Method and apparatus for automatically determining a communication range status of communicating radios
First Claim
1. A method for determining a connectivity status of radios in a coverage group, wherein each coverage group includes radios configured to transmit and receive range messages on a channel and a timeslot, the method comprising:
- generating, by a radio in the coverage group, a generated range message comprising;
a connection field for connecting multiple range messages; and
a synchronization bit for facilitating startup of an exclusive transmission window sequence, wherein when the communicating radio knows that the generated range message is being transmitted in a proper window, the synchronization bit is set to a predefined value;
transmitting, by the radio, the generated range message to each other radio in the coverage group;
receiving, by the radio from each other radio in the coverage group, a received range message generated by each other radio, wherein the received range message from each other radio includes a bitmask field indicating whether the radio received a generated range message during a previous polling interval, thereby indicating the presence or absence of the each other radio in the coverage group; and
based on the received range message received from each other radio, determining, by the radio, bi-directional connectivity status between the radio and each other radio in the coverage group, wherein the determined bi-directional connectivity status is between the radio and each of at least two other radios in the coverage group.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining a connectivity status of radios in a coverage group. Each coverage group includes radios configured to transmit and receive range messages on a channel and a timeslot. Each radio in the coverage group is configured to generate a range message and to transmit the range message to each other radio in the coverage group. Each radio in the coverage group is also configured to receive, from each other radio in the coverage group, a range message generated by each other radio. Based on the range message received from each other radio, each radio is configured to determine bi-directional connectivity between the receiving radio and the radios that sent the D-ARTS messages. The determined bi-directional connectivity status is between each radio and each of at least two other radios in the coverage group.
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1. A method for determining a connectivity status of radios in a coverage group, wherein each coverage group includes radios configured to transmit and receive range messages on a channel and a timeslot, the method comprising:
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generating, by a radio in the coverage group, a generated range message comprising; a connection field for connecting multiple range messages; and a synchronization bit for facilitating startup of an exclusive transmission window sequence, wherein when the communicating radio knows that the generated range message is being transmitted in a proper window, the synchronization bit is set to a predefined value; transmitting, by the radio, the generated range message to each other radio in the coverage group; receiving, by the radio from each other radio in the coverage group, a received range message generated by each other radio, wherein the received range message from each other radio includes a bitmask field indicating whether the radio received a generated range message during a previous polling interval, thereby indicating the presence or absence of the each other radio in the coverage group; and based on the received range message received from each other radio, determining, by the radio, bi-directional connectivity status between the radio and each other radio in the coverage group, wherein the determined bi-directional connectivity status is between the radio and each of at least two other radios in the coverage group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A communicating radio configured to determine a connectivity status of radios in a coverage group, the communicating radio comprises:
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a storing unit configured to store a coverage group list that identifies each other radio in the coverage group; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to each other radio in the coverage group, a generated range message generated by the communicating radio, the generated range message comprising; a connection field for connecting multiple range messages; and a synchronization bit for facilitating startup of an exclusive transmission window sequence, wherein when the communicating radio knows that the generated range message is being transmitted in a proper window, the synchronization bit is set to a predefined value; a receiving unit configured to receive, from each other radio in the coverage group, a received range message generated by each other radio, wherein the received range message includes a bitmask field for indicating whether the receiving unit received a generated range message from the each other radio during a previous polling interval, thereby indicating a presence or absence status of the each other radio in the coverage group; and a determining unit configured to determine, based on the received range message received from each other radio, bi-directional connectivity status between the communicating radio and each other radio in the coverage group, wherein the determined bi-directional connectivity status is between the communicating radio and each of at least two other radios in the coverage group. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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