System and method for mobile data expansion

1. A data expansion surface marker comprising:

a wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive data;

a processing circuitry configured to:

couple to a backhaul network through a first communication link and to at least one mobile terminal through a second communication link, the second communication link comprising a wifi communication, and

communicate information between the at least one mobile terminal and the backhaul network; and

a housing configured to contain the processing circuitry, and the wireless transceiver, wherein a highest portion of the housing is substantially flush with a pavement,

wherein the first communication link comprises a non-base station communication with the Internet.

2. The data expansion surface marker of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to couple to a second data expansion surface marker.

3. The data expansion surface marker of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to couple to at least one network node, the at least one network node disposed in or under a roadway.

4. The data expansion surface marker of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is coupled to the second data expansion surface marker via a logical daisy chain.

5. The data expansion surface marker of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to handover the communication with the at least one mobile terminal to a second data expansion surface marker.

6. The data expansion surface marker of claim 1 , further comprising a power source configured to provide electrical energy to at least one of the processing circuitry and the wireless transceiver, wherein the power source comprises a port configured to receive electricity from an external power source.

7. The data expansion surface marker of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes one of: a clear material, PLEXIGLASS material, hard plastic, glass, or composite material.

8. The data expansion surface marker of claim 6 , wherein the power source comprises a self-sustaining power source configured to configured to and provide power to operate the wireless transceiver and the processing circuitry.

9. The data expansion surface marker of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to couple to the at least one mobile terminal via an intermediate control unit.

10. The data expansion surface marker of claim 9 , wherein the intermediate control unit comprises:

an interface configured to couple to the mobile terminal; and

a memory configured to at least one of:

buffer at least a portion of the information transferred between the backhaul network and the mobile terminal; and

store a file marker configured to identify a portion of data received from the backhaul network.

11. A system comprising

at least one network node coupled to a backhaul network, the backhaul network configured to enable two-way Internet communication between the at least one network node and a plurality of computers;

at least one data expansion surface marker configured to couple to the backhaul network via the at least one network node, the data expansion surface marker comprising:

a wifi transceiver configured to transmit and receive data;

a processing circuitry configured to:

couple to the at least one network node through a first communication link and to at least one mobile terminal through a second communication link, and

communicate information between the at least one mobile terminal and the backhaul network; and

a housing configured to contain the processing circuitry, and the wifi transceiver, wherein a highest portion of the housing is substantially flush with a pavement,

wherein the first communication link comprises a non-base station communication.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein a first data expansion surface marker in a first set of data expansion surface markers is configured to handover a connection with the at least one user mobile terminal to a second data expansion surface marker in a second set of data expansion surface markers.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein a set of data expansion surface markers comprises a plurality of surface markers coupled to each other, with one of the plurality of surface markers coupled to the backhaul network.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the second set of data expansion surface markers is coupled to the first set of data expansion surface markers via a logical daisy chain.

15. The system of claim 11 , further comprising at least one of power source or a port configured to receive electricity from an external power source.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the power source comprises a regenerative power source.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the regenerative power source is configured to use solar energy to charge a solar-charging battery and provide power to operate the wifi transceiver and the processing circuitry.

18. A method comprising:

coupling a data expansion unit disposed beneath a surface of a pavement to a backhaul network through a first communication link, wherein a top of the data expansion unit is substantially flush with the pavement and wherein the backhaul network comprises a direct connection between the data expansion unit and an Internet;

forming a wifi hotspot zone over the surface of the pavement;

coupling at least one mobile terminal to the data expansion unit through a second communication link, the second communication link comprising a wifi communication in the wifi hotspot zone; and

communicating, by the data expansion unit, information between the at least one mobile terminal and the backhaul network.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising handing over the communication with the at least one mobile terminal to a second data expansion unit.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising storing a geographic location of the data expansion surface unit.