AD HOC SERVICE PROVIDER'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK

• US 20120027001A1
• Filed: 10/10/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: KRISHNASWAMY, Dilip, Suri, Atul
• Granted Patent: US 9,167,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/029 Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments are directed to devices and methods for supporting a wireless access point for one or more mobile clients. A mobile device may include a first module for supporting access to a network via a first wireless access protocol. The device may further include a second module for supporting a wireless access point for the one or more mobile clients to the network using a second wireless access protocol.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a first module for supporting access to a network via a first wireless access protocol; and

a second module for supporting a wireless access point for one or more mobile clients to the network using a second wireless access protocol.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, the first wireless access protocol comprising a wireless access protocol for a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) and the second wireless access protocol comprising a wireless access protocol for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

3. The mobile device of claim 1, the first wireless access protocol being different from the second wireless access protocol.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a third module for altering the support of the wireless access point in response to a resource related event.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a first network interface for supporting access to the network via the first wireless access protocol and a second network interface for supporting the wireless access point for the one or more mobile clients.

6. The mobile device of claim 5, the second network interface including a transceiver function for providing an 802.11 access point for the one or more mobile clients.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile clients cannot support the first wireless access protocol.

8. A mobile device, comprising:

a first wireless transceiver to support a first wireless link to a network; and

a second wireless transceiver to support a second wireless link with one or more mobile clients, the mobile device configured to support a wireless access point for the one or more mobile clients to the network by bridging the second wireless link to the first wireless link.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, the first wireless transceiver to support the first wireless link to the network via a first wireless access protocol and the second wireless transceiver to support the second wireless link with the one or more mobile clients via a second wireless access protocol.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the one or more mobile clients cannot support the first wireless access protocol.

11. The mobile device of claim 9, the first wireless access protocol configured to support one of Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), and Long Term Evolution (LTE).

12. The mobile device of claim 9, the second wireless access protocol comprising IEEE 802.11.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, further comprising module for altering the support of the wireless access point in response to a resource related event.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the resource related event is one or more of the following:

an indication that an energy level is below an energy threshold;

an indication that a loading on the processing system is above a loading threshold;

or an indication that an available bandwidth of the processing system is below a bandwidth threshold.

15. A method, comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a network and a mobile node;

establishing a second wireless link between one or more mobile clients and the mobile node; and

bridging the first wireless link to the second wireless link to provide a wireless access point for the one or more mobile clients to the network.

16. The method of claim 15, the establishing a first wireless link comprising establishing the first wireless link via WWAN protocol.

17. The method of claim 15, the establishing a second wireless link comprising establishing the second wireless link via WLAN protocol.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising modifying support of the wireless access point in response to a resource related event.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors in a processing system of a mobile node, the instructions comprising code for:

establishing a first wireless link between a network and a mobile node;

establishing a second wireless link between one or more mobile clients and the mobile node; and

bridging the first wireless link to the second wireless link to provide a wireless access point for the one or more mobile clients to the network.

20. A device, comprising:

means for establishing a first wireless link between a network and a mobile node;

means for establishing a second wireless link between one or more mobile clients and the mobile node; and

means for bridging the first wireless link to the second wireless link to provide a wireless access point for the one or more mobile clients to the network.