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

• US 9,723,467 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Pandey, Aparna, Miller, Trent J., Agulnik, Anatoly, Ekl, Randy L., Marocchi, James A., Thomas, Peter E.
• Primary Examiner(s): MYERS, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US14/574,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20150105042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 958 Days
• 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 application usage in an emergency event, the method comprising:

an interoperability gateway performing;

receiving a signal from a first device of a user, wherein the signal comprises an indication of an emergency event for the user and wherein the first device operates in a first network;

responsive to receiving the signal comprising the indication of the emergency event, determining a second device of the user, wherein the second device operates in a second network and performing;

modifying an application usage authorization to allow the second device to use an emergency application; and

initiating the emergency application on the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instructing the second network to modify a Quality of Service for an existing bearer for the second device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instructing the second network 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 network to modify a Quality of Service for an existing bearer for the first device.

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

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the second device comprises determining that the second device is within a defined proximity of the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the second device comprises determining that the second device is assigned to a same agency as the first device.

8. The method claim 1, wherein the first device and the second device are assigned to a same incident as the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of an emergency event is provided by the first device.

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

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instructing the second network to set Quality of Service for at least one bearer for the second device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein instructing the second network to set Quality of Service for at least one bearer for the second device comprises instructing the second 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.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising lowering a Quality of Service for an application running on the first device or the second device.

14. An infrastructure device for setting Quality of Service for a bearer in response to an emergency event, the infrastructure device comprising:

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

a processing device couple to the interface and configured to;

responsive to receiving the signal comprising the indication of the emergency event, determine a second device of the user, wherein the second device operates in a second network of a second network type, and perform;

modify an application usage authorization to allow the second device to use an emergency application; and

initiate an application on the second device.

15. The infrastructure device of claim 14, wherein the infrastructure device is an interoperability gateway.

16. The infrastructure device of claim 14, wherein the first network is a land mobile radio (LMR) network.

17. The infrastructure device of claim 16, wherein the second network is a broadband network.

18. The infrastructure device of claim 17, wherein the second network is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.