Patent attributes
An extended wireless communication system allows a subscriber station which has an unacceptable (weak or inoperative) wireless link to a base transmitter station to communicate with the network via a wire connection to a second subscriber station which has a strong wireless link to the network. A first subscriber station which has an unacceptable first wireless link to a base station of the network uses a second wireless subscriber station which has a strong or acceptable second wireless link to the local base station to relay data back and forth between the first subscriber station and the network. The first and second stations are configured to send data to and from the first station via the second wireless link, the second station, and an existing wire connection between the first and second subscriber stations.
