Patent ID: 9622253
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of establishing an ad hoc cellular network, comprising: receiving a data packet from a first ad hoc cellular base station at a second ad hoc cellular base station; extracting, at the second ad hoc cellular base station, a tunnel overhead packet from the data packet so as to create a modified data packet; storing, at the second ad hoc cellular base station, the tunnel overhead packet in a memory; forwarding the modified data packet to a local packet gateway (LGW) located at the second ad hoc cellular base station; receiving, at the first ad hoc cellular base station, an acknowledgement from the second ad hoc cellular base station; anchoring an IP session of the first ad hoc cellular base station at the second ad hoc cellular base station; and routing IP traffic received from the first ad hoc cellular base station at the second ad hoc cellular base station to a local IP packet data network.