Patent ID: 9232406
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G01D,G08G,H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communications method comprising: configuring an entity to wirelessly communicate with a first device using frequencies of a cellular frequency band; configuring the entity to wirelessly communicate with a second device using frequencies of an unlicensed frequency band; configuring the entity to wirelessly receive information from the first device using frequencies of the cellular frequency band and to wirelessly relay the information that the entity receives from the first device to the second device by using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band; and configuring the entity to wirelessly receive information from the second device over frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band and to wirelessly relay the information that the entity receives from the second device to the first device using frequencies of the cellular frequency band; wherein the entity is transportable and/or mobile; and wherein said configuring the entity to wirelessly communicate with a second device using frequencies of an unlicensed frequency band comprises: wirelessly receiving an activation message at the entity from the first device; and configuring the entity to begin to wirelessly communicate with the second device using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band responsive to said wirelessly receiving an activation message at the entity from the first device.