Selection of a network element
A method for delivering information on a serving mobile switching center server for an user equipment between a first communication network and a second communication network. The method includes a step of requesting an attachment of the user equipment to the second communication network by signaling between the user equipment and a network node of the second communication network, the signaling including at least part of information on the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network. Additionally, an user equipment and a network node implementing the aspects of the method are described.
1. A method for delivering information on a serving mobile switching center server for a user equipment, the method comprising:
receiving an attach request from the user equipment to a network node residing in a second communication network by signaling between the user equipment and the network node of the second communication network, the attach request comprising information indicating an identity of the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in a first communication network, the information indicating the identity of the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network being maintained in the network node and for selecting, by the network node, the mobile switching center server in a circuit-switched fallback situation.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network is embedded in temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) information within the attach request.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the information indicating the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network is embedded in a network resource identifier (NRI) field of the TMSI information.
4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the structure of the NRI field comprising information indicating the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network is configured to be unspecified.
5. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the NRI field comprising information indicating the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network is configured to be an arbitrary length, up to 10 bits.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network is stored in a network node of the second communication network.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attach request is delivered in response to a quality of service measurement implemented by the user equipment.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a location update procedure of the user equipment is performed at least to the mobile switching center server indicated in the attach request.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein full information of the mobile switching center server is composed from multiple attach requests, each of the requests of the multiple attach request comprising at least part of the information indicating the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network.
10. A user equipment comprising:
a processor; and
at least a memory comprising software to be executed by the processor for creating instructions,
wherein the user equipment is configured to insert information indicating an identity of a mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in a first communication network to an attach request, the attach request configured to be delivered for storing to a network node residing in a second communication network from the user equipment over a signaling layer, the information indicating the identity of the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network for selecting, by the network node, the mobile switching center server in a circuit-switched fallback situation.
11. The user equipment as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the user equipment is configured to divide the information on the serving mobile switching center server into multiple attach requests.
12. A network node comprising:
a processor; and
at least a memory comprising software to be executed by the processor for creating instructions,
wherein the network node residing in a second communication network is configured to derive information indicating an identity of a mobile switching center server serving a user equipment in a first communication network from an attach request delivered by the user equipment to the network node over a signaling layer and is configured to maintain the information indicating the identity of the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network, and
the information indicating the identity of the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network for selecting, by the network node, in a circuit-switched fallback situation.
13. The network node as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the network node is configured to compose information on the mobile communication center server serving the user equipment in the first switching network from multiple attach requests.
14. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the NRI field comprising information indicating the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network is configured to be an arbitrary length, up to 10 bits.
15. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attach request is performed by the user equipment.