CN104284321A

CN104284321A - Route switching method and equipment and user equipment

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Publication number: CN104284321A
Application number: CN201310284760.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金辉; 欧阳国威; 衣强
Original assignee: Huawei Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2013-07-08
Filing date: 2013-07-08
Publication date: 2015-01-14
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-08
Also published as: CN104284321B; WO2015003590A1

Abstract

The invention discloses a route switching method and equipment and user equipments. The continuity of data transmission between UE conducting communication through a direct communication route can be ensured, and user experience is improved. The route switching method comprises the steps that first user equipment sends a message to third equipment, a first identification is carried in the message, the message is used for informing the third equipment of the signal intensity corresponding to the first identification or used for the situation that the first user equipment requests that the direct communication route between the first user equipment and second user equipment is switched into a network communication route, so that the third equipment determines that the direct communication route is switched into the network communication route according to the message; the first user equipment receives the message, comprising the first identification, sent by the third equipment and determines that the direct communication route is switched into the network communication route according to the message. The route switching method and equipment and the user equipment relate to the field of communication.

Description

A kind of method that path switches, equipment and subscriber equipment

Technical field

The present invention relates to the communications field, particularly relate to method, equipment and subscriber equipment that a kind of path switches.

Background technology

In traditional mobile network, subscriber equipment (User Equipment, UE) data communication path between will through core network element gateway (Serving Gateway, SGW) and packet data gateway (Packet Data Network Gateway, PGW).When transmitting data between the UE of two close together, also need to transmit through core net, like this, have larger demand to the network transmission bandwidth of core net, and make data transmission efficiency lower.

In order to save the bandwidth of core net, improve the efficiency of transmission of closely UE, in prior art, for two in-plant UE, can hold consultation according to safe key, set up direct communication path (Direct Communication Path, DCP) and carry out transfer of data.

When two in-plant UE use direct communication path to carry out transfer of data, when two UE move, when exceeding the communication range of direct communication path, continuous print data cube computation cannot be provided for UE, ensure the continuity of business.

Summary of the invention

Method, equipment and subscriber equipment that embodiments of the invention provide a kind of path to switch, can carry out the continuity of transfer of data between the UE that communicates by utility direct communication path, improve Consumer's Experience.

For achieving the above object, embodiments of the invention adopt following technical scheme:

First aspect, provides a kind of method that path switches, and described method comprises:

First equipment determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark;

According to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries, carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment according to described EPS;

Wherein, described first mark is for identifying the direct connection between described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment; Or described first mark is for identifying the direct communication between first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment; Or described first mark is for identifying described direct communication path; Or described first mark is for identifying at least one carrying in described direct communication path.

In the implementation that the first is possible, in conjunction with first aspect, described first equipment determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark and specifically comprises:

Described first equipment receives the 4th message that base station sends, described first mark is carried in described 4th message, described 4th message sends to described first equipment after described base station receives the first message of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment transmission, carry described first mark in described first message, for making described base station know, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path to described first message by the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding or described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests; Described first equipment, according to described 4th message, is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path, and obtains described first mark; Or,

The 5th message that described first equipment reception server sends, described first mark is carried in described 5th message, described 5th message sends to described first equipment after described server receives the second message of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment transmission, described first mark is carried in described second message, for making described server know, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path to described second message by the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding or described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests, described first equipment, according to described 5th message, is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path, and obtains described first mark, or,

Described first equipment receives the 3rd message of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment transmission, carry described first mark in described 3rd message, for making described first equipment know, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path to described 3rd message by the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding or described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests; Described first equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 3rd message, and obtains described first mark.

In the implementation that the second is possible, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of first aspect, described first equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described 3rd message:

If the signal strength signal intensity of the described first mark correspondence of carrying in described 3rd message is less than or equal to preset value, then described first equipment determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path; Or,

When described 3rd message is for making described first equipment know that described direct communication path to be switched to handover request or the handoff notification message of described network communication path by described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests, described first equipment, according to described 3rd message, is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path.

In the implementation that the third is possible, in conjunction with first aspect to any one in the possible implementation of the second of first aspect, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS carrying of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

Described first equipment is according at least obtaining service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark;

Described first equipment sends the 6th message to gateway device, carries described QoS in described 6th message, and described 6th message is for informing that described gateway device sets up the EPS carrying of described QoS;

Described first equipment receives the 7th message that described gateway device sends, the 8th message is sent to first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described first mark is carried in described 8th message, set up described EPS to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark to carry, and know that described EPS carries the direct connection for replacing described first to identify, or described direct communication, or at least one carrying in described direct communication path or described direct communication path.

In the 4th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with first aspect to any one in the possible implementation of the second of first aspect, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS carrying of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

Described first equipment sends the 9th message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, carry described first mark in described 9th message, at least obtain according to described first mark to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and identify corresponding described QoS with described first;

Receive the tenth message of carrying described QoS of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment transmission, the 11 message is sent to described gateway device, carry described QoS in described 11 message, described 11 message is for informing that described gateway device sets up the EPS carrying of described QoS.

In the 5th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with first aspect to any one in the 4th kind of implementation of first aspect, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS carrying of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

Described first equipment at least obtains QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark;

Described first equipment judges whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described QoS;

If described first equipment judges described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path, be designated described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first and set up described EPS and carry.

In the 6th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the 5th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described first equipment judges whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described QoS:

According to described QoS, described first equipment directly judges whether network provides the EPS of described QoS to carry, and if so, then judges described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path; Or,

Described first equipment sends the request message carrying described QoS to described gateway device, the request message carrying described QoS is sent to policy charging rule functional entity PCRF to make described gateway device, judge whether network provides the EPS of described QoS to carry to make described PCRF according to described QoS, if so, described direct communication path is then judged to switch to described network communication path; Or,

Described first equipment sends the request message carrying described QoS to described server, described server sends the request message carrying described QoS to described PCRF, according to described QoS, described PCRF judges whether network can provide the EPS of described QoS to carry, if so, described direct communication path is then judged to switch to described network communication path.

In the 7th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with first aspect to the possible implementation of the second of first aspect, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS carrying of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

Described first equipment sends to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment the message comprising described first mark, to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, search the EPS carrying that described first mark is corresponding.

In the 8th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of first aspect to the 7th kind of possible implementation, also comprise in described first message, the second message or the 3rd message: the first user mark of described first user equipment and the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment.

In the 9th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the 8th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, the QoS that described first equipment at least obtains described first mark corresponding according to described first mark specifically comprises:

Described first equipment, according to described first mark, described first user mark and described second user ID, obtains the QoS that described first mark is corresponding.

In the tenth kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with first aspect to any one in the 9th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described first equipment also comprises before determining that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries according to described first mark:

Described first equipment obtains the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark;

Described first equipment obtains the second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment;

According to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS carrying of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

Described first equipment is designated described first user equipment according to described first and sets up described EPS and carry;

Described first equipment sends the first request message to described second equipment, described first request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark, is designated described second subscriber equipment sets up described EPS and carry to make described second equipment according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first.

In the 11 kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with first aspect to any one in the 9th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described first equipment also comprises before determining that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries according to described first mark:

Described first equipment is according to the second user ID of described first mark acquisition second subscriber equipment;

Described first equipment sends the second request message to the first server for described first user device service, described second request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark, the second server for described second subscriber equipment service is obtained according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment to make described first server, and send the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark to described second server, the 3rd request message is sent to described second equipment to make described second server, described second equipment is designated described second subscriber equipment according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first and sets up described EPS and carry.

In the 12 kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with first aspect to any one in the 11 kind of possible implementation of first aspect, described first equipment also comprises before determining that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries according to described first mark:

Described first equipment sends the 12 message to described base station, described 12 message carries described first mark, at least discharge according to described first mark to make described base station or delete the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation, to make described base station send the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

Second aspect, provides a kind of method that path switches, and described method comprises:

First user equipment is to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment;

Described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message;

In the implementation that the first is possible, in conjunction with second aspect, described 3rd equipment is specifically the base station of described first user device service or Mobility Management Entity MME or server; Described first user equipment specifically comprises to the 3rd equipment sending message:

Described first user equipment sends the first message to described base station, when determining described direct communication path to be switched to described network communication path according to described first message to make described base station, the 4th message is sent to described MME, carry described first mark in described 4th message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 4th message to make described MME; Or,

Described first user equipment sends the second message to described server, when determining described direct communication path to be switched to described network communication path according to described second message to make described server; Or,

Described first user equipment sends the second message to described server, when determining described direct communication path to be switched to described network communication path according to described second message to make described server, the 5th message is sent to described MME, described first mark is carried in described 5th message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 5th message to make described MME, described MME sends the message of carrying described first mark to described base station, the message of described first mark is carried to described first user equipment to make described base station, or,

Described first user equipment sends the 3rd message to described MME, determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 3rd message to make described MME.

In the implementation that the second is possible, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of second aspect or second aspect, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

Described first user equipment receives the path handover request that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines the EPS carrying being switched to by described direct communication path described first mark corresponding according to described path handover request;

Wherein, described EPS carrying be described first user equipment receive that described 3rd equipment sends comprise the message of described first mark after, at least obtain service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, and to described MME send carry the tenth message of described QoS after set up; Or,

Described EPS carrying is described first user equipment to before described 3rd equipment sending message, at least obtain service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, and to mobile management entity send carry the tenth message of described QoS after set up.

In the implementation that the third is possible, in conjunction with second aspect to any one in the possible implementation of the second of second aspect, describedly determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

The priority of the TFT of direct communication path corresponding for described first mark is adjusted to the priority of the TFT carried lower than described EPS by described first user equipment, carries out transfer of data to make described first user equipment by described EPS carrying with described second subscriber equipment.

In the 4th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of second aspect or second aspect, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

Described first user equipment receives described 3rd equipment and sends the 8th message, and carry described first mark in described 8th message, described first user equipment sets up EPS carrying according to described 8th message; Or,

Described first user equipment receives the 9th message that described 3rd equipment sends, described first mark is carried in described 9th message, described first user equipment at least obtains service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, described first user equipment sends the 14 message to described MME, carry described QoS in described 14 message, with make described MME according to described QoS be described first user equipment set up EPS carrying.

In the 5th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with second aspect to the 4th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, also comprise in described message: the first mark of first user equipment and the second user ID of the second subscriber equipment.

In the 6th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with second aspect to any one in the 5th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, after determining that described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path according to described message, also comprise:

Described first user equipment sends the 15 message to described base station, described 15 message carries described first mark, at least discharges according to described first mark to make described base station or deletes the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation; Or,

Described first user equipment sends the 15 message to described server, described 15 message carries described first mark, know that to make described server described path has switched, and the 16 message of carrying described first mark is sent to described MME, to make described MME send the 17 message of carrying described first mark to described base station, at least discharge according to described first mark to make described base station or delete the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation.

In the 7th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the 6th kind of possible implementation of second aspect, also carry the first information in described 15 message, to make described base station send the message of carrying the described first information to described MME, carry out charging to make described MME according to the described first information; Or,

Described 15 message also carries the first information, the message of carrying the described first information is sent to described MME to make described base station, to make described MME send the message of carrying the described first information to described server, carry out charging to make described server according to the described first information;

The described first information comprises data traffic and/or call duration time.

The third aspect, a kind of method providing path to switch, is characterized in that, described method comprises:

4th equipment receives the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 4th equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path;

Described 4th equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message;

Described 4th equipment sends request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

In the implementation that the first is possible, in conjunction with the third aspect, described 4th equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

If the signal strength signal intensity of the described first mark correspondence of carrying in described message is less than or equal to preset value, then described 4th equipment determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path; Or,

Described message is when knowing that described direct communication path to be switched to handover request or the handoff notification message of described network communication path by described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests for described first equipment, described 4th equipment, according to described message, is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path.

In the implementation that the second is possible, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of the third aspect or the third aspect, when described 4th equipment is base station, described 4th equipment, to after Mobility Management Entity MME sends a request message, also comprises:

Receive the 12 message that described MME sends, described 12 message carries described first mark;

Described base station is at least the resource of described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment allocation according to described first mark release or deletion;

Described base station sends the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, and described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

Fourth aspect, provides a kind of equipment, and described equipment is specially the first equipment, and described first equipment comprises: the first determining unit and the second determining unit;

Described first determining unit, switches to network communication path for determining by the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment, obtains the first mark;

Described second determining unit, for determining that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries according to described first mark, carry by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment according to described EPS;

In the implementation that the first is possible, in conjunction with fourth aspect, described first determining unit, specifically for:

Receive the 4th message that base station sends, described first mark is carried in described 4th message, described 4th message sends to described first equipment after described base station receives the first message of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment transmission, carry described first mark in described first message, for making described base station know, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path to described first message by the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding or described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests; According to described 4th message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path, and obtain described first mark; Or,

The 5th message that reception server sends, described first mark is carried in described 5th message, described 5th message sends to described first equipment after described server receives the second message of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment transmission, carry described first mark in described second message, for making described server know, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path to described second message by the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding or described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests; According to described 5th message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path, and obtain described first mark; Or,

Receive the 3rd message of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment transmission, carry described first mark in described 3rd message, for making described first equipment know, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path to described 3rd message by the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding or described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests; Determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 3rd message, and obtain described first mark.

In the implementation that the second is possible, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of fourth aspect, described first determining unit, specifically for:

If the signal strength signal intensity of the described first mark correspondence of carrying in described 3rd message is less than or equal to preset value, then determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path; Or,

When described 3rd message is for making described first equipment know that described direct communication path to be switched to handover request or the handoff notification message of described network communication path by described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests, according to described 3rd message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path.

In the implementation that the third is possible, in conjunction with fourth aspect to any one in the possible implementation of the second of fourth aspect, described second determining unit, specifically for:

According at least obtaining service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark;

Send the 6th message to gateway device, carry described QoS in described 6th message, described 6th message is for informing that described gateway device sets up the EPS carrying of described QoS;

Receive the 7th message that described gateway device sends, the 8th message is sent to first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described first mark is carried in described 8th message, set up described EPS to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark to carry, and know that described EPS carries the direct connection for replacing described first to identify, or described direct communication, or at least one carrying in described direct communication path or described direct communication path.

In the 4th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with fourth aspect to the third possible implementation of fourth aspect, described second determining unit, specifically for:

The 9th message is sent to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, carry described first mark in described 9th message, at least obtain according to described first mark to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and identify corresponding described QoS with described first;

In the 5th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with fourth aspect to any one in the 4th kind of possible implementation of fourth aspect, described second determining unit, specifically for:

At least obtain QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark;

Judge whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described QoS;

If judge, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path, be designated described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first and set up described EPS and carry.

In the 6th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the 5th kind of possible implementation of fourth aspect, described determining unit, specifically for:

Directly judge whether network provides the EPS of described QoS to carry, and if so, then judges described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described QoS; Or,

The request message carrying described QoS is sent to described gateway device, the request message carrying described QoS is sent to policy charging rule functional entity PCRF to make described gateway device, judge whether network provides the EPS of described QoS to carry to make described PCRF according to described QoS, if so, described direct communication path is then judged to switch to described network communication path; Or,

The request message carrying described QoS is sent to described server, described server sends the request message carrying described QoS to described PCRF, according to described QoS, described PCRF judges whether network can provide the EPS of described QoS to carry, if so, described direct communication path is then judged to switch to described network communication path.

In the 7th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with fourth aspect to any one in the 6th kind of possible implementation of fourth aspect, described second determining unit, specifically for sending to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment the message comprising described first mark, to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, search the EPS carrying that described first mark is corresponding.

In the 8th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with any one in the first possible implementation of fourth aspect, also comprise in described first message, the second message or the 3rd message: the first user mark of described first user equipment and the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment.

In the 9th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the 8th kind of possible implementation of fourth aspect, described second determining unit, specifically for according to described first mark, described first user mark and described second user ID, obtains the QoS that described first mark is corresponding.

In the tenth kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with fourth aspect to any one in the 9th kind of possible implementation of fourth aspect, described first equipment also comprises: obtain unit;

Described acquisition unit, for obtaining the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark;

Described acquisition unit, also for obtaining the second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment;

Described second determining unit, specifically for:

Be designated described first user equipment according to described first to set up described EPS and carry;

The first request message is sent to described second equipment, described first request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark, is designated described second subscriber equipment sets up described EPS and carry to make described second equipment according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first.

In the 11 kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with fourth aspect to the 9th kind of possible implementation of fourth aspect, described first equipment also comprises: obtain unit;

Described acquisition unit, for the second user ID according to described first mark acquisition second subscriber equipment;

Described second determining unit, specifically for:

The second request message is sent to the first server for described first user device service, described second request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark, the second server for described second subscriber equipment service is obtained according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment to make described first server, and send the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark to described second server, the 3rd request message is sent to described second equipment to make described second server, described second equipment is designated described second subscriber equipment according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first and sets up described EPS and carry.

In implementation possible in the 12, in conjunction with any one in implementation possible in fourth aspect to the 11 of fourth aspect the, described first equipment also comprises: transmitting element;

Described transmitting element, for sending the 12 message to described base station, described 12 message carries described first mark, at least discharge according to described first mark to make described base station or delete the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation, to make described base station send the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

5th aspect, provides the subscriber equipment that a kind of path switches, and described subscriber equipment is specially first user equipment, and described first user equipment comprises: transmitting element, receiving element and determining unit;

Described transmitting element, for to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment;

Described receiving element, for receiving the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends;

Described determining unit, switches to described network communication path for determining according to described message by described direct communication path;

In the implementation that the first is possible, in conjunction with the 5th aspect, described 3rd equipment is specifically the base station of described first user device service or Mobility Management Entity MME or server; Described transmitting element, specifically for:

The first message is sent to described base station, when determining described direct communication path to be switched to described network communication path according to described first message to make described base station, the 4th message is sent to described MME, carry described first mark in described 4th message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 4th message to make described MME; Or,

The second message is sent, when determining described direct communication path to be switched to described network communication path according to described second message to make described server to described server; Or,

The second message is sent to described server, when determining described direct communication path to be switched to described network communication path according to described second message to make described server, the 5th message is sent to described MME, described first mark is carried in described 5th message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 5th message to make described MME, described MME sends the message of carrying described first mark to described base station, carry the message of described first mark to make described base station to described first user equipment; Or,

Send the 3rd message to described MME, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described 3rd message to make described MME.

In the implementation that the second is possible, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of the 5th aspect or the 5th aspect, described receiving element, specifically for receiving the path handover request that described 3rd equipment sends;

Described determining unit, specifically for determining the EPS carrying being switched to by described direct communication path described first mark corresponding according to described path handover request;

In the implementation that the third is possible, in conjunction with the 5th aspect to any one in the possible implementation of the second of the 5th aspect, described determining unit, priority specifically for the TFT by direct communication path corresponding for described first mark is adjusted to the priority of the TFT carried lower than described EPS, carries out transfer of data to make described first user equipment by described EPS carrying with described second subscriber equipment.

In the 4th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of the 5th aspect or the 5th aspect, described receiving element, sending the 8th message specifically for receiving described 3rd equipment, carrying described first mark in described 8th message;

Then described determining unit, specifically for setting up EPS carrying according to described 8th message; Or,

Described receiving element, specifically for receiving the 9th message that described 3rd equipment sends, carries described first mark in described 9th message;

Then described determining unit, specifically at least obtaining service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, the 14 message is sent to described MME, carry described QoS in described 14 message, with make described MME according to described QoS be described first user equipment set up EPS carrying.

In the 5th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with any one in the 4th kind of possible implementation of the 5th aspect to the 5th aspect, also comprise in described message: the first mark of first user equipment and the second user ID of the second subscriber equipment.

In the 6th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with any one in the 5th kind of possible implementation of the 5th aspect to the 5th aspect, described transmitting element, also for:

Send the 15 message to described base station, described 15 message carries described first mark, at least discharges according to described first mark to make described base station or deletes the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation; Or,

The 15 message is sent to described server, described 15 message carries described first mark, know that to make described server described path has switched, and the 16 message of carrying described first mark is sent to described MME, to make described MME send the 17 message of carrying described first mark to described base station, at least discharge according to described first mark to make described base station or delete the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation.

In the 7th kind of possible implementation, in conjunction with the 6th kind of possible implementation of the 5th aspect, also carry the first information in described 15 message, to make described base station send the message of carrying the described first information to described MME, carry out charging to make described MME according to the described first information; Or,

6th aspect, provides the equipment that a kind of path switches, and described equipment is specially the 4th equipment, and described 4th equipment comprises: receiving element, determining unit and transmitting element;

Described receiving element, for receiving the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 4th equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path;

Described transmitting element, for sending request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

In the implementation that the first is possible, in conjunction with the 6th aspect, described determining unit, specifically for:

If the signal strength signal intensity of the described first mark correspondence of carrying in described message is less than or equal to preset value, then determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path; Or,

Described message is when knowing that described direct communication path to be switched to handover request or the handoff notification message of described network communication path by described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests for described first equipment, according to described message, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path.

In the implementation that the second is possible, in conjunction with the first possible implementation of the 6th aspect or the 6th aspect, described receiving element, also for:

Described 4th equipment also comprises: delete cells;

Described delete cells, for according to described first mark release or deletion being at least the resource of described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment allocation;

Described transmitting element, also for sending the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

A kind of method that the embodiment of the present invention provides path to switch, equipment and subscriber equipment, described method comprises: first user equipment is to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message.

Pass through this programme, when the UE utilizing direct communication path to carry out communicating can be made to be in outside direct communication path coverage, can determine to need direct communication path to be switched to network communication path, and UE successful switch can be made to network communication path, and then, the continuity of transfer of data between the UE that communicates can be carried out by utility direct communication path, improve Consumer's Experience.

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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, be briefly described to the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment or description of the prior art below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.

The schematic flow sheet of the method that a kind of path that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention switches;

The schematic flow sheet of the method that the another kind of path that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the present invention switches;

The schematic flow sheet of the method that another path that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention switches;

The mutual schematic diagram of the method that a kind of path that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention switches;

The mutual schematic diagram of the method that the another kind of path that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention switches;

The mutual schematic diagram of the method that another path that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention switches;

The structural representation of a kind of first equipment that Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of another kind first equipment that Fig. 8 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of a kind of first user equipment that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of a kind of 4th equipment that Figure 10 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of another kind the 4th equipment that Figure 11 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of another the first equipment that Figure 12 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of another the first equipment that Figure 13 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of the another kind of first user equipment that Figure 14 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;

The structural representation of another kind the 4th equipment that Figure 15 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiment

Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, be clearly and completely described the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.

Term "and/or" herein, being only a kind of incidence relation describing affiliated partner, can there are three kinds of relations in expression, and such as, A and/or B, can represent: individualism A, exists A and B simultaneously, these three kinds of situations of individualism B.In addition, character "/" herein, general expression forward-backward correlation is to the relation liking a kind of "or".

Embodiment one,

A kind of method that the embodiment of the present invention provides path to switch, described method is applied to the first equipment, and described first equipment is specifically as follows Mobility Management Entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME), and as shown in Figure 1, described method comprises:

101, the first equipment determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark.

It should be noted that, the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment has corresponding mark.Wherein, described first mark is for identifying the direct connection (direct connection) between described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment; Or described first mark is for identifying the direct communication (direct communication or direct one-to-one communication) between first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment; Or described first mark is for identifying described direct communication path; Or described first mark is for identifying at least one carrying in described direct communication path.

Concrete, described first user equipment can send the 3rd message to described first equipment, carries described first mark in described 3rd message.Described 3rd message specifically can also carry signal strength signal intensity corresponding to described first mark; Or described 3rd message specifically also indicates described first equipment that described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path, now, described 3rd message is specifically as follows path handover request message or path handoff notification message.After described first equipment receives described 3rd message, determine described direct communication path to switch to network communication path according to described 3rd message.

Optionally, described first user equipment also can send the first message to the base station for described first user device service, carries described first mark in described first message.Described first message specifically can also carry signal strength signal intensity corresponding to described first mark; Or described first message specifically also indicates described base station that described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path, now, described first message is specifically as follows path handover request message or path handoff notification message.After described base station receives described first message, determine described direct communication path to switch to network communication path according to described first message.And then described base station sends the 4th message to described first equipment, in described 4th message, carry described first mark.Described 4th message can be path handover request message or path handoff notification message.

Optionally, described first user equipment sends the second message to the server for described first user device service, carries described first mark in described second message.Described second message specifically can also carry signal strength signal intensity corresponding to described first mark; Or described second message specifically also indicates described server that described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path, now, described second message is specifically as follows path handover request message or path handoff notification message.After described server receives described second message, determine described direct communication path to switch to network communication path according to described second message.And then described server sends the 5th message to described first equipment, in described 5th message, carry described first mark.Described 5th message can be path handover request message or path handoff notification message.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the signal strength signal intensity of the first mark correspondence refers to the signal strength signal intensity of the direct connection between the described first user equipment that the first mark identifies and described second subscriber equipment; Or, the signal strength signal intensity of the direct communication between the described first described first user equipment identified and described second subscriber equipment; Or, the signal strength signal intensity of the described first described direct communication path identified; Or, the signal strength signal intensity of at least one carrying in the described first described direct communication path identified.

Here, network communication path (the packet-based core networks Path of infrastructure communication path or evolution) refers to traditional, need carry out the communication path that communicates by core network element SGW, PGW.There is this saying in subsequent embodiment, understanding identical with the present embodiment.

102, described first equipment determines the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, has carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.

After described first equipment determines that described direct communication path is switched to network communication path, the grouping system (Evolved Packet System, EPS) carrying (bearer) of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment is determined according to described first mark.

Concrete, described EPS carrying can be after described first equipment determines that described direct communication path is switched to network communication path, described first equipment can with described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment, and communicate with the gateway device of described second subscriber equipment service for described first user equipment, for EPS carrying set up by described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.And after described EPS carrying foundation completes, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

Exemplary, described first equipment can be set up described EPS according to the service quality (Quality of Service, QoS) of described first mark correspondence for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment and carry.Certainly, described first equipment also can be set up described EPS according to described first user equipment and the direct message transmission rate of described second subscriber equipment or volume of transmitted data or data transmission delay etc. and carries.

Here, the QoS that the first mark is corresponding refers to the QoS of the direct connection between the described first user equipment that the first mark identifies and described second subscriber equipment; Or, the QoS of the direct communication between the described first described first user equipment identified and described second subscriber equipment; Or, the QoS of the described first described direct communication path identified; Or, the QoS of at least one carrying in the described first described direct communication path identified.There is this saying in subsequent embodiment, understanding identical with the present embodiment.

Certainly, in order to improve Consumer's Experience, described EPS carrying also can be that described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment are set up with the gateway device of serving for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment in advance.Described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment are known will carry out by direct communication path to network communication path switching after, the EPS that set up corresponding according to described first mark carries, and carries out transfer of data.

Here, the EPS carrying of the first mark correspondence refers to, when carrying out path switching, the EPS corresponding with the direct connection between the described first user equipment that described first identifies and described second subscriber equipment carries; Or the EPS corresponding with the direct communication between the described first user equipment that described first identifies and described second subscriber equipment carries; Or the EPS corresponding with the described direct communication path that described first identifies carries; Or at least one in the described direct communication path identified with described first carries corresponding EPS and carries.There is this saying in subsequent embodiment, understanding identical with the present embodiment.

It should be noted that, for the base station of described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, MME can be the same with any one in the gateway devices such as server, also can be different.Concrete, for the server of described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, MME, base station can be: server, MME, base station are all identical; Or server is identical with MME, base station is different; Or server is identical, MME is different with base station; Or server, MME and base station are all different.

Further, in order to saving resource, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment complete by described direct communication path to network communication path switching before, need the base station release for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service or the resource of deleting as described first user equipment and described second user equipment allocation.

Concrete, described first equipment can send the 12 message to described base station, and described 12 message carries described first mark.After described base station receives described 12 message, be at least the resource of described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation according to described first mark release or deletion.Described base station sends the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, and described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

It should be noted that, the first user equipment related to described in the embodiment of the present invention and/or the second subscriber equipment, when for described first user equipment with described second subscriber equipment service MME identical time, for " with " relation, when for described first user equipment with described second subscriber equipment service MME different time, be the relation of "or".

Embodiments provide a kind of method that path switches, the first equipment determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark; According to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries, carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.

Embodiment two,

Embodiments provide a kind of method that path switches, executive agent of the present invention is first user equipment, and as shown in Figure 2, described method comprises:

201, first user equipment is to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment.

202, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message.

Concrete, described first user equipment receives the path handover request that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines the EPS carrying being switched to by described direct communication path described first mark corresponding according to described path handover request.

Wherein, described EPS carrying be described first user equipment receive that described 3rd equipment sends comprise the message of described first mark after, at least obtain service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, and to described MME send carry the tenth message of described QoS after set up; Or, described EPS carrying is described first user equipment to before described 3rd equipment sending message, at least obtain service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, and to mobile management entity send carry the tenth message of described QoS after set up.

Optionally, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and after determining that described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path, also comprises according to described message:

Further, also carry described first mark in described 15 message, also comprise:

Described 15 message also carries the first information, to make described base station send the message of carrying the described first information to described MME, carries out charging to make described MME according to the described first information.Or, described 15 message also carries the first information, to make described base station send the message of carrying the described first information to described MME, to make described MME send the message of carrying the described first information to described server, carry out charging to make described server according to the described first information.

Wherein, the described first information comprises data traffic and/or call duration time.

Embodiments provide a kind of method that path switches, first user equipment is to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment; Described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message.

Embodiment three,

Embodiments provide a kind of method that path switches, described method is applied to the 4th equipment, and described 4th equipment can be server or base station, and as shown in Figure 3, described method comprises:

301, the 4th equipment receives the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path.

302, described 4th equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message.

303, described 4th equipment sends request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

Embodiments provide a kind of method that path switches, 4th equipment receives the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path; Described 4th equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message; Described 4th equipment sends request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

Embodiment four,

Embodiments provide a kind of method that path switches, as shown in Figure 4, described method comprises:

401, first user equipment sends the first message to base station, carries the first mark in described first message.

Carry described first mark in described first message, for making described base station know, described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path to described first message by the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding or described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment requests.

402, described base station determines whether to carry out path switching according to described first message.

When carrying the signal strength signal intensity of described first mark and described first mark correspondence in described first message, described base station judges whether the signal strength values of described first mark correspondence is more than or equal to preset value.If the signal strength values of described first mark correspondence is more than or equal to described preset value, prove that the direct communication path signal quality of described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment is poor, need to carry out being switched to network communication path by described direct communication path.

When described first message is path handover request message or the path handoff notification message carrying described first mark, described base station is determined to need to carry out path switching.

When determining that in described base station carrying out path switches, perform step 403.

403, described base station sends the 4th message to MME, carries described first mark in described 4th message.

Concrete, described 4th message can be path handover request message or path handoff notification message.

404, described MME is to server transmit path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carries described first mark in described path handover request message or path handoff notification message.

405, described server is to described MME transmit path switching response message.

406, described MME determines according to described first mark the QoS that described first mark is corresponding.

The mark of direct communication path and the corresponding relation of corresponding QoS is stored in described MME.

It should be noted that, after MME obtains QoS corresponding to described first mark, can determine whether further to carry out path switching according to described QoS.Concrete, described first equipment judges whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described QoS; If described first equipment judges described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path, determine the described EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark.

Described first equipment judges whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described QoS: according to described QoS, described first equipment directly judges whether network provides the EPS of described QoS to carry, if so, described direct communication path is then judged to switch to described network communication path.Or, described first equipment sends the request message carrying described QoS to described gateway device, to make described gateway device to policy charging rule functional entity (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF) request message carrying described QoS is sent, according to described QoS, described PCRF judges whether network provides the EPS of described QoS to carry, if so, described direct communication path is then judged to switch to described network communication path.Or, described first equipment sends the request message carrying described QoS to described server, described server sends the request message carrying described QoS to described PCRF, according to described QoS, described PCRF judges whether network can provide the EPS of described QoS to carry, if so, described direct communication path is then judged to switch to described network communication path.

407, described MME is via SGW, and send to PGW and set up bearing request message, described foundation in bearing request message carries described QoS.

408, described PGW sends renewal/foundation carrying request via described SGW to described MME.

409, described MME sends descending NAS message transfer to described base station, carries the EPS bearing identification of the first mark and described first mark correspondence in described descending NAS message transfer.

Wherein, described descending Non-Access Stratum (Non Access Stratum, NAS) message transfer is the signaling message between UE and MME.NAS message sends to UE by base station, but this NAS message is not resolved in base station.

410, described base station sends direct message transfer to described first user equipment, carries the EPS bearing identification of described first mark and described first mark correspondence in described direct message transfer.

Here, the EPS bearing identification of the first mark correspondence refers to, when carrying out path switching, and the mark that the EPS corresponding with the direct connection between the described first user equipment that described first identifies and described second subscriber equipment carries; Or, the mark that the EPS corresponding with the direct communication between the described first user equipment that described first identifies and described second subscriber equipment carries; Or, the mark that the EPS corresponding with the described direct communication path that described first identifies carries; Or at least one in the described direct communication path identified with described first carries the mark that corresponding EPS carries.There is this saying in subsequent embodiment, understanding identical with the present embodiment.

411, described first user equipment is switched to EPS carrying corresponding to described EPS bearing identification by described direct communication path.

In order to save the resource that base station is first user equipment and the second user equipment allocation, before carry out step 411, described method also comprises:

412, described first equipment sends the 12 message to described base station, carries the mark of described first mark and described EPS carrying correspondence in described message.

413, described base station is at least the resource of described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation according to described first mark release or deletion.

414, described base station sends the 13 message to described first user equipment, and described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

Certainly, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment also can not by the base stations for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, and directly to sending three message identical with described first message content for described first user equipment and the MME of described second subscriber equipment service, determined whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path by described MME, and obtain described first mark.And after described MME determines to carry out path switching, send described path handover request message or path handoff notification message to the described server for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, afterwards, perform step 405-411.

Optionally, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment also can not by the base stations for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, and directly to sending second message identical with described first message content for described first user equipment and the server of described second subscriber equipment service, determined whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path by described server, and obtain described first mark.And after described server determines to carry out path switching, send described path handover request message or path handoff notification message to the described server for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, afterwards, perform step 406-411.

It should be noted that, in order to ensure described first user equipment, and carrying out the proper communication of the second subscriber equipment that direct communication path is connected with described first user equipment, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment need simultaneously by described direct communication path handover network communication path.Above-mentioned steps is only carried out path with first user equipment and is switched to example to be described, and the process that described second subscriber equipment carries out path switching is identical with the process that described first user equipment carries out path switching.

Concrete, when for the server of described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, MME, base station all identical time, described base station also needs to send described direct message transfer to described second subscriber equipment, after described second subscriber equipment receives described direct message transfer, according to described direct message transfer, EPS corresponding to described EPS bearing identification can be switched to by described direct communication path and carry.

When for described first user equipment identical with server, the MME of described second subscriber equipment service, and during the difference of base station, described MME also will obtain the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, the second base station for described second user ID service is obtained according to described second user ID, then, send described descending NAS message transfer to the second base station for described second subscriber equipment service, described second base station completes the process identical with above-mentioned base station.

When for described first user equipment identical with the server of described second subscriber equipment service, and when MME is different with base station, described MME also will according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment of described first mark acquisition; The second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service is obtained according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment, then, the first request message is sent to the second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service, described first request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark, is designated described second subscriber equipment sets up described EPS and carry to make described second equipment according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first.Described second equipment is designated according to described first method that described second subscriber equipment determines that described EPS carries and is designated described first user equipment with described first equipment according to described first and determines that the method that described EPS carries is identical, and the embodiment of the present invention does not repeat them here.

When for the server of described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, MME and base station all different time, described MME also needs: according to the second user ID of described first mark acquisition second subscriber equipment; Send the second request message to the first server for described first user device service, described second request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark; Then, described first server obtains the second server for described second subscriber equipment service according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment, and send the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark to described second server, to make described second server send the 3rd request message to described second equipment, described second equipment is designated described second subscriber equipment according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first and determines that described EPS carries.Described second equipment is designated according to described first method that described second subscriber equipment determines that described EPS carries and is designated described first user equipment with described first equipment according to described first and determines that the method that described EPS carries is identical, and the embodiment of the present invention does not repeat them here.

A kind of method that the embodiment of the present invention provides path to switch, as shown in Figure 5, described method comprises;

501, first user equipment sends the first message to base station, carries the first mark in described first message.

502, described base station determines whether to carry out path switching according to described first message.

When determining that in described base station carrying out path switches, perform step 503.

503, described base station sends the 4th message to MME, carries described first mark in described 4th message.

504, described MME is to server transmit path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carries described first mark in described path handover request message or path handoff notification message.

505, described server is to described MME transmit path switching response message.

506, described MME determines according to described first mark the QoS that described first mark is corresponding.

507, described MME is to described first user equipment transmit path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carries described first mark in described path handover request message or path handoff notification message.

508, described first user equipment is according to described path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carries out alternately with described MME, obtains the EPS carrying being switched to network communication path by described direct communication path, and is switched to described network communication path.

Certainly, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment also can not by the base stations for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, and directly to sending three message identical with described first message content for described first user equipment and the MME of described second subscriber equipment service, determined whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path by described MME, and obtain described first mark.And after described MME determines to carry out path switching, send described path handover request message or path handoff notification message to the described server for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, afterwards, perform step 506-508.

Optionally, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment also can not by the base stations for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, and directly to sending second message identical with described first message content for described first user equipment and the server of described second subscriber equipment service, determined whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path by described server, and obtain described first mark.And after described server determines to carry out path switching, send described path handover request message or path handoff notification message to the described server for described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, afterwards, perform step 506-508.

Concrete, when for the server of described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, MME, base station all identical time, described MME also needs to send described path handover request message or path handoff notification message to described first user equipment, to make described second subscriber equipment according to described path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carry out alternately with described MME, obtain the EPS carrying being switched to network communication path by described direct communication path, and be switched to described network communication path.

When for described first user equipment identical with the server of described second subscriber equipment service, and when MME is different with base station, described MME also will according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment of described first mark acquisition, the second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service is obtained according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment, then, the first request message is sent to the second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service, described first request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark, described path handover request message or path handoff notification message is sent to described second subscriber equipment to make described second equipment, described second subscriber equipment is according to described path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carry out alternately with described second equipment, obtain the EPS carrying being switched to network communication path by described direct communication path, and be switched to described network communication path.

When for the server of described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment service, MME and base station all different time, described MME also needs: according to the second user ID of described first mark acquisition second subscriber equipment, send the second request message to the first server for described first user device service, described second request message comprises the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark, then, described first server obtains the second server for described second subscriber equipment service according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment, and send the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment and described first mark to described second server, the 3rd request message is sent to described second equipment to make described second server, described second subscriber equipment sends described path handover request message or path handoff notification message, described second subscriber equipment is according to described path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carry out alternately with described second equipment, obtain the EPS carrying being switched to network communication path by described direct communication path, and be switched to described network communication path.

Preferably, in order to ensure Consumer's Experience, before sending the message of carrying described first mark to Network Management Equipment (comprising base station, MME, server etc.) at described first user equipment or the second subscriber equipment, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment establish EPS carrying corresponding to described first mark, method for building up is same as the previously described embodiments, and the embodiment of the present invention does not repeat them here.Exemplary, be described with Fig. 6, described method specifically comprises:

601, first user equipment sends the first message to base station, carries the first mark in described first message.

602, described base station determines whether to carry out path switching according to described first message.

When determining that in described base station carrying out path switches, perform step 603.

603, described base station sends the 4th message to MME, carries described first mark in described 4th message.

604, described MME is to server transmit path handover request message or path handoff notification message, carries described first mark in described path handover request message or path handoff notification message.

605, described server is to described MME transmit path switching response message.

606, described MME sends message to described base station, carries the first mark in described message.

607, described base station is to described first user equipment sending message, carries described first mark in described message.

Described message is specifically as follows wireless heterogeneous networks (Radio Resource Control, RRC) request message.

608, the message that sends according to described base station of described first user equipment, determines that identifying corresponding EPS with described first carries, and carries out transfer of data according to described EPS and described second subscriber equipment.

Further, in order to save Internet resources, release base station is the resource of described first user equipment and described second user equipment allocation, and described method also comprises:

609, described first user equipment sends message to described base station, carries described first mark in described message.

Concrete, described message can be RRC response message.

610, described base station is at least the resource of described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation according to described first mark release or deletion.

611, described base station sends the message of resource release to described MME.

Wherein, identify corresponding EPS to carry refer to that being connected corresponding EPS with direct between described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment carries with described first; Or the EPS corresponding with described direct communication path carries; Or, carry corresponding points EPS with at least one in described direct communication path and carry.

It should be noted that, when the mark possibility that different direct communication paths is corresponding is identical, in order to distinguish the direct communication path between different user devices, above-mentioned first user equipment or the second subscriber equipment send in the message of gateway device and can also comprise: the first mark of first user equipment and the second mark of the second subscriber equipment.

A kind of method that the embodiment of the present invention provides path to switch, the first equipment determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark; According to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries, carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.

Embodiment five,

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first equipment, and as shown in Figure 7, described equipment is specially the first equipment 70, and described first equipment 70 comprises: the first determining unit 71 and the second determining unit 72;

Described first determining unit 71, switches to network communication path for determining by the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment, obtains the first mark.

Described second determining unit 72, for determining that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries according to described first mark, carry by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.

Wherein, the first determining unit 71 specifically for:

Further, described first determining unit 71, also specifically for:

Similar, the second determining unit 72, specifically for:

Further, the second determining unit 72, also specifically for:

Further, described second determining unit 72, also specifically for:

Further, described second determining unit 72, specifically for:

Further, described second determining unit 72, specifically for sending to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment the message comprising described first mark, to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, search the EPS carrying that described first mark is corresponding.

Further, also comprise in described first message, the second message or the 3rd message: the first user mark of described first user equipment and the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment.

Further, described second determining unit 72, specifically for according to described first mark, described first user mark and described second user ID, obtains the QoS that described first mark is corresponding.

As shown in Figure 8, described first equipment 70 also comprises: obtain unit 73.

Described acquisition unit 73, for obtaining the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark.

Described acquisition unit 73, also for obtaining the second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment.

Then, described second determining unit 72, specifically for:

Optionally, described first equipment 70 also comprises: obtain unit 73.

Described acquisition unit 73, for the second user ID according to described first mark acquisition second subscriber equipment.

Then described second determining unit 72, specifically for:

Further, as shown in Figure 8, described first equipment also comprises: transmitting element 74.

Described transmitting element 74, for sending the 12 message to described base station, described 12 message carries described first mark, at least discharge according to described first mark to make described base station or delete the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation, to make described base station send the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first equipment, and described first determining unit determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark; According to described first mark, described second determining unit determines that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries, carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.

Embodiment six,

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first user equipment, and as shown in Figure 9, described first user equipment 90 specifically comprises: transmitting element 91, receiving element 92 and determining unit 93.

Described transmitting element 91, for to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment.

Described receiving element 92, for receiving the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends.

Described determining unit 93, switches to described network communication path for determining according to described message by described direct communication path.

Further, described 3rd equipment is specifically the base station of described first user device service or Mobility Management Entity MME or server; Described transmitting element 91, specifically for:

Further, described receiving element 92, specifically for receiving the path handover request that described 3rd equipment sends;

Described determining unit 93, specifically for determining the EPS carrying being switched to by described direct communication path described first mark corresponding according to described path handover request;

Further, described determining unit 93, priority specifically for the TFT by direct communication path corresponding for described first mark is adjusted to the priority of the TFT carried lower than described EPS, carries out transfer of data to make described first user equipment by described EPS carrying with described second subscriber equipment.

Further, described receiving element 92, sending the 8th message specifically for receiving described 3rd equipment, carrying described first mark in described 8th message;

Then described determining unit 93, specifically for setting up EPS carrying according to described 8th message; Or,

Described receiving element 92, specifically for receiving the 9th message that described 3rd equipment sends, carries described first mark in described 9th message;

Then described determining unit 93, specifically at least obtaining service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, the 14 message is sent to described MME, carry described QoS in described 14 message, with make described MME according to described QoS be described first user equipment set up EPS carrying.

Further, also comprise in described message: the first mark of first user equipment and the second user ID of the second subscriber equipment.

Further, described transmitting element 91, also for:

Further, in described 15 message, also carry the first information, to make described base station send the message of carrying the described first information to described MME, carry out charging to make described MME according to the described first information; Or,

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first user equipment, described transmitting element is to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment; Described receiving element receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message.

Embodiment seven,

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of 4th equipment, and as shown in Figure 10, described 4th equipment 100 comprises: receiving element 101, determining unit 102 and transmitting element 103.

Described receiving element 101, for receiving the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 4th equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path.

Described determining unit 102, switches to described network communication path for determining according to described message by described direct communication path.

Described transmitting element 103, for sending request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

Described determining unit 102, specifically for:

Described receiving element 101, also for:

As shown in figure 11, described 4th equipment 100 also comprises: delete cells 104.

Described delete cells 104, for according to described first mark release or deletion being at least the resource of described first user equipment and/or described second user equipment allocation.

Then, described transmitting element 103, also for sending the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of 4th equipment, described receiving element receives the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path; Described determining unit is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message; Described transmitting element sends request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

Embodiment eight,

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first equipment, and as shown in figure 12, described equipment is specially the first equipment 120, and described first equipment 120 comprises: processor 121 and processor 121;

Described processor 121, switches to network communication path for determining by the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment, obtains the first mark.

Described processor 121, also for determining that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries according to described first mark, carry by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.

Wherein, processor 121 specifically for:

Further, described processor 121, also specifically for:

Similar, processor 121, specifically for:

Further, processor 121, also specifically for:

Further, described processor 121, also specifically for:

Further, described processor 121, specifically for:

Further, described processor 121, specifically for sending to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment the message comprising described first mark, to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, search the EPS carrying that described first mark is corresponding.

Further, described processor 121, specifically for according to described first mark, described first user mark and described second user ID, obtains the QoS that described first mark is corresponding.

Described processor 121, for obtaining the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark.

Described processor 121, also for obtaining the second equipment for described second subscriber equipment service according to the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment.

Then, described processor 121, specifically for:

Optionally, described first equipment 120 also comprises: processor 121.

Described processor 121, for the second user ID according to described first mark acquisition second subscriber equipment.

Then described processor 121, specifically for:

Further, as shown in figure 13, described first equipment also comprises: transmitter 122.

Described transmitter 122, for sending the 12 message to described base station, described 12 message carries described first mark, at least discharge according to described first mark to make described base station or delete the resource for described first user equipment and/or the second user equipment allocation, to make described base station send the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first equipment, and described processor determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark; According to described first mark, described processor determines that the grouping system EPS of the evolution of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment carries, carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment.

Embodiment nine,

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first user equipment, and as shown in figure 14, described first user equipment 140 specifically comprises: transmitter 141, receiver 142 and processor 143.

Described transmitter 141, for to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment.

Described receiver 142, for receiving the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends.

Described processor 143, switches to described network communication path for determining according to described message by described direct communication path.

Further, described 3rd equipment is specifically the base station of described first user device service or Mobility Management Entity MME or server; Described transmitter 141, specifically for:

Further, described receiver 142, specifically for receiving the path handover request that described 3rd equipment sends;

Described processor 143, specifically for determining the EPS carrying being switched to by described direct communication path described first mark corresponding according to described path handover request;

Further, described processor 143, priority specifically for the TFT by direct communication path corresponding for described first mark is adjusted to the priority of the TFT carried lower than described EPS, carries out transfer of data to make described first user equipment by described EPS carrying with described second subscriber equipment.

Further, described receiver 142, sending the 8th message specifically for receiving described 3rd equipment, carrying described first mark in described 8th message;

Then described processor 143, specifically for setting up EPS carrying according to described 8th message; Or,

Described receiver 142, specifically for receiving the 9th message that described 3rd equipment sends, carries described first mark in described 9th message;

Then described processor 143, specifically at least obtaining service quality QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, the 14 message is sent to described MME, carry described QoS in described 14 message, with make described MME according to described QoS be described first user equipment set up EPS carrying.

Further, described transmitter 141, also for:

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of first user equipment, described transmitter is to the 3rd equipment sending message, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path, determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message to make described 3rd equipment; Described receiver receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message.

Embodiment ten,

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of 4th equipment, and as shown in figure 15, described 4th equipment 160 comprises: receiver 161, processor 162 and transmitter 163.

Described receiver 161, for receiving the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 4th equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path.

Described processor 162, switches to described network communication path for determining according to described message by described direct communication path.

Described transmitter 163, for sending request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

Described processor 162, specifically for:

Described receiver 161, also for:

As shown in figure 11, described 4th equipment 160 also comprises: delete cells 104.

Then, described transmitter 163, also for sending the 13 message to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment, described 13 message is used to indicate described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment and knows and carry out the switching of described path.

Described 4th equipment is specifically as follows base station or server.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of 4th equipment, described receiver receives the message of first user equipment and/or the transmission of the second subscriber equipment, the first mark is carried in described message, described message knows for making described 3rd equipment the signal strength signal intensity that described first mark is corresponding, or for described first user device request, the direct communication path between described first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment is switched to network communication path; Described processor is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path according to described message; Described transmitter sends request to Mobility Management Entity MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

Those skilled in the art can be well understood to, for convenience and simplicity of description, only be illustrated with the division of above-mentioned each functional module, in practical application, can distribute as required and by above-mentioned functions and be completed by different functional modules, internal structure by device is divided into different functional modules, to complete all or part of function described above.The system of foregoing description, the specific works process of device and unit, with reference to the corresponding process in preceding method embodiment, can not repeat them here.

In several embodiments that the application provides, should be understood that, disclosed system, apparatus and method, can realize by another way.Such as, device embodiment described above is only schematic, such as, the division of described module or unit, be only a kind of logic function to divide, actual can have other dividing mode when realizing, such as multiple unit or assembly can in conjunction with or another system can be integrated into, or some features can be ignored, or do not perform.Another point, shown or discussed coupling each other or direct-coupling or communication connection can be by some interfaces, and the indirect coupling of device or unit or communication connection can be electrical, machinery or other form.

The described unit illustrated as separating component or can may not be and physically separates, and the parts as unit display can be or may not be physical location, namely can be positioned at a place, or also can be distributed in multiple network element.Some or all of unit wherein can be selected according to the actual needs to realize the object of the present embodiment scheme.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention can be integrated in a processing unit, also can be that the independent physics of unit exists, also can two or more unit in a unit integrated.Above-mentioned integrated unit both can adopt the form of hardware to realize, and the form of SFU software functional unit also can be adopted to realize.

If described integrated unit using the form of SFU software functional unit realize and as independently production marketing or use time, can be stored in a computer read/write memory medium.Based on such understanding, the part that technical scheme of the present invention contributes to prior art in essence in other words or all or part of of this technical scheme can embody with the form of software product, this computer software product is stored in a storage medium, comprising some instructions in order to make a computer equipment (can be personal computer, server, or the network equipment etc.) or processor (processor) perform all or part of step of method described in each embodiment of the present invention.And aforesaid storage medium comprises: USB flash disk, portable hard drive, read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), magnetic disc or CD etc. various can be program code stored medium.

The above; be only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, is anyly familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; change can be expected easily or replace, all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range of described claim.

Claims

1. a method for path switching, it is characterized in that, described method comprises:

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described first equipment determines the direct communication path between first user equipment and the second subscriber equipment to switch to network communication path, obtains the first mark and specifically comprises:

3. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described first equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described 3rd message:

4. the method according to any one of claim 1-3, is characterized in that, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

5. the method according to any one of claim 1-3, is characterized in that, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

6. the method according to any one of claim 1-5, is characterized in that, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

7. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described first equipment judges whether described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described QoS:

8. the method according to any one of claim 1-3, is characterized in that, according to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

9. the method according to any one of claim 2-8, is characterized in that, also comprises in described first message, the second message or the 3rd message: the first user mark of described first user equipment and the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment.

10. method according to claim 9, is characterized in that, the QoS that described first equipment at least obtains described first mark corresponding according to described first mark specifically comprises:

11. methods according to any one of claim 1-10, is characterized in that, described first equipment also comprises before determining the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark:

According to described first mark, described first equipment determines that the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment specifically comprises:

12. methods according to any one of claim 1-10, is characterized in that, described first equipment also comprises before determining the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark:

13. methods according to any one of claim 1-12, is characterized in that, described first equipment also comprises before determining the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark:

The method that 14. 1 kinds of paths switch, it is characterized in that, described method comprises:

15. methods according to claim 14, is characterized in that, described 3rd equipment is specifically the base station of described first user device service or Mobility Management Entity MME or server; Described first user equipment specifically comprises to the 3rd equipment sending message:

16. methods according to claims 14 or 15, it is characterized in that, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

Wherein, described EPS carrying be described first user equipment receive that described 3rd equipment sends comprise the message of described first mark after, at least obtain QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, and to described MME send carry the tenth message of described QoS after set up; Or,

Described EPS carrying is described first user equipment to before described 3rd equipment sending message, at least obtain QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, and to mobile management entity send carry the tenth message of described QoS after set up.

17. methods according to any one of claim 14-16, is characterized in that, describedly determine described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

18. methods according to claims 14 or 15, it is characterized in that, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and determines described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

Described first user equipment receives the 9th message that described 3rd equipment sends, described first mark is carried in described 9th message, described first user equipment at least obtains QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, described first user equipment sends the 14 message to described MME, carry described QoS in described 14 message, with make described MME according to described QoS be described first user equipment set up EPS carrying.

19. methods according to any one of claim 14-18, is characterized in that, also comprise in described message: the first mark of first user equipment and the second user ID of the second subscriber equipment.

20. methods according to any one of claim 14-19, it is characterized in that, described first user equipment receives the message comprising described first mark that described 3rd equipment sends, and after determining that described direct communication path is switched to described network communication path, also comprises according to described message:

21. methods according to claim 20, is characterized in that, also carry the first information in described 15 message, to make described base station send the message of carrying the described first information to described MME, carry out charging to make described MME according to the described first information; Or,

The method that 22. 1 kinds of paths switch, it is characterized in that, described method comprises:

Described 4th equipment sends request to MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

23. methods according to claim 22, is characterized in that, described 4th equipment is determined described direct communication path to switch to described network communication path specifically to comprise according to described message:

24. methods according to claim 22 or 23, is characterized in that, when described 4th equipment is base station, described 4th equipment, to after MME sends a request message, also comprises:

25. 1 kinds of equipment, described equipment is specially the first equipment, it is characterized in that, described first equipment comprises: the first determining unit and the second determining unit;

Described second determining unit, for determining the EPS carrying of described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, carry by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path to make described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment according to described EPS;

26. equipment according to claim 25, is characterized in that, described first determining unit, specifically for:

27. equipment according to claim 26, is characterized in that, described first determining unit, specifically for:

28. equipment according to any one of claim 25-27, is characterized in that, described second determining unit, specifically for:

According at least obtaining QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark;

29. equipment according to any one of claim 25-28, is characterized in that, described second determining unit, specifically for:

30. equipment according to any one of claim 25-29, is characterized in that, described second determining unit, specifically for:

31. equipment according to claim 30, is characterized in that, described second determining unit, specifically for:

32. equipment according to any one of claim 25-27, it is characterized in that, described second determining unit, specifically for sending to described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment the message comprising described first mark, to make described first user equipment and/or described second subscriber equipment according to described first mark, search the EPS carrying that described first mark is corresponding.

33. equipment according to any one of claim 26-32, is characterized in that, also comprise in described first message, the second message or the 3rd message: the first user mark of described first user equipment and the second user ID of described second subscriber equipment.

34. equipment according to claim 33, is characterized in that, described second determining unit, specifically for according to described first mark, described first user mark and described second user ID, obtain the QoS that described first mark is corresponding.

35. equipment according to any one of claim 25-34, it is characterized in that, described first equipment also comprises: obtain unit;

Described second determining unit, specifically for:

36. equipment according to any one of claim 25-34, it is characterized in that, described first equipment also comprises: obtain unit;

Described second determining unit, specifically for:

37. equipment according to any one of claim 25-36, it is characterized in that, described first equipment also comprises: transmitting element;

The subscriber equipment that 38. 1 kinds of paths switch, described subscriber equipment is specially first user equipment, it is characterized in that, described first user equipment comprises: transmitting element, receiving element and determining unit;

39., according to subscriber equipment according to claim 38, is characterized in that, described 3rd equipment is specifically the base station of described first user device service or MME or server; Described transmitting element, specifically for:

40. subscriber equipmenies according to claim 38 or 39, is characterized in that,

Described receiving element, specifically for receiving the path handover request that described 3rd equipment sends;

41. subscriber equipmenies according to any one of claim 38-40, it is characterized in that, described determining unit, priority specifically for the TFT by direct communication path corresponding for described first mark is adjusted to the priority of the TFT carried lower than described EPS, carries out transfer of data to make described first user equipment by described EPS carrying with described second subscriber equipment.

42. subscriber equipmenies according to claim 38 or 39, is characterized in that, described receiving element, sending the 8th message, carrying described first mark in described 8th message specifically for receiving described 3rd equipment;

Then described determining unit, specifically at least obtaining QoS corresponding to described first mark according to described first mark, sending the 14 message to described MME, carry described QoS in described 14 message, is that described first user equipment sets up EPS carrying to make described MME according to described QoS.

43. subscriber equipmenies according to any one of claim 38-42, is characterized in that, also comprise in described message: the first mark of first user equipment and the second user ID of the second subscriber equipment.

44. subscriber equipmenies according to any one of claim 38-43, is characterized in that, described transmitting element, also for:

45. subscriber equipmenies according to claim 44, is characterized in that, also carry the first information in described 15 message, to make described base station send the message of carrying the described first information to described MME, carry out charging to make described MME according to the described first information; Or,

The equipment that 46. 1 kinds of paths switch, described equipment is specially the 4th equipment, it is characterized in that, described 4th equipment comprises: receiving element, determining unit and transmitting element;

Described transmitting element, for sending request to MME, described request comprises described first mark, with make described MME according to described request determine described first user equipment and/or the second subscriber equipment corresponding EPS carrying, described first user equipment and described second subscriber equipment have carried by the path handoff procedure of described direct communication path to described network communication path according to described EPS.

47. equipment according to claim 46, is characterized in that, described determining unit, specifically for:

48. equipment according to claim 46 or 47, is characterized in that, described receiving element, also for:

Described 4th equipment also comprises: delete cells;