Patent ID: 8619804
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A point to multipoint wireless system for communication between a dispatch center hub and a plurality of remote terminals, the system comprising: a base station controller in communication with the dispatch center hub; a plurality of base stations, each of said plurality of base stations in communication with the base station controller, each of said plurality of base stations being located at a corresponding one of a plurality of private land mobile radio (PLMR) tower sites; a plurality of remote radios in communication with at least one of said plurality of remote terminals; at least one PLMR channel scanner embedded in each of said plurality of base stations; at least one PLMR channel scanner embedded in each of said plurality of remote radios, wherein each of said at least one PLMR channel scanners embedded in each of said plurality of base stations and remote radios is configured to scan the PLMR channels to determine which of the PLMR channels is idle at any point of time; and wherein each of said plurality of base stations maintains two-way data communication over idle PLMR channels with the plurality of remote radios in its serving area; wherein each of said plurality of base stations comprises: wherein each of said plurality of remote radios comprises a remote radio (RR) cognitive controller; and wherein said cognitive controller determines the idle PLMR channel allocation for said two-way data communication based upon channel occupancy reports generated by and received from said RR cognitive controller of at least one of said plurality of remote radios.