Patent ID: 11877231
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a processing apparatus, cause a computerized wireless device to:
determine local anchor criteria comprising a quality of service (QoS) level associated with communications with at least one of a plurality of mobile access devices of an ad hoc wireless network;
transmit, via the ad hoc network, data representative of a message indicative of the determined local anchor criteria to the at least one of the plurality of mobile access devices;
receive, via the ad hoc network and from the at least one of the plurality of mobile access devices, data representative of one or more messages indicative of respective local anchor criteria of one or more other wireless devices;
based on a comparison of the determined local anchor criteria of the wireless device with the respective local anchor criteria of the one or more other wireless devices, enter an anchor mode of operation; and
in the anchor mode of operation, route bearer traffic between a mobile network interface of the computerized wireless device and the one or more other wireless devices;
wherein the plurality of mobile access devices comprise base stations and eNodeBs of 4G long term evolution (LTE) and 5G mobile networks, respectively.