Session processing method and communication apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12317367-B2
Application number	US-202217814320-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2022
Priority date	Jan 23, 2020
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a session processing method and apparatus. When a quantity of sessions of a terminal device that each have an activated user plane connection is not less than a quantity threshold, the terminal device determines to deactivate a user plane connection of at least one first session, where the sessions that each have the activated user plane connection include the at least one first session. The terminal device sends a first request message to a first network element, where the first request message includes indication information, and the indication information indicates to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
when a quantity of sessions of a terminal device that each have an activated user plane connection is greater than or equal to a quantity threshold, determining, by the terminal device, to deactivate a user plane connection of at least one first session, wherein the sessions that each have the activated user plane connection comprise the at least one first session; and
sending, by the terminal device, a first request message to a first network element, wherein the first request message comprises indication information, and the indication information indicates to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the when the quantity of sessions of the terminal device that each have the activated user plane connection is greater than or equal to the quantity threshold, determining, by the terminal device, to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session comprises:
when the terminal device is handed over from accessing a network over a non-narrow band internet of things connection to accessing the network over a narrow band internet of things connection, and the quantity of sessions of the terminal device that each have the activated user plane connection is greater than the quantity threshold, determining, by the terminal device, to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the quantity of sessions of the terminal device that each have the activated user plane connection is greater than or equal to the quantity threshold, determining, by the terminal device, to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session comprises:
when the quantity of sessions of the terminal device that each have the activated user plane connection is greater than or equal to the quantity threshold, and the terminal device determines to activate a user plane connection for at least one second session, determining, by the terminal device, to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session, wherein the at least one second session has no activated user plane connection.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information indicating to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session comprises the indication information indicating to modify the at least one first session to a session using control plane optimization.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network element is a mobility management network element, and the first request message is a registration request message or a service request message.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network element is a session management network element, and the first request message is a session establishment request message or a session modification request message.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device accesses the network over a narrow band internet of things connection.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first session does not comprise a session for sending an abnormal data report.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by a session management network element, the first request message comprising the indication information; and
deactivating, by the session management network element, the user plane connection of the at least one first session based on the indication information.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein deactivating, by the session management network element, the user plane connection of the first session based on the indication information comprises:
modifying, by the session management network element based on the indication information, the first session to a session using control plane optimization.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein before deactivating, by the session management network element, the user plane connection of the first session based on the indication information, the method further comprises:
determining, by the session management network element based on one or more of a local policy, a network configuration, or user subscription data, to deactivate the user plane connection of the first session.

12. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
sending, by the session management network element, a response message, wherein the response message comprises user plane connection deactivation result information of the first session, and the user plane connection deactivation result information indicates successful or unsuccessful deactivation of the user plane connection of the first session.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the user plane connection deactivation result information indicates the unsuccessful deactivation of the user plane connection of the first session, and the response message further comprises cause value information of the unsuccessful deactivation of the user plane connection.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the cause value information comprises one or more of the following information: control plane congestion occurs, a quantity of sessions using control plane optimization reaches a maximum value, a network does not support the control plane optimization, deactivation of the user plane connection is not allowed, or a user plane connection of another session is deactivated.

15. A communication apparatus, used in a terminal device, wherein the apparatus comprises:
a processor, configured to:
when a quantity of sessions of the terminal device that each have an activated user plane connection is greater than or equal to a quantity threshold, determine to deactivate a user plane connection of at least one first session, wherein the sessions that each have the activated user plane connection comprise the at least one first session; and

a transceiver, configured to send a first request message to a first network element, wherein the first request message comprises indication information, and the indication information indicates to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the terminal device is handed over from accessing a network over a non-narrow band internet of things connection to accessing the network over a narrow band internet of things connection, and the quantity of sessions of the terminal device that each have the activated user plane connection is greater than the quantity threshold, determine to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the quantity of sessions of the terminal device that each have the activated user plane connection is greater than or equal to the quantity threshold, and the terminal device determines to activate a user plane connection for at least one second session, determine to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session, wherein the at least one second session has no activated user plane connection.

18. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein that the indication information indicating to deactivate the user plane connection of the at least one first session comprises the indication information indicating to modify the at least one first session to a session using control plane optimization.

19. The apparatus accor

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Chengchen
• Shu Lin

Classifications

• H04W80/10

  adapted for {application} session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] {(connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14)} · CPC title

• H04W76/32

  Release of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W36/28

  involving a plurality of connections, e.g. multi-call or multi-bearer connections · CPC title

• H04W76/22

  Manipulation of transport tunnels · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title