Patent ID: 8547945

Claim:
A bearer processing method for a serving gateway to perform the bearer processing, comprising: the serving gateway receiving a bearer processing message from a mobility management unit, wherein the bearer processing message carries a message source mark for identifying a sending entity of the bearer processing message; and the serving gateway acquiring the message source mark in the bearer processing message, judging the sending entity of the bearer processing message according to the message source mark, and performing the bearer processing according to the result of the judgment; wherein the sending entity comprises one of the following: a mobility management entity, a serving GPRS supporting node; wherein the serving gateway performing the processing for its bearer associated with the mobility management entity in the case that the sending entity of the bearer processing message is judged as the mobility management entity; the serving gateway performing the processing for its bearer associated with the serving GPRS supporting node in the case that the sending entity of the bearer processing message is judged as the serving GPRS supporting node.