METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING NETWORK FAILURES

摘要

An aspect of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a communication request responsive to a telephone number mapping query failure, where the communication request is initiated by an originating communication device requesting a communication session with a terminating communication device, foregoing initiating the communication session as a circuit-switched communication session responsive to determining that the originating communication device and the terminating communication device are enabled to use packet-switched communications, and instructing a second network node to initiate the communication session as a packet-switched communication session between the originating communication device and the terminating communication device responsive to the determination. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a multiple systems coupling server comprising a processor, a communication request from a network node responsive to a telephone number mapping query failure, wherein the communication request is initiated by an originating communication device requesting a communication session, and wherein the communication request comprises a terminating party identifier of a terminating party communication device and an originating party identifier of the originating communication device; determining, by the multiple systems coupling server, that the originating communication device and the terminating communication device are enabled to use packet-switched communications according to the originating party identifier of the originating communication device and the terminating party identifier of the terminating party communication device; and instructing, by the multiple systems coupling server, a call session control function device to initiate the communication session as a packet-switched communication session between the originating communication device and the terminating communication device responsive the determination.