Method and apparatus for assigning IP address

A method for assigning an Internet Protocol IP address, comprising:

• receiving a request message initiated by a serving GPRS supporting node (SGSN) for creating a service packet data protocol (PDP) context for a user;
• obtaining a service list of the user;
• and selecting a service with a different access point name APN out of services recorded in the service list, and determining whether a same VPN exists in VPNs corresponding to the services with the different APNs, and if not, sending a response message of creating a service PDP context for a user to the SGSN, and activating a service PDP context by using an IP address of a default PDP context as an IP address of the service PDP context, wherein after the activating a service PDP context by using an IP address of a default PDP context as an IP address of the service PDP context, comprising:
• adding a mark to forwarded entry information of the activated service, the mark indicating not to perform network address translation (NAT);
• when receiving an uplink data packet corresponding to a service sent by the SGSN, querying the forwarded entry information of a service to check whether the mark indicating not to perform NAT exists, and if yes, forwarding the uplink data packet corresponding to the service to a server associated with the service;
• and when receiving a downlink data packet corresponding to the service sent by the SGSN, querying the forwarded entry information of a service to check whether the mark indicating not to perform NAT exists, and if yes, forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the service to the SGSN.

An apparatus for assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address, comprising:

• a receiving unit, configured to receive a request message initiated by a serving GPRS supporting node (SGSN) for creating a service packet data protocol (PDP) context for a user;
• an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a service list of the user;
• a selecting unit, configured to select a service with a different APN out of services recorded in the service list;
• a determining unit, configured to determine whether a same virtual private network (VPN) exists in VPNs corresponding to the services with the different APNs;
• a first sending unit, configured to send a response message of creating a service PDP context for a user to the SGSN when no same VPN exists in the VPNs corresponding to the services with the different APNs;
• an activating unit, configured to activate a service PDP context by using an IP address of a default PDP context as an IP address of the service PDP context;
• a querying unit, configured to:
• when receiving an uplink data packet corresponding to a service sent by the SGSN, querying whether to perform network address translation (NAT), and when receiving a downlink data packet corresponding to the service sent by the server associated with the service, querying whether to perform NAT;
• and a forwarding unit configured to:
• forward an uplink data packet corresponding to the service to a server associated with the service based on the querying, and forward the downlink data packet corresponding to the service to the SGSN based on the querying.

An apparatus for assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address, comprising:

• a receiving unit, configured to receive a request message initiated by a serving GPRS supporting node (SGSN) for creating a service packet data protocol (PDP) context for a user;
• an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a service list of the user;
• a selecting unit, configured to select a service with a different APN out of services recorded in the service list;
• a determining unit, configured to determine whether a same virtual private network (VPN) exists in VPNs corresponding to the services with the different APNs;
• a first sending unit, configured to send a response message of creating a service PDP context for a user to the SGSN when no same VPN exists in the VPNs corresponding to the services with the different APNs;
• an activating unit, configured to activate a service PDP context by using an IP address of a default PDP context as an IP address of the service PDP context;
• a marking unit, configured to add a mark to forwarded entry information of the activated service, the mark indicating not to perform network address translation (NAT);
• a querying unit, configured to:
• when receiving an uplink data packet corresponding to a service sent by the SGSN, query the forwarded entry information of a service to check whether the mark indicating not to perform NAT exists;
• and a forwarding unit, configured to forward the uplink data packet corresponding to the service to a server associated with the service when the mark indicating not to perform NAT exists in the forwarded entry information of the service;
• wherein the querying unit is further configured to:
• when receiving a downlink data packet corresponding to the service sent by the server associated with the service, query the forwarded entry information of a service to check whether the mark indicating not to perform NAT exists;
• and the forwarding unit is further configured to forward the downlink data packet corresponding to the service to the SGSN when the mark indicating not to perform NAT exists in the forwarded entry information of the service.