Patent ID: 8224325

Claim:
A resource control method, comprising: receiving from User Equipment (UE) currently associated with a network a resource request message configured for accessing multiple networks using a same Access Point Name (APN) determining another network suitable for the UE according to resource information specified in said request, and notifying information about the determined another network to the UE, said notifying comprises: determining that a network-side device refuses to accept the resource request message sent by the UE in the current network, in response to said refusal, sending, by a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF), an identifier (ID) of a network recommended or specified by the PCRF for the UE to use to a gateway device; and forming a Bearer Resource Request Failure Indication message embedded with the ID of the network recommended or specified by the PCRF for the UE to use, sending, by the gateway device, the Bearer Resource Request Failure Indication message to the UE upon detecting that the gateway device is a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (GW), generating, by the PCRF, a Policy and Charging Control (PCC) rule corresponding to the specified network, and sending the PCC rule to the PDN GW setting up by the PDN GW resources for the UE in the specified network according to the PCC rule; forming the Bearer Resource Request Failure Indication message further comprises inserting in said indication message an indication-that the resources have been set up in the specified network, if a Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function (BBERF) exists in the specified network, the method further comprises: generating, by the PCRF, a corresponding PCC rule and sending the PCC rule to the BBERF so that the BBERF sets up resources between the BBERF and the UE in the specified network according to the PCC rule.