METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESERVING RESOURCES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method and apparatus for determining a scope of priority service in a communication system (100) in an emergency event is described. The method includes: at a network device (186) in the communication system: receiving (504) at least one emergency call; determining (508) at least one parameter associated with the at least one emergency call; determining (506, 516, 518) a scope of a priority service in the communication system based on the determined at least one parameter; and reserving (512, 520, 522) resources in the communication system based on the determined scope of priority service.