Interoperable communications architecture
First Claim
1. A method for processing a wireless communication sent between a sending radio system and a disjoint receiving radio system at a network operations center, wherein the network operations center communicates via a digital network with a plurality of local gateways associated with the sending and receiving radio systems, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a digital message via the network from one of the plurality of local gateways associated with the sending radio system, the digital message representing the wireless communication on the sending radio system; and
processing the digital message at the network operations center to identify an appropriate recipient for the digital message; and
routing the processed digital message over the digital network to one of the plurality of local gateways associated with the appropriate recipient for transmission to the appropriate recipient on the receiving radio system.
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Abstract
A system for facilitating interoperability between a plurality of disjoint radio systems across a digital network includes one or more local gateways communicating with a network operations center. Each of the local gateways is associated with at least one radio system, and includes an interface to the digital network, a transceiver receiving wireless communications on the associated radio system, and a router configured to route at least some of the data received from the transceiver on the digital network. The network operations center processes data received from the various local gateways and forwards the processed data to the local gateways associated with the appropriate recipients. Local gateways may also be configured to convert legacy communications to digital formats, and/or may provide digital access to multiple disjoint wireless systems. The network operations center may further provide access security, network management, key management and/or other features.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for processing a wireless communication sent between a sending radio system and a disjoint receiving radio system at a network operations center, wherein the network operations center communicates via a digital network with a plurality of local gateways associated with the sending and receiving radio systems, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a digital message via the network from one of the plurality of local gateways associated with the sending radio system, the digital message representing the wireless communication on the sending radio system; and
processing the digital message at the network operations center to identify an appropriate recipient for the digital message; and
routing the processed digital message over the digital network to one of the plurality of local gateways associated with the appropriate recipient for transmission to the appropriate recipient on the receiving radio system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A gateway associated with at least one of a plurality of disparate wireless communications systems communicating via a digital network, the gateway comprising:
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an interface to the digital network;
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless communications on the associated at least one of the plurality of disparate wireless communications systems; and
a router configured to receive data from the transceiver representing wireless communications on the at least one of the plurality of disparate wireless communications systems and to route at least some of the data on the digital network via the interface to thereby provide interoperability between the plurality of disparate wireless communications systems. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for facilitating interoperability between a plurality of disjoint radio systems across a digital network, the system comprising:
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a plurality of local gateways, each associated with at least one of the plurality of disjoint radio systems and having an interface to the digital network, a transceiver configured to receive wireless communications on the associated at least one of the plurality of disjoint radio systems, and a router configured to receive data representing the wireless communications from the transceiver and to route at least some of the data on the digital network via the interface; and
a network operations center having an interface to the digital network, wherein the network operations center is configured to process the data received from the digital network to identify an appropriate recipient of the data and to route the processed data over the digital network to a receiving one of the plurality of local gateways associated with the appropriate recipient for transmission on the radio system associated with the receiving local gateway. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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