Abstract:
A method is provided for waking up a first mode of a multimode mobile radio unit. An event driven paging server determines that the first mode of the multimode mobile unit should be woken up. A wakeup message is sent to a second mobile unit. The second mobile unit sends a wakeup message to a second mode of the multimode mobile unit using non-cellular technology, such as low-power short-range communication such as Bluetooth. The second mode of the multimode mobile radio unit receives the wakeup message and wakes up the first mode of the multimode mobile unit.
Abstract:
A process for communicating with a plurality of push-to-talk (PTT) devices in a wireless network of PTT devices includes, at a first one of the PTT devices, responsive to detecting a change in selected channel, via a channel selector input, from the first channel to a second channel while a PTT input is activated: transmitting, to other PTT devices in a first talkgroup on the first channel, a notification that further transmissions by the PTT device will be made in the second channel, switching the transmitter from the first channel to the second channel, and transmitting further communications to the one or more other PTT devices in a second talkgroup on the second channel.
Abstract:
A media server and method of operation of a media server in a wireless communication system are provided. The media server receives media streams from mobile communication devices in the wireless communication system, and routes the media streams sequentially to a packet header compression encoder. A processor of the media server is configured to receive a first media stream from a first mobile communication device, receive a request from a second mobile communication device to transmit a second media stream to the media server, and transmit data derived from an RTP header of the first media stream to the second mobile communication device. The second mobile communication device is enabled to commence transmission of the second transmitted media stream using the data derived from the RTP header. The wireless communication system may be a PTT wireless communication system or a group video wireless communication system.
Abstract:
A method and a system for operating a subscriber unit to seamlessly switch between a trunked mode operation (TMO) and a direct mode operation (DMO) in a communication system. The communication system includes one or more subscriber units communicating in trunked mode operation on a first communication channel via a base station and the subscriber units communicating in direct mode operation on a second communication channel via a direct mode gateway station. When the subscriber units communicate in the TMO and when the signal quality on the first communication channel is below the predetermined threshold, the subscriber units automatically switch to the direct mode operation. When the subscriber units communicate in DMO and when the signal quality on the second communication channel is below the predetermined threshold, the subscriber units automatically switch to the trunked mode operation.
Abstract:
A method and deployable cell are provided that validate a deployable cell to be fully operational. Upon powering up, the deployable cell is established as operational in a restricted mode. When an attach request is received from a mobile device at the deployable cell, the deployable cell determines if the mobile device making the attachment request is a supervising device. If so, the operational status of the deployable cell is changed from restricted mode with limited capabilities to fully operational mode.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for provisioning subscriber information to a deployable network in a wirelress communication system. One exemplary embodiment provides a method providing subscriber information to a deployable network including a deployable user subscription database. The method includes determining, by a controller, a location for the deployable network. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a geofence around the location. The method further includes identifying, by the controller, at least one mobile device that may be involved in responding to the incident. The method further includes determining, by the controller, authentication information required for the at least one mobile device to connect to the deployable network. The method further includes conveying, by the controller via a wireless data network, the authentication information to a deployable user subscription database.
Abstract:
A method and system for data transmission is provided. Compressed payload packets are transmitted on one or more payload channels. On a header restoration channel, header restoration packets are transmitted for restoring headers of at least some of the compressed payload packets.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for moving network equipment is provided herein. During operation, an optimal base station configuration will be determined. Currently-employed network equipment will be moved based on a determination if adequate coverage will be provided to users of the system.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for node operation according to network-wide resource-allocation schedules. One embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a given node within an ad-hoc wireless network, which includes a controller node for a current time period. The method includes obtaining one or more air-interface resource requests for the current time period, where each obtained resource request indicates a requesting node and a requested resource. The method further includes using a network-standard algorithm for deriving a network-wide resource-allocation schedule for the current time period based at least in part on the obtained resource requests. The method further includes verifying the derived resource-allocation schedule based at least in part on a verification value derived by the controller node from the network-wide resource-allocation schedule using a network-standard verification function. The method also includes operating according to the verified resource-allocation schedule for the current time period.
Abstract:
A lossless call may be established over a wireless radio network by determining, at a target subscriber device during a received call, that one or more identified media items in a stream of media items of the call being received over a first radio channel was not successfully received, and responsively: continuing to receive first subsequent media items of the call and buffering, instead of rendering at the target subscriber device, the first subsequent media items, requesting the identified media items, receiving by the target subscriber device via an established second radio channel, different from the first radio channel, the identified media items, re-ordering the identified media items chronologically with respect to the buffered first subsequent media items to create the re-ordered subsequent media stream, and rendering, by the target subscriber device, the re-ordered subsequent media stream at a first increased relative rate.