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Method and apparatus for providing arbitration in a group communication network

  • US 7,079,857 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2001
  • Issued: 07/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for arbitrating between a first communication device having floor control in a group communication network and a second communication device competing for floor control, the method comprising:

  • receiving a floor-control request from the second communication device;

    comparing respective priority levels of the first communication device and the second communication device; and

    granting floor control to the second communication device if the second communication device has a higher or equal priority level and wherein the priority levels are dynamically assigned and a priority assigned to a particular communication device is a fixed value defined in a database maintained by a session initiation protocol (SIP) server and an arbitration algorithm is used to arbitrate conflicts and this algorithm can be individually configured on a per net basis.

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