Patent ID: 9706434
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for processing message overload, comprising: receiving, by a base station, a downlink Non-Access Stratum (NAS) transmission message transmitted by a network device, wherein the downlink NAS transmission message comprises indication information indicating whether the downlink NAS transmission message is configured to transmit a Short Message Service (SMS); determining, based on the indication information, that the received downlink NAS transmission message is configured to transmit the SMS, in a case that the base station is congested; and processing, by the base station, the downlink NAS transmission message configured to transmit the SMS, wherein the downlink NAS transmission message comprising the indication information indicating whether the downlink NAS transmission message is configured to transmit the SMS comprises one of the following: the downlink NAS transmission message comprising an SMS indication field, wherein a field value of the SMS indication field is configured to indicate whether the downlink NAS transmission message is configured to transmit the SMS; the downlink NAS transmission message comprising downlink generic NAS transport message content, wherein a protocol discriminator field in the downlink generic NAS transport message content is reused, with a type set for the protocol discriminator field indicating whether the downlink NAS transmission message is configured to transmit the SMS; and the downlink NAS transmission message comprising downlink generic NAS transport message content, wherein an SMS indication field is included in the downlink generic NAS transport message content, with a field value of the SMS indication field indicating whether the downlink NAS transmission message is configured to transmit the SMS.