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Method and apparatus for assigning a control module to a communication resource in a dispatch radio communication system

  • US 5,479,477 A
  • Filed: 03/03/1994
  • Issued: 12/26/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a dispatch radio communication system that includes a console station for monitoring a plurality of communication resources, the console station including a plurality of control modules for supporting a plurality of resource features employed by the plurality of communication resources, a method of assigning one of the plurality of control modules to an identified communication resource of the plurality of communication resources, the method comprising the steps of:

  • A) ascertaining a first association between each of the plurality of control modules and those of the plurality of resource features supported thereby;

    B) ascertaining a second association between at least one of the plurality of communication resources and those of the plurality of resource features employed thereby;

    C) using the second association to establish a minimum set of resource feature requirements and an extended set of resource feature requirements for the identified communication resource;

    D) using the first association to identify a group of candidate control modules that are included in the console station, wherein each candidate control module supports at least the minimum set of resource feature requirements; and

    E) automatically assigning an available one of the group of candidate control modules to the identified communication resource, wherein the assigned control module supports a maximum number of the extended set of resource feature requirements.

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