Multi-group call setup method and device

• US 10,425,775 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• 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: Yang, Yanmei, Wu, Yizhuang, Ge, Cuili
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, John J
• Application Number:
  US15/722,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20180027392A1
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 455518, 455517, 455519, 455520, 455 6711
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/08 Trunked mobile radio systems

Abstract

A multi-group call setup method and device are disclosed. The method includes determining, by a first MCPTT server, to set up a multi-group call involving N MCPTT groups, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and sending, by the first MCPTT server, a call message to first UE, where the call message is used to add the first UE to the multi-group call, where a first MCPTT user is an associated user of the first UE, and where the first MCPTT user is an MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups.

Claims

1. A multi-group call setup method, comprising:

receiving, by a first mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) server of a temporary group comprising N MCPTT groups, a multi-group call setup message sent from a second user equipment (UE), wherein a second MCPTT user is an associated user of the second UE, and the second MCPTT user is a MCPTT user in one of the N MCPTT groups, wherein the multi-group call setup message comprises an identifier of the temporary group;

determining, by the first MCPTT server, to set up a multi-group call involving the N MCPTT groups, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and

sending, by the first MCPTT server, a call message to a UE, wherein the call message is used to add the first UE to the multi-group call, wherein a first MCPTT user is an associated user of the first UE, and wherein the first MCPTT user is an MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups;

wherein the sending the call message to the first UE comprises sending, by the first MCPTT server, a first paging message to a MCPTT server of a MCPTT group to which the first MCPTT user belongs according to an identifier of the MCPTT group to which the first MCPTT user belongs, wherein the first paging message causes the MCPTT server of the MCPTT group to which the first MCPTT user belongs to send a second paging message to the first UE to page the first UE to join the multi-group call, and wherein the first paging message comprises the identifier of the temporary group.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by a first MCPTT server, to set up a multi-group call involving N MCPTT groups comprises:

determining, by the first MCPTT server according to the multi-group call setup message, to set up the multi-group call, wherein the first MCPTT user is any MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups other than the second MCPTT user.

3. A multi-group call setup method, comprising:

receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), a call message, wherein the call message is used to add the first UE to a multi-group call involving N mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) groups, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein a first MCPTT user is an associated user of the first UE, and wherein the first MCPTT user is an MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups; and

joining, by the first UE, the multi-group call according to the call message;

wherein the receiving the call message comprises receiving, by the first UE, a notification message, wherein the notification message comprises a session identifier of the multi-group call, and wherein the notification message instructs the first UE to join the multi-group call according to the session identifier; and

wherein the joining the multi-group call according to the call message comprises joining, by the first UE, the multi-group call according to the session identifier.

4. A mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) server of a temporary group comprising N MCPTT groups, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to receive a multi-group call setup message from a second user equipment (UE), wherein a second MCPTT user is an associated user of the second UE, wherein the second MCPTT user is a MCPTT user in an MCPTT group of the N MCPTT groups, and wherein the multi-group call setup message comprises an identifier of the temporary group;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to;

determine to set up a multi-group call involving the N MCPTT groups, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and

cause the transceiver to send a call message to a first UE, wherein the call message is used to add the first UE to the multi-group call, wherein a first MCPTT user is an associated user of the first UE, and wherein the first MCPTT user is an MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups;

wherein program further includes instructions to cause the transceiver to send, in response to sending the call message to the first UE, a first paging message to a MCPTT server of a MCPTT group to which the first MCPTT user belongs according to an identifier of the MCPTT group to which the first MCPTT user belongs, wherein the first paging message causes the MCPTT server of the MCPTT group to which the first MCPTT user belongs to send a second paging message to the first UE to page the first UE to join the multi-group call, and wherein the first paging message comprises the identifier of the temporary group.

5. The MCPTT server according to claim 4, wherein the program further includes instructions to determine, when determining to set up the multi-group call involving the N MCPTT groups, according to the multi-group call setup message, to set up the multi-group call, wherein the first MCPTT user is an MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups other than the second MCPTT user.

6. User equipment (UE), serving as a first UE, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to receive a call message, wherein the call message is used to add the first UE to a multi-group call involving N mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) groups, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, a first MCPTT user is an associated user of the first UE, and the first MCPTT user is any MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to;

join the multi-group call according to the call message;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a notification message when receiving the call message, wherein the notification message comprises a session identifier of the multi-group call, and wherein the notification message instructs the first UE to join the multi-group call according to the session identifier; and

wherein the program further includes instructions to join the multi-group call according to the session identifier when joining the multi-group call according to the call message.

7. The UE according to claim 6, wherein the multi-group call involving the N MCPTT groups is initiated by a second MCPTT user, and wherein the first MCPTT user is an MCPTT user in the N MCPTT groups other than the second MCPTT user.

8. The UE according to claim 6, wherein the transceiver is further configured to perform, when receiving the call message, at least one of:

receive the call message that is sent by an MCPTT server of an MCPTT group to which the first MCPTT user belongs;

or

receive the call message that is sent by an MCPTT server of the first MCPTT user;

or

receive the call message that is sent by an MCPTT server of a temporary group that comprises the N MCPTT groups.