IP Library Granted Patent US 11,438,809
Granted Patent B2
US 11,438,809 · App. 16/798,734 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Handover method and mobility management network element

Inventors: Feng Lu (Dongguan, CN); Yijun Yu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0016H04W36/0022
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Patent No.
US 11,438,809
App. No.
16/798,734
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A target mobility management network element is provided, which receives a forward relocation request message sent by a source mobility management network element, where the forward relocation request message includes single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) capability information; and the target mobility management network element sends, to a target access network element, a first request message that carries information of SRVCC operation possible.

Claims (40)

1. A handover method carried out in a communication system that comprises a source mobility management network element (MME) of an evolved universal mobile telecommunication system territorial radio access network (E-UTRAN), a target MME of the E-UTRAN and a target evolved Node B (eNodeB) of the E-UTRAN, the method comprising:

sending, by the source MME of the E-UTRAN during a packet switched handover (PS HO) in the E-UTRAN to the target MME of the E-UTRAN, a first message that comprises a single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) capability information, wherein the SRVCC capability information comprises:

a single radio voice call continuity session transfer number (STN-SR), and

a correlation mobile station international integrated services data network (ISDN) number (C-MSISDN); and

sending, by the target MME of the E-UTRAN based on the SRVCC capability information to the target evolved Node B (eNodeB) of the E-UTRAN, a first request message that carries an information of SRVCC operation possibility,

wherein the information of SRVCC operation possibility indicates that:

a user is SRVCC capable, and

the target MME of the E-UTRAN is SRVCC capable.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SRVCC capability information indicates that the user is SRVCC capable.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message is a forward relocation request message.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first request message is a handover request message.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the sending, by the source MME of the E-UTRAN, the first message to the target MME of the E-UTRAN, the method comprises:

sending, by a source radio access network element to the source MME of the E-UTRAN, a second request message.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SRVCC capability information indicates that the source MME of the E-UTRAN is SRVCC capable.

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC and a user equipment has SRVCC capability.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC and user equipment has SRVCC capability.

11. A communication system comprising:

a source mobility management network element (MME) of an evolved universal mobile telecommunication system territorial radio access network (E-UTRAN) comprising a first processor and a first non-transitory computer-readable medium including first computer-executable instructions; and

a target MME of the E-UTRAN comprising a second processor and a second non-transitory computer-readable medium including second computer-executable instructions; and

a target evolved Node B (eNodeB) of the E-UTRAN comprising a third processor and a third non-transitory computer-readable medium including third computer-executable instructions;

wherein the source MME of the E-UTRAN and the target MME of the E-UTRAN cooperatively operation to carry out a method comprising:

sending, by the source MME of the E-UTRAN during a packet switched handover (PS HO) in the E-UTRAN to the target MME of the E-UTRAN, a first message that comprises a single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) capability information, wherein the SRVCC capability information comprises:

a single radio voice call continuity session transfer number (STN-SR), and

a correlation mobile station international integrated services data network (ISDN) number (C-MSISDN); and

sending, by the target MME of the E-UTRAN based on the SRVCC capability information to the target evolved Node B (eNodeB) of the E-UTRAN, a first request message that carries an information of SRVCC operation possibility,

wherein the information of SRVCC operation possibility indicates that:

a user is SRVCC capable, and

the target MME of the E-UTRAN is SRVCC capable.

12. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein the SRVCC capability information indicates that the user is SRVCC capable.

13. The communication system according to claim 12 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC.

14. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC.

15. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein the first message is a forward relocation request message.

16. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein the first request message is a handover request message.

17. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein before the sending, by the source MME of the E-UTRAN, the first message to the target MME of the E-UTRAN, the method comprises:

receiving, by the source MME of the E-UTRAN from a source radio access network element, a second request message.

18. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein the SRVCC capability information indicates that the source MME of the E-UTRAN is SRVCC capable.

19. The communication system according to claim 12 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC and a user equipment has SRVCC capability.

20. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein that the user is SRVCC capable comprises: the user is allowed to use SRVCC and user equipment has SRVCC capability.

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