Patent ID: 8867439

Claim:
A method of wireless communication, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a target access point from a source access point, a request for an address to communicate with the target access point, wherein the target access point and the source access point are not initially in direct communication and said request transmitted through at least one network between the target access point and the source access point; sending to the source access point a local network address of the target access point, a label for the local network address, a wireless operator network address of the target access point, and a label for the wireless operator network address; the source access point determining whether to establish a connection to the target access point using the local network address or the wireless operator network address based at least in part on an identifier from a measurement report wherein the identifier is a closed subscriber group (CSG) identifier of the local network or the identifier is a physical cell identifier of a macrocell access point of the wireless operator network address; and, establishing an interface from the source access point with the local network, the wireless operator network, or both; the source access point receiving a local address from the local network, the wireless operator network, or both, and thereby establishing an interface with target access point.