Method and apparatus for prioritizing mission critical push to talk traffic during an emergency
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsArjun Nanjundappa, Basavaraj Jayawant Pattan, Lalith Kumar, Avinash Bhat
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Abstract
Provided are methods and apparatuses for prioritizing Mission Critical Push to Talk Traffic during an emergency, related to wireless communication networks, and more particularly to mission critical services in Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication networks. A channel sensitive MCPTT prioritization scheduling method and system are provided to increase the download/upload. speeds for MCPTT users during the emergency situations. Also provided are methods and systems for prioritizing traffic for connected User Equipments (UEs) over idle UEs.
Claims12
A method for access prioritization by a device in a mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) network, comprising:
- detecting an occurrence of an emergency in a location of a mission critical service (MCX) group;
- identifying a distance of each of one or more devices from the location of the detected emergency;
- and
- prioritizing in the location of the detected emergency, an access to the MCPTT network for at least one first device among the one or more devices based on the identified distance,
- wherein the at least one first device includes at least one user equipment (UE).
A device for access prioritization in a mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) network, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- detect an occurrence of an emergency in a location of a mission critical service (MCX) group;
- identify a distance of each of one or more devices from the location of the detected emergency;
- and
- prioritize in the location of the detected emergency, an access to the MCPTT network for at least one first device among the one or more devices based on the identified distance,
- wherein the at least one first device includes at least one user equipment (UE).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.