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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Amrit Kumar Chandra, Ashburn, VA (US);
Charles Manganiello, Paola, KS (US);
David Zhijun Sun, Broadlands, VA (US);
Jay R. Chernoff, Pawleys Island, SC (US);
Kristian Kai Johns, Ashburn, VA (US);
Liang Li, Darnestown, MD (US);
Mayur Shirwadkar, Arlington, VA (US);
Neehar Kulkarni, Herndon, VA (US);
T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Relaying data comprises assigning a first network address to a relay wireless device attached to an access node, wherein the relay wireless device is communicatively coupled to one or more wireless access points (WAPs); and instructing the relay wireless device to correspondingly assign one or more additional network addresses to the one or more WAPs, wherein the relay wireless device is configured to relay data between the access node and one or more end-user wireless devices attached to any of the one or more WAPs. Port NAT and DHCP are leveraged at the relay UE according to embodiments described herein.