Floor control method and apparatus

• US 10,129,712 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2018
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Dong, Ying, Liu, Shaofeng, Li, Haiyue, Yang, Xiaobin
• Primary Examiner(s): Rego, Dominic E
• Application Number:
  US15/927,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20180213369A1
• Time in Patent Office: 237 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A floor control method and apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment a floor control method includes receiving, by a server over Long Term Evolution network, a first message sent by user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor request, generating, by the server, a second message according to a floor control policy and the first message, wherein the second message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is floor granted and sending, by the server, the second message to the UE, wherein the second message is used to instruct the UE to notify a user of the UE that a floor is granted.

Claims

1. A floor control method comprising:

receiving, by a server over Long Term Evolution network, a first message sent by user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor request;

generating, by the server, a second message according to a floor control policy and the first message, wherein the second message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is floor granted;

sending, by the server, the second message to the UE, wherein the second message is used to instruct the UE to notify a user of the UE that a floor is granted;

receiving, by the server, a response message responsive to the second message sent by the UE;

generating, by the server, a first instruction message according to the response message, wherein the first instruction message is used to instruct a media distributor to perform uplink voice switching on a media plane; and

sending, by the server, the first instruction message to the media distributor.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the server, a fourth message sent by the UE, wherein the fourth message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor release.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the server, that the user needs to release the floor;

generating, by the server, a fifth message, wherein the fifth message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is floor release;

sending, by the server, the fifth message to the UE; and

receiving, by the server, a response message sent by the user in response to the fifth message.

4. A floor control apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first message sent by user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor request;

a processor configured to generate a second message according to a floor control policy and the first message, wherein the second message comprises the parameter indicating that the event type is a floor granted; and

a sender configured to send the second message to the UE, wherein the second message is used to instruct the UE to notify a user to of the UE that a floor is granted,

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a response message responsive to the second message sent by the UE,

wherein the processor is further configured to generate a first instruction message according to the response message, the first instruction message being used to instruct a media distributor to perform uplink voice switching on a media plane, and

wherein the sender is further configured to send the first instruction message to the media distributor.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a fourth message sent by the UE, and wherein the fourth message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor release.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine that the user needs to release the floor; and

generate a fifth message, wherein the fifth message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor release,

wherein the sender is further configured to send the fifth message to the UE, and

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a response message sent by the UE in response to the fifth message.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer in a server over Long Term Evolution network, cause the computer to:

receive a first message sent by user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor request;

generate a second message according to a floor control policy and the first message, wherein the second message comprises the parameter indicating that the event type is floor granted; and

send the second message to the UE, wherein the second message is used to instruct the UE to notify a user of the UE that a floor is granted;

receive a response message responsive to the second message sent by the UE;

generate a first instruction message according to the response message, wherein the first instruction message is used to instruct a media distributor to perform uplink voice switching on a media plane; and

send the first instruction message to the media distributor.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, further comprising instructions to receive a fourth message sent by the UE, wherein the fourth message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is floor release.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, further comprising instructions to:

determine that the user needs to release the floor;

generate a fifth message, wherein the fifth message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor release;

send the fifth message to the UE; and

receive a response message sent by the user in response to the fifth message.