# US 8,787,314 B2 · Method, system, and apparatus for registration processing

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- Number: US 8,787,314 B2
- Document ID: US8787314B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/197,537
- Filed: 2011-08-03
- Published: 2011-12-01
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2007-05-11
- Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Wenfu Wu
- Inventors: Wenfu Wu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787314B2

## CPC

- H04W 60/04: using triggered events
- H04L 63/0892: {by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols}
- H04W 8/04: Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
- H04W 12/06: Authentication
- H04W 36/1443: {between licensed networks}
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A registration processing method and an apparatus are disclosed herein to enable the network to distinguish between different registration processing types. The method includes: identifying, by a user equipment, UE, a registration type when registering into a network; reporting, by the UE, a registration processing type information corresponding to the identified registration type to a network-side network element during registering into the network. The UE reports the registration processing type information to the network in the process of registering into the network, and therefore, the network distinguishes between different registration processing types accordingly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A registration processing method, comprising:
identifying, by a user equipment (UE), a registration type when registering into a network;
reporting, by the UE, a registration processing type information corresponding to the identified registration type to a network-side network element during registering into the network, wherein the registration processing type information reported by the UE is an Type information element (IE) in an Attach Request message, the values of which Type IE corresponds to Handover Attach and indicates that the Attach Request message is caused by handover, when the UE finds that the registration is caused by handover between a non 3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) network and a 3rd Generation Partnership (3GPP) network.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
for a registration caused by handover, the network-side network element initiates a bearer creation procedure to create resources in a target Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network used by the UE in a source non-3GPP network, or to create resources in a target non-3GPP network used by the UE in a source 3GPP network.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the network-side network element is a Mobility Management Entity (MME), or a Serving GPRS Supporting Node (SGSN), the network-side network element initiates a bearer creation procedure to create resources in a target 3GPP network used by the UE in a source non-3GPP network comprises:
obtaining, by the MME, a Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW) address used by the UE in the source non-3GPP;
sending a Create Bearer Request message to the obtained PDN GW address to request the network to initiate the bearer creation procedure.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising:
sending, by the PDN GW, a Request Policy and Charging Control (PCC) Rules message to a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) to obtain the PCC rules applied by the UE;
providing, by the PCRF, the PDN GW with the PCC rules applied by the UE.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising:
initiating, by the PDN GW, a network-initiate bearer creation procedure to create the bearer of the UE.

### Claim 6

A User Equipment (UE), comprising:
an identifying unit, configured to identify a registration type when the UE initiates the registration;
a registration initiating unit, configured to initiate registration and send a registration triggering signal; and
a reporting unit, configured to receive the registration triggering signal from the registration initiating unit, and report processing type information during registering the UE into the network, wherein the processing type information corresponds to the registration type identified by the identifying unit, and the registration processing type information is an Type information element (IE) in an Attach Request message, the values of which Type IE corresponds to Handover Attach and indicates that the Attach Request message is caused by handover, when the registration is caused by handover between a non 3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) network and a 3rd Generation Partnership (3GPP) network.