Abstract: Aspects herein provide a system, media, and methods for/of an application that utilizes collected telecommunication data, to accurately identify directions from a UE to a nearest coverage area. In aspects, the technology assists a user (i.e., subscriber) by navigating the user, via a UE, to a geolocation that includes some type of wireless cellular coverage, for example, through a telecommunications carrier, a roaming carrier, and/or an emergency carrier.

Abstract: Aspects herein provide a system, media, and methods for/of an application that utilizes collected telecommunication data, to accurately identify directions from a UE to a nearest coverage area. In aspects, the technology assists a user (i.e., subscriber) by navigating the user, via a UE, to a geolocation that includes some type of wireless cellular coverage, for example, through a telecommunications carrier, a roaming carrier, and/or an emergency carrier.

Abstract: A method for transitioning a roaming user equipment (UE) to its home network. The method includes detecting by a roaming transition manager the presence of the UE in an idle state, and detecting by the roaming transition manager that a signal strength of a roaming connection established between the UE and a visited network of the user is less than a predefined threshold. The method additionally includes triggering by the roaming transition manager, the UE to search for an access node of a home network of the user within range of the UE. The method further includes terminating the roaming connection in response to locating an access node of the home network within range of the UE, and establishing a home connection between the UE and the home network in response to locating the access node of the home network within range of the UE.

Abstract: A wireless access node and media session extension method configured to extend a media session in a wireless network are provided. The wireless access node in one example embodiment includes a communication interface configured to exchange wireless communications with a user equipment (UE), a storage system configured to store a UE fail state corresponding to the UE of a current media session and store an extended dormancy time period, and a processing system coupled to the communication interface and to the storage system, with the processing system configured to obtain the UE fail state, if the UE fail state is true, then load the extended dormancy time period into a dormancy timer corresponding to the UE, and if the dormancy timer expires, then maintain one or both of a traffic channel and a signaling channel between the wireless access node and the UE.