Interoperability Gateway for Cross-Jurisdictional Mutual Aid Priority
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in correlating communication devices from different jurisdictions to assign appropriate priority to mutual aid resources during incidents, leading to inefficiencies in resource allocation across autonomous networks.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize an interoperability gateway and policy charging and rules functions (PCRF) to correlate mutual aid resources with incident information across different networks, ensuring proper priority assignment for both local and mutual aid resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If PCRF assigns priority based on local jurisdiction information only, then local resource priority assignment is efficient, but mutual aid resources from other jurisdictions cannot be properly prioritized
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the priority assignment function between local PCRF (handling local resources) and remote PCRF (handling mutual aid resources), with each segment processing information relevant to its jurisdiction while collaborating through standardized signaling to achieve comprehensive priority assignment
Solution Approach 2:
A standardized signaling interface acts as an intermediary between local and remote PCRFs, enabling the transfer of incident priority information across jurisdictional boundaries without requiring direct integration between different autonomous networks
2Adaptability or versatility
If autonomous networks operate independently with separate CAD and PCRF systems, then network autonomy and management simplicity is maintained, but cross-jurisdictional resource correlation fails
Solution Approach 1:
The PCRF system is designed with multi-functionality to handle both local resource management and remote mutual aid resource coordination through a unified standardized interface, enabling autonomous networks to participate in cross-jurisdictional incident response without sacrificing independence
3Quantity of substance
If mutual aid resources are requested from remote jurisdictions, then resource gap is filled, but priority correlation between remote resources and local incidents is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes a feedback mechanism where the remote PCRF receives incident type and priority information from the local PCRF, processes this information to determine appropriate priority levels for mutual aid resources, and returns the assigned priority information to ensure proper QoS treatment
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AI summary
The same priority is applied to all resources assigned to an incident. A first dispatch system in a first network assigns a network resource in the first network to an incident that occurred in a first jurisdiction. The first dispatch system requests a mutual aid resource from a second dispatch system in a second network subsequent to identifying a resource gap in the first network. The first dispatch system obtains the mutual aid resource from the second dispatch system. A first policy component in the first network receives, from at least one of a first prioritization service in the first network and the at least one second network, at least one of an incident information or a mutual aid information. The first policy component correlates the mutual aid resource with obtained incident information and assigns a same priority to the network resource and the mutual aid resource.