Operational control signaling in support of interoperability functionalities with surveillance infrastructure

A network entity comprising:

• a memory storing processor-readable code;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to execute the processor-readable code to cause the at least one processor to:
• transmit operational control signals to one or more multimedia, security, surveillance (MSS) MSS entities via an MSS interface of the network entity, the MSS interface configured to transmit the operational control signals in a communication protocol compatible with a first radio access technology (RAT) of the one or more MSS entities, the communication protocol being incompatible with a second RAT of the network entity, the first RAT being different from the second RAT;
• and
• receive MSS data from at least one MSS entity of the one or more of the MSS entities via the MSS interface.

A multimedia, security, surveillance (MSS) entity comprising:

• a memory storing processor-readable code;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to execute the processor-readable code to cause the at least one processor to:
• receiving operational control signals from a network entity via a MSS interface, the operational control signals received in a communication protocol compatible with a first radio access technology (RAT) of the MSS entity, the communication protocol being incompatible with a second RAT of of the network entity, the first RAT being different from the second RAT;
• and
• transmitting MSS data to the network entity via the MSS interface using the communication protocol compatible with the MSS entity.