Patent ID: 9629179
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for processing local access connections, comprising: a mobility management entity of a core network storing closed subscriber group (CSG) subscription information and the mobility management entity of the core network detecting whether CSG membership of a user terminal changes or times out when the user terminal is in a connected state and accesses through a hybrid-mode home nodeB, and when the mobility management entity of the core network detects that the CSG membership of the user terminal changes or times out, the mobility management entity of the core network initiating releasing of affected Local Internet Protocol (IP) Access (LIPA) connections, or the mobility management entity of the core network notifying the home nodeB to trigger a Local Gateway (L-GW) to initiate releasing of the affected LIPA connections; wherein when the user terminal does not subscribe to a Wildcard Access Point Name (APN), the mobility management entity initiates releasing of all activated LIPA connections, when the user terminal has subscribed to the Wildcard APN, the mobility management entity initiates releasing of the LIPA connections corresponding to an APN binding with the CSG in a session management context, but does not release the LIPA connections corresponding to an APN not binding with the CSG in the session management context.