Maintaining circuit switched continuity in an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network

1. A method for implementing a fallback procedure from a packet switched (PS) radio access technology (RAT) to a circuit switched (CS) RAT, comprising:

receiving a paging message at a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via the PS RAT, the paging message including a WTRU identifier and a domain indicator, wherein the domain indicator indicates whether the paging message is related to a service on the CS RAT;

determining whether the WTRU identifier in the paging message matches a stored identifier of the receiving WTRU;

performing a fallback procedure to the CS RAT on a condition that the WTRU identifier in the paging message matches the stored identifier of the receiving WTRU; and

responding to the paging message using a CS RAT-based identifier assigned to the WTRU, wherein the CS RAT-based identifier is an international mobile subscriber identity.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the WTRU identifier in the paging message is an international mobile subscriber identity.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing includes sending a message in the PS RAT to indicate that the WTRU will fall back to the CS RAT.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

discarding the paging message on a condition that the WTRU identifier in the paging message does not match the stored identifier of the receiving WTRU.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

reattaching the WTRU to the PS RAT on a condition that the WTRU identifier in the paging message does not match the stored identifier of the receiving WTRU.

6. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising:

an antenna;

a receiver in communication with the antenna;

a transmitter in communication with the antenna; and

a processor in communication with the receiver and the transmitter, the processor configured to:

receive a paging message via a packet switched (PS) radio access technology (RAT), the paging message including a WTRU identifier and a domain indicator, wherein the domain indicator indicates whether the paging message is related to a service on a circuit switched (CS) RAT;

determine whether the WTRU identifier in the paging message matches a stored identifier of the WTRU;

perform a fallback procedure to the CS RAT on a condition that the WTRU identifier in the paging message matches the stored identifier of the WTRU; and

respond to the paging message using a CS RAT-based identifier assigned to the WTRU, wherein the CS RAT-based identifier is an international mobile subscriber identity.

7. The WTRU according to claim 6 , wherein the WTRU identifier in the paging message is an international mobile subscriber identity.

8. The WTRU according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to initiate the fallback procedure to the CS RAT by sending a message in the PS RAT.

9. The WTRU according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

discard the paging message on a condition that the WTRU identifier in the paging message does not match the stored identifier of the WTRU.

10. The WTRU according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

reattach the WTRU to the PS RAT on a condition that the WTRU identifier in the paging message does not match the stored identifier of the WTRU.

11. A method for implementing a fallback procedure from a packet switched (PS) radio access technology (RAT) to a circuit switched (CS) RAT, comprising:

initiating paging a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in the PS RAT;

sending a paging message to the WTRU via the PS RAT, the paging message including a WTRU identifier and a domain indicator, wherein the domain indicator indicates whether the paging message is related to a service on the CS RAT;

receiving a fallback initiation message from the WTRU via the PS RAT; and

receiving a paging response message from the WTRU, the paging response message including a CS RAT-based identifier of the WTRU, wherein the CS RAT-based identifier is an international mobile subscriber identity.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the WTRU identifier in the paging message is an international mobile subscriber identity.

13. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

maintaining a mapping between different identifiers assigned to the WTRU, wherein the WTRU may be paged by any known identifier.

14. A method for performing a combined tracking area update and location area update procedure at a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising:

determining whether the WTRU is attached to a packet switched radio access technology (RAT) and a circuit switched RAT;

detecting a trigger condition for performing a tracking area update, wherein the trigger condition includes the WTRU entering an area where a tracking area identifier of the entered area is not in a list of tracking areas previously registered by the WTRU; and

performing a combined tracking area update and location area update procedure upon detecting the trigger condition.