User equipment (UE) hand-over of a media session based on wireless relay characteristics

1. A method of operating a wireless User Equipment (UE) to hand-over a video session, the method comprising:

the UE hosting a data structure that associates video session capabilities with relay identifiers;

the UE wirelessly establishing the video session using an initial network address;

the UE wirelessly receiving a handover command and wirelessly attaching to the target wireless relay responsive to the handover command;

the UE wirelessly receiving a new network address from the target wireless relay;

the UE wirelessly receiving one of the relay identifiers that identifies the target wireless relay from the target wireless relay;

the UE processing the one of the relay identifiers with the data structure and determining if the target wireless relay supports the video session mobility based on the association of the video session capabilities with the one of the relay identifiers indicated by the data structure;

the UE continuing the video session over the target wireless relay using the initial network address when the target wireless relay supports the video session mobility; and

the UE re-establishing the video session over the target wireless relay using the new network address when the target wireless relay does not support the video session mobility.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the relay identifiers comprise Public Land Mobile Network Identifiers (PLMN IDs).

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the relay identifiers comprise Physical Cell Identifiers (PCIs).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the new network address is from a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) in the target wireless relay.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE re-establishing the video session over the target wireless relay using the new network address comprises the UE wirelessly transferring one or more Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Invite messages that indicate the new network address.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE wirelessly attaching to the target wireless relay comprises the UE wirelessly attaching to an evolved Node B (eNodeB) in the target wireless relay.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE wirelessly attaching to the target wireless relay comprises the UE transferring a Radio Resource Control (RRC) attachment message.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE wirelessly attaching to the target wireless relay comprises the UE wirelessly transferring video session information in a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless UE comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) UE.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless UE comprises a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) UE.

11. A wireless User Equipment (UE) to hand-over a video session, the wireless UE comprising:

processing circuitry configured to host a data structure that associates video session capabilities with relay identifiers;

the processing circuitry configured to wirelessly establish the video session over a transceiver using an initial network address;

the transceiver configured to wirelessly receive a handover command;

the transceiver configured to wirelessly attach to the target wireless relay responsive to the handover command;

the transceiver configured to wirelessly receive a new network address from the target wireless relay;

the transceiver configured to wirelessly receive one of the relay identifiers that identifies the target wireless relay from the target wireless relay;

the processing circuitry configured to process the one of the relay identifies with the data structure and determine if the target wireless relay supports the video session mobility based on the association of the video session capabilities with the one of the relay identifiers indicated by the data structure;

the processing circuitry configured to continue the video session over the transceiver and the target wireless relay using the initial network address when the target wireless relay supports the video session mobility; and

the processing circuitry configured to re-establish the video session over the transceiver and the target wireless relay using the new network address when the target wireless relay does not support the video session mobility.

12. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the relay identifiers comprise Public Land Mobile Network Identifiers (PLMN IDs).

13. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the relay identifiers comprise Physical Cell Identifiers (PCIs).

14. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the new network address is from a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) in the target wireless relay.

15. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein:

the processing circuitry is configured to transfer one or more Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Invite messages that indicate the new network address to the transceiver; and

the transceiver is configured to wirelessly transfer the one or more SIP Invite messages that indicate the new network address.

16. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the transceiver is configured to wirelessly attach to an evolved Node B (eNodeB) in the target wireless relay.

17. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transfer a Radio Resource Control (RRC) attachment message.

18. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transfer video session information in a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message.

19. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the transceiver comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) transceiver.

20. The wireless UE of claim 11 wherein the transceiver comprises a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) transceiver.