General question for clarification: As far as I know, using separate conventional repeaters spread in a certain area will force conventional radio users to select the corresponding channel frequency coverage (moving the radio selector) under which they may be to be able to use that channel.
In our new K/M conventional solutions users should still need to go site by site selecting the specific channel frequency to communicate? or will our solutions provide the necessary call arbitration to the subscribers so the can “roam” under different conventional sites coverage without needing to do so? In this case, will they only need to select their “specific group” they want to communicate in like in trunking systems? If not, how will this work in our new conventional solutions?
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If you are looking for some form of conventional mobility there is a possible solution. Currently our 3.1C and future 7.x systems will support multicast. This utilizes a comparator tied to repeaters which have a common input frequency and different output frequency. When used in conjunction with the vote scan feature in our subscribers the user can roam through out the coverage area without moving the channel selector knob.
This is a basic description and there are limitations/trade offs when using this configuration. That said we have used this configuration extensively with voice and data. The user community enjoys the seamless connectivity in the coverage area (especially in a pursuit).