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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventor:

Ryan J. McGinn, Shawnee, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06217 (2013.01); H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication system controls a Long Term Evolution (LTE) media session with an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). An LTE Packet Gateway (P-GW) establishes an IMS bearer between User Equipment (UE) and an IMS server. The IMS server receives a media session request over the IMS bearer and processes the media session request to establish the media session including transferring a media session instruction for delivery to an LTE Policy, Charging, and Rules Function (PCRF) system. The IMS server detects a PCRF bypass condition for the media session, and in response, transfers a UE session instruction for delivery to the UE to use the IMS bearer for the media session. The UE and IMS server exchange media data for the media session over the IMS bearer through the LTE P-GW.


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