Patent ID: 8743758

Claim:
A relaying wireless device comprising: a. a non-cellular interface; b. a beacon interface; c. a processor configured to provide an application comprising: i. a first software module configuring the non-cellular interface for relaying a cellular communication between a downstream wireless device and an upstream wireless device, wherein relaying the cellular communication comprises: establishing and maintaining a first wireless link between the non-cellular interface and the downstream wireless device; establishing and maintaining a second wireless link between the non-cellular interface and the upstream wireless device; establishing and maintaining an internal transfer between the first and the second wireless links, wherein the wireless links use different protocols and the internal transfer comprises: reassembling one or more data frames received from the downstream wireless device into a format defined by a protocol used in the second wireless link, reassembling one or more data frames received from the upstream wireless device into a format defined by a protocol used in the first wireless link, and forwarding one or more reassembled data frames to the downstream wireless device or the upstream wireless device; and requesting the upstream wireless device to establish and maintain the cellular communication between the upstream wireless device and a cellular base station; ii. a second software module configuring the beacon interface for transmitting one or more beacon signals, receiving one or more beacon signals, or transmitting and receiving one or more beacon signals.