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US 8,085,731 · App. 12/487,446 · Granted Dec 27, 2011

Mechanism for 3

Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,085,731
App. No.
12/487,446
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system to promote connectivity for inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second radio access network (RAN) is provided. The system comprises a component configured such that for each access point name (APN) in communication with the first radio access network (RAN), the maximum bit rate (MBR) for each active non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearer in the second radio access network (RAN) is determined based on each respective access point name's (APN's) used aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) and the number of active non-guaranteed bit rate(s) (non-GBR) bearers for the respective access point name (APN).

Claims (19)

1. A method for quality of service (QoS) parameters mapping during a handover from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second RAN, the first RAN and the second RAN having communication with an access point name (APN), comprising:

deriving, for the second RAN, an APN aggregated maximum bit rate (APN-AMBR) for the APN based on a maximum bit rate (MBR) of a packet data protocol (PDP) context of the first RAN associated with the APN, the first RAN including one of a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) or a global system for mobiles (GSM) enhanced data for GSM evolution radio access network (GERAN) and the second RAN including an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN);

providing a local user equipment (UE) aggregated maximum bit rate (UE-AMBR) until a subscribed UE-AMBR is available for the UE;

acquiring the subscribed UE-AMBR;

calculating a derived UE-AMBR by taking the minimum of the subscribed UE-AMBR and the sum of the derived APN-AMBRs of all APNs associated with the UE;

comparing the derived UE-AMBR to the local UE-AMBR; and

notifying the derived UE-AMBR to the second RAN by initiating a subscribed quality of service (QoS) modification procedure if the local UE-AMBR is different from the derived UE-AMBR.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the local UE-AMBR is based on a sum of the APN-AMBR derived.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification of the derived UE-AMBR is a first notification and the subscribed QoS modification procedure further provides a second notification of a subscribed APN-AMBR, and wherein the first notification is provided to an enhanced node-B (eNB) of the second RAN and the second notification is provided to a serving gateway and packet data network gateway.

4. A device configured to provide quality of service (QoS) parameters mapping during a handover from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second RAN, the first RAN and the second RAN having communication with an access point name (APN), the device comprising:

one or more hardware processors configured to:

derive, for the second RAN, an APN aggregated maximum bit rate (APN-AMBR) for the APN based on a maximum bit rate (MBR) of a packet data protocol (PDP) context of the first RAN associated with the APN, the first RAN including one of a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) or a global system for mobiles (GSM) enhanced data for GSM evolution radio access network (GERAN) and the second RAN including an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN);

provide a local user equipment (UE) aggregated maximum bit rate (UE-AMBR) until a subscribed UE-AMBR is available for the UE;

acquire the subscribed UE-AMBR;

calculate a derived UE-AMBR by taking the minimum of the subscribed UE-AMBR and the sum of the derived APN-AMBRs of all APNs associated with the UE;

compare the derived UE-AMBR to the local UE-AMBR; and

notify the derived UE-AMBR to the second RAN by initiating a subscribed quality of service (QoS) modification procedure if the local UE-AMBR is different from the derived UE-AMBR.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the local UE-AMBR is based on a sum of the APN-AMBR derived.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein the notification of the derived UE-AMBR is a first notification and the subscribed QoS modification procedure further provides a second notification of a subscribed APN-AMBR, and wherein the first notification is provided to an enhanced node-B (eNB) of the second RAN and the second notification is provided to a serving gateway and packet data network gateway.

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Continuity (2)
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