Patent ID: 9407421
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for Mobility Management Entity (MME) Association Consolidation (MAC) for bearer management signaling for a user equipment coupled to a donor base stations (eNodeB) via a relay node, the method comprising of: receiving by the eNodeB, bearer resource request of the user equipment coupled to the relay node; generating a MAC request for a mobility management entity (MME) associated with the user equipment (MME UE) by the eNodeB based on identities of the user equipment and the relay node, wherein the MAC request comprises a MME associated with the relay node (MME RN) identity and the user equipment identity; sending the generated MAC request to the MME UE; generating, based on the MAC request, a MAC response for the MME RN, the MAC response comprises the identity of the user equipment received in the MAC request and context information comprising evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM), EPS session management (ESM), IP address, and tunnel identity; sending the MAC response to the MME RN; and wherein the MME RN is configured to provision a bearer setup request of the user equipment, based on the received MAC response, and provision a consequential bearer setup request of the relay node.