Patent ID: 8265550
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for utilizing a repeating function to improve quality of service between a cellular service provider and a second mobile cellular device, comprising: identifying an insufficient signal between the second cellular device and a base station coupled to the second cellular device; determining a plurality of repeater candidates configured to resolve the insufficient signal by relaying communications between the second mobile cellular and the base station; ranking the plurality of repeater candidates by a plurality of ranks according to a distance of the repeater candidates to the base station and a signal strength of each of the plurality of repeater candidates, each of the plurality of repeater candidates associated with one of the plurality of ranks; selecting a first mobile cellular device in the plurality of repeater candidates having a highest rank in the plurality of ranks as a repeater between the second cellular device and the base station; transmitting, from the base station coupled to the first mobile cellular device and the second mobile cellular device, a first instruction to the first mobile cellular device, the first instruction causing the first mobile cellular device to relay communications between the second mobile cellular device and the cellular service provider the first mobile cellular device thereby providing the repeating function for the second mobile cellular device; upon transmitting, from the base station, the first instruction to the first mobile cellular device, measuring an improvement to the insufficient signal between the second cellular device and the base station; determining whether the improvement to the insufficient signal is unsatisfactory; in response to determining that the improvement to the insufficient signal is unsatisfactory, selecting a third mobile cellular device in the plurality of repeater candidates having a second highest ranking in the plurality of ranks as the repeater between the second cellular device and the base station; and in response to determining that the improvement to the insufficient signal is satisfactory, transmitting, from the base station, a second instruction to the first mobile cellular device, the second instruction causing the first mobile cellular device to stop relaying communications between the second mobile cellular device and the cellular service provider, the first mobile cellular device thereby terminating the repeating function for the second mobile cellular device.