Mobile trunked radio system design and simulation

The fundamentals of trunked land mobile radio systems are examined. Many novel resource allocation methods have been examined to meet the unique needs of this service. These assignment algorithms are based on radio unit registration, user group talk zone requirements, and the channel availability. Computer simulation has been used to support this resource allocation method design. In particular, a discrete-event model of a wide area dynamic site assignment based trunked radio system is described. Simulation results are presented for an example comparing the performance of a particular trunking system using the forced vs. dynamic critical assignment method. The example system is to support 7777 radio users across 25 base sites