Service control method and apparatus
View Patent ↗In the field of mobile communications, embodiments of the present invention disclose a service control method and apparatus. A user equipment has established a circuit switched bearer, and the user equipment initiates a session with a third party. The method includes: receiving, by a service centralization and continuity application server SCC AS, early session media information and sending the early session media information to a circuit switched network in a form of regular session media, so that the circuit switched bearer is used for an early session; and receiving, by the SCC AS, an off-hook signal of the third party and sending regular session media information of the third party to the circuit switched network, so that the circuit switched bearer is used for a regular session.
1. A service control method, comprising:
receiving by a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS) in an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network, from a first user equipment a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message for establishing an IMS centralized service (ICS) session with a second user equipment;
receiving, by the SCC AS in the IMS network, early session media information;
sending, by the SCC AS in the IMS network, a second SIP message carrying the early session media information to a media gateway control device, wherein the early session media information is carried in the second SIP message in a form of regular session media information to indicate the media gateway control device to use an existing circuit switched bearer to transmit early session media corresponding to the early session media information to the first user equipment, wherein the existing circuit switched bearer is established between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device for a session between the first user equipment and a third user equipment;
receiving, by the SCC AS in the IMS network, an off-hook signal from the second user equipment; and
after receiving the off-hook signal, sending by the SCC AS in the IMS network the regular session media information of the second user equipment to the media gateway control device.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving and saving, by the SCC AS, the regular session media information when or before the SCC AS receives the off-hook signal.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the SCC AS, the regular session media information from the third party after the SCC AS receives the off-hook signal.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving and saving, by the SCC AS, the regular session media information when or before the SCC AS receives the early session media information.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the early session media information is carried in a session description protocol (SDP) Answer in the second SIP message, and the SDP does not have an early media indication.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first SIP message is an SIP INVITE message, and the second SIP message is an SIP ACK message.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the SCC AS sends the regular session media information to the media gateway control device through an SIP UPDATE message.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the early session media is a media of a customized alerting tone.
9. A service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS), comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive, from a first user equipment, a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message for establishing an IP multimedia subsystem centralized service (ICS) session with a second user equipment, and receive early session media information; and
a transmitter, configured to send a second SIP message carrying the early session media information to a media gateway control device, wherein the early session media information is carried in the second SIP message in a form of regular session media information to indicate the media gateway control device to use an existing circuit switched bearer to transmit early session media corresponding to the early session media information to the first user equipment wherein the existing circuit switched bearer is established between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device for a session between the first user equipment and a third user equipment,
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive an off-hook signal from the second user equipment, and the transmitter is further configured to send regular session media information of the second user equipment to the media gateway control device.
10. The SCC AS according to claim 9 , wherein
the receiver receives the regular session media information when receiving the off-hook signal.
11. The SCC AS according to claim 9 , wherein
the receiver receives the regular session media information when or before receiving the early session media information.
12. The SCC AS according to claim 9 , wherein the receiver receives the regular session media information before receiving the off-hook signal.
13. The SCC AS according to claim 9 , wherein the receiver receives the regular session media information after receiving the off-hook signal.
14. The SCC AS according to claim 9 , wherein the early session media information is carried in a session description protocol (SDP) Answer in the second SIP message, and the SDP does not have an early media indication.
15. The SCC AS according to claim 14 , wherein the first SIP message is an SIP INVITE message, and the second SIP message is an SIP ACK message.
16. The SCC AS according to claim 15 , wherein the transmitter sends the regular session media information to the media gateway control device through an SIP UPDATE message.
17. A method for service control, comprising:
establishing, by a media gateway control device, a circuit switched bearer with a first user equipment for a first IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) centralized service session between the first user equipment and a second equipment;
receiving, by the media gateway control device, from a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS) in an IMS network, a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message for establishing a second IMS centralized service session between the first user equipment and a third user equipment;
receiving, by the media gateway control device, a second SIP message from the SCC AS, wherein the second SIP message carries early session media information in a form of regular session media information for indicating the media gateway control device to use the circuit switched bearer between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device to transmit early session media corresponding to the early session media information to the first user equipment;
sending, by the media gateway control device, the early session media to the first user equipment through the circuit switched bearer between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device;
receiving, by the media gateway control device, from the SCC AS regular session media information of the third user equipment; and
sending, by the media gateway control device, media of a regular session to the first user equipment through the circuit switched bearer between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device.
18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the media gateway control device is a mobile switching center (MSC) server.
19. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the second SIP message includes a session description protocol (SDP) Answer without an early media indication.
20. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first SIP message is a re-INVITE message and the second SIP message is an SIP ACK message.
21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the media gateway control device receives an SIP UPDATE message including the regular session media information.
22. A media gateway control device, comprising:
a processor, coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable instruction stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to establish a circuit switched bearer between the media gateway control device and a first user equipment for a first IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) centralized service session between the first user equipment and a second equipment;
a receiver configured to:
receive, from a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS), a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message for establishing a second IMS centralized service session between the first user equipment and a third user equipment;
receive, from the SCC AS, a second SIP message, wherein the second SIP message carries early session media information in a form of regular session media information for indicating the media gateway control device to use the circuit switched bearer between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device to transmit early session media; and
a transmitter, configured to send the early session media to the first user equipment through the circuit switched bearer between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device,
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive from the SCC AS regular session media information of the third user equipment, and the transmitter is further configured to send media of a regular session to the first user equipment through the circuit switched bearer between the first user equipment and the media gateway control device.
23. The media gateway control device according to claim 22 , wherein the media gateway control device is a mobile switching center (MSC) server.
24. The media gateway control device according to claim 22 , wherein the second SIP message includes a session description protocol (SDP) Answer without an early media indication.
25. The media gateway control device according to claim 22 , wherein the first SIP message is re-INVITE message and the second SIP message is SIP ACK message.
26. The media gateway control device according to claim 25 , wherein the receiver receives an SIP UPDATE message including the regular session media information.