Method and system for setting quality of service for a bearer in response to an emergency event

• US 8,982,783 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2011
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Miller, Trent J., Agulnik, Anatoly, Ekl, Randy L., Marocchi, James A., Pandey, Aparna, Thomas, Peter E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Riyami, Abdullah
• Application Number:
  US13/180,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20120026880A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,345 Days
• Field of Search: 370/229, 370/230, 370/235, 370/231, 370/232, 370/234, 370/252, 370/329, 370/395.21, 370/395.43, 455/404.2, 455/90.2, 455/518
• US Class Current: 370/328
• 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 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

An interoperability gateway performs a method for setting Quality of Service for a bearer in response to an emergency event. The method includes the interoperability gateway performing: receiving a indication of an emergency event for a first user, wherein the first user is operating a first device in a first network of a first network type; responsive to receiving the indication, determining a set of devices related to the first user, wherein the set of devices includes the first device and at least a second device operating in a second network of a second network type; instructing the second network to modify at least one Quality of Service setting for the second device.

Claims

1. A method of setting Quality of Service for a wireless wide area network (WAN) bearer in response to an emergency event, the method comprising:

an interoperability gateway performing;

receiving a signal from a first device, wherein the signal comprises an indication of an emergency event for a first user and wherein the first user is operating the first device in a first wireless WAN of a first network type;

responsive to receiving the indication, determining a set of devices related to the first user, wherein the set of devices includes the first device and at least a second device operating in a second wireless WAN of a second network type;

instructing the second WAN to modify at least one Quality of Service setting for a bearer belonging to the second WAN, wherein the bearer belonging to the second WAN is for use by the second device for transport of content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second wide area network is instructed to modify the Quality of Service for an existing bearer for the second device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second wide area network is instructed to apply a Quality of Service setting for a bearer established for the second device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising instructing the first wide area network to modify the Quality of Service for an existing bearer for the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first network type is different from the second network type.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising, responsive to receiving the indication of the emergency event, initiating an application for at least one of the first device or the second device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising, responsive to receiving the indication of the emergency event, modifying an authorization to allow the second device to use an application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of devices comprises determining a plurality of devices operated by the first user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of devices comprises determining at least one device, including the second device, which is operated by a user other than the first user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of devices comprises determining a plurality of devices within a defined proximity of the first user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the defined proximity comprises multiple jurisdictions.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of devices comprises determining a plurality of devices assigned to a same agency as the first user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of devices comprises determining a plurality of devices assigned to a same incident as the first user.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of an emergency event is provided by an entity other than the first device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein instructing the second network to set Quality of Service for at least one bearer for the second device comprises instructing the second wide area network to change at least one of:

allocation and retention priority of a bearer currently allocated to the second device;

a scheduling priority of a bearer currently allocated to the second device;

a level of performance of a service data flow from the second device;

a user'"'"'s access class;

or

a default bearer currently allocated to the second device to a dedicated bearer having a specified Quality of Service.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising lowering the Quality of Service for an application running on a device in the set of devices.

17. A system for setting Quality of Service for a wireless wide area network (WAN) bearer in response to an emergency event, the system comprising:

an interface configured to connect to a device to receive a signal from a first device, wherein the signal comprises an indication of an emergency event for a first user and wherein the first user is operating the first device in a first wireless WAN of a first network type; and

a processing device couple to the interface and configured to;

responsive to receiving the indication, determine a set of devices related to the first user, wherein the set of devices includes the first device and at least a second device operating in a second wireless WAN of a second network type;

instruct the second WAN to set Quality of Service for at least one bearer belonging to the second WAN, wherein the bearer belonging to the second WAN is for use by the second device for transport of content.