Multi-station support of wireless communications

1. A method comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a first wireless station and a mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establishing a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station;

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device;

wherein the control information include schedule information controlling communication of the data payload from the second wireless station to the mobile communication device;

wherein the second wireless station venerates the control information and communicates the control information to the first wireless station; and

the method further comprising: measuring a quality of a third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station, the quality of the third communication link indicating an ability to convey communications over the third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station.

2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

establishing the third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station, the third communication link conveying the control information from the second wireless station to the first wireless station for delivery of the data payload information over the first wireless communication link.

3. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

at the first wireless station, receiving allocation of a first portion of bandwidth from a bandwidth management resource, the first portion of bandwidth allocated to convey control communications; and

at the second wireless station, receiving allocation of a second portion of bandwidth from the bandwidth management resource, the second portion of bandwidth allocated to convey data payload communications.

4. The method as in claim 3 , wherein the mobile communication device is a first mobile communication device, the method further comprising:

establishing a third wireless link between the first wireless station and a second mobile communication device, the second mobile communication device receiving data payload information from a third wireless station over a fourth wireless link.

5. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

prior to establishing the first wireless link, at the first wireless station, receiving a join message from the second wireless station requesting to register the second wireless station as a data-payload conveying wireless station with the first wireless station.

6. The method as in claim 5 further comprising:

in response to receiving the join message, transmitting a response communication from the first wireless station to the second wireless station, the response communication indicating that the first wireless station has accepted registration of the second wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station.

7. The method as in claim 5 further comprising:

in response to receiving the join message, transmitting a response communication from the first wireless station to the second wireless station, the response communication indicating that the second wireless station has been denied registration with the first wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station.

8. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

measuring a round-trip time of communications conveyed over the third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station.

9. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

at the first wireless station, receiving first allocation information from a spectrum access system, the first allocation information indicating a first wireless power output level in which to support communications over the first wireless communication link using first allocated bandwidth; and

at the second wireless station, receiving second allocation information from the bandwidth management resource, the second allocation information indicating a second wireless power output level in which to support communications over the second wireless communication link using second allocated bandwidth.

10. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication device communicates a request to the first wireless station to establish the first wireless link prior to establishing the second wireless link with the second wireless station.

11. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the control information includes timing information used by the mobile communication device to receive the data payload information from the second wireless station over the second wireless communication link.

12. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the first wireless link is a control channel and the second wireless link is a data channel; and

providing continued connectivity of the mobile communication device to the first wireless station via the first wireless link while the second wireless station is temporarily used to provide wireless services to at least one entity other than the mobile communication device.

13. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the first wireless station is a first CBSD (Citizen Broadband Radio Service Device); and

wherein the second wireless station is a second CBSD.

14. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the first wireless station masks the first wireless link using a PCI (Physical Cell Identifier) of the first wireless link.

15. A method comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a first wireless station and a mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establishing a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station;

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the method further comprising:

at the first wireless station, receiving a remove request message from the second wireless station, the remove request message indicating to terminate registration of the second wireless station with the first wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station supported by the first wireless station; and

in response to receiving the remove request message, transmitting a response communication from the first wireless station to the second wireless station, the response communication acknowledging acceptance of removing the second wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station registered with the first wireless station.

16. A method comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a first wireless station and a mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establishing a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station;

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the method further comprising:

at the second wireless station, receiving a termination request message from the first wireless station, the termination request message being a request to terminate registration of the second wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station registered with the first wireless station; and

in response to receiving the termination request message, transmitting a response communication from the second wireless station to the first wireless station, the response communication indicating that the second wireless station accepts being removed as a data payload-conveying wireless station registered with the first wireless station.

17. A method comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a first wireless station and mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establishing a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station;

the control information conveyed over the first wireless in controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device the method further comprising:

at the first wireless station, receiving first allocation information from a bandwidth management resource, the first allocation information indicating a first wireless power output level in which to support communications over the first wireless communication link using first allocated bandwidth in an unlicensed spectrum; and

at the second wireless station, receiving second allocation information from the bandwidth management resource, the second allocation information indicating a second wireless power output level in which to support communications over the second wireless communication link using second allocated bandwidth in the unlicensed spectrum.

18. The method as in claim 17 , wherein the first wireless bandwidth and the second wireless bandwidth are allocated via a spectrum access system from a CBRS (Citizens Band Radio Service) band.

19. The method as in claim 17 , wherein the first wireless bandwidth and the second wireless bandwidth are allocated by a spectrum access system from a CBRS (Citizens Band Radio Service) band.

20. A system comprising:

a first wireless station in communication with a mobile communication device over a first wireless link, the first wireless link allocated to convey control information;

a second wireless station in communication with the mobile communication device over a second wireless link, the second wireless link allocated to convey data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station; and

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link to facilitate conveyance of the data payload information over the second wireless link between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device;

wherein the control information includes schedule information controlling communication of the data payload from the second wireless station to the mobile communication device;

wherein the second wireless station generates the control information and communicates the control information to the first wireless station; and

wherein a quality of a third communication lint between the first wireless station and the second wireless station is measured, the quality of the third communication link indicating an ability to convey communications over the third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station.

21. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the second wireless station is in communication with the first wireless station over the third communication link between the second wireless station and the first wireless station, the third communication link operable to convey control information from the second wireless station to the first wireless station to facilitate conveyance of the data payload information over the second wireless communication link.

22. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the first wireless station receives allocation of a first portion of wireless bandwidth from a bandwidth management resource for the first wireless link; and

wherein the second wireless station receives allocation of a second portion of wireless bandwidth from the bandwidth management resource for the second wireless link.

23. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the mobile communication device is a first mobile communication device, the system further comprising:

a third wireless station, the third wireless station in communication with a second mobile communication device over a third wireless communication link to convey data payload information, the first wireless station operable to control conveyance of control communications over the third wireless communication link to the second mobile communication device via control communications over a fourth wireless communication link between the first wireless station and the second mobile communication device.

24. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the first wireless station is operable to receive a join message from the second wireless station to register the second wireless station with the first wireless station.

25. The system as in claim 24 , wherein the first wireless station is operable to, in response to receiving the join message, transmit a response communication from the first wireless station to the second wireless station, the response communication indicating that the second wireless station has been registered with the first wireless station as a data-conveying wireless station.

26. The system as in claim 24 , wherein the first wireless station is operable to, in response to receiving the join message, transmit a response communication from the first wireless station to the second wireless station, the response communication indicating that the second wireless station has been denied by the first wireless station as a registered data payload-conveying wireless station.

27. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the first wireless station is operable to receive a termination request message from the second wireless station, the termination request message indicating to terminate registration of the second wireless station with the first wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station.

28. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the second wireless station is operable to receive a termination request message from the first wireless station, the termination request message being a request to terminate registration of the second wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station registered with the first wireless station.

29. The system as in claim 20 further comprising:

link quality monitoring hardware to measure a round-trip time of communications conveyed over the third communication link between the second wireless station and the third wireless station.

30. The system as in claim 20 further comprising:

link quality monitoring hardware to measure a quality of the third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station, the measured quality of the third communication link indicating an ability to convey communications over the communication link between the second wireless station and the first wireless station.

31. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the first wireless station receives first allocation information from a bandwidth management resource, the first allocation information indicating a first wireless power output level in which to support communications over the first wireless communication link using a first carrier frequency; and

wherein the second wireless station receives second allocation information from the bandwidth management resource, the second allocation information indicating a second wireless power output level in which to support communications over the second wireless communication link using a second carrier frequency.

32. The system as in claim 31 , wherein the first wireless bandwidth and the second wireless bandwidth are allocated from a CBRS (Citizens Band Radio Service) band.

33. Computer-readable storage hardware having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when carried out by computer processor hardware, cause the computer processor hardware to:

establish a first wireless link between a first wireless station and a mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establish a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station; and

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device;

wherein the control information includes schedule information controlling communication of the data payload from the second wireless station to the mobile communication device;

wherein the second wireless station generates the control information and communicates the control information to the first wireless station; and

the computer processor hardware further operative to: measure a quality of a third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station, the quality of the third communication link indicating an ability to convey communications over the third communication link between the first wireless station and the second wireless station.

34. A method comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a first wireless station and a mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establishing a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station;

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device;

at the second wireless station, receiving a termination request message from the first wireless station, the termination request message being a request to terminate registration of the second wireless station as a data payload-conveying wireless station registered with the first wireless station; and

in response to receiving the termination request message, transmitting a response communication from the second wireless station to the first wireless station, the response communication indicating that the second wireless station rejects being removed as a data payload-conveying wireless station registered with the first wireless station.

35. The method as in claim 34 further comprising:

subsequent to transmitting the response communication: i) providing continued control communications from the first wireless station to the mobile communication device, and ii) providing continued data communications from the second wireless station to the mobile communication device.

36. A method comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a first wireless station and a mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establishing a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station; and

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device;

wherein the mobile communication device communicates a request to the first wireless station to establish the first wireless link prior to establishing the second wireless link with the second wireless station; and

wherein the mobile communication device selects the second wireless station amongst multiple wireless stations registered with the first wireless station to support conveyance of data payloads.

37. A method comprising:

establishing a first wireless link between a first wireless station and a mobile communication device, the first wireless link conveying control information;

establishing a second wireless link between a second wireless station and the mobile communication device, the second wireless link conveying data payload information, the second wireless station disparately located with respect to the first wireless station; and

the control information conveyed over the first wireless link, controlling conveyance of the data payload between the second wireless station and the mobile communication device;

wherein the first wireless link is a control channel and the second wireless link is a data channel;

the method further comprising: providing continued connectivity of the mobile communication device to the first wireless station via the first provide wireless services to at least one entity other than mobile communication device; and

wherein the second wireless station supports conveyance of the data payload information again subsequent to the second wireless station being temporarily used to provide wireless services to the at least one entity other than mobile communication device.