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AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsGary W. Grube, Rafael J. Diaz, Robert Adamczyk, Robin Roberts, Michael D. Sasuta
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A method (215) of converting a current control channel for use as a communication (voice/data) channel, in order to maintain a predetermined level of service in a radio communications system, employs a central controller (101) to allocate a limited number of communication channels among a plurality of subscriber units (108-112). After receiving (203) a request for a communication channel from one of a plurality of subscriber units (108-112), the controller (101) determines (205) whether all of the communication channels are busy. The controller then temporarily converts (215) the current control channel to a communication channel.
In a central controller used in a radio communications system having a limited number of voice channels, the central controller allocating the voice channels via a control channel on which control signals are sent, a method of converting a current control channel for use as a voice/data channel in order to maintain a predetermined level of communication service to a plurality of radios in the system, the method comprising the steps of:
In a radio used in a radio communications system having a limited number of voice channels, the system further having a dynamic control channel configuration, the radio receiving outbound signalling words (OSW's) from a central controller, and sending inbound signalling words (ISW's) to the central controller, the OSW's and ISW's being used for facilitating access to the limited number of voice channels, a method of accommodating a change in control channel configuration, the method comprising the steps of:
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