Patent ID: 9049737
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving data in a multicast channel; receiving channel mapping information from an Internet Protocol Interoperability and Communications System (IPICS) management system; using the channel mapping information to map the multicast channel to a radio multicast channel; receiving an audio signal through the multicast channel; controlling access to a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) by applying a communication access control policy based on the received data upon reception of said audio signal and by sending, over a communication channel, a command for tuning, by a device, said LMR to the radio multicast channel; and operatively linking said LMR to an endpoint through said multicast channel based on said communication access control policy by re-streaming the audio signal from the device over the radio multicast channel to the LMR.