Method of managing data bearers in a wireless access device and ues

Abstract

In the converged access environment of multiple radio access modes, such as a cellular mobile network and a WLAN etc. the existing technology can't set up and manage the radio bearer, over a WLAN, corresponding to the data bearer in the cellular mobile network. The invention provides a method of managing data bearers in a wireless access device, wherein, the access device integrates the access functions of a first bearer network and a second bearer network, the method comprises the following steps: a. maintaining a radio bearer with UEs, the radio bearer (Wi-Fi radio bearer) being used for bidirectional data transmission and based on the second bearer network; b. maintaining a backhaul data bearer (S bearer) with the connected serving gateways of the first bearer network; c. binding the radio bearer and the backhaul data bearer. By adopting the invention, the backhaul data bearer of a LTE network can seamlessly converge with the radio bearer of a Wi-Fi network, thereby achieving that the mobile data traffic is transported over a Wi-Fi.