Patent ID: 8457636
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for handover, comprising: receiving, by a source Mobility Management Entity (MME), a handover request message from a source base station in a handover process of a User Equipment (UE), wherein the handover request message carries a bearer identifier (ID) of a local breakout service of the UE; extracting, by the source MME, the bearer ID of the local breakout service from the handover request message; and sending, by the source MME, a forward handover request message to a target MME according to the bearer ID of the local breakout service carried by the handover request message, wherein the forward handover request message carries no bearer ID of the local breakout service of the UE, so that the target MME instructs the target base station not to set up any bearer of the local breakout service.