Patent ID: 7336927

Claim:
A method for transmitting data between a mobile client and a cellular network, wherein the cellular network comprises an air interface, wherein the mobile client is connected to an ad-hoc network and communicates via the ad-hoc network with a mobile relay that is connected to the ad-hoc network and the cellular network, and wherein the mobile relay relays data that are transmitted from the mobile client towards the cellular network and/or data that are transmitted from the cellular network towards the mobile client, wherein a first part of the data that are transmitted from the mobile client towards the cellular network are transmitted directly via the air interface and a second part of the data that are transmitted from the mobile client towards the cellular network are transmitted via the ad-hoc network and the mobile relay; and/or a first part of the data that are transmitted from the cellular network towards the mobile client are transmitted directly via the air interface and a second part of the data that are transmitted from the cellular network towards the mobile client are transmitted via the mobile relay and the ad-hoc network.