MULTI-MODE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

A communications device includes a first radio (106, 300) configured to support wireless communications with a second radio (104) using a plurality of communications modes. The device includes a switch element (118, 326) configured to cause the first radio to transmit when actuated. The device also...

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Hauptverfasser: MARTZ DONALD R, VAN NESS ERIC, HINTERBERGER DAVID, BEGHINI KENNETH P
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Zusammenfassung:A communications device includes a first radio (106, 300) configured to support wireless communications with a second radio (104) using a plurality of communications modes. The device includes a switch element (118, 326) configured to cause the first radio to transmit when actuated. The device also includes a control element (306, 324) for detecting one or more actuations of the switch element and configured to select a one of the plurality of communications modes based on a sequence of the actuations of the switch element detected by the control element during a pre-defined time interval and to cause a wireless transmission from the first radio to the second radio according to the one of the plurality of communications modes.