Patent ID: 9191264
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a request from a communication device to initiate a communication session; obtaining, by the system, a first name authority pointer record comprising a commented out record responsive to determining that there is an undesirable fault level in a voice over long term evolution network, wherein the commented out record causes a network element processing the record to initiate the communication session utilizing a circuit-switched communication network; obtaining, by the system, a second name authority pointer record responsive to determining that there is no fault or a tolerable level of faults in the voice over long term evolution network, wherein the second name authority pointer record comprises a record for initiating the communication session utilizing the voice over long term evolution network, initiating, by the system, the communication session according to one of the first name authority pointer record or the second name authority pointer record obtained by the system.