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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith W Barnes, Waseca, MN (US);
Donald R Bauman, Waseca, MN (US);
Howard N Brace, Waseca, MN (US);
Philip A Keefer, Waseca, MN (US);
Michael E Mihelich, Waseca, MN (US);
Assignee:
E.F. Johnson Company, Burnsville, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 15 ; 455512 ; 455520 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing priority access for users in a transmission trunked communication system, including a plurality of distributive radio network terminal (RNT) switches and a unique signaling protocol and a switching protocol especially adapted for communication of control signals in the subaudio band for interconnecting the trunked transmission communications systems into a wide area network that provides an expanded feature set of radio communications capabilities.