Patent ID: 9554389
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a server configured to support group communication sessions for a user equipment (UE), comprising: mediating, at the server, a first group communication session with the UE by exchanging media for the first group communication session with the UE over a first link with a first level of Quality of Service (QoS) resources and exchanging non-media signaling data for the first group communication session with the UE over a signaling link that is either the same or separate from the first link; detecting, at the server, while the UE continues participation in the first group communication session, that the UE has joined or is attempting to join a second group communication session; and executing, at the server, a policy that is based upon comparing a first priority of the first group communication session and a second priority of the second group communication sessions for selectively allocating additional QoS resources to supplement the first level of QoS resources to the UE for concurrently supporting both the first and second group communication sessions in response to the detection.