Recovery from a potential proxy call session control function (P-CSCF) failure during call origination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9979756-B2
Application number	US-201615175276-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2016
Priority date	Jun 7, 2016
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A user device registers with a proxy-call session control function device (P-CSCF) associated with an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS). The user device forwards a request to the P-CSCF requesting a session via the IMS for an IMS call. If a response to the request is not received from the P-CSCF during a time period after forwarding the request, the user device attempts to newly register with the P-CSCF. If the new registration is successful, the user device re-forwards the request to the P-CSCF. Otherwise, if the new registration with the P-CSCF is unsuccessful, the user device registers with a different P-CSCF and forwards the request to the second P-CSCF.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
registering, by a processor associated with a user device, the user device with a proxy-call session control function device (P-CSCF) associated with an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS);
forwarding, by the processor, a message to the P-CSCF requesting a session via the IMS for an IMS call;
determining, by the processor, whether a response to the request is received from the P-CSCF during a first time period;
forwarding, by the processor, a new registration request to newly register the user device with the P-CSCF based on determining that the response to the message was not received from the P-CSCF during the first time period;
determining, by the processor, whether the user device is newly registered with the P-CSCF based on the new registration request;
re-forwarding, by the processor, the message to the P-CSCF based on determining that the user device is newly registered with the P-CSCF;
registering, by the processor, the user device with a second P-CSCF based on determining that the user device could not newly register with the P-CSCF; and
sending, by the processor, the message to the second P-CSCF based on registering the user device with the second P-CSCF.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the processor, whether the session has been established during a second time period after forwarding the message, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period; and
ending, by the processor, the IMS call based on determining that the session has not been established during the second time period, wherein the user device continues to register with one of the P-CSCF or the second P-CSCF after ending the IMS call.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving an instruction to end the IMS call during the second time period; and
ending the IMS call during the second time period based on receiving the instruction to end the IMS call, wherein the user device continues to register with one of the P-CSCF or the second P-CSCF after ending the IMS call.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an error message during the first time period in response to the message; and
registering the user device with the second P-CSCF during the first time period based on receiving the error message.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting for display, on the user device and during the first time period, an indication that the IMS call is being placed.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
resending the message to the P-CSCF during the first time period.

8. A device comprising:
a memory to store instructions; and
a processor configured to execute one or more of the instructions to:
register the device with a proxy-call session control function device (P-CSCF) associated with an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS);
forward a message to the P-CSCF requesting a session via the IMS for an IMS call;
determine whether a response to the request is received from the P-CSCF during a first time period;
forward a new registration request to newly register the device with the P-CSCF based on determining that the response to the message was not received from the P-CSCF during the first time period;
determine whether the device is newly registered with the P-CSCF based on the new registration request;
re-forward the message to the P-CSCF based on determining that the device is newly registered with the P-CSCF;
register the device with a second P-CSCF based on determining that the device could not newly register with the P-CSCF; and
send the message to the second P-CSCF based on registering the device with the second P-CSCF.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the message is a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the session has been established during a second time period after forwarding the message, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period; and
end the IMS call based on determining that the session has not been established during the second time period.

11. The device of claim 10 , further comprising:
receive an instruction to end the IMS call during the second time period;
end the IMS call during the second time period based on receiving the instruction to end the IMS call; and
newly register the device with one of the P-CSCF or the second P-CSCF after ending the IMS call.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive an error message from the P-CSCF during the first time period; and
register the device with the second P-CSCF during the first time period based on receiving the error message from the P-CSCF.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
present for display, during the first time period, an indication that the IMS call is being placed.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
resend the message to the P-CSCF during the first time period.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instruction, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor associated with a device, cause the processor to:
register the device with a proxy-call session control function device (P-CSCF) associated with an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS);
forward a message to the P-CSCF to request a session via the IMS for an IMS call;
determine whether a response to the request is received from the P-CSCF during a first time period after forwarding the message;
forward a new registration request to newly register the device with the P-CSCF based on determining that the response to the message was not received from the P-CSCF during the first time period;
determine whether the device is newly registered with the P-CSCF based on the new registration request;
re-forward the message to the P-CSCF based on determining that the device is newly registered with the P-CSCF;
register the device with a second P-CSCF based on determining that the device could not newly register with the P-CSCF; and
send the message to the second P-CSCF based on registering the device with the second P-CSCF.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the message is a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein one or more instructions further cause the processor to:
determine whether the session has been established during a second time period after forwarding the message, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period;
end the IMS call based on determining that the session has not been established during the second time period; and
newly register the device with one of the P-CSCF or the second P-CSCF after ending the IMS call.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein one or more instructions further cause the processor to:
receive an error message from the P-CSCF during the first time period; and
register the device with the second P-CSCF during the first time period based on receiving the error message from the P-CSCF.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein one or more instructi

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Nomani Muhammad Salman
• Youtz Andrew E
• Yuan Jun

Classifications

• H04W88/182

  Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy · CPC title

• H04W76/18

  Management of setup rejection or failure · CPC title

• H04L69/40

  for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection (management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06) · CPC title

• H04L65/1069

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title

• H04L65/1016

  IP multimedia subsystem [IMS] · CPC title