Patent ID: 9344532
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a radio communication device comprising dual-receivers, the method comprising: operating a main transmitter and a first receiver of the radio communication device to communicate over a primary channel; operating a second receiver of the radio communication device to scan a pre-stored list of a plurality of secondary radio-to-radio channels; monitoring the primary channel and the plurality of secondary radio-to-radio channel and detecting whether there is an emergency signal being received on either the primary channel or one of the plurality of secondary radio-to-radio channels; and responsive to detecting that there is the emergency signal being received on either the primary channel or one of the plurality of secondary radio-to-radio channels, relaying, using the main transmitter, the emergency signal to the primary channel and all of the plurality of secondary radio-to-radio channels other than the primary channel or the one of the plurality of the secondary radio-to-radio channel over which the emergency signal is being received.