Managing bearers

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing bearers are provided. In a current telecommunications system, a maximum number of bearers are available to simultaneously support various services. By utilizing different internet protocol addresses from differing networks, the maximum number of bearers may be increased. Specifically, by registering a user device with both an IPv4 and IPv6 network, with different IP addresses associated with the respective bearers, a user device may access an additional number of bearers in excess of the previous maximum number of bearers available.

主权项

1. A method for managing bearers, the method comprising:
identifying a desired service; identifying an initiation of the desired service requires exceeding a maximum number of bearers permitted on an initial network on which the user device is currently registered; in response to identifying that the initiation of the desired service on the initial network requires exceeding a maximum number of bearers permitted on the initial network on which the user device is currently registered, concurrently registering the user device with an alternate network in order to access one or more additional bearers; registering the desired service with a first identifier associated with a bearer to be used on the alternate network, wherein the first identifier is different from a second identifier associated with a bearer in use on the initial network, wherein each of the first identifier and the second identifier indicates an internet protocol (IP) address, and wherein each IP address identifies an IP version 4 (IPv4) or IP version 6 (IPv6) configuration of the alternate network and the initial network, respectively; and prioritizing the desired service based on the IPv4 or IPv6 configuration identified via the IP address of the first identifier associated with the desired service registered with the alternate network.