High speed data and coverage using personal area network
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsThomas George, Iyer Krishnan
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program product to achieve enhancements in data transfer speed and reliability. In accordance with a method to operate a wireless device there is provided establishing a first connection path with a wireless network using a first long range transceiver; establishing a second connection path with the wireless network via a short range transceiver with at least one other wireless device that uses a second long range transceiver to establish the second connection path to the wireless network, and at least one of transmitting and receiving information using the first long range transceiver and, via the short range transceiver, the second long range transceiver.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- with a parent user equipment, establishing a packet data protocol context and being assigned an internet protocol address by a wireless network;
- establishing a wireless network radio access bearer and a data channel;
- initiating a session between the parent user equipment and a server;
- scanning for at least one other user equipment in a personal area network of the parent user equipment, and establishing communication with the at least one other user equipment;
- sending a personal access network user group report containing information for at least identifying the at least one other user equipment;
- in response to the parent user equipment receiving from the server a session personal access network user group identification number to the parent user equipment and to the wireless network element, sending the personal access network user group identification number from the parent user equipment to the at least one other user equipment;
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- in response to the parent user equipment receiving a personal access network user group reporting confirm message, instructing the at least one other user equipment to initiate a session with wireless network.
A computer program product comprising program instructions embodied on a computer readable media for execution by a data processor, execution of program instructions resulting in operations comprising:
- with a parent user equipment, establishing a packet data protocol context and being assigned an internet protocol address by a wireless network element;
- establishing a wireless network radio access bearer and a data channel;
- initiating a session between the parent user equipment and a server;
- scanning for at least one other user equipment in a personal area network of the parent user equipment, and establishing communication and negotiating for resources with the at least one other user equipment;
- sending a personal access network user group report containing information for at least identifying the at least one other user equipment;
- receiving a session personal access network user group identification number;
- sending the personal access network user group identification number from the parent user equipment to the at least one other user equipment;
- receiving a personal access network user group reporting confirm message;
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- instructing the at least one other user equipment to initiate a session with the wireless network comprising reporting at least the personal access network user group identification number and internet protocol address to the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.