Patent ID: 7376091
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for bridging an 802.11 WLAN and a cellular network, comprising: receiving at an 802.11 interface of a network access point (NAP) a packet from a wireless node on the 802.11 WLAN, the packet being formatted according to a format used by the 802.11 WLAN; an application, executing on a processor in the NAP, receiving the packet from the 802.11 interface, converting the packet from the format used by the 802.11 WLAN into a format used by the cellular network, the packet being thereby converted into a cellular packet, and transferring the cellular packet to a cellular network interface of the NAP, the cellular packet including an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to the NAP; and sending the cellular packet over the cellular network from the cellular network interface.