Method for data communication, system for communication and related devices

• US 9,369,860 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2015
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2008
• 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: Liu, Lan, Zhang, Wanqiang
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
• Application Number:
  US14/721,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20150256994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/445, 455/552.1, 370/389, 370/331, 380/247, 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A data communication method, a communication system, and related devices are configured to establish a transaction identifier (TI) in a user equipment (UE). The data communication method includes the following steps. A mobility management entity (MME) receives a request message and obtains ability information of the UE. If the UE has an ability to access a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (UTRAN/GERAN), the MME generates the TI. A communication system and related devices are also provided. Thus, the TI is effectively established in the UE, so as to ensure normal processing of the UE.

Claims

1. A method for data communication, comprising:

receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), a request message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the request message comprises an ability information of the UE indicating whether the UE has an ability to access one of a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network(UTRAN) and a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN);

determining, by the MME, that the UE has the ability to access the one of the UTRAN and the GERAN according to the ability information of the UE;

creating, by the MME, a request for a default bearer of the UE and transmitting the request for the default bearer to a serving gateway (SGW);

forwarding, by the SGW, the request for the default bearer to a packet data network gateway (PGW);

creating, by the PGW, a response for the default bearer corresponding to the request for the default bearer and transmitting the response for the default bearer to the SGW;

forwarding, by the SGW, the response for the default bearer to the MME;

generating, by the MME, a transaction identifier (TI) for the default bearer of the UE based on the determination that the UE has the ability to access the one of the UTRAN and the GERAN.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after generating, by the MME, the TI for the default bearer of the UE, the method further comprises:

transmitting, by the MME, the TI generated for the default bearer of the UE to the UE.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request message comprises one of the following:

an Attach Request message initiated by the UE,

a Packet Data Network Connectivity Request message initiated by the UE,

a Dedicated Bearer Request message initiated by a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW), and

a Resource Allocating Request message initiated by the UE.

4. A system for data communication, comprising a mobility management entity (MME), a serving gateway (SGW) and a packet data network gateway (PGW);

wherein

the MME is configured to receive a request message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the request message comprises an ability information of the UE indicating whether the UE has an ability to access one of a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) and a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN);

the MME is further configured to determine that the UE has the ability to access the one of the UTRAN and the GERAN according to the ability information of the UE;

the MME is further configured to create a request for a default bearer of the UE and transmit the request for the default bearer to a serving gateway (SGW);

the SGW is configured to forward the request for the default bearer to the PGW;

the PGW is configured to create a response for the default bearer corresponding to the request for the default bearer and transmit the response for the default bearer to the SGW;

the SGW is further configured to forward the response for the default bearer to the MME;

the MME is further configured to generate a transaction identifier (TI) for the default bearer of the UE based on the determination that the UE has the ability to access the one of the UTRAN and the GERAN.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein

the MME is further configured to transmit the TI generated for the default bearer of the UE to the UE.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the request message comprises one of the following:

an Attach Request message initiated by the UE,

a Packet Data Network Connectivity Request message initiated by the UE,

a Dedicated Bearer Request message initiated by a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW), and

a Resource Allocating Request message initiated by the UE.