METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CROSS JURISDICTIONAL MUTUAL AID REQUESTS

• US 20140122721A1
• Filed: 10/25/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Marocchi, James A., CHEN, ETHAN Y., SCHULER, FRANCESCA
• Granted Patent: US 9,336,501 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5022 by giving priorities, e.g. assigning classes of service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• 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 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

The same priority is applied to all resources assigned to an incident. A first dispatch system in a first network assigns a network resource in the first network to an incident that occurred in a first jurisdiction. The first dispatch system requests a mutual aid resource from a second dispatch system in a second network subsequent to identifying a resource gap in the first network. The first dispatch system obtains the mutual aid resource from the second dispatch system. A first policy component in the first network receives, from at least one of a first prioritization service in the first network and the at least one second network, at least one of an incident information or a mutual aid information. The first policy component correlates the mutual aid resource with obtained incident information and assigns a same priority to the network resource and the mutual aid resource.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

assigning, by a first dispatch system in a first network, at least one network resource in the first network to an incident that occurred in a first jurisdiction;

requesting, by the first dispatch system, at least one mutual aid resource from at least one second dispatch system in at least one second network subsequent to identifying a resource gap in the first network;

obtaining, by the first dispatch system, the at least one mutual aid resource from the at least one second dispatch system;

receiving, by a first policy component in the first network from one of a first prioritization service in the first network and the at least one second network, at least one of an incident information or a mutual aid information;

correlating, by the first policy component, the at least one mutual aid resource with obtained incident information and assigning priority to the at least one network resource and the at least one mutual aid resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the incident information includes at least one of an incident type and incident priority and the mutual aid information includes at least one of an identity for the at least one mutual aid resource, a mutual aid flag, and a mutual aid jurisdiction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the assigning the at least one network resource comprises identifying the at least one network resource needed for responding to the incident and assigning the at least one network resource to the incident based on an incident type.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein subsequent to receiving a mutual aid request, the second dispatch system processes the mutual aid request against local policy in the second network and sends a mutual aid flag, an agency identification and attributes for the least one mutual aid resource to the first policy component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein subsequent to sending the mutual aid resource to the first dispatch system, the second dispatch system sends a request to a second prioritization service associated with the second dispatch system for the second prioritization service to calculate a priority for the mutual aid resource.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, by the first policy component, an identity for the at least one mutual aid resource, a mutual aid flag and a mutual aid jurisdiction from a second prioritization service in the at least one second network via a second policy component in the at least one second network.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first policy component and the second policy component exchange incident related messages so that the second policy component can allocate at least one mutual aid bearer to the at least one mutual aid resource based on at least one of an incident type or an incident priority.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein subsequent to obtaining, by the first dispatch system, the at least one mutual aid resource from the at least one second network, the first dispatch system sends the at least one mutual aid resource with an incident type to the first prioritization service to calculate a priority for the at least one mutual aid resource.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising acknowledging, by the first policy component, the at least one mutual aid resource.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a first dispatch system, in a first network, configured to assign at least one network resource in the first network to an incident that occurred in a first jurisdiction, to request at least one mutual aid resource from at least one second dispatch system in at least one second network subsequent to identifying a resource gap in the first network, and to obtain the at least one mutual aid resource from the at least one second network;

a first prioritization service, in the first network, configured to provide incident information for calculating a priority for the at least one resource; and

a first policy component, in the first network, configured to receive, from at least one of the first prioritization service and the at least one second network, at least one of an incident information and a mutual aid information, to correlate the at least one mutual aid resource with the obtained incident information, and assign priority for the at least one network resource and the at least one mutual aid resource.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the incident information includes at least one of an incident type and incident priority and the mutual aid information includes at least one of an identity for the at least one mutual aid resource, a mutual aid flag and a mutual aid jurisdiction

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first dispatch component is configured to identify, in the first jurisdiction, the at least one network resource needed for responding to the incident and to assign the at least one network resource to the incident based on an incident type.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein subsequent to receiving a mutual aid request, the second dispatch system is configured to process the mutual aid request against local policy in the second network and send a mutual aid flag, an agency identification and attributes for the least one mutual aid resource to the first policy component.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein subsequent to sending the mutual aid resource to the first dispatch system, the second dispatch system sends a request to a second prioritization service associated with the second dispatch system for the second prioritization service to calculate a priority for the mutual aid resource.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first policy component is configured to receive an identity for the at least one mutual aid resource, a mutual aid flag and a mutual aid jurisdiction from a second prioritization service in the at least one second network via a second policy component in the at least one second network.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first policy component and the second policy component exchange incident related messages so that the second policy component can allocate at least one mutual aid bearer to the at least one mutual aid resource based on at least one of an incident type or an incident priority.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein subsequent to obtaining the at least one mutual aid resource from the at least one second network, the first dispatch system is configured to send the at least one mutual aid resource with an incident type to the first prioritization service to calculate a priority for the at least one mutual aid resource.

18. An apparatus comprising:

a first network comprising a first dispatch system configured to assign at least one network resource in the first network to an incident that occurred in a first jurisdiction; and

at least one second network configured to provide at least one mutual aid resource from at least one second dispatch system in the at least one second network responsive to receiving a request from the first dispatch system identifying a resource gap in the first network,

wherein the first network further comprises a first prioritization service configured to provide incident information for calculating a priority for the at least one resource and a first policy component configured to receive, from one of the first prioritization service and the at least one second network, at least one of the incident information and a mutual aid information, to correlate the at least one mutual aid resource with the obtained incident information, and assign priority for the at least one network resource and the at least one mutual aid resource, and

wherein in the second network the at least one second dispatch system is configured to process a mutual aid request against local policy in the second network and send the mutual aid information to the first policy component.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein subsequent to sending the mutual aid resource to the first dispatch system, the second dispatch system sends a request to a second prioritization service associated with the second dispatch system for the second prioritization service to calculate a priority for the mutual aid resource.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first policy component is configured to receive an identity for the at least one mutual aid resource, a mutual aid flag and a mutual aid jurisdiction from a second prioritization service in the at least one second network via a second policy component in the at least one second network,

wherein the first policy component and the second policy component exchange incident related messages so that the second policy component can allocate at least one mutual aid bearer to the at least one mutual aid resource based on at least one of an incident type or an incident priority.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein subsequent to obtaining the at least one mutual aid resource from the at least one second network, the first dispatch system is configured to send the at least one mutual aid resource with an incident type to the first prioritization service to calculate a priority for the at least one mutual aid resource.