Internetworking for circuit switched fallback
View Patent ↗In some implementations, a method includes presenting a network node as a Visited Location Resource (VLR) for User Equipment (UE) to Mobile Management Entity (MME) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The network node includes an SGs interface to the MME in the LTE system and a MAP interface to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in a Cellular System (CS). A notification of the UE registering the LTE system is received from the MME. A network node registers, through the MAP interface, with a Home Location Resource (HLR) in the CS as the VLR for the UE.
1. A method, comprising:
presenting a network node as a Visited Location Resource (VLR) for User Equipment (UE) to Mobile Management Entity (MME) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, the network node includes an SGs interface to the MME in the LTE system and a MAP interface to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in a Cellular System (CS);
receiving, at the MME, a notification of the UE registering the LTE system;
registering, through the MAP interface, with a Home Location Resource (HLR) in the CS as the VLR for the UE;
receiving a request for a routing number for the UE from the CS in connection with a mobile terminating call;
transmitting, through the LTE system, a request for the UE to fall back to CS;
receiving an indication from the HLR that the UE is being served by an MSC/VLR in the CS;
transmitting a request for the routing number for the UE to the MSC/VLR; and
in response to receiving the routing number from the MSC/VLR, transmitting a response to the routing-number request including the received routing number.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising internetworking between MAP and SGs.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network node includes a MAP interface to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) in the CS system.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the routing number comprises a Mobile Station Roaming Number (MSRN).
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a request for a routing number comprises receiving a Provide Roaming Number (PRN) identifying a Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN) from the HLR.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request for the UE to fall back to the CS comprises paging the UE through the MME in the LTE system in response to at least the indication that the MSC/VLR is serving the UE.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request for an MSRN to MSC/VLR comprises a Send Routing Information (SRI) request to the HLR.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting a response to the request for the routing number comprises transmitting a PRN Acknowledgement (Ack) identifying the routing number.
9. A network node, comprising:
an SGs interface to an MME in a LTE system;
a MAP interface to an MSC in a CS; and one or more processors operable to:
present a network node as a VLR for UE to the MME in the LTE system;
receive a notification of the UE registering the LTE system from the MME;
register, through the MAP interface, with an HLR in the CS as a servicing VLR for the UE;
receive a request for a routing number for the UE from the CS in connection with a mobile terminating call;
transmit, through the LTE system, a request for the UE to fallback to CS;
receive an indication from the HLR that the UE is being served by an MSC/VLR in the CS;
transmit a request for the routing number for the UE from the MSC/VLR; and
in response to receiving the routing number from the MSC/VLR, transmit a response to the routing-number request including the receiving routing number.
10. The network node of claim 9 , the processors further operable to internetwork between MAP and SGs.
11. The network node of claim 9 , wherein the network node includes a MAP interface to a SMSC in the CS system.
12. The network node of claim 9 , wherein the routing number comprises a MSRN.
13. The network node of claim 9 , wherein the processors operable to receive a request for a routing number comprises the processors operable to receive a PRN identifying an MSISDN from the HLR.
14. The network node of claim 9 , wherein the processors operable to transmit the request for the UE to fall back to the CS comprises the processors operable to page the UE through the MME in the LTE system in response to at least the indication that the MSC/VLR is serving the UE.
15. The network node of claim 9 , wherein the request for an MSRN to MSC/VLR comprises an SRI request to the HLR.
16. The network node of claim 9 , wherein the processors operable to transmit a response to the request for the routing number comprises the processors operable to transmit a PRN Ack identifying the routing number.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon a method presenting a Visited Location Resource (VLR) for User Equipment (UE) to Mobile Management Entity (MME), comprising:
receiving, through an SGs interface at the MME, a notification of the UE registering with the LTE system;
registering, through a MAP interface, with a Home Location Resource (HLR) in a Cellular System as the VLR for the UE in response to the notification;
receiving a request for a routing number for the UE from the CS in connection with a mobile terminating call;
transmitting, through the LTE system, a request for the UE to fall back to CS;
receiving an indication from the HLR that the UE is being served by an MSC/VLR in the CS;
transmitting a request for the routing number for the UE to the MSC/VLR; and
in response to receiving the routing number from the MSC/VLR, transmitting a response to the routing-number request including the received routing number.