System and method for managing emergency requests
View Patent ↗A network component is provided. The network component including a component configured such that the network transmits a response message containing an indicator indicating that a first message is an emergency-related request, and such that the network receives a second message containing information associated with a user equipment (UE).
1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to respond to an emergency-related message comprising:
sending, from the UE, a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request message for a dialog;
receiving, at the UE, a SIP response message including an indicator indicating that the first SIP request message for the dialog is an emergency-related request, wherein a contact header field of the SIP response message comprises a Uniform Resource Name (URN) of an emergency service;
determining, by the UE and based on the URN included in the contact header field of the SIP response message, that the first SIP request message for the dialog is emergency-related; and
sending, from the UE, a second SIP request message within the dialog, wherein the second SIP request message within the dialog includes emergency-related information associated with the UE.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a user indication that the first SIP request message for the dialog is the emergency-related request responsive to receiving the SIP response message.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the emergency-related information associated with the UE included in the second SIP request message within the dialog comprises at least one of:
a UE identity;
a UE location; or
UE access network information.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the UE access network information is included in a P-Access-Network-Info header field in the second SIP request message within the dialog and the UE access network information comprises one of a location identifier, a cell identifier or an identity of an I-WLAN access node.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SIP response message is one of a SIP 1xx or 200 (OK) response.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second SIP request message within the dialog is one of:
a SIP ACK;
a SIP PRACK;
a SIP target refresh;
a SIP UPDATE; or
a SIP RE-INVITE request.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the emergency-related information comprises a UE-identity, and the UE-identity is a globally routable user agent uniform resource identifier (GRUU).
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a geolocation header field of the second SIP request message within the dialog includes a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that points to a UE location.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein geographical location information is included in a PIDF location object in a message body of the second SIP request message within the dialog.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE includes in a contact header field of the second SIP request message within the dialog a public GRUU value associated with a public user identity.
11. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one hardware processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one hardware processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one hardware processor, wherein the programming instructions, when executed, cause the UE to perform operations comprising:
sending, from the UE, a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request message for a dialog;
receiving, at the UE, a SIP response message including an indicator indicating that the first SIP request message for the dialog is an emergency-related request, wherein a contact header field of the SIP response message comprises a Uniform Resource Name (URN) of an emergency service;
determining, by the UE and based on the URN included in the contact header field of the SIP response message, that the first SIP request message for the dialog is emergency-related; and
sending, from the UE, a second SIP request message within the dialog, wherein the second SIP request message within the dialog includes emergency-related information associated with the UE.
12. The UE of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
providing a user indication that the first SIP request message for the dialog is the emergency-related request responsive to receiving the SIP response message.
13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the emergency-related information associated with the UE included in the second SIP request message within the dialog comprises at least one of:
a UE identity;
a UE location; or
UE access network information.
14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the UE access network information is included in a P-Access-Network-Info header field in the second SIP request message within the dialog and the UE access network information comprises one of a location identifier, a cell identifier or an identity of an I-WLAN access node.
15. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the SIP response message is one of a SIP 1xx or 200 (OK) response.
16. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the second SIP request message within the dialog is one of:
a SIP ACK;
a SIP PRACK;
a SIP target refresh;
a SIP UPDATE; or
a SIP RE-INVITE request.
17. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the emergency-related information comprises a UE-identity, and the UE-identity is a globally routable user agent uniform resource identifier (GRUU).
18. The UE of claim 11 , wherein a geolocation header field of the second SIP request message within the dialog includes a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that points to a UE location.
19. The UE of claim 11 , wherein geographical location information is included in a PIDF location object in a message body of the second SIP request message within the dialog.
20. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UE includes in a contact header field of the second SIP request message within the dialog a public GRUU value associated with a public user identity.