Patent ID: 8094563

Claim:
An integrated Land Mobile Radio (LMR) communication system, comprising: at least one trunking land mobile radio (trunking LMR) system, comprising: a trunking site controller including a first network gateway router; at least one trunking control channel connected to the trunking site controller, the trunking control channel configured to enable communication among the trunking site controller and one or more trunking LMR subscribers; and a plurality of trunking traffic channels connected to the trunking site controller, the trunking traffic channels each being allocated to a specific trunking LMR subscriber by the trunking site controller on a per call basis to enable the trunking LMR subscribers to communicate, the trunking site controller using the trunking control channel to allocate the trunking traffic channels among the trunking LMR subscribers; and at least one conventional land mobile radio (conventional LMR) system, comprising: a conventional site controller including a second network gateway router connected to the first network gateway router by a data network; and a plurality of conventional traffic channels connected to one or more conventional site controllers, the conventional traffic channels each being assigned to a specific conventional LMR user group by the conventional site controller to enable the conventional LMR user group to communicate; the second gateway router packetizing voice signals originating from conventional LMR subscribers into conventional LMR data packets and routing the conventional LMR data packets to the first gateway router, wherein the first gateway router routes the conventional LMR data packets to the intended trunking LMR subscribers; and the first gateway router packetizing voice signals originating from trunking LMR subscribers into trunking LMR data packets and routing the trunking LMR data packets to the second gateway router, wherein the second gateway router routes the trunking LMR data packets to the intended conventional LMR subscribers.