摘要 |
A distributed wireless online access system comprises a plurality of primary wireless units forming primary wireless network, and a plurality of secondary wireless units. Each primary unit may comprise a transmitter, receiver, and programmed processor for routing data packets. Each secondary unit may comprise a transmitter, receiver, and programmed processor for receiving, processing, generating, and transmitting data packets. A portal unit may provide a connection or link between the primary wireless network and an external communications system (such as the Internet), thereby providing access to the external communications network to all primary and secondary wireless units. A provider of wireless online access may collect access fees from subscribers having primary and/or secondary wireless units, and may pay provider revenue out to subscribers having primary wireless units. One or more primary wireless units may be mobile, resulting in a transient primary wireless units may be mobile, resulting in a transient primary wireless network having a dynamically varying network topology. |