Managing bearers
View Patent ↗Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing bearers are provided. In a current telecommunications system, a maximum number of bearers are available to simultaneously support various services. By utilizing different internet protocol addresses from differing networks, the maximum number of bearers may be increased. Specifically, by registering a user device with both an IPv4 and IPv6 network, with different IP addresses associated with the respective bearers, a user device may access an additional number of bearers in excess of the previous maximum number of bearers available.
1. A method for managing bearers, the method comprising:
identifying a desired service;
identifying an initiation of the desired service requires exceeding a maximum number of bearers permitted on an initial network on which the user device is currently registered;
in response to identifying that the initiation of the desired service on the initial network requires exceeding a maximum number of bearers permitted on the initial network on which the user device is currently registered, concurrently registering the user device with an alternate network in order to access one or more additional bearers;
registering the desired service with a first identifier associated with a bearer to be used on the alternate network, wherein the first identifier is different from a second identifier associated with a bearer in use on the initial network, wherein each of the first identifier and the second identifier indicates an internet protocol (IP) address, and wherein each IP address identifies an IP version 4 (IPv4) or IP version 6 (IPv6) configuration of the alternate network and the initial network, respectively; and
prioritizing the desired service based on the IPv4 or IPv6 configuration identified via the IP address of the first identifier associated with the desired service registered with the alternate network.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maximum number of bearers is eight.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the desired service is voice service.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a bearer associated with a voice service is prioritized above a bearer associated with a non-voice service.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the identifying and registering steps are performed by a user device.
6. A method for managing bearers, the method comprising:
identifying a user device requesting access to a first service on a current network that is a mobile telecommunications network utilizing Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) or Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), wherein the first service is in addition to a second service being accessed via the user device on the current network, and wherein the second service is registered with an identifier that indicates an IP address identifying a network configuration of the current network;
upon recognizing the first service requires more bearers than are available on the current network, concurrently registering the user device with the second network to access one or more additional bearers;
registering the first service with an identifier that indicates an IP address identifying a network configuration of the second network, wherein the network configuration of the second network is not the same as the current network, and wherein the identifier of the first service is different than the identifier of the second service; and
based on the identifier of the first service that indicates the IP address identifying the network configuration of the second service is not the same as the network configuration of the current network by which the second service is being accessed, prioritizing the respective services associated therewith.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first service is a voice service.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein an IPv6 network is prioritized over an IPv4 network.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first identifier is associated with a different access point network (APN) than the second identifier.
10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed via one or more processors, perform a method for managing bearers, the media comprising:
identify a user device requesting access to a first service on a current network on which the user device is registered, wherein the first service is a voice service to be used by the user device in addition to a second service in use on the current network, wherein the current network is a fourth generation mobile telecommunications network utilizing IPv4;
recognize the first service requires more bearers than are available on the current network;
in response to recognizing the first service requires more bearers than are available on the current network, concurrently register the user device with an alternative network;
register the first service with a first identifier that indicates an IP address identifying an IPv6 configuration of the alternate network, wherein the first identifier is different than a second identifier that is registered with the second service in use on the current network utilizing IPv4, and wherein the second identifier indicates an IP address that identifies the IPv4 configuration of the current network; and
prioritize the first service based on the IPv6 configuration identified via the IP address indicated by the first identifier associated with the first service.
11. The media of claim 10 , wherein an IPv6 network is prioritized over an IPv4 network.
12. The media of claim 10 , wherein the first identifier is associated with a different access point name (APN) than the second identifier.
13. The media of claim 10 , wherein the first service is a voice service.