On the support of voice call continuity across UMTS and wireless LANs
Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
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Computer Communications
Intelligent call setup strategy for multimedia communication in heterogeneous wireless network
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Decentralised secure handover in IMS-based networks
International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
IMS-Based Centralized Service Continuity
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
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The evolved 3GPP system is a hybrid mobile network architecture supporting several radio access technologies and several mobility mechanisms. In this article we briefly review the architecture and key components of this system, with particular emphasis on how it can support voice call mobility in several deployment scenarios. First, we present the so-called single-radio voice call continuity mechanisms that enable mid-call handover of VoIP calls from E-UTRAN access to the legacy UTRAN/GERAN or 1xRTT access. Then we focus on deployment scenarios that do not support voice services on E-UTRAN and present the so-called fallback mechanisms that enable handover from E-UTRAN to UTRAN/GERAN or 1xRTT at the beginning of a voice call. Finally, we address the application-layer voice call handover mechanisms enabled by the IP multimedia subsystem. Our conclusion is that the next generation of 3GPP systems are highly sophisticated mobile communication systems that support extended voice call mobility mechanisms, capable of addressing all commercial deployment needs.