Radio interoperability system
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1. A method of radio interoperability process, comprising:
- providing a plurality of radio frequency bands each including a mutual-aid channel;
identifying a plurality of governmental agencies each having a radio communication system operating within one of the radio frequency bands comprising the plurality thereof;
determining a state of emergency;
selecting at least two agencies from the plurality thereof for response to the state of emergency;
directing each selected agency to tune its radio communication system to the mutual-aid channel within the radio frequency band utilized by each selected agency'"'"'s radio communication system; and
interconnecting the mutual-aid channels of all of the radio frequency bands comprising the plurality thereof for the duration of the state of emergency.
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Abstract
Various governmental agencies each utilize one of four currently available radio frequency bands to facilitate intra-agency communications. Each of the radio frequency bands includes a mutual-aid channel. In the practice of the present invention whenever a state of emergency involving a particular agency is determined, the agency is directed to tune its radio communication system to the mutual-aid channel within the radio frequency band utilized by the agency. The mutual-aid channels of all of the radio frequency bands are interconnected during the state of emergency thereby facilitating communication among all of the agencies that are affected by the emergency.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of radio interoperability process, comprising:
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providing a plurality of radio frequency bands each including a mutual-aid channel;
identifying a plurality of governmental agencies each having a radio communication system operating within one of the radio frequency bands comprising the plurality thereof;
determining a state of emergency;
selecting at least two agencies from the plurality thereof for response to the state of emergency;
directing each selected agency to tune its radio communication system to the mutual-aid channel within the radio frequency band utilized by each selected agency'"'"'s radio communication system; and
interconnecting the mutual-aid channels of all of the radio frequency bands comprising the plurality thereof for the duration of the state of emergency.
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2. An interoperability radio controller system, comprising:
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a plurality of radio interoperability ports, each port configured with an audio transmit line and an audio receive line, a line indicating the detection of a received signal in that radio interoperability port, and a line controlling transmission of a first coupled radio transceiver;
a dispatcher port configured with an audio transmit line and an audio receive line, a line indicating the detection of a received signal, and a line controlling transmission of a second coupled radio transceiver; and
a priority controller that, upon detection of a received signal on a first one of the radio interoperability ports, generates a disable transmission signal on each of the other ones of the plurality of radio interoperability ports. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A radio interoperability system comprising:
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a first port configured to be connected to a first local radio transceiver supporting a first radio community using a first frequency/modulation/coding protocol;
a second port configured to be connected to a second local radio transceiver supporting a second radio community using a second frequency/modulation/coding protocol, different from the first protocol;
a third port configured to be connected to a third local radio transceiver supporting a third radio community using a third frequency/modulation/coding protocol, different from the first protocol;
a dispatch port configured to be connected to a dispatch station; and
a switch configured to receive as input a communication signal from one of the first, second, third, or dispatch ports and to output the communication signal to selected ones of said first, second, and third transmit lines, said selection being in response to control signals received from said dispatch port. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of providing interoperability amongst a plurality of radio communities comprising:
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receiving a first communication signal from a first local radio transceiver, which first radio transceiver supports a first radio community;
selecting at least one of a plurality of other radio transceivers to receive the first communication signal; and
transmitting the first communication signal to the selected at least one of the plurality of other radio transceivers, which at least one of the plurality of other radio transceivers supports an at least one other radio community. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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