Abstract:
A method of Dual Radio Access Transfer of an IP Multimedia session, IMS, in an alerting phase for the Packet Switched to Circuit Switched direction. The method comprises initiating an IMS media session towards a terminating mobile station, UE and, during a session alerting phase, making a determination at the UE that a DRVCC transfer is required from a Packet Switched, PS, to a Circuit Switched, CS, access. The method comprises sending a SIP message from the UE to a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server, SCC-AS, over the PS access, informing the SCC-AS of the DRVCC transfer, and responding to receipt of the SIP message at the SCC-AS by sending a SIP INVITE from the SCC-AS towards a Mobile Switching Centre, MSC, serving the UE in the CS access, the INVITE including an identity of the UE as a called party identity and the STN as the calling party identity. The method further comprises responding to receipt of said INVITE at the MSC, or to receipt of associated CS signalling, by sending from the MSC to the UE a CS Setup message, whereupon the MSC is placed in a state in which it expects a CS Answer from the UE.
Abstract:
A method for a call control node (MSC Server) enhanced for Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) allowing for a session transfer of a call involving a User Equipment (UE) of a handover party from a circuit switched (CS) access towards a target packet switched (PS) access is provided, the call involving said handover party and another party, said call being anchored in an Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS) of the IP- Multimedia-Subsystem (IMS), the method comprising the steps of receiving (202) an indication that the User Equipment (UE) is SRVCC capable, receiving (204) an indication of an address and port the UE is going to use for speech media over PS, providing (206) the UE with an indication of the address and port to be used towards the other party (remote end), deciding (208) to perform a SRVCC from CS access to said target PS access, sending (210) a relocation request for a bearer to a respective mobility management node (SGSN/MME), including said address and said port of the UE to be used for creating a PDP context, and sending (212) a handover command message to the UE, sending (214) a request for a "Forward Session Transfer" to the SCC AS, using the address and the allocated port to be used for media to construct a respective SDP
Abstract:
An unlicensed-radio access network includes an access controller (303) adapted to communicate with the core network portion of a public mobile communication network (20) and connected to a broadband packet-switched network (302). The access controller receives messages from mobile stations via the broadband packet-switched network. The access controller comprises a screening module (3031-3034) for monitoring information received from a mobile station and a connection controller (3035) coupled to the screening module for controlling the connection between the mobile station and the access controller. The screening module is adapted to determine whether a mobile station is permitted to connect to the access controller, and the connection controller is adapted to terminate a connection with the mobile station if the screening module determines that the mobile station is not permitted to connect to the access controller.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determining handover (HO) signaling in a communications network. The method of the present invention examines the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of a user equipment (UE) during HO and, based on the examination, determines whether Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) or circuit switched (CS) over Long Term Evolution (LTE) using a Generic Access Network Controller (GANC) should be used in the HO.
Abstract:
In cellular mobile networks handover between base stations of adjacent cells requires the identity, address and frequency of all adjacent cells to be known to other elements of the network. Conventional networks (e.g.cellular networks) can be extended by the addition of unlicensed-radio access networks. Said unlicensed networks can include an access network controller (303) preferably connected via a broadband network (302) to a plurality of low-power local base stations (301), which communicate with mobile stations (1) over an unlicensed radio interface. The number and changing location of the local base station renders the operation and maintenance required to enable handover from the conventional network to these access networks prohibitively complex. This difficulty is alleviated by assigning to all the mini-cells of the unlicensed network a single identifier being said single identifier associated to the access network controller. With this arrangement regardless of which base station mini-cell (304) an active call is being handed-over to, the conventional network will be able to route the request to the access network controller.
Abstract:
Una red de acceso de radio sin licencia que incluye un controlador de acceso (303) adaptado paracomunicarse con la porción de red de núcleo (20) de una red de comunicación de telefonía móvil pública yconectada a una red de paquetes conmutados de banda ancha (302), estando el citado controlador de acceso (303)adaptado para recibir mensajes desde estaciones de telefonía móvil (1) que se comunican a través de una interfazde radio sin licencia con puntos de acceso (301) conectada, a la citada red de paquetes conmutados de bandaancha (302), caracterizada porque el citado controlador de acceso (303) comprende un módulo de apantallamiento(3031; 3033; 3034) para monitorizar la información recibida desde una estación de telefonía móvil y un controladorde acceso (3035) acoplado al citado módulo de apantallamiento para controlar la conexión entre la estación detelefonía móvil y el controlador de acceso (303), donde el citado módulo de apantallamiento está adaptado paradeterminar si una estación de telefonía móvil está autorizada a conectarse al citado controlador de acceso y el citadocontrolador de acceso (3035) está adaptado para terminar una conexión con la estación de telefonía móvil si elmódulo de apantallamiento determina que la estación de telefonía móvil no está autorizada a conectarse alcontrolador de acceso
Abstract:
Un User Equipment, UE (Equipo de Usuario) para su uso en un sistema de comunicación de radio, comprendiendo el citado UE medios (344) para comunicarse con una red de Packet Switched Long Term Evolution LTE (Evolución a Largo Plazo de Paquetes Conmutados y una red de System Architecture Evolution SAE (Evolución de Arquitectura de Sistema) y medios (346) para comunicarse con una red de Circuit Switched CS (Circuitos Conmutados) cuya tecnología de acceso por radio es distinta de la red de Packet Switched Long Term Evolution LTE (Evolución a Largo Plazo de Paquetes Conmutados), donde el citado UE comprende también medios (348) para conectarse a la red de CS; medios (350) para recibir una llamada de Circuit Switched CS (Circuitos Conmutados) entrante, que comprende: medios (352) para recibir una solicitud de localización relativa a la citada llamada de CS entrante desde la red de CS por medio de la citada red de LTE y la red de SAE; y medios (354) para responder a la solicitud de localización en la red de CS.