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

Claim 19:
20. 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;
transmit, via an ad hoc network, data representative of a message indicative of the determined local anchor criteria at least one of a 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: (i) the ad hoc network is divided into a plurality of zones, (ii) each zone has at least one respective anchor mode operating wireless device associated therewith, and (iii) a first one of the at least one respective anchor mode operating wireless device of a first zone of the plurality of zones comprises the computerized wireless device in the anchor mode of operation.