Patent ID: 7444152

Claim:
A method comprising: determining that a first base transceiver station (BTS) does not have a channel to support a call for a wireless terminal, the first BTS utilizing a first frequency spectrum; receiving a request to initiate a relaying path for the wireless terminal; determining the relaying path that utilizes at least one relaying station and a second BTS, the at least one relaying station utilizing a second frequency spectrum comprising: determining an available bandwidth for each of the at least one relaying stations and for the second BTS; calculating a reciprocal of the available bandwidth for the each of the at least one relaying stations and the second BTS; summing the reciprocals; and selecting the relaying path that corresponds to a minimum sum of the reciprocals; and sending an instruction to the first BTS and to the second BTS in order to initiate an establishment of the relaying path.