Method and device for saving network resources

摘要

The present application provides a method and a device for saving network resources, wherein the method particularly includes: determining that a user equipment has the property of small data amount transfer; and during network attachment, allocating no user plane resources to the user equipment which has the property of small data amount transfer. The present application is used to save network resources in an LTE system during M2M communication.

主权项

1. A method for saving a network resource, comprising:
determining that a user equipment has a characteristic of small data transmission; and allocating no user plane resource to the user equipment with the characteristic of small data transmission in a network attachment procedure; wherein allocating no user plane resource to the user equipment with the characteristic of small data transmission comprises: establishing for the user equipment with the characteristic of small data transmission a PDN connection to which no user plane resource is required to be allocated; wherein establishing a PDN connection to which no user plane resource is required to be allocated comprises: allocating a null resource to the PDN connection and transmitting a Create Session Request message carrying an indicator of no bearer being required to be established to instruct a Serving Gateway, SGW, to allocate a null resource to the PDN connection.