Communication method in terminal and terminal suitable for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10097969-B2
Application number	US-201715678814-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2017
Priority date	Jun 26, 2015
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to technologies for a sensor network, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, or machine type communications (MTC), and Internet of things (IoT), and may be utilized in intelligent services, based on the above technologies, such as a smart home, a smart building, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, smart grids, healthcare, smart electronics, advanced medical services, public safety network communications through fusion and convergence with conventional IT technologies and various industries. Data transmission control between a group of uncoordinated electronic devices in a computer network including the use of transmission authorization request messages and transmission authorization grant messages.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method in a first terminal, comprising:
receiving media data from a second terminal acquiring a transmission authorization in a group in which the first terminal is included;
transmitting a floor request message for the transmission authorization, to each of other terminals in the group while receiving the media data;
receiving a floor grant message from the second terminal if a priority of the first terminal is higher than a priority of the second terminal; and
transmitting media data of the first terminal to each of the other terminals in the group.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a floor request acceptance message from the second terminal if the priority of the second terminal is higher than the priority of the first terminal;
receiving the floor grant message when a transmission of the second terminal is terminated,
wherein according to the terminating of the transmission of the second terminal, the first terminal acquires the transmission authorization.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein an identifier and priority information of the first terminal included in the floor request message is stored in the second terminal as queue information, and
the floor request acceptance message transmitted in the group includes the queue information.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a floor request message of a third terminal in the group while transmitting the media data;
transmitting a floor denial message to each of the other terminals in the group; and
transmitting a floor release message to each of the other terminals after the transmitting of the media data is completed.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a floor request message of a third terminal in the group while transmitting the media data;
stopping the transmitting of the media data if a priority of the third terminal is higher than the priority of the first terminal;
transmitting a floor grant message for the third terminal to each of the other terminals in the group; and
receiving media data of the third terminal.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transmission authorization of the first terminal is revoked in response to receiving of the floor request message of the third terminal.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving floor request messages from a third terminal and a fourth terminal in the group while transmitting the media data;
determining whether the priority of the first terminal is higher than a priority of the third terminal and a priority of the fourth terminal;
if the priority of the first terminal is higher than the priority of the third terminal and the priority of the fourth terminal, storing information of the third terminal and the fourth terminal as queue information;
transmitting a floor request acceptance message for the third terminal and the fourth terminal to the each of the other terminals in the group; and
if the priority of the third terminal is higher than the priority of the fourth terminal, transmitting a floor grant message for the third terminal, when a transmission of the first terminal is terminated.

8. A first terminal, comprising:
a communicator configured to transmit or receive messages;
a processor configured to control the communicator to receive media data from a second terminal acquiring a transmission authorization in a group in which the first terminal is included, to transmit a floor request message for the transmission authorization, to each of other terminals in the group while receiving the media data, to receive a floor grant message from the second terminal if a priority of the first terminal is higher than a priority of the second terminal and to transmit media data of the first terminal to each of the other terminals in the group.

9. The first terminal of claim 8 , wherein the communicator is configured to receive a floor request acceptance message from the second terminal if the priority of the second terminal is higher than the priority of the first terminal and to receive the floor grant message when a transmission of the second terminal is terminated,
wherein according to the terminating of the transmission of the second terminal, the first terminal acquires the transmission authorization.

10. The first terminal claim 8 , wherein an identifier and priority information of the first terminal included in the floor request message is stored in the second terminal as queue information, and the floor request acceptance message transmitted in the group includes the queue information.

11. The first terminal of claim 8 , wherein the communicator is configured to receive a floor request message of third terminal in the group while transmitting the media data, to transmit a floor denial message to each of the other terminals in the group and to transmit a floor release message to each of the other terminals after the transmitting of the media data is completed.

12. The first terminal of claim 8 , wherein the communicator is configured to receive a floor request message of a third terminal in the group while transmitting the media data,
to transmit a floor grant message for the third terminal to each of the other terminals in the group if a priority of the third terminal is higher than the priority of the first terminal and to receive media data of the other terminal,
wherein the processor stops the transmitting of the media data in response to receiving the floor request message.

13. The first terminal of claim 12 , wherein the transmission authorization of the first terminal is revoked in response to receiving of the floor request message of the third terminal.

14. The first terminal of claim 8 , wherein the communicator is configured to receive a floor request messages from a third terminal and a fourth terminal in the group while transmitting the media data, to transmit a floor request acceptance message for the third terminal and the fourth terminal to the each of the other terminals in the group, in response to the receiving the floor request messages,
wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the priority of the first terminal is higher than a priority of the third terminal and a priority of the fourth terminal and if the priority of the first terminal is higher than the priority of the third terminal and the priority of the fourth terminal, to store information of the third terminal and the fourth terminal as queue information, and
wherein if the priority of the third terminal is higher than the priority of the fourth terminal, a floor grant message for the third terminal is transmitted, when a transmission of the first terminal is terminated.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Baek Yun-Sun
• Ko Hyeon-Mok
• Park Sung-Jin

Classifications

• H04W4/10

  Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services · CPC title

• H04M2207/185

  wireless packet-switched · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• H04L67/1019

  Random or heuristic server selection · CPC title

• H04W76/45 Primary

  for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services · CPC title