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US 8,897,179 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for detecting an offline radio resource in an interoperability system
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorMark Conrad Gonsalves
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining an indication that indicates that a donor radio is online with respect to an interoperability system, and determining if the indication is accurate. If the indication is not accurate, the method includes identifying a communication status for the donor radio within the interoperability system as a fail. Alternatively, if the indication is accurate, the communication status for the donor radio is identified within the interoperability system as being a success.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- obtaining an indication, the indication being arranged to indicate that a donor radio is online with respect to an interoperability system, the indication further being arranged to indicate that the donor radio is transmitting, wherein obtaining the indication includes detecting at least one real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet on a multicast group associated with the donor radio;
- determining if the indication is accurate, wherein determining if the indication is accurate includes determining if a notification is received from the donor radio, the notification being arranged to indicate that the donor radio is transmitting, and wherein determining if the indication is accurate further includes determining if the notification is received from the donor radio within a predetermined time period;
- identifying a communication status for the donor radio as a fail if it is determined that the indication is not accurate, the communication status being identified within the interoperability system;
- and
- identifying the communication status for the donor radio as a success if it is determined that the indication is accurate within the interoperability system.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code, when executed, configured to:
- obtain an indication, the indication being arranged to indicate that a donor radio is online with respect to an interoperability system, the indication further being arranged to indicate that the donor radio is transmitting, wherein the computer program code configured to obtain the indication is configured to detect at least one real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet on a multicast group associated with the donor radio;
- determine if the indication is accurate, wherein the computer program code configured to determine if the indication is accurate is configured to determine if a notification is received from the donor radio, the notification being arranged to indicate that the donor radio is transmitting, and wherein the computer program code configured to determine if the indication is accurate is further configured to determine if the notification is received from the donor radio within a predetermined time period;
- identify a communication status for the donor radio as a fail if it is determined that the indication is not accurate, the communication status being identified within the interoperability system;
- and
- identify the communication status for the donor radio as a success if it is determined that the indication is accurate within the interoperability system.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for obtaining an indication, the indication being arranged to indicate that a donor radio is online with respect to an interoperability system, the indication further being arranged to indicate that the donor radio is transmitting, wherein the means for obtaining the indication include means for detecting at least one real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet on a multicast group associated with the donor radio;
- means for determining if the indication is accurate, wherein the means for determining if the indication is accurate include means for determining if a notification is received from the donor radio, the notification being arranged to indicate that the donor radio is transmitting, and wherein the means for determining if the indication is accurate further include means for determining if the notification is received from the donor radio within a predetermined time period;
- means for identifying a communication status for the donor radio as a fail if it is determined that the indication is not accurate, the communication status being identified within the interoperability system;
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- means for identifying the communication status for the donor radio as a success if it is determined that the indication is accurate within the interoperability system.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a communications arrangement, the communications arrangement being configured to communicate with a donor radio;
- a transmission issue sensing arrangement, the transmission issue sensing arrangement being configured to determine when the donor radio is expected to be online but is not online;
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- a packet monitoring and detection arrangement, the packet monitoring and detection arrangement being arranged to detect when a real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet is present on a multicast group associated with the donor radio by obtaining an indication, the indication being a notification received from the donor radio, the transmission issue sensing arrangement further being configured to determine if the indication is accurate, wherein the sensing arrangement is configured to determine if the indication is accurate by determining if the indication is if the indication is received from the donor radio within a predetermined time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.