Method and device for reinitiating session management process of EPS system
View Patent ↗The present invention discloses a method and device for re-initiating EPS session management procedure. The application of technical solution proposed through embodiment of this invention can enable PGW to determine whether handover operation on MME side is completed through timing by timer and/or instruction message on MME side; if it is completed, re-initiate session management process of corresponding EPS system, thus enabling PGW to timely re-initiate EPS session management procedure, reducing the time for unnecessary waiting, and avoiding resource waste caused by repeated rejection of EPS session management procedure re-initiated when handover procedure is not completed, so as to improve reconnection efficiency of session management process of EPS system and reduce waste of communication resource.
1. A method for re-initiating a session management process of an Evolved Packet System (EPS), the method comprising:
after the session management process of the EPS initiated by a packet data gateway (PGW) is rejected by a mobility management entity (MME) because a handover procedure is in progress, starting a timer by the PGW according to information sent by the MME;
after the PGW receives a preset instruction message before the timer times out, re-initiating the session management process of the EPS by the PGW.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein starting a timer by the PGW according to information sent by the MME, comprising:
after the PGW receives a message containing information of rejecting cause sent by the MME, if content of the information of rejection cause conforms to a pre-configured condition, starting a pre-configured timer by the PGW;
after the PGW receives a message containing an end time of the handover procedure from the MME, starting the timer set according to the end time by the PGW.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receipt of a preset instruction message by the PGW before the timer times out includes that:
the PGW receives a Modify Bearer Request message through an S5/S8 interface before the timer times out.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the session management process of the EPS is a session management process for dedicated bearer.
5. A packet data gateway (PGW), comprising:
a sending module, configured to initiate a session management process of an Evolved Packet System (EPS) to a mobility management entity (MME);
a reception module, configured to receive information sent by the MME after the session management process of the EPS initiated by the sending module is rejected by the MME because a handover procedure is in progress;
a timer processing module, configured to start a timer according to the information received by the reception module;
a judgment module, configured to notify the sending module to re-initiate the session management process of the EPS after the reception module receives a preset instruction message before the timer started by the timer processing module times out.
6. The PGW as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the timer processing module comprises:
a first setting submodule, configured to set a time alarm and corresponding content of reject cause according to preset information of the PGW;
a second setting submodule, configured to set the time alarm according to information of an end time of the handover procedure received by the reception module;
a starting submodule, configured to start the timer set by the first setting submodule when the reception module receives the message containing the information of rejecting cause sent by the MME and the content of reject cause is consistent to that set by the first setting submodule; or start the timer set by the second setting submodule when the reception module receives the message containing the information of the end time of the handover procedure sent by the MME.
7. The PGW as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the receipt of a a preset instruction message by the reception module before the timer started by the timer processing module times out, comprises that:
the reception module receives a modify bearer request message through an S5/S8interface before the timer started by the timer processing module times out.
8. The PGW as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the session management process of the EPS is a session management process for dedicated bearer.
9. A method for re-initiating a session management process of an Evolved Packet System (EPS), the method comprising:
after a mobility management entity (MME) receives a request from a packet data gateway (PGW) for initiating the session management process of EPS, if the MME judges itself is in a handover procedure, sending message containing instruction information to the PGW and rejecting the request of session management process of the EPS by the MME;
sending, by the MME, a preset instruction message to the PGW before a timer started by the PGW according to the message containing instruction information sent by the MME expires to notify the PGW to re-initiate the session management process of the EPS.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the sending of message containing instruction information to the PGW by MME comprises that:
sending the message containing the information of rejecting reasons to the PGW by the MME; and/or,
sending the message containing the information of an end time of the handover procedure to the PGW by the MME.
11. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the MME sends instruction message to the PGW after the handover procedure is completed, wherein
after the handover procedure is completed, sending a modify bearer request message to the PGW through an S5/S8 interface by the MME; or,
after the handover procedure is completed, sending the modify bearer request message to other network equipments by the MME, and the other network equipments forward the modify bearer request message to the PGW through the S5/S8 interface.
12. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the session management process of the EPS is a session management process for dedicated bearer.