Patent ID: 11936466
Assignee: E.F. JOHNSON COMPANY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A system for providing communication in a distributed land mobile radio (LMR) system architecture, the system comprising:
a first controller associated with a LMR site, the first controller configured to control communication, via a communication channel, of a plurality of LMRs; and
a plurality of repeaters associated with the LMR site, the plurality of repeaters comprising:
a first repeater comprising at least an active mode, wherein the first repeater is configured in the active mode to initiate a simulcast controller operation using the communication channel of the plurality of repeaters, and
a second repeater;

wherein the simulcast controller operation comprises:
transmitting a radio call at least substantially simultaneously with the second repeater by the first repeater on the communication channel, and
synchronizing, on the communication channel, a transmit time of calls transmitted by the first repeater and the second repeater.