Patent ID: 8493950

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication system comprising in a first wireless network having a plurality of first base stations each having a plurality of first communication ports, wirelessly exchanging media with first user devices through the first communication ports, wherein the first wireless network is individually identified by a first Organization Unique Identifier (OUI), wherein each one of the first base stations is individually identified by a base station code that is unique within the first wireless network, and wherein each one of the first communication ports is individually identified by a port code that is unique within the respective one of the first base stations; in a second wireless network having a plurality of second base stations each having a plurality of second communication ports, wirelessly exchanging media with second user devices through the second communication ports, wherein the second wireless network is individually identified by a second OUI, wherein each one of the second base stations is individually identified by a base station code that is unique within the second wireless network, and wherein each one of the second communication ports is individually identified by a port code that is unique within the respective one of the second base stations; and in an Ethernet backhaul network, exchanging the media in Ethernet frames between the communication ports based on Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) addresses that indicate a destination OUI, a destination base station code, a destination port code, a source OUI, a source base station code, and a source port code; wherein the OUIs each comprising of three octets; wherein the base station codes each comprising of one octet; and wherein the port codes each comprising of one octet.