DUAL-NETWORK LOCATOR AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL
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Abstract
A communications system is provided for emergency services personnel that includes a plurality of portable devices and a base station. The portable devices are configured to be carried by emergency services personnel while at an emergency site. The portable devices each have a first transceiver configured to communicate over a first network and a second transceiver configured to communicate over a second network, where the first and second networks operate independent of one another. For example, they may have at least one of different first and second carrier frequencies, protocol, channels and the like. The base station has at least one transceiver for communicating with the portable devices over at least one of the first and second networks. Optionally, the first and second networks may have different transmission characteristics, such as different transmit ranges, power levels and the like.
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45 Claims
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23. A communications system for emergency services personnel, the system comprising:
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portable devices to be carried by emergency services personnel while at an emergency site, the portable devices each having a first transceiver configured to communicate over a first network constituting a broadcasting network, the portable devices communicating with one another over the first network, wherein the portable devices broadcast transmission signals containing device related data over the first network; an imaging camera carried by an emergency services person, the imaging camera detecting images of an environment where the camera is located; and a display communicatively coupled to the camera and one of the portable devices, the display displaying the images, the imaging camera presenting, information to the emergency services personnel based on a transmission signal from at least one of the portable devices. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for locating a portable device, the method comprising:
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configuring multiple portable devices to communicate with one another over a broadcasting network, the portable devices being carried by emergency services personnel while on-site at an emergency location; wirelessly broadcasting, from a target portable device, a target transmission signal over the broadcasting network, the target transmission signal including a device identification (ID) uniquely identifying the target portable device; and detecting, at a tracking portable device carried by an emergency services person, the target transmission signal from the broadcasting mesh network. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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