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Method and apparatus for re-registration of connections for service continuity in an agnostic access internet protocol multimedia communication system

US7746836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2006
Grant dateJun 29, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 18, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Active sessions and dialogs may be moved between connections and P-CSCFs. For example, in some embodiments either new bindings may be created with a different connection for a Public User ID or the UE may re-register one or more specific bindings for a Public User ID from one connection to another. The capabilities improve service continuity when handing over between IP-CANs. FIG. 13 illustrates exemplary messaging for moving bindings to a new connection for a Private User ID between UE (1305) and P-CSCF (1307) when the UE (1305) is in a visited IP-CAN, that is, visited network (1303). The UE (1305) invokes the unprotected global seamless re-registration of the embodiments via an unprotected initial registration procedure wherein the UE (1305) includes a “seamless-ims” parameter in the Require and Proxy-Require headers of the REGISTER request (1313). The S-CSCF (1311) provides the capability to subsequently re-register bindings over new or existing connections.

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