Multi-System MCPTT Floor Control via Intermediary Server Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current MCPTT systems lack a method for effective floor control in group sessions involving multiple systems, where multiple MCPTT systems participate, leading to inefficiencies in managing user access and data transmission.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for floor control in multiple MCPTT systems, where a first floor control server receives messages from multiple network element devices, determines user access based on a floor control policy, and sends messages to indicate whether an MCPTT user can occupy the floor, enabling management of floor access across multiple MCPTT groups and systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If floor control is implemented in multiple MCPTT systems, then access management and user interaction across different systems are improved, but system complexity and coordination overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges floor control capabilities across multiple MCPTT systems by establishing a coordinated control mechanism where floor control servers from different systems work together. The first floor control server receives floor requests from users in their respective MCPTT groups, and multiple floor control servers coordinate to manage floor allocation across system boundaries, enabling unified floor control in multi-system group sessions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces floor control servers as intermediary components that mediate floor requests between users and multiple MCPTT systems. The floor control server receives floor requests, determines floor allocation based on policies, and coordinates with other floor control servers across system boundaries, acting as an intermediary that simplifies the complexity of direct multi-system coordination.
2Ease of operation
If multiple network element devices send floor requests to different floor control servers, then user access flexibility is improved, but coordination overhead and message transmission complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal floor control mechanism where floor control servers can handle floor requests from multiple MCPTT systems. The floor control server is designed with multi-functionality to receive, process, and coordinate floor requests from different systems using a unified protocol and policy-based decision-making, reducing the need for system-specific coordination mechanisms.
3Productivity
If a unified floor control policy is applied across multiple MCPTT systems, then floor allocation efficiency is improved, but system adaptability to different MCPTT group requirements decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by enabling each floor control server to make floor allocation decisions based on local MCPTT group characteristics and requirements. Each floor control server can apply different floor control policies to different MCPTT groups while maintaining coordination with other floor control servers, allowing customized floor allocation strategies for different groups rather than enforcing a single unified policy across all systems.
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AI summary
A method, an apparatus and a system for floor control on multiple mission critical push to talk MCPTT systems are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes receiving, by a first floor control server, a first message from N network element devices, wherein the first message is used to request a floor from the first floor control server, and wherein the N network element devices belong to N MCPTT systems respectively, determining according to the first message, that an MCPTT user in an MCPTT group belonging to a first MCPTT system occupies the floor, wherein the first MCPTT system is an MCPTT system to which a first network element device belongs, and sending a second message to the first network element device, wherein the second message is used to indicate that the MCPTT user in the MCPTT group belonging to the first MCPTT system occupies the floor.