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Floor control method and apparatus

  • US 9,949,095 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2017
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, by a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) server over a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a first message sent by a user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises an identifier of a group to which a talker corresponding to the UE belongs and a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor request;

    generating, by the MCPTT server, a second message according to a floor control policy and the first message, wherein the second message comprises the identifier of the group to which the talker corresponding to the UE belongs and the parameter indicating that the event type is the floor request;

    sending, by the MCPTT server to the UE, the second message, wherein the second message instructs the UE to notify the talker to whom the UE belongs that a floor is granted;

    receiving, by the MCPTT server, a response message to the second message, sent by the UE;

    generating, by the MCPTT server, a first instruction message according to the response message to the second message; and

    sending, by the MCPTT server, the first instruction message to a media resource function entity, wherein the first instruction message instructs the media resource function entity to perform uplink voice switching on a media plane.

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