Patent ID: 7664517
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for minimizing latency for group communications among a group of wireless telecommunication devices on a wireless network, comprising: a plurality of wireless telecommunication devices wherein each wireless telecommunication device is able to direct a single group communication stream to a designated group of the plurality of wireless telecommunication devices, each wireless telecommunication device selectively requesting and then receiving an open dedicated channel for an outgoing communication from the wireless telecommunication device, to include a group communication stream from that wireless telecommunication device; and a communication server that receives the single group communication stream from a communicating wireless device and creates a group communication to all wireless telecommunication devices of the designated group, wherein a set of one or more of the plurality wireless telecommunication devices selectively opens a broadcast channel based upon a predetermined probability, and one or more of the set of wireless telecommunications devices assigns a greater probability of opening a broadcast channel for requests to transmit a group communication stream than for opening a broadcast channel for requests to transmit a non-group communication stream.