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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
David G. Wiatrowski, Woodstock, IL (US);
Thomas B. Bohn, McHenry, IL (US);
Dipendra M. Chowdhary, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Satish R. Panpaliya, Palatine, IL (US);
Tejal S. Patel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Badarinath Patibandla, Palatine, IL (US);
David G. Wiatrowski, Woodstock, IL (US);
Thomas B. Bohn, McHenry, IL (US);
Dipendra M. Chowdhary, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Satish R. Panpaliya, Palatine, IL (US);
Tejal S. Patel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Badarinath Patibandla, Palatine, IL (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses, in a two-way radio frequency (RF) communications system having at least one repeater, a plurality of channels, and a plurality of subscriber units, a repeater receives a message that identifies a channel that is selected to serve as a rest channel for the system. The channel that is currently serving as the rest channel for the system is monitored by subscriber units that are idle in the system. If the repeater determines that the channel selected to serve as the rest channel is hosted by the repeater, the repeater periodically transmits an identity of the channel as the channel currently serving as the rest channel on at least the channel.