Routing protocol within hybrid-cellular networks
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1. A method for determining a route within a cell operating in a hybrid-cellular network mode, the method comprising:
- determining, by a network element comprising a first transceiver, a signal characteristic of a transmission received by the first transceiver from a base station, wherein the signal characteristic comprises one or more of a received signal strength, a carrier to interference ratio, a carrier to noise ratio, a carrier to noise plus interference ratio, a bit error rate, a frame error rate, and a link loading;
based on the signal characteristic, determining, by the network element, a particular class of operation from among a plurality of classes of operation for the network element; and
choosing, by the network element and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element comprising a second transceiver and having a lower class of operation for a routing of data between the network element and the another network element, wherein the another network element is chosen from a group of network elements having a lower class of operation.
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Abstract
In order to establish routing to/from a base station within a hybrid-cellular network, each network element is assigned a “class” based on a received signal strength of the base station. Each network element is allowed to choose a network element of lower class for relaying information to the base station.
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1. A method for determining a route within a cell operating in a hybrid-cellular network mode, the method comprising:
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determining, by a network element comprising a first transceiver, a signal characteristic of a transmission received by the first transceiver from a base station, wherein the signal characteristic comprises one or more of a received signal strength, a carrier to interference ratio, a carrier to noise ratio, a carrier to noise plus interference ratio, a bit error rate, a frame error rate, and a link loading; based on the signal characteristic, determining, by the network element, a particular class of operation from among a plurality of classes of operation for the network element; and choosing, by the network element and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element comprising a second transceiver and having a lower class of operation for a routing of data between the network element and the another network element, wherein the another network element is chosen from a group of network elements having a lower class of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for determining a route within a cell operating in a hybrid-cellular network mode, the method comprising:
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determining, by a network element comprising a first transceiver, a signal characteristic of a transmission received by the first transceiver from a base station, wherein the signal characteristic comprises one or more of a received signal strength, a carrier to interference ratio, a carrier to noise ratio, a carrier to noise plus interference ratio, a bit error rate, a frame error rate, and a link loading; based on the signal characteristic, determining, by the network element, a particular class of operation from among a plurality of classes of operation for the network element; and choosing, by the network element and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element comprising a second transceiver and having a lower class of operation for a routing of data between the network element and the another network element, wherein choosing comprises receiving signals transmitted by other network elements and determining a network element of lower class having a best signal strength.
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7. A method for determining a route within a cell operating in a hybrid-cellular network mode, the method comprising:
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determining, by a network element comprising a first transceiver, a signal characteristic of a transmission received by the first transceiver from a base station, wherein the signal characteristic comprises one or more of a received signal strength, a carrier to interference ratio, a carrier to noise ratio, a carrier to noise plus interference ratio, a bit error rate, a frame error rate, and a link loading; based on the signal characteristic, determining, by the network element, a particular class of operation from among a plurality of classes of operation for the network element; and choosing, by the network element and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element comprising a second transceiver and having a lower class of operation for a routing of data between the network element and the another network element, wherein choosing comprises receiving pilot signals transmitted by other network elements, receiving a class for the other network elements, and determining a network element of lower class having a best pilot signal strength.
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8. A method for determining a route within a cell operating in a hybrid-cellular network mode, the method comprising:
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determining, by a network element comprising a first transceiver, a signal characteristic of a transmission received by the first transceiver from a base station, wherein the signal characteristic comprises one or more of a received signal strength, a carrier to interference ratio, a carrier to noise ratio, a carrier to noise plus interference ratio, a bit error rate, a frame error rate, and a link loading; based on the signal characteristic, determining, by the network element, a particular class of operation from among a plurality of classes of operation for the network element; choosing, by the network element and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element comprising a second transceiver and having a lower class of operation for a routing of data between the network element and the another network element; and performing, by the network element, one or more of; receiving uplink data from a network element having a higher class of operation and routing the received data to the network element having the lower class of operation; and receiving the downlink data from a network element having the lower class of operation and routing the downlink data to the network element having a higher class of operation.
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a network element, a plurality of thresholds T1 through TJ associated with a same signal characteristic to be used by the network element for class determination; receiving, by the network element, a downlink transmission from a base station; determining, by the network element, a signal characteristic for the downlink transmission; based on the signal characteristic and the plurality of thresholds, determining, by the network element, a particular class of operation (k) for the network element; receiving, by the network element, class of operation information for other network elements, wherein each network element of the other network elements comprises a transceiver; and choosing, by the network element and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element, of the other network elements, having class <
k for a routing of data between the network element and the another network elements, wherein choosing comprises one or more of;receiving signals transmitted by the other network elements of lower class and determining a single network element having class <
k and having a best signal strength; andreceiving pilot signals transmitted by the other network elements and determining a single network element of having class <
k and having a best pilot signal strength. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for determining a route within a hybrid-cellular network, the apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a signal characteristic of a transmission received by a first transceiver from a base station, wherein the signal characteristic comprises one or more of a received signal strength, a carrier to interference ratio, a carrier to noise ratio, a carrier to noise plus interference ratio, a bit error rate, a frame error rate, and a link loading; means for determining, a particular class of operation from among a plurality of classes of operation for a network element comprising the first transceiver based on the signal characteristic; means for choosing, by the apparatus and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element comprising a second transceiver and having a lower class of operation for a routing of data between the network element and the another network element, wherein the another network element is chosen from a group of network elements having a lower class of operation; and means for routing the data through the network element having the lower class of operation.
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16. A method for determining a route within a cell operating in a hybrid-cellular network mode, the method comprising:
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determining, by a network element comprising a first transceiver, a signal characteristic of a transmission received by the first transceiver from a base station; based on the signal characteristic, determining, by the network element, a particular class of operation from among plurality of classes of operation for the network element; and choosing, by the network element and based on the network element'"'"'s determined class of operation, another network element comprising a second transceiver and having a lower class of operation for a routing of data between the network element and the another network element, wherein the chosen network element is used to relay data between the base station and the first transceiver; and performing, by the network element, one or more of; receiving uplink data from a network element having a higher class of operation and routing the received data to the network element having the lower class of operation; and receiving the downlink data from a network element having the lower class of operation and routing the downlink data to the network element having a higher class of operation.
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