NEXEDGE TRUNKING SYSTEMNEXEDGE TRUNKING SYSTEM

Basic Trunking Concepts

Why Trunking? (Liau C.K.) May 2010Why Trunking? (Liau C.K.) May 2010

Fundamental Question that is frequently asked:

Why is there a Need for Trunking?

because there is a Limitation in frequency resources

because there is a need for Growing subscriber bases

because the customer requires Enhanced radio feature

Introducing Trunking

Trunking Concept

The Automatic Sharing of limited communication resourcesamong many users.

Concept when applies to a Radio system

means a radio system that pools several RF channels

and use automatic switching to allocate available (not

in use) channels to the users that belong to this RF

system. This results in minimum waiting to make a call.

Introducing Trunking

Introducing Trunking

Efficient use of the radio channelsThe trunked network:

Radio Channels are multi-purpose and dynamically

allocated

Conventional network:

Radio channels are dedicated to users or

types of communications

FreeChannel

FreeChannel

Queue

Queue

ChannelsChannels

FreeChannel

FreeChannel

Always overload

Under utilized

The right

choice

Customer Benefits From Trunking

1. Simplified Operation- no need for channel monitoring (orderly queuing process)- priorities can be assigned to queuing system

2. Higher Grade of Service- channels are shared therefore channel congestion is decreased.- traffic loading is more balanced among channels

3. Flexibility- system management software allows easy reconfiguration of system- system features can be enhanced as necessary with software upgrades

Introducing Trunking