Patent ID: 8411656

Claim:
A femtocell wireless signaling/data mesh network, comprising: a plurality of femtocells connected by a plurality of wireless links, a first femtocell of the plurality of femtocells directly communicating with a second femtocell of the plurality of femtocells via a wireless link between the first femtocell and the second femtocell; and a signaling and data router module coupled to the second wireless module and the first wireless link module to process a signaling and data routing; wherein the first femtocell comprises a first wireless link module and a first wireless link antenna, the first wireless link module communicates with the second femtocell via the first wireless link antenna to form the wireless link between the first femtocell and the second femtocell, the first femtocell further comprises a second wireless module and a second wireless antenna, the second wireless module communicates with a user equipment via the second wireless antenna; the signaling and data router module is used for directing a user data and signaling protocol to either a core network or the first wireless link when user data and a signaling are for the second femtocell.