Patent ID: 9119219
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A bandwidth control method, comprising: receiving, at a mobility management entity, an access request message sent by a user equipment (UE) and that carries a user equipment identity of the user equipment; and obtaining subscription data of the user equipment or context information of the user equipment according to the user equipment identity; obtaining a group identity of the group to which the user equipment belongs from the subscription data or context information; obtaining, according to the group identity of the group to which the user equipment belongs, subscription data of the group to which the user equipment belongs; and obtaining group-aggregate maximum bit rate parameter information of the group to which the user equipment belongs from the subscription data of the group to which the user equipment belongs; and sending a session management message to a bandwidth control device separate from the mobility management entity, the session management message comprising at least the group identity of the group to which the user equipment belongs, so that the bandwidth control device performs bandwidth control on a user equipment in the group according to the group identity of the session management message and further according to the group-aggregate maximum bit rate parameter information; wherein the group to which the user equipment belongs is a group of UEs.