A method for communicating information between mobile units includes
identifying by an establishment a receiving mobile unit using a unique
identifier. The method also includes generating baseband message data
representing a message by constructing at least one data packet from a
plurality of data fields. The data fields include a unique identifier of
a transmitting mobile unit, and the unique identifier of the receiving
mobile unit. The method further includes upconverting the message data
from baseband to radio frequency for transmission to the receiving mobile
unit. The method still further includes transmitting the upconverted
message data from the transmitting mobile unit to the receiving mobile
unit.