Patent ID: 8165592

Claim:
A picocell system alternate to a multiple access wireless network service, the system comprising: a first picocell including: a sniffer having a receiver to accept control signals originating from a multiple access (MA) wireless network base station and an output to supply detected network classification signals; and a spoofer including: a controller having an input to accept the classification signals and an output to supply a spoofed signal responsive to the classification signals; and a transmitter having an input to accept the spoofed signal and an output to transmit first picocell control signals in response to the spoofed signals, wherein the first picocell control signals are in the same frequency band as the base station control signals so as to deliberately interfere with and override the base station control signals in the first picocell such that a mobile station in the first picocell responds to the first picocell control signals instead of the base station control signals.