Patent ID: 7535861
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile, integrated communications system for establishing a self-supported broadband communications network, the system comprising: a housing capable of being carried by personnel; a plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components contained in the housing and coupled together and configured to provide the broadband communications network; a plurality of support members disposed in the housing and configured to support the plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components and to move between a stowed position and a pulled-out position; a software management system in the housing and operatively coupled to the plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components; a network connection subsystem defined by at least a first portion of the plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components and the software management system and configured to establish access to the broadband communications network; and a connection subsystem defined by at least a second portion of the plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components and that provides a user with a connection to the broadband communications network via the network connection subsystem; wherein the network connection subsystem is configured to establish access to a second network, and the connection subsystem is configured to allow the user to access the second network via the network connection subsystem; and wherein the housing includes one or more rugged cases coupleable together, each of the cases containing portions of the commercial off-the-shelf components.