Patent ID: 8243632

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a first asymmetric wireless data link between a first node and a second node, wherein the first asymmetric wireless data link defines a first high-data-rate link for carrying data from the first node to the second node and a first low-data-rate link for carrying data from the second node to the first node; providing a second asymmetric wireless data link between the second node and the first node, wherein the second asymmetric wireless data link defines a second high-data-rate link for carrying data from the second node to the first node and a second low-data-rate link for carrying data from the first node to the second node; and concurrently operating the first asymmetric wireless data link and the second asymmetric wireless data link so as to provide bi-directional high-data-rate wireless communication between the first node and the second node, wherein the first high-data-rate link and the second high-data-rate link both carry forward link communications including communications directed from a given base station to a given mobile station, wherein the first node and the second node function as both the given base station and the given mobile station simultaneously.