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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Lily Zhu, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Andrew E. Youtz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Kyriaki Konstantinou, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, performed by a device of a wireless access network, includes determining, by the device, that Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) capability is enabled for a network segment of the wireless access network; designating, by the device, the network segment for VoLTE enforcement; adding, by the device, an indication of VoLTE enforcement to a message information block; and transmitting, by the device, the message information block on the network segment.