Connection identifier system and method

• US 9,844,081 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2015
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Serravalle, Francesca
• Primary Examiner(s): CATTUNGAL, AJAY P
• Application Number:
  US14/919,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20160044717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/045 between access point and backbone network device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

A method and system are proposed for establishing a requested connection between a source node and a destination node in a telecommunications network. The system and method are described in relation to a 3GPP network, but are applicable to other types of networks. The method includes generating a source application identifier for the connection within the source node, retrieving a source node identifier for the source node and transmitting the source application identifier and the source node identifier to the destination to provide a source connection identifier for the requested connection between the source node and the destination node.

Claims

1. A MME (Mobility Management Entity) comprising:

a transmission circuit configured to transmit, to a base station, a handover request message which includes a Mobility Management Entity User Equipment S1 Application Protocol (MME UE S1AP) identity and a global MME identity; and

a receiving circuit configured to receive, from the base station, a handover request acknowledgement message,

wherein the MME UE S1AP identity uniquely identifies the UE over the S1 interface within the MME.

2. A method performed by a MME (Mobility Management Entity), the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, a handover request message which includes a Management Entity User Equipment S1 Application Protocol (MME UE S1AP) identity and a global MME identity; and

receiving, from the base station, a handover request acknowledgement message,

wherein the MME UE S1AP identity uniquely identifies the UE over the S1 interface within the MME.