# US 12,113,836 B2 · Seamless voice call initiation

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- Number: US 12,113,836 B2
- Document ID: US12113836B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/186,056
- Filed: 2023-03-17
- Published: 2023-07-20
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2021-07-23
- Assignees: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Applicants: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Inventors: Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113836B2

## CPC

- H04L 65/1046: Call controllers; Call servers
- H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment
- H04L 65/1016: IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
- H04L 65/65: Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
- H04L 65/80: Responding to QoS
- H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports}
- H04W 36/00226: {wherein the core network technologies comprise IP multimedia system [IMS], e.g. single radio voice call continuity [SRVCC]}
- H04W 76/16: Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Methods, devices, and system related to wireless communications are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a first access node in a first type of communication network, a request from a wireless device to establish a voice session with an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS); initiating, by the first access node, an IMS voice session establishment for the wireless device; configuring, by the first access node, a Quality of Service (QOS) for the IMS voice session using a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session modification request; and determining, in part based on one or more capabilities of the wireless device, to refrain from triggering a fallback to a second type of communication network for the IMS voice session establishment.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for wireless communication, comprising:
initiating, by a first access node in a first type of communication network, an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS) session establishment for a wireless device, wherein the first type of communication network supports the IMS session establishment;
configuring, by the first access node, the IMS session establishment using a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session modification request; and
completing the IMS session establishment without a fallback to a second type of communication network based on a comparison of a first network condition of the first type of communication network and a second network condition of the second type of communication network for the IMS session establishment.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, comprising:
initiating a handover procedure by the first access node to handover the wireless device to a second access node of the second type of communication network after the IMS session establishment is complete.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the IMS session establishment comprises an IMS voice session establishment.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the first type of communication network comprises a Fifth-Generation (5G) network and wherein the second type of communication network comprises a Long-Term-Evolution (LTE) network.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the completing of the IMS session establishment without the fallback is based on a capability of the wireless device, the capability of the wireless device indicating that the wireless device supports Fifth-Generation (5G) communication technology.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the IMS session establishment is completed without the fallback to the second type of communication network despite the second network condition of the second type of communication network being better than the first network condition of the first network.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the first network condition of the first type of communication network or the second network condition of the second type of communication network comprises at least one of a coverage area, a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), or a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ).

### Claim 8

A device for wireless communication connected to a first network, comprising one or more processors that are configured to:
initiate an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS) session establishment for a wireless device, wherein the first network supports the IMS session establishment;
configure the IMS session establishment using a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session modification request; and
complete the IMS session establishment without a fallback to a second network based on a comparison of a first network condition of the first network and a second network condition of the second network for the IMS session establishment, wherein the second network is different from the first network.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
initiate a handover procedure to handover the wireless device to the second network after the IMS session establishment is complete.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the IMS session establishment comprises an IMS voice session establishment.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the first network comprises a Fifth-Generation (5G) network and wherein the second network comprises a Long-Term-Evolution (LTE) network.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are configured to refrain from the fallback based on a capability of the wireless device, the capability of the wireless device indicating that the wireless device supports Fifth-Generation (5G) communication technology.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are configured to complete the IMS session establishment without the fallback to the second network despite the second network condition of the second network being better than the first network condition of the first network.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The device of claim 13, wherein the first network condition of the first network or the second network condition of the second network comprises at least one of a coverage area, a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), or a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) of the first network or the second network.

### Claim 15

A system of one or more wireless communication networks, comprising:
a first access node in a first communication network; and
a second access node in a second communication network that is different from the first communication network, wherein the second access node is configured to:
initiate, in the second communication network, an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS) session establishment for a wireless device, wherein the second communication network supports the IMS session establishment;
configure the IMS session establishment using a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session modification request; and
complete the IMS session establishment without a fallback to the first communication network based on a comparison of a first network condition of the first communication network and a second network condition of the second communication network for the IMS session establishment.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the second access node is configured to:
initiate a handover procedure to handover the wireless device to the first access node after the IMS session establishment is complete.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the IMS session establishment comprises an IMS voice session establishment.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the first communication network comprises a Long-Term-Evolution (LTE) network and the second communication network comprises a Fifth-Generation (5G) network.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the second access node is configured to refrain from the fallback based on a capability of the wireless device, the capability of the wireless device indicating that the wireless device supports Fifth-Generation (5G) communication technology.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the second access node is configured to complete the IMS session establishment without the fallback to the first communication network despite the first network condition of the first communication network being better than the second network condition of the second communication network, wherein the first network condition of the first communication network or the second network condition of the second communication network comprises at least one of a coverage area, a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), or a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ).
