Method and apparatus for remote device status monitoring in mission-critical communications (mcc)

A method for monitoring, by a responder device among a plurality of client devices, remote device status in mission-critical communications, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a server, a second monitoring request for monitoring a status of the responder device among the plurality of remote devices, wherein the second monitoring request is based on one or more policies corresponding to a first monitoring request received by the server from a dispatcher device;
• identifying device status related to the responder device based on the received second monitoring request;
• and
• transmitting, to the server, a message including information about the device status related to the responder device.

A server for monitoring remote device status in mission-critical communications, the server comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to, when executes the instructions, cause the server to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a dispatcher device among a plurality of remote devices, a first monitoring request for monitoring a status of at least one responder device among the plurality of remote devices,
• transmitting, to the at least one responder device, a second monitoring request based on one or more policies corresponding to the received first monitoring request,
• receiving, from the at least one responder device, a message including information about device status related to the at least one responder device, and
• transmitting, to the dispatcher device, the received message.