
System Overview
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A service provider may allow each subscriber to periodically check certain
usage data so that there are no surprises at the end of the billing period. By
dialing 311*, the system will dictate, by voice response, all the usage for any
radio, including details such as air time used, minutes of local or international
calls, and the amount of the subscriber’s credit balance.
If this service is active, any subscriber may also program a usage alarm so that
when a pre-defined target has been reached (e.g., air time minutes, remaining
credit balance, etc.), the system will automatically call the subscriber to report
this information.
Critical Messages
For special applications, the ST-510 provides 90 message boxes for the system
operator to record important information of interest to users. For example, by
dialing 411* plus a message box number, a user could hear the latest highway
conditions, weather forecast, financial reports, or upcoming shift schedules If
desired, these messages could be recorded and updated by a commercial spon-
sor who would compensate the system operator for providing this service.
Access to these message boxes may be made through the PSTN, PABX, or
radio.
Queued Traffic (Call Manager)
In peak traffic periods, subscribers may often not be able to access a free
channel when they attempt to make a call. With the addition of a simplex or
semi-duplex radio on an extra channel, the ST-510 will add the attempted call
to a queue, so that when a channel becomes available, the user will automati-
cally be called and given access to the free channel. This channel would only
handle call requests in the event of all normal system channels being busy the
call manager would never carry voice traffic.
A priority user analyzer module of the ST-510 software will process the queued
traffic by priority of the users. In the event of an emergency call arriving in the
queue while all channels are busy, the system automatically drops the lowest
priority and oldest active call and places the emergency call immediately.
By the use of this feature, the system loading may be increased significantly in
accordance with the queued traffic model of Erlang C.
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