Wireless relay device deployment methods and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method performed by a first device associated with a first host user, the method comprising:
- making a deployment decision to initiate a deployment of an undeployed relay device associated with the first host user, in response to receiving a first message from an air interface, wherein the first message indicates that a second device is requesting deployment of the undeployed relay device.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, an adaptively-augmentable wireless network (100, FIG. 1) may include at least one mobile device (110-115) and at least one relay device (104-109). During network setup, a mobile device associated with a first host user may determine (505, FIG. 5) that no relay device signal is receivable by the mobile device which has an adequate signal quality. When an undeployed relay device is not available to the first host user, he mobile device may transmit (508) a deployment request message (700, FIG. 7). Another mobile device associated with a second host user may receive (902, FIG. 9) the deployment request message, and may determine (908) whether to initiate deployment of an undeployed relay device associated with the second host user. When the other mobile device decides to initiate deployment, it may transmit (912) a responsive deployment announcement message (800, FIG. 8). Accordingly, collaborative relay device deployment is achievable.
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20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a first device associated with a first host user, the method comprising:
making a deployment decision to initiate a deployment of an undeployed relay device associated with the first host user, in response to receiving a first message from an air interface, wherein the first message indicates that a second device is requesting deployment of the undeployed relay device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method performed by a first device associated with a first host user, the method comprising:
transmitting a first message over an air interface, wherein the first message is to invoke a second device to determine whether the second device should alert a second host user associated with the second device to deploy an undeployed relay device associated with the second host user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless network interface configured to receive a message from an air interface, wherein the message can indicate a request for a deployment of an undeployed relay device; and at least one processing subsystem, operatively coupled to the wireless network interface, and configured to make a deployment decision, in response to receiving the message, to initiate the deployment of the undeployed relay device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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