Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, EPS carrying service control method provided by the invention and MME are illustrated in greater detail.
In the machine communication research project of 3GPP, propose the most important feature of machine communication: machine terminal substantial amounts.For this reason, mobile communication system needs to carry out necessary optimization for this feature, particularly will save the resource of network node.The aspect such as resource that Internet resources comprise air interface resource, network transmission resource, network node use.
Embodiments providing a kind of realization does not provide EPS to carry the method for service, as shown in Figure 1, comprising:
Step 101, Mobility Management Entity MME receives relevant to user terminal UE;
Step 101, MME determine whether to exist in described message be used to indicate not for UE provide Evolved Packet System EPS carry service indication information;
Step 102, when determining to there is described indication information, MME is not for described UE provides EPS to carry service.
EPS sets up the connection of UE to PDN network mainly through ESM (EPS Session Management, EPS session management) process, for UE provides EPS to carry service;
ESM process mainly comprises following process:
The activation of EPS bearer context, deexcitation and amendment;
UE asks the process of EPS bearing resource (IP being included in PDN connects and dedicated bearer resource, dedicated bearer resource).
Each EPS bearer context represents the EPS carrying between UE to a PDN network, even if discharged in the wireless and S1 carrying that corresponding EPS carrying is corresponding temporarily, EPS bearer context also can keep state of activation.
An EPS bearer context can be acquiescence (default) bearer context, also can be a dedicated bearing context.
When UE asks to set up the connection of a PDN in network attachment process, default bearing is activated.
In general, ESM process could perform after only establishing EMM context between UE and MME.First default EPS bearing context activates in EPS attaching process.Once after UE successfully adheres to, UE can ask MME to be established to the connection of other PDN, connects for each PDN, and MME will activate an independent default EPS bearing context.In the whole life cycle that PDN connects, default EPS bearing context is all activate.
A proprietary EPS bearer context always connects with a default EPS bearing context dependent, and represents the EPS bearing resource between UE and PDN network except default bearing.Network can activate special EPS bearer context while activation default EPS bearing, or any time after EPS default bearing activates activates dedicated bearer.
Acquiescence and special EPS bearer context can be modified.Special EPS bearer context can be released and not affect default EPS bearing context.When default EPS bearing context is released, so all dedicated bearings be associated with it are all released.
UE can ask network allocation, amendment and release EPS bearing resource.Network decides how to meet the request for extra resource: or an almost new EPS carrying, or revise existing special or default EPS bearing context.
Therefore ESM process mainly contains 2 large classes:
The same EPS bearer context of 1, being initiated by network manages relevant ESM process, mainly comprises:
Default EPS bearing context activation;
Special EPS bearer context activates;
EPS bearer context is revised;
The deexcitation of EPS bearer context;
The process that the same EPS bearing resource of 2, being initiated by UE is relevant, as a new PDN connects or dedicated bearer resource; Or discharge these resources, mainly comprise following process:
PDN connection procedure;
PDN removes connection procedure;
Bearing resource assigning process;
Bearing resource revised title.
The EPS that the embodiment of the present invention provides carries service control method, MME by receive the message relevant to UE determine whether there is instruction not for UE provide without EPS carry serve indication information time, not for UE provides EPS to carry service, thus save and provide EPS to carry to serve the various resource that uses and the demand that can meet UE.The above-mentioned message relevant to UE can network side node send, also can be user side equipment send, above-mentioned instruction not for UE provide without EPS carrying serve indication information, can be various message form.
Preferably, described MME is MME accompanying in network attachment process, like this, in network attachment process, MME is not for above-mentioned UE provides EPS to carry service, described indication information is specially instruction UE and does not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service, or is that carrying without EPS in subscription data serves instruction.
For the UE (UE may support that EPS carries service and also may not support) not needing EPS to carry service, increase in subscription data and carry service instruction No EPS Bearer ServiceIndicator without Evolved Packet System EPS, MME does not provide EPS to carry service to this type of UE according to this instruction in network attachment process, namely can not perform above-mentioned ESM process; Or, by the instruction UE that UE reports, MME does not support that EPS carries the UE core competence information of service, can determine that this UE does not support that EPS carries service, for not supporting that EPS carries the UE of service, MME not to this type of UE provide EPS carry service, also just save need in above-mentioned ESM process air interface resource, network transmission resource, network node use storage resources etc., especially the inventive method is applied to MTC terminal, can resources in network greatly, reduce network overhead.
As previously mentioned, in prior art, in the network attachment process of UE, MME can send reconstruction default bearer request message and connect to ask network to set up first PDN.The embodiment of the present invention is in network attachment process, and MME does not provide EPS to carry service for described UE, specifically comprises: MME does not connect for described UE sets up grouped data network PDN.Particularly, be in network attachment process, described MME is not that described UE activates default bearing.In the unactivated situation of default bearing, would not set up default bearing context, the PDN that can not set up other connects, and amendment and the PDN that also can not relate to carrying go the ESM processes such as connection, therefore greatly save Internet resources.
Preferably, MME is not that described UE activates default bearing, and specifically comprise: in network attachment process, described MME does not perform: select gateway node for described UE and send to the gateway node selected to create default bearer request message.
Because HSS to carry the subscription data of UE to the renewal position acknowledge message that MME sends, preferably, MME, specifically from the renewal position acknowledge message that home subscriber servers HSS sends, obtains and indicates without EPS carrying service; In some cases, UE can carry UE core net ability information in attachment message, preferably, the attachment message that the embodiment of the present invention can also report from UE, obtains instruction UE and does not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service.
Having the UE of No EPS Bearer Service Indicator in subscription data and do not support that EPS carries the UE of service, is the MTC device not needing EPS to carry service, certainly, can also be that other type does not need EPS to carry the terminal type of service.
MME does not connect for UE sets up PDN in network attachment process, thus can save following operation: not for UE contracts any APN APN; Not for UE provides support the service needed for connected state mobility; Not for the provide support PDN of LIPA (Local IP Access, local IP access) of UE connects; Not for UE sets up ESM context; Not for UE performs ESM management process.
MME does not connect for UE sets up PDN in network attachment process, thus can store following resource: the context that the ESM of described UE is relevant.The context that ESM is relevant specifically comprises: the APN APN of UE; Information needed for UE Supporting connectivity state mobility; Support the PDN relevant information of LIPA; Each activation PDN join dependency information of UE; Bearer related information is connected about each PDN.
Therefore, what the embodiment of the present invention provided realizes EPS carrying service management, can save the resource etc. that storage resources, signaling transmission resource and network node use.
Preferably, for the MME of UE attachment, (get without EPS carrying service instruction when MME determines to there is described indication information, or the UE core net ability information indicating UE not support EPS to serve), comprise further: increase without EPS carrying service instruction in the contextual information of UE, and when determining that UE has reported instruction UE not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service, the instruction UE reported is not supported the UE core net ability information that EPS carries service is added in the contextual information of UE.
As previously mentioned, not all UE can report UE core network ability information at attaching process, in the embodiment of the present invention, if UE has reported instruction UE not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service, then this ability information can be added in the contextual information of UE.
Preferably, embodiment of the present invention method comprises further: in the tracing section updating process of UE, MME sends context response information to new MME, described context response information carries the contextual information of UE, owing to comprising above-mentioned indication information in contextual information, therefore can indicate new MME not for described UE provides EPS to carry service.
In another embodiment of the present invention, MME is the new MME in UE tracing region, and namely in tracing region, new MME is not for described UE provides EPS to carry service.For new MME, described indication information is specially the contextual information that the context response information that sends from former MME carries, acquisition without EPS carrying service instruction, or instruction UE does not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, necessarily carry in the contextual information of UE without EPS carrying service instruction, therefore directly can determine whether there is this instruction in contextual information, to determine whether as UE provides EPS to carry service; UE has been reported to the situation of UE core network ability information when adhering to, instruction UE can be carried in contextual information and do not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service, therefore this type of UE core net ability information can also first be determined whether there is, if existed, then determine not provide EPS to carry service, if there is no, then determine whether that providing EPS to carry serves according to whether existing without EPS carrying service instruction further.
In the present embodiment, MME is not for described UE provides EPS to carry service, specifically comprises: in tracing section updating process, and described MME does not send amendment bearing request message to gateway node.
Due in network attachment process and tracing region, the embodiment of the present invention does not provide EPS to carry service for UE, and like this, HSS also need not store the context relevant to the ESM of UE.Particularly, following information can not be stored: the APN APN of UE; Make the information needed for UE Supporting connectivity mobility; The PDN relevant information of any LIPA of UE.Visible, not only can save the resource that MME uses, the resource carrying to EPS and serve other relevant network node and use can also be saved.
The method of the embodiment of the present invention, not for UE provides EPS to carry service in the mobility management process of UE, as above-mentioned network attachment process and tracing section updating process, certainly, can also be other mobility management process, no longer describe in detail here.
Embodiment 1
For the UE of No EPS Bearer Service characteristic of having contracted in the present embodiment, do not need signing any APN, do not need to set up any PDN for it and connect, do not need core net node to be that it sets up any ESM context.
In the embodiment of the present invention, network node is HSS, and in the HSS for this reason in agreement TS23.401, CAMEL-Subscription-Information Table 5.7.1-1 will make following amendment:
1) MS PS Purged from EPS only indicates the EMM of UE (EPS MobilityManagement, the grouping system mobile management of evolution) context to delete from MME.
2) no longer store following item of information: subscribe UE-AMBR, APN-OI Replacement and VPLMN LIPAAllowed, the concrete meaning of each item of information can specify see agreement.
3) the PDN relevant information of any LIPA is no longer stored in CSG Subscription Data.
4) any " comprise inside signing agreement separately one or more PDN contract context Each subscription profile contains one or more PDN subscription contexts " relevant information is no longer stored.
5) increase No EPS Bearer Service Indicator, this mark is described as: instruction UE is without EPS carrying and without ESM contextual user Indicates that the UE is subscribed to establish noEPS bearer and no ESM context.
Embodiment 2
In MME in agreement TS23.401, a store M M context, no longer stores any ESMcontext, and the Table 5.7.2-1 related amendments in agreement TS23.401 is as follows:
1) a store M M context in MME, no longer stores any ESM context, is amended as follows: MME MM
contexts
3) the PDN relevant information of any LIPA is no longer stored in CSG Subscription Data.
4) any " PDN of each activation connects For each active PDN connection " relevant information is no longer stored.
5) any " connecting carrying For each bearer within the PDNconnection about each PDN " relevant information is no longer stored.
6) increase No EPS Bearer Service Indicator, this mark is described as: instruction UE is without EPS carrying and without ESM contextual user Indicates that the UE is subscribed to establish noEPS bearer and no ESM context. "
Embodiment 3
As shown in Figure 2, the attachment attach process of the UE of No EPS Bearer Service Indicator characteristic of having contracted in the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:
1, carried out to the UE of network attachment first time, specify according to existing protocol, do not need execution the 7th step and the 10th step, when performing to the 11st step, HHS have sent location confirmation message to MME, wherein include the subscription data of UE, if comprise No EPS Bearer Service Indicator in subscription data, illustrate that this UE does not need EPS to carry service also just not to need to set up any PDN and connect, so complete attach process according to 2-3 below, otherwise complete attach process according to the flow process specified in standard.
2, the Signalling exchange that in former attach process, logical PDN connection establishment, amendment, deletion are correlated with does not need to perform, and comprising:
Do not perform 12-16 step and create default bearer request/response, establishment session request/response, 23-24 step amendment carrying request, 25-26 step notice request, response.Namely MME does not send the establishment default bearer request message of instruction establishment first PDN connection to SGW; MME does not send the amendment bearing request message of instruction amendment PDN connection to SGW; MME does not send instruction PDN to SGW and connects the notice request set up.
3, in other step signalling interactive process, the information of being correlated with PDN connection establishment, amendment, deletion does not need transmission.
For not being UE first time carrying out network attachment, and when having the EPS bearer context of this UE not deleted in MME, according to existing protocol, need execution the 7th step and the 10th step, and the method that the embodiment of the present invention provides, connect owing to not needing the UE for signing No EPS Bearer ServiceIndicator characteristic to set up PDN for each attachment, therefore for not being UE first time carrying out the No EPS Bearer Service Indicator characteristic of having contracted of network attachment, execution the 7th step and the 10th step is not needed:
7th step: delete session request/response, namely MME does not send to gateway SGW/P-GW the deletion conversation request message that PDN connection is deleted in instruction, and SGW/P-GW does not return and deletes conversational response message.Reason is this step signaling is be attached to same MME again after once correctly nullifying before UE, MME sends deletion conversation request message to SGW/P-GW and deletes these bearer contexts, because the embodiment of the present invention does not connect for UE sets up any PDN, it is can not set up any PDN to connect that UE was registered in network in last time, therefore needs to perform this step.
10th step: delete session request/response, namely MME/SGSN does not send to gateway SGW/P-GW the deletion conversation request message that PDN connection is deleted in instruction, and SGW/P-GW does not return and deletes conversational response message.When the bearer context of the reason activation that to be this step signaling be for saving UE in former MME/SGSN, former MME/SGSN sends to relevant SGW/P-GW and deletes conversation request message.Because the embodiment of the present invention does not connect for UE sets up any PDN, the bearer context of activation can not be there is, therefore do not need to perform this step.
Except not performing except step 7 and step 10, other does not need the step that performs with the description of above-mentioned first time network attachment process after step 11.
Embodiment 4
In the embodiment of the present invention, the attaching process of UE is with embodiment 3, unlike for the UE having reported UE core net ability information at attaching process, MME obtains instruction UE and does not support that EPS carries in the UE core net ability information of service from the attachment message that UE reports, by this type of UE core net ability information, can determine that UE does not support that EPS carries service, the Signalling exchange that in former attach process, logical PDN connection establishment, amendment, deletion are correlated with does not need to perform, and concrete abridged step is with embodiment 3.
Embodiment 5
Fig. 3 describes the TAU process of the UE with No EPS Bearer Service Indicator:
1, 5th step, old MME have sent context response context response message to new MME, the contextual information of UE is carried in context response information, comprise without EPS carrying service instruction in this contextual information, instruction UE has been reported not support that EPS carries the situation of the UE core net ability information of service for UE, this contextual information also comprises this type of UE core net ability information, new MME finds instruction UE not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service in context response information, or when finding without EPS carrying service instruction, determine not need for UE provides EPS to carry service in tracing region, 2-3 completes TAU process so according to the following steps, otherwise complete TAU process according to the flow process specified in standard.
2, logical PDN connection establishment in TAU process, amendment, Signalling exchange that deletion is relevant do not need to perform, comprise the 9th, 10,11,12,13 steps.
9) new MME does not send amendment bearing request message to SGW: if MME changes, new MME will send the parameter of PDN join dependency to SGW by amendment bearing request message, as new MME address etc., owing to not performing step 9, then step 10,11,12,13 can not be performed.
10) SGW does not send amendment bearing request message: SGW to PGW and does not send relevant parameter to PGW.
11) the IP-CAN session modification process that PCEF initiates is not performed: this process is used for PGW and sends relevant parameter to PCEF;
12) do not send amendment bearing response message: this message be used for PGW to SGW modify carrying request confirmation;
13) do not send amendment bearing response message: this message be used for SGW to MME modify carrying request confirmation.
3, in other step signalling interactive process, the information of being correlated with PDN connection establishment, amendment, deletion does not need transmission
Visible, EPS that the embodiment of the present invention provides carries in service control method, for No EPSBearer Service characteristic of having contracted UE, do not support that EPS carries the UE of service, have the signing agreement of following acquiescence:
A) for No EPS Bearer Service characteristic of having contracted UE, do not support EPS carry service UE, do not need for it provides any EPS to carry service, also namely: if do not needed for its distribution services S-GW sets up any PDN be connected with PGW, do not need signing any APN (Access Point Name, APN), do not need core net node to be that it sets up any ESM context, also without any need for ESM management process; Do not need the outer mobility of Supporting connectivity.
B) for No EPS Bearer Service characteristic of having contracted UE, do not support that EPS carries the UE of service, do not need to support LIPA characteristic.
C) for No EPS Bearer Service characteristic of having contracted UE, do not support EPS carry service UE, operator and MTC user will sign relevant charging regulation, such as, based on the charging regulation of the number that sends SMS message.
2) for No EPS Bearer Service characteristic of having contracted UE, do not support EPS carry service UE, do not need in HSS with MME to store the relevant context of any ESM, comprise APN relevant information, gateway address information and beared information etc., concrete grammar is shown in above-described embodiment one, two.
3) for No EPS Bearer Service characteristic of having contracted UE, do not support EPS carry service UE, MME judges that this UE is the UE not needing to set up PDN connection, can not connect for UE sets up any PDN in attach process, and no longer perform any same PDN connection establishment, amendment, Signalling exchange that deletion is relevant.Otherwise MME has specified attach process according to existing standard.
4) for No EPS Bearer Service characteristic of having contracted UE, do not support EPS carry service UE, MME judges that this UE is the UE not needing to set up PDN connection, only need perform TAUwithout SGW change process at Idle state, and in TAU process, no longer perform any same PDN connection establishment, amendment, Signalling exchange that deletion is relevant.Otherwise MME has specified TAU process according to existing standard.
Based on same inventive concept, a kind of Mobility Management Entity MME is additionally provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the principle of dealing with problems due to these equipment is to a kind of to realize not providing EPS to carry the method for serving similar, therefore the enforcement of these equipment see the enforcement of method, can repeat part and repeats no more.
The Mobility Management Entity MME that the embodiment of the present invention provides, as shown in Figure 4, comprising:
Message reception units 401, for receiving the message relevant to user terminal UE;
Whether instruction recognition unit 402, be used to indicate not for UE provides Evolved Packet System EPS to carry the indication information of service for determining to exist in described message;
Unit 403 is saved in carrying, during for determining to there is described indication information, not for described UE provides EPS to carry service.
Preferably, described MME is MME accompanying in network attachment process, and the determined indication information of instruction recognition unit 402 is specially the UE core net ability information indicating UE not support EPS carrying service, or is indicating without EPS carrying service in subscription data.
Preferably, instruction recognition unit 402, specifically from the attachment message that UE reports, obtains instruction UE and does not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service; Or from the renewal position acknowledge message that home subscriber servers HSS sends, obtain without EPS carrying service instruction.
Preferably, carrying saves unit 403 not for described UE provides EPS to carry service, specifically comprises:
In network attachment process, do not connect for described UE sets up grouped data network PDN.
Preferably, carrying saves unit 403 in network attachment process, does not connect, specifically comprise: in network attachment process for described UE sets up grouped data network PDN, is not that described UE activates default bearing.
Preferably, carrying saves unit 403 in network attachment process, is not that described UE activates default bearing, specifically comprises:
Do not perform in network attachment process: select gateway node for described UE and send to the gateway node selected to create default bearer request message.
Preferably, this MME also comprises: contextual modifications unit 404, for when indicating recognition unit to determine to there is described indication information, increase without EPS carrying service instruction in the contextual information of described UE, and when determining that UE has reported instruction UE not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service, the instruction UE reported is not supported the UE core net ability information that EPS carries service is added in the contextual information of UE.
Preferably, this MME also comprises further: save indicating member 405, and in the tracing section updating process of UE, described MME sends context response information to new MME, described context response information carries the contextual information of UE, to make new MME not for described UE provides EPS to carry service.
In another embodiment of the present invention, described MME is the new MME in the tracing region of UE, the indication information that described instruction recognition unit 402 is determined, be specially the contextual information that the context response information that sends from former MME carries, what obtain indicates without EPS carrying service, or instruction UE does not support that EPS carries the UE core net ability information of service.
Preferably, carrying saves unit 403 not for described UE provides EPS to carry service, specifically comprises: in tracing section updating process, does not send amendment bearing request message to gateway node.。
Those skilled in the art should understand, embodiments of the invention can be provided as method, system or computer program.Therefore, the present invention can adopt the form of complete hardware embodiment, completely software implementation or the embodiment in conjunction with software and hardware aspect.And the present invention can adopt in one or more form wherein including the upper computer program implemented of computer-usable storage medium (including but not limited to magnetic disc store, CD-ROM, optical memory etc.) of computer usable program code.
The present invention describes with reference to according to the flow chart of the method for the embodiment of the present invention, equipment (system) and computer program and/or block diagram.Should understand can by the combination of the flow process in each flow process in computer program instructions realization flow figure and/or block diagram and/or square frame and flow chart and/or block diagram and/or square frame.These computer program instructions can being provided to the processor of all-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, Embedded Processor or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, making the instruction performed by the processor of computer or other programmable data processing device produce device for realizing the function of specifying in flow chart flow process or multiple flow process and/or block diagram square frame or multiple square frame.
These computer program instructions also can be stored in can in the computer-readable memory that works in a specific way of vectoring computer or other programmable data processing device, the instruction making to be stored in this computer-readable memory produces the manufacture comprising command device, and this command device realizes the function of specifying in flow chart flow process or multiple flow process and/or block diagram square frame or multiple square frame.
These computer program instructions also can be loaded in computer or other programmable data processing device, make on computer or other programmable devices, to perform sequence of operations step to produce computer implemented process, thus the instruction performed on computer or other programmable devices is provided for the step realizing the function of specifying in flow chart flow process or multiple flow process and/or block diagram square frame or multiple square frame.
Although describe the preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art once obtain the basic creative concept of cicada, then can make other change and amendment to these embodiments.So claims are intended to be interpreted as comprising preferred embodiment and falling into all changes and the amendment of the scope of the invention.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various change and modification to the present invention and not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Like this, if these amendments of the present invention and modification belong within the scope of the claims in the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention is also intended to comprise these change and modification.