Methods and systems for establishing a circuit-switched fallback scan-list

摘要

In a communication system comprising a first base station of a plurality of base stations, a computing system may identify one or more other base stations of the plurality based on whether each of the one or more other base stations sits as a node on the same local area network (LAN) as the first base station, and perhaps based on other considerations, such as whether each of the one or more other base stations is geographically located near the first base station and whether each operates with a whitelist. The computing system may then cause the first base station to wirelessly transmit, to at least one user equipment device (UE) served by the first base station, a specification of the identified one or more base stations to enable the at least one UE to search for coverage of at least one of the specified one or more base stations.

主权项

1. A method for controlling which base stations are specified in a scan-list that is transmitted by a first base station of a plurality of base stations, the method comprising:
identifying, by a computing system, one or more other base stations of the plurality based at least in part on a determination that each base station of the identified one or more other base stations (i) is geographically located within a predefined threshold distance of the first base station and (ii) is a node on a local area network (LAN) on which the first base station is a node, the LAN being a network of locally interconnected nodes each having a respective Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the LAN; based on the identifying, establishing a scan-list that specifies the identified one or more other base stations; and responsive to the establishing, the computing system causing the first base station to wirelessly transmit, to at least one user equipment device (UE) served by the first base station, the scan-list specifying the identified one or more other base stations to enable the at least one UE to search for coverage of at least one base station of the specified one or more base stations.