Patent ID: 8180351
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An ad-hoc radio system comprising: a series of remote radio terminals each comprising a radio transceiver and a control processor, said control processor comprising software means for creating a routing table, based on a plurality of messages received on a reservation channel, and determining, based on the created routing table, a routing path of a call, for communicating, via a data channel, with other said radio terminals, and for establishing the respective said radio terminal as a hop for other said radio terminals during a call-connection; a plurality of gateways, each gateway being in operative communication with at least some of said series of remote radio terminals; a gateway controller controlling said plurality of gateways to connect said plurality of gateways to an external network comprising a switched cellular network, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and an internet service provider (ISP), wherein said gateway controller assigns a first identifier and a second identifier to each of said series of remote radio terminals, to enable a device, serviced by the external network, to communicate with said series of remote radio terminals, further wherein the first identifier is in a first format compatible with the ad-hoc radio system, and the second identifier is in a second format compatible with the external network, and the first format is different from the second format, and the second identifier is not compatible with the ad-hoc radio system; and a plurality of wireless routers in operative connection between said series of remote terminals and at least one of said plurality of gateways for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals and for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals to said at least one of said plurality of gateways, whereby said remote radio terminals may indirectly communicate with each other through one or more said wireless routers and said at least one of said plurality of gateways.