Patent ID: 9647934
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of a first access point providing service to a first service area in a wireless communication system, wherein, when the first access point temporarily does not have an operational first backhaul connection, the method comprises: receiving, by the first access point, information from a first user equipment, determining, by the first access point, that the first backhaul connection of the first access point has been not operational for a predefined period of time, in response to determining that the first backhaul connection has been not operational for the predefined period of time, transmitting, by the first access point, a black box service message to a plurality of user equipments within a service area of the first access point to identify a second user equipment, and providing, by the first access point, the information from the first user equipment to the second user equipment, the second user equipment operating as a messenger for mechanical relaying to a second service area of a second access point having an operational second backhaul connection.