The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:

E.f. Johnson Company, Irving, TX (US);

Inventors:

Arindam Roy, Plano, TX (US);

Linda Trine, Keller, TX (US);

Marshall Jobe, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

E.F. Johnson Company, Irving, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/10 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/10 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and a method for providing mobility management and out-of-coverage indication in a hybrid system comprised of conventional LMR sites and trunking LMR sites. If a radio is located at a conventional site, the radio provides its location and user group data to the disclosed system through its traffic channel when the channel is idle. If the radio is located at a trunking site, the radio provides its location and user group data to the disclosed system through the trunking site's control channel. Knowledge of the radio's current location and user group data is used to provide dynamic call routing and data management within the disclosed system. The disclosed system and method provides seamless communication between a trunking site and a conventional site while concurrently enhancing the hybrid system to provide mobility management and out-of-coverage indication features typically associated with a stand-alone trunking system.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…