Patent ID: 6904285

Claim:
A communication controller comprising: a network transceiver; and a processor adapted to receive, using the network transceiver, a service request targeting a communication unit served by remote network equipment, wherein the service request is received from an originating unit served by the communication controller, adapted to send, using the network transceiver, a request for the remote network equipment to page the communication unit, adapted to receive, from the remote network equipment using the network transceiver, an indication that the communication unit is available, adapted to send, using the network transceiver, a request for the remote network equipment to initialize channel resources to support the service request, adapted to receive, using the network transceiver, an indication that the originating unit has completed a transmit session, adapted to send, to the remote network equipment using the network transceiver, an indication that the originating unit has completed the transmit session, adapted to receive, from the remote network equipment using the network transceiver, an indication that the communication unit has requested to talk, adapted to send, to the remote network equipment using the network transceiver, an indication that the communication unit is granted talk privileges for a transmit session, and adapted to receive, from the remote network equipment using the network transceiver, an indication that the communication unit has completed the transmit session.