COOPERATIVE PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING WITH CELLULAR POWERED SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION

For potential wireless networking networks, this essay proposes a novel communication architecture and related collaboration structure. The new form envisions a cellular managed short-range communication network for cooperating mobile and wireless terminals, in contrast to the dominant cellular architecture and the upcoming peer-to-peer architecture. The novel design, together with a variety of potential cooperative solutions, would support network and service operators, terminal vendors, and end users in a big way