Transcoding avoidance during single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC)

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11178582-B2
Application number	US-202016802834-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2020
Priority date	Sep 5, 2014
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

Technology for transcoding avoidance is disclosed. A mobile switching center (MSC) server can decode a single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) packet switch (PS) to circuit switched (CS) request message received from a mobility management entity (MME) that includes selected CODEC information for a selected CODEC used for a user equipment (UE) in an internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) over long term evolution (LTE) system. The MSC server can encode the selected CODEC information for transmission to a target MSC to enable the target MSC to identify the selected CODEC for the UE to allow the selected CODEC to be used in the CS domain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for a mobile switching center (MSC) server configured to perform a single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) procedure, the instructions when executed by one or more processors perform the following:
decoding an SRVCC packet switch (PS) to circuit switched (CS) request message received at the MSC server when a PS-CS handover procedure is triggered;
encoding a codec inquiry request message for transmission from the MSC server, wherein the codec inquiry request message includes a session transfer number-single radio (STN-SR), a correlation mobile station international subscriber directory number (C-MSISDN), and supported codec information for the MSC server;
decoding a codec inquiry response message received at the MSC server, wherein the codec inquiry response message includes selected codec information for a selected codec used for a user equipment (UE) in an internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) system, the selected codec selected to correspond to a codec in the supported codec information; and
continuing, at the MSC server, to perform the SRVCC procedure based in part on the selected codec information.

2. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions when executed perform the following:
receiving the SRVCC PS to CS request message
transmitting the codec inquiry request message; and
receiving the codec inquiry response message.

3. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the codec inquiry request message is associated with an access transfer control function (ATCF).

4. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform a codec inquiry prior to a session transfer during the SRVCC procedure.

5. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions when executed perform the following: encoding the selected codec information for transmission to a target radio access network (RAN) to enable the selected codec information to be used for the UE in the IMS subsystem.

6. A mobile switching center (MSC) server configured for transcoding avoidance, the apparatus comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors configured to:
decode, at a mobile switching center (MSC) server, a single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) packet switch (PS) to circuit switched (CS) request message received from a mobility management entity (MME);
encode, at the MSC server, a codec request message for transmission to an internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), the codec request message including supported codec information for the MSC server;
decode, at the MSC server, a codec query response message received from the IMS that includes selected codec information for a selected codec used for a user equipment (UE) in an IMS over long term evolution LTE system, the selected codec selected to correspond to a codec in the supported codec information; and
encode the selected codec information for transmission to a target MSC and a radio station subsystem/base station system (RNS/BSS) to enable the RNS/BSS to send to an evolved NodeB (eNB) the selected codec information included in a radio resource control (RRC) container of the target to source container.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: encode the selected codec information for transmission to a target MSC to enable the target MSC to identify the selected codec for the UE to allow the selected codec to be used in the CS domain.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: query the IMS for the selected codec information in the codec request message.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: notify an access transfer control function (ATCF) of the selected codec information during a session transfer operation.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: encode the selected codec information for transmission to an access transfer gateway (ATGW).

11. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: decode the codec query response message received from the IMS that includes previously used codec information selected for a user equipment (UE) in the IMS over long term evolution LTE system.

12. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: indicate a priority indication in the SRVCC PS to CS request message for a target MSC to use the selected codec.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: encode a prepare handover request for transmission to the target MSC with the priority indication in the SRVCC PS to CS request message.

14. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: include the selected codec information in a synchronization indicator.

15. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine when the MSC server supports the selected codec used by the IMS over the LTE system.

16. A single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) configured to perform a procedure using a mobile switching center (MSC) server, the apparatus comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors configured to:
decode an SRVCC packet switch (PS) to circuit switched (CS) request message received at the MSC server when a PS-CS handover procedure is triggered;
encode a codec inquiry request message for transmission from the MSC server, wherein the codec inquiry request message includes a session transfer number-single radio (STN-SR), a correlation mobile station international subscriber directory number (C-MSISDN), and supported codec information;
decode a codec inquiry response message received at the MSC server, wherein the codec inquiry response message includes selected codec information for a selected codec used for a user equipment (UE) in an internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) system, the selected codec selected to correspond to a codec in the supported codec information; and
continue, at the MSC server, to perform the SRVCC procedure based in part on the selected codec information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the codec inquiry request message is associated with an access transfer control function (ATCF).

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: perform a codec inquiry prior to a session transfer during the SRVCC procedure.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: encode the selected codec information for transmission to a target radio access network (RAN) to enable the selected codec information to be used for the UE in the IMS subsystem.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Shan Chang Hong
• Stojanovski Alexandre

Classifications

• H04W36/00226

  wherein the core network technologies comprise IP multimedia system [IMS], e.g. single radio voice call continuity [SRVCC] · CPC title

• H04M7/0072

  Speech codec negotiation (H04L65/1069 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L65/103

  in the network · CPC title

• H04L65/1016 Primary

  IP multimedia subsystem [IMS] · CPC title

• H04M7/1225

  Details of core network interconnection arrangements · CPC title