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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Satish R. Panpaliya, Palatine, IL (US);
Dipendra M. Chowdhary, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Tejal S. Patel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Badarinath Patibandla, Palatine, IL (US);
David G. Wiatrowski, Woodstock, IL (US);
Satish R. Panpaliya, Palatine, IL (US);
Dipendra M. Chowdhary, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Tejal S. Patel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Badarinath Patibandla, Palatine, IL (US);
David G. Wiatrowski, Woodstock, IL (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
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 hosts a first channel that is currently serving as a rest channel. The channel that is currently serving as the rest channel is monitored by subscriber units that are idle in the system. When the repeater determines to select a second channel to serve as the rest channel, it determines whether there is at least one eligible channel to serve as the rest channel. If there is at least one eligible channel in the system, the repeater may select the second channel to serve as the rest channel from one of the eligible channels.