Patent ID: 8520593

Claim:
A method of bearer deletion in a network, comprising: receiving, by a first intermediate network element (NE), a cancel location message corresponding to a user equipment (UE) from a home subscriber server (HSS), wherein the cancel location message contains a cancellation type indication parameter; if the cancellation type indication parameter indicates an attach type, and a bearer corresponding to the UE exists on the first intermediate NE, deleting, by the first intermediate NE, the bearer between the first intermediate NE and a serving gateway, and the bearer between the serving gateway and a packet data network gateway; if the cancellation type indication parameter indicates an update type, and if a serving gateway change indication is received, deleting, by the first intermediate NE, a bearer corresponding to the UE between the first intermediate NE and the serving gateway; and if the cancellation type indication parameter indicates the update type, and if the serving gateway change indication is not received, deleting, by the first intermediate NE, context information corresponding to the UE stored in the first intermediate NE.