Method of maintaining control in a trunked communication system

A method of maintaining control by a master repeater of a trunked communication system having a number of communication resources, wherein the number of communication resources includes one or more control resources and one or more message resources, comprising the steps of:

• (A) determining how many communication resources, from among the number of communication resources, are available to the master repeater, providing a number of available communication resources;
• (B) when at least one control resource and at least one message resource are among the available communication resources, suspending trunked communication system operation when:
• (a) the number of available communication resources are less than a minimum number of resources;
• (b) the available communication resources fail to include all control resources from the trunked communication system;
• and
• (c) the available communication resources fail to be sourced by all master capable repeaters from the trunked communication system
• (C) when at least one control resource and at least one message resource are among the available communication resources, providing trunked communication system operation when one of the following is true:
• (a) the number of available communication resources are equal to or greater than a minimum number of resources;
• (b) the available communication resources include all control resources from the trunked communication system;
• and
• (c) the available communication resources are sourced by all master capable repeaters from the trunked communication system.

A method of maintaining control, by a master repeater, of a trunked communication system having a number of communication resources, wherein the number of communication resources includes one or more control resources and one or more message resources, comprising the steps of:

• (A) determining how many communication resources, from among the number of communication resources, are available to the master repeater, and providing a number of available communication resources;
• (B) suspending trunked communication system operation when the available communication resources fail to include at least one control resource and at least one message resource;
• (C) when at least one control resource and at least one message resource are among the available communication resources, a suspending trunked communication system operation when:
• (a) the number of available communication resources are less than a minimum number of resources;
• (b) the available communication resources fail to include all control resources from the trunked communication system;
• and
• (c) the available communication resources fail to be sourced by all master capable repeaters from the trunked communication system.
• (D) when at least one control resource and at least one message resource are among the available communication resources, providing trunked communication system operation when one of the following is true:
• (a) the number of available communication resources are equal to or greater than a minimum number of resources;
• (b) the available communication resources include all control resources from the trunked communication system;
• and
• (c) the available communication resources are sourced by all master capable repeaters from the trunked communication system.