Methods and apparatuses for prioritizing Mission Critical Push to Talk Traffic during an emergency. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to wireless communication networks, and more particularly to mission critical services in Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication networks. Embodiments herein disclose a channel sensitive MCPTT prioritization scheduling method and system to increase the download/upload speeds for MCPTT users during the emergency situations. Embodiments herein methods and systems for prioritizing traffic for connected User Equipments (UEs) over idle UEs.

Methods and apparatuses for prioritizing Mission Critical Push to Talk Traffic during an emergency. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to wireless communication networks, and more particularly to mission critical services in Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication networks. Embodiments herein disclose a channel sensitive MCPTT prioritization scheduling method and system to increase the download/upload speeds for MCPTT users during the emergency situations. Embodiments herein methods and systems for prioritizing traffic for connected User Equipments (UEs) over idle UEs.

A method and system includes the ability for individuals to set up an ad hoc digital and voice network easily and rapidly to allow users to coordinate their activities by eliminating the need for pre-entry of data into a web or identifying others by name, phone numbers or email. This method is especially useful for police, fire fighters, military, first responders or other emergency situations for coordinating different organizations at the scene of a disaster to elevate conventional communication problems either up and down the chain of command or cross communication between different emergency units. The method and system provides that the users are only required to enter a specific Server IP address and an ad hoc event name, a password and perhaps the name of the particular unit.

The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating operation of system that can include a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. In embodiments, the operations can include receiving, from a source user equipment, a first request to communicate to a destination group of user equipment via a multi-cast connection. Further operations can include identifying respective service areas of ones of the destination group, comprising a service area of a destination user equipment of the destination group. In some embodiments, operations can include generating a second request to initiate the multi-cast connection, the second request comprising the destination group of user equipment with the respective service areas, wherein the respective service area of the destination user equipment is for selection, by second network equipment based on the service area, a gateway group of base station equipment.

Embodiments herein provide a method for managing a floor request in a mission critical communication system. The method includes receiving a floor request message from a first floor participant and determining that a call type of the first floor participant is identical to a call type of a second floor participant, wherein a floor is currently occupied by the second floor participant. Further, the method includes managing the floor request of the first floor participant based on an effective priority of the floor request.

Embodiments herein provide a method for managing a floor request in a mission critical communication system. The method includes receiving a floor request message from a first floor participant and determining that a call type of the first floor participant is identical to a call type of a second floor participant, wherein a floor is currently occupied by the second floor participant. Further, the method includes managing the floor request of the first floor participant based on an effective priority of the floor request.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein provide a system for establishing a first-to-answer call in a Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) communication. The system includes a MCPTT originating client configured to initiate a first-to-answer call and transmit a first-to-answer call request to a MCPTT server. The system includes the MCPTT server configured to receive the first-to-answer call request from the MCPTT client.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein provide a system for establishing a first-to-answer call in a Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) communication. The system includes a MCPTT originating client configured to initiate a first-to-answer call and transmit a first-to-answer call request to a MCPTT server. The system includes the MCPTT server configured to receive the first-to-answer call request from the MCPTT client.

A system is presented that includes secure push-to-talk voice functionality. Using encryption, authentication, user filtering, and integration with new and existing LMR systems, a secure voice platform ensures malicious software, unauthorized access and brute force security attacks will not compromise the voice communications of the system. The VoIP system is engineered to ensure graceful system degradation in the event of maintenance activities, natural disasters and failure modes. The hardened VoIP system offers the functions a LMR trunking system while utilizing broadband connections. Private calls, group calls, Emergency Alarms with covert monitoring capability, scanning and priority scanning may be incorporated into the system. The system includes a VoIP-controller that serves as a trunking controller, manages available VoIP-based conference bridges, and assigns them as needed to the parties involved in each voice call. The system includes multiple fallback methods that may be prioritized based on pre-failure analytics.

A system is presented that includes secure push-to-talk voice functionality. Using encryption, authentication, user filtering, and integration with new and existing LMR systems, a secure voice platform ensures malicious software, unauthorized access and brute force security attacks will not compromise the voice communications of the system. The VoIP system is engineered to ensure graceful system degradation in the event of maintenance activities, natural disasters and failure modes. The hardened VoIP system offers the functions a LMR trunking system while utilizing broadband connections. Private calls, group calls, Emergency Alarms with covert monitoring capability, scanning and priority scanning may be incorporated into the system. The system includes a VoIP-controller that serves as a trunking controller, manages available VoIP-based conference bridges, and assigns them as needed to the parties involved in each voice call. The system includes multiple fallback methods that may be prioritized based on pre-failure analytics.