Integrated WI-FI and wireless public network and method of operation

摘要

An integrated wireless network comprising a wireless public network and a wireless local area network. The wireless public network comprises a plurality of base stations for communicating with mobile stations in the wireless public network. Each base station communicates with mobile stations up to several miles away. The wireless local area network comprises access points for communicating with selected mobile stations located in the wireless local area network. An access point comprises a first transceiver that communicates with selected mobile stations within a short distance of the access point, a second transceiver that communicates with a first base station of the wireless public network; and 3) interconnection circuitry for transferring data traffic between the first transceiver and the second transceiver, such that the access point enables the selected mobile stations to communicate with the first base station via the access point.