Abstract: The cellular access point for search and rescue is a cellular basestation and associated control computer providing functions for the location of cellular handsets in collapsed structures and to provide a means for rescue team members to communicate with trapped accident victims.

Abstract: The invention is a system of modified cellular handsets and specially-programmed telephone exchanges operated so as to hide from telephone network operators the true identities of the parties to a telephone call. The invention includes features to hide the true identity of the user of a cellular telephone.

Abstract: A novel method for coordinating the operation of cellular basestations through the use of direct communication among those basestations. This is a departure from the current use of “radio network control” (RNC) elements such as the basestation controller (BSC) and mobile switching center (MSC) of the GSM standard and functionally equivalent elements use in other cellular standards. The replacement of the RNC elements with direct communication among basestations gives a network that is less expensive and more reliable that what is afforded by current practices.