Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a communication transmission method, device and system, which are used for reducing the cost of a terminal and improving the flexibility of communication transmission. The system in the embodiments of the present application comprises: a terminal control plane entity, configured to perform signaling transmission with a network control plane device; a terminal user plane entity, configured to perform data transmission with a network user plane device; a network control plane device, configured to process and forward signaling sent from the terminal control plane entity; and a network user plane device, configured to process and forward data from the terminal user plane entity, wherein the terminal control plane entity and the terminal user plane entity are located in different devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of processing UE idle state, a mobility management (MM) entity, and a session management (SM) function entity. The method includes: receiving, by the mobility management MM function entity, a connection release request sent by an access network entity, wherein the connection release request carries identifier information of the UE; and sending, by the MM function entity, a user plane connection deactivation request to the SM function entity according to the connection release request, the user plane connection deactivation request is used to request the SM function entity to delete the user plane connection of the UE, and maintain the signaling plane connection of the UE. In this way, after the UE is in an idle state, the user plane between the UE and the core network is not maintained, but the signaling plane remains.

Abstract: A method and a device for establishing connection are provided. The method for establishing connection is applied to a mobility management functional entity and includes: acquiring path selection reference information when a user equipment UE accesses a wireless network; and selecting a session management functional entity and/or a user plane anchor for the user equipment based on the path selection reference information.

Abstract: A method of selecting a user plane gateway and a device of selecting a user plane gateway are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a CP function, a first data packet sent by a UE; selecting, by the CP function, based on the first data packet, a first target UP-GW for the UE. An UP-GW is selected for the UE when receiving the data packet sent by the UE, so as to enable the data transmission to better adapt to changes of the UP load and the network topology, thereby improving the data transmission efficiency.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an eMBMS system that includes a GW-C device connected to a mobility management entity and broadcast/multicast service center and a GW-U device connected to a base station and the mobility management entity. The GW-C device is configured to perform core network signaling interaction with the broadcast/multicast service center and the mobility management entity, and to send a forwarding indication message to the GW-U device. The GW-U device is configured to receive signaling from the base station and send the signaling to the GW-C device according to the forwarding indication message. The GW-C device is further configured to receive and process the signaling from the GW-U device. The GW-U device is further configured to send a received broadcast/multicast service data packet to the base station according to the forwarding indication message.

Abstract: A UE idle state processing method and a UE idle state processing device are provided. The UE idle state processing method includes: receiving a service request message from a UE forwarded by an RAN; and requesting an SM function body to establish a user plane connection for the UE in accordance with the service request message.

Abstract: A flow entry timing processing method and an apparatus are provided, and relate to the computer field, to resolve a prior-art problem that processing time of a flow entry is not accurate enough. The method includes: receiving, by a forwarding plane device, a flow rule message sent by a control plane device, where the flow rule message includes an ineffective time of a flow entry and a time type identifier of the ineffective time; and when the time type identifier indicates that the ineffective time is an ineffective moment of the flow entry, performing, by the forwarding plane device, ineffectiveness processing on the flow entry according to the ineffective moment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an IP address configuration method and an IP address configuration device. The IP address configuration method includes: acquiring first data transmitted by a User Equipment (UE), wherein a source IP address of the first data is a default IP address or a random IP address; and determining an IP address allocated by a session management (SM) function entity to the UE as the source IP address of the first data and replacing the default IP address or the random IP address.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an eMBMS system that includes a GW-C device connected to a mobility management entity and broadcast/multicast service center and a GW-U device connected to a base station and the mobility management entity. The GW-C device is configured to perform core network signaling interaction with the broadcast/multicast service center and the mobility management entity, and to send a forwarding indication message to the GW-U device. The GW-U device is configured to receive signaling from the base station and send the signaling to the GW-C device according to the forwarding indication message. The GW-C device is further configured to receive and process the signaling from the GW-U device. The GW-U device is further configured to send a received broadcast/multicast service data packet to the base station according to the forwarding indication message.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of processing UE idle state, a mobility management (MM) entity, and a session management (SM) function entity. The method includes: receiving, by the mobility management MM function entity, a connection release request sent by an access network entity, wherein the connection release request carries identifier information of the UE; and sending, by the MM function entity, a user plane connection deactivation request to the SM function entity according to the connection release request, the user plane connection deactivation request is used to request the SM function entity to delete the user plane connection of the UE, and maintain the signaling plane connection of the UE. In this way, after the UE is in an idle state, the user plane between the UE and the core network is not maintained, but the signaling plane remains.

Abstract: A method of selecting a user plane gateway and a device of selecting a user plane gateway are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a CP function, a first data packet sent by a UE; selecting, by the CP function, based on the first data packet, a first target UP-GW for the UE. An UP-GW is selected for the UE when receiving the data packet sent by the UE, so as to enable the data transmission to better adapt to changes of the UP load and the network topology, thereby improving the data transmission efficiency.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a switch processing method, a controller, a switch, and a switch processing system. The method provided by the embodiments of the present invention is executed by the controller and a logical Switch, where the logical Switch includes at least two physical Switches. The method includes: allocating, by the controller, a flow table of the logical Switch to each physical Switch; sending, by the controller, mapping information, so that each physical Switch obtains the mapping information; and sending, by the controller, flow entries, so that each physical Switch obtains flow entries corresponding to each physical switch and processes a data packet. For the logical Switch for executing the method provided by the embodiments of the present invention, new physical Switches may be stacked on a basis of a physical structure of the logical Switch.

Abstract: A UE idle state processing method and a UE idle state processing device are provided. The UE idle state processing method includes: receiving a service request message from a UE forwarded by an RAN; and requesting an SM function body to establish a user plane connection for the UE in accordance with the service request message.

Abstract: A method and a device for establishing connection are provided. The method for establishing connection is applied to a mobility management functional entity and includes: acquiring path selection reference information when a user equipment UE accesses a wireless network; and selecting a session management functional entity and/or a user plane anchor for the user equipment based on the path selection reference information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an eMBMS system that includes a GW-C device connected to a mobility management entity and broadcast/multicast service center and a GW-U device connected to a base station and the mobility management entity. The GW-C device is configured to perform core network signaling interaction with the broadcast/multicast service center and the mobility management entity, and to send a forwarding indication message to the GW-U device. The GW-U device is configured to receive signaling from the base station and send the signaling to the GW-C device according to the forwarding indication message. The GW-C device is further configured to receive and process the signaling from the GW-U device. The GW-U device is further configured to send a received broadcast/multicast service data packet to the base station according to the forwarding indication message.

Abstract: The embodiments disclose a packet control method, a switch, and a controller. The method includes receiving, by a switch, a packet, and processing the packet according to a pipeline, where an original packet is stored in a buffer, and a buffer location of the original packet is identified by using a buffer identifier. The method also includes when the packet fails to match a flow table, sending, by the switch, a first packet message to a controller, where the first packet message carries the buffer identifier, all or partial content of the packet; receiving, a second packet message sent by the controller, where the second packet message carries the buffer identifier and a packet processing instruction, and the packet processing instruction includes indication information of a specified flow table. Additionally, the method includes reprocessing, the packet according to the packet processing instruction and starting at the specified flow table.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flow table modifying method, a flow table modifying apparatus, and an OpenFlow network system. The flow table modifying method includes: receiving, by a switch, a modify flow entry message sent by a controller; searching, by the switch, a flow table corresponding to a flow table identifier for whether there is a flow entry matching to-be-modified target information; and in a case in which there is the flow entry matching the to-be-modified target information, changing, by the switch, a match field in the matched flow entry to a new match field. According to the flow table modifying method in an embodiment of the present invention, the switch searches the flow table corresponding to the flow table identifier for the flow entry matching the to-be-modified target information and changes the match field in the matched flow entry to the new match field.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a first session is established between an online charging system (OCS) and a user plane of a gateway device by using a service identifier, so that direct interaction between the user plane of the gateway device and the OCS is implemented, and a technical problem that a gateway device in a decoupled architecture has an extremely long charging path and a large charging delay is resolved.