US 7,321,571 B2
In-band wireless communication network backhaul
Larry Schnack, San Diego, Calif. (US); Charles Wolfe, San Diego, Calif. (US); and Darrell Olps, San Diego, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), (Sweden)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/256,720.
Prior Publication US 2004/0062214 A1, Apr. 01, 2004
Int. Cl. H04J 3/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/216 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 370—320  [370/329; 370/334; 370/341; 370/338; 370/328; 370/315; 455/450; 455/509; 455/561] 63 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of transferring backhaul traffic between first and second radio base stations (RBSs) in a wireless communication network comprising:
allocating at least one channel at the first and second RBSs from a wireless communication air interface used by the RBSs to support communication with mobile stations;
transferring backhaul traffic between the first and second RBSs on the at least one allocated channel; and
selecting one of a forward link and a reverse link for transferring the backhaul traffic based on a relative availability of traffic capacity among the forward and reverse links, wherein the forward and reverse links are defined by the air interface.