| CPC H04W 76/19 (2018.02) [H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.05); H04W 76/38 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for optimizing an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) packet data network (PDN) connection, the method comprising:
establishing, by a user equipment (UE), an IMS PDN connection and an internet PDN connection with at least one data network element of a communication network, wherein a primary IP address corresponding to the IMS PDN connection and a secondary IP address corresponding to the internet PDN connection are allocated to the UE by the at least one data network element;
transmitting, by the UE to an IMS, information on the secondary IP address over the internet PDN connection, before disconnecting the IMS PDN connection by the communication network;
receiving, by the UE from the IMS, a mobile terminated (MT) call notification using the secondary IP address over the internet PDN connection while the IMS PDN connection is disconnected; and
based on the received MT call notification, establishing, by the UE, the IMS PDN connection.
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