Patent ID: 8718043

Claim:
A method for transmitting information from a serving network element to a mobile terminal in a mobile communications network, comprising the step of: transmitting, by the serving network element, information related to an indication indicating whether a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) via Packet Switched (PS) session is supported, to the mobile terminal, via an eNodeB, during one of a Routing Area Updated (RAU) procedure and an attach procedure, wherein the indication is determined based on at least one of a local policy and a VCC capability of the serving network element and the mobile terminal; wherein the information related to the indication is included in a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message; wherein the NAS message is transmitted by the serving network element via the eNodeB to the mobile terminal; wherein the information related to the indication is used to indicate to the mobile terminal whether the mobile terminal can expect a successful VoIP session; wherein the information related to the indication is transmitted using a predetermined bit; wherein another NAS message is transmitted by the mobile terminal indicating one of the desirability and a possibility to support a Voice Call Continuity (VCC) to a Call Continuity Control Function (CCCF); and wherein the CCCF determines whether to anchor a call of the mobile terminal based on the at least one of the desirability and the possibility to support the VCC.