Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) based session initiation protocol (SIP) call setup retry

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10798134-B2
Application number	US-201815938399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2018
Priority date	Mar 28, 2018
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments disclosed herein may enable automatic retry of Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Call Setup. Various embodiments may enable a server in an IMS based telecommunication network, such as a proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) server, interrogating/serving-call session control function (I/S-CSCF) server, telephony application server (TAS), etc., to reattempt SIP call setup. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a SIP error response including a retry-after header, the server may wait a period of time before sending a new SIP invite message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to automatically retry Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call setup in an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based telecommunication network, comprising:
sending, from an interrogating/serving-call session control function server of the IMS based telecommunication network, a SIP invite message generated by a call originating computing device to a telephony application server;
receiving, at the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, a first SIP error message from the telephony application server including a retry-after header indicating a retry-after value;
determining, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, whether alternative routes by which to send the SIP invite message are available in response to receiving the first SIP error message from the telephony application server including the retry-after header indicating the retry-after value;
storing, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, information associated with the SIP invite message in a memory in response to determining that the alternative routes by which to send the SIP invite message are not available or in response to receiving a second SIP error message;
determining, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, whether a SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value in response to storing the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory;
generating, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, a new SIP invite message based at least in part on the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory in response to determining the SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value;
sending, from the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, the new SIP invite message to the telephony application server; and
continuing call setup with the telephony application server in response to sending the new SIP invite message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the SIP invite message includes Session Description Protocol information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retry-after value is a period of seconds.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the period of seconds is from 1 second to 65535 seconds.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising blocking, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, routing of calls to the telephony application server until determining the SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, from the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, the SIP invite message to an alternate computing device in response to determining that the alternative routes by which to send the SIP invite message are available.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving, at the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, the second SIP error message from the alternate computing device,
wherein storing, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory in response to determining that the alternative routes by which to send the SIP invite message are not available or in response to receiving the second SIP error message comprises storing, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory in response to receiving the second SIP error message.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, whether the SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to a default retry-time in response to storing the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory,
wherein generating, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, the new SIP invite message based at least in part on the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory in response to determining the SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value comprises generating, by the interrogating/serving-call session control function server, the new SIP invite message based at least in part on the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory in response to determining the SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value or the SIP retry time is greater than or equal to the default retry-time.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the default retry-time is 10 seconds.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IMS based telecommunication network is a fixed line IMS based telecommunication network, a Voice Over Wi-Fi network, or a Voice Over Long-Term Evolution network.

11. An interrogating/serving-call session control function server of an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based telecommunication network, comprising:
a network interface;
a memory storage; and
a processor coupled to the network interface and memory storage, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to:
send via the network interface a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) invite message generated by a call originating computing device to a telephony application server;
receive via the network interface a first SIP error message from the telephony application server including a retry-after header indicating a retry-after value;
determine whether alternative routes by which to send the SIP invite message are available in response to receiving the first SIP error message from the telephony application server including the retry-after header indicating the retry-after value;
store information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory storage in response to determining that the alternative routes by which to send the SIP invite message are not available or in response to receiving a second SIP error message;
determine whether a SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value in response to storing the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory storage;
generate a new SIP invite message based at least in part on the information associated with the SIP invite message in the memory storage in response to determining the SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value;
send via the network interface the new SIP invite message to the telephony application server; and
continue call setup with the telephony application server in response to sending the new SIP invite message.

12. The interrogating/serving-call session control function server of claim 11 , wherein the information associated with the SIP invite message includes Session Description Protocol information.

13. The interrogating/serving-call session control function server of claim 11 , wherein the retry-after value is a period of seconds.

14. The interrogating/serving-call session control function server of claim 13 , wherein the period of seconds is from 1 second to 65535 seconds.

15. The interrogating/serving-call session control function server of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured with processor executable instructions to block routing of calls to the telephony application server until determining the SIP retry timer is greater than or equal to the retry-after value.

16. The interrogating/serving-call session control function server of claim 11 , wherein the processor is furt

Assignees

• Charter Communications Operating Llc

Inventors

• Sinha Ashutosh Kumar
• Dianda Robert

Classifications

• H04L65/1104

  Session initiation protocol [SIP] · CPC title

• H04L61/5007

  Internet protocol [IP] addresses · CPC title

• H04L61/4588

  containing mobile subscriber information, e.g. home subscriber server [HSS] · CPC title

• H04L61/4511

  using domain name system [DNS] · CPC title

• H04L61/4557

  Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers · CPC title