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Mobile radio device having adaptive position transmitting capabilities

  • US 6,539,231 B1
  • Filed: 03/09/2000
  • Issued: 03/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a radio network including a mobile radio, a method of scheduling the transmission by the mobile radio of a position message including a computed position of the mobile radio, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) periodically determining a network loading parameter indicating a level of transmission activity on the radio network; and

    (b) determining when to transmit the position message from the mobile radio across the network as a function of the network loading parameter;

    wherein steps (a) and (b) are determined by the mobile radio.

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