Method for handing over a call from a first communication network to a second communication network and communication system
A method for handing over a call from a first communication network to a second communication network, comprising the steps of: registering, by a first mobile client, in particular, an IP-PBX VoIP client, running on a mobile device, the mobile device with an IP-based PBX for the first communication network, following a naming convention, by sending a registration message from the first mobile client to the IP-based PBX, the registration message comprising an endpoint ID, establishing an active conversation over the first communication network, detecting, on the mobile device, a connectivity change with respect to the first communication network, wherein the further steps of retrieving, by the first mobile client, the status of the call impacted by the connectivity change, and subsequently transferring the call to the second communication network are carried out using SIP NOTIFY messages. Further, a communication system for carrying out the method is provided.
1. A method for handing over a call from a first communication network to a second communication network, wherein the method comprises:
registering, by a first mobile client comprising an IP-PBX VoIP client, running on a mobile device connected via the first communication network with an IP-based PBX, by sending a registration message from the first mobile client to the IP-based PBX, the registration message comprising a first endpoint ID associated with the mobile device and the first communication network;
establishing a call over the first communication network;
detecting, on the mobile device, a connectivity via the second communication network;
registering, by the mobile device, a second endpoint ID associated with the mobile device and the second communication network;
detecting, on the mobile device, a service degradation of a transmission over the first communication network;
retrieving, by the first mobile client, a status of the call impacted by the service degradation using third party call control at the IP-based PBX; and,
subsequently initiating, by the first mobile client, a request to transfer the call using said third party call control at the IP-based PBX to the second endpoint ID;
wherein the first mobile client compares a unique identifier part of an SIP endpoint ID of the call to a first registered unique identifier part; and,
when the unique identifier part of the SIP endpoint ID of the call matches the first registered unique identifier part the first mobile client sends a CSTA “SingleStepTransfer” to the IP-based PBX to transfer the call from the first communication network to the second communication network using the second endpoint ID.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising
generating one or more endpoint IDs, wherein each endpoint ID of said one or more endpoint IDs comprises
said unique identifier part; and
a network identifier part comprising 1 digit.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the generating one or more endpoint IDs comprises generating the first endpoint ID and generating the second endpoint ID.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the network identifier part of the first endpoint ID is different from the network identifier part of the second endpoint ID.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first endpoint ID is included in a “from” header of the registration message.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting, on the mobile device, the service degradation is performed by one or both of
an operating system of the mobile device, which conveys information on a network connectivity change to the first mobile client; and,
the first mobile client.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an operating system of the mobile device detects the connectivity via the second communication network and transmits information on the connectivity via the second communication network to the first mobile client.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first mobile client queries for an active call on the mobile device using CSTA-messages “Snapshot_Device” and “Snapshot_Call requests”.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first mobile client receives a CSTA Snapshot_Call response” containing the active call.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a SIP:INVITE message using the second endpoint ID is sent via the second communication network with an Auto-Answer flag set, so that a call handover from the first communication network to the second communication network is automatically accepted by a transferred-to endpoint.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the IP-based PBX is capable of third-party call control.
12. The method according claim 1 , wherein the first mobile client is a VoIP client.
13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the IP-based PBX is a SIP-based PBX.
14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first mobile client is a SIP client.
15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein CSTA messages are conveyed over SIP signaling messages.
16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile device on which the first mobile client is running, and the IP-based PBX are configured in an OpenScape Voice Enterprise communication system.