Patent ID: 8072927
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a bearing procedure, comprising: receiving, by a serving gateway (SGW), a first bearer request sent by a packet data network gateway (PGW); notifying, by the SGW, a mobility management network element (MME) to page a user; receiving, by the SGW, an access mode of a current network sent by the MME; comparing, by the SGW, the access mode of the current network with a recorded access mode of an original resident network; notifying, by the SGW, the PGW of the access mode of the current network when a comparison result indicates that the access mode of the current network is different from the access mode of the original resident network; receiving, by the SGW, a second bearer request corresponding to the access mode of the current network sent by the PGW according to a policy and charging control (PCC) rule corresponding to the access mode of the current network; and performing the second bearer request corresponding to the access mode of the current network; wherein the method is performed under an idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) mechanism, and wherein the first bearer request is sent by the PGW in accordance with a PCC rule sent by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity corresponding to the access mode of the original resident network.