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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Lei Xiao, Shenzhen, CN;
Qingbin Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
A method includes: when a user equipment initiates a communication request, controlling an A-BGF network element to generate proxy SDP information according to calling party SDP information, and replacing the calling party SDP information with the proxy SDP information to establish a connection between the user equipment and a called party; after a connection between both communication parties is successful, instructing a PCRF network element to perform QoS resource reservation; and receiving a NAT-translated-to IP address and a port of the user equipment from the A-BGF network element, and instructing the PCRF network element to update source address information for the QoS resource reservation to the NAT-translated-to IP address and the port of the user equipment. The present invention achieves QoS guarantee of a communication service in a NAT scenario without imposing any special interface requirement on the user equipment.