Methods and systems for automated activation and configuration of broadband incident area networks (IANs)

a technology of incident area network and automated activation, applied in the direction of location information based service, wireless commuication service, connection management, etc., can solve the problem that the available ran signal may not have the capacity to support the required public-safety mission

Active Publication Date: 2016-02-23
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC
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[0014]Disclosed herein are methods and systems for an automated activation and configuration of broadband (e.g., LTE) IANs. As a general matter, an IAN is a rapidly deployable site (e.g., a mobile LTE base station, perhaps comprising an eNodeB, an enhanced packet core, and / or one or more other related network-entity functions) that can be quickly set up at an incident scene to provide enhanced coverage and / or capacity. As a non-limiting list of example deployments, an IAN can be utilized for coverage extension (e.g., to extend wide area cellular coverage), coverage creation (e.g., where no wide area cellular coverage is available), capacity off-loading and / or improvement (e.g., in areas where wide area coverage exists, but does not have sufficient capacity or throughput for a given situation (e.g., to properly service public-safety personnel at a location of a given public-safety incident)). IANs may utilize other in-band and / or out-of-band networks for backhaul (e.g., to reach the ...

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Disclosed herein are methods and systems for automated activation and configuration of broadband LTE IANs. A mobile IAN base station, an activated mode and a dormant mode, determines at least one location in a local region of the mobile IAN base station while in the dormant mode. An activation-permission request is submitted to a geo-location-database (GDB) function, and the mobile IAN base station receives an activation-permission response. The response is based on an expected level of wide-area-network (WAN) coverage associated with the determined location. Responsive to receiving an activation-permission grant, the mobile IAN base station transitions to the activated mode. Responsive to not receiving an activation-permission grant, the mobile IAN base station remains in the dormant mode.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]It is important that public-safety responders have an adequate link to communication services (e.g., telephony, data services, and the like) when responding to an incident. However, the reality of the dynamic and mobile nature of the profession is that, in many instances, incidents occur outside of the range or coverage of the established radio access networks (RANs). In other cases, the available RAN signal may not have enough capacity to support the required public-safety mission. To facilitate communication between the responders and offsite utilities, incident area networks (IANs) are often set up using mobile base stations. These mobile base stations establish a link between a given wireless-communication device (WCD) (e.g., a handheld mobile radio) and a given network resource, typically using some standard for over-the-air communication, an example of which is 3GPP's Long Term Evolution (LTE), which is one example protocol for a type of wirele...

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IPC IPC(8): H04M11/04H04W4/02H04W76/00H04W24/10H04W4/22H04W4/029H04W4/90
CPCH04W76/007H04W4/02H04W24/10H04W4/22H04W4/90H04W76/50H04W4/029
Inventor GURNEY, DAVID PHIBEN, BRADLEY MKUFFNER, STEPHEN L
Owner MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC
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