Patent ID: 9191265
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a communication system to control a Long Term Evolution (LTE) media session with an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), the method comprising: in an LTE Packet Gateway (P-GW), establishing an IMS bearer between User Equipment (UE) and an IMS server; in the IMS server, receiving a media session request over the IMS bearer and processing the media session request to establish the media session including transferring a media session instruction for delivery to an LTE Policy, Charging, and Rules Function (PCRF) system; in the IMS server, detecting a PCRF bypass condition for the media session, and in response, transferring a UE session instruction for delivery to the UE to use the IMS bearer for the media session; in the LTE P-GW, exchanging media data for the media session over the IMS bearer; and in the IMS server, exchanging the media data for the media session over the IMS bearer.