Patent ID: 8331318
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A multi-mode terminal, comprising: an initiating unit, adapted to initiate a handover request for a multimedia session, wherein a direction of the requested handover is from a combination bearer to a multimedia bearer or from the multimedia bearer to the combination bearer, and the combination bearer is a combination of at least two access network bearer modes jointly bearing the multimedia session; an information adding unit, adapted to add handover context information in the handover request initiated by the initiating unit; a release unit, adapted to release the multimedia session to be handed over before a media negotiation after the media negotiation succeeds; a remote session information storage unit, adapted to store information sent from a network side notifying whether each combinational session between a multimedia call continuity (MCC) and a multimedia call continuity capable user equipment (MCC UE) is corresponding to one multimedia session between the MCC and a remote UE in a call establishment process when the MCC UE acts as a callee; and a number indication unit, adapted to indicate a number of the handover request initiated by the initiating unit according to the information stored by the remote session information storage unit when the initiating unit intends to initiate the handover request for handing over the combination bearer to the multimedia bearer.