WO2011085618A1 - 一种终端切换的方法及相应的通信网络 - Google Patents

一种终端切换的方法及相应的通信网络 Download PDF

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WO2011085618A1
WO2011085618A1 PCT/CN2010/079038 CN2010079038W WO2011085618A1 WO 2011085618 A1 WO2011085618 A1 WO 2011085618A1 CN 2010079038 W CN2010079038 W CN 2010079038W WO 2011085618 A1 WO2011085618 A1 WO 2011085618A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for terminal handover and a corresponding communication network. Background technique
  • the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP) Evolved Packet System is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network).
  • E-UTRAN Mobility Management Entity
  • S-GW Serving Gateway
  • P-GW Packet Data Network Gateway
  • HSS Home Subscriber Server
  • AAA Policy and Charging Rules Function
  • PCRF Policy and Charging Rules Function
  • FIG. 1a is a schematic diagram of a prior art EPS system architecture.
  • the MME is responsible for control planes such as mobility management, non-access stratum signaling processing, and user mobility management context management
  • S-GW is An access gateway device connected to the E-UTRAN, which forwards data between the E-UTRAN and the P-GW, and is responsible for buffering the paging waiting data
  • the P-GW is an EPS and a packet data network (Packet Data Network, referred to as It is the border gateway of the PDN network, which is responsible for the access of the PDN and the forwarding of data between the EPS and the PDN.
  • Packet Data Network Packet Data Network
  • the corresponding PDN network can be found by the Access Point Name (APN).
  • a connection from a UE to a PDN network is usually referred to as an IP Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN) session.
  • IP-CAN IP Connectivity Access Network
  • Step IcOl the wireless side network element determines that the S1 switch needs to be sent;
  • Step 1 c02 The original radio side network element sends a handover request to the original MME.
  • Step lc03 the original MME sends a relocation forward request message to the target MME;
  • step lc04 the target MME sends a session establishment request to the target S-GW, with P-GW related information;
  • Step 1 c05 the target S-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target MME, where the step carries the tunnel information allocated by the target S-GW to establish a tunnel with the target radio side network element.
  • Step 1 c06 the target MME requests the target radio side network element to perform handover;
  • This step passes the tunnel information allocated by the target S-GW to the target radio side network element.
  • the target radio side network element responds to the target MME with a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the target radio side network element creates a UE context and reserves resources, and the handover request acknowledgement message carries the tunnel information allocated by the target radio side network element (
  • the target radio side network element in order to establish a tunnel with the target S-GW, it is also necessary to carry forwarding tunnel information between the S-GWs.
  • Step lc08 the target MME sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the target S-GW, requesting to establish a data forwarding tunnel between the S-GWs;
  • Step 1 c09 the target S-GW returns a forwarding tunnel establishment response to the target MME, and carries the forwarding tunnel identifier allocated for the forwarding tunnel between the S-GWs;
  • Step lcl0 the target MME sends a relocation forward response message to the original MME;
  • Step lcl l the original MME sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original S-GW, requesting to establish a data forwarding tunnel between the S-GWs, carrying the target S-GW allocated Forwarding tunnel identifier;
  • Step lcl2 the original S-GW returns the original MME forwarding tunnel establishment response
  • Step lcl3 The original MME sends a handover command to the original radio side network element.
  • Step lcl4 the original radio side network element sends a handover command to the terminal;
  • the downlink data sent to the terminal received by the original network will be forwarded from the S-GW.
  • the tunnel is sent to the target network;
  • Step 1 cl 5 the terminal sends a handover confirmation message to the target wireless side network element
  • Step 1 cl 6 the target radio side network element notifies the target MME to perform handover;
  • step lcl7 the target MME sends a relocation forward completion notification message to the original MME.
  • step lcl8 the original MME returns a relocation forward completion confirmation message to the target MME.
  • step 1 cl 9 the target MME requests the target S-GW to modify the bearer information, and carries The tunnel information assigned by the target radio side network element is the tunnel identifier. After the target S-GW receives the tunnel information, if the S-GW relocates, the target S-GW sends a modify bearer request message to the P-GW, carrying the target S- Tunnel information allocated by the GW;
  • the target S-GW After receiving the tunnel information allocated by the target radio side network element, the target S-GW establishes a tunnel to the target radio side network element for transmitting the downlink data packet of the terminal, which is called a downlink tunnel. .
  • the target radio side network element After receiving the tunnel information allocated by the target S-GW, the target radio side network element establishes a tunnel to the target S-GW for the terminal, and can send an uplink data packet of the terminal, which is called uplink. tunnel.
  • uplink. tunnel The way to establish a tunnel between two network elements in the text is similar, and will not be described again.
  • Step lc20 if the S-GW is relocated, the target P-GW responds to the target S-GW with the bearer modification result.
  • the target S-GW responds to the target MME with the tampering result;
  • Step lc21 performing the original network session deletion and forwarding tunnel release process.
  • the process can be triggered by the original MME through a timer.
  • TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
  • HIP Host Identity Protocol
  • LISP Location Identity Separation Protocol
  • the identity of the end user does not change during the mobile process, and the location identifier is additionally assigned according to the location of the terminal. (Routing Identifier, denoted as RID in the text) to implement routing and forwarding of data packets.
  • Figure Id shows an identity and location separation network (Subscriber Identifier & Locator)
  • the network topology of the SILSN architecture is divided into access networks and backbone networks with no overlapping relationships.
  • the access network is located at the edge of the backbone network and is responsible for access of all terminals.
  • the network is responsible for routing and forwarding data packets between terminals.
  • the AID is used to indicate the user identity of the terminal, which remains unchanged during the terminal movement;
  • the RID indicates the location identifier assigned by the network to the terminal and is used in the backbone network. It should be noted that the identity and location identifiers may have different names in different SILSN architectures and should be considered equivalent.
  • the terminal may be one or more of a mobile terminal, a fixed terminal, and a nomadic terminal, such as a mobile phone, a landline telephone, a computer, a server, and the like.
  • the access network is used to provide a Layer 2 (physical layer and link layer) access device for the terminal, and maintains a physical access link between the terminal and the ASN.
  • Layer 2 physical layer and link layer
  • the main network elements of the backbone network include:
  • An Access Service Node is used to allocate RIDs to terminals, maintain AID-RID mapping information of terminals, register with ILRs (also called registration), and query RIDs of terminals, and implement data packets. Routing and forwarding, the terminal must access the backbone network through the ASN.
  • the RID assigned by the ASN points to the ASN, that is, the address information of the ASN, and when the RID is used as the destination address of the data packet, the data packet will be routed to the ASN.
  • a common router (CR) is used to select a route according to the RID in the data packet, and forward the data with the RID as the destination address.
  • IRR Identity Location Register
  • AID-RID identity and location identification
  • the backbone network may further include:
  • PTF Packet Forwarding Function
  • the node is configured to: after receiving the data packet sent by the home user terminal, find the RID of the communication peer according to the communication peer AID in the data packet, and encapsulate the packet in the header of the packet, and then forward the packet to the generalized forwarding plane.
  • An Interconnect Service Node has interfaces with general-purpose routers, ASNs, and ILRs to implement interworking between two networks.
  • ILR mapping forwarding plane of the backbone network, CR, or CR and
  • the ISN constitutes the generalized forwarding plane of the backbone network.
  • the terminal and the communication peer Based on the SILSN architecture network, because the identity and location of the terminal are separated, the terminal and the communication peer identify each other through the AID, and use the RID to implement routing and forwarding of data packets.
  • the AID does not change, so as to maintain the communication relationship between the terminal and the communication peer.
  • the RID can be redistributed as the terminal moves, thereby supporting the terminal to perform mobility without fixed anchor points and solving the problem of packet path roundabout.
  • the ASN receives the uplink data packet for RID encapsulation and forwarding.
  • the RID of the communication peer is locally queried, for example, the RID of the communication peer is used as the destination address, and the terminal RID is used as the source address in the data packet including the terminal AID and the communication peer AID, and the generalized forwarding plane is used. Forward to the ASN of the communication peer. If the query is not available, the ILR of the communication peer is queried to the RID of the communication peer and stored locally. In this case, after the RID of the terminal is encapsulated in the text, it is forwarded to the generalized forwarding plane through the mapping forwarding plane, or after the RID of the communication peer is queried, and then the ASN queries the RID of the communication peer locally according to the above. The method performs RID encapsulation and forwarding processing. In the downlink direction, the ASN receives the data packet sent from the generalized forwarding plane, performs RID encapsulation, strips the RID and sends it to the terminal.
  • the ASN needs to allocate the RID to the terminal when the terminal accesses, and register the RID with the ILR to update the RID of the terminal in the ILR.
  • the ASN also needs to maintain the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal and its communication peer to implement RID encapsulation of the packet.
  • the ASN maintains the communication relationship between the terminal and the communication peer for each terminal, which is referred to as the peer information of the terminal, and the peer information includes the correspondence relationship between the terminal AID and the communication peer AID.
  • the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal may be included, and the ASN uniformly maintains the AID-RID mapping information of the communication peer end of all terminals.
  • the ASN can separately maintain the AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal for each terminal, which includes the peer information of the terminal.
  • the peer information is maintained.
  • the ASN cut into one side can determine which terminal the terminal has.
  • the communication peers can send the new RID of the terminal to the ASN accessed by the communication peer. After the ASN of the communication peer access is updated, the data sent by the communication peer can be directly routed to the ASN to which the terminal switches.
  • the RID update to the peer end is not performed, and the peer P-GW can also update the RID of the terminal by checking the packet sent by the terminal.
  • the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for terminal handover and a corresponding communication network, so as to reduce path detour of data packets, reduce transmission delay and waste of bandwidth.
  • the present invention provides a method for terminal handover, which is applied to an access gateway including a radio side network element, a connection between a radio side network element and a packet data network, a mobility management node, and an identity location register ( ILR) communication network, the method includes:
  • the target access gateway allocates a new location identifier (RID) to the terminal and saves the terminal identity (AID) and the new RID mapping information; the target MMN or the target access gateway initiates RID registration, and updates the RID of the terminal in the terminal belonging to the ILR to a new RID;
  • RID location identifier
  • AID terminal identity
  • the target wireless side network element and the target access gateway are connected to the packet data network, so as to encapsulate and forward the data packet between the terminal and the communication peer end.
  • the target access gateway After the target access gateway allocates a new RID to the terminal, it also sends a RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication peer of the terminal, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID; or
  • the target access gateway After the target access gateway allocates a new RID to the terminal, the new RID is sent to the target.
  • the MMN sends the RID update notification to the MMN accessed by the communication peer of the terminal, and carries the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the above method can also have the following characteristics: After determining a target access gateway different from the original access gateway, establishing a forwarding tunnel between the target access gateway and the original access gateway;
  • the original access gateway receives the data packet sent by the communication peer to the terminal, and then forwards the data packet to the target access gateway through the forwarding tunnel, where the target access gateway caches the data packet or forwards the data packet.
  • the target radio side network element is switched to the target radio side network element, the data packet is sent to the terminal by the target radio side network element.
  • the access gateway in the communication network maintains the peer information of the terminal and the AID-RID mapping information of all the communication peers of the terminal, and the peer information includes the correspondence relationship between the terminal AID and the communication peer AID;
  • the original access gateway transmits the peer information of the terminal and/or the AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal to the target access gateway;
  • the target access gateway After the target access gateway allocates a new RID to the terminal and receives the peer information, it sends an RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication peer of the terminal, and carries the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the communication network is an evolved packet system (EPS) network, and the function of the access gateway is implemented by a serving gateway (S-GW) and a packet data network gateway (P-GW) in an EPS network, where the MMN is EPS A Mobility Management Entity (MME) in the network or a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) in the 3G system.
  • EPS evolved packet system
  • S-GW serving gateway
  • P-GW packet data network gateway
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
  • the terminal After the handover of the S1 interface is initiated, when the target P-GW determined by the target MMN is different from the original P-GW, the AID of the terminal and the address information of the original P-GW are transmitted to the target P-GW via the target S-GW; After receiving the target P-GW, the terminal allocates a new RID to the P-GW, saves the mapping information of the terminal AID and the new RID, and directly or indirectly transmits the allocated tunnel information to the original P- GW, establishing a forwarding tunnel of the terminal between the target P-GW and the original P-GW;
  • the original MMN initiates a handover execution process, and the terminal switches to the target radio side network element, and connects to the packet data network through the target radio side network element, the target S-GW, and the target P-GW.
  • the connection implements encapsulation and forwarding of data packets between the terminal and the communication peer.
  • the target P-GW After the target P-GW allocates a new RID to the terminal, it sends a RID registration request to the terminal home ILR, and carries the terminal AID and the new RID; or, after the target P-GW allocates a new RID to the terminal, The new RID is transmitted to the target MMN via the target S-GW, and the target MMN sends a RID registration request to the terminal home ILR, carrying the terminal AID and the new RID;
  • the terminal After receiving the terminal, the terminal updates the RID in the terminal AID-RID mapping information of the terminal to the new RID.
  • the AID of the terminal and the address information of the original P-GW are sent to the target through the target MMN.
  • the target P-GW After the target P-GW allocates tunnel information to the tunnel of the terminal between the target S-GW, the target P-GW replies to the target S-GW with a session establishment response; the target S-GW returns a session establishment response to the target MMN;
  • the target MMN then requests the target radio side network element to perform handover, and the target radio side network element responds to the target MMN with a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the data forwarding channel of the terminal between the target P-GW and the original P-GW is established by the following process: the target P-GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original P-GW through a signaling interface between the P-GWs, The carrying target P-GW is to establish forwarding tunnel information allocated to the forwarding tunnel of the terminal between the original P-GW; after receiving the original P-GW, the original P-GW returns a forwarding tunnel establishment response to the target P-GW.
  • the step of establishing a data forwarding tunnel of the terminal between the target P-GW and the original P-GW includes:
  • the target MMN requests the target P-GW to establish a forwarding tunnel through the target S-GW, and after the target P-GW receives the packet, the forwarding tunnel identifier is allocated to the forwarding tunnel of the terminal between the original P-GW, and the target is obtained.
  • the S-GW transmits the forwarding tunnel identifier to the target MMN;
  • the forwarding tunnel identifier is delivered to the original MMN;
  • the original MMN sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original P-GW through the original S-GW, and carries the forwarding tunnel identifier.
  • the forwarding tunnel of the terminal is established between the original P-GW and the target P-GW.
  • the forwarding tunnel establishment response is returned to the original MMN by the original S-GW.
  • the target MMN is a session establishment request sent by the target MMN to the target S-GW and a session establishment request sent by the target S-GW to the target P-GW to request to establish a forwarding tunnel to the target P-GW; - transmitting, by the target P-GW, a session establishment response replied to the target S-GW and a session establishment response replied by the target S-GW to the target MMN to transmit the forwarding tunnel identifier to the target MMN; or, the target MMN After the handover request acknowledgement of the target radio side network element response is received, the forwarding tunnel sent by the target MMN to the target S-GW establishes a clearing tunnel and the forwarding tunnel sent by the target S-GW to the target P-GW.
  • the establishment request requests the destination P-GW to establish a forwarding tunnel;
  • the target P-GW is a forwarding tunnel establishment response replied to the target S-GW by the target P-GW, and the forwarding of the target S-GW to the target MMN
  • the tunnel establishment response transmits the forwarding tunnel identifier to the target MMN;
  • the forwarding tunnel identifier is transmitted to the original MMN by a relocation forward response message.
  • the P-GW in the communication network saves the peer information of the accessed terminal; in the handover process, the original P-GW transmits the saved peer information of the terminal to the target P-GW, and the target P-GW After the new RID is assigned to the terminal and the peer information is received, the RID update notification is sent to the gateway accessed by the communication peer of the terminal, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID; or
  • the MMN in the communication network saves the peer information of the accessed terminal.
  • the saved peer information of the terminal is transmitted to the target MMN, and the target MMN receives the information.
  • the RID update process to the peer end is initiated.
  • the P-GW in the communication network maintains and saves the peer information of the accessed terminal; the original P-GW transmits the peer information of the terminal to the target P-GW by forwarding the tunnel establishment response;
  • the target P-GW obtains the RID update notification of the communication peer end according to the AID query of the communication peer end in the peer information of the terminal, and sends an RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication peer end, carrying the AID of the terminal and the a new RID; or, the target P-GW transmits the new RID and the peer information to the target MMN, where the target MMN receives the peer information and the new one transmitted by the target P-GW After the RID, the RID update process to the peer is initiated.
  • the P-GW in the communication network maintains and saves the peer information of the accessed terminal; the original P-GW transmits the peer information of the terminal to the original MMN through the original S-GW by forwarding the tunnel establishment response.
  • the peer end information is transmitted to the target MMN by using a relocation forward completion confirmation message, and the target MMN sends the modified bearer request and the target to the target S-GW through the MMN.
  • the modify bearer sent by the S-GW to the target P-GW transmits the peer information to the target P-GW;
  • the target P-GW obtains the RID of the communication peer according to the received AID query of the communication peer in the peer information, and sends an RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication peer, carrying the AID of the terminal and the New RID.
  • the MMN in the communication network saves and updates the peer information of the terminal according to the notification of the P-GW; in the handover process, before the forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW is established, the original P-GW receives the The data packet sent to the terminal is decapsulated and checked by the RID, and the peer information of the terminal that needs to be updated is notified to the original MMN, and the original MMN updates the stored peer information; after the forwarding tunnel is established, the original P - The GW forwards the data packet sent to the terminal directly to the target P-GW, and the target P-GW performs RID encapsulation and check on the data packet, and notifies the target MMN of the peer information of the terminal that needs to be updated.
  • the target MMN updates the saved peer information.
  • the peer end information of the terminal is transmitted to the target MMN by using a relocation forward completion confirmation message.
  • the target MMN combines the peer information and the locally stored peer information into a unified peer information, and initiates a RID update process to the peer end according to the AID of the communication peer in the merged peer information.
  • the MMN of the communication peer is obtained by querying the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal from the local configuration or the communication peer home server or the DNS server, to the The MMN accessing the communication peer sends a RID update notification, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the original P-GW transmits the saved peer information of the terminal to the target P-GW, and transmits the AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal to the target P- together with the peer information. GW.
  • the original P-GW performs RID encapsulation and check on the received data sent to the terminal, and maintains the saved data.
  • the peer information of the terminal after the forwarding tunnel is established, the original P-GW forwards the data packet sent to the terminal directly to the target P-GW, and the target P-GW performs the RID on the data packet. Encapsulation and inspection, locally storing and maintaining the peer information of the terminal;
  • the target P-GW After receiving the peer information of the terminal transmitted by the original P-GW, the target P-GW combines the received peer information and the locally saved peer information into a unified peer information and maintains the information. .
  • the original P-GW sends the received peer information to the target P-GW before the original P-GW transmits the saved peer information to the target P-GW by the forwarding tunnel of the target P-GW.
  • the data packet of the terminal is subjected to RID encapsulation and checking, and the saved peer information of the terminal is maintained; after the peer information is transmitted, the original P-GW forwards the received data packet sent to the terminal to the
  • the target P-GW performs RID encapsulation and check on the data packet by the target P-GW, and maintains the peer information of the terminal.
  • the data flow sent by the original P-GW to the terminal is: original P-GW->target P-GW- > Target S-GW, the data message is buffered in the target S-GW; the data packet sent by the target P-GW to the terminal flows to: Target P-GW -> Target S-GW, the data message will be cached in Target S-GW;
  • the terminal switches to the target radio side network element, and the target S-GW establishes a bearer with the target radio side network element according to the modified bearer request of the target MMN, and then passes the buffered data packet to the target radio side network element. Sent to the terminal.
  • the target MMN before establishing a forwarding tunnel between the target P-GW and the original P-GW, the target MMN establishes the target wireless side network for the terminal by interacting with the target wireless side network element and the target S-GW. a tunnel between the element and the target S-GW;
  • the data packet sent by the original P-GW to the terminal flows as follows: Original P-GW—> Target P-GW— ⁇ Target S-GW->Target wireless side network element, data 4 ⁇ is cached in the target wireless side network element;
  • Data sent by the target P-GW to the terminal is :: Target P-GW—> Target S-GW->target radio side network element, the data packet will be cached in the target radio side network element;
  • the target radio side network element After the terminal switches to the target radio side network element, the target radio side network element sends the buffered data packet to the terminal.
  • the flow of the data message sent by the terminal is:
  • the flow of the data packet sent by the terminal is:
  • the flow of the data sent by the terminal is the terminal>the original wireless side network element>the original S-GW-> The original P-GW->target P-GW, the target P-GW performs ID encapsulation and checking on the data packet, Protect the peer information of the terminal.
  • the target MMN or the target S-GW determines the target P-GW according to the location area and/or network configuration information of the terminal, or the target MMN or the target S-GW determines the target P-GW according to the indication of the terminal or the wireless side network element.
  • connection establishment and release related processing between the primary side and the target side between the terminal and the packet data network in the handover process includes:
  • the original MMN receives the handover request sent by the original radio side network element, and sends a relocation forward request message to the target MMN when the original MMN is different from the target MMN, carrying the original P-GW. the address of;
  • the target MMN relocates the S-GW and the P-GW, and initiates a session establishment process to the S-GW and the P-GW when relocating to the target P-GW different from the original P-GW;
  • the target MMN requests the target radio side network element to perform handover, and the target radio side network element responds to the target MME with a handover request acknowledgement message;
  • the relocation response message is sent to the original MME, and the original MMN notifies the terminal to switch through the original radio side network element.
  • the target radio side network element After receiving the handover confirmation message of the terminal, the target radio side network element notifies the target MMN to perform handover, and when the target MMN is different from the original MMN, sends a relocation forward completion notification message to the original MME, where the original MME sends the target The MME returns a relocation forward completion confirmation message;
  • the target MMN requests the target S-GW to modify the bearer information, and the target S-GW targets the target
  • the MMN responds to the bearer modification result; the original network side performs the original network session deletion and the forwarding tunnel release process, including the tunnel between the original S-GW and the original P-GW.
  • the target MME does not change the P-GW that the terminal originally accesses when determining the target P-GW, and the target MME sends a session establishment request to the target S-GW, with the P-GW address and the P-GW.
  • the target S-GW sends a session establishment request to the P-GW, and carries the target S-GW to establish tunnel information allocated with the tunnel between the P-GWs, and the P-GW simultaneously saves the original S-GW and Tunnel information of the target S-GW, establishing the terminal between the P-GW and the target S-GW Tunnel
  • the P-GW After the tunnel is established between the P-GW and the target S-GW, the P-GW forwards the received data packet sent to the terminal to the target S-GW through the tunnel; or
  • the target MME controls to establish a forwarding tunnel between the original S-GW or the target S-GW, and the P-GW sends the received data packet sent to the terminal to the original P-GW, and the original P-GW performs the forwarding.
  • the tunnel is forwarded to the target S-GW.
  • the communication network separated by the control plane and the media plane provided by the present invention comprises a radio side network element, an access gateway, and a mobility management node (MMN) having a signaling interface with the radio side network element and the access gateway.
  • the access gateway has a data interface between the wireless side network element and the external packet data network, and is used for forwarding data between the wireless side network element and the packet data network
  • the communication network further includes the access gateway and/or Or the MMN has an identity location register (ILR) for the signaling interface, where:
  • the MMN is configured to: perform related processing of the control plane, and when determining a target access gateway different from the original access gateway for the handover terminal, transmitting the identity (AID) of the handover terminal to the target access gateway ;
  • the access gateway is configured to: after receiving the AID of the cut-in terminal transmitted by the target MMN, assign a new location identifier (RID) to the terminal, and save mapping information of the terminal AID and the new RID, and the cut-in
  • the data packet of the terminal is RID encapsulated, decomposed and encapsulated by RID;
  • the access gateway or the MMN is further configured to: send a registration request to the home terminal ILR of the handover terminal, and carry the new RID of the handover terminal;
  • the ILR is configured to: maintain AID-RID mapping information of the home subscriber terminal, and after receiving the registration request for the handover terminal, update the saved RID of the handover terminal to the new RID.
  • the access gateway is further configured to: after the new RID is assigned to the cut-in terminal, the new RID is transmitted to the target MMN;
  • the MMN is further configured to: after receiving the new RID of the cut-in terminal, send a RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication peer of the terminal, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the above communication network can also have the following characteristics:
  • the MMN is further configured to: after determining a target access gateway different from the original access gateway, interacting with the target access gateway and the original access gateway to establish forwarding of the cut-in terminal between the target access gateway and the original access gateway.
  • the access gateway is further configured to establish, by using a signaling interface between the access gateways, a forwarding tunnel between the access gateway and the original access gateway for the intercepting terminal;
  • the access gateway is further configured to: after the forwarding tunnel is established, forward the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal to the target access gateway through the forwarding tunnel; receive the data packet sent to the cut-in terminal The packet is directly forwarded to the target radio side network element or cached and then forwarded to the target radio side network element.
  • the target radio side network element is configured to: send the received data packet sent to the cut-in terminal directly to the cut-in terminal. Or cached and sent to the cut-in terminal.
  • the access gateway is further configured to: maintain the peer information of the terminal, and include correspondence information between the terminal AID and the communication peer AID; during the handover process, transmit the peer information of the cut-out terminal to the target After entering the gateway; and assigning a new RID to the hand-in terminal and receiving the peer information of the hand-in terminal transmitted by the original access gateway, sending a RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication terminal of the hand-in terminal, carrying the The AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the communication network is an evolved packet system (EPS) network, and the function of the access gateway is provided by EPS
  • EPS evolved packet system
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
  • the MMN includes:
  • Cutting out the control module which is set to: after the S1 handover is initiated, request the target MMN to relocate, and transmit the AID of the cut-out terminal to the target MMN; notify the cut-out terminal to perform the handover by the original wireless-side network element, and switch After completion, the original network session deletion and forwarding tunnel release process is performed; the cut-in control module is configured to: determine the target S-GW and the target P-GW after receiving the relocation request, and determine a target different from the original S-GW.
  • the AID of the handover terminal is transmitted to the target P-GW via the target S-GW; and the target radio side
  • the network element interacts with the target S-GW to establish a tunnel between the two for the handover terminal.
  • the P-GW includes:
  • the cut-in control module is configured to: after receiving the AID and the original P-GW address information of the cut-in terminal transmitted by the target MMN, assign the terminal a new RID to the P-GW, and save the Mapping information of the terminal AID and the new RID;
  • the packet forwarding module is configured to: perform RID encapsulation, RID encapsulation, and forwarding processing on data packets that are cut in and out;
  • a first tunnel establishment module configured to: establish a forwarding tunnel with the target S-GW for the handover terminal;
  • the S-GW is configured to: establish a tunnel with the target P-GW and the target radio side network element for the handover terminal, perform data packet forwarding, and transmit information exchanged between the MMN and the P-GW.
  • the P-GW further includes an RID registration module; the P-GW cut-in control module is further configured to: activate the RID registration module after assigning a new RID to the cut-in terminal; the RID registration module is set to: The home ILR sends a registration request, carrying the AID of the cut-in terminal and the new RID; or
  • the P-GW cut-in control module is further configured to: after the new RID is allocated for the cut-in terminal, transmit the new RID to the target MMN via the target S-GW; the MMN further includes an RID registration module, and is configured to After receiving the new RID of the hand-in terminal, it sends a registration request to the home terminal ILR, carrying the AID of the hand-in terminal and the new RID.
  • the cut-in control module of the MMN is further configured to: transmit the address information of the original P-GW and the AID of the cut-in terminal to the target P-GW;
  • the P-GW further includes a second tunnel establishment module; the handover control module in the P-GW is further configured to: after the new RID is allocated for the handover terminal, activate the second tunnel establishment module;
  • the second tunnel establishment module is configured to: send a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original P-GW through the signaling interface between the P-GWs, and carry the P-GW to establish tunnel information allocated by the ingress terminal to the forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW; Establishing a forwarding tunnel for the cut-out terminal after receiving the target P-GW After the request is made, the forwarding tunnel establishment response is replied to the target P-GW.
  • the MMN further includes a tunnel establishment module, and the tunnel establishment module is configured to: after determining the target P-GW different from the original P-GW, request the target P-GW to establish the original P-GW and the target P through the target S-GW.
  • the GW inter-cuts the forwarding tunnel of the terminal, and transmits the forwarding tunnel identifier allocated by the target P-GW to the forwarding tunnel to the original MMN; and after receiving the forwarding tunnel identifier allocated by the target P-GW for the cut-out terminal,
  • the S-GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original P-GW, and carries the forwarding tunnel identifier;
  • the P-GW further includes a second tunnel establishment module, where the second tunnel establishment module is configured to: after receiving the request sent by the target MMN to establish a forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW, the The hand-in terminal allocates the forwarding tunnel identifier of the forwarding tunnel; and after receiving the forwarding tunnel identifier allocated by the target P-GW carried by the original MMN over-forwarding tunnel establishment request, the forwarding between the target P-GW is established.
  • the tunnel, and the original S-GW returns a forwarding tunnel to the original MMN to establish a response.
  • the P-GW further includes a peer information maintenance module, a cut-out control module, and an RID update module.
  • the peer information maintenance module in the P-GW is configured to: save and maintain the peer information of the terminal, including the terminal AID. Correspondence relationship information with the communication peer AID;
  • the P-GW cut-out control module is configured to: save the cut-out terminal by using a signaling interface between the P-GWs or by signaling between the original S-GW, the original MMN, the target MMN, and the target S-GW.
  • the peer information is transmitted to the target P-GW;
  • the P-GW cut-in control module is further configured to: after receiving the peer information of the hand-in terminal transmitted by the original P-GW and allocating a new RID to the hand-in terminal, activate the RID update module in the P-GW. ;
  • the RID update module in the P-GW is configured to: according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal, query the RID of the communication peer locally or to the ILR, and send the RID of the communication peer to the gateway accessed by the communication peer.
  • the RID update notification carries the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the above communication network can also have the following characteristics:
  • the MMN further includes a peer information maintenance module and an RID update module; wherein:
  • the peer information maintenance module in the MMN is configured to: save the peer information of the terminal and maintain the peer information according to the update notification of the P-GW, where the peer information includes the correspondence relationship between the terminal AID and the communication peer AID;
  • the cut-out control module in the MMN is further configured to: transmit the peer end information of the saved cut-out terminal to the target MMN by re-location forward completion confirmation message;
  • the hand-in control module in the MMN is further configured to: after receiving the new RID of the cut-in terminal transmitted by the target P-GW, and combining the peer information transmitted by the original MMN and the locally-maintained the cut-in terminal, Activate the RID update module in the MMN;
  • the RID update module in the MMN is configured to: query the address information of the MMN accessed by the communication peer according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal, and send the RID to the MMN accessed by the communication peer of the terminal. Update notification, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the P-GW cut-out control module is further configured to: before the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the target P-GW is established, perform RID encapsulation and check on the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal, Sending a peer information update notification to the original MMN, carrying the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated; after the forwarding tunnel is established, forwarding the data packet sent to the cut-out terminal directly to the target P-GW;
  • the P-GW cut-in control module is further configured to: after the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the original P-GW is established, perform RID encapsulation and check on the data packet sent to the cut-in terminal, and send the opposite end to the target MMN.
  • the information update notification carries the peer information of the cut-in terminal that needs to be updated.
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW is configured to: perform RID encapsulation and check on the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal before the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the target P-GW is established. And then forwarded to the target P-GW, and notify the peer information maintenance module of the P-GW of the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated, and send the datagram to the cut-out terminal after the forwarding tunnel is established.
  • the message is forwarded directly to the target P-GW; and after the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the original P-GW is established, the data packet sent to the hand-in terminal is de-encapsulated and checked, and forwarded to the target S-GW.
  • the peer information maintenance module in the P-GW is further configured to: after receiving the peer information of the cut-in terminal transmitted by the original P-GW, merge the received and the locally stored information of the peer terminal of the cut-in terminal And maintain the merged peer information.
  • the P-GW cut-out control module is further configured to: transmit the peer information of the saved cut-out terminal to the target P-GW through the signaling interface between the P-GWs, and notify the P-GW of the packet forwarding And receiving the peer information of the cut-in terminal transmitted by the original P-GW, and saving the packet, and notifying the packet forwarding module of the P-GW;
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW is configured to: perform RID encapsulation and check on the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal before the peer information is transmitted, and the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated
  • the peer information is sent to the peer information maintenance module of the P-GW; after the peer information is transmitted, the received data message sent to the cut-out terminal is directly forwarded to the target P-GW; After receiving the peer information of the hand-in terminal transmitted by the original P-GW, performing RID encapsulation and checking on the data packet sent to the hand-in terminal, and notifying the P-GW of the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated.
  • the peer information maintenance module is configured to: perform RID encapsulation and check on the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal before the peer information is transmitted, and the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated.
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW is configured to: after the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the target P-GW is established, forward the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal to the target P-GW. And, after receiving the data message sent to the hand-in terminal, forward it to the target S-GW;
  • the S-GW is configured to: after receiving the data packet sent by the target P-GW and sent to the hand-in terminal, perform buffering, and after establishing the bearer with the target wireless side network element according to the modified bearer request of the target MMN, The buffered data is sent to the cut-in terminal via the target wireless side network element.
  • the cut-in control module of the MMN is further configured to: establish, by the interaction with the target wireless side network element and the target S-GW, before establishing a forwarding tunnel between the target P-GW and the original P-GW, a bearer between the target radio side network element and the target S-GW;
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW is configured to: after the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the target P-GW is established, forward the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal to the target P-GW. ; and, After receiving the data packet sent to the hand-in terminal, forwarding the data message to the target S-GW;
  • the S-GW is configured to: after receiving the data packet sent by the target P-GW and sent to the hand-in terminal, forwarding the data packet to the target wireless side network element;
  • the target radio side network element is further configured to: after receiving the data packet sent to the hand-in terminal, perform buffering, and after the hand-in terminal switches to the target radio side network element, send the buffered data packet to the terminal.
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW is configured to: after receiving the data packet sent by the cut-out terminal, perform RID encapsulation and check on the data packet, and forward the data packet to the packet data network, and
  • the peer information maintenance module of the P-GW or the original MMN sends an update notification, carrying the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated; or
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW is configured to: after receiving the data packet sent by the cut-out terminal, directly forward the data packet to the target P-GW, and send the original P-GW. After the data packet sent by the terminal is cut into the RID encapsulation and check, the data packet is forwarded to the packet data network, and an update notification is sent to the peer information maintenance module of the P-GW or the target MMN, carrying the update request Cut in the peer information of the terminal.
  • the target MMN or the target S-GW determines the target according to the indication of the terminal or the wireless side network element.
  • the above communication network may also have the following characteristics:
  • the hand-in control module in the P-GW is further configured to: after the new RID is allocated to the hand-in terminal, transmit the new RID and the peer information of the hand-in terminal to the target MME via the target S-GW;
  • the MME further includes an RID update module.
  • the MME's hand-in control module is further configured to: after receiving the peer information of the cut-in terminal, activate the RID update module of the MME; and the RID update module of the MME is set as: according to the cut-in terminal.
  • the AID of the communication peer in the peer information the address information of the MME accessed by the communication peer is queried, and is sent to the MME of the communication peer of the terminal. Send a RID update notification, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the invention adopts the method of separating the identity identifier and the location identifier to realize the mobility of the non-anchor mode in the wireless communication system, thereby solving various problems caused by the fixed anchor point mechanism in the existing communication network, and avoiding the problems.
  • the phenomenon of data bypass after moving reduces transmission delay and bandwidth waste, and effectively improves the mobile performance of the terminal in the wireless communication system.
  • Figure la is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication network connection in the prior art
  • Figure lb is a schematic diagram of a cross-S-GW handover of a wireless communication network in the prior art
  • Figure lc is a flow chart of switching between fixed anchor points in the terminal in the prior art
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network topology of a SILSN architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a connection of a first EPS network using the SILSN architecture of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a connection of a second EPS network using the SILSN architecture of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a third EPS of the present invention using the SILSN architecture.
  • FIG. 5 is a switching flowchart of the present invention, showing a handover procedure across the P-GW
  • FIG. 5a is a handover flowchart 2 provided by the present invention, showing a P-GW unchanged.
  • FIG. 6 is a switching flowchart 3 provided by the present invention, showing another handover procedure across the P-GW
  • FIG. 7 is a handover flowchart 4 provided by the present invention, showing another cross-P- FIG.
  • FIG. 8 is a switching flowchart of the present invention, showing another handover procedure across the P-GW;
  • Figure 11 is a block diagram of the present invention providing a P-GW corresponding to the EPS network of Figure 4.
  • the invention applies the above SILSN architecture to a network in which the control plane and the media plane are separated, so as to realize unfixed anchor point switching.
  • the SILSN architecture and its working principle described in the background it can be understood that when the terminal moves across the ASN, the target ASN on the side of the switch needs to assign the RID to the terminal, and initiate registration with the home ILR of the terminal;
  • the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal is deleted, and the AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal is maintained.
  • the RID update notification may be sent to the gateway accessed by the communication peer.
  • the source ASN may also deliver the peer information of the terminal and/or the AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers to the target ASN. In addition, during the handover process, the source ASN needs to forward the packet sent by the communication peer to the terminal to the target ASN.
  • the network element accessed by the peer end is simply referred to as the peer network element.
  • the architecture of the first EPS network with SILSN architecture is shown in Figure 2.
  • the figure shows the main network elements in the architecture network and the connection interfaces between the network elements.
  • the access network part of the SILSN architecture is mainly implemented by the radio access network in the EPS network.
  • the MME, the S-GW and the upgraded P-GW in the EPS network jointly implement the functions to be completed by the ASN.
  • network elements such as ILRs and PTFs that have interfaces with the P-GW are added. These network elements are logical network elements, and can be combined with existing network elements on the physical entity.
  • a packet data network (PDN) constitutes a generalized forwarding plane. There is a signaling interface between the P-GW and the ILR. There is no signaling interface between the MME and the ILR.
  • the processing related to the AID and RID is mainly implemented in the P-GW.
  • the P-GW is used to provide an access service for the terminal, assign the RID to the terminal, register the RID of the terminal to the ILR (also called registration) and logout (also known as deregistration), and query the ILR for the RID of the communication peer, and maintain The peer information of the terminal, the AID-RID mapping information of the maintenance terminal and its communication peer end, the RID update notification is sent to the peer gateway, the RID encapsulation, RID encapsulation and forwarding of the data packet are performed, and the terminal is implemented with other network elements. Switching across P-GWs.
  • the RID assigned by the P-GW points to the P-GW, and the RID may be the IP address of the P-GW.
  • the AID can be assigned to the terminal when signing up on the home subscriber server, such as IPV6/IPV4 address or IMSI or temporary identity or NAL other architecture.
  • the maintenance of the peer information of the terminal can also be completed by the MME, or by the P-GW and the MME.
  • the function of sending an RID update notification to the peer gateway can also be completed by the MME.
  • the architecture of the second EPS network with SILSN architecture is shown in Figure 3.
  • the figure shows the main network elements of the architecture network and the connection interfaces between the network elements.
  • the access network part of the SILSN architecture is mainly implemented by the radio access network in the EPS system.
  • the S-GW in the EPS system, the upgraded P-GW and the MME jointly implement the functions to be completed by the ASN.
  • network elements such as ILRs and PTFs that have interfaces with the P-GW are added. These network elements are logical network elements, and can be combined with existing network elements on the physical entity.
  • the packet data network (PDN) supporting the RID routing and forwarding connected by the P-GW constitutes a generalized forwarding plane.
  • the P-GW is configured to allocate a RID to the terminal, query the ILR for the RID of the communication peer, and maintain the terminal and
  • the AID-RID mapping information of the communication peer end performs RID encapsulation, RID encapsulation and forwarding on the data packet, and cooperates with other network elements to implement handover of the terminal across the P-GW.
  • the MME is used to register and deregister the RID of the terminal with the ILR, and cooperate with other network elements to implement handover of the terminal across the P-GW.
  • the maintenance of the peer information of the terminal can also be completed by the MME, or the P-GW and the MME.
  • the function of sending an RID update notification to the peer gateway can be done by the MME or the P-GW.
  • the architecture of the second EPS network with SILSN architecture is shown in Figure 4.
  • the figure shows the main network elements of the architecture network and the connection interfaces between the network elements.
  • this architecture there is no signaling interface between the P-GW and the ILR, and there is a signaling interface between the MME and the ILR.
  • the access network part of the SILSN architecture is mainly implemented by the radio access network in the EPS system.
  • the S-GW in the EPS system and the upgraded P-GW and MME jointly implement the functions to be completed by the ASN.
  • a network element such as a PTF having an interface with the P-GW and an ILR having a signaling interface with the MME are added.
  • These network elements are logical network elements, and can be combined with existing network elements on the physical entity.
  • the MME needs to increase the query of the communication peer RID to the ILR according to the request of the P-GW and return the query. The function of the result.
  • the other functions of P-GW and MME are the same as those of architecture 2. They are not repeated.
  • the above network architecture is illustrated by the non-roaming of the terminal.
  • the P-GW or the S-GW needs to interact with the ILR/PTF of the terminal's home location through the visited ILR/PTF.
  • the terminal switching process below has no effect.
  • the following describes the handover process of the terminal based on the above network architecture.
  • the original content of the original message in the handover process will not be described in detail.
  • FIG. 5 shows a flow of a terminal performing cross-P-GW handover on the basis of the network architecture shown in FIG.
  • the process determines that the target P-GW is different from the original P-GW, and the two P-GWs establish a data forwarding channel through the signaling interface between the P-GWs.
  • the specific steps of the process are as follows:
  • Step 501 The wireless side network element determines that an S1 switch needs to be sent.
  • Step 502 The original wireless side network element sends a handover request to the original device.
  • Step 503 the relocation request message sent to the target ,, the original
  • Step 504 The target MME sends a session establishment request to the target S-GW, with the AID of the terminal, the original P-GW address, and the determined target P-GW address, without the tunnel identifier assigned by the original P-GW.
  • the target S-GW sends a session establishment request to the target P-GW, with the AID of the terminal and the original P-GW address;
  • the target S-GW sending a session establishment request to the target P-GW may also carry tunnel information for establishing a tunnel with the target P-GW.
  • the target MME may determine the target P-GW according to a local policy (such as a location area and/or network configuration information of the terminal, a location area such as a LAL RAL TAI or a radio side network element ID, etc.), or may be based on the terminal. Or an indication of the wireless side network element to determine the target P-GW.
  • a local policy such as a location area and/or network configuration information of the terminal, a location area such as a LAL RAL TAI or a radio side network element ID, etc.
  • the target P-GW may also be determined by the target S-GW and notified to the target MME.
  • Step 505 The target P-GW allocates a new RID to the terminal and saves mapping information between the terminal AID and the new RID.
  • Step 506 The target P-GW initiates RID registration, and updates the RID of the terminal saved by the terminal to the ILR to a new RID.
  • the target side network element When the target side network element initiates the RID registration, it sends a RID registration request to the terminal home ILR, and carries the terminal AID and the new RID. After receiving the ILR, the updated RID in the terminal AID-RID mapping information is updated to the new one.
  • the RID that is, the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal is updated.
  • Step 507 The target P-GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original P-GW, requesting to establish an uplink and downlink forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW, and carrying the uplink and downlink forwarding Tunnel information allocated by the tunnel;
  • Step 508 The original P-GW returns to the target P-GW to forward the tunnel establishment response, and carries the peer information of the terminal, and optionally carries the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal.
  • Step 509 The target P-GW finds the gateway accessed by the communication peer according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal (referred to as the peer gateway, such as the P-GW, or other gateways such as the ISN). Sending a RID update notification to the peer gateway, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID;
  • the RID in the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal is updated to the new RID.
  • the peer P-GW that has updated the terminal RID sends the data sent to the terminal directly to the target P-GW.
  • the downlink data flow received by the target P-GW and sent to the terminal is: target P-GW. — ⁇ Target S-GW, the data will be cached in the target S-GW.
  • the flow of the uplink data packet sent by the terminal is: terminal 1 > original radio side network element > original S-GW > original P-GW -> target P-GW, when the communication peer accesses another P-GW, the target P The GW then forwards to the packet data network.
  • Step 510 The target P-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target S-GW, and carries the tunnel information allocated to establish a tunnel with the target S-GW, and the target S-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target MME.
  • the P-GW After receiving the session establishment request, the P-GW can reply to the target S-GW with the session establishment response message after the tunnel information of the tunnel with the target S-GW is allocated, and the steps 505 to 509 do not have the necessary sequence. .
  • Step 511 The target MME requests the target radio side network element to perform handover.
  • Step 512 The target radio side network element responds to the target MME with a handover request acknowledgement message, and does not need to carry the forwarding tunnel information.
  • Step 513 The target MME sends a relocation forward response message to the original MME.
  • Step 514 The original MME sends a handover command to the original radio side network element.
  • Step 515 The original radio side network element sends a handover command to the terminal.
  • Step 516 The terminal sends a handover confirmation message to the target radio side network element.
  • Step 517 The target radio side network element notifies the target MME to perform handover.
  • Step 518 The target MME sends a relocation forward completion notification message to the original MME.
  • Step 519 The original MME returns a relocation forward completion confirmation message to the target MME.
  • Step 521 The target S-GW responds to the target MME with the bearer modification result.
  • Step 522 Perform the original network session deletion and the forwarding tunnel release process, where the process may be triggered by the original P-GW through a timer.
  • the target S-GW finds that the handover is performed across the P-GW in step 504, the downlink data that arrives later needs to be buffered, and the downlink data is not sent to the terminal until step 520.
  • the forwarding path of the uplink data packet is: Terminal 1 > Target Radio Side Network Element 1 > Target S-GW -> Target P-GW, the target P-GW performs RID encapsulation and forwarding on the packet, and is routed through the PDN. Go to the peer gateway.
  • the forwarding path of the downlink data packet is: Target P-GW -> Target S-GW -> Target Radio Side Network Element > Terminal, Target P-GW decapsulates the packet. Therefore, switching without fixed anchor points is realized, and routing bypass is avoided. Other Targets
  • the P-GW and the source P-GW are different in the same forwarding path after the handover.
  • the original P-GW and the target P-GW can maintain and transmit the peer information, and the corresponding processing of the data packet can use the following the way:
  • the original P-GW Before the original P-GW transmits the peer information of the terminal to the target P-GW through the forwarding tunnel, the original P-GW performs RID encapsulation and check on the downlink data packet, and then forwards the packet to the target P-GW, and the original P-GW continues. Maintain the saved information of the peer. After transmitting the peer information of the terminal to the target P-GW, the original P-GW directly forwards the downlink data packet to the target P-GW, and does not perform decapsulation and The target P-GW forwards the received downlink data packet to the target S-GW directly after receiving the peer information. After receiving the peer information, the downlink data packet is also subjected to RID encapsulation. And check, save, and maintain the peer information.
  • the AID of the newly discovered communication peer is added to the peer information through the real-time flow detection mechanism or the AID of the data packet.
  • the real-time flow detection or the peer notification is known.
  • the communication peer is offline, the AID of the peer of the communication in the peer information is deleted.
  • the maintenance mode of the peer information is similar for each network element.
  • the flow of the data packet sent by the terminal is: the terminal > the original radio side network element 1 > the original S-GW > the original P-GW
  • the original P-GW performs RID encapsulation and check on the data packet to maintain the peer information of the terminal; after the original P-GW transmits the peer information and before the terminal switches to the target radio side network element,
  • the flow of the data packet sent by the terminal is the terminal->the original wireless side network element-1>the original S-GW-> ⁇ P-GW->the target P-GW, and the target P-GW performs RID encapsulation on the data packet and Check and maintain the peer information of the terminal.
  • the peer information is maintained by the primary side and the target side P-GW at the same time.
  • the original P-GW forwards the downlink data packet to the target P-GW, and continues to maintain the peer information of the terminal.
  • the target P-GW performs RID encapsulation on the received downlink data packet.
  • the peer information of the terminal is saved and maintained locally.
  • the original P-GW and the target P-GW maintain the peer information of the terminal at the same time.
  • the target PGW merges the received peer information with the locally saved terminal, and then maintains the merged peer information.
  • the flow direction of the uplink data sent by the terminal is: the terminal > the original radio side network element 1 > the original S-GW > the original P-GW, the original P
  • the GW performs RID encapsulation and check on the data packet, and maintains the saved peer information of the terminal or notifies the original MME of the peer information of the terminal that needs to be updated.
  • only the downlink forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW needs to be established.
  • the various processes in the text are the same.
  • the P-GW when maintaining the peer information of the terminal, can simultaneously maintain the AID-RID mapping information of the communication peer end of the terminal, such as saving the AID-RID mapping information of the communication peer that has not been saved in the data packet. , save the AID-RID mapping information of the communication peer that is queried.
  • the S-GW is configured to establish a tunnel between the S-GW and the target P-GW and the S-GW and the target radio side network element for the handover terminal, and perform data packet forwarding. And transmitting information of the interaction between the MME and the P-GW.
  • the functional modules related to handover between the MME and the P-GW are as follows:
  • the MME includes:
  • the cut-out control module is configured to request the target MME to relocate after the S1 handover is initiated, and transmit the AID of the cut-out terminal and the address information of the original P-GW to the target MME; notify the cut-out terminal by the original wireless-side network element Perform the handover, and after the handover is completed, perform the original network session deletion and the forwarding tunnel release process.
  • a handover control module configured to determine a target S-GW and a target P-GW after receiving the relocation request, and determine a target S-GW different from the original S-GW and a target P-GW different from the original P-GW Transmitting the AID and the original P-GW address information of the cut-in terminal to the target P-GW through the target S-GW; and interacting with the target radio side network element and the target S-GW to establish a tunnel between the two for the cut-in terminal .
  • the P-GW includes:
  • the cut-out control module is configured to transmit, by using a signaling interface between the P-GWs, the saved peer information of the cut-out terminal to the target P-GW.
  • the cut-in control module is configured to: after receiving the AID and the original P-GW address information of the cut-in terminal transmitted by the target MME, allocate a new RID to the P-GW for the terminal, and save the terminal AID and the new RID. Mapping information, activating the RID registration module, the first tunnel establishment module, and the second tunnel establishment module, and then activating the RID update module in the P-GW after receiving the peer information of the handover terminal sent by the original P-GW, and Control the packet forwarding module.
  • the packet forwarding module is configured to perform RID encapsulation, de-RID encapsulation, and forwarding processing on the data packet that is cut in and out of the terminal. After the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the target P-GW is established, the packet is received. The data packet sent to the cut-out terminal is forwarded to the target P-GW; after receiving the data message sent to the cut-in terminal, it is forwarded to the target S-GW.
  • the first tunnel establishing module is configured to establish a forwarding tunnel with the target S-GW for the handover terminal.
  • a second tunnel establishing module configured to send and forward to the original P-GW through a signaling interface between the P-GWs a tunnel establishment request, carrying the P-GW to establish tunnel information allocated to the forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW, and after receiving the forwarding tunnel establishment request sent by the target P-GW for the cut-out terminal, The P-GW replies to the forwarding tunnel establishment response.
  • the RID registration module is configured to send a registration request to the handover terminal home ILR, and carry the AID of the handover terminal and the new RID.
  • the peer information maintenance module is configured to save and maintain the peer information of the terminal, including the correspondence relationship between the terminal AID and the communication peer AID.
  • the RID update module is configured to: according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal, query the RID of the communication peer locally or to the ILR, send a RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication peer, carry the AID of the terminal, and the New RID.
  • the P-GW cut-out control module transmits the stored peer information of the cut-out terminal to the target P-GW through the signaling interface between the P-GWs, and notifies the packet forwarding module of the P-GW;
  • the P-GW transmits the peer information of the terminal and saves it, and notifies the packet forwarding module of the P-GW;
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW performs RID encapsulation and check on the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal in the downlink direction before the peer information is transmitted, and the peer end of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated is required.
  • the information is sent to the peer information maintenance module of the P-GW; after the peer information is transmitted, the received data message sent to the cut-out terminal is directly forwarded to the target P-GW; and, after receiving the original P
  • the GW transmits the peer information of the terminal, the RID is encapsulated and checked, and the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated is notified to the peer information of the P-GW. Maintenance module.
  • the data packet is directly forwarded to the target P-GW, and the data packet sent by the hand-in terminal sent by the original P-GW is received. Then, the RID is encapsulated and checked, and the data packet is forwarded to the packet data network, and an update notification is sent to the peer information maintenance module of the P-GW, and the peer information of the cut-in terminal that needs to be updated is carried.
  • the P-GW packet forwarding module performs RID encapsulation and check on the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal before the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the target P-GW is established. And then forwarded to the target P-GW, and notify the peer P-GW of the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated.
  • the peer information maintenance module after the forwarding tunnel is established, directly forwards the data packet sent to the cut-out terminal to the target P-GW; and establishes a forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the original P-GW.
  • the data packet sent to the hand-in terminal is de-encoded and checked, forwarded to the target S-GW, and the peer information of the P-GW that needs to be updated is notified to the peer information maintenance module of the P-GW.
  • the peer information maintenance module sends an update notification, and carries the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated.
  • the peer information maintenance module in the P-GW is further configured to, after receiving the peer information of the cut-in terminal transmitted by the original P-GW, merge the received and the locally stored information of the peer terminal of the cut-in terminal, and The merged peer information is maintained.
  • the associated events that need to be learned when the packet forwarding module forwards the packet are notified by the switch-in control module or the cut-out control module.
  • the P-GW remains unchanged.
  • the flow corresponding to the scenario is as shown in FIG. 5a.
  • the data forwarding channel between the P-GWs is no longer established, and the target P-GW does not need to allocate a new RID to the terminal, and does not need to perform RID registration to the ILR.
  • the RID update process to the peer end, and the P-GW needs to save the tunnel information of the original S-GW and the target S-GW at the same time.
  • Other processing is similar to the flow of Figure 5 above, including:
  • step 5a01 the wireless side network element determines that the SI handover needs to be sent.
  • Step 5a02 The original radio side network element sends a handover request to the original MME.
  • Step 5a03 The relocation forward request message sent by the original MME to the target MME carries the P-GW address and the assigned tunnel identifier;
  • Step 5a04 The target MME sends a session establishment request to the target S-GW, with the P-GW address and the tunnel identifier allocated by the P-GW.
  • the target S-GW sends a session establishment request to the P-GW, and carries the S-GW to establish and The tunnel information allocated by the tunnel between the P-GWs, and the P-GW simultaneously stores the tunnel information of the original S-GW and the target S-GW;
  • the target P-GW is the original P-GW, which is called P-GW in this process.
  • Target MME The tunnel identifier allocated by the P-GW carried in the session establishment request sent to the target S-GW may be a new tunnel identifier for establishing a tunnel with the target S-GW for the terminal, or may be previously established for the terminal. The tunnel identifier assigned by the tunnel between the original S-GWs.
  • Downstream data flow P-GW—> Target S-GW, the data will be cached in the target S-GW.
  • Step 5al 0 The P-GW replies to the target S-GW with a session establishment response message, and the target S-GW replies to the target MME with a session establishment response message.
  • Step 5al 1 The target MME requests the target radio side network element to perform handover.
  • the target radio side network element responds to the target MME with a handover request acknowledgement message, and does not need to carry the forwarding tunnel information.
  • Step 5al3 The target MME sends a relocation forward response message to the original MME.
  • Step 5al4 The original MME sends a handover command to the original radio side network element.
  • Step 5al 5 The original wireless side network element sends a handover command to the terminal.
  • Step 5al 6 The terminal sends a handover confirmation message to the target radio side network element.
  • Step 5al 7 The target radio side network element notifies the target MME to perform handover.
  • Step 5al8 The target radio side network element sends a relocation forward completion notification message to the original MME.
  • the original MME returns a relocation forward completion confirmation message to the target MME.
  • Step 5a20 The target MME requests the target S-GW to modify the bearer information, and the target S-GW does not send the modify bearer request message to the P-GW.
  • Step 5a21 The target S-GW responds to the target MME with the bearer modification result.
  • step 5a22 the original network session deletion and the forwarding tunnel release process are performed, and the process may be triggered by the original P-GW through a timer.
  • the above flowchart 5a uses the P-GW to store the peer information of the terminal, and does not need to transmit the peer information. If the MME saves the peer information of the terminal, the original MME needs to bring the peer information of the terminal to the target MME in step 5al9, and in the handover process, the P-GW reports the datagram before establishing the data channel with the target MME. Encapsulation, decapsulation, and inspection (and real-time flow detection) Notifying the original MME of the peer information of the terminal that needs to be updated, and after establishing the data channel with the target MME, notifying the target MME of the peer information of the terminal that needs to be updated, and the target MME locally saves and maintains the terminal. After receiving the peer information sent by the original MME, the target MME merges the transmitted and the locally stored peer information of the terminal, and continues to maintain the merged peer information.
  • the tunnel between the ⁇ -GW and the target S-GW is started after the target S-GW receives the session establishment request.
  • the downlink data of the terminal is directly used by the P- The GW sends to the target S-GW without forwarding the tunnel between the S-GWs.
  • FIG. 6 shows the flow of the terminal performing a cross-P-GW handover process based on the network architecture 2 shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4.
  • the target P-GW is different from the original P-GW, and a data forwarding channel is established through the interface between the P-GWs, and the MME initiates RID registration.
  • the specific steps are described as follows: Steps 601-605, the same steps 501-505;
  • Step 606 The target P-GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original P-GW, requesting to establish the original
  • Step 607 The original P-GW returns the target P-GW to forward the tunnel establishment response, and carries the peer information of the terminal. And carrying the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal;
  • the downstream data packet sent to the terminal received by the original P-GW flows as: Original P-GW—> Target
  • the uplink data sent by the terminal ⁇ The flow direction of the text is: Terminal 1> Original wireless side network element 1 > Original S-GW -> Original P-GW.
  • Step 608 The target P-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target S-GW, and carries the new RID of the terminal and the peer information of the terminal.
  • the target S-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target MME, and carries the new terminal. RID and peer information of the terminal;
  • Step 609 the target MME initiates ID registration, and updates the RID of the terminal saved by the terminal to the ILR to a new RJD.
  • Step 610 The target MME requests the target radio side network element to perform handover.
  • step 608 This step is performed after step 608, and there is no necessary relationship with step 609.
  • Step 611 The target MME searches for the address information of the peer MME according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal, and sends an RID update notification to the peer MME, carrying the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the target MME can query the address information of the peer MME from the local configuration or the server (such as the HSS, ILR) or the DNS server that the peer end belongs to according to the AID of the communication peer.
  • the peer MME needs to transmit the AID and the new RID of the terminal in the RID update notification to the peer gateway.
  • the RID in the saved AID-RID mapping information of the terminal is updated to The new RID is also equivalent to updating the AID-RID mapping information of the terminal.
  • the downlink data sent to the terminal by the communication peer received by the target P-GW is: the target P-GW->target S-GW, and the data is cached in the target S-GW until step 620. Send to the terminal.
  • step 608 This step is performed after step 608, and there is no necessary sequential relationship with steps 609, 610.
  • Step 612 The target radio side network element responds to the target MME with a handover request acknowledgement message, and does not need to carry the forwarding tunnel information.
  • Steps 613-622 the same steps 513-522.
  • step 607 it may execute:
  • Step 607a The target P-GW sends the RID of the communication peer to the ILR after searching or obtaining the RID of the communication peer locally according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal, and then sends the RID to the peer P-GW (which may also be another gateway such as an ISN).
  • the RID update notification carries the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • step 611 there is no need to perform step 611 in the above process, and the session establishment response message replied to the target S-GW by the target P-GW, and the session establishment response message replied to the target MME by the target S-GW need not carry the terminal. Peer information.
  • the above process is to save and maintain the peer information of the terminal by the P-GW.
  • the method of the peer end and the processing of the data packet can be maintained by using the first mode or the second mode.
  • the mode 2 When the mode 2 is used, only the downlink forwarding tunnel of the original P-GW to the target P-GW is established.
  • the functional modules of the P-GW and the MME corresponding to the foregoing process are basically the same as the functional modules of the P-GW and the MME corresponding to the flow of FIG. 5, and the difference is the functions related to the RID registration and the RID update, and the two functions in the above process. It is done by the MME. specifically:
  • the P-GW does not have a RID registration module and a RID update module
  • the cut-in control module in the P-GW also adds the new RID to the cut-in terminal, and also the new
  • the RID and the received peer information of the hand-in terminal are transmitted to the target MME via the target S-GW.
  • the MME's hand-in control module activates the RID registration module and the RID update module of the MME;
  • the RID registration module of the MME is configured to send a registration request to the handover terminal home ILR after receiving the new RID of the handover terminal, and carry the AID and the new RID of the handover terminal;
  • the RID update module of the MME is configured to query the address information of the MME accessed by the communication peer according to the AID of the communication peer end in the peer information of the handover terminal, and send an RID update notification to the MME accessed by the communication peer end of the terminal, Carry the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • FIG. 7 shows the flow of the terminal performing a cross-P-GW handover process based on the network architecture shown in FIG. 2.
  • the P-GW does not have a signaling interface.
  • the MME establishes a data forwarding channel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW, and the data is buffered in the S-GW. The specific steps are described as follows:
  • Steps 701-706 the same steps 501-506;
  • Step 707 The target P-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target S-GW, and the target S-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target MME.
  • Step 708 The target MME requests the target radio side network element to perform handover.
  • Step 709 The target radio side network element responds to the target MME with a handover request acknowledgement message, and does not need to carry the forwarding tunnel information.
  • Step 710 The target MME sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the target S-GW, and the target S-GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the target P-GW to request to establish a downlink forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW. After the GW receives the packet, the forwarding tunnel identifier is allocated to the downlink forwarding tunnel.
  • the forwarding tunnel establishment request in step 710 may be sent by using the session establishment request message of step 704, and correspondingly, the content of the message of the forwarding tunnel establishment response in step 711, such as the forwarding tunnel identifier, is placed in step 707.
  • the session establishment response message is transmitted, and steps 710 and 711 can be cancelled at this time.
  • Step 712 The target sends a relocation forward response message to the original device.
  • Step 713 The original S-GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original S-GW, and the original S-GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original P-GW, requesting to establish a downlink forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW, carrying the target P- The forwarding tunnel identifier allocated by the GW;
  • the process may also establish an uplink forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW for the terminal, and the target P-GW allocates a forwarding tunnel identifier to the uplink forwarding tunnel, and transmits the forwarding tunnel identifier to the original P-GW.
  • Step 714 The original P-GW returns the original S-GW to forward the tunnel establishment response, and the original S-GW returns the original MME to forward the tunnel establishment response, and carries the peer information of the terminal, and may also carry the AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal.
  • the original MME caches the received peer information, or the peer information and the AID-RID mapping information;
  • the downlink data packet sent by the original P-GW to the terminal flows as: original P-GW -> target P-GW -> target S-GW, and the data will be buffered in the target S-GW.
  • the data will be cached in the target S-GW.
  • the uplink data sent by the terminal is as follows: Terminal 1> Original wireless side network element 1> Original S-GW—> Original P-GW, it is also possible for the original P-GW to forward through the target P-GW.
  • Step 715 The original MME sends a handover command to the original radio side network element.
  • Step 716 The original radio side network element sends a handover command to the terminal.
  • Step 717 The terminal sends a handover confirmation message to the target radio side network element.
  • Step 718 The target radio side network element notifies the target MME to perform handover.
  • Step 719 The target MME sends a relocation forward completion notification message to the original MME.
  • Step 721 The target MME sends a modify bearer request message to the target S-GW, and the target S-GW sends a modify bearer request message to the P-GW, which carries the peer information of the terminal, optionally, The two modified bearer request messages further carry AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal;
  • Step 723 The target P-GW responds to the target S-GW with the bearer modification result, and the target S-GW responds to the target MME with the tampering result.
  • Step 724 Perform an original network session deletion and a forwarding tunnel release process. This process can be triggered by the original P-GW or the original timer.
  • the target S-GW finds that the handover is performed across the P-GW in step 704, and the subsequent downlink data packet needs to be buffered until the data channel between the target S-GW and the target radio side network element is up to step 721. Once established, it is sent to the terminal.
  • the P-GW maintains and stores the peer information of the terminal in the foregoing process.
  • the peer information of the maintenance terminal and the data packet are processed in the foregoing manner. Compared with the process in FIG. 5, only the terminal pair is used. The path of the end information transmission is different.
  • the P-GW and the switch-related function modules corresponding to the above process are basically the same as the P-GW and the function modules of the P-GW corresponding to the flow of FIG. 5, and the difference mainly lies in the related functions of the P-GW tunnel establishment.
  • the two functions are controlled by ⁇ . specifically:
  • further includes a tunnel establishment module, configured to, after determining the target P-GW different from the original P-GW, request the target P-GW to establish a handover terminal between the original P-GW and the target P-GW through the target S-GW. Forwarding the tunnel, transmitting the forwarding tunnel identifier assigned by the target P-GW to the forwarding tunnel to the original tunnel; and receiving the forwarding tunnel identifier allocated by the target P-GW for the cut-out terminal, and then passing the original S-GW to the original P- The GW sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request, and carries the forwarding tunnel identifier;
  • the function of the second tunnel establishment module in the P-GW is correspondingly changed to: for receiving the target and transmitting
  • the forwarding tunnel identifier of the forwarding tunnel is allocated to the hand-in terminal; and the target P- carried by the original MME through the forwarding tunnel establishment request is received.
  • the GW is configured to cut out the forwarding tunnel identifier allocated by the terminal, the forwarding tunnel is established with the target P-GW, and the original S-GW returns a forwarding tunnel establishment response to the original MME.
  • the MMN's hand-in control module transmits the AID of the hand-in terminal, it is not necessary to transmit the address information of the original P-GW to the target P-GW.
  • the functions of the P-GW packet forwarding module and the peer information maintenance module refer to the description of the functions of the two modules in the second mode.
  • FIG. 8 shows the flow of the terminal performing a cross-P-GW switching process based on the network architecture shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4.
  • the P-GW does not have a signaling interface.
  • the MME establishes a data forwarding channel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW, and the data is buffered in the S-GW.
  • the specific steps are described as follows: Steps 801-805, the same steps 701-705, that is, the same steps 501-505;
  • Step 806 the target P-GW replies to the target S-GW with a session establishment response message, and the target S-GW returns a session establishment response message to the target MME, which both carries the new RID of the terminal;
  • Step 807 the target MME initiates ID registration, and updates the RID of the terminal saved by the terminal to the ILR to a new RID.
  • Steps 808-813 the same steps 708-713;
  • Step 814 The original P-GW returns the original S-GW to forward the tunnel establishment response, and the original S-GW returns the original MME to forward the tunnel establishment response.
  • the MME saves the peer information of the terminal, and the forwarding tunnel response does not carry the peer information of the terminal, but may carry the AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal.
  • the downlink data sent by the communication peer to the terminal received by the target P-GW received by the target P-GW.
  • the flow direction of the uplink data packet is: terminal 1> original wireless side network element 1> original S-GW-> ⁇ P-GW.
  • Step 816 The original radio side network element sends a handover command to the terminal.
  • Step 817 The terminal sends a handover confirmation message to the target wireless side network element.
  • Step 818 The target radio side network element notifies the target MME to perform handover.
  • Step 819 The target MME sends a relocation forward completion notification message to the original MME.
  • Step 820 The original MME returns a relocation forward completion confirmation message to the target MME, and carries the peer information of the terminal, and may also carry all the communication peers of the terminal. AID-RID mapping information;
  • Step 821 the target MME searches for the address information of the opposite MME according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal, and sends an RID update notification to the opposite MME, carrying the terminal AID and the new RID;
  • Step 822 The target MME sends a modify bearer request message to the target S-GW, and the target S-GW sends a modify bearer request message to the target P-GW.
  • the two modified bearer request messages may carry AID-RID mapping information of all communication peers of the terminal.
  • the target S-GW does not need to send a modify bearer request message to the target P-GW.
  • Step 823 The target P-GW responds to the target S-GW with the result of the change, and the target S-GW responds to the target with the tampering result;
  • Step 824 Perform the original network session deletion and the forwarding tunnel release process. This process can be triggered by the original P-GW or the original timer.
  • the P-GW and the ⁇ jointly maintain the peer information of the terminal, the P-GW checks the data packet, performs real-time flow detection, and the like, and notifies the peer information that needs to be updated, because the terminal is saved and maintained. The opposite information.
  • the peer information is maintained and transmitted.
  • the data packet can be processed in the following manner:
  • the peer information of the terminal is maintained by the primary side and the target side P-GW and the MME.
  • the original P-GW forwards the downlink data packet to the target P-GW, and the original MME continues to maintain the saved peer information of the terminal.
  • the target P-GW performs the received downlink data packet.
  • the RID is encapsulated and checked, and then forwarded.
  • the peer end information of the terminal that needs to be updated is notified to the target MME, and the target MME locally saves and maintains the peer information of the terminal.
  • the original MME transmits the saved peer information of the terminal to the target MME (for example, it can be carried in the relocation forward completion confirmation message), and the target MME merges the received information with the locally saved terminal of the terminal. After that, the merged peer information is maintained;
  • the difference between the function modules of the P-GW and the MME corresponding to the foregoing process and the P-GW and the MME corresponding to the flow of FIG. 7 are the RID registration, the RID update, the maintenance and transmission of the peer information, and the datagram.
  • the functions of the text processing specifically related to the following modules:
  • the P-GW does not have a RID registration module, an RID update module, and a peer information maintenance module;
  • the handover control module in the P-GW allocates a new RID to the handover terminal
  • the new RID is also transmitted to the target MME via the target S-GW; and a forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the original P-GW.
  • the RID encapsulation and check is performed on the data packet sent to the hand-in terminal, and the peer information update notification is sent to the target MME, and the peer information of the hand-in terminal that needs to be updated is carried.
  • the P-GW cut-out control module is further configured to perform RID encapsulation and check on the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal before the forwarding tunnel between the P-GW and the target P-GW is established, and send the RID to the original MME.
  • the peer information update notification carries the peer information of the cut-out terminal that needs to be updated; after the forwarding tunnel is established, the data packet sent to the cut-out terminal is directly forwarded to the target P-GW.
  • the MME includes a RID registration module, a peer information maintenance module, and an RID update module.
  • the MME's hand-in control module activates the RID registration module of the MME.
  • the RID registration module of the MME is configured to send a registration request to the handover terminal home ILR after receiving the new RID of the handover terminal, and carry the AID and the new RID of the handover terminal.
  • the peer information maintenance module in the MME is configured to save the peer information of the terminal and maintain the peer information according to the update notification of the P-GW, including the correspondence relationship between the terminal AID and the communication peer AID. Interest.
  • the cut-out control module in the MME is further configured to transmit the saved peer information of the cut-out terminal to the target MME by using a re-location forward completion confirmation message.
  • the hand-in control module in the MME is further configured to: after receiving the new RID of the hand-in terminal transmitted by the target P-GW, and combining the peer information transmitted by the original MME and the locally-maintained the hand-in terminal, the MME is activated.
  • RID update module After receiving the new RID of the hand-in terminal transmitted by the target P-GW, and combining the peer information transmitted by the original MME and the locally-maintained the hand-in terminal, the MME is activated.
  • the RID update module in the MME is configured to query the address information of the MME accessed by the communication peer according to the AID of the communication peer end in the peer information of the handover terminal, and send an RID update notification to the MME accessed by the communication peer end of the terminal. Carry the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the above process may also have a variant in which the P-GW maintains and stores the peer information of the terminal and the RID update sent to the peer.
  • the changes relative to the above process are:
  • the two forwarding tunnel establishment response messages in step 814 should carry the peer information of the terminal, and the original MME receives the peer information after receiving it;
  • Step 821 is cancelled
  • step 822 the modify bearer request message sent by the target MME to the target S-GW, and the modify bearer request message sent by the target S-GW to the P-GW all carry the peer information of the terminal;
  • step 822 a step 822a is added, and the target P-GW sends a RID update notification to the opposite gateway after the local search or finds the RID of the opposite end according to the AID of the communication peer in the peer information of the terminal.
  • This variant can use the second method to maintain the peer information and process the data message.
  • the flow of this variant is compared to the flow of Figure 7, except that the ID registration is changed to the target MME.
  • FIG. 9 shows the flow of the terminal performing a cross-P-GW handover process based on the network architecture shown in FIG. 2.
  • the P-GW does not have a signaling interface, and the data forwarding channel between the P-GWs needs to be established through the MME, and the data is cached on the wireless side network element.
  • steps 701-724 are basically the same as the steps of the process corresponding to FIG. 7, and steps 901-924 respectively Should be in steps 701-724, the difference is:
  • Step 909 on the basis of step 709, the handover request acknowledgement message that the target radio side network element responds to the target MME needs to carry the tunnel information allocated by the target radio side network element to establish a tunnel to the target MME;
  • Step 910 on the basis of step 710, in the forwarding tunnel establishment request message sent by the target MME to the target S-GW, the tunnel information allocated by the target radio side network element needs to be carried, and the target S-GW receives and establishes a downlink tunnel between the target wireless side network elements;
  • the step 914 establishes a forwarding tunnel between the original P-GW and the target P-GW
  • the downlink data packet sent by the original P-GW to the terminal is forwarded by the target P-GW and the target S-GW, and then Cached in the target wireless side network element.
  • the MME's hand-in control module establishes the target radio side network element for the hand-in terminal by interacting with the target radio side network element and the target S-GW before controlling the forwarding tunnel between the target P-GW and the original P-GW. Bearer between the target S-GWs;
  • the packet forwarding module of the P-GW forwards the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal to the target P-GW; After the data packet is sent to the ingress terminal, it is forwarded to the target S-GW;
  • the S-GW receives the data packet sent by the target P-GW to the target terminal and forwards the data packet to the target wireless side network element.
  • the target radio side network element After receiving the data packet sent to the ingress terminal, the target radio side network element caches the data packet, and sends the buffered data packet to the terminal after the switching terminal switches to the target radio side network element.
  • the tunnel information of the target radio side network element to establish a tunnel with the target S-GW may be transmitted to the target MME in step 810.
  • the forwarding tunnel establishment request message sent by the target MME to the target S-GW carries the tunnel information, and a downlink tunnel is established for the terminal between the target S-GW and the target radio side network element in advance. Therefore, the downlink data packet sent by the original P-GW to the terminal passes through the target. After being forwarded by the target S-GW, the P-GW is buffered in the target radio side network element.
  • the method of establishing the downlink tunnel between the target S-GW and the target radio side network element may also be used in the network architecture of FIG. 2, and the target MME may specifically notify the target S-GW after receiving the tunnel information allocated by the target radio side network element. Therefore, the downlink tunnel of the terminal between the target S-GW and the target radio side network element is established in advance.
  • the flow of the above Figs. 6 to 9 is explained by taking the case of the P-GW as an example. If the P-GW does not change during the mobile terminal, the data forwarding channel between the P-GWs is no longer established during the handover. The P-GW does not need to allocate a new RID to the terminal, and does not need to send the RID registration process to the ILR and to the peer. Other processes are similar to the above-described embodiments, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.
  • the forwarding interface can be established between the S-GWs to implement the downlink forwarding of the handover process, and the data is cached in the S-GW.
  • the process is shown in Figure 10 and can be based on the network architecture of Figure 2, Figure 3 or Figure 4. The specific steps are described as follows:
  • Step 1001 The wireless side network element determines that an S1 handover needs to be sent.
  • Step 1002 The original radio side network element sends a handover request to the original MME.
  • Step 1003 The relocation forward request message sent by the original MME to the target MME.
  • Step 1004 The target MME sends a session establishment request to the target S-GW, and the P-GW related information, including the P-GW address and the P-GW.
  • the target S-GW sends a bearer setup request to the P-GW, carrying the tunnel identifier assigned to establish a tunnel with the target P-GW, and the P-GW simultaneously stores the tunnel information of the original S-GW and the target S-GW. ;
  • Step 1005 the P-GW returns a target S-GW bearer setup response; the target S-GW targets the target
  • the MME returns a session establishment response message
  • Step 1006 The target MME requests the target radio side network element to perform handover.
  • Step 1007 The target radio side network element responds to the target MME with a handover request acknowledgement message, and does not carry forwarding tunnel information.
  • Step 1008 The target MME sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the target S-GW, requesting to establish a data forwarding tunnel between the S-GWs.
  • Step 1010 The target MME sends a relocation forward response message to the original MME.
  • Step 1011 The original MME sends a forwarding tunnel establishment request to the original S-GW, and requests to establish an S-GW and a data forwarding tunnel between the S-GW and the forwarding tunnel identifier allocated by the target S-GW.
  • Step 1012 The original S-GW returns the original MME to forward the tunnel establishment response.
  • Step 1013 The original MME sends a handover command to the original radio side network element.
  • Step 1014 The original radio side network element sends a handover command to the terminal.
  • Step 1015 The terminal sends a handover confirmation message to the target wireless side network element.
  • Step 1016 The target radio side network element notifies the target MME to perform handover.
  • Step 1017 The target MME sends a relocation forward completion notification message to the original MME.
  • Step 1018 The original MME returns a relocation forward completion confirmation message to the target MME.
  • Step 1019 The target MME requests the target S-GW to modify the bearer information, and carries the target wireless Tunnel information allocated by the side network element;
  • Step 1020 The target S-GW responds to the target MME with the bearer modification result.
  • Step 1021 Perform the original network session deletion and the forwarding tunnel release process.
  • the process can be triggered by the original MME through a timer.
  • the P-GW can be combined with the S-GW as an access network element.
  • the interface between the S-GW and the P-GW does not need to exist between the S-GW and the P-GW.
  • the network element will interface with the access network element.
  • the network element functions and interfaces of the system (except S5 port) and the process are consistent with the above embodiments, and will not be described in detail here.
  • the manner in which the network element searches the terminal for the HSS, the ILR, and the PTF may be implemented by querying the local configuration.
  • the IL or PTF function can be implemented by HSS or HLR or AAA, or by a separate network element.
  • the above process is not limited to the EPS network, and can be applied to other network architectures with similar control planes and media plane separation.
  • the similar control plane and media plane separate network architecture includes an access gateway connected between the wireless side network element and the packet data network, and a mobility management node (Mobility Management) connected to the access gateway and the wireless side network element.
  • Node, MMN mobility management node
  • the connection between network elements means that there are signaling and/or data interfaces between network elements.
  • the mobility management node and the access gateway may have different names in different network architectures, and may correspond to one existing network element or multiple network elements or a part of one network element.
  • the dynamic management node is responsible for the control planes such as terminal mobility management, non-access stratum signaling processing, and user mobility management context management;
  • the access gateway is a gateway device that connects the radio access network and the packet data network. It is responsible for providing access services for terminals and forwarding data between the radio access network and the packet data network.
  • the function of the access gateway is implemented by a serving gateway and a packet data network gateway in an evolved packet system (EPS) network architecture
  • the mobility management node is an MME and/or an SGSN in the EPS network architecture
  • the wireless The access network is an evolved universal mobile communication system terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN).
  • E-UTRAN evolved universal mobile communication system terrestrial radio access network
  • the function of the access gateway can also be implemented by an Access Gateway (AGW) of an Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) system
  • the mobility management node can be a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) in the 3G system.
  • the radio access network may also be a universal mobile communication system, a terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) or an ultra mobile broadband wireless access system. Wait.
  • the communication network provided by the present invention includes a wireless side network element, an access gateway, and a mobility management node (MMN) having a signaling interface with the wireless side network element and the access gateway, and the access gateway and the wireless side.
  • MSN mobility management node
  • the identity identifier (AID) of the handover terminal is transmitted to the target access gateway;
  • the access gateway is configured to allocate a new location identifier (RID) to the terminal after receiving the AID of the hand-in terminal transmitted by the target MMN, and save mapping information of the terminal AID and the new RID, and data of the cut-in terminal.
  • the message is RID encapsulated, decomposed RID encapsulated, and forwarded;
  • the access gateway or the MMN is further configured to send a registration request to the handover terminal home ILR, and carry the new RID of the handover terminal;
  • the ILR is used to maintain the AID-RID mapping information of the home subscriber terminal, and after receiving the registration request for the handover terminal, the saved RID of the handover terminal is updated to the new RID.
  • the access gateway is further configured to: after the new RID is assigned to the cut-in terminal, transmit the new RID to the target MMN;
  • the MMN is further configured to send a RID update notification to the gateway accessed by the communication peer of the terminal after receiving the new RID of the cut-in terminal, and carry the AID of the terminal and the new RID.
  • the access gateway is further configured to maintain the peer information of the terminal, and the information about the correspondence between the terminal AID and the communication peer AID; in the handover process, the peer information of the cut-out terminal is transmitted to the target access gateway; After the new RID is allocated to the handover terminal and the peer information of the handover terminal transmitted by the original access gateway is received, the RID update notification is sent to the gateway accessed by the communication terminal of the handover terminal, and the AID of the terminal is carried. And the new RID.
  • the MMN and the access gateway can cooperate with the function of completing the forwarding tunnel establishment and the downlink packet sending, as follows:
  • the MMN is further configured to interact with the target access gateway and the original access gateway after determining the target access gateway different from the original access gateway, and establish a switch between the target access gateway and the original access gateway.
  • the access gateway is further configured to establish a forwarding tunnel between the access gateway and the original access gateway for the intercepting terminal by using a signaling interface between the access gateways;
  • the access gateway is further configured to: after the forwarding tunnel is established, forward the received data packet sent to the cut-out terminal to the target access gateway by using the forwarding tunnel; and receive the data packet sent to the cut-in terminal. After being directly forwarded to the target wireless side network element or cache, and then forwarded to the target wireless side network element;
  • the target radio side network element is configured to send the received data sent to the hand-in terminal directly to the hand-in terminal or the buffer, and then send the data to the hand-in terminal.
  • modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or they may be Multiple modules or steps are made into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any particular combination of hardware and software.
  • the present invention adopts a method in which identity identification and location identification are separated to implement mobility in a non-anchor manner in a wireless communication system, thereby solving various problems that can only be achieved by using a fixed anchor point mechanism in an existing communication network.
  • the phenomenon of data bypass after moving is avoided, the transmission delay and bandwidth waste are reduced, and the mobile terminal's mobile performance in the wireless communication system is effectively improved.

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Abstract

本发明公开了一种终端切换的方法。该方法包括:在终端切换过程中,确定了与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关时,该目标接入网关为该终端分配新的位置标识(RID)并保存该终端身份标识(AID)和该新的RID的映射信息;目标移动性管理节点(MMN)或目标接入网关发起RID注册,将该终端归属ILR中该终端的RID更新为新的RID;该终端从原无线侧网元切换到目标无线侧网元后,通过该目标无线侧网元和目标接入网关连接到分组数据网络,实现该终端与通信对端间数据报文的封装和转发。本发明还公开了相应的通信网络。本发明解决了现有通信网络中只能采用固定锚点机制所带来的种种问题。

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一种终端切换的方法及相应的通信网络
技术领域
本发明涉及通信技术领域, 尤其涉及一种终端切换的方法及相应的通信 网络。 背景技术
第三代合作伙伴计划 ( 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 筒称为 3GPP ) 演进的分组系统 ( Evolved Packet System , 简称为 EPS ) 由演进的通用移动 通信系统陆地无线接入网 ( Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, 简称为 E-UTRAN )、移动性管理实体( Mobility Management Entity, 简称为 MME ) 、 服务网关 ( Serving Gateway, S-GW ) 、 分组数据网络网关 ( Packet Data Network Gateway , 简称为 P-GW或者 PDN GW)、 归属用户服 务器 (Home Subscriber Server , 简称为 HSS ) 、 3GPP 的认证授权计费 ( Authentication、 Authorization and Accounting, 简称为 AAA )月良务器, 策略 和计费规则功能 ( Policy and Charging Rules Function, 简称为 PCRF ) 实体及 其他支撑节点组成。
图 la是现有技术的 EPS系统架构的示意图, 如图所示, MME负责移动 性管理、 非接入层信令的处理和用户移动管理上下文的管理等控制面的相关 工作; S-GW是与 E-UTRAN相连的接入网关设备, 在 E-UTRAN和 P-GW之 间转发数据, 并且负责对寻呼等待数据进行緩存; P-GW则是 EPS与分组数 据网络( Packet Data Network , 简称为 PDN ) 网络的边界网关, 负责 PDN的 接入及在 EPS与 PDN间转发数据等功能。
在 3GPP中, 通过接入点名称 (Access Point Name, 简称为 APN ) 可以 找到对应的 PDN网络。 通常将 UE到 PDN网络的一个连接称为一个 IP连接 接入网 ( IP Connectivity Access Network, 简称为 IP-CAN )会话。
当终端发生移动时, P-GW将作为终端移动的锚定点 (如图 lb所示) 。 在图 lb系统的基础上, 现有技术中终端进行切换过程(如图 lc所示) 、 通 过 S-GW之间接口进行数据转发的流程具体步骤描述如下: 步骤 IcOl , 无线侧网元判断需要发送 S1切换;
步骤 1 c02 , 原无线侧网元向原 MME发送切换请求;
步骤 lc03, 原 MME在向目标 MME发送重定位前转请求消息; 步骤 lc04 , 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送会话建立请求, 带 P-GW相关 信息;
步骤 1 c05 , 目标 S-GW向目标 MME回复会话建立响应消息, 该步会携带目标 S-GW为建立与目标无线侧网元间隧道分配的隧道信息
^口隧道标识。
步骤 1 c06 , 目标 MME请求目标无线侧网元执行切换;
该步会将目标 S-GW分配的隧道信息传递给目标无线侧网元。
步骤 lc07, 目标无线侧网元向目标 MME回应切换请求确认消息; 该步骤, 目标无线侧网元创建 UE上下文并预留资源 , 在切换请求确认 消息中携带目标无线侧网元分配的隧道信息 (此处是为建立与目标 S-GW间的 隧道分配的), 还需要携带 S-GW之间的转发隧道信息。
步骤 lc08, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 请求建立 S-GW之间的数据转发隧道;
步骤 1 c09 ,目标 S-GW向目标 MME回复转发隧道建立响应,携带为 S-GW 之间的转发隧道分配的转发隧道标识;
步骤 lclO , 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转响应消息; 步骤 lcl l ,原 MME向原 S-GW发送转发隧道建立请求,请求建立 S-GW 之间的数据转发隧道, 携带目标 S-GW分配的转发隧道标识;
步骤 lcl2 , 原 S-GW回复原 MME转发隧道建立响应;
步骤 lcl3, 原 MME向原无线侧网元发送切换命令;
步骤 lcl4 , 原无线侧网元向终端发送切换命令;
此时, 原网络收到的发给该终端的下行数据4艮文将从 S-GW之间的转发 隧道发往目标网络;
步骤 1 cl 5 , 终端向目标无线侧网元发送切换确认消息;
步骤 1 cl 6 , 目标无线侧网元通知目标 MME进行切换;
步骤 lcl7, 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转完成通知消息; 步骤 lcl8, 原 MME向目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息; 步骤 1 cl 9 , 目标 MME请求目标 S-GW修改承载信息, 携带目标无线侧 网元分配的隧道信息如隧道标识; 目标 S-GW收到该隧道信息后,如果 S-GW 重定位, 则目标 S-GW向 P-GW发送修改承载请求消息, 携带目标 S-GW分 配的隧道信息;
该步目标 S-GW收到目标无线侧网元分配的隧道信息后, 就为该终端建 立了到目标无线侧网元间的隧道, 用于发送该终端的下行数据报文, 称为下 行隧道。在步骤 lc06中,目标无线侧网元收到目标 S-GW分配的隧道信息后, 就为该终端建立了到目标 S-GW间的隧道,可以发送该终端的上行数据报文, 称为上行隧道。 文中各处两个网元间建立隧道的方式是类似的, 不再赘述。
步骤 lc20, 如果 S-GW重定位, 则目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW回应承载修 改结果。 目标 S-GW向目标 MME回应 ? 载爹改结果;
步骤 lc21, 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程。 该流程可以由 原 MME通过定时器进行触发。
由此可见, 现有技术仅仅考虑了采用锚定方式来实现终端移动过程中业 务的连续性, 然而该固定锚点方法造成了数据包路径迂回的问题, 加重了传 输延时和带宽浪費。
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, TCP/IP )的地址和身份的共有性造成的。 为 了解决这些问题, 业界目前提出了多种新的移动管理技术。 其本质思想是用 户身份和位置分离技术。 现有技术中已有有关身份标识和位置分离 ( Subscriber Identifier & Locator Separation Network, SILSN )的解决方案, 如 基于主机的实现如主机标识协议(Host Identity Protocol, HIP )技术, 以及基 于路由器的实现如位置身份分离协议 (Locator Identity Separation Protocol, LISP)技术, 每种实现中又有相关的多种技术进行支持, 这些方案中终端用户 的身份标识 (Access Identifier, 文中表示为 AID )在移动过程中不改变, 根 据终端的位置另行分配位置标识 (Routing Identifier, 文中表示为 RID ) 来实 现数据报文的路由和转发。
图 Id示出了一种身份标识和位置分离网络 (Subscriber Identifier & Locator
Separation Network, 简称 SILSN)的架构, 该 SILSN架构的网络拓朴划分为拓 朴关系上没有重叠的接入网和骨干网, 接入网位于骨干网的边缘, 负责所有 终端的接入, 骨千网负责接入的终端间数据报文的路由和转发。 网络中, 用 AID表示终端的用户身份标识, 在终端移动过程中始终保持不变; 用 RID表 示网络为终端分配的位置标识, 在骨干网使用。 应说明的是, 身份标识和位 置标识在不同的 SILSN架构可以有不同的名称, 应视为等同的。
SILSN架构中 , 终端可以是移动终端、 固定终端和游牧终端中的一种或 多种, 如手机、 固定电话、 电脑和服务器等等。
SILSN架构中, 接入网用于为终端提供二层 (物理层和链路层)接入手 段, 维护终端与 ASN之间的物理接入链路。
SILSN架构中, 骨干网的主要网元包括:
接入服务节点 (Access Service Node, ASN)用于为终端分配 RID, 维护终 端的 AID-RID 映射信息, 到 ILR注册(也可称为登记注册)和查询终端的 RID, 以及实现数据报文的路由和转发, 终端须经过 ASN接入骨干网。 ASN 分配的 RID指向本 ASN, 也即包含该 ASN的地址信息, 将该 RID作为数据 报文的目的地址时 , 该数据报文将被路由到该 ASN。
通用路由器 ( Common Router, CR ) , 用于根据数据报文中的 RID进行 选路, 转发以 RID为目的地址的数据 4艮文。
身份位置寄存器 ( Identity Location Register, ILR ) , ILR用于处理对终 端 RID的注册、 注销和查询, 保存和维护归属用户终端的身份标识和位置标 识 (AID-RID)映射信息;
可选地, 骨干网还可以包括:
分组转发功能 (Packet Transfer Function, PTF ) , 也称为分组转发功能 节点, 用于在收到归属用户终端发送的数据报文后, 根据数据报文中通信对 端 AID查到通信对端的 RID并封装在报文头部后, 转发到广义转发平面。
互联服务节点 (Interconnect Service Node, ISN),具有与通用路由器、 ASN 和 ILR的接口, 用于实现两个网络的互联互通。
上述 ILR, 或 ILR和 PTF构成了骨干网的映射转发平面, CR, 或 CR和
ISN构成了骨干网的广义转发平面。
基于 SILSN架构的网络, 因为终端的身份标识和位置分离, 终端和通信 对端通过 AID识别对方, 使用 RID来实现数据报文的路由和转发。 在终端移 动时, AID不变, 以保持终端和通信对端的通信关系, RID可以随终端移动 而重新分配, 从而可以支持终端进行无固定锚点的移动性, 解决数据包路径 迂回的问题。 在 SILSN架构中进行通信时, ASN收到上行数据报文要进行 RID封装和 转发。 具体地, 在本地查询通信对端的 RID, 如查询到, 将通信对端的 RID 作为目的地址, 以终端 RID为源地址封装在包含终端 AID和通信对端 AID 的数据报文中, 经广义转发平面转发到通信对端接入的 ASN。 如查询不到, 要到通信对端归属 ILR查询到通信对端的 RID并保存在本地。 此时, 可以在 文中封装上终端的 RID后,通过映射转发平面转发到广义转发平面,或者, 在查询到通信对端的 RID后, 再由该 ASN按上述在本地查询到通信对端的 RID时的方式进行 RID封装和转发处理。 在下行方向, ASN收到广义转发平 面发来的数据报文后进行解 RID封装, 剥去其中的 RID后发送给终端。
可以看出, ASN为了实现报文的正常转发, 需要在终端接入时为该终端 分配 RID, 到 ILR注册该 RID以更新 ILR中该终端的 RID。 ASN还需要维护 终端及其通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息, 来实现对报文的 RID封装。 在一个 示例中, ASN为每个终端维护该终端与通信对端的通信关系信息, 文中称为 该终端的对端信息,该对端信息包含该终端 AID与通信对端 AID的对应关系 信息, 还可以包括该终端的 AID-RID映射信息, 同时, ASN统一维护所有终 端的通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息。 当然, ASN为每个终端分别维护该终端 所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息也是可以的,其中包含了终端的对端信息。 维护对端信息, 是为了在终端切换时, 切入一侧的 ASN可以确定该终端有哪 些通信对端, 从而可以向通信对端接入的 ASN发送该终端新的 RID。 通信对 端接入的 ASN完成更新后,就可以将通信对端发出的数据 4艮文直接路由到该 终端切换到的 ASN了。 但不进行到对端的 RID更新, 对端 P-GW也可以通 过对终端发送的报文的检查等方式来更新该终端的 RID。
但是, 已有技术对于如何在 LTE等控制面和媒体面分离的通信系统的切 换过程中支持终端的身份标识与位置分离, 避免出现路由迂回, 都没有提出 相应的实现方案。 发明内容
本发明要解决的技术问题是提供一种终端切换的方法及相应的通信网 络, 以减少数据包的路径迂回, 降低传输延时和带宽浪费。
为了解决上述问题, 本发明提供了一种终端切换的方法, 应用于包括无 线侧网元、 连接在无线侧网元和分组数据网络之间的接入网关、 移动性管理 节点和身份位置寄存器 (ILR)的通信网络, 该方法包括:
在终端切换过程中, 确定了与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关时, 该目 标接入网关为该终端分配新的位置标识 (RID)并保存该终端身份标识 (AID)和 该新的 RID的映射信息; 目标 MMN或目标接入网关发起 RID注册, 将该终 端归属 ILR中该终端的 RID更新为新的 RID;
该终端从原无线侧网元切换到目标无线侧网元后, 通过该目标无线侧网 元和目标接入网关连接到分组数据网络, 实现该终端与通信对端间数据报文 的封装和转发。
该目标接入网关为该终端分配了新的 RID后, 还向该终端的通信对端接 入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID; 或者
该目标接入网关为该终端分配了新的 RID后,将该新的 RID发送到目标
MMN, 该目标 MMN向该终端的通信对端接入的 MMN发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述方法还可具有以下特点: 确定了与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关后, 还建立该目标接入网关与 原接入网关之间的转发隧道;
该转发隧道建立后, 该原接入网关收到通信对端发给该终端的数据报文 后, 通过该转发隧道转发到该目标接入网关, 该目标接入网关緩存该数据报 文或转发到目标无线侧网元緩存, 在该终端切换到该目标无线侧网元后, 再 通过该目标无线侧网元将数据报文发送给该终端。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
所述通信网络中的接入网关维护终端的对端信息, 及终端所有通信对端 的 AID-RID映射信息, 所述对端信息包含该终端 AID与通信对端 AID的对 应关系信息;
在切换过程中, 原接入网关将维护的该终端的对端信息和 /或该终端所有 通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息传送到该目标接入网关;
该目标接入网关为该终端分配了新的 RID和收到所述对端信息后, 向该 终端的通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知,携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
所述通信网络是演进的分组系统 (EPS)网络, 所述接入网关的功能由 EPS 网絡中的服务网关 (S-GW)和分组数据网络网关 (P-GW)实现, 所述 MMN 为 EPS 网络中的移动性管理实体 (MME)或 3G 系统中的服务 GPRS 支持节点 (SGSN。
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S1接口的切换发起后,目标 MMN确定的目标 P-GW与原 P-GW不同时, 将该终端的 AID和原 P-GW的地址信息经目标 S-GW传送到该目标 P-GW; 该目标 P-GW收到后, 为该终端分配指向本 P-GW的新的 RID, 保存该终端 AID和该新的 RID的映射信息, 并直接或间接地将分配的隧道信息传送到原 P-GW, 建立该目标 P-GW和原 P-GW间该终端的转发隧道;
之后, 原 MMN启动切换执行过程, 该终端切换到目标无线侧网元, 通 过该目标无线侧网元、 目标 S-GW和目标 P-GW连接到分组数据网络, 通过 该连接实现该终端与通信对端间数据报文的封装和转发。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
该目标 P-GW为该终端分配新的 RID后,向终端归属 ILR发送 RID注册 请求, 携带该终端 AID和新的 RID; 或者, 该目标 P-GW为该终端分配新的 RID后, 将该新的 RID经目标 S-GW传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN向 该终端归属 ILR发送 RID注册请求, 携带该终端 AID和新的 RID;
该终端归属 ILR收到后将保存的该终端 AID-RID映射信息中的 RID更新 为该新的 RID。
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该终端的 AID和原 P-GW的地址信息是通过该目标 MMN发送到该目标
S-GW 的会话建立请求, 以及该目标 S-GW 收到会话建立请求后向该目标 P-GW发送的会话建立请求传送到该目标 P-GW的;
该目标 P-GW为建立与目标 S-GW间该终端的隧道分配隧道信息后, 向 该目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应; 该目标 S-GW向该目标 MMN回复会话建 立响应;
该目标 MMN再请求该目标无线侧网元执行切换, 该目标无线侧网元向 该目标 MMN回应切换请求确认消息。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
该目标 P-GW和原 P-GW间该终端的数据转发通道是通过以下过程建立 的: 该目标 P-GW通过 P-GW间的信令接口向该原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立 请求, 携带目标 P-GW为建立与原 P-GW间该终端的转发隧道分配的转发隧 道信息; 该原 P-GW收到后, 向该目标 P-GW回复转发隧道建立响应。
上述方法还可具有以下特点, 建立该目标 P-GW和原 P-GW间该终端的 数据转发隧道的步骤包括:
该目标 MMN通过该目标 S-GW向该目标 P-GW请求建立转发隧道, 该 目标 P-GW收到后, 为建立与原 P-GW间该终端的转发隧道分配转发隧道标 识, 通过该目标 S-GW将该转发隧道标识传送给该目标 MMN;
该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 将该转发隧道标识传递到该原 MMN; 该原 MMN通过该原 S-GW向该原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 携带 该转发隧道标识; 该原 P-GW收到后, 建立与该目标 P-GW间该终端的转发 隧道, 通过该原 S-GW向该原 MMN回复转发隧道建立响应。
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该目标 MMN是通过本目标 MMN向该目标 S-GW发送的会话建立请求 和该目标 S-GW向该目标 P-GW发送的会话建立请求向该目标 P-GW请求建 立转发隧道; 该目标 P-GW通过本目标 P-GW向该目标 S-GW回复的会话建 立响应和该目标 S-GW向该目标 MMN回复的会话建立响应将该转发隧道标 识传送给该目标 MMN; 或者, 该目标 MMN是在收到目标无线侧网元回应 的切换请求确认后, 通过本目标 MMN向该目标 S-GW发送的转发隧道建立 -清求和该目标 S-GW 向该目标 P-GW发送的转发隧道建立请求向该目标 P-GW请求建立转发隧道;该目标 P-GW是通过本目标 P-GW向该目标 S-GW 回复的转发隧道建立响应和该目标 S-GW向该目标 MMN回复的转发隧道建 立响应将该转发隧道标识传送给该目标 MMN;
该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 通过重定位前转响应消息将该转发隧 道标识传递到该原 MMN。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
该通信网络中的 P-GW保存接入的终端的对端信息; 在切换过程中, 该 原 P-GW将保存的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW, 该目标 P-GW为 该终端分配了新的 RID且收到所述对端信息后 , 向该终端的通信对端接入的 网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID; 或者
该通信网络中的 MMN保存接入的终端的对端信息; 在切换过程中, 原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时,将保存的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN收到所述对端信息和目标 P-GW传送来的该新的 RID后, 发起 到对端的 RID更新流程。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
该通信网络中的 P-GW维护和保存接入的终端的对端信息; 该原 P-GW 通过转发隧道建立响应将维护的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW; 该目标 P-GW才艮据该终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID查询得到所述通 信对端的 RID , 向所述通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知 , 携带该终端 的 AID及该新的 RID; 或者, 该目标 P-GW再将该新的 RID和所述对端信息 传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN收到所述对端信息和该目标 P-GW传送 的该新的 RID后, 发起到对端的 RID更新流程。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
该通信网络中的 P-GW维护和保存接入的终端的对端信息; 该原 P-GW 通过转发隧道建立响应将维护的该终端的对端信息经原 S-GW传送到该原 MMN, 该原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时, 通过重定位前转完成确认消息将所 述对端信息传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN再通过本 MMN发送给该目 标 S-GW的修改承载请求和该目标 S-GW发送给该目标 P-GW的修改承载请 求将所述对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW;
该目标 P-GW根据收到的所述对端信息中通信对端的 AID查询得到所述 通信对端的 RID, 向所述通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终 端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
该通信网络中的 MMN根据 P-GW的通知保存和更新终端的对端信息; 在切换过程中, 原 P-GW 与目标 P-GW 间的转发隧道建立之前, 该原 P-GW对收到的发给该终端的数据报文解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的该 终端的对端信息通知原 MMN, 原 MMN更新保存的所述对端信息; 在该转 发隧道建立之后, 该原 P-GW将发给该终端的数据报文直接转发给该目标 P-GW, 该目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的 该终端的对端信息通知目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN更新保存的所述对端信息; 在切换过程中, 原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时, 通过重定位前转完成确 认消息将维护的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN将收 到所述对端信息和本地保存的所述对端信息合并为统一的对端信息, 依据合 并后的对端信息中通信对端的 AID发起到对端的 RID更新流程。
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该目标 MMN发起到对端的 RID更新流程时, 是根据该终端的对端信息 中通信对端的 AID从本地配置或通信对端归属服务器或 DNS服务器查询得 到通信对端接入的 MMN,向所述通信对端接入的 MMN发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
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该原 P-GW将保存的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW的过程中, 将该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息与所述对端信息一起传送到该目 标 P-GW。
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在切换过程中, 原 P-GW 与目标 P-GW 间的转发隧道建立之前, 该原 P-GW对收到的发给该终端的数据 · ^文进行解 RID封装和检查, 维护保存的 该终端的对端信息; 在该转发隧道建立之后, 该原 P-GW将发给该终端的数 据报文直接转发给该目标 P-GW, 由该目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行解 RID 封装和检查, 在本地保存和维护该终端的对端信息;
该目标 P-GW收到原 P-GW传送来的该终端的对端信息后, 将收到的所 述对端信息和本地保存的所述对端信息合并为统一的对端信息并进行维护。
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在切换过程中, 该原 P-GW通过与该目标 P-GW的转发隧道将保存的该 终端的对端信息向该目标 P-GW传送之前, 该原 P-GW对收到的发给该终端 的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 维护保存的该终端的对端信息; 传送所 述对端信息之后, 该原 P-GW将收到的发给该终端的数据报文转发给该目标 P-GW, 由该目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 维护该终端 的对端信息。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
在切换过程中, 该目标 P-GW 与原 P-GW之间的转发隧道建立后, 原 P-GW接收的发给终端的数据艮文流向为: 原 P-GW—>目标 P-GW—>目标 S-GW,数据报文緩存在目标 S-GW中; 目标 P-GW接收的发给终端的数据报 文流向为: 目标 P-GW—〉目标 S-GW, 数据报文将緩存在目标 S-GW中; 该终端切换到目标无线侧网元, 且该目标 S-GW根据该目标 MMN的修 改承载请求建立与该目标无线侧网元的承载后, 再将緩存的数据报文经该目 标无线侧网元发送给该终端。
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在切换过程中, 在建立该目标 P-GW与原 P-GW之间的转发隧道之前, 目标 MMN通过与目标无线侧网元和目标 S-GW的交互, 为该终端建立该目 标无线侧网元和该目标 S-GW间的隧道;
在切换过程中, 该目标 P-GW 与原 P-GW之间的转发隧道建立后, 原 P-GW接收的发给终端的数据报文流向为: 原 P-GW—〉目标 P-GW—〉目标 S-GW->目标无线侧网元, 数据 4艮文緩存在目标无线侧网元中; 目标 P-GW 接收的发给终端的数据 4艮文流向为: 目标 P-GW—>目标 S-GW—>目标无线 侧网元 , 数据报文将緩存在目标无线侧网元中;
该终端切换到该目标无线侧网元后, 该目标无线侧网元将緩存的数据报 文发送给该终端。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
在切换过程中, 该目标 P-GW与原 P-GW之间只建立下行的转发隧道; 在该终端切换到目标无线侧网元之前, 该终端发送的数据 文的流向为: 该 终端一 >原无线侧网元 >原 S-GW->^ P-GW, 原 P-GW对该数据报文进行 RID封装和检查, 维护该终端的对端信息或将需要更新的该终端的对端信息 通知原 MMN。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
在切换过程中, 在该原 P-GW通过与该目标 P-GW的转发隧道将保存的 该终端的对端信息向该目标 P-GW传送之前, 该终端发送的数据报文的流向 为: 该终端 >原无线侧网元 >原 S-GW—〉原 P-GW , 原 P-GW对该数据报 文进行 RID封装和检查, 维护该终端的对端信息;
该原 P-GW传送所述对端信息之后和该终端切换到目标无线侧网元之 前,该终端发送的数据 4艮文的流向为该终端 >原无线侧网元 >原 S-GW-> 原 P-GW—〉目标 P-GW, 目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行 ID封装和检查, 维 护该终端的对端信息。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
目标 MMN或目标 S-GW根据终端所在位置区域和 /或网络配置信息来确 定目标 P-GW, 或者, 目标 MMN或目标 S-GW根据终端或无线侧网元的指 示来确定目标 P-GW。
上述方法还可具有以下特点, 该切换过程中与终端到分组数据网络之间 原侧和目标侧的连接建立、 释放相关的处理包括:
所述 S1接口的切换发起后,原 MMN收到原无线侧网元发送的切换请求 后, 在该原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时, 向目标 MMN发送重定位前转请求 消息, 携带原 P-GW的地址;
该目标 MMN对 S-GW和 P-GW进行重定位, 当重定位到与原 P-GW不 同的目标 P-GW时, 发起到 S-GW和 P-GW的会话建立流程;
该目标 MMN请求目标无线侧网元执行切换, 该目标无线侧网元向该目 标 MME回应切换请求确认消息;
该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 向原 MME发送重定位前转响应消息, 原 MMN通过原无线侧网元通知该终端切换;
该目标无线侧网元收到该终端的切换确认消息后通知该目标 MMN进行 切换, 该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 向该原 MME发送重定位前转完成 通知消息, 该原 MME向该目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息;
该目标 MMN请求目标 S-GW修改承载信息, 该目标 S-GW向该目标
MMN 回应承载修改结果; 原网络侧执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放 流程, 包括原 S-GW与原 P-GW之间的隧道。
上述方法还可具有以下特点:
在终端切换过程中, 目标 MME在确定目标 P-GW时不改变终端原接入 的 P-GW, 该目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送会话建立请求, 带该 P-GW地址 及该 P-GW分配的隧道标识; 目标 S-GW向 P-GW发送会话建立请求, 携带 该目标 S-GW为建立与该 P-GW间的隧道分配的隧道信息, 该 P-GW同时保 存原 S-GW和目标 S-GW的隧道信息, 建立该 P-GW与目标 S-GW间该终端 的隧道;
在切换过程中,该 P-GW与目标 S-GW间该终端的隧道建立后,该 P-GW 将收到的发给该终端的数据报文经该隧道转发给目标 S-GW; 或者, 该目标 MME控制建立原 S-GW或目标 S-GW间的转发隧道, 该 P-GW将收到的发 给该终端的数据报文发给原 P-GW, 原 P-GW再经该转发隧道转发给目标 S-GW。
相应地,本发明提供的控制面与媒体面分离的通信网络包括无线侧网元、 接入网关, 及与无线侧网元和接入网关之间具有信令接口的移动性管理节点 (MMN),所述接入网关与无线侧网元和外部分组数据网络之间具有数据接口, 用于转发无线侧网元和分组数据网络间的数据, 该通信网络还包括与所述接 入网关和 /或 MMN具有信令接口的身份位置寄存器 (ILR), 其中:
所述 MMN设置为: 进行控制面的相关处理, 在为切入终端确定了一个 与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关时,将该切入终端的身份标识 (AID)传送到 该目标接入网关;
所述接入网关设置为: 在收到目标 MMN传送的切入终端的 AID后, 为 该终端分配新的位置标识 (RID)并保存该终端 AID和该新的 RID的映射信息, 以及对该切入终端的数据报文进行 RID封装、 解 RID封装和转发;
所述接入网关或 MMN还设置为: 向切入终端归属 ILR发送注册请求, 携带该切入终端的新的 RID;
所述 ILR设置为: 维护归属用户终端的 AID-RID映射信息, 收到对切入 终端的注册请求后, 将保存的该切入终端的 RID更新为该新的 RID。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述接入网关还设置为:在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后,将该新的 RID 传送到目标 MMN;
所述 MMN还设置为: 在收到切入终端的新的 RID后, 向该终端的通信 对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点: 所述 MMN还设置为: 在确定不同于原接入网关的目标接入网关后, 与 目标接入网关和原接入网关交互, 建立该目标接入网关与原接入网关间切入 终端的转发隧道; 或者, 所述接入网关还用于通过接入网关间的信令接口, 为切入终端建立本接入网关与原接入网关间的转发隧道;
所述接入网关还设置为: 在该转发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端 的数据报文通过该转发隧道转发到该目标接入网关; 收到发给切入终端的数 据报文后直接转发到目标无线侧网元或緩存后再转发到目标无线侧网元; 所述目标无线侧网元设置为: 将收到的发给切入终端的数据报文直接发 送给该切入终端或緩存后发送给该切入终端。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述接入网关还设置为: 维护终端的对端信息, 包含该终端 AID与通信 对端 AID的对应关系信息; 在切换过程中, 将维护的切出终端的对端信息传 送到该目标接入网关; 以及为切入终端分配了新的 RID和收到原接入网关传 送来的该切入终端的对端信息后, 向该切入终端的通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述通信网络是演进的分组系统 (; EPS)网络, 所述接入网关的功能由 EPS
EPS 网络中的移动性管理实体 (MME)或 3G 系统中的服务 GPRS 支持节点 (SGSN)。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 MMN包括:
切出控制模块, 其设置为: 在 S1切换发起后, 请求目标 MMN重定位, 并将切出终端的 AID传送到目标 MMN; 通过原无线侧网元通知该切出终端 执行切换, 及在切换完成后, 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程; 切入控制模块, 其设置为: 在收到重定位请求后确定目标 S-GW和目标 P-GW,确定了与原 S-GW不同的目标 S-GW和与原 P-GW不同的目标 P-GW 时, 将切入终端的 AID经目标 S-GW传送到该目标 P-GW; 及与目标无线侧 网元和目标 S-GW交互, 为切入终端建立两者之间的隧道;
所述 P-GW包括:
切入控制模块, P-GW的切入控制模块设置为: 在收到目标 MMN传送 的切入终端的 AID和原 P-GW地址信息后, 为该终端分配指向本 P-GW的新 的 RID, 保存该终端 AID与该新的 RID的映射信息;
报文转发模块, 其设置为: 对切入、 切出终端的数据报文进行 RID封装、 解 RID封装和转发处理;
第一隧道建立模块, 其设置为: 为切入终端建立与目标 S-GW间的转发 隧道;
所述 S-GW设置为: 为切入终端建立与目标 P-GW和目标无线侧网元间 的隧道, 进行数据报文转发, 及传递 MMN和 P-GW之间交互的信息。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW还包括 RID注册模块;所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为: 在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后激活该 RID注册模块;该 RID注册模块设置 为: 向切入终端归属 ILR发送注册请求,携带该切入终端的 AID和新的 RID; 或者
所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为:在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后, 将该新的 RID经目标 S-GW传送到目标 MMN; 所述 MMN还包括 RID注册 模块, 设置为: 在收到切入终端的新的 RID后, 向切入终端归属 ILR发送注 册请求, 携带该切入终端的 AID和新的 RID。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 MMN的切入控制模块还设置为: 将原 P-GW的地址信息与切入终 端的 AID—起传送到该目标 P-GW;
所述 P-GW还包括第二隧道建立模块; 所述 P-GW中的切入控制模块还 设置为: 在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后, 激活所述第二隧道建立模块; 所述第二隧道建立模块设置为: 通过 P-GW间的信令接口向原 P-GW发 送转发隧道建立请求, 携带本 P-GW为切入终端建立与原 P-GW间转发隧道 分配的隧道信息; 及, 在收到目标 P-GW发送的为切出终端建立转发隧道建 立请求后, 向目标 P-GW回复转发隧道建立响应。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 MMN还包括隧道建立模块, 隧道建立模块设置为: 在确定了不同 于原 P-GW的目标 P-GW后,通过目标 S-GW向目标 P-GW请求建立原 P-GW 和目标 P-GW间切入终端的转发隧道, 将该目标 P-GW为该转发隧道分配的 转发隧道标识传递到原 MMN; 及, 收到目标 P-GW为切出终端分配的转发 隧道标识后, 通过原 S-GW向原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 携带该转发 隧道标识;
所述 P-GW还包括第二隧道建立模块, 所述第二隧道建立模块设置为: 收到目标 MMN送的为切入终端建立原 P-GW和目标 P-GW间转发隧道的请 求后, 为该切入终端分配该转发隧道的转发隧道标识; 以及在收到原 MMN 过转发隧道建立请求携带的目标 P-GW为切出终端分配的转发隧道标识后, 建立与该目标 P-GW间的转发隧道, 并通过原 S-GW向该原 MMN回复转发 隧道建立响应。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW还包括对端信息维护模块、 切出控制模块和 RID更新模块; 所述 P-GW中的对端信息维护模块设置为:保存和维护终端的对端信息, 其中包括终端 AID与通信对端 AID的对应关系信息;
所述 P-GW的切出控制模块设置为: 通过 P-GW间的信令接口或者通过 原 S-GW、 原 MMN、 目标 MMN、 目标 S-GW间传递的信令将保存的切出终 端的对端信息传送到目标 P-GW;
所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为: 在收到原 P-GW传来的切入终端 的对端信息和为该切入终端分配新的 RID后,激活本 P-GW中的 RID更新模 块;
所述 P-GW中的 RID更新模块设置为: 根据该终端的对端信息中通信对 端的 AID在本地或向 ILR查询得到所述通信对端的 RID , 向所述通信对端接 入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点: 所述 MMN还包括对端信息维护模块和 RID更新模块; 其中:
所述 MMN中的对端信息维护模块设置为: 保存终端的对端信息并根据 P-GW的更新通知维护该对端信息,对端信息中包括终端 AID与通信对端 AID 的对应关系信息;
所述 MMN中的切出控制模块还设置为: 通过重定位前转完成确认消息 将保存的切出终端的对端信息传送到目标 MMN;
所述 MMN中的切入控制模块还设置为: 在收到目标 P-GW传送来的切 入终端的新的 RID, 且将原 MMN传来的和本地维护的该切入终端的对端信 息合并后, 激活本 MMN中的 RID更新模块;
所述 MMN中的 RID更新模块设置为: 根据切入终端的对端信息中通信 对端的 AID, 查询到通信对端接入的 MMN的地址信息, 向该终端的通信对 端接入的 MMN发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW的切出控制模块还设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的转 发隧道建立之前, 对收到的发给切出终端的数据报文解 RID封装和检查, 向 原 MMN发对端信息更新通知, 携带需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息; 在 该转发隧道建立之后, 将发给该切出终端的数据报文直接转发给目标 P-GW; 所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为: 在本 P-GW与原 P-GW间的转发 隧道建立之后, 对发给切入终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 向目标 MMN发送对端信息更新通知, 携带需要更新的该切入终端的对端信息。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的转发 隧道建立之前, 对收到的发给切出终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 再转发给目标 P-GW, 并将需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW 的对端信息维护模块, 在该转发隧道建立之后, 将发给该切出终端的数据报 文直接转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在本 P-GW与原 P-GW间的转发隧道建立之 后, 对发给切入终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 转发到目标 S-GW, 并将需要更新的该切入终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的对端信息维护模块; 所述 P-GW中的对端信息维护模块还设置为: 在收到原 P-GW传送来的 切入终端的对端信息后,将收到的和本地保存的该切入终端的对端信息合并, 并对合并后的对端信息进行维护。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW的切出控制模块还设置为: 通过 P-GW间的信令接口将保存 的切出终端的对端信息传送到目标 P-GW, 并通知本 P-GW的报文转发模块; 及收到原 P-GW传递的切入终端的对端信息后保存, 并通知本 P-GW的报文 转发模块;
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为: 在所述对端信息传送之前, 对收到 的发给切出终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的该切出终 端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的对端信息维护模块;在所述对端信息传送之后, 将收到的发给该切出终端的数据 文直接转发给该目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到 原 P-GW传送的切入终端的对端信息之后, 对发给该切入终端的数据报文进 行解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的 对端信息维护模块。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW之间的转 发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端的数据报文转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到发给切入终端的数据报文后, 转发给目标 S-GW;
所述 S-GW设置为: 收到目标 P-GW转发的发给切入终端的数据报文后 先进行緩存, 在根据目标 MMN的修改承载请求建立与目标无线侧网元的承 载后, 再将緩存的数据4艮文经该目标无线侧网元发送给该切入终端。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 MMN的切入控制模块还设置为:在控制建立目标 P-GW与原 P-GW 之间的转发隧道之前, 通过与目标无线侧网元和目标 S-GW的交互, 为切入 终端建立该目标无线侧网元和该目标 S-GW间的承载;
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW之间的转 发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端的数据报文转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到发给切入终端的数据报文后, 转发给目标 S-GW;
所述 S-GW设置为: 收到目标 P-GW转发的发给切入终端的数据报文后 转发给目标无线侧网元;
所述目标无线侧网元还设置为: 在收到发给切入终端的数据报文后先进 行緩存, 在该切入终端切换到本目标无线侧网元后, 将緩存的数据报文发送 给该终端。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为:在收到切出终端发送的数据报文后, 对该数据报文进行 RID封装和检查, 将该数据报文转发到分组数据网络, 并 向本 P-GW或原 MMN的对端信息维护模块发送更新通知, 携带需要更新的 该切出终端的对端信息; 或者
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为:在收到切出终端发送的数据报文后, 直接将该数据报文转发到目标 P-GW, 及, 在收到原 P-GW发来的切入终端 发送的数据报文后进行 RID封装和检查,将该数据报文转发到分组数据网络, 并向本 P-GW或目标 MMN的对端信息维护模块发送更新通知, 携带需要更 新的该切入终端的对端信息。
上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述目标 MMN或目标 S-GW根据终端所在位置区域和 /或网络配置信息 来确定目标 P-GW, 或者
目标 MMN 或目标 S-GW 根据终端或无线侧网元的指示来确定目标 上述通信网络还可具有以下特点:
所述 P-GW中的切入控制模块还设置为: 在为切入终端分配了新的 RID 后, 将该新的 RID和该切入终端的对端信息经目标 S-GW传送到目标 MME; 所述 MME还包括 RID更新模块; 所述 MME的切入控制模块还设置为: 在收到切入终端的对端信息后, 激活本 MME的 RID更新模块; 所述 MME 的 RID更新模块设置为: 根据切入终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID, 查询 到通信对端接入的 MME的地址信息, 向该终端的通信对端接入的 MME发 送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
本发明采用身份标识与位置标识分离的方式来实现无线通信系统中非锚 定方式的移动性, 从而解决了现有通信网络中只能釆用固定锚点机制所带来 的种种问题, 避免了移动后数据迂回的现象, 降低了传输延时和带宽浪费, 有效地提高了终端在无线通信系统中的移动性能。 附图概述
附图说明用来提供对本发明的进一步理解, 并且构成说明书的一部分, 与本发明的实施例一起用于解释本发明, 并不构成对本发明的限制。 在附图 中:
图 la为现有技术中无线通信网络连接示意图;
图 lb为现有技术中无线通信网絡跨 S-GW切换示意图;
图 lc为现有技术中终端釆用固定锚点方式的切换流程图;
图 Id为本发明实施例 SILSN架构的网络拓朴示意图;
图 2是本发明采用 SILSN架构的第一种 EPS网络的连接示意图; 图 3是本发明釆用 SILSN架构的第二种 EPS网絡的连接示意图; 图 4是本发明采用 SILSN架构的第三种 EPS网络的连接示意图; 图 5是本发明提供的切换流程图一, 示出一种跨 P-GW的切换过程; 图 5a是本发明提供的切换流程图二,示出一种 P-GW不变时的切换过程; 图 6是本发明提供的切换流程图三, 示出另一种跨 P-GW的切换过程; 图 7是本发明提供的切换流程图四, 示出另一种跨 P-GW的切换过程; 图 8是本发明提供的切换流程图五, 示出另一种跨 P-GW的切换过程; 图 9是本发明提供的切换流程图六, 示出另一种跨 P-GW的切换过程; 图 10是本发明提供的切换流程图七,示出另一种 P-GW不变时的切换过 程; 图 11是本发明提供了对应于图 4的 EPS网络中 P-GW的模块图。 本发明的较佳实施方式
下面结合附图和具体实施例对本发明所述技术方案作进一步的详细描 述, 以使本领域的技术人员可以更好的理解本发明并能据以实施, 但所举实 施例不作为对本发明的限定。
本发明将上述 SILSN架构应用于控制面与媒体面分离的网络, 来实现无 固定锚点切换。 根据背景技术记载的 SILSN架构及其工作原理可以了解, 终 端移动发生跨 ASN的切换时, 切入一侧的目标 ASN要为终端分配 RID, 向 该终端归属 ILR发起注册; 切出一侧的源 ASN要删除该终端的 AID-RID映 射信息, 并维护该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息。 为了使通信对端 发送给该终端的报文能够迅速路由到目标 ASN, 可以向通信对端接入的网关 发送 RID更新通知。 源 ASN还可以向目标 ASN传递该终端的对端信息和 / 或所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息。 另外, 在切换过程中, 源 ASN需要 向目标 ASN转发通信对端发送给该终端的报文。
下面以 EPS网络为基础,提出三种采用 SILSN架构的 EPS网络, 主要针 对为实现终端身份标识和位置分离需要的在原有系统上进行的改进进行描 述。 在需要升级的网元如 P-GW、 MME中 , 除下文提到的与实现终端的身份 标识和位置分离相关的功能模块,需要保留在 EPS系统原有的其他功能模块, 下文中就不再——说明。
文中, 将通信对端接入的网元简称为对端网元。
网络架构一
第一种具有 SILSN架构的 EPS网络的架构如图 2所示, 图中给出了该架 构网络中的主要网元及各网元之间的连接接口。
SILSN架构的接入网部分主要由 EPS网络中的无线接入网实现, EPS网 絡中的 MME、 S-GW和升级后的 P-GW共同实现 ASN要完成的功能。 同时, 增加了具有与 P-GW的接口的 ILR, PTF等网元, 这些网元为逻辑网元, 在 物理实体上可以与现有的网元合设。 P-GW连接到的支持 RID路由、 转发的 分组数据网络( PDN )构成广义转发平面。 P-GW与 ILR之间存在信令接口, MME与 ILR之间不存在信令接口,与 AID, RID相关的处理主要在 P-GW中 实现。
其中:
P-GW用于为终端提供接入服务, 为终端分配 RID, 到 ILR注册(也称 为登记注册)和注销 (也称为取消登记注册)终端的 RID, 向 ILR查询通信 对端的 RID, 维护终端的对端信息, 维护终端及其通信对端的 AID-RID映射 信息, 向对端网关发送 RID更新通知, 对数据报文进行 RID封装、 解 RID封 装和转发, 及与其他网元配合实现终端跨 P-GW的切换。 P-GW分配的 RID 指向该 P-GW, 如 RID可以为 P-GW的 IP地址。 AID则可以在归属用户服务 器上进行签约时为终端分配,如可以是 IPV6/IPV4地址或 IMSI或临时标识或 NAL 其他架构也同此。
在该架构下, 终端的对端信息的维护也可 MME完成, 或者由 P-GW和 MME共同完成。相应地,向对端网关发送 RID更新通知的功能也可以由 MME 来完成。
映射转发平面的 ILR、 PTF的功能如上文所述。
网络架构二
第二种具有 SILSN架构的 EPS网络的架构如图 3所示, 图中给出了本架 构网络的主要网元及各网元之间的连接接口。 SILSN架构的接入网部分主要 由 EPS系统中的无线接入网实现, EPS系统中的 S-GW, 升级后的 P-GW和 MME共同实现 ASN要完成的功能。 同时, 增加了与 P-GW之间具有接口的 ILR, PTF等网元。 这些网元为逻辑网元, 在物理实体上可以与现有的网元合 设, P-GW连接到的支持 RID路由、 转发的分组数据网络( PDN )构成广义 转发平面。 ILR与 P-GW之间及 ILR与 MME之间均存在信令接口。 部分功 能改由 MME来完成。
其中:
P-GW, 用于为终端分配 RID, 向 ILR查询通信对端的 RID, 维护终端及 其通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息, 对数据报文进行 RID封装、 解 RID封装 和转发, 及与其他网元配合实现终端跨 P-GW的切换。
MME, 用于到 ILR注册和注销终端的 RID, 与其他网元配合实现终端跨 P-GW的切换。
终端的对端信息的维护也可 MME, 或 P-GW和 MME共同完成。 向对端 网关发送 RID更新通知的功能可以由 MME或 P-GW来完成。
映射转发平面的 ILR、 PTF的功能如上文所述。
网络架构三
第二种具有 SILSN架构的 EPS网络的架构如图 4所示, 图中给出了本架 构网络的主要网元及各网元之间的连接接口。 本架构中, P-GW与 ILR之间 不存在信令接口, MME与 ILR之间存在信令接口。
SILSN架构的接入网部分主要由 EPS系统中的无线接入网实现, EPS系 统中的 S-GW和升级后的 P-GW、 MME共同实现 ASN要完成的功能。 同时, 增加了与 P-GW之间具有接口的 PTF等网元, 及与 MME之间存在信令接口 的 ILR。 这些网元为逻辑网元, 在物理实体上可以与现有的网元合设, P-GW 连接到的支持 RID路由、转发的 PDN构成广义转发平面。 由于 ILR与 P-GW 之间没有接口, 与架构二相比, P-GW需要通过 MME向 ILR查询通信对端 的 RID, MME需增加根据 P-GW的请求向 ILR查询通信对端 RID并返回查 询结果的功能。 P-GW和 MME的其他功能同架构二, 不再重复。
映射转发平面的 ILR、 PTF的功能如上文所述。
以上网络架构均是以终端非漫游的情况进行图示的, 在终端进行漫游的 情况下, P-GW或 S-GW需要通过拜访地的 ILR/PTF与终端归属地的 ILR/PTF 交互, 对下文的终端切换流程没有影响。
下面将基于上述网络架构对终端的切换过程作进一步的说明, 对切换过 程中原有消息的原有内容, 不再详细说明。
图 5示出了在图 2所示网络架构的基础上, 终端进行跨 P-GW切换的流 程, 确定到不同于原 P-GW的目标 P-GW, 两个 P-GW通过 P-GW间的信令 接口交互建立数据转发通道, 该流程的具体步骤如下:
步骤 501 , 无线侧网元判断需要发送 S1切换;
步骤 502, 原无线侧网元向原 ΜΜΕ发送切换请求;
步骤 503 , 原 ΜΜΕ在向目标 ΜΜΕ发送的重定位前转请求消息, 带原
P-GW地址和终端的 AID;
步骤 504, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送会话建立请求, 带终端的 AID、 原 P-GW地址和确定的目标 P-GW地址,不需要带原 P-GW分配的隧道标识。 目标 S-GW向该目标 P-GW发送会话建立请求, 带终端的 AID和原 P-GW地 址;
目标 S-GW 向该目标 P-GW发送会话建立请求还可携带为建立与目标 P-GW之间的隧道分配的隧道信息。
各实施例中, 目标 MME可以根据本地策略(如终端所在位置区域和 /或 网络配置信息, 位置区域如为 LAL RAL TAI或无线侧网元 ID等) 来确定 目标 P-GW,也可以根据终端或无线侧网元的指示来确定目标 P-GW。 如在一 个示例中, 可以根据终端的位置区域, 选择距离该终端最近的并且是属于同 一个 APN的 GGSN。 在另一实施例中, 也可由目标 S-GW来确定目标 P-GW 并通知目标 MME。
步骤 505, 目标 P-GW为终端分配新的 RID并保存该终端 AID与该新的 RID的映射信息;
步骤 506, 目标 P-GW发起 RID注册, 将该终端归属 ILR保存的该终端 的 RID更新为新的 RID;
目标侧网元发起 RID注册时, 向终端归属 ILR发送 RID注册请求, 携带 该终端 AID和新的 RID,该 ILR收到后将保存的该终端 AID-RID映射信息中 的 RID更新为该新的 RID, 也即更新了该终端的 AID-RID映射信息。
本步骤中的注册流程和步骤 507的隧道建立流程无必然的先后顺序。 步骤 507, 目标 P-GW向原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 请求建立原 P-GW和目标 P-GW间的上行和下行转发隧道, 携带为建立该上行和下行转 发隧道分配的隧道信息;
步骤 508, 原 P-GW回复目标 P-GW转发隧道建立响应, 携带该终端的 对端信息, 可选地, 还携带该终端的 AID-RID映射信息;
步骤 509, 目标 P-GW才 据该终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID, 查找 到通信对端接入的网关(简称对端网关,如 P-GW,也可能是其他网关如 ISN ), 向对端网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID和新的 RID;
对端网关收到后,会将该终端的 AID-RID映射信息中的 RID更新为该新 的 RID。
本步骤后, 数据流向如下:
原 P-GW收到的发给该终端的下行数据报文的流向为: 原 P-GW—〉目标
P-GW->目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。
本步骤后, 已更新终端 RID的对端 P-GW会将发往终端的数据直接发送 到目标 P-GW,目标 P-GW收到的发给该终端的下行数据流向为:目标 P-GW— 〉目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。
终端发送的上行数据报文流向为:终端一 >原无线侧网元 >原 S-GW > 原 P-GW—>目标 P-GW, 通信对端接入到另一 P-GW时, 目标 P-GW再转发 到分组数据网络。
步骤 510, 目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应消息, 携带为建 立与目标 S-GW之间隧道分配的隧道信息, 目标 S-GW向目标 MME回复会 话建立响应消息;
P-GW收到会话建立请求, 为该终端分配了与目标 S-GW之间隧道的隧 道信息后就可以向目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应消息了, 与步骤 505至 509 没有必须的先后顺序。
步骤 511 , 目标 MME请求目标无线侧网元执行切换;
步骤 512, 目标无线侧网元向目标 MME回应切换请求确认消息, 不需要 携带转发隧道信息;
步骤 513 , 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转响应消息; 步骤 514, 原 MME向原无线侧网元发送切换命令;
步骤 515, 原无线侧网元向终端发送切换命令;
步骤 516, 终端向目标无线侧网元发送切换确认消息;
步骤 517, 目标无线侧网元通知目标 MME进行切换;
步骤 518, 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转完成通知消息; 步骤 519, 原 MME向目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息; 步骤 520, 目标 MME请求目标 S-GW修改承载信息, 目标 S-GW不向 P-GW发送修改承载请求消息;
步骤 521 , 目标 S-GW向目标 MME回应承载修改结果;
步骤 522 , 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程, 该流程可以由 原 P-GW通过定时器进行触发。
上述流程中, 目标 S-GW在步骤 504中发现是跨 P-GW的切换, 则需要 緩存后续到达的下行数据, 直到步骤 520才将下行数据发往终端。
切换完成后, 上行数据报文的转发路径为: 终端一 >目标无线侧网元一 > 目标 S-GW—>目标 P-GW , 目标 P-GW对艮文进行 RID封装和转发, 经 PDN 路由到对端网关。 下行数据报文的转发路径为: 目标 P-GW—〉目标 S-GW— >目标无线侧网元一 >终端, 目标 P-GW对艮文进行解 ID封装。 因此实现了 无固定锚点的切换, 避免了路由迂回。 其他目标 P-GW与源 P-GW不同的实 施例在切换后的转发路径均同此。
上述流程中,在原 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的转发隧道建立之后,原 P-GW 和目标 P-GW对对端信息的维护和传送, 以及对数据报文的相应处理可釆用 以下方式:
方式一, 同一时间只通过一个 P-GW维护终端的对端信息。
在原 P-GW通过转发隧道向目标 P-GW传送终端的对端信息之前, 由原 P-GW对下行数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查后再转发到目标 P-GW, 原 P-GW继续维护保存的该对端信息。 原 P-GW向目标 P-GW传送终端的对端 信息之后, 收到下行数据报文后直接转发到目标 P-GW, 不再进行解封装和 检查; 目标 P-GW收到该对端信息之前, 直接将收到的下行数据报文转发到 目标 S-GW, 收到该对端信息之后, 还要对该下行数据报文进行解 RID封装 和检查, 保存、 维护该对端信息。
维护对端信息时, 如可以通过实时流检测机制或对数据报文中 AID进行 检查, 将发现的新的通信对端的 AID添加到该对端信息中, 通过实时流检测 或对端通知获知有通信对端离线时, 删除对端信息中该通信对端的 AID, 各 网元对对端信息的维护方式是类似的。
相应地, 在原 P-GW将该对端信息向目标 P-GW传送之前, 该终端发送 的数据报文的流向为: 该终端 >原无线侧网元一 >原 S-GW >原 P-GW, 原 P-GW对该数据报文进行 RID封装和检查, 以维护该终端的对端信息; 该原 P-GW传送所述对端信息之后和该终端切换到目标无线侧网元之前, 该终端 发送的数据报文的流向为该终端—>原无线侧网元一 >原 S-GW->^ P-GW— >目标 P-GW, 目标 P-GW对该数据艮文进行 RID封装和检查, 维护该终端的 对端信息。
方式二, 某段时间内同时通过原侧和目标侧 P-GW维护对端信息。
转发隧道建立后, 原 P-GW收到下行数据报文后直接转发到目标 P-GW, 同时继续维护该终端的对端信息, 目标 P-GW对收到的下行数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查后再转发, 在本地保存、 维护该终端的对端信息。 此阶段是 由原 P-GW和目标 P-GW 同时维护该终端的对端信息。 目标 PGW 收到原 P-GW传送的该终端的对端信息后, 将收到的和本地保存的该终端的对端信 息合并, 之后对合并后的对端信息进行维护。
相应地, 在该终端切换到目标无线侧网元之前, 该终端发送的上行数据 4艮文的流向为: 该终端 >原无线侧网元一 >原 S-GW >原 P-GW, 原 P-GW 对该数据报文进行 RID封装和检查, 维护保存的该终端的对端信息或将需要 更新的该终端的对端信息通知原 MME。此时, 只需要建立该原 P-GW到目标 P-GW之间的下行转发隧道。 文中的各个流程均同此。
以上各种方式下, P-GW在维护终端的对端信息时, 可以同时维护终端 的通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息, 如保存数据报文中还未保存的通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息, 保存查询到的通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息等。 相应地, 本实施例所基于的通信系统中, S-GW 用于为切入终端建立 S-GW与目标 P-GW和 S-GW与目标无线侧网元间的隧道, 进行数据报文转 发, 及传递 MME和 P-GW之间交互的信息。 而 MME和 P-GW与切换相关 的功能模块如下:
MME包括:
切出控制模块, 用于在 S1切换发起后, 请求目标 MME重定位, 并将切 出终端的 AID和原 P-GW的地址信息传送到目标 MME; 通过原无线侧网元 通知该切出终端执行切换, 及在切换完成后, 执行原网络会话删除以及转发 隧道释放流程。
切入控制模块, 用于在收到重定位请求后确定目标 S-GW和目标 P-GW, 确定了与原 S-GW不同的目标 S-GW和与原 P-GW不同的目标 P-GW时, 将 切入终端的 AID和原 P-GW地址信息经目标 S-GW传送到该目标 P-GW; 及 与目标无线侧网元和目标 S-GW交互, 为切入终端建立两者之间的隧道。
如图 11所示, P-GW包括:
切出控制模块, 用于通过 P-GW间的信令接口将保存的切出终端的对端 信息传送到目标 P-GW。
切入控制模块,用于在收到目标 MME传送的切入终端的 AID和原 P-GW 地址信息后, 为该终端分配指向本 P-GW的新的 RID, 保存该终端 AID与该 新的 RID的映射信息, 激活 RID注册模块、 第一隧道建立模块和第二隧道建 立模块, 在收到原 P-GW传来的切入终端的对端信息后再激活本 P-GW中的 RID更新模块, 及对报文转发模块进行控制。
报文转发模块,用于对切入、切出终端的数据报文进行 RID封装、解 RID 封装和转发处理; 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW之间的转发隧道建立后, 将收到 的发给切出终端的数据报文转发给目标 P-GW; 在收到发给切入终端的数据 文后, 转发给目标 S-GW。
第一隧道建立模块, 用于为切入终端建立与目标 S-GW间的转发隧道。 第二隧道建立模块, 用于通过 P-GW间的信令接口向原 P-GW发送转发 隧道建立请求, 携带本 P-GW为切入终端建立与原 P-GW间转发隧道分配的 隧道信息; 及, 在收到目标 P-GW发送的为切出终端建立转发隧道建立请求 后, 向目标 P-GW回复转发隧道建立响应。
RID注册模块, 用于向切入终端归属 ILR发送注册请求, 携带该切入终 端的 AID和新的 RID。
对端信息维护模块,用于保存和维护终端的对端信息,其中包括终端 AID 与通信对端 AID的对应关系信息。
RID更新模块 , 用于根据该终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID在本地或 向 ILR查询得到通信对端的 RID,向通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
在对端信息的维护和传送, 及对数据^^文的相应处理采用方式一时, 有:
P-GW的切出控制模块通过 P-GW间的信令接口将保存的切出终端的对 端信息传送到目标 P-GW, 并通知本 P-GW的报文转发模块; 及收到原 P-GW 传递的切入终端的对端信息后保存, 并通知本 P-GW的报文转发模块;
P-GW 的报文转发模块在下行方向, 在对端信息传送之前, 对收到的发 给切出终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的该切出终端的 对端信息通知本 P-GW的对端信息维护模块; 在对端信息传送之后, 将收到 的发给该切出终端的数据报文直接转发给该目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到原 P-GW 传送的切入终端的对端信息之后, 对发给该切入终端的数据报文进行解 RID 封装和检查, 将需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的对端信息 维护模块。 在上行方向, 在收到切出终端发送的数据报文后, 直接将该数据 4艮文转发到目标 P-GW, 及, 在收到原 P-GW发来的切入终端发送的数据报 文后进行 RID封装和检查,将该数据报文转发到分组数据网络,并向本 P-GW 的对端信息维护模块发送更新通知,携带需要更新的该切入终端的对端信息。
在对端信息的维护和传送, 及对数据报文的相应处理釆用方式二时, 有:
P-GW的 4艮文转发模块在下行方向, 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的转发 隧道建立之前, 对收到的发给切出终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 再转发给目标 P-GW, 并将需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW 的对端信息维护模块, 在该转发隧道建立之后, 将发给该切出终端的数据报 文直接转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在本 P-GW与原 P-GW间的转发隧道建立之 后, 对发给切入终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 转发到目标 S-GW, 并将需要更新的该切入终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的对端信息维护模块。 在上行方向, 在收到切出终端发送的数据报文后, 对该数据报文进行 RID封 装和检查, 将该数据 4艮文转发到分组数据网络, 并向本 P-GW或原 MME的 对端信息维护模块发送更新通知 , 携带需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息。
P-GW中的对端信息维护模块还用于在收到原 P-GW传送来的切入终端 的对端信息后, 将收到的和本地保存的该切入终端的对端信息合并, 并对合 并后的对端信息进行维护。
上述报文转发模块转发报文时需获知的关联事件如隧道建立、 转发隧道 建立、 对端信息的发送、 对端信息的接收等, 由切入控制模块或切出控制模 块进行通知。
如果终端移动后, P-GW保持不变。 该场景对应的流程如图 5a所示, 与 图 5相比较, 不再建立 P-GW之间的数据转发通道, 目标 P-GW无需为终端 分配新的 RID, 无需进行到 ILR的 RID注册和到对端的 RID更新流程, 而该 P-GW需要同时保存原 S-GW和目标 S-GW的隧道信息。其他处理与上述图 5 的流程类似, 包括:
步骤 5a01 , 无线侧网元判断需要发送 SI切换。
步骤 5a02 , 原无线侧网元向原 MME发送切换 ϊ會求。
步骤 5a03 ,原 MME向目标 MME发送的重定位前转请求消息,携带 P-GW 地址及其分配的隧道标识;
步骤 5a04, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送会话建立请求, 带 P-GW地址 及该 P-GW分配的隧道标识; 目标 S-GW向 P-GW发送会话建立请求, 携带 S-GW为建立与 P-GW间的隧道分配的隧道信息, P-GW同时保存原 S-GW和 目标 S-GW的隧道信息;
该步中, 目标 P-GW即为原 P-GW,在本流程中就称为 P-GW。 目标 MME 向目标 S-GW发送的会话建立请求中携带的 P-GW分配的隧道标识可以是为 该终端建立与目标 S-GW间的隧道分配的新的隧道标识, 也可以是之前为该 终端建立与原 S-GW间的隧道分配的隧道标识。
此时, 数据流向描述如下:
下行数据流向: P-GW—>目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。 上行数据流向: 终端一 >原无线侧网元 >原 S-GW—>P-GW。
步骤 5al 0 , P-GW向目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应消息, 目标 S-GW向 目标 MME回复会话建立响应消息。
步骤 5al 1 , 目标 MME请求目标无线侧网元执行切换。
步糠 5al2, 目标无线侧网元向目标 MME回应切换请求确认消息, 不需 要携带转发隧道信息。
步骤 5al3 , 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转响应消息。
步骤 5al4 , 原 MME向原无线侧网元发送切换命令。
步骤 5al 5 , 原无线侧网元向终端发送切换命令。
步骤 5al 6 , 终端向目标无线侧网元发送切换确认消息。
步骤 5al 7, 目标无线侧网元通知目标 MME进行切换。
步骤 5al8, 目标无线侧网元向原 MME发送重定位前转完成通知消息。 步骤 5al9, 原 MME向目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息。
步骤 5a20 , 目标 MME请求目标 S-GW修改承载信息, 目标 S-GW不向 P-GW发送修改承载请求消息。
步骤 5a21 , 目标 S-GW向目标 MME回应承载修改结果。
步骤 5a22, 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程, 该流程可以由 原 P-GW通过定时器进行触发。
上述流程图 5a釆用 P-GW保存终端的对端信息,无需进行对端信息的传 送。 如果由 MME保存终端的对端信息, 原 MME需要在步骤 5al9将该终端 的对端信息带给目标 MME, 而在切换过程中, P-GW在建立与目标 MME的 数据通道之前,对数据报文进行封装、解封装和检查(还可进行流实时检测), 将需要更新的该终端的对端信息通知给原 MME,建立与目标 MME的数据通 道之后, 则将需要更新的该终端的对端信息通知给目标 MME, 目标 MME在 本地保存和维护该终端的对端信息; 目标 MME收到原 MME传送来的对端 信息后, 将传送来的和本地保存的该终端的对端信息合并, 继续维护合并后 的对端信息。
该流程也适于图 3 , 图 4所示的网络架构。
图 5a流程与现有流程相比,Ρ-GW与目标 S-GW之间的隧道在目标 S-GW 收到会话建立请求后就开始建立, 在切换过程中, 终端的下行数据直接由 P-GW发送到目标 S-GW, 无需 S-GW之间的隧道来转发。
图 6示出了在图 3或图 4所示网络架构二的基础上, 终端进行跨 P-GW 切换过程的流程。 该流程中, 目标 P-GW与原 P-GW不同, 通过 P-GW间的 接口建立数据转发通道, 由 MME发起 RID注册。 具体步骤描述如下: 步骤 601-605, 同步骤 501-505;
步骤 606, 目标 P-GW向原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 请求建立原
P-GW与目标 P-GW间该终端的上行和下行转发隧道, 携带相应隧道信息; 步骤 607, 原 P-GW回复目标 P-GW转发隧道建立响应, 携带该终端的 对端信息, 可选地, 还携带终端的 AID-RID映射信息;
此时, 数据流向描述如下:
原 P-GW 收到的发给终端的下行数据报文流向为: 原 P-GW—>目标
P-GW->目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。
终端发送的上行数据 · ^文的流向为: 终端一〉原无线侧网元一 >原 S-GW—〉原 P-GW。
步骤 608, 目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应消息 , 携带该终 端新的 RID和该终端的对端信息; 目标 S-GW向目标 MME回复会话建立响 应消息, 携带该终端新的 RID和该终端的对端信息;
步骤 609 , 目标 MME发起 ID注册, 将该终端归属 ILR保存的该终端 的 RID更新为新的 RJD; 步骤 610, 目标 MME请求目标无线侧网元执行切换;
该步在步骤 608后执行 , 与步骤 609无必然的先后关系。
步骤 611 , 目标 MME根据该终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID查找到 对端 MME的地址信息,向对端 MME发送 RID更新通知,携带该终端的 AID 和新的 RID;
目标 MME可以根据通信对端的 AID, 从本地配置或通信对端归属的服 务器 (如 HSS, ILR)或 DNS服务器查询到对端 MME的地址信息。 对端 MME 收到后需将该 RID更新通知中该终端的 AID和新的 RID传递给对端网关,对 端网关收到后,将保存的该终端的 AID-RID映射信息中的 RID更新为该新的 RID, 也相当于更新了该终端的 AID-RID映射信息。
此时, 目标 P-GW收到的通信对端发给终端的下行数据> ^文流向为: 目 标 P-GW—>目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中, 直到步骤 620才发往 终端。
该步在步骤 608后执行, 与步骤 609, 610无必然的先后关系。
步骤 612, 目标无线侧网元向目标 MME回应切换请求确认消息, 不需要 携带转发隧道信息;
步骤 613-622, 同步骤 513-522。
上述流程可以有一个变例, 即由目标 P-GW而不是目标 MME来发送到 对端的 RID更新流程, 此时, 在步骤 607后, 可以执行:
步骤 607a, 目标 P-GW根据该终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID, 在本 地查找或向 ILR查找到通信对端的 RID后, 向对端 P-GW (也可能是其他网 关如 ISN )发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID和新的 RID。
相应地, 无需执行上述流程中的步骤 611 , 且在目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW 回复的会话建立响应消息, 及目标 S-GW向目标 MME回复的会话建立响应 消息中无需携带该终端的对端信息。
上述流程是由 P-GW保存和维护终端的对端信息, 在切换过程中, 可以 釆用上述方式一或方式二来维护对端信息和进行数据报文的处理。 釆用方式 二时, 只需建立原 P-GW到目标 P-GW的下行转发隧道。 上述流程对应的 P-GW和 MME与切换相关的功能模块与图 5流程对应 的 P-GW和 MME的功能模块基本相同, 差别在于 RID注册和 RID更新相关 的功能, 上述流程中该两项功能是由 MME来完成的。 具体地:
P-GW不具有 RID注册模块和 RID更新模块;
P-GW中的切入控制模块在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后, 还将该新的
RID和收到的该切入终端的对端信息经目标 S-GW传送到目标 MME。
MME的切入控制模块在收到该新的 RID和该切入终端的对端信息后, 激活本 MME的 RID注册模块和 RID更新模块;
MME的 RID注册模块, 用于在收到切入终端的新的 RID后, 向切入终 端归属 ILR发送注册请求, 携带该切入终端的 AID和新的 RID;
MME 的 RID 更新模块, 用于根据切入终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID, 查询到通信对端接入的 MME的地址信息, 向该终端的通信对端接入的 MME发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
图 7示出了在图 2所示网络架构的基础上, 终端进行跨 P-GW切换过程 的流程。 P-GW之间不具有信令接口, 通过 MME建立原 P-GW和目标 P-GW 之间的数据转发通道, 数据緩存在 S-GW。 具体步骤描述如下:
步骤 701-706, 同步骤 501-506;
步骤 707 , 目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应消息, 目标 S-GW 向目标 MME回复会话建立响应消息;
步骤 708, 目标 MME请求目标无线侧网元执行切换;
步骤 709, 目标无线侧网元向目标 MME回应切换请求确认消息, 不需要 携带转发隧道信息;
步骤 710, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 目标 S-GW 向目标 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 请求建立原 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的 下行转发隧道, 目标 P-GW收到后, 为该下行转发隧道分配转发隧道标识; 步骤 711 , 目标 P-GW回复目标 S-GW转发隧道建立响应, 携带所述转 发隧道标识, 目标 S-GW回复目标 ΜΜΕ转发隧道建立响应, 携带所述转发 隧道标识;
在另一实施方式中, 可以通过步骤 704的会话建立请求消息来发送步骤 710 中的转发隧道建立请求, 相应地, 将步骤 711 中的转发隧道建立响应的 消息内容如转发隧道标识放在步骤 707的会话建立响应消息中传送, 此时可 取消步骤 710和 711。
步骤 712, 目标 ΜΜΕ向原 ΜΜΕ发送重定位前转响应消息;
步骤 713 , 原 ΜΜΕ向原 S-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 原 S-GW向原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 请求建立原 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的下行转 发隧道, 携带目标 P-GW分配的所述转发隧道标识;
本流程也可以为该终端建立原 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的上行转发隧道, 目标 P-GW为该上行转发隧道分配转发隧道标识, 并传送到原 P-GW。
步骤 714, 原 P-GW回复原 S-GW转发隧道建立响应, 原 S-GW回复原 MME转发隧道建立响应,携带该终端的对端信息,还可以携带终端所有通信 对端的 AID-RID 映射信息, 原 MME缓存收到的对端信息, 或对端信息和 AID-RID映射信息;
此时, 数据流向如下:
原 P-GW接收的发给终端的下行数据报文流向为: 原 P-GW—〉目标 P-GW->目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。
目标 P-GW接收的发给终端的下行数据报文流向为: 目标 P-GW—>目标
S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。
终端发送的上行数据 ^艮文的流向为: 终端一〉原无线侧网元一〉原 S-GW—〉原 P-GW, 由原 P-GW再经目标 P-GW转发也是可以的。
步骤 715, 原 MME向原无线侧网元发送切换命令;
步骤 716, 原无线侧网元向终端发送切换命令;
步骤 717, 终端向目标无线侧网元发送切换确认消息;
步骤 718, 目标无线侧网元通知目标 MME进行切换; 步骤 719, 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转完成通知消息; 步骤 720, 原 MME向目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息, 携带该 终端的对端信息, 还可携带该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息; 步骤 721, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送修改承载请求消息, 目标 S-GW 向 P-GW发送修改承载请求消息, 均携带该终端的对端信息, 可选地, 在该 两个修改承载请求消息中还携带该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息; 步骤 722, 目标 P-GW根据该终端的对端信息, 在本地查找或向 ILR查 找到对端的 RID后, 向对端网关发送 RID更新通知,携带该终端的 AID和新 的 RID;
步骤 723 , 目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW回应承载修改结果, 目标 S-GW向 目标 MME回应 载爹改结果;
步骤 724 , 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程。 该流程可以由 原 P-GW或原 ΜΜΕ通过定时器进行触发。
上述流程图 7中, 目标 S-GW在步骤 704发现是跨 P-GW的切换, 则需 要緩存后续到达的下行数据报文, 直到步骤 721 目标 S-GW与目标无线侧网 元间的数据通道建立后, 才发往终端。
上述流程由 P-GW维护和保存终端的对端信息, 在切换过程中可采用上 述方式二维护终端的对端信息和对数据报文进行处理, 与图 5的流程相比, 只是终端的对端信息传送的路径不同。
上述流程对应的 P-GW和 ΜΜΕ与切换相关的功能模块与图 5流程对应 的 P-GW和 ΜΜΕ的功能模块基本相同, 差别主要在于 P-GW间隧道建立的 相关的功能, 上述流程中该两项功能是由 ΜΜΕ来控制建立的。 具体地:
ΜΜΕ还包括隧道建立模块,用于在确定了不同于原 P-GW的目标 P-GW 后, 通过目标 S-GW向目标 P-GW请求建立原 P-GW和目标 P-GW间切入终 端的转发隧道, 将该目标 P-GW为该转发隧道分配的转发隧道标识传递到原 ΜΜΕ;及,收到目标 P-GW为切出终端分配的转发隧道标识后,通过原 S-GW 向原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 携带该转发隧道标识;
P-GW中的第二隧道建立模块的功能相应改为:用于收到目标 ΜΜΕ发送 的为切入终端建立原 P-GW和目标 P-GW间转发隧道的请求后, 为该切入终 端分配该转发隧道的转发隧道标识; 以及在收到原 MME通过转发隧道建立 请求携带的目标 P-GW 为切出终端分配的转发隧道标识后, 建立与该目标 P-GW间的转发隧道, 并通过原 S-GW向该原 MME回复转发隧道建立响应。
此外, MMN 的切入控制模块传送切入终端的 AID 时, 可以不必将原 P-GW的地址信息一起传送到目标 P-GW。 P-GW的报文转发模块和对端信息 维护模块的功能请参见上文对方式二下该两模块的功能的描述。
图 8示出了在图 3或图 4所示网络架构的基础上, 终端进行跨 P-GW切 换过程的流程。 P-GW之间不具有信令接口, 通过 MME建立原 P-GW和目 标 P-GW之间的数据转发通道, 数据緩存在 S-GW。 具体步骤描述如下: 步骤 801-805, 同步骤 701-705, 也即同步骤 501-505;
步骤 806, 目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应消息, 目标 S-GW 向目标 MME回复会话建立响应消息, 均携带该终端新的 RID;
步骤 807 , 目标 MME发起 ID注册, 将该终端归属 ILR保存的该终端 的 RID更新为新的 RID;
步骤 808-813 , 同步骤 708-713;
步骤 814, 原 P-GW回复原 S-GW转发隧道建立响应, 原 S-GW回复原 MME转发隧道建立响应;
该流程中, 由于是 MME保存终端的对端信息, 转发隧道响应中不携带 终端的对端信息, 但可以携带该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息。
此时, 数据流向描述如下:
原 P-GW收到的通信对端发给终端的下行数据> ^文流向: 原 P-GW—〉目 标 P-GW—>目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。
目标 P-GW 收到的通信对端发给终端的下行数据 4艮文流向为: 目标
P-GW—〉目标 S-GW, 数据将緩存在目标 S-GW中。
上行数据报文的流向为:终端一〉原无线侧网元一〉原 S-GW->^ P-GW。 步骤 815 , 原 MME向原无线侧网元发送切换命令;
步骤 816, 原无线侧网元向终端发送切换命令;
步骤 817, 终端向目标无线侧网元发送切换确认消息;
步骤 818, 目标无线侧网元通知目标 MME进行切换;
步骤 819, 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转完成通知消息; 步骤 820, 原 MME向目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息, 携带该 终端的对端信息, 还可携带该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息; 步骤 821, 目标 MME根据该终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID查找到 对端 MME的地址信息, 向对端 MME发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端 AID 和新的 RID;
步骤 822, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送修改承载请求消息, 目标 S-GW 向目标 P-GW发送修改承载请求消息;
上述两条修改承载请求消息可以携带该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映 射信息。 在本步骤目标 S-GW与目标无线侧网元间的数据通道建立后 , 目标 S-GW才将下行数据发往终端。
如果不由 P-GW发送 RID更新通知也不传递该终端通信对端的 AID-RID 映射信息, 目标 S-GW不需要向目标 P-GW发送修改承载请求消息。
步骤 823 , 目标 P-GW向目标 S-GW回应承载^ ί' 改结果, 目标 S-GW向 目标 ΜΜΕ回应 载爹改结果;
步骤 824 , 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程。 该流程可以由 原 P-GW或原 ΜΜΕ通过定时器进行触发。
上述流程中, 由 P-GW和 ΜΜΕ共同维护终端的对端信息, P-GW对数 据报文进行检查, 进行流实时检测等, 将需要更新的对端信息通知 ΜΜΕ, 由 ΜΜΕ保存和维护终端的对端信息。 在这种情况下, 在原 P-GW和目标 P-GW 间的转发隧道建立之后, 对端信息的维护和传送, 数据报文的处理可采用以 下方式:
方式三, 通过原侧和目标侧 P-GW、 MME维护终端的对端信息。 转发隧道建立后, 原 P-GW收到下行数据报文后直接转发到目标 P-GW, 原 MME继续维护保存的该终端的对端信息; 目标 P-GW对收到的下行数据 报文进行解 RID封装和检查后再转发, 将需要更新的该终端的对端信息通知 目标 MME, 目标 MME在本地保存、维护该终端的对端信息。之后,原 MME 将保存的该终端的对端信息传送到目标 MME(如可携带在重定位前转完成确 认消息中) , 目标 MME将收到的和本地保存的该终端的对端信息合并, 之 后对合并后的对端信息进行维护;
采用方式三时,上行数据报文的流向和对数据报文的封装处理同方式二。 目标 P-GW与原 P-GW之间只需建立下行的转发隧道。
上述流程对应的 P-GW和 MME与切换相关的功能模块与图 7流程对应 的 P-GW和 MME的功能模块的差别在于 RID注册、 RID更新、 对端信息的 维护和传送, 及对数据报文的处理等功能, 具体涉及以下模块:
P-GW不具有 RID注册模块、 RID更新模块和对端信息维护模块;
P-GW中的切入控制模块在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后, 还将该新的 RID经目标 S-GW传送到目标 MME; 及在本 P-GW与原 P-GW间的转发隧 道建立之后, 对发给切入终端的数据报文进行解 RID 封装和检查, 向目标 MME发送对端信息更新通知, 携带需要更新的该切入终端的对端信息。
P-GW的切出控制模块还用于在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的转发隧道建 立之前, 对收到的发给切出终端的数据报文解 RID封装和检查, 向原 MME 发对端信息更新通知, 携带需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息; 在该转发隧 道建立之后, 将发给该切出终端的数据报文直接转发给目标 P-GW。
MME包括 RID注册模块、 对端信息维护模块和 RID更新模块;
MME的切入控制模块在收到该新的 RID后, 激活本 MME的 RID注册 模块。
MME的 RID注册模块, 用于在收到切入终端的新的 RID后, 向切入终 端归属 ILR发送注册请求, 携带该切入终端的 AID和新的 RID。
MME中的对端信息维护模块用于保存终端的对端信息并根据 P-GW的 更新通知维护该对端信息,其中包括终端 AID与通信对端 AID的对应关系信 息。
MME 中的切出控制模块还用于通过重定位前转完成确认消息将保存的 切出终端的对端信息传送到目标 MME。
MME中的切入控制模块还用于在收到目标 P-GW传送来的切入终端的 新的 RID, 且将原 MME传来的和本地维护的该切入终端的对端信息合并后, 激活本 MME中的 RID更新模块。
MME 中的 RID 更新模块用于根据切入终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID, 查询到通信对端接入的 MME的地址信息, 向该终端的通信对端接入的 MME发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
上述流程也可以有一个变例, 由 P-GW维护和保存终端的对端信息, 以 及发送到对端的 RID更新。 此时, 相对于上述流程的变化是:
步骤 814 中的两条转发隧道建立响应消息应携带终端的对端信息, 原 MME收到后緩存该对端信息;
步骤 821取消;
步骤 822中, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送的修改承载请求消息, 及目 标 S-GW向 P-GW发送的修改承载请求消息均携带该终端的对端信息;
步骤 822后增加一个步骤 822a, 目标 P-GW才艮据该终端的对端信息中通 信对端的 AID , 在本地查找或向 ILR查找到对端的 RID后, 向对端网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID和新的 RID;
该变例可釆用方式二来维护对端信息和处理数据报文。 该变例的流程与 图 7流程相比, 只是把 ID注册改由目标 MME来完成。
图 9示出了在图 2所示网络架构的基础上, 终端进行跨 P-GW切换过程 的流程。 该流程中, P-GW之间不具有信令接口, 需通过 MME建立 P-GW间 的数据转发通道, 数据緩存在无线侧网元。
本流程的步骤与图 7对应的流程的步骤基本相同, 步骤 901-924分别对 应于步骤 701-724, 区别在于:
步骤 909在步骤 709的基础上, 在目标无线侧网元向目标 MME回应的 切换请求确认消息中需携带目标无线侧网元为建立到目标 MME的隧道分配 的隧道信息;
步骤 910在步骤 710的基础上, 在目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送的转发 隧道建立请求消息中, 需携带目标无线侧网元分配的所述隧道信息, 目标 S-GW收到后, 建立与目标无线侧网元间的下行隧道;
这样,步骤 914建立原 P-GW与目标 P-GW之间的转发隧道后,原 P-GW 收到的发给终端的下行数据报文经目标 P-GW、 目标 S-GW转发后, 将緩存 在目标无线侧网元中。
相应地, 与图 7流程对应的 P-GW和 MME的功能相比, 本流程 P-GW 和 MME的功能的区别如下:
MME的切入控制模块在控制建立目标 P-GW与原 P-GW之间的转发隧 道之前, 通过与目标无线侧网元和目标 S-GW的交互, 为切入终端建立该目 标无线侧网元和该目标 S-GW间的承载;
P-GW的报文转发模块在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW之间的转发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端的数据报文转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到发给切入 终端的数据报文后, 转发给目标 S-GW;
S-GW收到目标 P-GW转发的发给切入终端的数据报文后转发给目标无 线侧网元;
目标无线侧网元在收到发给切入终端的数据报文后先进行緩存, 在该切 入终端切换到本目标无线侧网元后, 将緩存的数据报文发送给该终端。
同样地, 基于图 3所示的网络架构, 在图 8流程的基础上, 可以通过在 步骤 810向目标 MME传送目标无线侧网元为建立与目标 S-GW间隧道分配 的隧道信息, 在步骤 811 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送的转发隧道建立请求 消息中携带该隧道信息, 提前在目标 S-GW与目标无线侧网元间为该终端建 立下行隧道。 从而使得原 P-GW 收到的发给终端的下行数据报文经目标 P-GW, 目标 S-GW转发后, 緩存在目标无线侧网元中。
先建立目标 S-GW和目标无线侧网元间下行隧道的方式也可用于图 2的 网络架构, 目标 MME可以在收到目标无线侧网元分配的隧道信息后, 专门 通知一下目标 S-GW, 从而提前建立目标 S-GW与目标无线侧网元间的该终 端的下行隧道。
为了简化描述, 以上图 6至图 9的流程是以跨 P-GW的情况为例来说明 的。 如果终端移动过程中 P-GW不改变, 则切换时不再建立 P-GW之间的数 据转发通道, P-GW无需为终端分配新的 RID, 无需发送到 ILR的 RID注册 流程和到对端的 RID更新流程, 除此之外, 其它处理与上述实施例相似, 在 此不再重复描述。
在 P-GW不发生改变的情况下, 也可以采用 S-GW之间建立转发接口来 实现切换过程的下行 4艮文转发, 数据緩存在 S-GW。 其流程如图 10所示, 可 以基于图 2、 图 3或图 4的网络架构。 具体步骤描述如下:
步骤 1001 , 无线侧网元判断需要发送 S1切换;
步骤 1002 , 原无线侧网元向原 MME发送切换请求;
步骤 1003 , 原 MME在向目标 MME发送的重定位前转请求消息; 步骤 1004, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送会话建立请求, 带 P-GW相关 信息, 包括 P-GW地址及该 P-GW的隧道标识; 目标 S-GW向 P-GW发送承 载建立请求, 携带为建立与目标 P-GW间的隧道分配的隧道标识, P-GW同 时保存原 S-GW和目标 S-GW的隧道信息;
步骤 1005, P-GW回复目标 S-GW承载建立响应; 目标 S-GW向目标
MME回复会话建立响应消息;
步骤 1006 , 目标 MME请求目标无线侧网元执行切换;
步骤 1007 , 目标无线侧网元向目标 MME回应切换请求确认消息, 不携 带转发隧道信息;
步骤 1008, 目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 请求建立 S-GW之间的数据转发隧道; 步骤 1009, 目标 S-GW回复目标 MME转发隧道建立响应, 携带为建立 S-GW之间的数据转发隧道分配的转发隧道标识;
步骤 1010, 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转响应消息;
步骤 1011,原 MME向原 S-GW发送转发隧道建立请求,请求建立 S-GW 和之间的数据转发隧道, 携带目标 S-GW分配的该转发隧道标识;
步骤 1012, 原 S-GW回复原 MME转发隧道建立响应;
步骤 1013 , 原 MME向原无线侧网元发送切换命令;
步骤 1014, 原无线侧网元向终端发送切换命令;
此时, 原网络的数据将从 S-GW之间的转发隧道发往目标网络; 步骤 1015, 终端向目标无线侧网元发送切换确认消息;
步骤 1016, 目标无线侧网元通知目标 MME进行切换;
步骤 1017, 目标 MME向原 MME发送重定位前转完成通知消息; 步骤 1018, 原 MME向目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息; 步骤 1019, 目标 MME请求目标 S-GW修改承载信息, 携带目标无线侧 网元分配的隧道信息;
步骤 1020, 目标 S-GW向目标 MME回应承载修改结果;
步骤 1021 , 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程。 该流程可以由 原 MME通过定时器进行触发。
如果釆用 MME保存终端的对端信息时, 对端信息的传送和维护在图 5a 流程的最后部分已进行了说明, 这里不再重复。
为了简化描述, 以上所有实施例均以 MME改变的情况为例来说明终端 进行无固定锚点切换的处理过程。 在终端移动时, MME也可能不发生改变, 此时除不再需要 MME之间的信令交互外, 其它处理与上述实施例一致, 不 会对阐述本发明造成影响, 故在此不再重复描述。
为了简化描述, 以上所有实施例均以存在 MME的系统为例来说明终端 进行无固定锚点切换的处理过程。 在存在 S4 SGSN的 EPS网络中, MME的 功能可以由 SGSN来完成, 其他处理与上述实施例一致, 不会对阐述本发明 造成影响, 故在此不再重复描述。
P-GW可以与 S-GW合为一个接入网元, 此时, 上述实施例中不需要存 在 S-GW和 P-GW之间的接口, 且所有与 S-GW和 P-GW之间的网元将与该 接入网元进行接口。 系统的网元功能、 接口 (除了 S5口) 、 流程与上述实施 例一致, 在此不再详述。
网元查找终端归属 HSS、 ILR、 PTF的方式可以是通过查询本地配置来实 现。
IL 或 PTF功能可以由 HSS或 HLR或 AAA实现, 或者一个单独的网元 实现。
上述流程并不局限于 EPS网络, 对于其他具有类似的控制面与媒体面分 离的网络架构, 也可以适用。 所述类似的控制面与媒体面分离的网络架构包 括连接在无线侧网元和分组数据网络之间的接入网关, 以及与接入网关和无 线侧网元相连的移动性管理节点 (Mobility Management Node, MMN), 网元之 间相连是指网元之间具有信令和 /或数据接口。 移动性管理节点和接入网关在 不同的网络架构中可以具有不同的名称, 可以对应于现有的一个网元或多个 网元或一个网元中的一部分。 动性管理节点负责终端的移动性管理、 非接入 层信令的处理和用户移动管理上下文的管理等控制面的相关工作; 接入网关 是连接无线接入网和分组数据网络的网关设备, 用于负责为终端提供接入服 务, 及在无线接入网与分组数据网络间转发数据等功能。
在上述网络架构中 ,接入网关的功能由演进的分组系统 (EPS)网络架构中 的服务网关和分组数据网络网关实现, 移动性管理节点为由 EPS网絡架构中 的 MME和 /或 SGSN, 无线接入网为演进的通用移动通信系统陆地无线接入 网(E-UTRAN)。 但在其他实施例中, 这种对应也可以不同。 例如接入网关的 功能也可以由超移动宽带 ( Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB ) 系统的接入网关 ( Access GateWay, AGW ) 实现, 移动性管理节点可以是 3G系统中的服务 GPRS支持节点 (SGSN) 如 S4 SGSN或超移动宽带系统的会话引用网络控制 器 ( Session Reference Network Controller, SRNC ) , 无线接入网也可以是通 用移动通信系统陆地无线接入网( UTRAN )或超移动宽带无线接入系统等等。 相应地, 本发明提供的通信网絡包括无线侧网元、 接入网关, 及与无线 侧网元和接入网关之间具有信令接口的移动性管理节点 (MMN), 接入网关与 无线侧网元和分组数据网络之间具有数据接口, 还包括与接入网关和 /或 MMN具有信令接口的身份位置寄存器 (ILR), 其中:
MMN用于为切入终端确定了一个与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关时, 将该切入终端的身份标识 (AID)传送到该目标接入网关;
接入网关用于在收到目标 MMN传送的切入终端的 AID后, 为该终端分 配新的位置标识 (RID)并保存该终端 AID和该新的 RID的映射信息, 以及对 该切入终端的数据报文进行 RID封装、 解 RID封装和转发;
接入网关或 MMN还用于向切入终端归属 ILR发送注册请求, 携带该切 入终端的新的 RID;
ILR用于维护归属用户终端的 AID-RID映射信息, 收到对切入终端的注 册请求后, 将保存的该切入终端的 RID更新为该新的 RID。
进一步地, 当 RID更新由 MMN完成时:
接入网关还用于在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后,将该新的 RID传送到 目标 MMN;
MMN还用于在收到切入终端的新的 RID后, 向该终端的通信对端接入 的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
进一步地, 当 RID更新由接入网关完成时:
接入网关还用于维护终端的对端信息, 包含该终端 AID与通信对端 AID 的对应关系信息; 在切换过程中, 将维护的切出终端的对端信息传送到该目 标接入网关; 以及为切入终端分配了新的 RID和收到原接入网关传送来的该 切入终端的对端信息后, 向该切入终端的通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新 通知 , 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
进一步地, MMN和接入网关可配合完成转发隧道建立和下行报文发送 的功能, 如下:
MMN还用于在确定不同于原接入网关的目标接入网关后, 与目标接入 网关和原接入网关交互, 建立该目标接入网关与原接入网关间切入终端的转 发隧道; 或者, 接入网关还用于通过接入网关间的信令接口, 为切入终端建 立本接入网关与原接入网关间的转发隧道;
所述接入网关还用于在该转发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端的数 据报文通过该转发隧道转发到该目标接入网关; 收到发给切入终端的数据报 文后直接转发到目标无线侧网元或緩存后再转发到目标无线侧网元;
所述目标无线侧网元用于将收到的发给切入终端的数据 4艮文直接发送给 该切入终端或緩存后发送给该切入终端。
显然, 本领域的技术人员应该明白, 上述的本发明的各模块或各步骤可 以用通用的计算装置来实现, 它们可以集中在单个的计算装置上, 或者分布 在多个计算装置所组成的网络上, 可选地, 它们可以用计算装置可执行的程 序代码来实现, 从而, 可以将它们存储在存储装置中由计算装置来执行, 或 者将它们分别制作成各个集成电路模块, 或者将它们中的多个模块或步骤制 作成单个集成电路模块来实现。 这样, 本发明不限制于任何特定的硬件和软 件结合。
以上所述仅为本发明的优选实施例而已, 并不用于限制本发明, 对于本 领域的技术人员来说, 本发明可以有各种更改和变化。 凡在本发明的精神和 原则之内, 所作的任何修改、 等同替换、 改进等, 均应包含在本发明的保护 范围之内。
工业实用性 本发明采用身份标识与位置标识分离的方式来实现无线通信系统中非锚 定方式的移动性, 从而解决了现有通信网络中只能釆用固定锚点机制所带来 的种种问题, 避免了移动后数据迂回的现象, 降低了传输延时和带宽浪费, 有效地提高了终端在无线通信系统中的移动性能。

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1、 一种终端切换的方法,应用于包括无线侧网元、连接在无线侧网元 和分组数据网络之间的接入网关、 移动性管理节点和身份位置寄存器 (ILR)的 通信网络, 该方法包括:
在终端切换过程中, 确定了与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关时, 该目 标接入网关为该终端分配新的位置标识 (RID)并保存该终端身份标识 (AID)和 该新的 RID 的映射信息; 目标移动性管理节点 ( MMN )或目标接入网关发 起 RID注册, 将该终端归属 ILR中该终端的 RID更新为新的 RID;
该终端从原无线侧网元切换到目标无线侧网元后, 通过该目标无线侧网 元和目标接入网关连接到分组数据网络, 实现该终端与通信对端间数据报文 的封装和转发。
2、 如权利要求 1所述的方法, 其中, 该方法还包括:
该目标接入网关为该终端分配了新的 RID后, 还向该终端的通信对端接 入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID; 或者
该目标接入网关为该终端分配了新的 RID后,将该新的 RID发送到目标
MMN, 该目标 MMN向该终端的通信对端接入的 MMN发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
3、 如权利要求 1或 2所述的方法, 其中, 该方法还包括:
确定了与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关后, 还建立该目标接入网关与 原接入网关之间的转发隧道;
该转发隧道建立后, 该原接入网关收到通信对端发给该终端的数据报文 后, 通过该转发隧道转发到该目标接入网关, 该目标接入网关緩存该数据报 文或转发到目标无线侧网元緩存, 在该终端切换到该目标无线侧网元后, 再 通过该目标无线侧网元将数据报文发送给该终端。 4、 如权利要求 2所述的方法, 其中,
所述通信网络中的接入网关维护终端的对端信息, 及终端所有通信对端 的 AID-RID映射信息, 所述对端信息包含该终端 AID与通信对端 AID的对 应关系信息;
在切换过程中, 原接入网关将维护的该终端的对端信息和 /或该终端所有 通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息传送到该目标接入网关;
该目标接入网关为该终端分配了新的 RID和收到所述对端信息后, 向该 终端的通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知 ,携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
5、 如权利要求 1所述的方法, 其中,
所述通信网络是演进的分组系统 (EPS)网络, 所述接入网关的功能由 EPS 网络中的服务网关 (S-GW)和分组数据网络网关 (P-GW)实现, 所述 MMN 为 EPS 网络中的移动性管理实体 (MME)或 3G 系统中的服务 GPRS 支持节点 (: SGSN)。
6、 如权利要求 5所述的方法, 其中,
S1接口的切换发起后,目标 MMN确定的目标 P-GW与原 P-GW不同时, 将该终端的 AID和原 P-GW的地址信息经目标 S-GW传送到该目标 P-GW; 该目标 P-GW收到后, 为该终端分配指向本 P-GW的新的 RID, 保存该终端 AID和该新的 RID的映射信息, 该方法还包括: 并直接或间接地将分配的隧 道信息传送到原 P-GW, 建立该目标 P-GW和原 P-GW间该终端的转发隧道; 之后, 原 MMN启动切换执行过程, 该终端切换到目标无线侧网元, 通 过该目标无线侧网元、 目标 S-GW和目标 P-GW连接到分组数据网络, 通过 该连接实现该终端与通信对端间数据报文的封装和转发。
7、 如权利要求 6所述的方法, 其中,
该目标 P-GW为该终端分配新的 RID后 ,向终端归属 ILR发送 RID注册 请求, 携带该终端 AID和新的 RID; 或者, 该目标 P-GW为该终端分配新的 RID后, 将该新的 RID经目标 S-GW传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN向 该终端归属 ILR发送 RID注册请求, 携带该终端 AID和新的 RID;
该终端归属 ILR收到后将保存的该终端 AID-RID映射信息中的 RID更新 为该新的 RID。
8、 如权利要求 6所述的方法, 其中,
该终端的 AID和原 P-GW的地址信息是通过该目标 MMN发送到该目标 S-GW 的会话建立请求, 以及该目标 S-GW 收到会话建立请求后向该目标 P-GW发送的会话建立请求传送到该目标 P-GW的;
该目标 P-GW为建立与目标 S-GW间该终端的隧道分配隧道信息后, 向 该目标 S-GW回复会话建立响应; 该目标 S-GW向该目标 MMN回复会话建 立响应;
该目标 MMN再请求该目标无线侧网元执行切换, 该目标无线侧网元向 该目标 MMN回应切换请求确认消息。
9、 如权利要求 6所述的方法, 其中,
该目标 P-GW和原 P-GW间该终端的数据转发通道是通过以下过程建立 的: 该目标 P-GW通过 P-GW间的信令接口向该原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立 请求, 携带目标 P-GW为建立与原 P-GW间该终端的转发隧道分配的转发隧 道信息; 该原 P-GW收到后, 向该目标 P-GW回复转发隧道建立响应。
10、 如权利要求 6所述的方法,其中,所述建立该目标 P-GW和原 P-GW 间该终端的数据转发隧道的步骤包括:
该目标 MMN通过该目标 S-GW向该目标 P-GW请求建立转发隧道, 该 目标 P-GW收到后, 为建立与原 P-GW间该终端的转发隧道分配转发隧道标 识, 通过该目标 S-GW将该转发隧道标识传送给该目标 MMN;
该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 将该转发隧道标识传递到该原 MMN; 该原 MMN通过该原 S-GW向该原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 携带 该转发隧道标识; 该原 P-GW收到后, 建立与该目标 P-GW间该终端的转发 隧道, 通过该原 S-GW向该原 MMN回复转发隧道建立响应。 11、 如权利要求 10所述的方法, 其中,
该目标 MMN是通过本目标 MMN向该目标 S-GW发送的会话建立请求 和该目标 S-GW向该目标 P-GW发送的会话建立请求向该目标 P-GW请求建 立转发隧道; 该目标 P-GW通过本目标 P-GW向该目标 S-GW回复的会话建 立响应和该目标 S-GW向该目标 MMN回复的会话建立响应将该转发隧道标 识传送给该目标 MMN; 或者, 该目标 MMN是在收到目标无线侧网元回应 的切换请求确认后, 通过本目标 MMN向该目标 S-GW发送的转发隧道建立 请求和该目标 S-GW 向该目标 P-GW发送的转发隧道建立请求向该目标 P-GW请求建立转发隧道;该目标 P-GW是通过本目标 P-GW向该目标 S-GW 回复的转发隧道建立响应和该目标 S-GW向该目标 MMN回复的转发隧道建 立响应将该转发隧道标识传送给该目标 MMN;
该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 通过重定位前转响应消息将该转发隧 道标识传递到该原 MMN。
12、 如权利要求 6所述的方法, 其中,
该通信网络中的 P-GW保存接入的终端的对端信息; 在切换过程中, 该 原 P-GW将保存的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW, 该目标 P-GW为 该终端分配了新的 RID且收到所述对端信息后, 向该终端的通信对端接入的 网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID; 或者
该通信网络中的 MMN保存接入的终端的对端信息; 在切换过程中, 原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时,将保存的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN收到所述对端信息和目标 P-GW传送来的该新的 RID后, 发起 到对端的 RID更新流程。
13、 如权利要求 9所述的方法, 其中,
该通信网络中的 P-GW维护和保存接入的终端的对端信息; 该原 P-GW 通过转发隧道建立响应将维护的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW; 该目标 P-GW才艮据该终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID查询得到所述通 信对端的 RID, 向所述通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端 的 AID及该新的 RID; 或者, 该目标 P-GW再将该新的 RID和所述对端信息 传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN收到所述对端信息和该目标 P-GW传送 的该新的 RID后, 发起到对端的 RID更新流程。 14、 如权利要求 10所述的方法, 其中,
该通信网络中的 P-GW维护和保存接入的终端的对端信息; 该原 P-GW 通过转发隧道建立响应将维护的该终端的对端信息经原 S-GW传送到该原 MMN, 该原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时, 通过重定位前转完成确认消息将所 述对端信息传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN再通过本 MMN发送给该目 标 S-GW的修改承载请求和该目标 S-GW发送给该目标 P-GW的修改承载请 求将所述对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW;
该目标 P-GW根据收到的所述对端信息中通信对端的 AID查询得到所述 通信对端的 RID , 向所述通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知 , 携带该终 端的 AID及该新的 RID。
15、 如权利要求 6所述的方法, 其中,
该通信网络中的 MMN根据 P-GW的通知保存和更新终端的对端信息; 在切换过程中, 原 P-GW 与目标 P-GW 间的转发隧道建立之前, 该原 P-GW对收到的发给该终端的数据报文解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的该 终端的对端信息通知原 MMN, 原 MMN更新保存的所述对端信息; 在该转 发隧道建立之后, 该原 P-GW将发给该终端的数据报文直接转发给该目标 P-GW, 该目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的 该终端的对端信息通知目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN更新保存的所述对端信息; 在切换过程中, 原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时, 通过重定位前转完成确 认消息将维护的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 MMN, 该目标 MMN将收 到所述对端信息和本地保存的所述对端信息合并为统一的对端信息, 依据合 并后的对端信息中通信对端的 AID发起到对端的 RID更新流程。
16、 如权利要求 12、 13或 15所述的方法, 其中,
该目标 MMN发起到对端的 RID更新流程时, 是根据该终端的对端信息 中通信对端的 AID从本地配置或通信对端归属服务器或 DNS服务器查询得 到通信对端接入的 MMN,向所述通信对端接入的 MMN发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。 17、 如权利要求 12、 13或 14所述的方法, 其中,
该原 P-GW将保存的该终端的对端信息传送到该目标 P-GW的过程中, 将该终端所有通信对端的 AID-RID映射信息与所述对端信息一起传送到该目 标 P-GW。 18、 如权利要求 13或 14所述的方法, 其中,
在切换过程中, 原 P-GW 与目标 P-GW 间的转发隧道建立之前, 该原 P-GW对收到的发给该终端的数据 "^文进行解 RID封装和检查, 维护保存的 该终端的对端信息; 在该转发隧道建立之后, 该原 P-GW将发给该终端的数 据报文直接转发给该目标 P-GW, 由该目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行解 RID 封装和检查, 在本地保存和维护该终端的对端信息;
该目标 P-GW收到原 P-GW传送来的该终端的对端信息后, 将收到的所 述对端信息和本地保存的所述对端信息合并为统一的对端信息并进行维护。
19、 如权利要求 13所述的方法, 其中,
在切换过程中, 该原 P-GW通过与该目标 P-GW的转发隧道将保存的该 终端的对端信息向该目标 P-GW传送之前, 该原 P-GW对收到的发给该终端 的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 维护保存的该终端的对端信息; 传送所 述对端信息之后, 该原 P-GW将收到的发给该终端的数据报文转发给该目标 P-GW, 由该目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 维护该终端 的对端信息。 20、 如权利要求 9或 10所述的方法, 其中,
在切换过程中, 该目标 P-GW 与原 P-GW之间的转发隧道建立后, 原 P-GW接收的发给终端的数据报文流向为: 原 P-GW 至目标 P-GW 至目标 S-GW,数据报文緩存在目标 S-GW中; 目标 P-GW接收的发给终端的数据报 文流向为: 目标 P-GW至目标 S-GW, 数据报文将緩存在目标 S-GW中; 该终端切换到目标无线侧网元, 且该目标 S-GW根据该目标 MMN的修 改承载请求建立与该目标无线侧网元的承载后, 再将緩存的数据报文经该目 标无线侧网元发送给该终端。 21、 如权利要求 6或 10所述的方法, 其中,
在切换过程中, 在建立该目标 P-GW与原 P-GW之间的转发隧道之前, 目标 MMN通过与目标无线侧网元和目标 S-GW的交互, 为该终端建立该目 标无线侧网元和该目标 S-GW间的隧道;
在切换过程中, 该目标 P-GW 与原 P-GW之间的转发隧道建立后, 原
P-GW接收的发给终端的数据报文流向为: 原 P-GW 至目标 P-GW 至目标 S-GW 至目标无线侧网元, 数据 4艮文缓存在目标无线侧网元中; 目标 P-GW 接收的发给终端的数据 4艮文流向为: 目标 P-GW至目标 S-GW至目标无线侧 网元, 数据报文将緩存在目标无线侧网元中;
该终端切换到该目标无线侧网元后, 该目标无线侧网元将緩存的数据报 文发送给该终端。
22、 如权利要求 15或 18所述的方法, 其中,
在切换过程中, 该目标 P-GW与原 P-GW之间只建立下行的转发隧道; 在该终端切换到目标无线侧网元之前, 该终端发送的数据 · ^文的流向为: 该 终端至原无线侧网元至原 S-GW至原 P-GW ,原 P-GW对该数据艮文进行 RID 封装和检查, 维护该终端的对端信息或将需要更新的该终端的对端信息通知 原 MMN。
23、 如权利要求 19所述的方法, 其中,
在切换过程中, 在该原 P-GW通过与该目标 P-GW的转发隧道将保存的 该终端的对端信息向该目标 P-GW传送之前, 该终端发送的数据报文的流向 为: 该终端至原无线侧网元至原 S-GW至原 P-GW, 原 P-GW对该数据报文 进行 RID封装和检查 , 维护该终端的对端信息;
该原 P-GW传送所述对端信息之后和该终端切换到目标无线侧网元之 前, 该终端发送的数据 4艮文的流向为该终端至原无线侧网元至原 S-GW至原 P-GW至目标 P-GW, 目标 P-GW对该数据报文进行 RID封装和检查, 维护 该终端的对端信息。 如权利要求 5所述的方法, 其中, 目标 MMN或目标 S-GW根据终端所在位置区域和 /或网络配置信息来确 定目标 P-GW, 或者, 目标 MMN或目标 S-GW根据终端或无线侧网元的指 示来确定目标 P-GW。
25、 如权利要求 6所述的方法, 其中, 该切换过程中与终端到分组数据 网络之间原侧和目标侧的连接建立、 释放相关的处理包括:
所述 S1接口的切换发起后,原 MMN收到原无线侧网元发送的切换请求 后, 在该原 MMN与目标 MMN不同时, 向目标 MMN发送重定位前转请求 消息, 携带原 P-GW的地址;
该目标 MMN对 S-GW和 P-GW进行重定位, 当重定位到与原 P-GW不 同的目标 P-GW时, 发起到 S-GW和 P-GW的会话建立流程;
该目标 MMN请求目标无线侧网元执行切换, 该目标无线侧网元向该目 标 MME回应切换请求确认消息;
该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 向原 MME发送重定位前转响应消息 , 原 MMN通过原无线侧网元通知该终端切换;
该目标无线侧网元收到该终端的切换确认消息后通知该目标 MMN进行 切换, 该目标 MMN与原 MMN不同时, 向该原 MME发送重定位前转完成 通知消息, 该原 MME向该目标 MME回复重定位前转完成确认消息;
该目标 MMN请求目标 S-GW修改承载信息, 该目标 S-GW向该目标 MM 回应承载修改结果; 原网络侧执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放 流程, 包括原 S-GW与原 P-GW之间的隧道。
26、 如权利要求 5所述的方法, 其中,
在终端切换过程中, 目标 MME在确定目标 P-GW时不改变终端原接入 的 P-GW, 该目标 MME向目标 S-GW发送会话建立请求, 带该 P-GW地址 及该 P-GW分配的隧道标识; 目标 S-GW向 P-GW发送会话建立请求, 携带 该目标 S-GW为建立与该 P-GW间的隧道分配的隧道信息, 该 P-GW同时保 存原 S-GW和目标 S-GW的隧道信息, 建立该 P-GW与目标 S-GW间该终端 的隧道; 在切换过程中,该 P-GW与目标 S-GW间该终端的隧道建立后,该 P-GW 将收到的发给该终端的数据报文经该隧道转发给目标 S-GW; 或者, 该目标 MME控制建立原 S-GW或目标 S-GW间的转发隧道, 该 P-GW将收到的发 给该终端的数据报文发给原 P-GW, 原 P-GW再经该转发隧道转发给目标 S-GW。
27、 一种控制面与媒体面分离的通信网络,包括无线侧网元、接入网关, 及与无线侧网元和接入网关之间具有信令接口的移动性管理节点 (MMN), 所 述接入网关与无线侧网元和外部分组数据网络之间具有数据接口, 用于转发 无线侧网元和分组数据网络间的数据, 所述通信网络还包括与所述接入网关 和 /或 MMN具有信令接口的身份位置寄存器 (ILR), 其中:
所述 MMN设置为: 进行控制面的相关处理, 在为切入终端确定了一个 与原接入网关不同的目标接入网关时,将该切入终端的身份标识 (AID)传送到 该目 接入网关;
所述接入网关设置为: 在收到目标 ΜΜΝ传送的切入终端的 AID后, 为 该终端分配新的位置标识 (RID)并保存该终端 AID和该新的 RID的映射信息, 以及对该切入终端的数据报文进行 RID封装、 解 RID封装和转发;
所述接入网关或 MMN还设置为: 向切入终端归属 ILR发送注册请求, 携带该切入终端的新的 RID;
所述 ILR设置为: 维护归属用户终端的 AID-RID映射信息 , 收到对切入 终端的注册请求后, 将保存的该切入终端的 RID更新为该新的 RID。
28、 如权利要求 27所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述接入网关还设置为:在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后,将该新的 RID 传送到目标 MMN;
所述 MMN还设置为: 在收到切入终端的新的 RID后, 向该终端的通信 对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
29、 如权利要求 27所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 MMN还设置为: 在确定不同于原接入网关的目标接入网关后, 与 目标接入网关和原接入网关交互, 建立该目标接入网关与原接入网关间切入 终端的转发隧道; 或者, 所述接入网关还用于通过接入网关间的信令接口, 为切入终端建立本接入网关与原接入网关间的转发隧道;
所述接入网关还设置为: 在该转发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端 的数据报文通过该转发隧道转发到该目标接入网关; 收到发给切入终端的数 据报文后直接转发到目标无线侧网元或緩存后再转发到目标无线侧网元; 所述目标无线侧网元设置为: 将收到的发给切入终端的数据报文直接发 送给该切入终端或緩存后发送给该切入终端。
30、 如权利要求 27所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述接入网关还设置为: 维护终端的对端信息, 包含该终端 AID与通信 对端 AID的对应关系信息; 在切换过程中, 将维护的切出终端的对端信息传 送到该目标接入网关; 以及为切入终端分配了新的 RID和收到原接入网关传 送来的该切入终端的对端信息后, 向该切入终端的通信对端接入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。 31、 如权利要求 27所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述通信网络是演进的分组系统 (EPS)网络 , 所述接入网关的功能由 EPS 网絡中的服务网关 (S-GW)和分组数据网络网关 (P-GW)实现, 所述 MMN 为 EPS 网络中的移动性管理实体 (MME)或 3G 系统中的服务 GPRS 支持节点 (: SGSN)。 32、 如权利要求 31所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 MMN包括:
切出控制模块, 其设置为: 在 S1切换发起后, 请求目标 MMN重定位, 并将切出终端的 AID传送到目标 MMN; 通过原无线侧网元通知该切出终端 执行切换, 及在切换完成后, 执行原网络会话删除以及转发隧道释放流程; 切入控制模块, 其设置为: 在收到重定位请求后确定目标 S-GW和目标
P-GW,确定了与原 S-GW不同的目标 S-GW和与原 P-GW不同的目标 P-GW 时, 将切入终端的 AID经目标 S-GW传送到该目标 P-GW; 及与目标无线侧 网元和目标 S-GW交互, 为切入终端建立两者之间的隧道;
所述 P-GW包括:
切入控制模块, 所述 P-GW的切入控制模块设置为: 在收到目标 MMN 传送的切入终端的 AID和原 P-GW地址信息后, 为该终端分配指向本 P-GW 的新的 RID, 保存该终端 AID与该新的 RID的映射信息;
报文转发模块, 其设置为: 对切入、 切出终端的数据报文进行 RID封装、 解 RID封装和转发处理;
第一隧道建立模块, 设置为: 为切入终端建立与目标 S-GW间的转发隧 道;
所述 S-GW设置为: 为切入终端建立与目标 P-GW和目标无线侧网元间 的隧道, 进行数据报文转发, 及传递 MMN和 P-GW之间交互的信息。
33、 如权利要求 32所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW还包括 RID注册模块;所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为: 在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后激活该 RID注册模块;该 RID注册模块设置 为: 向切入终端归属 ILR发送注册请求,携带该切入终端的 AID和新的 RID; 或者
所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为:在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后 , 将该新的 RID经目标 S-GW传送到目标 MMN; 所述 MMN还包括 RID注册 模块, 设置为: 在收到切入终端的新的 RID后, 向切入终端归属 ILR发送注 册请求, 携带该切入终端的 AID和新的 RID。
34、 如权利要求 32所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 MMN的切入控制模块还设置为: 将原 P-GW的地址信息与切入终 端的 AID—起传送到该目标 P-GW;
所述 P-GW还包括第二隧道建立模块; 所述 P-GW中的切入控制模块还 设置为: 在为切入终端分配了新的 RID后, 激活所述第二隧道建立模块; 所述第二隧道建立模块设置为: 通过 P-GW间的信令接口向原 P-GW发 送转发隧道建立请求, 携带本 P-GW为切入终端建立与原 P-GW间转发隧道 分配的隧道信息; 及, 在收到目标 P-GW发送的为切出终端建立转发隧道建 立请求后, 向目标 P-GW回复转发隧道建立响应。
35、 如权利要求 32所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 MMN还包括隧道建立模块, 所述隧道建立模块设置为: 在确定了 不同于原 P-GW的目标 P-GW后, 通过目标 S-GW向目标 P-GW请求建立原 P-GW和目标 P-GW间切入终端的转发隧道, 将该目标 P-GW为该转发隧道 分配的转发隧道标识传递到原 MMN; 及, 收到目标 P-GW为切出终端分配 的转发隧道标识后, 通过原 S-GW向原 P-GW发送转发隧道建立请求, 携带 该转发隧道标识;
所述 P-GW还包括第二隧道建立模块, 所述第二隧道建立模块设置为: 收到目标 MMN送的为切入终端建立原 P-GW和目标 P-GW间转发隧道的请 求后, 为该切入终端分配该转发隧道的转发隧道标识; 以及在收到原 MMN 过转发隧道建立请求携带的目标 P-GW为切出终端分配的转发隧道标识后, 建立与该目标 P-GW间的转发隧道, 并通过原 S-GW向该原 MMN回复转发 隧道建立响应。
36、 如权利要求 34所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW还包括对端信息维护模块、 切出控制模块和 RID更新模块; 所述 P-GW中的对端信息维护模块设置为:保存和维护终端的对端信息, 其中包括终端 AID与通信对端 AID的对应关系信息;
所述 P-GW的切出控制模块设置为: 通过 P-GW间的信令接口或者通过 原 S-GW、 原 MMN、 目标 MMN、 目标 S-GW间传递的信令将保存的切出终 端的对端信息传送到目标 P-GW;
所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为: 在收到原 P-GW传来的切入终端 的对端信息和为该切入终端分配新的 RID后,激活本 P-GW中的 RID更新模 块;
所述 P-GW中的 RID更新模块设置为: 根据该终端的对端信息中通信对 端的 AID在本地或向 ILR查询得到所述通信对端的 RID , 向所述通信对端接 入的网关发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
37、 如权利要求 32或 35所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 MMN还包括对端信息维护模块和 RID更新模块; 其中:
所述 MMN中的对端信息维护模块设置为: 保存终端的对端信息并根据 P-GW的更新通知维护该对端信息, 所述对端信息中包括终端 AID与通信对 端 AID的对应关系信息;
所述 MMN中的切出控制模块还设置为: 通过重定位前转完成确认消息 将保存的切出终端的对端信息传送到目标 MMN;
所述 MMN中的切入控制模块还设置为: 在收到目标 P-GW传送来的切 入终端的新的 RID, 且将原 MMN传来的和本地维护的该切入终端的对端信 息合并后, 激活本 MMN中的 RID更新模块;
所述 MMN中的 RID更新模块设置为: 根据切入终端的对端信息中通信 对端的 AID, 查询到通信对端接入的 MMN的地址信息, 向该终端的通信对 端接入的 MMN发送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。 38、 如权利要求 37所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW的切出控制模块还设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的转 发隧道建立之前, 对收到的发给切出终端的数据报文解 RID封装和检查, 向 原 MMN发对端信息更新通知, 携带需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息; 在 该转发隧道建立之后, 将发给该切出终端的数据报文直接转发给目标 P-GW; 所述 P-GW的切入控制模块还设置为: 在本 P-GW与原 P-GW间的转发 隧道建立之后, 对发给切入终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 向目标 MMN发送对端信息更新通知, 携带需要更新的该切入终端的对端信息。
39、 如权利要求 36所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块还设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW间的转 发隧道建立之前,对收到的发给切出终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 再转发给目标 P-GW, 并将需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW 的对端信息维护模块, 在该转发隧道建立之后, 将发给该切出终端的数据报 文直接转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在本 P-GW与原 P-GW间的转发隧道建立之 后, 对发给切入终端的数据报文进行解 ID封装和检查, 转发到目标 S-GW, 并将需要更新的该切入终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的对端信息维护模块; 所述 P-GW中的对端信息维护模块还设置为: 在收到原 P-GW传送来的 切入终端的对端信息后,将收到的和本地保存的该切入终端的对端信息合并, 并对合并后的对端信息进行维护。
40、 如权利要求 36所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW的切出控制模块还设置为: 通过 P-GW间的信令接口将保存 的切出终端的对端信息传送到目标 P-GW, 并通知本 P-GW的报文转发模块; 及收到原 P-GW传递的切入终端的对端信息后保存, 并通知本 P-GW的报文 转发模块;
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为: 在所述对端信息传送之前, 对收到 的发给切出终端的数据报文进行解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的该切出终 端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的对端信息维护模块;在所述对端信息传送之后, 将收到的发给该切出终端的数据 文直接转发给该目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到 原 P-GW传送的切入终端的对端信息之后, 对发给该切入终端的数据报文进 行解 RID封装和检查, 将需要更新的该切出终端的对端信息通知本 P-GW的 对端信息维护模块。
41、 如权利要求 34或 35所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW之间的转 发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端的数据报文转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到发给切入终端的数据报文后, 转发给目标 S-GW;
所述 S-GW设置为: 收到目标 P-GW转发的发给切入终端的数据报文后 先进行緩存, 在根据目标 MMN的修改承载请求建立与目标无线侧网元的承 载后, 再将緩存的数据> ^文经该目标无线侧网元发送给该切入终端。
42、 如权利要求 35所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 MMN的切入控制模块还设置为:在控制建立目标 P-GW与原 P-GW 之间的转发隧道之前, 通过与目标无线侧网元和目标 S-GW的交互, 为切入 终端建立该目标无线侧网元和该目标 S-GW间的承载;
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为: 在本 P-GW与目标 P-GW之间的转 发隧道建立后, 将收到的发给切出终端的数据报文转发给目标 P-GW; 及, 在收到发给切入终端的数据报文后, 转发给目标 S-GW;
所述 S-GW还设置为: 收到目标 P-GW转发的发给切入终端的数据报文 后转发给目标无线侧网元;
所述目标无线侧网元还设置为: 在收到发给切入终端的数据报文后先进 行緩存, 在该切入终端切换到本目标无线侧网元后, 将緩存的数据报文发送 给该终端。
43、 如权利要求 38或 39或 40所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为:在收到切出终端发送的数据报文后, 对该数据报文进行 RID封装和检查, 将该数据报文转发到分组数据网络, 并 向本 P-GW或原 MMN的对端信息维护模块发送更新通知, 携带需要更新的 该切出终端的对端信息; 或者
所述 P-GW的报文转发模块设置为:在收到切出终端发送的数据报文后, 直接将该数据报文转发到目标 P-GW, 及, 在收到原 P-GW发来的切入终端 发送的数据报文后进行 RID封装和检查,将该数据报文转发到分组数据网络, 并向本 P-GW或目标 MMN的对端信息维护模块发送更新通知 , 携带需要更 新的该切入终端的对端信息。
44、 如权利要求 27所述的方法, 其中,
所述目标 MMN或目标 S-GW根据终端所在位置区域和 /或网络配置信息 来确定目标 P-GW, 或者
目标 MMN 或目标 S-GW 根据终端或无线侧网元的指示来确定目标 P-GW。
45、 如权利要求 34所述的通信网络, 其中,
所述 P-GW中的切入控制模块还设置为: 在为切入终端分配了新的 RID 后, 将该新的 RID和该切入终端的对端信息经目标 S-GW传送到目标 MME; 所述 MME还包括 RID更新模块; 所述 MME的切入控制模块还设置为: 在收到切入终端的对端信息后, 激活本 MME的 RID更新模块; 所述 MME 的 RID更新模块设置为: 根据切入终端的对端信息中通信对端的 AID, 查询 到通信对端接入的 MME的地址信息, 向该终端的通信对端接入的 MME发 送 RID更新通知, 携带该终端的 AID及该新的 RID。
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