Patent ID: 8208922
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first base transceiver station that serves a first plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the first base transceiver station transmits wireless communications to the first plurality of wireless communication devices in accordance with a first air interface protocol and receives wireless communications transmitted from the first plurality of wireless devices in accordance with the first air interface, protocol; and a second base transceiver station that serves a second plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the second base transceiver station transmits wireless communications to the second plurality of wireless communication devices in accordance with a second air interface protocol and receives wireless communications transmitted from the second plurality of wireless devices in accordance with the second air interface protocol, wherein the first base transceiver station comprises a first modem and first antenna for wireless transmission of first data from the first base transceiver station to the second base transceiver station in accordance with the second air interface protocol that the second base transceiver station uses to receive wireless communications from the second plurality of wireless communication devices, and wherein the second base transceiver station comprises a second modem and second antenna for wireless transmission of second data from the second base transceiver station to the first base transceiver station in accordance with the first air interface protocol that the first base transceiver station uses to receive wireless communications from the first plurality of wireless communication devices.