System and Method for Alternate Mobility Call Routing

• US 20110151879A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bajpay, Paritosh, Rahman, Moshiur
• Application Number:
  US12/645,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20110151879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/125 based on throughput or bandwidth
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/34 Modification of an existing route
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service

Abstract

A computer readable storage medium stores a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions being operable to receive, from a communications network, an indication that an element of the network is at a capacity limit; and initiate a communications session from a user communication device using an alternative network, wherein the alternative network transmits the communications session to the communications network.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to:

receive, from a communications network, an indication that an element of the network is at a capacity limit; and

initiate a communications session from a user communication device using an alternative network, wherein the alternative network transmits the communications session to the communications network.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the communications network is a cellular phone network.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the alternative network is a GPS network.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the communications session is initiated via a GPS receiver.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the GPS receiver is integrated with the user communication device.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the GPS receiver communicates with the user communication device by a network connection.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the network connection is a personal area network connection.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the element of the network is a Node B base station.

9. A communications device, comprising:

a memory;

first and second communications links; and

a processor configured to receive an instruction via the first communications link to conduct communications via the second communications link, the processor further configured to initiate a communications session via the second communications link.

10. The communications device of claim 9, wherein the first communications link is a cellular transceiver.

11. The communications device of claim 9, wherein the second communications link is a personal area network transceiver.

12. The communications device of claim 9, wherein the communications session is initiated with a GPS receiver.

13. The communications device of claim 12, wherein the GPS receiver is integrated with the communications device.

14. The communications device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to instruct the GPS receiver to relay the communications session to a GPS server.

15. The communications device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to instruct the GPS server to relay the communications session to a communications network.

16. The communications device of claim 9, wherein the instruction instructs the processor to conduct communications via the second communications link because of congestion of a network in communication with the first communications link.

17. The communications device of claim 9, wherein the instruction instructs the processor to conduct communications via the second communications link because of a priority of the communications session.

18. A network device of a communications network, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to determine that a network access point of the communications network has reached a capacity limit, the processor further configured to instruct a user device to initiate a communications session via a secondary network, the processor further configured to receive an indication that the communications session has been initiated via the secondary network.

19. The network device of claim 18, wherein the secondary network is a GPS network.

20. The network device of claim 18, wherein the communications network is a UMTS network.