Patent ID: 7916684
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless network using a common wireless communications protocol comprising: a plurality of communications cells configured to use the common wireless communications protocol, each communications cell comprising a plurality of local access points arranged to define a given communications cell, each local access point being configured to communicate with a mobile device within a respective wireless coverage area using the common wireless communications protocol and at a respective frequency from among a set of local access point frequencies, and a master access point positioned within the give a communications cell and configured to communicate with a mobile device within a respective wireless coverage area of the given communications cell using the common wireless communications protocol and at a respective frequency from among the set of local access point frequencies, communicate with each local access point within the given communications cell also using the common wireless communications protocol and at a frequency different from the set of frequencies of the set of local access point frequencies, and provide a wired backhaul communications link wherein each of the local access points comprises a first radio and a second radio, the first radio configured to communicate with the mobile device and the second radio configured to communicate with the master access point, and each of the first radios is configured at a different frequency within the set of local access point frequencies and each of the second radios is configured at the frequency different from the set of local access point frequencies.