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US 9,320,078 · App. 13/977,964 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

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

Inventors: Katsutoshi Nishida (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Tamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
H04W76/064H04W8/30H04W60/00H04W68/00H04W76/02H04W76/06H04W88/16H04W92/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,320,078
App. No.
13/977,964
Granted
Apr 19, 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 “EPS Bearer ID# 1 ” included in “DDN” and “Cause=Re-Attach Success” (information indicating that re-attach processing is successful), 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 “EPS Bearer ID# 1 ” included in the “DDN Ack”.

Claims (10)

1. A mobile communication method in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

performing, by a mobility management node, a restart;

maintaining, by a serving gateway (SGW), some specific bearers between said SGW and a packet data network gateway (PGW);

sending, by said SGW, Downlink Data Notification message to said mobility management node for paging a mobile terminal (UE); and

requesting, by said mobility management node, said SGW to release said maintained bearer by sending a Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message which includes a cause that said mobile terminal has re-attached.

2. A mobile communication system, the system comprising:

a serving gateway (SGW) that is configured to maintain some specific bearers between said SGW and a packet data network gateway (PGW) if a mobility management node has restarted and send a Downlink Data Notification message to said mobility management node for paging a mobile terminal (UE); and

said mobility management node that is configured to request said SGW to release said maintained bearers by sending a Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message which includes a cause that said mobile terminal has re-attached.

3. The mobile communication method according to claim 1 , wherein said Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message includes an IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) to identify the UE in the SGW.

4. The mobile communication method according to claim 2 , wherein said Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge message includes an IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) to identify the UE in the SGW.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2013
From: NISHIDA, KATSUTOSHI; TAMURA, TOSHIYUKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030733/0086 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-002554 · Jan 7, 2011 · national
JP 2011-112844 · May 19, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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