IP Library Granted Patent US 9,143,981
Granted Patent B2
US 9,143,981 · App. 14/202,434 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Communication system and communication control method

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Patent No.
US 9,143,981
App. No.
14/202,434
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A node on a core network, in accordance with a connection state of a terminal, releases a transmission path resource which is made unnecessary due to LIPA (Local IP access) or SIPTO (Selected IP traffic offload) connection configuration.

Claims (12)

1. A communication control method of a mobile communication system for SIPTO (Selected IP Traffic Offload), the method comprising:

releasing, by an MME (Mobility Management Entity), bearers in a first gateway for SIPTO using a second gateway by the MME sending a request to the first gateway; and

sending, by the first gateway, a response to the MME.

2. A mobile communication system for SIPTO (Selected IP Traffic Offload), the system comprising:

an MME (Mobility Management Entity);

a first gateway; and

a second gateway;

wherein the MME releases bearers in the first gateway for the SIPTO using the second gateway by sending a request to the first gateway, and

the first gateway sends a response to the MME.

3. A mobility management entity device used in a mobile communication system for SIPTO (Selected IP Traffic Offload), the device comprising:

a unit that sends a request to a first gateway for releasing bearers in the first gateway for the SIPTO using a second gateway; and

a unit that receives a response from the first gateway.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: DENSO CORPORATION
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062968/0472 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053260/0557 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2014
From: TAKANO, YUSUKE; TAMURA, TOSHIYUKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032393/0517 →