Service data transmission method and system, and device

• US 9,713,188 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2015
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2012
• 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: Li, Zhiming, Hu, Shuhui, Liu, Jixing
• Primary Examiner(s): Zewdu, Meless
• Application Number:
  US14/670,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20150201447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0263 involving mapping traffic to individual bearers or channels, e.g. traffic flow template [TFT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0066 of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a service data transmission method. An AN entity of a first network sends a first request message to an AN entity of a second network corresponding to a target cell in which a UE is located, so as to request the AN entity of the second network to establish a radio bearer for the UE. The AN entity of the first network sends a second request message to the UE, so as to request the UE to establish the radio bearer with the AN entity of the second network. After the AN entity of the second network has established the radio bearer with the UE, the AN entity of the first network transmits service data to the UE by using the AN entity of the second network.

Claims

1. A service data transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a user terminal, a request message sent by an access network (AN) entity of a first network, wherein the request message is used to request the user terminal to establish a radio bearer with an AN entity of a second network corresponding to a target cell and wherein the request message comprises at least one of the following;

an identifier of the radio bearer, a quality of service parameter of the radio bearer, traffic flow template information, an indication message, and information about the target cell, the indication message being used for indicating that the radio bearer is to be established in the second network;

establishing, by the user terminal, the radio bearer with the AN entity of the second network; and

transmitting, by the user terminal, service data to the AN entity of the first network by using the AN entity of the second network, wherein the service data is data corresponding to a service identified by the traffic flow template information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second network is an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD) network and wherein establishing the radio bearer with the AN entity of the second network comprises establishing, by the user terminal, a Radio Link Protocol (RLP) connection with the AN entity of the second network, wherein a quality of service parameter of the eHRPD used in establishing the RLP connection is obtained through mapping according to the quality of service parameter of the radio bearer.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after receiving the request message sent by the AN entity of the first network and before establishing the radio bearer with the AN entity of the second network, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, the quality of service parameter of the eHRPD sent by the AN entity of the first network, wherein the quality of service parameter of the eHRPD is received by the AN entity of the first network from the AN entity of the second network, and the quality of service parameter of the eHRPD is obtained through mapping by the AN entity of the second network according to the quality of service parameter of the radio bearer.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting the service data to the AN entity of the first network by using the AN entity of the second network comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, a local IP address sent by the AN entity of the second network; and

sending, by the user terminal, a local IP data packet to the AN entity of the second network, wherein the local IP data packet is a local IP data packet obtained after the user terminal encapsulates the service data and wherein the local IP data packet is addressed to the local IP address.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting the service data to the AN entity of the first network by using the AN entity of the second network comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, a local IP address sent by the AN entity of the second network; and

receiving, by the user terminal, a local IP data packet sent by the AN entity of the second network, wherein the local IP data packet is a local IP data packet obtained after the AN of the second network encapsulates the service data, wherein the service data is received from the AN entity of the first network, and wherein the local IP data packet is addressed to the local IP address.

6. An access node (AN) entity comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for;

sending a first request message to an AN entity of a second network corresponding to a target cell in which a user terminal is to be located, so as to request the AN entity of the second network to establish a radio bearer for the user terminal, wherein the first request message comprises an identifier of the user terminal and a quality of service parameter of the radio bearer;

sending a second request message to the user terminal, so as to request the user terminal to establish the radio bearer with the AN entity of the second network, wherein the second request message comprises at least one of the following;

an identifier of the radio bearer, the quality of service parameter of the radio bearer, traffic flow template information, an indication message, and information about the target cell, wherein the indication message is used for indicating that the radio bearer is to be established in the second network; and

after the AN entity of the second network has established the radio bearer with the user terminal, transmitting service data to the user terminal by using the AN entity of the second network, wherein the service data is data corresponding to a service identified by the traffic flow template information.

7. The AN entity according to claim 6, further comprising a receiver, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the service data sent by the AN entity of the second network, wherein the service data is obtained after the AN entity of the second network receives a local IP data packet from the user terminal and decapsulates the local IP data packet, and the local IP data packet is obtained after the user terminal encapsulates the data of the service identified by the traffic flow template information.

8. The AN entity according to claim 6, wherein the AN entity is an AN entity of a first network and wherein the first request message further comprises information about an IP flow tunnel corresponding to an interface of the AN entity of the first network, and the processor is further configured to transmit the service data to the AN entity of the second network through an IP flow tunnel corresponding to a preconfigured or dynamically configured interface, wherein the service data is a data packet after Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) encapsulation is performed, a value of GRE key information of a GRE header in the data packet is first GRE key information, a source User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port number and a source IP address in the data packet correspond to the AN entity of the first network, and a target UDP port number and a target IP address in the data packet correspond to the AN entity of the second network;

or, the value of the GRE key information of the GRE header in the data packet is second GRE key information, the source UDP port number and the source IP address in the data packet correspond to the AN entity of the second network, and the target UDP port number and the target IP address in the data packet correspond to the AN entity of the first network; and

the first GRE key information represents that the data packet is sent by the AN entity of the first network to the AN entity of the second network, and the second GRE key information represents that the data packet is sent by the AN entity of the second network to the AN entity of the first network.

9. The AN entity according to claim 6, wherein the program includes further instructions for:

sending the indication message to the user terminal, wherein the indication message is used for instructing the user terminal to perform inter-system measurement;

receiving a measurement result sent by the user terminal, wherein the measurement result is the result of measurement performed by the user terminal according to the indication message, and the measurement result comprises results of measurement performed on multiple cells; and

selecting, from the multiple cells, a cell with the strongest signal as the target cell of the user terminal.

10. The AN entity according to claim 6, wherein the first request message further comprises cell list information and wherein the program includes further instructions for:

sending the indication message to the user terminal, wherein the indication message is used for instructing the user terminal to perform inter-system measurement; and

receiving a measurement result sent by the user terminal, wherein the measurement result is the result of measurement performed by the user terminal according to the indication message, and the measurement result comprises the cell list information; and

receiving the information about the target cell sent by the AN entity of the second network, wherein the target cell is a cell selected by the AN entity of the second network from the cell list information.

11. The AN entity according to claim 6, wherein the program includes further instructions for sending the service data to the AN entity of the second network, so that the AN entity of the second network sends the service data to the user terminal.

12. The AN entity according to claim 6, wherein the program includes further instructions for:

performing mapping according to the quality of service parameter of the radio bearer to obtain a quality of service parameter of an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD); and

sending the mapped quality of service parameter of the eHRPD to the user terminal, so that the user terminal establishes a Radio Link Protocol (RLP) connection with the AN entity of the second network by using the mapped quality of service parameter of the eHRPD.

13. A user terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for;

receiving a request message sent by an access network (AN) entity of a first network, wherein the request message is used for requesting the user terminal to establish a radio bearer with an AN entity of a second network corresponding to a target cell, and wherein the request message comprises at least one of the following;

an identifier of the radio bearer, a quality of service parameter of the radio bearer, traffic flow template information, an indication message, and information about the target cell, the indication message being used for indicating that the radio bearer is to be established in the second network;

establishing the radio bearer with the AN entity of the second network; and

transmitting service data to the AN entity of the first network by using the AN entity of the second network, wherein the service data is data corresponding to a service identified by the traffic flow template information.

14. The user terminal according to claim 13, wherein the program includes further instructions for establishing a Radio Link Protocol (RLP) connection with the AN entity of the second network, wherein a quality of service parameter of the second network used in establishing an RLP connection is obtained through mapping according to the quality of service parameter of the radio bearer, wherein the second network is an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD) network.

15. The user terminal according to claim 13, wherein the program includes further instructions for receiving a quality of service parameter of an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD) network sent by the AN entity of the first network, wherein the quality of service parameter of the eHRPD is received by the AN entity of the first network from the AN entity of the second network, and the quality of service parameter of the eHRPD is obtained through mapping by the AN entity of the second network according to the quality of service parameter of the radio bearer.

16. The user terminal according to claim 13, wherein the program includes further instructions for performing mapping according to the quality of service parameter of the radio bearer to obtain a quality of service parameter of an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD) network.

17. The user terminal according to claim 13, wherein the program includes further instructions for receiving a local IP address sent by the AN entity.

18. The user terminal according to claim 17, wherein the program includes further instructions for sending a local IP data packet to the AN entity of the second network, wherein the local IP data packet is a local IP data packet obtained after the user terminal encapsulates the service data, and an address of the local IP data packet is the local IP address.

19. The user terminal according to claim 18, wherein the program includes further instructions for selecting, according to the service identified by the traffic flow template information, the data corresponding to the service and encapsulating the selected data into the local IP data packet whose address is the local IP address.

20. The user terminal according to claim 17, wherein the program includes further instructions for receiving a local IP data packet sent by the AN entity of the second network, wherein the local IP data packet is a local IP data packet obtained after the AN of the second network encapsulates the service data, the service data is received from the AN entity of the first network, and an address of the local IP data packet is the local IP address.