Patent ID: 9037147
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of tethering wireless devices, the method comprising: assigning, by a wireless communication network access point, a master wireless device as a hotspot to provide communication services for a slave wireless device based on first channel quality information and second channel quality information, the first channel quality information being associated with a first communication channel between the master wireless device and the wireless communication access point and the second channel quality information being associated with a second communication channel between the master wireless device and the slave wireless device; and allocating a wireless communication resource to the master wireless device such that the master wireless device is configured as the hotspot for the slave wireless device, the allocation of the wireless communication resource being based on a determination that a parameter requirement of the wireless communication resource associated with the master wireless device acting as the hotspot for the slave wireless device is met.