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AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsJohn W. Prock, Michael Erich, Siddharth S. Oroskar, Maulik K. Shah
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Various embodiments are described for redirecting a mobile station via a traffic channel. In one embodiment, a first RAN receives a request from a mobile station to establish a traffic channel between the mobile station and the first RAN for use in a communication session. The first RAN makes a determination to not establish the communication session, but nevertheless establishes the requested traffic channel after making the determination. Then, without establishing the communication session, the first RAN redirects the mobile station via the established traffic channel to a second RAN. By establishing the traffic channel even though the RAN may be unable (or unwilling) to allow the mobile station to establish the communication session, the RAN is able to control the behavior of the mobile station in the event that the RAN cannot establish the requested communication session.
A method carried out by a first radio access network (RAN) comprising a processor and a data storage having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor for carrying out the method, which comprises:
A cellular-network entity selected from the group consisting of a base station, a base station controller, a radio network controller, a mobile switching center, and a packet data serving node, the cellular-network entity comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.