Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for enabling a wireless communication over a network in response to an indication of an emergency. The method comprises causing a base station to provide a wireless backhaul link in an uplink frequency band for further sending a call over the network in response to the call associated with the emergency. Reconfiguration enables turning a base station or base station router into a high power terminal. In this way, emergency calls may be completed over a network having at least one malfunctioning backhaul communications link in a network backbone.

Abstract: A method of provisioning multicast services is provided. In an example, the method includes forming a plurality of multicast groups, each of the plurality of multicast groups associated with one of a plurality of first channel quality ranges. A request for a multicast service and an indicator (e.g., a channel quality indicator (CQI)) indicating a channel quality of a mobile unit are received from the mobile unit. The mobile unit is assigned to one of the plurality of multicast groups based on the indicated channel quality and the plurality of first channel quality ranges.

Abstract: A method for implementing an internet protocol multicast service in a wireless communications system is provided. The method comprises receiving content from an internet protocol multicast server at a base station router; and passing the received content over an air interface to a mobile device.