Patent ID: 8526379

Claim:
A method of providing wireless communications in an indoor service area, comprising steps of: operating a pico cell system to provide two-way wireless communication over a wireless link for one or more mobile devices within the indoor service area, in accord with a first public wireless communication protocol; providing two-way coupling of communications over the wireless link for the one or more mobile stations to and from a public communication network; and mitigating interference between the two-way wireless communication in the indoor service area and wireless communication in accord with the first public wireless communication protocol provided by a public mobile communication network operating in a surrounding outdoor region, by: controlling the pico cell system to operate within the indoor service area in accord with the first public wireless communication protocol to utilize a frequency band corresponding to at least a portion of a frequency band allocated for mobile wireless communication in accord with a second public wireless communication protocol via a public mobile communication network operating in the surrounding outdoor region, wherein the second public wireless communication protocol is different from the first public wireless communication protocol; and dynamically changing the frequency band of operation of the pico cell system to correspond to at least a portion of a different frequency band allocated for mobile wireless communication in accord with the second public wireless communication protocol, in response to movement of the pico cell system into a different surrounding outdoor region.