The present disclosure relates to method performed by a mission critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) server, the method comprises: receiving, from a first user equipment (UE), a request for a connection to communicate with one or more second UEs, wherein the request includes at least a first priority score associated with a type of the connection; determining, based on the request, a second priority score corresponding to the first UE, wherein the second priority score is associated with a type information; and performing based on the first priority score and the second priority score one of: approving the request for the connection, or rejecting the request for the connection.