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US 12,256,278 · App. 17/525,206 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Bearer modification method and access network device

Inventors: Yu Yin (Shanghai, CN); Caixia Qi (Shanghai, CN); Zhenyu Tao (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W36/06H04W36/08H04W60/00H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,256,278
App. No.
17/525,206
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bearer modification method and an access network device. The method includes determining, by an access network device, that a terminal device completes a complete registration procedure, or determining that the terminal device does not complete the complete registration procedure, and waiting for the terminal device to complete the complete registration procedure, and modifying, by the access network device, a radio access bearer of the terminal device.

Claims (57)

1. A bearer modification method, comprising:

performing at least one of:

determining, by an access network device, that a terminal device completes a complete registration procedure; or

determining, by an access network device, that the terminal device has not completed the complete registration procedure, and waiting for the terminal device to complete the complete registration procedure in response to determining that the terminal device has not completed the complete registration procedure; and

modifying, by the access network device, a radio access bearer of the terminal device after the access network device determines that the registration procedure of the terminal device is completed, wherein the modifying the radio access bearer comprises:

sending, by the access network device, a radio access bearer update indication message to a core network device, wherein the radio access bearer update indication message carries an Internet protocol (IP) address and a tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) of an updated access network device, and wherein the updated access network device is the access network device or a second access network device; and

receiving, by the access network device, a radio access bearer update indication acknowledgment message from the core network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining that the terminal device completes the complete registration procedure comprises performing at least one of:

determining, by the access network device, that the terminal device has completed the complete registration procedure; or

determining, by the access network device, that the terminal device completes the complete registration procedure within a first time.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the terminal device completing the complete registration procedure comprises one or more of:

a quantity of radio access bearers in context of the terminal device being greater than, or equal to, a first threshold; or

a parameter of one radio access bearer of the context of the terminal device being a specific value.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the parameter of the radio access bearer is one or more of a quality of service (QoS) type, an allocation and retention priority (ARP), or an aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR).

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the QoS type is a quality of service class identifier (QCI) or a 5G quality of service identifier (5Q1).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the waiting for the terminal device to complete the complete registration procedure comprises determining whether the complete registration procedure results in one or more:

a quantity of radio access bearers in context of the terminal device being greater than or equal to a first threshold;

a parameter of one radio access bearer comprised in the context of the terminal device being a specific value; or

a waiting time of the access network device exceeding a first time.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising performing, before the modifying the radio access bearer:

determining, by the access network device, that a current condition meets a trigger condition of a radio access bearer modification procedure, wherein the radio access bearer modification procedure comprises at least one of addition, modification, deletion, or a change of the second access network device.

8. An access network device, comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory memory coupled to the processor or included in the processor, the memory storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to:

perform at least one of:

determine that a terminal device completes a complete registration procedure; or

determine that the terminal device has not completed the complete registration procedure, and wait for the terminal device to complete the complete registration procedure in response to determining that the terminal device has not completed the complete registration procedure; and

modify a radio access bearer of the terminal device after the access network device determines that the registration procedure is completed, wherein the instructions to modify the radio access bearer of the terminal device include instructions to:

send a radio access bearer update indication message to a core network device, wherein the radio access bearer update indication message carries an internet protocol (IP) address and a tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) of an updated access network device, and wherein the updated access network device is the access network device or a second access network device; and

receive a radio access bearer update indication acknowledgment message from the core network device.

9. The access network device according to claim 8 , wherein the instructions to determine that the terminal device completes the complete registration procedure comprises instructions to perform at least one of:

determine that the terminal device has completed the complete registration procedure; or

determine that the terminal device completes the complete registration procedure within a first time.

10. The access network device according to claim 9 , wherein the terminal device completing the complete registration procedure comprises one or more of:

a quantity of radio access bearers in context of the terminal device being greater than or equal to a first threshold; or

a parameter of one radio access bearer of the context of the terminal device being a specific value.

11. The access network device according to claim 10 , wherein the parameter of the radio access bearer is one or more of a quality of service (QoS) type, an allocation and retention priority (ARP), or an aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR).

12. The access network device according to claim 11 , wherein the QoS type is a quality of service class identifier (QCI) or a 5G quality of service identifier (5Q1).

13. The access network device according to claim 8 , wherein the instructions to wait for the terminal device to complete the complete registration procedure comprises instructions to determine whether the complete registration procedure results in one or more of:

a quantity of radio access bearers in context of the terminal device being greater than or equal to a first threshold;

a parameter of one radio access bearer comprised in the context of the terminal device being a specific value; or

a waiting time of the access network device exceeding a first time.

14. The access network device according to claim 8 , wherein the program further includes instructions to perform, before modifying the radio access bearer:

determine that a current condition meets a trigger condition of a radio access bearer modification procedure, wherein the radio access bearer modification procedure comprises at least one of addition, modification, deletion, or a change of the second access network device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

perform at least one of:

determine that a terminal device completes a complete registration procedure; or

determine that the terminal device has not completed the complete registration procedure, and wait for the terminal device to complete the complete registration procedure in response to determining that the terminal device has not completed the complete registration procedure; and

modify a radio access bearer of the terminal device after determining that the registration procedure of the terminal device is complete, wherein the instructions to modify the radio access bearer of the terminal device include instructions to:

send a radio access bearer update indication message to a core network device, wherein the radio access bearer update indication message carries an internet protocol (IP) address and a tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) of an updated access network device, and wherein the updated access network device is an access network device or a second access network device; and

receive a radio access bearer update indication acknowledgment message from the core network device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the instructions that cause the processor to wait for the terminal device to complete the complete registration procedure include instructions to cause the processor to determine whether the complete registration procedure results in one or more of:

a quantity of radio access bearers in context of the terminal device being greater than or equal to a first threshold;

a parameter of one radio access bearer comprised in the context of the terminal device being a specific value; or

a waiting time of the access network device exceeding a first time.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform, before modifying the radio access bearer:

determine that a current condition meets a trigger condition of a radio access bearer modification procedure, wherein the radio access bearer modification procedure comprises at least one of addition, modification, deletion, or a change of the second access network device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: YIN, YU; QI, CAIXIA; TAO, ZHENYU
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059130/0652 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910406656.6 · May 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020090225 · May 14, 2020
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