Patent ID: 6970926
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A dispatch communication network comprising: a group of hosts of a plurality of communication hosts wherein only one host of the group at a time is allowed to transmit internet protocol (IP) communications comprising voice communications to the other hosts of the group; and a dispatch call server configured to arbitrate IP communication among the group, wherein arbitrating comprises selecting one transmitting host, from a plurality of competing hosts from which the dispatch call server receives request transmissions, that is allowed to transmit the IP communications to the other hosts of the group after a preceding transmitting host of the group of hosts has completed its transmission, wherein the dispatch call server is configured to arbitrate communication among the group of hosts based on a number of factors comprising estimated request times, which are based on arrival times of the request transmissions and an estimated network delay corresponding to each of the request transmissions.