Methods and systems for automated activation and configuration of broadband incident area networks (IANs)
First Claim
1. A method carried out by a mobile incident-area-network (IAN) base station having a plurality of selectable operating modes, the plurality of selectable operating modes including an activated mode and a dormant mode, the method comprising:
- determining at least one location in a local region of the mobile IAN base station while the mobile IAN base station is in the dormant mode;
submitting, to a geo-location-database (GDB) function, an activation permission request that includes the determined at least one location for processing by the GDB function;
receiving, from the GDB function, an activation-permission response associated with the submitted activation-permission request, wherein the received activation-permission response is based at least in part on an expected level of wide area-network (WAN) coverage associated with the determined at least one location;
transitioning the mobile IAN base station to the activated mode in response to confirming each activation criterion in a set of one or more activation criteria, the set of one or more activation criteria comprising the received activation-permission response being an activation-permission grant; and
remaining in the dormant mode in response to failing to confirm at least one activation criterion in the set of one or more activation criteria.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for automated activation and configuration of broadband LTE IANs. A mobile IAN base station, an activated mode and a dormant mode, determines at least one location in a local region of the mobile IAN base station while in the dormant mode. An activation-permission request is submitted to a geo-location-database (GDB) function, and the mobile IAN base station receives an activation-permission response. The response is based on an expected level of wide-area-network (WAN) coverage associated with the determined location. Responsive to receiving an activation-permission grant, the mobile IAN base station transitions to the activated mode. Responsive to not receiving an activation-permission grant, the mobile IAN base station remains in the dormant mode.
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1. A method carried out by a mobile incident-area-network (IAN) base station having a plurality of selectable operating modes, the plurality of selectable operating modes including an activated mode and a dormant mode, the method comprising:
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determining at least one location in a local region of the mobile IAN base station while the mobile IAN base station is in the dormant mode; submitting, to a geo-location-database (GDB) function, an activation permission request that includes the determined at least one location for processing by the GDB function; receiving, from the GDB function, an activation-permission response associated with the submitted activation-permission request, wherein the received activation-permission response is based at least in part on an expected level of wide area-network (WAN) coverage associated with the determined at least one location; transitioning the mobile IAN base station to the activated mode in response to confirming each activation criterion in a set of one or more activation criteria, the set of one or more activation criteria comprising the received activation-permission response being an activation-permission grant; and remaining in the dormant mode in response to failing to confirm at least one activation criterion in the set of one or more activation criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mobile incident-area network (IAN) base station having a plurality of selectable operating modes, the plurality of selectable operating modes including an activated mode and a dormant mode, the mobile IAN base station comprising:
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a wireless-communication interface; a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions executable by the processor for causing the mobile IAN base station to carry out a set of functions, the set of functions comprising; determining at least one location in a local region of the mobile IAN base station while the mobile IAN base station is in the dormant mode; submitting, to a geo-location-database (GDB) function, an activation permission request that includes the determined at least one location for processing by the GDB function; receiving, from the GDB function, an activation-permission response associated with the submitted activation-permission request, wherein the received activation permission response is based at least in part on an expected level of wide-area-network (WAN) coverage around the determined at least one location; transitioning the mobile IAN base station to the activated mode in response to confirming each activation criterion in a set of one or more activation criteria, the set of one or more activation criteria comprising the received activation-permission response being an activation-permission grant; and remaining in the dormant mode in response to failing to confirm at least one activation criterion in the set of one or more activation criteria.
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