Patent ID: 8811259

Claim:
A method of a dual-mode terminal for configuring a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) within a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN), the method comprising: providing a WLAN service, for a first period, to at least one other terminal connected to the WLAN, the dual-mode terminal being configured as a relay for relaying data from the a least one other terminal between the WMAN and the WLAN; and implementing a WMAN service with a Base Station (BS) of the WMAN for a second period, to transmit data received from the at least one other terminal to the BS, wherein the second period does not overlap in time with the first period, and wherein the dual-mode terminal alternates between the first period and the second period a plurality of times until the at least one other terminal is finished transmitting data to the WMAN.