CN102318402B

CN102318402B - Method and system for processing mobility management procedure in multi-generation mobile communication network

Info

Publication number: CN102318402B
Application number: CN201080001607.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 戚彩霞; 王珊珊; 陈海永
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2010-04-30
Filing date: 2010-04-30
Publication date: 2014-12-03
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-30
Also published as: WO2011134171A1; CN102318402A

Abstract

The present invention involves a method and system for processing mobility management procedure in multi-generation mobile communication network, which is related to communication technical field. The method includes the following steps: receiving a request message requesting user information, wherein the message is transmitted from a new mobility management network element; when the protocol version of the received request message is inconsistent with the protocol version supported by the node which serves the user terminal and is in the old mobility management network element, returning a response message to the new mobility management network element; by means of the response message, making the new mobility management network element finish the mobility management procedure. The method makes it possible that the new mobility management network element still can obtain the identifier of the user terminal or the context of the user terminal when the new mobility management network element does not know the node type of the old mobility management network element serving the user terminal in the old side network, and then makes it possible that the user terminal can continue to be served in the new side network, thus saving the signaling overhead in the network or avoiding the interruption of the procedure.

Description

The processing method of mobile management flow process and system in many third generation mobile communication networks

Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technical field, relate in particular to processing method and the system of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks.

Background of invention

The logical architecture of current next generation mobile communication network as shown in Figure 1, in this next generation network, user terminal is by local Radio Access Network access, mobile management net element is responsible for the functions such as the location management, connection management, safety certification, gateway selection of user terminal, gateway is that the local access network of user terminal closes, be responsible for relevant connection management and the data retransmission of access technology, data gateway is the gateway of user terminal access outer data network.The corresponding real network of logical architecture of the next generation mobile communication network shown in Fig. 1, can be grouping system (the Evolved Packet System of evolution, EPS) network, for UTRAN/GERAN/E-UTRAN Access Network, mobile management net element can be Mobility Management Entity (Mobility Management Entity, or GPRS supporting node (Serving GPRS Support Node MME), S4 SGSN), gateway can be gateway (Serving Gateway, S-GW), data gateway can be message data network gateway (Packet Data Network Gateway, PDN-GW).

The current second generation, the logical architecture of the third generation (2G/3G) mobile communications network as shown in Figure 2, in this second generation, in the third generation (2G/3G) mobile communications network, user terminal is by the access of local wireless access network, mobile management net element set mobile management net element in next generation mobile communication network and the function of gateway.The described second generation, the corresponding real network of 3 G mobile communication network, it can be GPRS network, or UMTS network, for UTRAN/GERAN Access Network, mobile management net element can be GPRS supporting node (Gn/Gp Serving GPRS Support Node, Gn/Gp SGSN), data gateway can be Gateway GPRS Support Node (Gateway GPRS Support Node, GGSN).

If user terminal is attached to mobile communications network, and user terminal attachment removal in mobile communications network before, if in the mobile communications network adhering to current, in the new mobile management net element of served user terminals and the mobile communications network of attachment removal before, the old mobile management net element of served user terminals is not same node, new mobile management net element can be to the identity of old mobile management net element request authentication user terminal, and obtains the context of user terminal;

Similarly, if due to movement or other some reasons, user terminal is initiated tracking area update (Tracking Area Update in network, TAU), or routing region updating (Routeing Area Update, RAU) flow process, if the mobile management net element of served user terminals changes, new mobile management net element can be to the context of the old mobile management net element acquisition request user terminal of served user terminals before.

The interface of communicating by letter between different mobile management net elements adopts GTP (GPRS Tunnelling Protocol, GPRS Tunnel Protocol) agreement, but for different inter-entity communication, the GTP protocol version difference of employing.Between the core network element of EPS network (next generation mobile communication network), communication adopts GTPv2 agreement (wherein, MM E (Mobility Management Entity, mobile management entity) and MME between be S10 interface, between S4SGSN (GPRS supporting node) and S4SGSN, adopt S16 interface, between S4SGSN and MME, adopt S3 interface, these interfaces all adopt GTPv2 agreement), the mobile management net element of EPS network and the 2G/3G network (second generation, 3 G mobile communication network) mobile management net element between communication adopt GTPv1 agreement (between MME and Gn/Gp SGSN, to adopt gn interface, S4SGSN and Gn/Gp SGSN also adopt gn interface, gn interface adopts GTPv1 agreement), between the mobile management net element of 2G/3G network, communication also adopts GTPv1 agreement (between Gn/Gp SGSN, also to adopt gn interface, for GTPv1 agreement).

From above-mentioned the mobile management net element of served user terminals is changed adhere to or routing region updating or tracking area update flow process introduce, find that prior art at least exists following problems: if new mobile management net element is the MME node of EPS network, S4SGSN node, any in the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and in the time that new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN, old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and new mobile management net element is not known the node type of old mobile management net element, when user terminal adheres at new mobile management net element from old mobile management net element attachment removal, or when user terminal initiation TAU or RAU flow process are switched to new mobile management net element from old mobile management net element, new mobile management net element need to be to the identity of old mobile management net element request authentication user terminal, or obtain the context of user terminal.But because new mobile management net element cannot know that the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN or S4SGSN, therefore new mobile management net element cannot be known and adopt GTPv2 agreement or GTPv1 agreement to communicate by letter with old mobile management net element.The request message that sends GTPv2 when new mobile management net element is during to old mobile management net element (Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unify node), the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN, the protocol version of supporting is GTPv1, inconsistent with the protocol version of request message of receiving GTPv2, cannot directly process the request message of this GTPv2, can cause will be through message transmission several times, could set up correct mutual, increase the signaling message in network, waste Internet resources.

Summary of the invention

The object of the embodiment of the present invention is to provide processing method and the system of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, solve in the mobile management flow process of user terminal, when newly, the protocol version that the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is supported is inconsistent, and new mobile management net element is not known in the situation of node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals, new mobile management net element cannot be correctly mutual with old mobile management net element, cause signaling consumption in network to increase, consumption Internet resources, make new mobile management net element can not complete smoothly the problem of mobile management flow process.

The object of the embodiment of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:

The embodiment of the present invention provides the processing method of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, the node of new mobile management net element is any in node, MME, the S4SGSN of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and in the time that new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN; Old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of described old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN; Comprise:

Receive the request message of the request user profile of new mobile management net element transmission;

When the protocol version supported when the protocol version of the described request message of receiving and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals is inconsistent, reply response message to described new mobile management net element, the protocol version of described response message is consistent with the version of the request message that described new mobile management net element sends;

Make described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides the treatment system of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, is used in the many third generation mobile communication networks that are made up of next generation mobile communication network and the second generation, 3 G mobile communication network, comprising:

Old side communication processing apparatus, the old mobile management net element communication connection in old side communication processing apparatus and the described second generation, 3 G mobile communication network;

Described new mobile management net element, for receiving after the Attach Request message or routing region updating request message or tracking area update request message of user terminal transmission, sends request the request message of user profile to described old mobile management net element; And the response message of replying according to described old mobile management net element completes mobile management flow process;

Described old mobile management net element, for replying response message according to described request information to described old mobile management net element;

Described old side communication processing apparatus, judge for the described request message being sent by described new mobile management net element that described old mobile management net element is received, when the protocol version supported when the protocol version of described request message and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals is inconsistent, reply to the response message of described new mobile management net element using the response message consistent with the protocol version of described request message as old mobile management net element.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, in mobile management flow process, in the time that new mobile management net element can not be known the node type of the mobile management net element of served user terminals in old side network, still can be correctly mutual with old mobile management net element, obtain the user profile of user terminal, make the mobile management flow process that new mobile management net element can completing user terminal, thereby saved the signaling consumption of network, saved Internet resources.

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The logical architecture figure of the next generation mobile communication network that Fig. 1 provides for prior art;

The second generation that Fig. 2 provides for prior art, the logical architecture figure of 3 G mobile communication network;

The schematic flow sheet of the processing method that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one;

The schematic flow sheet of the processing method that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention two;

The schematic flow sheet of the processing method that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention three;

The schematic flow sheet of the processing method that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention four;

The structured flowchart of the treatment system that Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the present invention five;

The structured flowchart of the old side communication processing apparatus of the treatment system that Fig. 8 provides for the embodiment of the present invention five;

The structured flowchart of the old side communication processing apparatus of another kind of the treatment system that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the present invention five;

The structured flowchart of the old side communication processing apparatus of the treatment system that Figure 10 provides for the embodiment of the present invention six;

The structured flowchart of the another kind for the treatment of system that Figure 11 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structured flowchart of the new side communication processing apparatus of the treatment system that Figure 12 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.

Implement mode of the present invention

Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention is described in further detail.

Processing method and the system of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks that the embodiment of the present invention provides, communicate by letter at many third generation mobile communication networks for user terminal, the node of new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/GpSGSN and S4SGSN unification, MME, any in S4SGSN, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN in the time that new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is in the situation of Gn/Gp SGSN, in the time that new mobile management net element carries out mobile management flow process, can be in the time that new mobile management net element not be known the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals, still can be correctly mutual with old mobile management net element, obtain User Identity and/or the contextual information of user terminal, complete mobile management flow process, make user terminal can switch to new mobile management net element and accept service, thereby the signaling consumption of network in saving attachment flow, save Internet resources.

Embodiment mono-

The present embodiment provides the processing method of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, communicate by letter at many third generation mobile communication networks for user terminal, in the mobile management flow process of user terminal, the node of new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, MME, any in S4SGSN, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN in the time that new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is in the situation of Gn/Gp SGSN, ensure that new mobile management net element completes the mobile management flow process (comprising attachment flow or routing region updating or tracking area update flow process) to user terminal.

While being attachment flow for mobile management flow process below, the method is described, the method comprises the steps:

Old mobile management net element receives new mobile management net element (MME or S4SGSN node, in the time being S4SGSN node, can be the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals be S4SGSN) identity request message of the GTPv2 that sends;

If old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of this old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN, Gn/Gp SGSN cannot process the identity request message of GTPv2, old mobile management net element is replied the response message of the GTPv2 consistent with identity request message protocol version to new mobile management net element, in the response message of described GTPv2, carry User Identity as user profile;

New mobile management net element (MME or S4SGSN node) is received after the response message of GTPv2, can complete follow-up attachment flow according to the user profile in response message, realizes user terminal and is attached to new mobile management net element and accepts service.

Further, old mobile management net element is converted to the MM Context of GTPv1 the MM Context of GTPv2, and the MM Context of GTPv2 after conversion and User Identity are all carried in the response message of GTPv2 of reply as user profile; Or old mobile management net element is carried at the MM Context of GTPv1 in the container cell of GTPv2, and the container cell of this GTPv2 and User Identity are all carried in the response message of GTPv2 of reply as user profile.

Below in conjunction with Fig. 3, said method is illustrated, Figure 3 shows that the attachment flow in EPS network, in figure, old side joint networks as the 3GPP access of UTRAN/GERAN, corresponding radio access node is radio network controller (Radio Network Controller respectively, RNC)/base station sub-system (Base Station Subsystem, BSS), old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification; New side joint networks as the 3GPP access of GERAN/UTRAN/E-UTRAN, correspond to respectively Node B (the Evolved Node B of BSS/RNC/ evolution, eNodeB), the node of new mobile management net element can be that S4SGSN or MME are (while being S4SGSN node, it can be the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN), gateway can be SGW, data gateway can be PGW, local user register (Home Subscriber Server, HSS) is responsible for administering and maintaining of ownership place user signing contract information.

Attachment flow in Fig. 3 specifically comprises the steps:

Step 1: user terminal is initiated attachment flow, sends Attach Request message, and this message networks and sends to new side S4SGSN or MME (for new mobile management net element) through new side joint;

Step 2: new side S4SGSN or MME find the old mobile management net element of served user terminals in the Access Network of old side according to the old mobile management net element positional information in the Attach Request message of receiving, new side S4SGSN or MME, because do not know that the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN or S4SGSN, send identity request (Identification Request) message of GTPv2 to old mobile management net element;

Step 3: old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, user in the time of old side, old mobile management net element served user terminals be Gn/Gp SGSN, the old mobile management net element of unification node is received after the identity request message of GTPv2, according to the user's temporary mark lookup service user terminal in the request message of this GTPv2 is Gn/Gp SGSN, old mobile management net element confirms that Gn/Gp SGSN cannot process the identity request message of the GTPv2 of new mobile management net element transmission, old mobile management net element is replied the identity response message (Identification Response) of the GTPv2 consistent with identity request message protocol version to S4SGSN or the MME of new side, in message, carry User Identity (International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI),

Further, old mobile management net element is by the MM Context of GTPv1 (MobilityManagement Context, MM Context) be converted to the MM Context of GTPv2, and the MM Context of the GTPv2 after conversion and User Identity are together carried in the identity response message of the GTPv2 replying to new mobile management net element; Or old mobile management net element is carried at the MM Context of GTPv1 in the container cell of GTPv2, and the container cell of this GTPv2 and User Identity are all carried in the identity response message of the GTPv2 replying to new mobile management net element.

Step 4: authentication/security processes, this step is optional process;

Step 5,6: new side S4SGSN or MME be to HSS registration location, and obtain user's subscription data, old side Gn/Gp SGSN canceling position is registered;

Step 7:MME, the session establishment process of SGW and PGW, sets up default bearer, and this step is only carried out in the time that E-UTRAN accesses;

Step 8,9: adhere to and accept and complete;

Step 10: bearer update process, SGW upgrades downlink user face tunnel information, and this step is only carried out in the time that E-UTRAN accesses.

By the method for the present embodiment, make user terminal initiate attachment flow to new mobile management net element, when the node type of new side S4SGSN or MME node (new mobile management net element) the old mobile management net element of None-identified (old side Gn/GpSGSN node), old side Gn/Gp SGSN node (old mobile management net element) is received after the identity request message of GTPv2, after confirmation cannot be processed, reply the response message of the GTPv2 consistent with identity request message protocol version to new side S4SGSN or MME node, and carry User Identity in the response message of the GTPv2 replying, or carry the MM Context of User Identity and the GTPv2 from the MM Context conversion of GTPv1, or the container cell of the GTPv2 of the MM Context that carries User Identity and comprise GTPv1.The identify label that makes new side S4SGSN or MME node can receive user terminal, and MM Context, thus attachment flow completed smoothly, avoid the signaling consumption of network in attachment flow, avoid waste Internet resources.

Embodiment bis-

The present embodiment provides the processing method of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, the method is applicable in many third generation mobile communication networks user terminal in the time switching to new mobile management network and accept service, initiate routing region updating or tracking area update flow process, the method specifically comprises the steps:

Old mobile management net element receives new mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node, during for S4SGSN node, can be the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals be S4SGSN) context request message of the GTPv2 that sends;

If old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of this old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN, Gn/Gp SGSN cannot process the context request message of GTPv2, old mobile management net element is converted to the user's context of GTPv1 the user's context of GTPv2, or the user's context of GTPv1 is carried in the container cell of GTPv2, reply the context response information of the GTPv2 consistent with context request message protocol version to new mobile management net element, the container cell of the GTPv2 of the user's context that carries the user's context of the GTPv2 after conversion or comprise GTPv1 in the context response information of the GTPv2 replying,

New mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node) is received after the context response information of GTPv2, can be according to the container cell of the user's context of the GTPv2 in response message or GTPv2, know the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals and the protocol version of support, new mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node) is known after the node type of old mobile management net element, send and correct set up conversation request message to SGW, complete follow-up routing region updating or tracking area update flow process, realizing user terminal switches to new mobile management net element and accepts service.

Further, the bearing identification that old side shifting managed network element can be selected a bearer context is carried in the context response information of GTPv2 of reply as default bearer mark, or carries invalid default bearer and be identified in the context response information of GTPv2 of reply.

Gn/Gp SGSN node and new mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node) can be known old mobile management net element served user terminals according to the following information in the context response information of the GTPv2 receiving:

(1) if do not carry SGW (gateway) chain of command IP address and Tunnel Identifier in response message or carried invalid SGW chain of command IP address and Tunnel Identifier;

(2) in response message, do not carry SGW user's face IP address and Tunnel Identifier or carried invalid SGW user's face IP address and Tunnel Identifier;

(3) in response message, do not carry default bearer mark or carry invalid default bearer mark;

(4) in response message, carry the container cell of the user's context that comprises GTPv1.

Below in conjunction with Fig. 4, said method is illustrated, Figure 4 shows that routing region updating or tracking area update flow process in EPS network, the 3GPP access that in figure, old Access Network is UTRAN/GERAN, corresponding radio access node is RNC/BSS respectively, and mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification; The 3GPP access that new Access Network is GERAN/UTRAN/E-UTRAN, correspond to respectively BSS/RNC/eNodeB, mobile management net element can be that S4SGSN or MME are (during for S4SGSN node, it can be the node of Gn/GpSGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN), gateway can be SGW, and data gateway can be PGW, and HSS is responsible for administering and maintaining of ownership place user signing contract information.

Routing region updating in Fig. 4 or tracking area update flow process concrete steps comprise:

Step 1: user terminal sends routing region updating/tracking area update request message, this request message networks and sends to new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME through new side joint;

Step 2: new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME find the old mobile management net element of served user terminals in old side joint networking according to the positional information of the old side in routing region updating request or the tracking area update message received, new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME are Gn/Gp SGSN or S4SGSN because of what do not know old mobile management net element served user terminals, send context request (Context Request) message of GTPv2 to old mobile management net element;

Step 3: old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, user in the time of old side, old mobile management net element served user terminals be Gn/Gp SGSN, old mobile management net element SGSN unification node is received after context request message, based on context that the user's temporary mark lookup service user terminal in request message is Gn/Gp SGSN, old mobile management net element is converted to the user's context of GTPv1 (UE Context) user's context of GTPv2, or the user's context of GTPv1 is carried in the container cell of GTPv2, to the context response information (Context Response) of new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME reply GTPv2, and in the context response information of GTPv2 of replying, carry the user's context of the GTPv2 after conversion or comprise the container cell of the GTPv2 of the user's context of GTPv1,

Step 3 can also comprise, old mobile management net element selects the bearing identification of a bearer context to be carried in the context response information of GTPv2 of reply as default bearer mark, or carries invalid default bearer and be identified in the context response information of GTPv2.

Step 4: new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME receive after response message, send context acknowledgement message to old mobile management net element, new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME know that according to the following information in the context response information of the GTPv2 receiving old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN:

(1) if do not carry gateway S4/S11 chain of command IP (Internet protocol in response message, Internet Protocol) address and TEID (Tunnel Endpoint Identifier, Tunnel End Point Identifier) or carried invalid gateway S4/S11 chain of command IP address and TEID;

(2) in response message, do not carry gateway S4/S11/S12 user face IP address and TEID or carried invalid gateway S4/S11/S12 user face IP address and TEID;

(3) in response message, do not carry default bearer mark or carried invalid default bearer mark;

(4) in response message, carried the container cell of the user's context that comprises GTPv1.

Step 5: after new side S4SGSN or MME (mobile management net element) know that old mobile management net element is Gn/GpSGSN, select SGW, and send and correct set up conversation request message to SGW;

Step 6:PGW upgrades downlink user face tunnel and chain of command tunnel;

Step 7:SGW replys and sets up conversational response message;

Step 8,9: new side S4SGSN or MME be to HSS registration location, and obtain user's subscription data, old side Gn/Gp SGSN (old mobile management net element) canceling position is registered;

Step 10,11: routing region updating/tracking area update completes and accepts.

In the present embodiment, in the time that new side shifting managed network element is S4SGSN, user terminal is initiated routing region updating flow process, and during for MME, user terminal is initiated tracking area update flow process.

The user's context of GTPv2 comprises that MM Context and/or packet data network connect context (Pa cket Data Network Connection Context, PDN Connection Context), the user's context of GTPv1 comprises MM Context and/or block data protocol context (Packet Data Protocol Context, PDP Context), the user's context that the user's context of GTPv1 is mapped as GTPv2 is:

Contextual service quality under Gn/Gp SGSN (Quality of Service, QoS) is mapped as to the carrying QoS of EPS network;

The Maximum Bit Rate (Maximum Bit Rate, MBR) of contracting is mapped as polymerization MBR (Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate, AMBR) etc., in the present embodiment, will not enumerate.

The correct conversation request message of setting up of so-called transmission refers to SGW: set up in conversation request message and carry AM BR cell, do not carry default bearer mark.

Further, if new mobile management net element is also the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN, when new mobile management net element is after step 3 knows that old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN, in order to keep GGSN node form constant, reduce the upper context of GGSN, the conversion work of QoS etc., new mobile management net element can be switched to S4SGSN Gn/Gp SGSN, carrys out served user terminals by Gn/GpSGSN; 5～7 steps replace with:

Step 5-1: the new mobile management net element Gn/Gp after switching

SGSN node sends and upgrades packet data protocol (Packet Data Protocol, PDP) context request (Update PDP Context Request) message to GGSN;

Step 6-1:GGSN replys and upgrades PDP Context response message (Update PDP Context Response).

By the method for the present embodiment, when user terminal is being initiated routing region updating or tracking area update flow process to new side, when new side S4SGSN or MME node (new mobile management net element) the old side Gn/Gp SGSN of None-identified node (old mobile management net element), old side Gn/Gp SGSN node is received the context request message of GTPv2, after confirmation cannot be processed, user's context is converted to the user's context of GTPv2 from the user's context of GTPv1, or the user's context of GTPv1 is carried in the container cell of GTPv2, reply the context response information of the GTPv2 consistent with the protocol version of context request message to new side S4SGSN or MME node, in the context response information of GTPv2 of replying, carry the user's context of the GTPv2 after conversion or carry the container cell of the user's context that comprises GTPv1, make new S4SGSN or the MME node can be according to the context in the response message of receiving, know the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals, further complete follow-up routing region updating or tracking area update flow process, save the signaling consumption in network, avoid network resources waste.

Embodiment tri-

The present embodiment provides the processing method of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, communicate by letter at many third generation mobile communication networks for user terminal, it is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification at the node of new mobile management net element, MME, any in S4SGSN, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN in the time that new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is in the situation of Gn/Gp SGSN, ensure that new mobile management net element completes mobile management flow process (comprising attachment flow or routing region updating or tracking area update flow process), the method comprises the steps:

Old mobile management net element receives new mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node, during for S4SGSN node, can be the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals be S4SGSN) identity request message of the GTPv2 that sends;

If old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN and S4

The node of SGSN unification, served user terminals be Gn/Gp SGSN, the protocol version that the old mobile management net element transmission response message consistent with the protocol version of identity request information notifies the node of this old mobile management net element served user terminals of new mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node) to adopt as notification message is GTPv1, or the node type of notification service user terminal is Gn/Gp SGSN;

After the new notified message of mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node), by and S4SGSN node between S16 or S3 interface conversion is and Gn/Gp SGSN node between gn interface, reducing version adopts GTPv1 to send the identity request message of GTPv1, carry out alternately with old mobile management net element, obtain User Identity and MM Context, complete follow-up attachment flow.

In said method flow process, further also can adopt with the inconsistent response message of protocol version of identity request information as the notification message of replying, as the identity request information for GTPv2, can reply the response message of GTPv1 as the response message of replying;

Below in conjunction with Fig. 5, said method is illustrated, Figure 5 shows that the attachment flow in EPS network, old side joint networks as the 3GPP access of UTRAN/GERAN, and corresponding radio access node is RNC/BSS respectively, and old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification; Newly side joint networks as the 3GPP access of GERAN/UTRAN/E-UTRAN, corresponds to respectively BSS/RNC/eNodeB, and new mobile management net element can be that S4SGSN or MME (while being S4SGSN node, can be Gn/Gp SGSN and S4

The node of SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN), gateway can be SGW, and data gateway can be PGW, and HSS is responsible for administering and maintaining of ownership place user signing contract information.

Attachment flow in Fig. 5 specifically comprises the steps:

Step 1: user terminal is initiated attachment flow, sends Attach Request message, and this message networks and sends to new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME through new side joint;

Step 2: new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME find the old mobile management net element of served user terminals in old side joint networking according to the positional information of the old side in the Attach Request message of receiving, new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME are Gn/Gp SGSN or S4SGSN because of what do not know old mobile management net element served user terminals, send the identity request message of GTPv2 to old mobile management net element;

Step 3: old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, user in the time of old side, this old mobile management net element served user terminals be Gn/Gp SGSN; The old mobile management net element of SGSN unification node is received after the identity request message of GTPv2, according to the user's temporary mark lookup service user terminal in this request message is Gn/Gp SGSN, and the interface that gn interface between Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN or MME is GTPv1 is not supported GTPv2 agreement.Old mobile management net element SGSN replys response message and notifies new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME, the GTP protocol version that this old mobile management net element adopts, or the node type of served user terminals: the message of old side Gn/Gp SGSN node by GTPv2 is GTPv1 as the release type of notification message notice S4SGSN or the support of MME served user terminals node type, or old mobile management net element to notify the node type of new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME served user terminals by the response message of GTPv1 or GTPv2 be Gn/Gp SGSN; In this step, for the identity request message of GTPv2, old side Gn/Gp SGSN node also can be by the message of GTPv1 as the notification message of replying.

Further, in the response message of reply, can carry cell and represent that the agreement of old mobile management net element support is GTPv1 agreement, or carry cell and represent that the node type of old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN.(response message of replying can be that existing identity response message, version are not supported message, or newly-increased message etc., the type of this response message is not limited);

Step 4: new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME receive the response message of the notice GTP protocol version of old mobile management net element, or after the response message of notifying section vertex type, know old mobile management net element support GTPv1 agreement, or know that old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN node; New mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME are gn interface by S16 or S3 interface conversion, send the identity request message of GTPv1 to old mobile management net element;

Further, if the IP address of old mobile management net element Gn/Gp SGSN is different with the IP address of S4SGSN, the IP address that new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME change the object IP address in identity request message into Gn/GpSGSN sends a request message again;

Step 5: old side Gn/Gp SGSN (old mobile management net element) replys the identity response message of GTPv1;

Step 6: authentication/security processes, this process is optional;

Step 7,8: new side S4SGSN or MME (new mobile management net element) be to HSS registration location, and obtain user's subscription data, old side Gn/Gp SGSN canceling position is registered;

Step 9:MME, the session establishment process of SGW and PGW, sets up default bearer, and this step is only carried out in the time that E-UTRAN accesses;

Step 10,11: adhere to and accept and complete;

Step 12: bearer update process, SGW upgrades downlink user face tunnel information, and this step is only carried out in the time that E-UTRAN accesses.

Further, in the present embodiment, if new mobile management net element is also the node of S4SGSN and Gn/Gp SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN, when new mobile management net element is after step 3 knows that old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN, in order to keep GGSN node form constant, reduce the upper context of GGSN, the conversion work of QoS etc., new mobile management net element can be switched to Gn/GpSGSN by S4SGSN, carrys out served user terminals by Gn/Gp SGSN.

By the method for the present embodiment, make user terminal initiate attachment flow to new side, when new side S4SGSN or MME node (new mobile management net element) the old side Gn/Gp SGSN of None-identified node (old mobile management net element), old side Gn/Gp SGSN node is received after the identity request message of GTPv2, after confirmation cannot be processed, the response message that passes through to reply the GTPv2 consistent with the agreement of identity request message is as notification message, notify new side S4SGSN or MME node, make new mobile management net element to set up correct mutual with old mobile management net element, obtain User Identity, and user's context, complete follow-up attachment flow, avoid increasing in attachment flow the signaling consumption of network, save network resources waste.

Embodiment tetra-

The present embodiment provides the processing method of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, the method is applicable to user terminal in the time switching to new mobile management network acceptance service, initiate tracking area update or routing region updating flow process, the method specifically comprises the steps:

If old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of this old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN, Gn/Gp SGSN cannot process the context request message of GTPv2, the protocol version that old mobile management net element transmission response message notifies the node type of this old mobile management net element served user terminals of new mobile management net element (S4SGSN or MME node) to adopt as notification message is GTPv1, or the node type of notification service user terminal is Gn/Gp SGSN;

Further, in the response message of reply, can carry cell and represent that the agreement of old mobile management net element support is GTPv1 agreement, or carry cell and represent that the node type of old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN.Wherein, the response message of replying can be that existing context response information, version are not supported message, or newly-increased message etc., the type of this response message is not limited.

After the notified message of new mobile management net element (new side S4SGSN or MME node), by and S4SGSN node between S16 or S3 interface conversion is and Gn/Gp SGSN node between gn interface, reducing version adopts GTPv1 to send the SGSN context request message of GTPv1, carry out alternately with old mobile management net element, obtain user's context, complete follow-up tracking area update or routing region updating flow process, make user terminal switch to new mobile management net element and accept service.In this step, if the IP address of old side Gn/Gp SGSN is different from the IP address of S4SGSN, new side S4SGSN or MME send a request message after the object IP address in SGSN context request message being changed into the IP address of old side Gn/Gp SGSN again.

Below in conjunction with Fig. 6, said method is illustrated, Figure 6 shows that tracking area update or routing region updating flow process in EPS network, in figure, old side joint networks as the 3GPP access of UTRAN/GERAN, corresponding radio access node is RNC/BSS respectively, and old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification; New side joint networks as the 3GPP access of GERAN/UTRAN/E-UTRAN, correspond to respectively BSS/R NC/eNodeB, new mobile management net element can be that S4SGSN or MME are (while being S4SGSN node, it can be the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN), gateway can be SGW, and data gateway can be PGW, and HSS is responsible for administering and maintaining of ownership place user signing contract information.

Routing region updating in Fig. 6 or tracking area update flow process concrete steps comprise:

Step 1: user terminal sends routing region updating or tracking area update request message, this message networks and sends to new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME through new side joint;

Step 2: new side S4SGSN or MME (new mobile management net element) find the old mobile management net element of served user terminals in old side joint networking according to the old side position information in routing region updating or the tracking area update request message received, new side S4SGSN or MME (new mobile management net element) are Gn/Gp SGSN or S4SGSN because of what do not know old mobile management net element served user terminals, send the context request message of GTPv2 to old mobile management net element;

Step 3: old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, user in the time of old side, served user terminals be Gn/Gp SGSN;

The old mobile management net element of SGSN unification node is received after the context request message of GTPv2, according to the user's temporary mark lookup service user terminal in request message is Gn/Gp SGSN, and the interface that gn interface between Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN or MME is GTPv1 is not supported GTPv2.Old side Gn/Gp SGSN (old mobile management net element) reply response message is notified the GTP protocol version of new side S4SGSN or the current employing of MME as notification message, or the node type of served user terminals: old mobile management net element is GTPv1 by response message notice S4SGSN or the current protocol version of MME of replying GTPv2, or old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN by replying the response message notice S4SGSN of GTPv2 or the node type of the old mobile management net element served user terminals of MME; In this step, also the response message that can reply GTPv1 is as notification message, notify new side S4SGSN or MME, the current protocol version of old mobile management net element is that the current protocol version of GTPv1S4SGSN or MME is GTPv1, or the node type of served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN.

Further, in the response message of reply, can carry cell and represent GTPv1 agreement, or carry the node type that cell represents Gn/Gp SGSN; The response message of replying can be that existing context response information, version are not supported message, or newly-increased message etc., not to limit the type of this response message;

Step 4: new side S4SGSN or MME (new mobile management net element) receive the notification message of old mobile management net element GTP protocol version, or after the notification message of node type, know old mobile management net element support GTPv1, or know that old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN, new side S4SGSN or MME are gn interface by S16 or S3 interface conversion, send the SGSN context request message of GTPv1 to old mobile management net element;

Further, if the IP address of old side Gn/Gp SGSN (old mobile management net element) is different from the IP address of S4SGSN, new side S4SGSN or MME send a request message after the object IP address in SGSN context request message being changed into the IP address of Gn/Gp SGSN again;

Step 5: old side SGSN replys the SGSN context response information of GTPv1, the context of message carrying user terminal;

Step 6: new side S4SGSN or MME reply SGSN context acknowledgement message;

Step 7: new side S4SGSN or MME select SGW, and and SGW between set up chain of command tunnel;

Step 8:PGW upgrades downlink user face tunnel and chain of command tunnel;

Step 9:SGW replys session establishment response message;

Step 10,11: new side S4SGSN or MME be to HSS registration location, and obtain user's subscription data, old side Gn/Gp SGSN canceling position is registered;

Step 12,13: routing region updating/tracking area update completes and accepts.

User's context comprises MM Context and/or PDP Context.

Further, in the present embodiment, if new mobile management net element is also the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, when new mobile management net element is after step 3 knows that old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN, in order to keep GGSN node form constant, reduce the upper context of GGSN, the conversion work of QoS etc., new mobile management net element can be switched to S4SGSN Gn/Gp SGSN, carrys out served user terminals by Gn/Gp SGSN.Above-mentioned steps 7～9 steps are replaceable is:

A step 7 1:Gn/Gp SGSN sends and upgrades PDP Context request message to GGSN;

Step 8-1:GGSN replys and upgrades PDP Context response message.

By the method for the present embodiment, make user terminal initiate tracking area update or routing region updating flow process to new mobile management net element, when new side S4SGSN or MME node (new mobile management net element) the old side Gn/Gp SGSN of None-identified node (old mobile management net element), old side Gn/Gp SGSN node is received after the context request message of GTPv2, after confirmation cannot be processed, notify new mobile management net element by notification message, make new mobile management net element can confirm the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals and the protocol version that node is supported, thereby can set up correct mutual with old mobile management net element, obtain user's context, complete supervise area update or routing region updating flow process, make user terminal switch to new mobile management net element and accept service, avoid increasing in tracking area update or routing region updating flow process the signaling consumption of network, save network resources waste.

Embodiment five

The present embodiment provides the treatment system of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, can be used in the many third generation mobile communication networks that formed by next generation mobile communication network and the second generation, 3 G mobile communication network, this system can be used for realizing the method in above-described embodiment, as shown in Figure 7, this system comprises:

New mobile management net element 23, old mobile management net element 21 and old side communication processing apparatus 22; Wherein, old side communication processing apparatus 22 communicates to connect with the old mobile management net element 21 in the described second generation, 3 G mobile communication network;

Described new mobile management net element 23, for receiving after the Attach Request message or routing region updating request message or tracking area update request message of user terminal transmission, sends request the request message of user profile to described old mobile management net element; And the response message of replying according to described old mobile management net element completes mobile management flow process;

Described old mobile management net element 21, for replying response message according to described request information to described new mobile management net element 23;

Described old side communication processing apparatus 22, judge for the described request message being sent by described new mobile management net element 23 that described old mobile management net element 21 is received, when the protocol version supported when the protocol version of described request message and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals is inconsistent, reply to the response message of described new mobile management net element using the response message consistent with the protocol version of described request message as old mobile management net element.

As shown in Figure 8, the old side communication processing apparatus 22 in said system, specifically comprises:

Receiving element 221, request message processing unit 222 and transmitting element 223;

Wherein, described receiving element 221, the described request message sending from described new mobile management net element 23 of receiving for receiving described old mobile management net element 21;

Described request message processing unit 222, the user's temporary mark that is used for the described request message of receiving according to described receiving element 221 is determined the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals, and determine according to described node type the protocol version that the node of served user terminals is supported, when the protocol version supported when the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals is inconsistent, the response message of replying to new mobile management net element 23 as old mobile management net element 21 using the response message consistent with the protocol version of described request message, and carry User Identity as user profile in described response message,

Described transmitting element 223, for sending the definite reply response message of described request message processing unit 222.

Request message processing unit 222 in above-mentioned old side communication processing apparatus 22 also comprises:

Conversion process subelement 224, for in the time that the protocol version of the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described served user terminals support is inconsistent, contextual information is converted to the contextual information consistent with the protocol version of described old mobile management net element request message, and the contextual information after conversion is carried in the response message of reply as user profile.

This conversion process subelement 224, the identity request message of GTPv2 sending for attachment flow, can be converted to the MM Context of GTPv1 the MM Context of GTPv2; For the context request message of routing region updating or the transmission of tracking area update flow process, the user's context of GTPv1 can be converted to the user's context of GTPv2.

As shown in Figure 9, the request message processing unit 222 in above-mentioned old side communication processing apparatus 22 also comprises:

Cell is processed subelement 225, for in the time that the protocol version of the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals support is inconsistent, contextual information is carried in container cell, and described container cell is carried in the response message of reply.

The identity request message of the GTPv2 sending for attachment flow, this cell is processed subelement 225 and the MM Context of GTPv1 can be carried in the container cell of GTPv2, and the described container cell of the MM Context that comprises GTPv1 is carried in the response message of reply; For the context request message of routing region updating or the transmission of tracking area update flow process, this cell is processed subelement 225 and the user's context of GTPv1 can be carried in container cell, and the described container cell of the user's context that comprises GTPv1 is carried in the response message of reply;

By the treatment system of the present embodiment, in mobile management flow process at new mobile management net element for user terminal, (comprising: attachment flow, tracking area update or routing region updating flow process), new mobile management net element S4SGSN or MME node cannot be known when old mobile management net element is Gn/Gp SGSN node, old side Gn/GpSGSN node (old mobile management net element) is received the context request message of GTPv2, after confirmation cannot be processed, reply the response message consistent with request message protocol version to new mobile management net element, and carry user profile in the response message of replying, make the new mobile management net element can be according to user profile, complete follow-up mobile management flow process, save the signaling consumption in network, avoid network resources waste.

Embodiment six

The present embodiment provides the treatment system of mobile management flow process in a kind of many third generation mobile communication networks, this treatment system can be used in the many third generation mobile communication networks that are made up of next generation mobile communication network and the second generation, 3 G mobile communication network, this system is also for realizing the processing method of above-described embodiment, basic identical with the system configuration of above-described embodiment five, different is the structure of old side communication processing apparatus, as shown in figure 10, this old side communication processing apparatus comprises:

Receiving element 2211, request message processing unit 2212 and notification message transmitting element 2213;

Described receiving element 2211, the described request message sending for receiving new side communication processing apparatus 24;

Described request message processing unit 2212, the user's temporary mark that is used for the described request message of receiving according to described receiving element is determined the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals, and determine according to described node type the protocol version that the node of served user terminals is supported, when the protocol version supported when the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described served user terminals is inconsistent, using the response message consistent with the protocol version of described request message as the notification message of replying, the protocol version of described notification message for notifying the node type of described this old mobile management net element served user terminals of new mobile management net element and/or the node of served user terminals to support,

Described notification message transmitting element 2213, for sending a reply the response message as notification message to new side communication processing apparatus.

Request message processing unit in above-mentioned old side communication processing apparatus also comprises:

Indication information arranges subelement 22121, for carry indication information (as the cell of instruction use), the protocol version of indicating the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals and/or the node of served user terminals to support by indication information at the notification message of replying.

By the treatment system of the present embodiment, make new mobile management net element can know the node type of old mobile management net element and the protocol version that node is supported, can set up alternately with old mobile management net element is correct, complete follow-up mobile management flow process, save the signaling consumption in network, avoided network resources waste.

Further, as shown in figure 11, in the treatment system of above-described embodiment five, six, can also comprise new side communication processing apparatus 24, this new side communication processing apparatus 24 communicates to connect with the new mobile management net element 23 in next generation mobile communication network, judge for the response message that described new mobile management net element 23 is received, determine the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals.

As shown in figure 12, this new side communication processing apparatus 24 specifically comprises:

Receiving element 241 and judging unit 242;

Wherein, described receiving element 241, for receiving the response message of replying from old mobile management net element 21 of being received by new mobile management net element 23;

Described judging unit 242, judges described response message, determines the node type of described old mobile management net element 21 served user terminals, and then determines the protocol version that the node of old mobile management net element 21 is supported.

Above-mentioned new side communication processing apparatus 24 can also comprise:

Node type converting unit 243, after knowing that according to the judged result of described judging unit 242 node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN, and described new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of this new mobile management net element served user terminals is S4SGSN simultaneously, the node of described new mobile management net element served user terminals is changed to Gn/GpSGSN from S4SGSN, carrys out served user terminals by Gn/Gp SGSN.

By this new side communication processing apparatus 24, new mobile management net element determine the node type of old mobile management net element and the protocol version supported after, it is also the node of S4SGSN and Gn/Gp SGSN unification at new mobile management net element, and the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN, new mobile management net element is switched to Gn/Gp SGSN from S4SGSN, carrys out served user terminals by Gn/Gp SGSN, can keep GGSN node form constant, reduce the upper context of GGSN, the conversion work of QoS etc.

In sum, by the scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, it is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification at old mobile management net element, served user terminals be Gn/Gp SGSN time, new mobile management net element is not in the time knowing old mobile management net element node type and adopt GTPv2 agreement and old mobile management net element to communicate, can ensure that attachment flow or tracking area update or routing region updating flow process normally carry out, save the signaling consumption in network, avoid the waste of Internet resources.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step realizing in above-described embodiment method is can carry out the hardware that instruction is relevant by program to complete, described program can be stored in a read/write memory medium, described storage medium can be, as: ROM/RAM, magnetic disc, CD etc.

Certainly, the above is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, should be understood that; for those skilled in the art; under the premise without departing from the principles of the invention, can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications are also considered as protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. the processing method of mobile management flow process in third generation mobile communication network more than a kind, the node of new mobile management net element is any in node, MME, the S4SGSN of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and in the time that new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN; Old mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, and the node of described old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN; It is characterized in that, comprising:

Receive the request message of the request user profile of new mobile management net element transmission, the identity request message of the GTPv2 that the request message of the request user profile that described new mobile management net element sends is attachment flow, or the context request message of the GTPv2 of routing region updating or tracking area update flow process;

When the protocol version supported when the protocol version of the described request message of receiving and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals is inconsistent, can not process the request message of the request user profile of described new mobile management net element transmission, reply response message to described new mobile management net element, the protocol version of described response message is consistent with the version of the request message that described new mobile management net element sends;

Make described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message, comprising:

Described response message is judged, determine the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals;

Described new mobile management net element sends and carries AMBR cell, does not carry the conversation request message of setting up of default bearer mark and sets up session to gateway, completes follow-up mobile management flow process.

2. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, when the protocol version of the protocol version of the described described request message when receiving and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals support is inconsistent, reply response message to described new mobile management net element, consistent the comprising of version of the request message that the protocol version of described response message sends with described new mobile management net element:

When the identity request message that the described request message of receiving is GTPv2, the protocol version of the node support of old mobile management network element served user terminals is GTPv1, inconsistent with the protocol version of the identity request message of described GTPv2,

The identity response message of replying GTPv2 to described new mobile management net element, carries User Identity in the identity response message of the GTPv2 of described reply;

Or

The MM Context of GTPv1 is converted to the MM Context of GTPv2, the identity response message of replying GTPv2 to described new mobile management net element, the MM Context of the GTPv2 after carrying User Identity in the identity response message of the GTPv2 of described reply and changing;

Or

The MM Context of GTPv1 is carried in container cell, the identity response message of replying GTPv2 to described new mobile management net element, the container cell of the MM Context that carries User Identity in the identity response message of the GTPv2 of described reply and comprise GTPv1.

3. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, when the protocol version of the protocol version of the described described request message when receiving and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals support is inconsistent, reply response message to described new mobile management net element, consistent the comprising of version of the request message that the protocol version of described response message sends with described new mobile management net element:

When the context request message that the described request message of receiving is GTPv2, the protocol version of the node support of old mobile management network element served user terminals is GTPv1, inconsistent with the protocol version of the context request message of described GTPv2,

The user's context of GTPv1 is converted to the user's context of GTPv2, to the context response information of described new mobile management net element reply GTPv2, in the context response information of the GTPv2 of described reply, carries the user's context of the GTPv2 after conversion;

Or

The user's context of GTPv1 is carried in container cell, to the context response information of described new mobile management net element reply GTPv2, in the context response information of the GTPv2 of described reply, carries the container cell of the user's context that comprises GTPv1.

4. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, described method also comprises:

The bearing identification that carries a carrying in the context response information of the described GTPv2 replying identifies as default bearer; Or in the context response information of described GTPv2 of replying, carry invalid default bearer mark.

5. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly makes described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message to comprise:

If the context response information that the response message of replying is GTPv2, and in the context response information of described GTPv2, do not carry or carry invalid SGW chain of command IP address and Tunnel Identifier or carry invalid SGW chain of command IP address and Tunnel Identifier;

Described new mobile management net element knows that according to the context response information of described GTPv2 the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN;

6. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly makes described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message to comprise:

If the context response information that the response message of replying is GTPv2, and in the context response information of described GTPv2, carry invalid SGW user's face IP address and Tunnel Identifier or do not carry invalid SGW user's face IP address and Tunnel Identifier;

7. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly makes described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message to comprise:

If the context response information that the response message of replying is GTPv2, and in the context response information of described GTPv2, carry invalid default bearer mark; Or do not carry default bearer mark;

8. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly makes described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message to comprise:

If the context response information that the response message of replying is GTPv2, and in the context response information of described GTPv2, carry the container cell of the user's context that comprises GTPv1;

9. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly makes described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message to comprise:

After making described new mobile management net element determine that the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals is Gn/Gp SGSN according to described response message, and described new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of served user terminals is S4SGSN, and described new mobile management net element switches to Gn/Gp SGSN by the node of served user terminals from S4SGSN;

Described new mobile management net element completes follow-up mobile management flow process with the Gn/Gp SGSN node after changing.

10. the processing method of mobile management flow process in many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, when the protocol version of the protocol version of the described described request message when receiving and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals support is inconsistent, reply response message to described new mobile management net element, consistent the comprising of version of the request message that the protocol version of described response message sends with described new mobile management net element:

When the described request message of the receiving identity request message that is GTPv2 or the context request message of GTPv2, the protocol version of the node support of served user terminals is GTPv1, inconsistent with the protocol version of the identity request message of described GTPv2 or the context request message of GTPv2, the response message of replying GTPv2 to described new mobile management net element, as notification message, is notified the protocol version of the node type of described this old mobile management net element served user terminals of new mobile management net element and/or the support of the node of served user terminals.

The processing method of mobile management flow process in 11. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that, described method further comprises: the protocol version of indicating the node type of this old mobile management net element served user terminals and/or carrying the node support of node supported protocol version instruction served user terminals by carrying node type cell in the response message of described GTPv2.

In 12. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 1, the processing method of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, describedly makes described new mobile management net element complete mobile management flow process by described response message to comprise:

Make described new mobile management net element know the protocol version that the node of old mobile management net element served user terminals is supported according to described response message, described new mobile management net element adopts the protocol version consistent with the protocol version of the node support of described old mobile management net element served user terminals to resend request message, and to obtaining user profile the response message of request message reply;

Utilize described user profile to make described new mobile management net element complete follow-up mobile management flow process.

The processing method of mobile management flow process in 13. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that, the described new mobile management net element employing protocol version consistent with the protocol version of the node support of described old mobile management net element served user terminals resends request message and also comprises:

If the IP address of the node S4SGSN of described old mobile management net element is different from the IP address of node Gn/Gp SGSN, the IP address that described new mobile management net element changes the object IP address in the request message of transmission the node Gn/Gp SGSN of described old mobile management net element into sends again.

The treatment system of mobile management flow process in third generation mobile communication network more than 14. 1 kinds, is used in the many third generation mobile communication networks that are made up of next generation mobile communication network and the second generation, 3 G mobile communication network, it is characterized in that, comprising:

New mobile management net element, old mobile management net element, old side communication processing apparatus and new side communication processing apparatus; Wherein, the old mobile management net element communication connection in old side communication processing apparatus and the described second generation, 3 G mobile communication network, the new mobile management net element communication connection in new side communication processing apparatus and next generation mobile communication network;

Described old mobile management net element, for replying response message according to described request information to described new mobile management net element;

Described old side communication processing apparatus, judge for the described request message being sent by described new mobile management net element that described old mobile management net element is received, when the protocol version supported when the protocol version of described request message and the node of old mobile management network element served user terminals is inconsistent, can not process the request message of the request user profile of described new mobile management net element transmission, reply to the response message of described new mobile management net element using the response message consistent with the protocol version of described request message as old mobile management net element;

Described new side communication processing apparatus judges for the response message that described new mobile management net element is received, determines the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals.

In 15. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 14, the treatment system of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, described old side communication processing apparatus comprises:

Receiving element, request message processing unit and transmitting element;

Described receiving element, the described request message sending from described new mobile management net element of receiving for receiving described old mobile management net element;

Described request message processing unit, the user's temporary mark that is used for the described request message of receiving according to described receiving element is determined the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals, and determine according to described node type the protocol version that the node of served user terminals is supported, when the protocol version supported when the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals is inconsistent, using the response message consistent with the protocol version of described request message as the response message of replying, and carry User Identity as user profile in described response message,

Described transmitting element, for sending the response message of the definite reply of described request message processing unit.

In 16. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 15, the treatment system of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, described request message processing unit also comprises:

Conversion process subelement, for in the time that the protocol version of the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals support is inconsistent, contextual information is converted to the contextual information consistent with the protocol version of described request message, and the contextual information after conversion is carried in the response message of reply.

In 17. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 15, the treatment system of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, described request message processing unit also comprises:

Cell is processed subelement, for in the time that the protocol version of the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals support is inconsistent, contextual information is carried in container cell, and described container cell is carried in the response message of reply.

In 18. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 14, the treatment system of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, described old side communication processing apparatus comprises:

Receiving element, request message processing unit and notification message transmitting element;

Described receiving element, the described request message sending from described new mobile management net element of receiving for receiving old mobile management net element;

Described request message processing unit, the user's temporary mark that is used for the described request message of receiving according to described receiving element is determined the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals, and determine according to described node type the protocol version that the node of served user terminals is supported, when the protocol version supported when the protocol version of described request message and the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals is inconsistent, using the response message consistent with the protocol version of described request message as the notification message of replying, described notification message is used to indicate the protocol version of the node type of this old mobile management net element served user terminals and/or the support of the node of served user terminals,

Described notification message transmitting element, for sending the described response message as notification message.

In 19. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 18, the treatment system of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, described request message processing unit also comprises:

Indication information arranges subelement, for carrying indication information at the notification message of replying, and the protocol version of indicating the node type of old mobile management net element served user terminals and/or the node of served user terminals to support by indication information.

In 20. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 14, the treatment system of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, described new side communication processing apparatus comprises:

Receiving element and judging unit;

Described receiving element, receives the response message of replying from old mobile management net element of being received by new mobile management net element;

Described judging unit, judges described response message, determines the node type of described old mobile management net element served user terminals.

In 21. many third generation mobile communication networks as claimed in claim 20, the treatment system of mobile management flow process, is characterized in that, described new side communication processing apparatus also comprises:

Node type converting unit, after being Gn/Gp SGSN in the node type of determining old mobile management net element served user terminals, and described new mobile management net element is the node of Gn/Gp SGSN and S4SGSN unification, the node of described new mobile management net element served user terminals is changed to Gn/Gp SGSN from S4SGSN.