Patent ID: 8437265

Claim:
A method for sharing network resources, comprising: receiving, by a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway, connecting a User Equipment (UE) and one of a PDN and a PDN set, and an Evolved NodeB (ENB) corresponding to the UE, sharing information associated with a maximum network resource corresponding to the UE on one of the PDN and the PDN set from a Mobility Management Entity (MME), wherein the sharing information is obtained by the MME from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) corresponding to the UE; determining, by the PDN gateway and the ENB, the maximum network resource according to the received sharing information; allocating, by the PDN gateway and the ENB a resource for a bearer set up with one of the PDN and the PDN set in a range of the maximum network resource according to the determined maximum network resource.