System and method for providing wireless telematics store and forward messaging for peer-to-peer and peer-to-peer-to-infrastructure a communication network

A system of wireless communications between infrastructure equipment and a terminal at a location outside a coverage area of said infrastructure equipment, comprising:

• a first terminal, adapted to monitor at least one condition of a first vehicle at which said first terminal is disposed, and to send a message based on said monitored condition to another vehicle when a lack of infrastructure equipment coverage is detected by said first terminal;
• and
• a second terminal, disposed at a second vehicle, and adapted to receive and store said message, and further adapted to send said message from said second terminal to said infrastructure equipment when said second terminal detects a presence of said infrastructure equipment.

A terminal for wireless communication at a location outside a coverage area of infrastructure equipment, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a controller, adapted to monitor at least one condition of a vehicle at which said terminal is disposed, and to control said transceiver to send a message including information pertaining to said monitored condition to another vehicle when said controller detects a lack of presence of said infrastructure equipment.