Method and device for accessing and obtaining user equipment context and user equipment identity
A method and device for accessing and obtaining UE context and UE identity are provided. The method for access includes: when a UE accesses an SAE network, judging, by a network node, whether a GUMMEI carried by the UE or an MMEGI in the GUMMEI is allocated or mapped by the SAE network; if the GUMMEI or MMEGI is allocated by the SAE network, selecting, by the network node, an MME according to the GUMMEI, or according to the MMEGI and an MMEC, or according to a PLMN-id, the MMEGI and the MMEC; and if the GUMMEI or MMEGI is mapped by the SAE network, selecting, by the network node, an MME according to an MCC, an MNC and an MMEC in the GUMMEI. Therefore, the access of the UE is achieved.
1. A method for access, comprising:
judging, by a first Mobility Management Entity (MME), whether a Global Unique Temporary Identity (GUTI) of a user equipment (UE) is allocated by a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network or mapped from a temporary identity of a Second Generation/Third Generation (2G/3G) network;
when the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network, transmitting, by the first MME, the GUTI to an old MME and receiving a UE context of the UE from the old MME, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old MME according to the GUTI; or
when the GUTI is mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network, reconstructing, by the first MME, an old Routing Area Identification (old RAI) and a Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (P-TMSI) from the GUTI, transmitting the old RAI and the P-TMSI to an old Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (old SGSN), and receiving the UE context of the UE from the old SGSN, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old SGSN based on the old RAI and the P-TMSI.
2. The method for access according to claim 1 , wherein the judging, by the first MME, whether the GUTI of the UE is allocated by the SAE network or mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network comprises:
determining, by the first MME, whether a bit of a Mobility Management Entity Group Identity (MMEGI) in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network or the bit of the MMEGI in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is mapped from a Location Area Code (LAC);
wherein when the bit of the MMEGI in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network, judging, by the first MME, that the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network, and
wherein when the bit of the MMEGI in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is mapped from the LAC, judging by the first MME that the GUTI is mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network.
3. The method for access according to claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the first MME, a request message of the UE to a second MME having the UE context based on an indication of an Additional GUTI of the UE, when the UE accesses the SAE network;
receiving, by the first MME, a validation result of integrity protection of the request message from the second MME having the UE context;
wherein the transmitting the old RAI and the P-TMSI to the old SGSN comprises:
transmitting, by the first MME, a Context Request to the old SGSN, wherein the Context Request carries the old RAI, the P-TMSI, and a successful validation message, when the validation result of integrity protection of the request message is that the integrity protection of the request message is successfully validated; and
the receiving the UE context of the UE from the old SGSN, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old SGSN according to the old RAI and the P-TMSI comprises:
receiving, by the first MME, the UE context of the UE from the old SGSN, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old SGSN according to the old RAI, the P-TMSI, and the successful validation message.
4. The method for access according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first MME, a security context from a second MME having the UE context based on an indication of an Additional GUTI of the UE;
validating, by the first MME, integrity protection of a request message of the UE when the UE accesses the SAE network according to the security context;
wherein the transmitting the old RAI and the P-TMSI to the old SGSN comprises:
transmitting, by the first MME, a Context Request to the old SGSN, wherein the Context Request carries the old RAI, the P-TMSI, and a successful validation message when a validation result of the integrity protection of the request message is that the integrity protection of the request message is successfully validated; and
the receiving the UE context of the UE from the old SGSN, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old SGSN according to the old RAI and P-TMSI comprises:
receiving, by the first MME, the UE context of the UE from the old SGSN, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old SGSN according to the old RAI, the P-TMSI, and the successful validation message.
5. The method for access according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
when the GUTI is mapped and the UE accesses the SAE network by a Tracking Area Update (TAU) Request message, the UE does not perform integrity protection on the TAU Request message.
6. The method for access according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
when the GUTI is mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network, when the UE accesses the SAE network, transmitting a Context Request comprising a P-TMSI Signature IE (Information Element) of the UE to the old SGSN so as to request the old SGSN to validate the UE.
7. The method for access according to claim 1 , further comprising:
allocating, by an eNodeB (evolved NodeB), a network resource node to the UE according to whether the GUTI of the UE is allocated by the SAE network or mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network.
8. The method for access according to claim 7 , wherein the allocating, by the eNodeB, the network resource node to the UE according to whether the GUTI of the UE is allocated by the SAE network or mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network comprises:
selecting, by the eNodeB, a second MME according to a Globally Unique Mobility Management Entity Identifier (GUMMEI) in the GUTI, when the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network.
9. A network device, comprising a processor, a transmitter, and a receiver, wherein:
the processor is configured to judge whether a Global Unique Temporary Identity (GUTI) of a user equipment (UE) is allocated by a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network or mapped from a temporary identity of a Second Generation/Third Generation (2G/3G) network,
when the processor judges that the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network, the transmitter is configured to transmit the GUTI to an old Mobility Management Entity (MME) and the receiver is configured to receive a UE context of the UE from the old MME, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old MME according to the GUTI; and
when the processor judges that the GUTI is mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network, the processor is configured to reconstruct an old Routing Area Identification (old RAI) and a Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (P-TMSI) from the GUTI, the transmitter is configured to transmit the old RAI and the P-TMSI to an old Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (old SGSN), and the receiver is configured to receive the UE context of the UE from the old SGSN, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old SGSN based on the old RAI and the P-TMSI.
10. The network device according to claim 9 , wherein:
the processor is configured to judge whether a bit of a Mobility Management Entity Group Identity (MMEGI) in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network or whether the bit of the MMEGI in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is mapped from a Location Area Code (LAC);
the processor is configured to judge that the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network, when the bit of the MMEGI in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network; and
the processor is configured to judge that the GUTI is mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network, when the bit of the MMEGI in the GUTI indicates that the MMEGI in the GUTI is mapped from the LAC.
11. A network system, comprising a first Mobility Management Entity (MME), an old MME, and an old Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (old SGSN), wherein:
the first MME is configured to judge whether a Global Unique Temporary Identity (GUTI) of a user equipment (UE) is allocated by a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network or mapped from a temporary identity of a Second Generation/Third Generation (2G/3G) network;
the first MME is configured to transmit the GUTI to the old MME and receive a UE context of the UE from the old MME when the GUTI is allocated by the SAE network, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old MME according to the GUTI; and
the first MME is configured to reconstruct an old Routing Area Identification (old RAI) and a Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (P-TMSI) from the GUTI, transmit the old RAI and the P-TMSI to the old SGSN, and receive the UE context of the UE from the old SGSN, when the GUTI is mapped from the temporary identity of the 2G/3G network, wherein the UE context of the UE is sent by the old SGSN according to based on the old RAI and the P-TMSI.