Patent ID: 9369860
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for data communication, comprising: receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), a request message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the request message comprises an ability information of the UE indicating whether the UE has an ability to access one of a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network(UTRAN) and a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN); determining, by the MME, that the UE has the ability to access the one of the UTRAN and the GERAN according to the ability information of the UE; creating, by the MME, a request for a default bearer of the UE and transmitting the request for the default bearer to a serving gateway (SGW); forwarding, by the SGW, the request for the default bearer to a packet data network gateway (PGW); creating, by the PGW, a response for the default bearer corresponding to the request for the default bearer and transmitting the response for the default bearer to the SGW; forwarding, by the SGW, the response for the default bearer to the MME; generating, by the MME, a transaction identifier (TI) for the default bearer of the UE based on the determination that the UE has the ability to access the one of the UTRAN and the GERAN.