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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2012
Jan Anders Tellinger, Alvsjo, SE;
Annika Jonsson, Enskede, SE;
Timo Forsman, Alvsjo, SE;
Tobias Austrell, Alvsjo, SE;
Jan Anders Tellinger, Alvsjo, SE;
Annika Jonsson, Enskede, SE;
Timo Forsman, Alvsjo, SE;
Tobias Austrell, Alvsjo, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a network entity of an IMS network, in which a registered user is being served by an assigned Serving-Call Session Control Function, S-CSCF. The network entity includes a memory storing data that includes an identity of at least one better-matching S-CSCF in the IMS network having capabilities better suited for serving the registered user than the assigned S-CSCF. The network entity is configured to obtain an indication of the availability of the better-matching S-CSCF, and when the better-matching S-CSCF entity is available to initiate a transfer so that the registered user is served by the better-matching S-CSCF. The network entity may be the assigned S-CSCF, or may be an I-CSCF. Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of transferring a registered user to a better-matching S-CSCF.