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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2016
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Priscilla Lau, Fremont, CA (US);
Rezwanul Azim, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Wing-Cheong V. Yeung, San Ramon, CA (US);
Suzann Hua, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to receive a trigger to initiate a media session that is to be supported by a control channel and a media channel; generate a first Short Message Service (SMS) message, which includes a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message configured to initiate the media session, in response to the trigger; transmit, via non-access stratum as the control channel, the first SMS message that includes the first SIP message to a server via a mobility management entity, in response to the generation; determine whether a bearer for the media channel is already established; establish the bearer in response to a determination that the bearer is not already established; use the bearer as the media channel in response to the establishment; and use the bearer as the media channel in response to a determination that the bearer is already established.