Patent ID: 8614998

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, at least one trunking control channel operable to enable communication between the trunking site controller and one or more trunking LMR subscribers, and one or more trunking traffic channels, wherein said trunking site controller is operable in combination with said at least one trunking control channel to allocate at least one of said one or more trunking traffic channels to a trunking LMR subscriber on a per call basis to enable said trunking LMR subscriber to communicate; and at least one conventional land mobile radio (conventional LMR) system, comprising: a conventional site controller in communication with said trunking site controller over a data network, and one or more conventional traffic channels in communication with said conventional site controller, wherein said conventional site controller is operable to assign at least one of said one or more conventional traffic channels to a conventional LMR user group to enable said conventional LMR user group to communicate.