Priority talkgroups

A method comprising:

• supporting multiple talkgroups for exchanging group communications across a communications network having one or more nodes for transmitting wireless communications to and receiving wireless communications from wireless communications devices, individual talkgroups enabling wireless communications devices designated as being members of corresponding ones of the individual talkgroups to exchange group communications with each other across the communications network;
• storing, in computer-accessible storage, information designating a set of talkgroups as talkgroups of which a particular communications device is a member and identifying a particular talkgroup within the set as being a priority talkgroup for the particular communications device;
• receiving a request to instantiate the particular talkgroup;
• and
• causing, in response to receiving the request to instantiate the particular talkgroup and based on the stored information identifying the particular talkgroup within the set as being the priority talkgroup for the particular communications device, at least one node to transmit a communication for the particular communications device announcing the instantiation of the particular talkgroup.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processing elements, cause the one or more processing elements to:

• support multiple talkgroups for exchanging group communications across a communications network having one or more nodes for transmitting wireless communications to and receiving wireless communications from wireless communications devices, individual talkgroups enabling wireless communications devices designated as being members of corresponding ones of the individual talkgroups to exchange group communications with each other across the communications network;
• store, in computer-accessible storage, information designating a set of talkgroups as talkgroups of which a particular communications device is a member and identifying a particular talkgroup within the set as being a priority talkgroup for the particular communications device;
• process a request to instantiate the particular talkgroup;
• and
• cause, as a consequence of processing the request to instantiate the particular talkgroup and based on the stored information identifying the particular talkgroup within the set as being the priority talkgroup for the particular communications device, the at least one node to transmit a communication for the particular communications device announcing the instantiation of the particular talkgroup.