Long term evolution wireless communication system and related methods
An LTE wireless communication system includes an LTE base station, and mobile wireless communications devices. Each mobile wireless communications device exchanges video data with another mobile wireless communications device via the LTE base station and by sending at least one of a PTV request and an RTV request to the LTE base station. The LTE base station is configured, when network traffic is below a threshold value, to allocate bandwidth for a PTV connection between a given mobile wireless communications device and a given other mobile wireless communications device, and, when the network traffic exceeds the threshold value, to allocate bandwidth for an RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given other mobile wireless communications device.
1. A long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication system comprising:
an LTE base station; and
a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, each mobile wireless communications device configured to exchange video data with at least one other mobile wireless communications device via said LTE base station and by sending at least one of a push-to-video (PTV) request and a request-to-video (RTV) request to said LTE base station;
said LTE base station configured to
when network traffic is below a threshold value, allocate bandwidth for a PTV connection between a given mobile wireless communications device and a given at least one other mobile wireless communications device, and
when the network traffic exceeds the threshold value, allocate bandwidth for an RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device.
2. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 1 wherein each mobile wireless communications device is configured to exchange the video data with a plurality of other mobile wireless communications devices.
3. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 1 further comprising a dispatch operation center cooperating with said LTE base station.
4. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 3 wherein said dispatch operation center is configured to cooperate with said LTE base station for allocating the bandwidth for the RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device based upon at least one priority characteristic thereof.
5. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 4 wherein the at least one priority characteristic comprises mobile wireless communications device location data.
6. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 3 wherein each mobile wireless communications device is configured to send a priority request to video (PRTV) request to said dispatch operation center.
7. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 3 wherein said dispatch operation center is configured to establish a video communication link with the given mobile wireless communications device.
8. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 7 wherein said dispatch operation center allocates the bandwidth for the RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device based upon video content of the video communication link.
9. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 1 wherein each of the mobile wireless communications devices is configured to send the video data having at least one common quality of service (QoS) characteristic value.
10. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 9 wherein the at least one common QoS characteristic value comprises at least one of a latency value and a video quality value.
11. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 1 further comprising at least one mobile LTE base station in a geographical area; and wherein said LTE base station is configured to selectively change the threshold value for the network traffic in the geographical area based upon said at least one mobile LTE base station.
12. A long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication system comprising:
an LTE base station and a dispatch operation center cooperating with said LTE base station; and
a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, each mobile wireless communications device configured to exchange video data with at least one other mobile wireless communications device via said LTE base station and by sending at least one of a push-to-video (PTV) request and a request-to-video (RTV) request to said LTE base station, the video data having at least one common quality of service (QoS) characteristic value;
said LTE base station configured to
when network traffic is below a threshold value, allocate bandwidth for a PTV connection between a given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device, and
when the network traffic exceeds the threshold value, allocate bandwidth for an RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device.
13. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 12 wherein each mobile wireless communications device is configured to exchange the video data with a plurality of other mobile wireless communications devices.
14. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 12 wherein said dispatch operation center is configured to cooperate with said LTE base station for allocating the bandwidth for the RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device based upon at least one priority characteristic thereof.
15. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 14 wherein the at least one priority characteristic comprises mobile wireless communications device location data.
16. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 12 wherein each mobile wireless communications device is configured to send a priority request to video (PRTV) request to said dispatch operation center.
17. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 12 wherein said dispatch operation center is configured to establish a video communication link with the given mobile wireless communications device.
18. The LTE wireless communication system of claim 17 wherein said dispatch operation center allocates the bandwidth for the RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device based upon video content of the video communication link.
19. A method of operating a long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication system comprising an LTE base station, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, the method comprising:
exchanging video data from each mobile wireless communications device with at least one other mobile wireless communications device via the LTE base station by sending at least one of a push-to-video (PTV) request and a request-to-video (RTV) request to the LTE base station; and
when network traffic is below a threshold value, allocating bandwidth by the LTE base station for a PTV connection between a given mobile wireless communications device and a given at least one other mobile wireless communications device, and when the network traffic exceeds the threshold value, allocating bandwidth for an RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising each mobile wireless communications device exchanging the video data with a plurality of other mobile wireless communications devices.
21. The method of claim 19 further comprising the LTE base station and a dispatch operation center allocating the bandwidth for the RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device based upon at least one priority characteristic thereof.
22. The method of claim 21 wherein the at least one priority characteristic comprises mobile wireless communications device location data.
23. The method of claim 21 further comprising each mobile wireless communications device sending a priority request to video (PRTV) request to the dispatch operation center.
24. The method of claim 21 further comprising establishing from the dispatch operation center a video communication link with the given mobile wireless communications device.
25. The method of claim 24 further comprising the dispatch operation center allocating the bandwidth for the RTV connection between the given mobile wireless communications device and the given at least one other mobile wireless communications device based upon video content of the video communication link.
26. The method of claim 19 further comprising deploying at least one mobile LTE base station in a geographical area, and selectively changing the threshold value for the network traffic in the geographical area based upon the at least one mobile LTE base station.