Method and apparatus for setup of a circuit switched call during circuit switched fallback

1. A method, at a user equipment (‘UE’), comprising;

establishing connection to a first network, wherein transmission of a Routing Area Update (‘RAU’) message initiates a transfer of the connection from the first network to a second network;

sending a request to the first network for Circuit Switched Fallback (‘CSFB’);

receiving, responsive to the request, redirection information to the second network;

acquiring the second network based on the redirection information;

initiating establishment of Circuit Switched (‘CS’) voice radio bearers with the second network;

determining that the UE has no active Packet Switched(‘PS’) connection;

if there is no active PS connection, waiting for a predetermined event to occur following the initiating and before transmitting the RAU message; and

after the predetermined event has occurred, establishing the connection with the second network by transmitting the RAU message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined event is one of the CS voice radio bearers being established and the expiration of a timer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the CS voice radio bearers are determined to be established when the UE sends a radioBearerSetupComplete message for the CS domain.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein an initial value of the timer is configured based on a message from the first network or from the second network.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the timer is started upon initiating establishment of the CS voice radio bearers.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined event is the first of the CS voice radio bearers being established and the expiration of a timer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein an initial value of the timer is greater than an expected time required for the establishment of CS voice radio bearers.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE waits for the predetermined event to occur if the UE did not have a pending data session request on the second network.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE waits for the predetermined event to occur if the UE did not have a pending data transmission on the second network.

10. A user equipment comprising:

a processor;

a communications subsystem;

wherein the user equipment is configured:

establish a connection to a first network, wherein transmission of a Routing Area Update (‘RAU’) message initiates a transfer of the connection from the first network to a second network;

send a request to the first network for Circuit Switched Fallback (‘CSFB’);

receive, responsive to the request, redirection information. to the second network;

acquire the second network based on the redirection information;

initiate establishment of Circuit Switched (‘CS’) voice radio bearers with the second network;

determine that the UE has no active Packet Switched (‘PS’) connection;

if there is no active PS connection, wait for a predetermined event to occur following the initiate and before transmitting the RAU;

after the predetermined event has occurred, establishing a Packet Switched (‘PS’) connection with the second network by transmitting the RAU message.

11. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the predetermined event is one of the CS voice radio bearers being established and the expiration of a timer.

12. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein an initial value of the timer is configured based on a message from the first network or from the second network.

13. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the timer is started upon initiating the establishment of CS voice radio bearers.

14. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the predetermined event is the first one of the CS voice radio bearers being established and the expiration of a timer.

15. The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein an initial value of the timer is greater than an expected time required for the establishment of CS voice radio bearers.

16. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the UE waits for the predetermined event to occur if the UE did not have a pending data session request on the second network.

17. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the UE waits for the predetermined event to occur if the UE did not have a pending data transmission on the second network.

18. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the CS voice radio bearers are determined to be established when the UE sends a radioBearerSetupComplete message for the CS domain.

19. A method, at a network element, comprising:

receiving a request for Circuit Switched Fallback (‘CSFB’) from a user equipment (‘UE’), the UE having a connection to a first network;

sending, to the UE, redirection information for transfer of the connection to a second network;

receiving a Routing Area Update (‘RAU’) message from the UE to initiate the transfer of the connection to the second network;

determining that the UE has no active Packet Switched (‘PS’) connection;

if there is no active PS connection waiting for a predetermined event to occur following the sending and before responding to the RAU; and

upon the predetermined event occurring, responding to the RAU message.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the predetermined event is one of the UE establishing CS voice radio bearers and the expiration of a timer.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the predetermined event is the first one of the UE establishing CS voice radio bearers and the expiration of a timer.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the network element waits for the predetermined event to occur if the UE did not have a pending data session request on a second network.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the network element determines that the UE did not have a pending data session request on a second network if an Evolved Packet System Mobility Management (‘EMM’) entity is in idle mode.

24. The method of claim 22 , wherein said determining whether the UE, did not have an ongoing data session on the first network or did not have a pending data session request on the second network is based on a ‘follow-on’ bit in the RAU message.

25. The method of claim 19 , wherein the CS voice radio bearers are determined to be established upon receiving, at the network element, a radioBearerSetupComplete message for the CS domain from the UE.

26. A network element, comprising:

a processor;

a communications subsystem;

wherein the network element is configured to:

receive a request for Circuit Switched Fallback (‘CSFB’) from a user equipment (‘UE’), the UE having a connection to a first network;

send, to the UE, redirection information for transfer of the connection to a second network;

receive a Routing Area Update (‘RAU’) message from the UE to initiate the transfer to the second network;

determine that the UE has no active Packet Switched (‘PS’) connection;

if there is no active PS connection, wait for a predetermined event to occur following the send and before responding to the RAU; and

upon the predetermined event occurring, respond to the RAU message.

27. The network element of claim 26 , wherein the predetermined event is one of the UE establishing CS voice radio bearers and the expiration of a timer.

28. The network element of claim 26 , wherein the predetermined event is the first one of the UE establishing CS voice radio bearers and the expiration of a timer.

29. The network element of claim 26 , wherein the network element is configured to waits for the predetermined event to occur if the did not have a pending data session request on a second network.

30. The network element of claim 29 , wherein the network element determines that the UE did not have a pending data session request on a second network if an Evolved Packet System Mobility Management (‘EMM’) entity is in idle mode.

31. The network element of claim 29 , wherein said determining whether the UE did not have a pending data session request on the second network is based on a ‘follow-on’ bit in the RAU message.

32. The network element of claim 26 , wherein the CS voice radio bearers are determined to be established upon receiving, at the network element, a radioBearerSetupComplete message for the CS domain from the UE.