A wireless communication device suitable to act as surrogate access point, comprising: an access interface transceiver configured for communication with one or more proximate devices; a backhaul interface transceiver configured for communication with a first network; and a processor configured to: receive, from the first network, one or more wireless communication signals utilizing the access interface transceiver or the backhaul interface transceiver , the communication signals comprising one or more data packets that include information indicative of one or more yield management configurations, the received signals further comprising information requesting the wireless communication device to offer access to one or more proximate devices, the information comprising at least one of information about backhaul link connection quality and information about access link quality; exchange discovery packets and negotiation packets with a proximate device to obtain a final agreement between the wireless communication device and the proximate device for communication services; and determine, based on the final agreement to place the wireless communication device in an operating state where it is configured to share access to the first network over the backhaul interface with the proximate device by communicating with the proximate device over the access interface and acting as a surrogate access point to the first network. an access interface transceiver configured for communication with one or more proximate devices; a backhaul interface transceiver configured for communication with a first network; and a processor configured to: receive, from the first network, one or more wireless communication signals utilizing the access interface transceiver or the backhaul interface transceiver , the communication signals comprising one or more data packets that include information indicative of one or more yield management configurations, the received signals further comprising information requesting the wireless communication device to offer access to one or more proximate devices, the information comprising at least one of information about backhaul link connection quality and information about access link quality; exchange discovery packets and negotiation packets with a proximate device to obtain a final agreement between the wireless communication device and the proximate device for communication services; and determine, based on the final agreement to place the wireless communication device in an operating state where it is configured to share access to the first network over the backhaul interface with the proximate device by communicating with the proximate device over the access interface and acting as a surrogate access point to the first network. receive, from the first network, one or more wireless communication signals utilizing the access interface transceiver or the backhaul interface transceiver , the communication signals comprising one or more data packets that include information indicative of one or more yield management configurations, the received signals further comprising information requesting the wireless communication device to offer access to one or more proximate devices, the information comprising at least one of information about backhaul link connection quality and information about access link quality; exchange discovery packets and negotiation packets with a proximate device to obtain a final agreement between the wireless communication device and the proximate device for communication services; and determine, based on the final agreement to place the wireless communication device in an operating state where it is configured to share access to the first network over the backhaul interface with the proximate device by communicating with the proximate device over the access interface and acting as a surrogate access point to the first network. <EOS>