Systems and methods for managing circuit switched fallback calls
View Patent ↗Techniques described herein may enable a wireless cellular network to transfer a call from a packet-switched (PS) portion of the wireless cellular network to a circuit-switched (CS) portion of the wireless cellular network, in a manner that ensures that the CS network receiving the call can actually support the call. For instance, before the wireless cellular network selects RAT for the CS network for transferring a call, the wireless cellular network may identify a call type for the call (e.g., simple voice call, video call, etc.), identify a RAT for the CS network that can support the call type, and proceed to transfer the call to the CS portion of the wireless cellular network that can support the call type, thus ensuring that the call is not dropped as a result of the transfer.
1. A network device comprising:
a computer-readable medium to store processor-executable instructions; and
processing circuitry to execute the processor executable instructions to:
receive, from a User Equipment (UE) and via a packet-switched portion of a wireless telecommunications network, a request to establish a call using a circuit-switched portion of a wireless telecommunications network, the request including a four-bit service type parameter, out of a plurality of candidate four-bit service type parameters, wherein the plurality of candidate four-bit service type parameters includes a particular four-bit service type parameter that indicates that a call type of the call is an Unrestricted Digital Information (UDI) video call;
determine, based on the four-bit service type parameter of a service type value octet of the request, whether a call type of the call is a UDI video call;
select, based on the four-bit service type parameter, a particular radio access network, of a plurality of radio access networks capable of supporting different call types, that can support the call requested by the UE, each of the plurality of radio access networks being connected to the circuit-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network, the selecting including:
selecting, when the four-bit service type parameter is the particular four-bit service parameter that indicates that the call type of the call is a UDI video call, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) of the wireless telecommunication network, and
selecting, when the four-bit service type parameter is different from the particular four-bit service parameter that indicates that the call type of the call is a UDI video call, a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution Radio Access Network (GERAN) of the wireless telecommunication network; and
communicate, to the packet-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network, a request to establish the call using the selected radio access network.
2. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the UE is located in a service area corresponding to an Evolved Node B (eNB) and each of the plurality of radio access networks.
3. The network device of claim 1 ,
wherein the circuit-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network includes a Core Network.
4. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the particular four-bit service parameter, associated with UDI video calls, is 0011.
5. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the request, to establish the call using the circuit-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network, includes a request for a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Circuit-Switched Fallback (CSFB) procedure with respect to the call.
6. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the call type is determined based on a call type code included in the request to establish the call using the circuit-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network.
7. The network device of claim 1 ,
wherein the request to establish the call using the radio access network includes an S1 Application Protocol (S1AP) Request Message when the wireless network is capable of performing the packet-switched handover procedure with respect to the call, and
wherein the request to establish the call using the radio access network includes a UE Context Modification Request when the wireless network is incapable of performing a packet-switched handover procedure with respect to the call.
8. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of radio access networks includes,
the radio access network capable of supporting the call based on the call type, and
another radio access network incapable of supporting the call based on the call type.
9. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the network device is a Mobility Management Entity (MME).
10. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the request to establish the call using the circuit-switched portion of a wireless telecommunications network is received by an eNB.
11. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the request to establish the call using the identified radio access network is received by an eNB, in communication with the UE, and
wherein the eNB participates in a circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) procedure with respect to the UE, in response to receiving the request to establish the call using the identified radio access network.
12. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing program instructions for causing one or more processors, associated with a network device, to:
receive, from a User Equipment (UE) and via a packet-switched portion of a wireless telecommunications network, a request to establish a call using a circuit-switched portion of a wireless telecommunications network;
determine, based on a four-bit service type parameter of a service type value octet of the request, whether a call type of the call is an Unrestricted Digital Information (UDI) video call,
wherein the four-bit service type parameter is a particular four-bit service type parameter out of a plurality of candidate four-bit service parameters that include,
the plurality of candidate four-bit service parameters including one particular four-bit service parameter associated with UDI video calls;
select, based on the four-bit service parameter, a particular radio access network, of a plurality of radio access networks capable of supporting different call types, that can support the call requested by the UE, each of the plurality of radio access networks being connected to the circuit-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network, the selecting including:
selecting, when the four-bit service type parameter is the particular four-bit service parameter that indicates that the call type of the call is a UDI video call, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) of the wireless telecommunication network, and
selecting, when the four-bit service type parameter is different from the particular four-bit service parameter that indicates that the call type of the call is a UDI video call, a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution Radio Access Network (GERAN) of the wireless telecommunication network; and
communicate, to the packet-switched portion of a wireless telecommunications network, a request to establish the call using the selected radio access network.
13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the request, to establish the call using the circuit-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network, includes a request for a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Circuit-Switched Fallback (CSFB) procedure with respect to the call.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the call type is determined based on a call type code included in the request to establish the call using the circuit-switched portion of the wireless telecommunications network.