Patent ID: 9351173
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A hierarchical cellular network system having a core and nodes comprising: a plurality of nodes forming a network, wherein at least one node comprises a mobile relay having functionalities including both base station functionality and mobile communicator functionality and operative to serve mobile communicators, including at least one relay other than said mobile relay, and to be served by the at least one relay other than said mobile relay; and wherein the at least one relay other than said mobile relay includes: a tunneling subsystem; and a Backhauling Link Subsystem interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a closer node from among said nodes which is closer to the core than said mobile relay; the base station functionality interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a mobile station or a further node from among said nodes which is further from the core than said mobile relay, wherein the tunneling subsystem is operative to perform the following, on data arriving from the base station functionality: collecting said data including analyzing to identify, within said data, results to be sent; and encapsulating the results to be sent into packets and sending said packets to said Backhauling Link Subsystem, wherein the tunneling subsystem is operative to perform the following, on incoming data arriving via said Backhauling Link Subsystem from another node from among said plurality of nodes: collection of the incoming data; decapsulation of the incoming data as collected, to yield decapsulated packets: analysis of the decapsulated packets, including assigning a priority to each, to yield analyzed results: sorting and queuing of the analyzed results, to yield individual packets conversion of the individual packets to a protocol specific to the network, to yield network-compatible packets; and sending said network-compatible packets to another node via said mobile relay.