Method and system for information transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9113436-B2
Application number	US-201113643300-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2011
Priority date	Jul 7, 2010
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and system for information transmission. Said method includes: an Evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) notifying a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) entity of the location information of a User Equipment (UE); the PCRF entity sending the location information of the UE to a Broadband Policy Control Function (BPCF) entity. The method and system provided by the present invention solve the problem that the BPCF in a fixed network can not initiate an S9* session to the PCRF entity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for information transmission, comprising:
an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) notifying a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity of location information of a user equipment (UE);
the PCRF entity establishing a S9 session with a broadband policy control function (BPCF) entity;

the PCRF entity sending the location information of the UE to the BPCF entity using the S9 session;
wherein, the location information comprises an identifier and tunnel information of the UE, the UE identifier comprises a fixed network access identifier of the UE, and the tunnel information comprises local IP address information of the UE;
wherein, after the step of the PCRF entity sending the location information of the UE to the BPCF entity using the S9 session, the ePDG entity sends an internet protocol security (IP-Sec) tunnel establishment success message to the user equipment.

2. The information transmission method of claim 1 , wherein, before the step of the ePDG notifying the PCRF entity of the location information of the UE, the method further comprises:
the UE accessing a mobile core network through a wireless local area network (WLAN).

3. The information transmission method of claim 1 , wherein, before the step of the ePDG notifying the PCRF entity of the location information of the UE, the method further comprises:
establishing a tunnel between the UE and the ePDG.

4. The information transmission method of claim 1 , wherein, the step of the ePDG notifying the PCRF entity of the location information of the UE comprises:
the ePDG initiating and establishing a session to the PCRF entity.

5. The information transmission method of claim 1 , further comprises:
after the PCRF entity receives the location information of the UE, sending response message to the ePDG.

6. The information transmission method of claim 1 , wherein, the local IP address information of the UE is an IP address and/or port information used when establishing the tunnel between the UE and the ePDG.

7. The information transmission method of claim 6 , wherein, the IP address is a public network IP address assigned to the UE by a broadband access server (BRAS) / broadband gateway (BNG), or a public network IP address assigned to a residential gateway (RG) by the BRAS/BNG, or an address of the BRAS/BNG.

8. The information transmission method of claim 7 , wherein, the tunnel is an IP-Sec tunnel.

9. A system for information transmission, comprising an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums or one or more integrated circuits, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums or one or more integrated circuits and a broadband policy control function (BPCF) entity comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums or one or more integrated circuits; wherein,
the ePDG is set to notify the PCRF of location information of a user equipment (UE);
the PCRF entity is set to establish a S9 session with the BPCF entity and send the location information of the UE to the BPCF entity using the S9 session;
wherein, the location information comprises an identifier and tunnel information of the UE, the UE identifier comprises a fixed network access identifier of the UE, and the tunnel information comprises local IP address information of the UE;
wherein, after the PCRF entity sends the location information of the UE to the BPCF entity using the S9 session, the ePDG entity sends an internet protocol security (IP-Sec) tunnel establishment success to the UE.

10. The information transmission system of claim 9 , wherein, the ePDG is further set to establish a tunnel with the UE.

11. The information transmission system of claim 9 , wherein, the PCRF entity is further set to send response message to the ePDG after receiving the location information of the UE.

12. The information transmission system of claim 9 , wherein,
the local IP address information of the UE comprises an IP address and/or port information used when establishing an IP-Sec (IP security) tunnel between the UE and the ePDG.

13. The information transmission system of claim 12 , wherein, the IP address is a public network IP address assigned to the UE by a broadband access server (BRAS) / broadband gateway (BNG), or a public network IP address assigned to a residential gateway (RG) by the BRAS/BNG, or an address of the BRAS/BNG.

14. The information transmission system of claim 13 , wherein, the tunnel is an IP-Sec tunnel.

15. A policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity, comprising:
an information receiving unit, comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums or one or more integrated circuits, configured to receive location information of a user equipment (UE) sent by an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG);
an information sending unit, comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums or one or more integrated circuits, configured to establish a S9 session with a broadband policy control function (BPCF) entity and to send the location information received by the information receiving unit to the BPCF entity using the S9 session;
wherein, the location information comprises an identifier and tunnel information of the UE, the UE identifier comprises a fixed network access identifier of the UE, and the tunnel information comprises local IP address information of the UE;

wherein, after the information sending unit is used to send the location information to a broadband policy control function (BPCF) entity, the information sending unit is further configured to send an internet protocol security (IP-Sec) tunnel establishment success to the UE.

Assignees

• Rui Tong
• Sun Mo
• Zhou Xiaoyun
• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Rui Tong
• Sun Mo
• Zhou Xiaoyun

Classifications

• H04W12/08 Primary

  Access security · CPC title

• H04M15/66

  Policy and charging system · CPC title

• H04W76/12

  Setup of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04L65/80

  Responding to QoS · CPC title

• H04M15/8033

  location-dependent, e.g. business or home · CPC title