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Method and apparatus for allocating communication resources to support priority communications in a communication system

  • US 5,862,485 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1997
  • Issued: 01/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a communication system that includes a plurality of base sites and a plurality of mobile communication units, a method for allocating a common communication resource of a plurality of common communication resources, the plurality of common communication resources available to the plurality of mobile communication units, to support a priority private voice communication by a mobile communication unit, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a) automatically determining that a first mobile communication unit desires to initiate a first priority private voice communication;

    b) in response to the determination, reserving a first common communication resource of the plurality of common communication resources at a first base site to produce a first reserved communication resource;

    c) allocating the first reserved communication resource to the first mobile communication unit upon initiation of the first priority private voice communication;

    d) upon termination of the first priority private voice communication, continuing to reserve the first common communication resource at the first base site for a predetermined period of time, the predetermined period of time sufficient for the first reserved communication resource to be allocated, via a channel assignment operation, to a second mobile communication unit upon determining that the second mobile communication unit desires to initiate a second priority private voice communication; and

    e) after the predetermined period of time, returning the first reserved communication resource to the plurality of common communication resources available to the plurality of mobile communication units.

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