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Methods of incorporating an ad hoc cellular network into a fixed cellular network

  • US 10,021,706 B2
  • Filed: 01/05/2016
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of establishing a cellular network having backhaul flexibility, comprising:

  • establishing, at a first cellular base station, a first connection with a core cellular network;

    establishing, at the first cellular base station, an inter-base station connection with a second cellular base station for relaying traffic from the first and the second cellular base stations to the core cellular network, the second cellular base station having a second connection with the core cellular network;

    determining, at the first cellular base station, if the quality of the first connection falls below a threshold parameter;

    terminating, at the first cellular base station, the first connection in favor of the second connection when the quality of the first connection falls below the threshold parameter; and

    providing, at the first cellular base station, a local limited core network when a quality of a backhaul connection falls below the threshold parameter, wherein the first and the second connection with the core cellular network are backhaul connections.

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