Abstract: A method and apparatus of an alarm management system (114) for dynamically prioritizing network conditions for a communication system (100) is disclosed. The alarm management system includes a receiver (116) and processor (118) for receiving one of a plurality of alarm conditions indicating a fault in a device within the communication system and classifying the alarm condition. The alarm management system also determines a status of the device and rates the alarm by comparing the classification of the alarm condition with the status of the device. The rated alarm condition can then be ranked against another of the plurality of alarms. The alarm management system then re-evaluates the ranking of alarm condition by repeating the determining and rating steps and then ranks the re-evaluated rated alarm condition against other alarm conditions.

Abstract: In a communication system, a communication unit may access increased information in the following manner. The communication unit transmits an information access request to the communication resource allocator of the communication system, wherein the information access request comprises a selection of pre-established information for that communication unit. Upon receiving the information access request, the communication resource allocator retrieves pre-established information based upon the request and transmits it to the communication unit. The communication unit temporarily stores the pre-established information and executes a system service based upon the retrieved pre-established information.

Abstract: A method is disclosed, and an apparatus described, for providing a console display indicating the incompatibility of a subscriber with a talk group in an RF communication system. The console provides a first display as long as the system detects no subscriber incompatibility with a talk group. When the system determines the subscriber is incompatible with a talk group, however, the console provides a second display which is graphically distinct from the first display. The second display is further arranged so the incompatible subscriber can readily be identified.

Abstract: A trunked communication system having reassignable talk-groups. By having the talk-groups reassignable, the trunked communication system can accommodate a large number of user groups without adding to the control resource traffic congestion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operator messaging within a radio communication system (200) using a resource controller (203), which allocates a plurality of communication resources among a plurality of communication units (213, 215), is disclosed. Each of these communication units may be used by an operator having an operator code (262) and associated with a message (264, 266). This operator code and message, along with identification codes (252) representing each of the plurality of communication resources, are stored in a database (201) within the resource controller (203). The method includes the transmitting of the identification (ID) associated with a transmitting communication unit, matching this ID with one of the stored identification codes (252) in the database (201), and using this code to retrieve the message (254, 256) associated with the operator of this communication unit.