Method and apparatus for priority monitoring of communication groups over multiple disparate wireless networks
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsREMA GOVIND, DANIEL R. LOEGER
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Abstract
A client device performs a method for priority scanning of groups across multiple disparate connected networks which includes the client device creating a scan list having a designated priority group in response to user input that monitors the activity of a plurality of communication groups on a first wireless network that has a one-to-one mapping to a second plurality of logically equivalent communication groups provisioned on the multiple wireless networks. The client device also receives an indication from a communication server that a group on the scan list is active and automatically and preemptively joins the active group using resources on the first wireless network.
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A method for priority monitoring of communication groups over multiple wireless networks, the method comprising a client device performing:
- receiving user input through a user interface of the client device;
- creating, in response to the user input, a scan list for monitoring activity of a first plurality of communication groups maintained on a communication server coupled to a first wireless network, wherein the first plurality of communication groups maps to a second plurality of communication groups provisioned on multiple wireless networks each coupled to the first wireless network, wherein the scan list includes a priority communication group;
- receiving, from the communication server, a first indication that a first communication group is active, wherein the first communication group maps to a second communication group, within the second plurality of communication groups, which is active on one of the multiple wireless networks;
- determining that the first communication group is on the scan list, and responsively joining the active first communication group using resources on the first wireless network.
An apparatus for priority monitoring of communication groups on multiple disparate Project 25 networks, the apparatus comprising:
- a user interface adapted to receive user input;
- a processing device adapted to, in response to the user input, designate a scan list for monitoring activity of a first plurality of communication groups maintained on a communication server coupled to a wireless network, wherein first plurality of communication groups have a one-to-one mapping to a second plurality of communication groups provisioned on the multiple disparate Project 25 networks, and wherein the processing device is further adapted to designate a communication group on the scan list as a first priority communication group that maps to a second priority communication group on a home network of the client device, wherein the home network is one of the multiple disparate Project 25 networks;
- a network interface adapted to receive a first indication from the communication server that a first communication group is active, wherein the first communication group maps to a second communication group, within the second plurality of communication groups, which is active on one of the multiple disparate Project 25 networks;
- wherein the processing device is further adapted to determine that the first communication group is on the scan list, and to responsively join the active first communication group using resources on the wireless network.
A non-transient computer-readable storage element having computer-readable code stored thereon for programming a computer to perform a method for priority monitoring of communication groups over multiple wireless networks, the method comprising:
- receiving user input through a user interface;
- creating, in response to the user input, a scan list for monitoring activity of a first plurality of communication groups maintained on a communication server coupled to a first wireless network, wherein the first plurality of communication groups maps to a second plurality of communication groups provisioned on multiple wireless networks each coupled to the first wireless network, wherein the scan list includes a first priority communication group that maps to a second priority communication group on a home network of the client device, wherein the home network is one of the multiple wireless networks;
- receiving, from the communication server, a first indication that a first communication group is active, wherein the first communication group maps to a second communication group, within the second plurality of communication groups, which is active on one of the multiple wireless networks;
- determining that the first communication group is the priority communication group on the scan list, and responsively joining the active first priority group using resources on the first wireless network.
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