# US 10,873,865 B2 · Methods and systems for providing call continuity in a user equipment (UE) > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,865 B2 - Document ID: US10873865B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/875,105 - Filed: 2018-01-19 - Published: 2018-09-27 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-27 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sathia Chandrane; Deepak R; Bharat Vinayak Bhat; Nitin Jain - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873865B2 ## CPC - H04W 24/04: Arrangements for maintaining operational condition - H04W 36/24: Reselection being triggered by specific parameters - H04W 36/08: Reselecting an access point - H04W 76/19: Connection re-establishment - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Providing call continuity for an ongoing call of a User Equipment (UE) of a wireless communication by defining UE behavior specifying actions to be taken by the UE upon detection of occurrence of an event among a plurality of events that may occur during the ongoing call. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of a user equipment providing call continuity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: detecting, by the user equipment, an occurrence of an event during a call, wherein the event comprises one of: a reception of a radio resource control connection release message with a cause as directed signaling connection re-establishment from a drift radio network controller, or lack of a reception of response from the drift radio network controller after the user equipment carries out a maximum quantity of allowed cell update attempts for re-establishing the call; and performing at least one action in response to detecting the occurrence of the event. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event is the time elapsed from the last received acknowledgement message from the serving radio network controller exceeds the first time duration, and wherein the at least one action comprises initiating radio link failure procedures. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first time duration is equal to a maximum of a second time duration and a third time duration, wherein the second time duration corresponds to summation of a time duration for satisfying a radio link failure condition and a time duration of a radio link failure timer, and wherein the third time duration corresponds to a product of a poll timer value and a maximum protocol data unit retransmission count. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event is the reception of the radio resource control connection release message with the cause as the directed signaling connection re-establishment from the drift radio network controller, and wherein the at least one action comprises: reselecting a cell of the serving radio network controller; and retrying a cell update procedure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event is the lack of the reception of response from the drift radio network controller after the user equipment carries out the maximum quantity of allowed cell update attempts for re-establishing the call, and wherein the at least one action comprises: reselecting a cell of the serving radio network controller; and retrying a cell update procedure based on a circuit switched domain re-establishment timer being running. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the call is a circuit-switched call or a packet-switched call. ### Claim 7 A user equipment for providing call continuity in a wireless communication system, wherein the user equipment comprising: a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions for providing the call continuity during a call; and at least one processor, which when executing the computer-readable instructions, configured to: detect an occurrence of an event during the call, wherein the event comprises one of: a reception of a radio resource control connection release message with a cause as directed signaling connection re-establishment from a drift radio network controller, or lack of a reception of response from the drift radio network controller after the user equipment carries out a maximum quantity of allowed cell update attempts for re-establishing the call; and perform at least one action in response to detecting the occurrence of the event. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The user equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the event is the time elapsed from the last received acknowledgement message from the serving radio network controller exceeds the first time duration, and wherein the at least one action comprises initiating radio link failure procedures. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The user equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first time duration is equal to a maximum of a second time duration and a third time duration, wherein the second time duration corresponds to summation of a time duration for satisfying a radio link failure condition and a time duration of a radio link failure timer, and wherein the third time duration corresponds to a product of the a poll timer value and a maximum protocol data unit retransmission count. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The user equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the event is the reception of the radio resource control connection release message with the cause as the directed signaling connection re-establishment from the drift radio network controller, and wherein the at least one action comprises: reselecting a cell of the serving radio network controller; and retrying a cell update procedure. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The user equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the event is the lack of the reception of response from the drift radio network controller after the user equipment carries out the maximum quantity of allowed cell update attempts for re-establishing the call, and wherein the at least one action comprises: reselecting a cell of the serving radio network controller; and retrying a cell update procedure based on a circuit switched domain re-establishment timer being running. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The user equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the call is a circuit-switched call or a packet-switched call. ### Claim 13 A mobile device comprising: a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions, which when executed cause the at least one processor to implement a method of maintaining call continuity during a call while the mobile device travels through one or more areas serviced by a wireless network, the method comprising: (a1) detecting that a time elapsed from receipt of a last received acknowledgement message from a serving radio network controller of the wireless network to which the mobile device is connected during the call exceeds a first time duration, and (a2) initiating radio link failure procedure prior to a reception of a radio resource control connection release message from the serving radio network controller, in response to detecting that the time elapsed from the receipt of the last received acknowledgement message from the serving radio network controller of the wireless network to which the mobile device is connected exceeds the first time duration; (b1) detecting the reception of the radio resource control connection release message from a drift radio network controller indicating a cause of the radio resource control connection release message as directed signaling connection re-establishment, and (b2) reselecting a cell of the serving radio network controller and retrying a cell update to re-establish the call, in response to detecting the reception of the radio resource control connection release message from the drift radio network controller indicating the cause of the radio resource control connection release message as directed signaling connection re-establishment; and (c1) detecting an absence of confirmation from the drift radio network controller of a maximum quantity of allowed cell update attempts for re-establishing the call, and (c2) reselecting the cell of the serving radio network controller and retrying the cell update to re-establish the call based on a circuit switched domain re-establishment timer being running, in response to detecting the absence of confirmation from the drift radio network controller of the maximum quantity of allowed cell update attempts for re-establishing the call. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The mobile device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first time duration is equal to a maximum of a second time duration and a third time duration, wherein the second time duration corresponds to summation of a time duration for satisfying a radio link failure condition and a time duration of a radio link failure timer, and wherein the third time duration corresponds to a product of the a poll timer value and a maximum protocol data unit retransmission count. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The mobile device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising an antenna, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the mobile device to communicate with the serving radio network controller and the drift radio network controller via transmitting signals to the serving radio network controller and the drift radio network controller through the antenna and receiving signals from the serving radio network controller and the drift radio network controller through the antenna. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the call is a circuit-switched call or a packet-switched call. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The mobile device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the mobile device is configured to be connected to a core network of the wireless network via the serving radio network controller or the drift radio network controller and at least one base station connected to the serving radio network controller or the drift radio network controller. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The mobile device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement third generation partnership project. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The mobile device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement universal terrestrial radio access network.