Wide area coverage radio communication system and method

摘要

A wide area coverage radio communication system of the type adapted to relay a message substantially simultaneously from a plurality of fixed location sites to a plurality of portable or mobile units includes a plurality of repeaters at each of the sites. Each of the repeaters is arranged to transmit and receive on a respective different frequency duplex pair or channel. Control means at one of the sites senses channel availability at all of the sites and causes one repeater at each of the sites to transmit the message on its respective different frequency. Access to the system by the portable units is provided on a trunked basis through the control means.