Patent ID: 9455843
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a user equipment, an indication that an emergency call is to be initiated during a connection re-establishment procedure with a base station, wherein the receiving includes receiving an indication that an emergency call is to be initiated during an ongoing connection with the base station; terminating, at the user equipment, the connection re-establishment procedure with the base station in response to the indication that the emergency call is to be initiated and without awaiting expiration of a cell selection timer, wherein the terminating includes terminating the ongoing connection with the base station occurs without signaling a network; establishing, at the user equipment, another connection to support the emergency call, wherein a cell selected to support the emergency call is not suitable to support a connection sought to be re-established; and utilizing a shorter cell selection timer for a connection re-establishment procedure during an ongoing emergency call than in an instance in which an emergency call is not ongoing.