At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

Michigan State University

Xiang-Yang Alex Liu

Lusheng Ji

Jia Wang

Jeffrey Pang

Muhammad Zubair Shafiq

Shobha Venkataraman

Techniques for sharing a cellular network connection amongst multiple devices over a local area network are provided that reduce cellular network load during crowded events. In an aspect, a devices is configure to perform operations that include scanning an area for another device that has established a first wireless cellular connection with a cellular network device of a cellular network and that enables an indirect connection of the device to the cellular network device via a direct connection of the device to the other device via a local network device. The operations further include, in response to identifying the other device as a result of the scanning, sending a request to the other device to connect to the other device via the local network device and to receive the indirect connection to the cellular network device.

Growing community of inventors

Okemos, MI, United States of America

Xiang-Yang Alex Liu