Providing Wireless Network Communication Among a Plurality of Wireless Devices

1. A system for providing wireless network communication, comprising: a wireless device, further comprising a processor configured to determine that a communication link with an access node is not detected; a communication controller unit, configured to establish a communication link between the wireless device and a communication network using a network communication protocol when the communication link with the access node is not detected; an access node unit, configured to transmit an indication that the wireless device can provide wireless communications to a second wireless device using a cellular radio access technology, and to grant a communication channel to the second wireless device in response to a communication channel request from the second wireless device, wherein the access node unit is further configured to schedule data for delivery to the second wireless device based on a traffic class indicator associated with the data; and a gateway unit, configured to assign a network address to the second wireless device to enable the second wireless device to communicate over the communication network.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the access node unit is further configured to perform an admission control function in response to the communication channel request from the second wireless device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication controller unit is further configured to authenticate the second wireless device with an authentication node of the communication network.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gateway unit is further configured to assign a network address to the second wireless device out of a pool of network addresses stored at the gateway unit.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gateway unit is further configured to present the assigned network address to the communication network to route data to enable data routing to the second wireless device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the access node unit is further configured to negotiate a quality of service with the authentication node for the second wireless device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication controller unit is further configured to store a network location for the second wireless device when the second wireless device enters a lower power state.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the communication controller unit is further configured to instruct the access node unit to send a paging message to the second wireless device when data arrives at the first wireless device for the second wireless device.

9. A method of providing wireless network communication, comprising: determining at a first wireless device that a communication link with an access node is not detected; establishing a communication link between the first wireless device and a communication network using a network communication protocol; transmitting from the first wireless device an indication that the first wireless device can provide wireless communications to a second wireless device using a cellular radio access technology; granting by the first wireless device a communication channel to the second wireless device in response to a communication channel request from the second wireless device; assigning a network address to the second wireless device; receiving a request at the first wireless device to establish a communication session for the second wireless device over the communication network; establishing the communication session by the wireless device for the second wireless device over the communication network; and scheduling data for delivery to the second wireless device based on a traffic class indicator associated with the data.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising performing an admission control function by the first wireless device in response to the communication channel request from the second wireless device.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising authenticating the second wireless device by the first wireless device with an authentication node of the communication network.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising negotiating a quality of service with the authentication node for the second wireless device.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein assigning a network address further comprises registering the second wireless device to enable the second wireless device to communicate over the communication network.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising presenting the assigned network address by the first wireless device to the communication network to route data to enable data routing to the second wireless device.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising storing at the first wireless device a network location for the second wireless device when the second wireless device enters a lower power state.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising sending a paging message from the first wireless device to the second wireless device when data arrives at the first wireless device for the second wireless device.

17. A system for providing wireless network communication, comprising: a wireless device, further comprising a processor configured to determine that a communication link with an access node is not detected; a communication controller unit, configured to establish a communication link between the wireless device and a communication network using a network communication protocol when the communication link with the access node is not detected; an access node unit, configured to transmit an indication that the wireless device can provide wireless communications to a second wireless device using a cellular radio access technology, and to grant a communication channel to the second wireless device in response to a communication channel request from the second wireless device, wherein the communication controller unit is further configured to store a network location for the second wireless device when the second wireless device enters a lower power state and instruct the access node unit to send a paging message to the second wireless device when data arrives at the first wireless device for the second wireless device; and a gateway unit, configured to assign a network address to the second wireless device to enable the second wireless device to communicate over the communication network.