Method and apparatus of power control for a public warning system

• US 8,824,996 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2012
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Andersen, Niels Peter Skov, Williams, David
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/554,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20120280792A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/418, 340/539.16
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for broadcasting messages in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes employing a paging channel to receive a broadcast event on a wireless device and utilizing the broadcast event to trigger a warning message on the device. For example, the broadcast event can be detected from a natural disaster such as a primary earthquake warning or tsunami.

Claims

1. A method for broadcasting messages in a wireless communication system, comprising:

employing a paging channel to transmit a warning indicator relating to a public warning to a plurality of wireless devices, wherein;

the warning indicator is employed to deliver an urgent message to the plurality of wireless devices and to enable a broadcast service in the plurality of wireless devices;

an alarm in the plurality of wireless devices is triggered in response to receiving the warning indicator; and

the warning indicator causes the plurality of wireless devices to enter into listen mode to receive subsequent data regarding the public warning.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast event is generated upon detecting a natural disaster.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the subsequent data is broadcast via a cell broadcast service, a mobile television service, a digital video broadcast, or a mobile broadcast multimedia service.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a dedicated warning message or generating the warning message as a transmission indicator on an existing paging message.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising employing a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC) to activate the wireless devices.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the MCC is 901 and the MNC is 08.

7. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a memory that retains code for

employing a paging channel to transmit a warning indicator relating to a public warning to a plurality of wireless devices, wherein;

the warning indicator is employed to deliver an urgent message to the plurality of wireless devices and to enable a broadcast service in the plurality of wireless devices,

an alarm in the plurality of wireless devices is triggered in response to receiving the warning indicator, and

the warning indicator causes the plurality of wireless devices to enter into listen mode to receive subsequent data regarding the public warning; and

a processor that executes the code.

8. The communications apparatus of claim 7, wherein the warning signal is triggered from earthquakes, tsunami events, fire warnings, hurricanes, tornadoes, an outbreak of disease, a volcanic eruption, or an impending war.

9. The communications apparatus of claim 7, wherein the subsequent warning messages are broadcast via a cell broadcast service, a mobile television service, a digital video broadcast, or a mobile broadcast multimedia service.

10. A communications apparatus, comprising:

means for employing a paging channel to transmit a warning indicator relating to a public warning to a plurality of wireless devices, wherein;

the warning indicator is employed to deliver an urgent message to the plurality of wireless devices and to enable a broadcast service in the plurality of wireless devices;

an alarm in the plurality of wireless devices is triggered in response to receiving the warning indicator; and

the warning indicator causes the plurality of wireless devices to enter into listen mode to receive subsequent data regarding the public warning.

11. The communications apparatus of claim 10, wherein the broadcast event is generated upon detecting a natural disaster.

12. The communications apparatus of claim 10, wherein the subsequent data is broadcast via a cell broadcast service, a mobile television service, a digital video broadcast, or a mobile broadcast multimedia service.

13. The communications apparatus of claim 10, further comprising means for generating a dedicated warning message or means for generating the warning message as a transmission indicator on an existing paging message.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable product having stored thereon computer-executable code for:

employing a paging channel to transmit a warning indicator relating to a public warning to a plurality of wireless devices, wherein;

the warning indicator is employed to deliver an urgent message to the plurality of wireless devices and to enable a broadcast service in the plurality of wireless devices;

an alarm in the plurality of wireless devices is triggered in response to receiving the warning indicator; and

the warning indicator causes the plurality of wireless devices to enter into listen mode to receive subsequent data regarding the public warning.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable product of claim 14, wherein the broadcast event is generated upon detecting a natural disaster.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable product of claim 14, wherein the subsequent data is broadcast via a cell broadcast service, a mobile television service, a digital video broadcast, or a mobile broadcast multimedia service.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable product of claim 14, further comprising computer-executable code for generating a dedicated warning message or computer-executable code for generating the warning message as a transmission indicator on an existing paging message.