Supporting wireless communication interoperability compatibility with existing communications infrastructure

摘要

The invention can include a base station for use with a land mobile radio network. The base station can include a controller (225) selecting an initial communication protocol and at least one target communication protocol that is different from the initial communication protocol. The base station also can include one or more transceivers (205, 210, 215) configured to send and receive a communication within a particular frequency band. The transceiver(s) can receive a communication formatted according to the initial communication protocol. A waveform processor (220) can be programmatically configurable to translate the communication to the target communication protocol(s) and format the communication as a communication originating from a mobile radio. The translated communication can be transmitted through the transceiver(s) to a node of a target communication network.