Console dispatch in an extended multisite radio communications network
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1. An extended radio communications network comprising:
- plural multisite radio communications systems interconnected by network interface modules, andone or more dispatch consoles at each of the multisite systems, wherein one or more console operations initiated at one dispatch console at one of the multisite systems is effected over the entire extended network, the console operations including tracking consoles at each of the multisite systems that are programmed to monitor a particular callee so that a call involving the particular callee is routed over the extended network to each of the programmed consoles to permit monitoring of the call by dispatch operators at the programmed consoles.
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Abstract
In an extended overall radio communications network, one or more dedicated Network Interface Modules (NIMs) are provided in each multisite trunked communications systems to permit the interconnection and communication between plural, multisite systems. A remote multisite system appears through the local NIM as just another site interface to the local multisite system. Basic and advanced dispatch console functions are effected over the extended network via the NIMs in a manner that is transparent to the console operator.
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1. An extended radio communications network comprising:
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plural multisite radio communications systems interconnected by network interface modules, and one or more dispatch consoles at each of the multisite systems, wherein one or more console operations initiated at one dispatch console at one of the multisite systems is effected over the entire extended network, the console operations including tracking consoles at each of the multisite systems that are programmed to monitor a particular callee so that a call involving the particular callee is routed over the extended network to each of the programmed consoles to permit monitoring of the call by dispatch operators at the programmed consoles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 14)
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6. An extended radio communications network comprising:
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plural multisite radio communications systems interconnected by network interface modules, and one or more dispatch consoles at each of the multisite systems, wherein one or more console operations initiated at one dispatch console at one of the multisite systems is effected over the entire extended network, wherein the one or more console operations include setting up at a console in a local multisite system a temporary group involving callees at a local and a remote multisite system. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. In a multisite trunked radio frequency communications network including plural digital repeater sites having corresponding coverage areas and serving mobile or portable trunked radio transceivers disposed within the coverage areas, a local multisite switch for routing communications between digital repeater sites and other communication sources/destinations within the network, comprising:
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one or more local dispatch consoles connected to the local multisite switch, and a local network interface module for transferring and receiving communications to/from another remote multisite network, wherein console dispatch operations initiated at the one or more dispatch consoles in the local multisite switch are executed at the local multisite switch and at the remote multisite switch through the local network interface module, and wherein the local network interface module maintains console tracking information regarding whether consoles at the local and the remote multisite switches are programmed to monitor communications involving a radio transceiver, a group of radio transceivers, or a radio channel.
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11. In a multisite trunked radio frequency communications network including plural digital repeater sites having corresponding coverage areas and serving mobile or portable trunked radio transceivers disposed within the coverage areas, a local multisite switch for routing communications between digital repeater sites and other communication sources/destinations within the network, comprising:
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one or more local dispatch consoles connected to the local multisite switch, and a local network interface module for transferring and receiving communications to/from another remote multisite network, wherein console dispatch operations initiated at the one or more dispatch consoles in the local multisite switch are executed at the local multisite switch and at the remote multisite switch through the local network interface module, wherein an operator at a local dispatch console initiates and establishes a temporary radio communication involving a first group of radio transceivers located in a coverage area for the local multisite switch and a second group of radio transceivers located in a coverage area for one or more of the remote multisite switches to temporarily permit the first group and second group of radio transceivers to communicate. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. In an extended multisite network that permits intercommunication between a plurality of otherwise independent, multisite trunked radio communications systems, each independent, multisite trunked radio communications system including one or more radio communication units, a switching arrangement for routing communications between digital repeater sites and one or more dispatch consoles, a method comprising the steps of:
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tracking for a plurality of dispatch consoles at different ones of the independent, multisite trunked radio communications systems in the extended multisite network which dispatch consoles are programmed to monitor communications involving particular call entities, and routing a communication involving a particular call entity from a local multisite trunked radio communications system over the extended multisite network to a console on a remote independent, multisite trunked radio communications system programmed to monitor communications involving said particular call entity.
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15. In an extended multisite network that permits intercommunication between a plurality of otherwise independent, multisite trunked radio communications systems, each independent, multisite trunked radio communications system including one or more communication units, a switching arrangement for routing communications between digital repeater sites and one or more dispatch consoles within said independent, multisite trunked radio communications system, a method comprising the steps of:
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selecting at a console in one of the plurality of independent, multisite trunked radio communications systems a list of communicating entities at local and remote multisite trunked radio communications systems; generating a temporary talk group from the list of communicating entities; determining which entities at the remote multisite system are enabled for remote console operations; and sending a list of only enabled entities to the remote multisite system. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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- 17. An extended multisite network that permits intercommunication between a plurality of otherwise independent, multisite trunked radio communications systems, each independent, multisite trunked radio communications system including one or more communication units, a switching arrangement for routing communications between digital repeater sites, one or more dispatch consoles within said independent, multisite trunked radio communications system, and a console tracking database for monitoring which consoles in the extended multisite network are programmed to monitor communications involving a particular callee.
- 19. In an extended multisite network that permits intercommunication between a plurality of otherwise independent, multisite trunked radio communications systems, each independent, multisite trunked radio communications system including one or more communication units, a switching arrangement for routing communications between digital repeater sites, one or more dispatch consoles within said independent, multisite trunked radio communications system, a method of providing console dispatch communications to remote entities located over the extended multisite network, wherein an operator at a dispatch console located in a first multisite trunked radio communication system sets up a temporary group communication between the dispatch console, a first group of radios in the first multisite system only enabled to conduct group communications within the first multisite system, and one or more remote entities located in a second multisite trunked radio communication system.
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