Patent ID: 8913590
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a hybrid network including a cellular network and a local network, wherein a number of dual mode mobile terminals are connectable to a base station of the cellular network through direct cellular links and are also connectable to one another by a radio access technique to form the local network, the method comprising: computing a first cost associated with a direct connection established along a first path extending from a selected mobile terminal to the base station through a cellular link of the cellular network only; computing a second cost associated with at least one indirect connection established along a second path extending from the selected mobile terminal to the base station through at least one of the other dual mode mobile terminals and the cellular network, wherein computing the second cost comprises: wherein the second cost is computed based on a cost function where at least one settable weight is attributed to at least one of the quality of all links involved in the local network along the second path, the amount of power that is available in the base station in the current load condition of the cell in the cellular network, and the number of hops in the local network along the second path, and wherein computing the second cost comprises adjusting the at least one settable weight based on the current load condition of the cell in the cellular network; and selecting for data transmission one of the first and second paths based on the first and second computed costs.