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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Octavio Jose DE Franca Lima, The Colony, TX (US);

Gunnar Mildh, Sollentuna, SE;

Inventors:

Octavio Jose de Franca Lima, The Colony, TX (US);

Gunnar Mildh, Sollentuna, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 36/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for allowing distribution of congestion-related information between a cellular communication system supporting circuit-switched services and a cellular communication system supporting packet-switched services. A message destined for the packet-switched communication system is identified at the circuit-switched communication system, and congestion-related information, indicating the present congestion status of the circuit-switched communication network is included into the message. The message is then forwarded to a network node of the packet-switched communication system, where either a user equipment or the network node of the first cellular communication system can control Circuit-switched Fallback (CSFB) attempts towards the second communication system on the basis of the congestion-related information prior to having to initiate any access signaling associated with the CSFB attempts.


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