Method for allocating telephone and communication resources
First Claim
1. In a trunking communication system that includes a plurality of communication units, a telephone resource allocator, a plurality of telephone resources, a limited number of communication resources, a plurality of broadcast units, and a communication resource allocator, wherein the plurality of broadcast units includes a predetermined first set of broadcast units and a predetermined second set of broadcast units, and wherein each broadcast unit in the predetermined first set of broadcast units is operably coupled to a telephone resource of the plurality of telephone resources, a method for allocating the telephone resources and the communication resources, the method comprises the steps of:
- a) receiving, by the communication resource allocator, a resource request from a requesting source;
b) determining, by the communication resource allocator, whether the resource request contains a request for a telephone resource or a communication resource;
c) when the resource request contains a request for a communication resource, allocating, by the communication resource allocator, a communication resource of a broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units to the requesting source when the broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units has an available communication resource; and
d) when the broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units does not have an available communication resource, allocating, by the communication resource allocator, a communication resource of a broadcast unit of the predetermined first set of broadcast units in a first predetermined order when the broadcast unit of the predetermined first set of broadcast units has an available communication resource and is not supporting a telephone communication.
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Abstract
A method for optimizing allocation of telephone and communication resources in a trunked communication system (100) is accomplished in the following manner. Upon receiving a resource request, a communication resource allocator, determines whether the request is for a communication resource (trunking call) or for a telephone resource (telephone call). When the request is for a communication resource, the communication resource allocator, allocates a communication resource from a broadcast unit in a second set of broadcast units. If no communication resources are available in the second set of broadcast units, the communication resource allocator allocates a communication resource from a broadcast unit of a first set of broadcast units in a predetermined order, wherein the broadcast units in the first set are affiliated with a telephone resource and a communication resource.
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12 Claims
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1. In a trunking communication system that includes a plurality of communication units, a telephone resource allocator, a plurality of telephone resources, a limited number of communication resources, a plurality of broadcast units, and a communication resource allocator, wherein the plurality of broadcast units includes a predetermined first set of broadcast units and a predetermined second set of broadcast units, and wherein each broadcast unit in the predetermined first set of broadcast units is operably coupled to a telephone resource of the plurality of telephone resources, a method for allocating the telephone resources and the communication resources, the method comprises the steps of:
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a) receiving, by the communication resource allocator, a resource request from a requesting source; b) determining, by the communication resource allocator, whether the resource request contains a request for a telephone resource or a communication resource; c) when the resource request contains a request for a communication resource, allocating, by the communication resource allocator, a communication resource of a broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units to the requesting source when the broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units has an available communication resource; and d) when the broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units does not have an available communication resource, allocating, by the communication resource allocator, a communication resource of a broadcast unit of the predetermined first set of broadcast units in a first predetermined order when the broadcast unit of the predetermined first set of broadcast units has an available communication resource and is not supporting a telephone communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a trunking communication system that includes a plurality of communication units, a telephone resource allocator, a plurality of telephone resources, a limited number of communication resources, a plurality of broadcast units, and a communication resource allocator, wherein the plurality of broadcast units transceive the limited number of communication resources, wherein the plurality of broadcast units includes a predetermined first set of broadcast units and a predetermined second set of broadcast units, and wherein each broadcast unit in the predetermined first set of broadcast units is operably coupled to a telephone resource of the plurality of telephone resources, a method for allocating the telephone resources and the communication resources, the method comprises the steps of:
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a) receiving, by the communication resource allocator, a resource request, wherein the resource request include a request for a communication resource; b) allocating, by the communication resource allocator, a communication resource of a broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units to the requesting source when the broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units has an available communication resource; and c) when the broadcast unit of the predetermined second set of broadcast units does not have an available communication resource, allocating, by the communication resource allocator, a communication resource of a broadcast unit of the predetermined first set of broadcast units in a first predetermined order when the broadcast unit of the predetermined first set of broadcast units has an available communication resource and is not supporting a telephone communication. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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