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Rapidly deployable emergency communication system

  • US 4,152,647 A
  • Filed: 02/23/1978
  • Issued: 05/01/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a deployable emergency communication system, apparatus comprising:

  • a. a portable communications center, having receiving and transmitting means, adapted to be transported to the scene of an emergency for temporary use thereat,b. a plurality of portable/mobile transceivers of limited range, andc. a plurality of portable, self-contained repeaters adapted to be deployed within an area at said scene to provide repeater services between (i) two or more portable/mobile transceivers, (ii) between portable/ mobile transceivers and said communications center, and/or (iii) between portable/mobile transceivers, one or more other repeaters in sequence, and said communications center as required by the deployment pursuant to a particular emergency, at least one of said repeaters comprising;

    (1) receiving means,(2) transmitting means, and(3) control means for(a) directing said repeater receiving means to periodically scan a plurality of carrier frequencies,(b) selecting one of said scanned frequencies upon reception of said frequency containing an appropriate access signal,(c) selecting a transmitter frequency from a plurality of possible transmitter frequencies, and(d) directing said repeater transmitting means to retransmit on said selected transmitter frequency intelligence contained in said received frequency minus said access signal but including an access signal for the next adjacent receiving means to which said transmission is directed.

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