Apparatus, systems and methods for switching between radio access technologies
A user equipment (“UE”) connected to a first network that performs methods including receiving a page from the first network indicating an incoming voice call, when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected, incrementing a value of a counter and when the value satisfies the threshold, switching from the first network to a second network. Another method includes originating a voice call via the first network, when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected, opening a socket connection with the first network and attempting to re-originate the voice call via the first network. Another method includes determining whether the UE has switched a connection from a first network to a second network and when it is determined that the UE has switched the connection to the second network, initiating an action by the UE.
1. A method, comprising:
at a user equipment (“UE”) connected to a first network:
receiving a page from the first network indicating an incoming voice call;
determining whether the voice call was successfully connected;
when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected, incrementing a value of a counter;
determining whether the value of the counter satisfies a threshold, wherein the threshold is dynamically set based on a comparison of a first measured property and a second measured property; and
when the value satisfies the threshold, switching from the first network to a second network.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and the incoming voice call is a Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call and the second network is a network that handles voice calls using a circuit switched network.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second network is one of a Global System for Mobile (GSM) network, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network or a CDMA 2000 1× network.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected and the value of the counter does not satisfy the threshold, performing one of:
re-attempting to respond to the page of the first network to connect the voice call; or
waiting to receive a second page for the voice call from the first network.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value of the counter that satisfies the threshold is based on measured properties of a reference signal received by UE.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the measured properties of the reference signal include one of a Received Signal Strength Indicator (“RSSI”), a Reference Signal Received Power (“RSRP”), or a Reference Signal Received Quality (“RSRQ”).
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
when the voice call is successfully connected, resetting the value of the counter to an original value.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first measured property and the second measured property correspond to at least one of a received signal strength indicator (“RSSI”), a reference signal received power (“RSRQ”), or a reference signal received quality (“RSRQ”).
9. A method, comprising:
at a user equipment (“UE”) connected to a first network: originating a voice call to a further UE via the first network; determining whether the voice call was successfully connected; when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected due to an unavailable socket connection, opening a socket connection with the first network;
and attempting to re-originate the voice call to the further UE via the first network;
when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected, starting a timer; determining whether the timer has expired; and when the timer has not expired, continuing to attempt to re-originate the voice call via the first network;
when the timer expires and the voice call is not successfully connected, switching from the first network to a second network.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first network is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and the voice call is a Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the socket connection is a TCP connection with a Proxy-Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).
12. A method, comprising:
at a user equipment (“UE”):
determining whether the UE has switched a connection from a first network to a second network; and
when it is determined that the UE has switched the connection to the second network
resetting a registration timer of the UE, wherein;
the registration timer is based on a connection with the IMS of the second network;
when the registration timer expires, the UE reinitiates a TCP connection with the Proxy-Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) of a IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) of the second network; and
the resetting of the registration timer causes the registration timer to at least one of expire or have a shorter duration than an original duration.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the UE had a previous connection to the second network before connecting to the first network.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein, prior to the resetting of the registration timer, the method further comprises:
determining an amount of traffic between a lower layer of a network stack of the UE and the IMS.
15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
sending feedback from a lower layer of a network stack of the UE to a higher layer of the network stack of the UE, wherein the feedback is based on a connection with the IMS of the second network; and
based on the feedback from the lower layer of the network stack, re-initiating a TCP connection with the P-CSCF of the IMS of the second network.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second network is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.