept message from the second MME or a routing area update accept message from the second SGSN.

19. A reception method of a terminal (UE) implemented in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

initiating a tracking area update procedure when there is a change of a first MME (Mobility Management Entity) to a second MME or a routing area update procedure when there is a change of a first SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) to a second SGSN, and

receiving a paging from a base station or radio control equipment, the base station or radio control equipment receiving a message related to the paging from the second MME or the second SGSN in response to a Downlink Data Notification (DDN), wherein the receiver receives the paging if the tracking area update procedure or the routing area update is in progress when the first MME or the first SGSN receives the DDN message.

20. The reception method of the terminal (UE) according to claim 19, wherein the UE receives the paging after receiving a tracking area update accept message from the second MME or a routing area update accept message from the second SGSN.