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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2004
Applicants:

Cynthia Florkey, Chicago, IL (US);

Ruth Schaefer Gayde, Naperville, IL (US);

Victoria Marie Halsell, Aurora, IL (US);

Karla Rae Hunter, Naperville, IL (US);

E-ling Lou, Naperville, IL (US);

Inventors:

Cynthia Florkey, Chicago, IL (US);

Ruth Schaefer Gayde, Naperville, IL (US);

Victoria Marie Halsell, Aurora, IL (US);

Karla Rae Hunter, Naperville, IL (US);

E-Ling Lou, Naperville, IL (US);

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Reconnection of a mobile unit to a call session controlled by a first MSC is supported responsive to a network-initiated or mobile-originated reconnect attempt even in instances where the mobile unit has roamed to a border cell controlled by a second MSC. In a network-initiated reconnect attempt, the first MSC sends a suspended call page request to a second MSC. The second MSC pages the mobile unit, sets up a bearer channel to the mobile unit, and sends to the first MSC a suspended call page response including indicia of the bearer channel set up by the second MSC. The first MSC establishes a bearer channel to the second MSC thereby reconnecting the mobile unit to the call session. In a mobile-originated reconnect attempt, the mobile unit sends a mobile-originated reconnect message to the second MSC. If the second MSC does not find session information associated with the call, it sends a suspended call handoff request to the first MSC causing the first MSC to query a database to find indicia of the call session, establish a bearer channel to the second MSC and send to the second MSC a suspended call handoff acknowledgement including information associated with the call session. The second MSC establishes a bearer channel to the mobile unit thereby reconnecting the mobile unit to the call session.


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