Patent ID: 9609622
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing a customized alerting notification by a core network server of a first radio access network in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: receiving, from a user equipment, a first message for an attachment of the user equipment to the first radio access network, the first message comprising an indication of a customized alerting notification capability of the user equipment in a second radio access network; and in response to an initiation of a handover of the user equipment from the first radio access network to the second radio access network during an alerting phase of a call initiated by the user equipment using the first radio access network, sending a second message comprising the indication of the customized alerting notification capability of the user equipment in the second radio access network to a mobility controller that is coupled with the second radio access network, wherein the customized alerting notification capability is an ability to replace a ring back tone of the user equipment with at least one type of media in the second radio access network during the alerting phase of the call initiated by the user equipment using the first radio access network.