Method and system for message collision avoidance

A device comprising:

• a memory to store executable instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the instructions, facilitates performance of operations comprising:
• receiving a first audio input signal from a first communication source and a second audio input signal from a second communication source;
• detecting within the first audio input signal, first digitally encoded data indicative of a first emergency alert system message;
• detecting within the second audio input signal, second digitally encoded data indicative of a second emergency alert system message;
• providing information indicative of the detecting of the first and second digitally encoded data;
• detecting between the first audio input signal and the second audio input signal a temporal overlap of a portion of the first emergency alert system message and the second emergency alert system message, wherein the detecting of the temporal overlap is based on the information indicative of the detecting of the first and second digitally encoded data;
• generating a first audio output signal including the first emergency alert system message and a second audio output signal including the second emergency alert system message;
• and
• applying, in response to the detecting of the temporal overlap, a relative delay between the first audio output signal and the second audio output signal.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• receiving a first audio input signal from a first communication source and a second audio input signal from a second communication source;
• detecting, within the first audio input signal, first digitally encoded data indicative of a first emergency message;
• detecting, within the second audio input signal, second digitally encoded data indicative of a second emergency message;
• providing information indicative of the detecting of the first and second digitally encoded data;
• detecting between the first audio input signal and the second audio input signal a temporal overlap of a portion of the first emergency message and the second emergency message, wherein the detecting of the temporal overlap is based on the information indicative of the detecting of the first and second digitally encoded data;
• forwarding a first audio output signal including the first emergency message and a second audio output signal including the second emergency message to an encoder and decoder to process each of the first emergency message and the second emergency message;
• and
• applying, in response to the detecting of the temporal overlap, a relative delay between the first audio output signal and the second audio output signal to eliminate the temporal overlap between the first emergency message and the second emergency message.