Selective bearer re-initiation upon communication failure

摘要

A method and system for selectively re-initiating bearer connections upon communication failure. In a scenario where a gateway provides connectivity with an application server for numerous user equipment devices (UEs), when gateway communication with the application server fails, a determination may be made as to which UEs recently missed communication from the application server, and those determined UEs may be paged to re-initiate their bearer connections and to re-establish gateway registration with an appropriate application server.

主权项

1. A method operable in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a gateway system configured to provide bearer data connectivity between user equipment devices (UEs) and an application server system, wherein for a given one of the UEs, a bearer connection is established to carry bearer data between the UE and the gateway system and the gateway system is arranged to communicate the bearer data with the application server system, the method comprising:
detecting failure of communication between the gateway system and the application server system; and responsive to the detecting, (i) determining which one or more of the UEs have each recently missed communication from the application server system, wherein the determined one or more UEs includes the given UE, (ii) responsive to determining that the given UE recently missed communication from the application server system, directing the given UE to request re-initiation of the bearer connection, wherein re-initiation of the bearer connection results in re-establishment of communication between the gateway system and the application server system on behalf of the given UE.