| CPC H04W 4/10 (2013.01) [H04L 9/40 (2022.05); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 65/4046 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/18 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method performed by a mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) client device, the method comprising:
transmitting, to at least one client device, a floor request message requesting permission to send media for an off-network group call;
starting a timer upon transmitting the floor request message;
restarting the timer in response to the timer expiring before receiving a response message responding to the floor request message;
stopping the timer in response to receiving a response message responding to the floor request message before the timer expires;
retransmitting the floor request message each time the timer expires before receiving a response message responding to the floor request message until a total number of transmissions of the floor request message reaches a predetermined number of times;
transmitting, to the at least one client device, a floor taken message indicating that the permission to send is granted to the MCPTT client device based on the total number of transmissions of the floor request message reaching the predetermined number of times; and
transmitting first media data to the at least one client device after transmitting the floor taken message.
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