Supporting emergency preparedness communications in openroaming environments

A network controller configured to enable Emergency Preparedness Communications Service (EPCS) in a network, comprising:

• one or more memories having computer-readable instructions stored therein;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
• receive a request from a network device to establish a connection to the network, wherein the request indicates an occurrence of an emergency event and at least one user equipment associated with the emergency event;
• prioritize, for the device, access to the network based on the request in accordance with a resource allocation policy comprising a plurality of access levels associated with a plurality of EPCS groups;
• allocate one or more network resources in accordance with the resource allocation policy to the network device, wherein the one or more network resources are configured to modify a set of attributes of the network device to grant the network device with an increased priority related to the emergency event;
• and
• transmit a message to the network device to indicate authorization for the network device to establish a connection with the network according to the increased priority.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-readable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a network controller, cause the network controller to:

• receive a request from a network device to establish a connection to the network, wherein the request indicates an occurrence of an emergency event and at least one user equipment associated with the emergency event;
• prioritize, for the device, access to the network based on the request in accordance with a resource allocation policy comprising a plurality of access levels associated with a plurality of EPCS groups;
• allocate one or more network resources in accordance with the resource allocation policy to the network device, wherein the one or more network resources are configured to modify a set of attributes of the network device to grant the network device with an increased priority related to the emergency event;
• and
• transmit a message to the network device to indicate authorization for the network device to establish a connection with the network according to the increased priority.