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

Claim 0:
1. A method of managing backhaul hosting in an ad hoc network, the ad hoc network comprising a plurality of wireless devices configured to communicate with each other via respective ad hoc network interfaces, at least some of the plurality of wireless devices further configured to communicate with mobile access devices via respective mobile network interfaces, the method comprising:
at a wireless device:
determining first local anchor criteria;
transmitting, via the ad hoc network, data representative of a message indicative of the first local anchor criteria;
receiving, via the ad hoc network, data representative of one or more messages indicative of one or more second local anchor criteria of one or more other wireless devices, respectively; and
based on a determination that the first local anchor criteria of the wireless device compares favorably with the one or more second local anchor criteria of the one or more other wireless devices, entering an anchor mode of operation;

wherein the determination that the first local anchor criteria of the wireless device compares favorably with the one or more second local anchor criteria of the one or more other wireless devices is based on local anchor criteria indicative of communication with a Fifth Generation (5G) type mobile access device being preferred to local anchor criteria indicative of communication with a non-5G type mobile access device.