公开(公告)号：US09854554B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-26

申请号：US15280031

申请日：2016-09-29

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Min Liao ,  Yanfang Lv ,  Wenlin Ye ,  Sirui Long

IPC: H04W24/00 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W76/06 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W64/00 ,  H04L61/2007 ,  H04L61/2061 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W36/0011 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W76/32 ,  H04W76/34 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: The present invention provides an IP address assignment apparatus and method. A packet data gateway receives a connection establishment request that is sent by a mobility management network element and that carries user location information, assigns an IP address to the terminal according to a correspondence between the user location information and an IP address pool, and feeds back the IP address to the mobility management network element. In the present invention, effects that the packet data gateway can assign an IP address according to a location of a terminal, and different IP addresses are assigned at different regions are achieved.