Patent ID: 9585121
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for setting up a simulcast call within a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at a network controller, a request to set up the simulcast call; determining by the network controller, radios that will participate in the simulcast call; determining locations for radios participating in the simulcast call; determining a same common channel among base sites participating within the simulcast call, wherein; each base site participating within the simulcast call will be equipped with a number of radios (BR), at least two participating base sites will have different channels from each other; each BR capable of utilizing only a single channel for communications, and wherein a first base site participating within the simulcast call will be equipped with a first number of BRs, and a second base site participating within the simulcast call will be equipped with a second number of BRs, and wherein the first and the second base sites use a first and a second BR to participate in the call, and wherein the first and the second BR use the same channel for a downlink simulcast transmission; and instructing the base sites participating in the call, having the common channel, to set up the call using the common channel among base sites participating within the simulcast call.