Patent ID: 8902785

Claim:
A method for finding and selecting partners in a Mobile Internet Access Node (MiAN) cluster system including a server, a plurality of MiANs, the plurality of MiANs including at least a master MiAN and at least a slave MiAN, each of the plurality of MiANs including a Proximity Interface for establishing a communication connection with the other MiANs of the plurality of MiANs, the method comprising: sending, by the slave MiAN, a pairing request for requesting a pairing with the master MiAN to the server, the pairing request carrying information of a first geographical location of the slave MiAN; receiving, by the slave MiAN, proximity information returned from the server based on the pairing request, the proximity information including information of working channels of a Proximity Interface of a master MiAN of a first kind, the master MiAN of the first kind being determined by the server according to the first geographical location of the slave MiAN and a geographical location of a master MiAN of a second kind previously obtained and supporting a clustering function, wherein a distance between the master MiAN of the first kind and the slave MiAN meets a predetermined threshold; and performing, by the slave MiAN, search on a corresponding channel based on the proximity information, and establishing a communication connection with the Proximity Interface of a master MiAN when the master MiAN is found.