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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Marco Y. C. Cheng, Villa Park, CA (US);
Huan-yu Su, Irvine, CA (US);
James W. Johnston, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Marco Y. C. Cheng, Villa Park, CA (US);
Huan-Yu Su, Irvine, CA (US);
James W. Johnston, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a system for wireless communications including several base stations supporting a wide area wireless network and several mobile user equipment (UE) devices. Each mobile UE device may be configured to transmit a request to establish a local wireless connection with one or more of the UE devices. The mobile UE device may receive a response containing connectivity information from each of the mobile UE devices and then select one of the mobile UE devices based on the connectivity information received from each of the mobile UE devices. The mobile UE device may then establish a local wireless connection with the selected mobile UE device. The mobile UE device may then communicate with one of the base stations in the wide area wireless network through the selected mobile UE device, utilizing the local wireless connection.