Patent ID: 8995978
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a processing module; a transceiver module coupled to the processing module, the transceiver module to receive and transmit wireless signals, the wireless signals comprising a transmitted Attach Request Message sent from the apparatus to a mobile service center (MSC) after a network registration procedure is initiated by the apparatus, and the wireless signals further comprising a received Attach Response Message, the Attach Response Message comprising a subscriber identity that is used to identify the apparatus to the MSC and emergency call provisioning information that is different from the subscriber identity; and a storage module coupled to the processing module, the storage module to store the emergency call provisioning information received by the transceiver module via the Attach Response Message, the emergency call provisioning information including a toggleable indicator that is useable to initiate provisioning of the apparatus as an emergency call only apparatus or an apparatus that functions as a non-emergency call apparatus, the emergency call provisioning information to provision the apparatus as an emergency call apparatus.