Patent ID: 9001821
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. In a hybrid wireless communication system comprising a first access network and a second access network, a method comprising: the first access network providing connectivity with at least one transport network; the second access network serving a wireless communication device (WCD) with a call, and the call ending; responsive to the call ending, (i) determining which base station of the second access network most recently served the WCD, (ii) using a location of the determined base station as a basis to identify a nearby base station of the first access network, and (iii) the first access network pre-provisioning for the WCD a bearer connection with the identified base station before the WCD then requests to be served by the identified base station, wherein pre-provisioning the bearer connection with the identified base station comprises pre-provisioning the bearer connection to be between the identified base station and a gateway of the first access network by updating a record of the bearer connection at the gateway to point to the identified base station; and thereafter wirelessly receiving into the identified base station of the first access network, from the WCD, a request for the WCD to be served by the identified base station, and granting the request, wherein the pre-provisioned bearer connection with the identified base station is then used in serving the WCD.