METHOD FOR TERMINAL CONFIGURATION OVER A RADIO CONTROL CHANNEL
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1. A communications system comprising:
- a communications medium; and
one or more radios coupled to the communications medium, the radios to;
receive from a transmitter over a broadcast channel a control channel message including chunk data, the chunk data including at least a portion of software and configuration data for the radios; and
determine by each radio whether the chunk data corresponds to its radio type.
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Abstract
An embodiment is a method for configuring a terminal (e.g., a radio) over a radio control channel. Instead of requiring on-site technicians to physically connect to the radios or error-prone and time consuming data calls to individual radios, an embodiment broadcasts software and configuration data as part of one or more radio control channel messages. As the radio control message or multiple messages are broadcast, any radio listening to the radio control message(s) may be configured. Additionally, radios of a particular type will be configured to use the same version of software and configuration data.
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21 Claims
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1. A communications system comprising:
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a communications medium; and one or more radios coupled to the communications medium, the radios to; receive from a transmitter over a broadcast channel a control channel message including chunk data, the chunk data including at least a portion of software and configuration data for the radios; and determine by each radio whether the chunk data corresponds to its radio type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a radio having a radio type, a control channel message including chunk data, the chunk data including at least a portion of software or configuration data for the radio; and determining, by the radio, whether the chunk data corresponds to the radio type. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a communications system to:
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receive, by a radio coupled to the communications system, the radio having a radio type, a control channel message including chunk data, the chunk data including at least a portion of software and configuration data for the radio; and determine, by the radio, whether the chunk data corresponds to the radio type. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A communications system comprising:
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an antenna; and a transmitter coupled to the antenna, the transmitter to broadcast a control channel message including chunk data, the chunk data including at least a portion of software or configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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