Trunked radio repeater communication system including home channel aliasing and call grouping
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1. A method comprising:
- selecting a first subset of primary home channels from a plurality of candidate channels;
configuring each of a plurality of repeaters within a locality to monitor a primary home channel, wherein each primary home channel is monitored by a particular repeater of the plurality of repeaters;
receiving a subaudio message on a particular alias home channel selected from a second subset of alias home channels selected from the plurality of candidate channels, wherein each alias home channel is associated with a primary home channel; and
if the primary home channel associated with the particular alias home channel is available for communications, conducting communications on the primary home channel; and
otherwise, seeking a next available channel.
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Abstract
A system for channel assignment in a trunked transmission communication system including a plurality of subscribers. A plurality of subscribers is provided home channel assignment to reduce collisions. A home channel alias is provided for home channel coverage where a designated home channel is unavailable. A system for call grouping is provided to avoid talk group splitting. A first check is used to determine if other channels are conducting communications with identical home and talk group information. A second check is available after a temporary channel assignment. In one system both the home channel aliasing and call grouping are performed.
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1. A method comprising:
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selecting a first subset of primary home channels from a plurality of candidate channels;
configuring each of a plurality of repeaters within a locality to monitor a primary home channel, wherein each primary home channel is monitored by a particular repeater of the plurality of repeaters;
receiving a subaudio message on a particular alias home channel selected from a second subset of alias home channels selected from the plurality of candidate channels, wherein each alias home channel is associated with a primary home channel; and
if the primary home channel associated with the particular alias home channel is available for communications, conducting communications on the primary home channel; and
otherwise, seeking a next available channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving a first wireless subaudio control signal from a first subscriber having a first group identification code, the first control signal including a request to communicate; and
transmitting a handshake signal to the first subscriber and a second subscriber having the particular home channel assignment, a squelch, and a second group identification code, wherein if the second group identification code matches the first group identification code then the handshake signal instructs the second subscriber to open the squelch and wherein if the second group identification code is different than the first group identification code, then the handshake signal instructs the second subscriber to close the squelch and await a second subaudio control signal instruction indicating that the particular home channel is busy and a free channel assignment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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uniformly distributing candidate home channel numbers across a range of available channel numbers;
assigning a home channel to each subscriber;
receiving a subaudio message on a particular candidate home channel number corresponding to a particular home channel assigned to a particular subscriber;
if the particular home channel is a candidate home channel number, conducting communications on the particular home channel; and
otherwise, seeking a next available candidate home channel number. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
upon receipt of a group call transmission from the particular subscriber on a first channel, checking for a second channel conducting communications having an identical home channel and an identical talk group; and
if a second channel exists, instructing the particular subscriber to use the second channel for communications.
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21. The method of claim 20 further comprising if the second channel is conducting communications using a home channel alias associated with the identical home channel and the identical talk group, instructing the particular subscriber to use the second channel for communications.
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22. The method of claim 20 further comprising if the second channel does not exist, allowing the particular subscriber to conduct communications on the first channel.
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23. The method of claim 20 further comprising if a second channel is not found, temporarily granting the first channel for use by the particular subscriber and performing a second test to determine if the first channel is fully granted.
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