Connection identifier system and method
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorFrancesca Serravalle
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Abstract
A method and system are proposed for establishing a requested connection between a source node and a destination node in a telecommunications network. The system and method are described in relation to a 3GPP network, but are applicable to other types of networks. The method includes generating a source application identifier for the connection within the source node, retrieving a source node identifier for the source node and transmitting the source application identifier and the source node identifier to the destination to provide a source connection identifier for the requested connection between the source node and the destination node.
Claims4
A MME (Mobility Management Entity) comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit, to a base station, a handover request message which includes a Mobility Management Entity User Equipment S1 Application Protocol (MME UE S1AP) identity;
- and
- a receiver configured to receive, from the base station, a handover request acknowledgement message,
- wherein the MME UE S1AP identity uniquely identifies a UE over an S1 interface within the MME.
A method for a MME (Mobility Management Entity), the method comprising:
- transmitting, to a base station, a handover request message which includes a Mobility Management Entity User Equipment S1 Application Protocol (MME UE S1AP) identity;
- and
- receiving, from the base station, a handover request acknowledgement message, wherein the MME UE S1AP identity uniquely identifies a UE over an S1 interface within the MME.
A base station comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, a handover request message which includes a Mobility Management Entity User Equipment S1 Application Protocol (MME UE S1AP) identity;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit, to the base station, a handover request acknowledgement message,
- wherein the MME UE S1AP identity uniquely identifies a UE over an S1 interface within the MME.
A method for a base station, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a base station, a handover request message which includes a Mobility Management Entity User Equipment S1 Application Protocol (MME UE S1AP) identity;
- and
- transmitting, to the base station, a handover request acknowledgement message, wherein the MME UE S1AP identity uniquely identifies a UE over an S1 interface within the MME.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.