Providing circuit switched service
An example process performed by a radio network access point configured to provide access to a first network that provides voice services includes: receiving a hand-off request at the radio network access point, where the hand-off request is for user equipment connected to a second network that provides data services; replying to the hand-off request with channel assignment information, where the channel assignment information includes a first code and corresponding to a first communication channel over which the radio network access point is configured to communicate, and where the first communication channel being reserved by various radio network access points; receiving a message from the user equipment indicating that the user equipment has a connection to the radio network access point using the first communication channel; and redirecting the user equipment to a second code and thus a second communication channel to maintain the connection.
1. A method performed by a radio network access point configured to provide access to a first network that provides voice services, comprising:
receiving a hand-off request at the radio network access point, the hand-off request being for user equipment connected to a second network that provides data services, the second network being different from the first network;
replying to the hand-off request with channel assignment information, the channel assignment information comprising a first code corresponding to a first communication channel over which the radio network access point is configured to communicate, the first code, and thus the first communication channel, being reserved by multiple radio network access points within a same macro cell, the first code comprising a common Walsh code that is reserved for enhanced circuit switched fallback service (eCSFB) on the multiple radio network access points;
receiving a message from the user equipment indicating that the user equipment has a connection to the radio network access point using the first communication channel; and
redirecting the user equipment to a second code, and thus a second communication channel, to maintain the connection without the first communication channel so that the first communication channel can be freed, the second code being a Walsh code that is different from the common Walsh code, the second communication channel being different from the first communication channel.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network comprises a second generation (2G) or a third generation (3G) network and the second network comprises a fourth generation (4G) network.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first network is a 1XRTT femto network and the second network is a long term evolution (LTE) macro network.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein replying to the hand-off request with channel assignment information comprises replying if the radio network access point has capacity.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication channel is reserved by various radio network access points for eCSFB service.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second communication channel is a communication channel that is not otherwise used by the radio network access point.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication channel is usable by the various radio network access points for communication.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second communication is different for different radio network access points.
9. A radio network access point configured to provide access to a first network that provides voice services, comprising:
memory storing instructions; and
one or more processing devices for executing the instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving a hand-off request at the radio network access point, the hand-off request being for user equipment connected to a second network that provides data services, the second network being different from the first network;
replying to the hand-off request with channel assignment information, the channel assignment information comprising a first code corresponding to a first communication channel over which the radio network access point is configured to communicate, the first code, and thus the first communication channel, being reserved by multiple radio network access points within a same macro cell, the first code comprising a common Walsh code that is reserved for enhanced circuit switched fallback service (eCSFB) on the multiple radio network access points;
receiving a message from the user equipment indicating that the user equipment has a connection to the radio network access point using the first communication channel; and
redirecting the user equipment to a second code, and thus a second communication channel, to maintain the connection without the first communication channel so that the first communication channel can be freed, the second code being a Walsh code that is different from the common Walsh code, the second communication channel being different from the first communication channel.
10. The radio network access point of claim 9 , wherein the first network comprises a second generation (2G) or a third generation (3G) network and the second network comprises a fourth generation (4G) network.
11. The radio network access point of claim 10 , wherein the first network is a 1XRTT femto network and the second network is a long term evolution (LTE) macro network.
12. The radio network access point of claim 9 , wherein replying to the hand-off request with channel assignment information comprises replying if the radio network access point has capacity.
13. The radio network access point of claim 9 , wherein the first communication channel is reserved by various radio network access points for eCSFB service.
14. The radio network access point of claim 9 , wherein the second communication channel is a communication channel that is not otherwise used by the radio network access point.
15. The radio network access point of claim 9 , wherein the first communication channel is usable by the various radio network access points for communication.
16. The radio network access point of claim 9 , wherein the second communication is different for different radio network access points.
17. A system comprising:
a first device configured to receive signal measurements from user equipment, the signal measurements indicating strengths of signals of corresponding access points proximate to the user equipment that are configured to provide voice services over a first network, and to output information for a set of first access points that are targets of connection for the user equipment, the user equipment being connected to a second network that is different from the first network;
a second device configured to pre-select a type of access point from the first set to be a candidate target; and
a third device (i) to identify a second set of access points of the pre-selected type, (ii) to send a hand-off request to the second set of access points, (iii) to receive a response from a target access point among the second set, the response comprising channel assignment information, the channel assignment information comprising a first code corresponding to a first communication channel over which the target access point is configured to communicate, the first code, and thus the first communication channel, being reserved by multiple radio network access points within a same macro cell, the first code comprising a common Walsh code that is reserved for enhanced circuit switched fallback service (eCSFB) on the multiple radio network access points, and (iii) to output the channel assignment information on a path to the user equipment;
wherein the user equipment is configured to receive the channel assignment information and to use the channel assignment information to establish a connection to the target access point; and
wherein the target access point is configured to receive a message from the user equipment via the first communication channel indicating that the user equipment has the connection to the target access point and to redirect the user equipment to a second code and thus to a second communication channel to maintain the connection without the first communication channel so that the first communication channel can be freed, the second code being a Walsh code that is different from the common Walsh code, the second communication channel being different from the first communication channel.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first network comprises a second generation (2G) or a third generation (3G) network and the second network comprises a fourth generation (4G) network.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first network is a 1XRTT femto network and the second network is a long term evolution (LTE) macro network.
20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first communication channel is reserved by various radio network access points for eCSFB service.
21. The system of claim 17 , wherein the second communication channel is a communication channel that is not otherwise used by the radio network access point.
22. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first device comprises an eNB, the second device comprises an internetworking function box configured to enable communication between the first network and the second network, and the third device comprises a server configured to communicate with private access points.
23. The system of claim 17 , wherein each access point in the second set of access points is configured to communicate using the same channel assignment information.
24. The system of claim 23 , wherein the same channel assignment information is for the first communication channel.
25. The system of claim 17 , wherein the third device is configured to look-up locally stored information for access points registered with the third device in order to narrow a number of access points that could be the target access point, the third device sending the hand-off request to the number of access points.
26. The system of claim 17 , wherein the target access point is configured to redirect the user equipment to another traffic channel having a different Walsh code so that a traffic channel corresponding to the common Walsh code and be freed to serve a next eCSFB call.
27. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by a radio network access point configured to provide access to a first network that provides voice services, the instructions being executable by the radio network access point to perform operations comprising:
receiving a hand-off request at the radio network access point, the hand-off request being for user equipment connected to a second network that provides data services, the second network being different from the first network;
replying to the hand-off request with channel assignment information, the channel assignment information comprising a first code corresponding to a first communication channel over which the radio network access point is configured to communicate, the first code, and thus the first communication channel, being reserved by multiple radio network access points within a same macro cell, the first code comprising a common Walsh code that is reserved for enhanced circuit switched fallback service (eCSFB) on the multiple radio network access points;
receiving a message from the user equipment indicating that the user equipment has a connection to the radio network access point using the first communication channel; and
redirecting the user equipment to a second code, and thus a second communication channel, to maintain the connection without the first communication channel so that the first communication channel can be freed, the second code being a Walsh code that is different from the common Walsh code, the second communication channel being different from the first communication channel.