Transfer of Emergency Services Session Between Disparate Subsystems
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1. A method comprising:
- providing, by a control system, a signaling anchor point at a domain transfer function in a multimedia subsystem for a first access signaling leg and a remote access signaling leg for an emergency services session between a user element and a public service access point (PSAP), wherein the domain transfer function is inserted in the signaling path to anchor the first access leg signaling leg and the remote signaling leg;
wherein the first access signaling leg is provided toward the user element via a transferring-out subsystem;
establishing, by the control system, the emergency services session in response to receiving a session initiation message originating from the user element, wherein the session initiation includes location information for the user element;
coordinating, by the control system, call signaling for the communication session via the first access signaling leg and the remote signaling leg;
receiving, by the control system, a session initiation message responsive to initiation of a new communication session via a transferring-in subsystem to effect a transfer from a transferring-out subsystem to the transferring-in subsystem;
detecting, by the control system, an existence of the communication session with the user element when the session initiation message is received; and
associating, by the control system, a second access signaling leg with the remote access signaling leg, and releasing the first access signaling leg session in response to the detecting the existence of the communication session.
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Abstract
Methods and nodes for coordinating communication sessions are described herein. A method includes providing, by a control system, a signaling anchor point at a domain transfer function in a visited multimedia subsystem for an access signaling leg and a remote access signaling leg for a communication session between a user element and a public service access point and coordinating call signaling for the communication session via the access signaling leg and the remote signaling leg.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, by a control system, a signaling anchor point at a domain transfer function in a multimedia subsystem for a first access signaling leg and a remote access signaling leg for an emergency services session between a user element and a public service access point (PSAP), wherein the domain transfer function is inserted in the signaling path to anchor the first access leg signaling leg and the remote signaling leg;
wherein the first access signaling leg is provided toward the user element via a transferring-out subsystem;establishing, by the control system, the emergency services session in response to receiving a session initiation message originating from the user element, wherein the session initiation includes location information for the user element; coordinating, by the control system, call signaling for the communication session via the first access signaling leg and the remote signaling leg; receiving, by the control system, a session initiation message responsive to initiation of a new communication session via a transferring-in subsystem to effect a transfer from a transferring-out subsystem to the transferring-in subsystem; detecting, by the control system, an existence of the communication session with the user element when the session initiation message is received; and associating, by the control system, a second access signaling leg with the remote access signaling leg, and releasing the first access signaling leg session in response to the detecting the existence of the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software instructions executable by a multimedia subsystem for coordinating an emergency services session, wherein the software instructions are configured to, when executed, cause the multimedia subsystem to:
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provide a signaling anchor point for a first access signaling leg and a remote access signaling leg for the emergency services session between a user element and a public service access point (PSAP), wherein the domain transfer function is inserted in the signaling path to anchor the first access leg signaling leg and the remote signaling leg;
wherein the first access signaling leg is provided toward the user element via a transferring-out subsystem;establish the emergency services session in response to receiving a session initiation message originating from the user element, wherein the session initiation includes location information for the user element; coordinate call signaling for the communication session via the first access signaling leg and the remote signaling leg; receive a session initiation message responsive to initiation of a new communication session via a transferring-in subsystem to effect a transfer from a transferring-out subsystem to the transferring-in subsystem; detect an existence of the communication session with the user element when the session initiation message is received; and associate a second access signaling leg with the remote access signaling leg, and releasing the first access signaling leg session in response to the detecting the existence of the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A node comprising:
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a communication interface; and a control system associated with the communication interface and configured to; provide a signaling anchor point at a domain transfer function in a multimedia subsystem for a first access signaling leg and a remote access signaling leg for the emergency services session between a user element and a public service access point (PSAP), wherein the domain transfer function is inserted in the signaling path to anchor the first access leg signaling leg and the remote signaling leg;
wherein the first access signaling leg is provided toward the user element via a transferring-out subsystem;establish the emergency services session in response to receiving a session initiation message originating from the user element, wherein the session initiation includes location information for the user element; coordinate call signaling for the communication session via the first access signaling leg and the remote signaling leg; receive a session initiation message responsive to initiation of a new communication session via a transferring-in subsystem to effect a transfer from a transferring-out subsystem to the transferring-in subsystem; detect an existence of the communication session with the user element when the session initiation message is received; and associate a second access signaling leg with the remote access signaling leg, and releasing the first access signaling leg session in response to the detecting the existence of the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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