Abstract:
A method and apparatus includes in a sending transceiver (225) a transmitter (206) for sending (702) a message to a receiving transceiver (122), a receiver (207) for awaiting (704) an acknowledgement of the message from the receiving transceiver within a predetermined time after sending the message, and a processing system (210) coupled to the transmitter and coupled to the receiver for transmitting (706) a command (418) to the receiving transceiver to request a repeat transmission of the acknowledgement when the acknowledgement has not been received by the sending transceiver within the predetermined time.
Abstract:
Apparatus and method for dynamically selecting a transmitter for directed message delivery in a messaging system (100) including plural transmitters (107-111) operating in a simulcast or non-simulcast mode. A communication system (1100) dynamically selects transmitters (1115) by sending transmission signals, receiving the transmission signals at a PMU (1105), calculating signal strengths of the transmission signals, transmitting a signal indicative of the signal strengths, receiving the signal and determining therefrom carrier-to-interference (C/I) values indicative of relative strengths of the transmission signals at a controller (1110), and delivering a message with a selected transmitter (1115) associated with a lowest C/I value that is chosen from the C/I values and that exceeds a C/I threshold value.