Method and apparatus for assigning talk groups to network slices
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsBing Qin Lim, Zhe Qian Goh, Moheinvarman Subramaniam, Tejeash Duraimanickam
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for assigning and associating devices using a particular talkgroup to a particular network slice is provided herein. During operation talkgroups within a communication system will be assigned to particular network slices. Some network slices may have a single talkgroup assigned to them, and other network slices may have multiple talkgroups assigned to them. During operation, communication-system infrastructure will conduct all communications for a group of devices over a particular talkgroup via a particular network slice.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive a notification that a device is part of, or has joined a particular talkgroup, wherein the particular talkgroup comprises a logical communications channel;
- determine incident contextual information of a public safety incident based on a computer aided dispatch (CAD) identification;
- create a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) narrowband talkgroup based on a comparison of the incident contextual information with talkgroup creation criteria;
- determine, based on the LMR narrowband talkgroup, a particular network slice configured with a network slice operating parameter;
- and
- assign the device to the particular network slice.
An apparatus comprising:
- a database comprising talkgroups and their associated network slice, wherein the talkgroups comprise logical communications channels and the network slices comprise a subnet of a communications system;
- circuitry configured to:
- receive an indication that a device has joined a particular talkgroup;
- determine incident contextual information of a public safety incident based on a computer aided dispatch (CAD) identification;
- create a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) narrowband talkgroup based on a comparison of the incident contextual information with talkgroup creation criteria;
- access, based on the LMR narrowband talkgroup, the database to determine a particular network slice configured with a network slice type;
- facilitate communications for the device using the particular network slice;
- modify network slice parameters for the particular network slice based on the incident contextual information;
- wherein the circuitry modifies the network slice parameters by increasing or decreasing network slice capacity, increasing or decreasing network slice bandwidth, increasing or decreasing network slice latency, or increasing or decreasing network slice Quality of Service (QoS).
A method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request from a device to join a particular talkgroup, wherein the particular talkgroup comprises a logical communication channel;
- determining incident contextual information of a public safety incident based on a computer aided dispatch (CAD) identification;
- creating a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) narrowband talkgroup based on a comparison of the incident contextual information with talkgroup creation criteria;
- determining, based on the LMR narrowband talkgroup, a particular network slice configured with a network slice type;
- and
- configuring a network equipment to allow the device to connect and communicate using the particular network slice;
- and
- configuring the network equipment to allow the device to connect and communicate using the particular talkgroup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.