Portable cellular network system

A portable wireless communication system comprising:

• a radio base station, wherein the radio base station includes a base station memory storing base station application programs and base station configuration settings;
• a core network module integrated with the radio base station, both housed in a single enclosure, wherein the core network module includes a core network processor, a core network memory storing core network configuration settings, and a subscriber database;
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• a single switch connecting an electrical power supply to the portable wireless communication system,
• wherein activation of the single switch causes reception of electrical power by the portable wireless communication system and initialization of components of the radio base station and the core network module, wherein initializing components of the radio base station involves loading, by the base station application programs, the base station configuration settings from the base station memory, wherein initializing components of the core network module involves loading, by a subscriber application program, subscriber information from the subscriber database into the core network memory, and wherein the portable wireless communication system is configured to operate as a standalone cellular network by:
• (i) offering, by the core network module to the radio base station, core network services that facilitates placement and reception of calls by wireless communication devices served by the portable wireless communication system, and (ii) accepting, by the radio base station, the offered core network services and establishing a connection between the radio base station and the core network module, and (iii) in response to establishing the connection between the radio base station and the core network module, stepping up, by the radio base station, transmit power of a transceiver until the transceiver is transmitting at full power,
• wherein the core network module includes a control panel user interface for initiating calls and entering SMS text messages, the control panel user interface including a first button and a second button and the control panel user interface is configured to:
• (i) cause a call between at least two of the wireless communication devices served by the portable wireless communication system to be initiated by actuation of the first button, and (ii) cause an entered SMS text message to be sent to at least one of the wireless communication devices served by the portable wireless communication system by actuation of the second button, and
• wherein deactivation of the single switch causes deactivation of components of the radio base station and the core network module, wherein deactivating components of the radio base station involves storing, by the base station application programs, current base station configuration settings to base station memory, and stepping down, by the radio base station, transmit power of the transceiver until the transceiver is off, and wherein deactivating components of the core network module involves storing, by the subscriber application program, current subscriber information and call information into the core network memory.