Method, device and system for session binding

• US 9,456,006 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2012
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Bi, Yifeng, Liu, Guoyan, Zong, Zaifeng, Zhou, Xiaoyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Le H
• Application Number:
  US14/234,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164633A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,562 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/103 across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2514 between local and global IP addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2517 using port numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, device and system for session binding. The method includes: a PCRF or BPCF receives a first session from a fixed network, wherein the first session carries an IP address and a port number set; the PCRF or BPCF receives a second session from an AF or a Traffic Detection Function (TDF), wherein the second session carries an IP address and port number information; and the PCRF or BPCF binds the first session to the second session according to the IP addresses and the port number information. The disclosure solves the problem of inaccurate session binding in the scenario where a mobile terminal directly accesses mobile network services via a fixed network.

Claims

1. A method for session binding, comprising:

a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) or a Broadband Policy Control Function (BPCF) receiving a first session from a fixed network, wherein the first session carries an IP address and a port number set;

the PCRF or BPCF receiving a second session from an Application Function (AF) or a Traffic Detection Function (TDF), wherein the second session carries an IP address and port number information; and

the PCRF or BPCF binding the first session to the second session according to the IP addresses and the port number information;

wherein after the PCRF or BPCF binding the first session to the second session, the method further comprises;

the PCRF or BPCF making a policy for a service according to an association relationship between the first session and the second session, and issuing the policy.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the first session comprises one of the following:

a message for triggering an S9* session, an S9* session, an S9 session or a fixed network policy session; and

the second session is embodied as an Rx session, or an AF session, or an Sd session, or a TDF session.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PCRF or the BPCF binding the first session to the second session according to the IP addresses and the port number information comprises:

the PCRF or BPCF binding the first session to the second session when determining that the first session and the second session satisfy the following two conditions;

1) the IP address of the first session and the IP address of the second session are the same; and

2) a port number in the port number information of the second session is an element in the port number set of the first session.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the PCRF or BPCF saving the IP address and the port number set by means of a user identity association table.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PCRF or BPCF receiving the first session from the fixed network comprises one of the following:

when a terminal starts an initial access to the fixed network, the fixed network initiating a first session establishment process, with the first session carrying the IP address and port number set initially allocated to the terminal by the fixed network; and

when updating the IP address and/or port number set of the terminal, the fixed network initiating a first session modification process, with the first session carrying the modified IP address and/or port number set.

6. A device for session binding, wherein the device is provided on a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) or Broadband Policy Control Function (BPCF), and the device comprises:

a first receiving module configured to receive a first session from a fixed network, wherein the first session carries an IP address and a port number set;

a second receiving module configured to receive a second session from an Application Function (AF) or a Traffic Detection Function (TDF), wherein the second session carries an IP address and port number information; and

an association module configured to bind the first session to the second session according to the IP addresses and port number information;

wherein, the device is further configured to make a policy for a service according to an association relationship between the first session and the second session, and issue the policy after binding the first session to the second session.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the association module comprises:

a judgment unit configured to judge whether the IP address carried by the first session and the IP address carried by the second session are the same, and to judge whether a port number in the port number information carried by the second session is an element in the port number set carried by the first session; and

an association unit configured to bind the first session to the second session when judgment results of the judgment unit are the IP address carried by the first session and the IP address carried by the second session are the same and the port number in the port number information carried by the second session is the element in the port number set carried by the first session.

8. A system for session binding, comprising:

a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) or Broadband Policy Control Function (BPCF),

a device for session binding provided on the PCRF or BPCF, the device comprising;

a first receiving module configured to receive a first session from a fixed network, wherein the first session carries an IP address and a port number set;

a second receiving module configured to receive a second session from an Application Function (AF) or a Traffic Detection Function (TDF), wherein the second session carries an IP address and port number information; and

an association module configured to bind the first session to the second session according to the IP addresses and port number information;

wherein, the device is further configured to make a policy for a service according to an association relationship between the first session and the second session, and issue the policy after binding the first session to the second session;

the system further comprising;

a fixed network element configured to send the first session to the device; and

wherein

the AF or the TDF is configured to send the second session to the device.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the fixed network element comprises one of the following:

a Residential Gateway (RG), a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS), or an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server.

10. The system according to claim 8,

wherein the association module comprises:

a judgment unit configured to judge whether the IP address carried by the first session and the IP address carried by the second session are the same, and to judge whether a port number in the port number information carried by the second session is an element in the port number set carried by the first session; and

an association unit configured to bind the first session to the second session when judgment results of the judgment unit are the IP address carried by the first session and the IP address carried by the second session are the same and the port number in the port number information carried by the second session is the element in the port number set carried by the first session.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the fixed network element comprises one of the following:

a Residential Gateway (RG), a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS), or an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server.