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US 9,282,578 · App. 13/978,101 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Mobile communication method, mobile management node, and serving gateway apparatus

Inventors: Katsutoshi Nishida (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Tamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
H04W76/00H04W8/30H04W60/00H04W68/00H04W76/06H04W88/16H04W92/24
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Patent No.
US 9,282,578
App. No.
13/978,101
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: starting, by a UE, re-attach processing for MME#2, upon receiving “Paging”; transmitting, by MME#1, “DDN Ack” including the IMSI of the UE, which is included in the “DDN”, and “Cause=Re-Attach Success”, to S-GW#1 specified by S-GW address #1 included in the “DDN”; and releasing, by S-GW#1, a PDN connection #1 between S-GW#1 and P-GW#1, upon receiving the “DDN Ack”, the PDN connection #1 corresponding to the IMSI of the UE included in the “DDN Ack”.

Claims (18)

1. A mobile terminal for performing communication with a core network including a mobility management node and a SGW (Serving Gateway), the mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a paging by the mobility management node which releases, on reception of a DDN (Downlink Data Notification) from the SGW maintaining a bearer between the SGW and a PGW (Packet Data Network Gateway), the bearer by sending a DDN Acknowledge, which includes a cause that the mobile terminal has re-attached, to the SGW, wherein the DDN includes IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) to identify the mobile terminal; and

a transmitter that transmits an Attach Request to the core network to start a re-attach procedure upon receipt of the paging.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitter transmits the Attach Request to said or another mobility management node in the core network.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the receiver receives the paging on the basis of the IMSI.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case where the receiver receives the paging on the basis of SAE (System Architecture Evolution) Temporary Mobile Station Identifier (S-TMSI) allocated to the mobile terminal, the transmitter transmits a Service Request to the mobility management node before transmitting the Attach Request.

5. A communication method of a mobile terminal that performs communication with a core network including a mobility management node and a SGW (Serving Gateway), the communication method comprising:

receiving a paging by the mobility management node which releases, upon reception of a DDN (Downlink Data Notification) from the SGW maintaining a bearer between the SGW and a PGW (Packet Data Network Gateway), the bearer by sending a DDN Acknowledge, which includes a cause that the mobile terminal has re-attached, to the SGW, wherein the DDN includes IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) to identify the mobile terminal; and

transmitting an Attach Request to the core network to start a re-attach procedure upon receipt of the paging.

6. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein

the mobile terminal transmits the Attach Request to said or another mobility management node in the core network.

7. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein

the mobile terminal receives the paging on the basis of the IMSI.

8. The communication method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

on receipt of the paging on the basis of SAE (System Architecture Evolution) Temporary Mobile Station Identifier (S-TMSI) allocated to the mobile terminal, transmitting a Service Request to the mobility management node before transmitting the Attach Request.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2013
From: NISHIDA, KATSUTOSHI; TAMURA, TOSHIYUKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030732/0836 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-002554 · Jan 7, 2011 · national
JP 2011-085415 · Apr 7, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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