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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Vaughn L. Mower, Bountiful, UT (US);
Merle L. Keller, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Zachary C. Bagley, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Vaughn L. Mower, Bountiful, UT (US);
Merle L. Keller, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Zachary C. Bagley, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
L-3 Communications, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for managing Priority Messages in a hybrid TDMA-Spread Spectrum (TDMA-SS) communication system is provided. The method and system include a HUB for generating a HUB TDMA epoch, wherein the HUB TDMA epoch includes at least one Priority Message (PM) slot. The PM slot includes a plurality of assignable PM sub-slots. The method and system also include at least one SPOKE, wherein the at least one SPOKE is adapted to transmit a Priority Message during its assigned PM sub-slot within the HUB TDMA epoch.