Patent ID: 8045918
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. For use in a wireless network, a proxy mobile station comprising: a memory configured to store a default mobile station identifier corresponding to the proxy mobile station and an assigned mobile station identifier corresponding to a first mobile station while said first mobile station is in a radio frequency (RF) hole, the assigned mobile station identifier comprising a unique identifier of a corresponding mobile station in the RF hole, wherein said assigned mobile station identifier is assigned and modifiable by a proxy translation controller to correspond to a second mobile station when said first mobile station exits said RF hole; a controller configured to receive a proxy signal that includes reverse channel data and encode said reverse channel data, the reverse channel to be transmitted to a base station and associated with a mobile station that corresponds to said assigned mobile station identifier; and a radio frequency transceiver configured to receive a demodulated signal that includes the encoded reverse channel data, and up-convert the demodulated signal for transmission to said base station, wherein said demodulated signal is modulated by said proxy mobile station prior to transmission to said base station.