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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yingjie Zhao, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Wanping Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Li Su, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/028 (2013.01); H04W 76/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, apparatus and method to maintain continuity of a Voice over Long Term Evolution (LTE) (VoLTE) call. The system includes a first user equipment (UE) configured to perform a (VoLTE) call and a second UE configured to perform the VoLTE call with the first UE. The UE's are configured to maintain continuity of the VoLTE call by determining when one of a first dedicated bearer linked to a first default bearer of the first UE or a second dedicated bearer linked to a second default bearer of the second UE is lost and transmitting a signal to an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) server that prevents release of the determined dedicated bearer, the signal further triggering a re-activation of the determined dedicated bearer.


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