Tan N Le

20160037432, Feb 4, 2016

Mar 13, 2014

14/774701

- Wilmington DE, US
Amith V. Chincholi - Sunnyvale CA, US
Chunxuan Ye - San Diego CA, US
Alpaslan Demir - East Meadow NY, US
Tan B. Le - New York NY, US

INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC. - Wilmington DE

H04W 40/24
H04W 12/06
H04W 8/00

A network has a central entity connected to a plurality of capillary networks and external networks. Information regarding the capillary networks and the external networks may be fused in the central entity to provide assistance services and network control to one or more of the capillary networks. The information may be collected from the capillary networks using a logical interface with a common upper layer coupled to multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs). The central entity configures an internal communications network including a plurality of disparate devices, and recognizes and communicates with each device within the internal communications network by discovering each new device as introduced into the internal communications network. A communication link can be set up with reconfigurable or capable devices to exchange information possibly in another format in another band. The same communication link can be torn down after completion of the service.