Patents by Inventor Fenqin Zhu

Fenqin Zhu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9756500
    Abstract: A service processing method and related devices are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), an access request message from a user equipment; determining, by the MME, whether the access request message from the user equipment is an attach message or a tracking area update request message; and if the MME has been registered as a short message serving node of the user equipment in a home subscriber server (HSS) and it is determined that the access request message is the attach message or the tracking area update request message, sending, by the MME, a notification to the HSS to inform the HSS to cancel registration of the MME as the short message serving node of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu, Shufeng Shi
  • Publication number: 20170208518
    Abstract: A dedicated network handover method, a dedicated network type notification method, and a device, so as to ensure that user equipment (UE) is handed over to a dedicated core network (CN) network element of a corresponding CN type in a handover process, are presented. The CN network element device mainly includes a receiver configured to receive CN type information of UE sent by a first dedicated CN network element; a processor configured to determine, according to the CN type information, identifier information of a second dedicated CN network element that supports a CN type indicated by the CN type information; and the processor configured to hand over, according to the identifier information, the UE to the second dedicated CN network element corresponding to the identifier information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Lin Shu, Longyu Cao, Fenqin Zhu
  • Patent number: 9661606
    Abstract: A service implementation method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. The service implementation method includes: receiving, by a serving gateway, a data packet of a terminal device sent by a packet data network gateway; if the data packet is a data packet with a serving priority and the serving gateway has sent a paging trigger message with a serving priority to a mobility management element, skipping, by the serving gateway, sending a paging trigger message to the mobility management element; or if the data packet is a data packet with a serving priority and the serving gateway has sent no paging trigger message with a serving priority to a mobility management element, sending, by the serving gateway, a paging trigger message to the mobility management element; wherein the paging trigger message is used to enable the mobility management element to page the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fenqin Zhu, Yan Li, Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 9615317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a device, and a system for processing a request for closed subscriber group subscription data. A closed subscriber group subscriber server receives a request sent by a mobility management network element. The request includes an identifier of the mobility management network element and an identifier of a user equipment is used for requesting closed subscriber group subscription data of the user equipment. If the closed subscriber group subscription data of the user equipment does not exist, the closed subscriber group subscriber server stores the identifier of the mobility management network element and the identifier of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youyang Yu, Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170086057
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a network element, and a system for determining a target RAT. The method includes: receiving, by an access network element, access control information of a UE that is sent by a mobility management network element, where the access control information includes an identity of a PLMN and a radio access technology RAT allowed and/or a RAT not allowed by the PLMN; and determining, by the access network element, a target RAT for the UE according to the access control information. The present invention can be applied to a shared network environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu, Shufeng Shi, Yuliang Zhi
  • Publication number: 20170048833
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting downlink data, a mobility management network element, an access network device, and a serving gateway. The method includes: receiving a downlink data notification message sent by a serving gateway, where the downlink data notification message includes a category attribute of to-be-transmitted downlink data; acquiring the category attribute, of the to-be-transmitted downlink data, included in the downlink data notification message; and determining, according to the category attribute of the to-be-transmitted downlink data, whether to send a paging message to an access network device. For the method for transmitting downlink data, in a process of transmitting downlink data, establishment of a bearer on an access network side can be controlled, so as to prevent blind establishment of a bearer on the access network side. As such, signaling overheads can be reduced and congestion in data transmission can be mitigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Wei LU, Fenqin ZHU
  • Patent number: 9538433
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a network element, and a system for determining a target RAT. The method includes: receiving, by an access network element, access control information of a UE that is sent by a mobility management network element, where the access control information includes an identity of a PLMN and a radio access technology RAT allowed and/or a RAT not allowed by the PLMN; and determining, by the access network element, a target RAT for the UE according to the access control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu, Shufeng Shi, Yuliang Zhi
  • Publication number: 20160360398
    Abstract: A service processing method and related devices are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), an access request message from a user equipment; determining, by the MME, whether the access request message from the user equipment is an attach message or a tracking area update request message; and if the MME has been registered as a short message serving node of the user equipment in a home subscriber server (HSS) and it is determined that the access request message is the attach message or the tracking area update request message, sending, by the MME, a notification to the HSS to inform the HSS to cancel registration of the MME as the short message serving node of the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu, Shufeng Shi
  • Publication number: 20160286043
    Abstract: A mobile core network with distributed data services is provided. The mobile core network includes distributed mobile cores associated with mobile data service (MDS) agents at distributed data centers. A central MDS agent is host at a central data center providing legacy mobility management entity (MME) functions. The central MDS agent and the MDS agents at the distributed data centers coordinate with each other for synchronizing context information, such as subscriber data, session context data and metrics data of UEs, so that the context information is available at the central data center and the distributed data centers when or before it is requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaippallimalil Mathew John, Frank Mademann, Fenqin Zhu
  • Patent number: 9456318
    Abstract: A service processing method and related devices are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), an access request message sent by a user equipment; obtaining, by the MME, indication information; and if the MME has been registered as a short message serving node and it is determined, according to the indication information, that the MME is no longer used as the short message serving node, sending, by the MME, a notification to a home subscriber server (HSS) so that the HSS cancels registration of the MME as the short message serving node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu, Shufeng Shi
  • Patent number: 9392500
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing an eMPS in a CSFB mechanism. The method in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: receiving a CSFB access request of a user equipment; determining that the user equipment has a CSFB priority service right according to acquired priority service information of the user equipment; and providing a CSFB access service preferentially for the user equipment with the CSFB priority service right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Lu, Fenqin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20160197927
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a network access method, a proximity communications server, a relay terminal, and a terminal. The method includes: receiving a relay access verification request sent by a relay terminal, where the relay access verification request is sent by a relay terminal after a relay connection request sent by a terminal is received; verifying, according to the relay access verification request, whether the terminal is authorized to perform network access by using the relay terminal; and sending a relay authorization response message to the relay terminal, where the relay authorization response message carries indication information indicating whether the terminal is allowed to perform network access by using the relay terminal. Therefore, it is achieved that communications reliability is enhanced when a mobile communications network supports a trunking communications function and when some terminals are out of a mobile communication connection or outside network coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jingwang MA, Fenqin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20160073289
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an overload control method, a gateway device, a mobility management entity, and a PGW. The method includes: determining, by a gateway device, first overload indication information, where the first overload indication information is used to indicate an overload control policy; and sending, by the gateway device, the first overload indication information to a mobility management entity, so that the mobility management entity executes the overload control policy according to the first overload indication information. According to the overload control method, the gateway device, the mobility management entity, and the PGW in embodiments of the present invention, adverse impact brought by device overload can be avoided; therefore, the device overload can be effectively controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Wei LU, Fenqin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20150350966
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing an eMPS in a CSFB mechanism. The method in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: receiving a CSFB access request of a user equipment; determining that the user equipment has a CSFB priority service right according to acquired priority service information of the user equipment; and providing a CSFB access service preferentially for the user equipment with the CSFB priority service right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Wei LU, Fenqin ZHU
  • Patent number: 9204342
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing an eMPS in a CSFB mechanism. The method in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: receiving a CSFB access request of a user equipment; determining that the user equipment has a CSFB priority service right according to acquired priority service information of the user equipment; and providing a CSFB access service preferentially for the user equipment with the CSFB priority service right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Lu, Fenqin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150327031
    Abstract: A service processing method and related devices are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), an access request message sent by a user equipment; obtaining, by the MME, indication information; and if the MME has been registered as a short message serving node and it is determined, according to the indication information, that the MME is no longer used as the short message serving node, sending, by the MME, a notification to a home subscriber server (HSS) so that the HSS cancels registration of the MME as the short message serving node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu, Shufeng Shi
  • Patent number: 9167485
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing an eMPS in a CSFB mechanism. The method in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: receiving a CSFB access request of a user equipment; determining that the user equipment has a CSFB priority service right according to acquired priority service information of the user equipment; and providing a CSFB access service preferentially for the user equipment with the CSFB priority service right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Lu, Fenqin Zhu
  • Patent number: 9154998
    Abstract: When a resource of an access network is changed, receiving, by an application network, resource information sent by the access network, where the resource information is information that indicates a current resource status of the access network; and adjusting, by the application network, a service request related to a current service according to the resource information and sending the adjusted service request to the access network; or negotiating, by the application network, a current service parameter with a User Equipment UE according to the resource information, so that the UE modifies the parameter related to the current service according to a result of the negotiation. In the embodiments of the present invention the service parameter or the service request related to the current service matches the changed access network resource, thereby improving the QoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fenqin Zhu, Liping Yuan, Junxing Cao
  • Publication number: 20150257029
    Abstract: A method for reporting radio bearer loss information is provided in an embodiment of this invention. The method comprises: receiving a User Equipment UE Context Release Request message or a Release Access Bearer Request message or an Iu interface release request message all carrying a release cause value; and if the release cause value indicates an abnormal release, reporting radio bearer loss information to a gateway while preserving non-GBR bearers. With the method and apparatus of embodiments of this invention, not only bearer reporting can be realized, but also problems caused by the release of Non-Guaranteed Bandwidth non-GBR bearers can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yan LI, Fenqin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20150208293
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a network element, and a system for determining a target RAT. The method includes: receiving, by an access network element, access control information of a UE that is sent by a mobility management network element, where the access control information includes an identity of a PLMN and a radio access technology RAT allowed and/or a RAT not allowed by the PLMN; and determining, by the access network element, a target RAT for the UE according to the access control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Fenqin Zhu, Shufeng Shi, Yuliang Zhi