METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIATING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS

摘要

An aspect of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request from a communication device to initiate a communication session in a packet-switched network, obtaining a first name authority pointer record responsive to determining that there is an undesirable operational state in the packet-switched network, wherein the first name authority pointer record comprises a commented out record, obtaining a second name authority pointer record responsive to determining that there is a desirable operation state in the packet-switched network, wherein the second name authority pointer record comprises a record, and initiating the communication session according to one of the first name authority pointer record or the second name authority pointer record. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a request from a communication device to initiate a communication session; obtaining, by the system, a first name authority pointer record comprising a commented out record responsive to determining that there is an undesirable fault level in a voice over long term evolution network, wherein the commented out record causes a network element processing the record to initiate the communication session utilizing a circuit-switched communication network; obtaining, by the system, a second name authority pointer record responsive to determining that there is no fault or a tolerable level of faults in the voice over long term evolution network, wherein the second name authority pointer record comprises a record for initiating the communication session utilizing a voice over long term evolution network; and initiating, by the system, the communication session according to one of the first name authority pointer record or the second name authority pointer record obtained by the system.