METHOD, PERMANENT ONLINE CONTROLLER AND DEVICE FOR KEEPING APPLICATION ONLINE

摘要

A method, a permanent online controller and a device for keeping application online are provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The method includes the following steps: receiving an application permanent online request message sent by a first device, wherein the permanent online request message includes a user identifier; transmitting a bearer permanent online request message including the user identifier to a gateway device to cause the gateway device to keep the bearer tunnel corresponding to the user identifier online permanently; transmitting a permanent online response message to the first device. The first device is a User Equipment (UE), the second device is an Over The Top (OTT) server; or the first device is an OTT server, the second device is a UE. In the embodiment of the present invention, by transmitting the permanent online request to the permanent online controller and further causing the gateway device to keep the bearer tunnel online permanently, permanent online of the application is realized, exchange of heartbeat messages is avoided, and thereby signaling is saved.