CPC H04W 72/541 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0073 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01)] | 28 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
at a first mobile communication device, receiving allocation of a wireless channel to communicate with a first wireless base station in a wireless network, the wireless channel allocated for use by the first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device;
communicating a request for first content from the first mobile communication device to the first wireless base station, the requested first content including data of a first data type; and
in response to detected wireless interference in the wireless network over the wireless channel, receiving a command at the first mobile communication device, the command generated in response to a detected condition in which the second mobile communication device retrieves second content of the first data type, the command notifying the first mobile communication device to operate in a device-to-device communication mode of providing the second mobile communication device connectivity through the first mobile communication device to the first wireless base station.
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