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Channel re-assignment method for time division multiple access (TDMA) trunked systems

  • US 5,299,199 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1992
  • Issued: 03/29/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a radio communication system controller, a method of providing extended use of a communication resource to a plurality of communication units, the method comprising the steps of:

  • A) assigning a first communication resource to a first of the plurality of communication units to produce an assigned communication resource;

    B) temporarily reserving, in response to a predetermined indicia received from the first communication unit during a first communication, the assigned communication resource such that a reserved communication resource is produced;

    C) receiving on the reserved communication resource, from a second of the plurality of communication units, a request to transmit a second communication on the assigned communication resource; and

    D) re-configuring, in response to the request, the assigned communication resource to allow transmission of the second communication on the assigned communication resource.

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