Patent ID: 9143949
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A device for establishing communication between a first base station and a core network over a second base station, the second base station being configured to provide backhauling to and from the core network and the first and second base stations communicating with subscriber stations using a Subscriber Station communications protocol, said device comprising a) a backhauling interface unit for physically connecting to and interfacing with said first base station using a standard backhaul connection and a standard backhaul protocol to and from the first base station, and configured to handle bidirectional backhaul communications using the standard backhaul protocol with the first base station, and b) an air interface unit connected to said backhauling interface unit, comprising logic for encapsulating, within the Subscriber Station communications protocol, backhaul communications in the standard backhaul protocol received from said backhauling interface unit, wirelessly transmitting the encapsulated backhaul communications to the second base station over an air interface, and de-encapsulating backhaul communications received from the second base station in the Subscriber Station communications protocol, wherein the air interface unit is adapted to communicate with the second base station using Subscriber Station communications, and the backhauling interface unit, the air interface unit, and the second base station jointly provide a virtual backhaul channel from the first base station to the core network.