Response to CS paging request
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJari Tapio Vikberg, Magnus Hallenst{dot over (a)}l
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for handling a paging request for a Circuit Switched session, when the paging request is intended for a terminal attached to a Packet Switched cell in a radio access network and having one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions. The request is received at a node in the radio access or core network to establish a Circuit Switched session with the terminal while the terminal has one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions. The importance of the ongoing Packet Switched session is determined at the node, and the paging request is rejected if any of the ongoing Packet Switched sessions is more important than the Circuit Switched session. The node may be a MME, an eNodeB or the terminal itself.
Claims20
A method of handling a paging request to establish a Circuit Switched session with a terminal in a radio access network of a mobile communications network, the terminal having one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions, the method comprising:
- receiving the paging request at the terminal, the paging request including an indication of an originator of the Circuit Switched session that caused the paging request;
- determining a priority of the one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions by identifying to a user of the terminal that the paging request has been received and the originator of the Circuit Switched session that caused the paging request, and enabling the user to indicate whether the one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions have a higher priority than the Circuit Switched session;
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- if any of the one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions have a higher priority than the Circuit Switched session, rejecting the paging request.
A terminal for use in a Long Term Evolution radio access network, 3GPP System Architecture Evolution or Evolved Packet Core network, the terminal comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a paging request to establish a Circuit Switched session with the terminal, the paging request including an indication of an originator of the Circuit Switched session that caused the paging request;
- a processor for determining, if the terminal has one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions, whether any of the one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions have a higher priority than the Circuit Switched session by identifying to a user of the terminal that the paging request has been received and the originator of the Circuit Switched session that caused the paging request, and enabling the user to indicate whether the one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions have a higher priority than the Circuit Switched session;
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- means for accepting the paging request if none of the one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions have a higher priority than the Circuit Switched session and rejecting the paging request if at least one of the one or more ongoing Packet Switched sessions have a higher priority than the Circuit Switched session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.