Bearer establishing method and system based on handover

• US 8,442,007 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): LIU, JUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/922,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20110002306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,763 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370204-215, 370229-240, 370310-337, 370338-350, 370/395.1, 370/395.3, 370/395.4, 370/395.41, 370/395.42, 370/395.5, 370/395.52, 370/395.53, 370412-421, 370431-529, 370523-520
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0033 with transfer of context information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/045 between access point and backbone network device

Abstract

The present invention discloses a bearer establishing method and system based on handover, wherein the method comprises: an MME transmits the handover required message to the target base station, and carries aggregate maximum bit rate information, namely AMBR information of the UE in the handover required message. In virtue of the above technical scheme, the AMBR information is transmitted to the target base station through the interface S1-MME from the MME when the handover through the MME happens, so that the target base station can obtain the AMBR information and achieve the establishment of the bearers.

Claims

1. A bearer establishing method based on handover, used for a target base station to establish a bearer for a user equipment, UE, when the UE is handed over from a source base station to the target base station, comprising:

the source base station initiating a handover required message to a mobile management entity, MME, to request to hand over to the target base station;

the MME transmitting the handover required message to the target base station, and carrying bearer establishment information and aggregate maximum bit rate information, namely AMBR information, of the UE in the handover required message; and

the target base station establishing one or more bearers, wherein sum of bandwidth of Non-Guaranteed Bit Rate bearers is no greater than value of the AMBR information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the target base station returns a handover required response message to the MME after the target base station establishes the bearer.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the target base station returns a handover required response message to the MME after the target base station establishes the bearer.

2. A bearer establishing method based on handover, used for a target base station to establish a bearer for a user equipment, UE, when the UE is handed over from a source base station to the target base station, comprising:

the source base station initiating a handover required message to a source mobile management entity, MME, to request to hand over to the target base station;

the source MME forwarding the handover required message to a target MME;

the target MME transmitting the handover required message to the target base station, and carrying bearer establishment information and aggregation maximum bit rate information, namely AMBR information, of the UE in the handover required message; and

the target base station distributing bandwidth according to the AMBR information, and establishing one or more bearers for the UE according to the bearer establishment information, wherein sum of bandwidth of Non-Guaranteed Bit Rate bearers is no greater than value of the AMBR information.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the target base station returns a handover required response message to the MME after the target base station establishes the bearer.

3. A bearer establishing system based on handover, comprising:

a source base station, wherein the source base station is configured to initiate a handover required message to a mobile management entity, MME, to request to hand over a user equipment from the source base station to a target base station;

the target base station; and

the mobile management entity, MME, wherein the MME is configured to forward the handover required message transmitted from the source base station to the target base station, and to carry bearer establishment information and aggregate maximum bit rate information, namely AMBR information, of the UE in the handover required message;

wherein the target base station is configured to establish one or more bearers, wherein sum of bandwidth of Non-Guaranteed Bit Rate bearers is no greater than value of the AMBR information.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein

the source base station comprises a handover requesting module which is configured to transmit the handover required message to the MME;

the MME comprises a message processing module which is configured to process the received handover required message, and to transmit, through the handover required message, bearer establishment information and AMBR information of the UE to the target base station; and

the target base station comprises a bearer establishing module which is configured to distribute bandwidth according to the AMBR information in the handover required message received by the target base station, and to establish a bearer according to the bearer establishment information.

8. The system according to claim 3, wherein

the target base station is configured to return a handover required response message to the MME after the target base station establishes the bearer.

9. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the bearer establishing module is configured to establish one or more bearers, and the sum of the bandwidth of the Non-Guaranteed Bit Rate bearers is less than or equal to the value of the AMBR information.

10. The system according to claim 4, wherein the target base station further comprises:

a handover responding module, configured to return a handover required response message to the MME after the bearer establishing module establishes the bearer.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the target base station further comprises:

a handover responding module, configured to return a handover required response message to the MME after the bearer establishing module establishes the bearer.