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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Concord, CA (US);
Patricia Ruey-jane Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Steven R. Rados, Danville, CA (US);
Scott Anthony Townley, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Vikram Rawat, San Ramon, CA (US);
Maria G. Lam, Oakland, CA (US);
Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Concord, CA (US);
Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Steven R. Rados, Danville, CA (US);
Scott Anthony Townley, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Vikram Rawat, San Ramon, CA (US);
Maria G. Lam, Oakland, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method performed by a base station in a network, includes detecting a malfunction associated with a backhaul link to the network; identifying one or more neighboring base stations located within a transmission range of the base station; selecting at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations based on one or more parameters, associated with the one or more neighboring base stations, in response to detecting the malfunction; receiving, by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with the base station, a signal from a user equipment; and transmitting, by an RF transceiver associated with the base station, the signal to the selected at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations.