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A mobile communication network system operative in conjunction with a core network including a core device and at least one static base station includes a plurality of base stations. The system further includes a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations. The ba

A mobile communication network system operative in conjunction with a core network including a core device and at least one static base station includes a plurality of base stations. The system further includes a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations. The base stations include at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and includes base station functionality and a first radio manager and mobile station functionality all co-located with the base station functionality. The base station functionality has a physical back-connection to the first radio manager. The first radio manager has a physical connection with the mobile station functionality. The mobile station functionality communicates via antennae with at least one selectable static base station. The information used to determine whether to reject includes the location of the moving base station and statistics regarding measurements of link quality.

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1. A mobile communication network system operative in conjunction with a core network including a core device and at least one static base station, the system operative in conjunction with a plurality of base stations; and a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stat

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A mobile communication network system operative in conjunction with a core network including a core device and at least one static base station, the system operative in conjunction with a plurality of base stations; and a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations;the system comprising: at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and includes base station functionality, a first radio manager and mobile station functionality all co-located with the base station functionality,the base station functionality having a physical back-connection to the first radio manager, the first radio manager having a physical connection with the mobile station functionality, the mobile station functionality communicating via antennae with at least one selectable static base station,wherein the first radio manager comprises: a radio resource manager; andfunctionality for receiving information from, and sending information to, other radio managers, respectively co-located with other moving base stations, and for using the information received from other radio managers to determine whether to reject at least one mobile station seeking to be served by an individual base station associated with the individual co-located radio manager,wherein the information used to determine whether to reject includes at least one of the following: location of said at least one moving base station; andstatistics regarding measurements of link quality,wherein said information received from other radio managers and used to determine whether to reject comprises information regarding qualities of respective connections of respectively co-located radio managers back to the core network,wherein said other radio manager is operative to compute, for at least one individual mobile station, route comparison information including a plurality of routes of base stations via which the individual mobile station can communicate with the core network and at least one parameter characterizing the relative quality of each of said routes and to communicate to said individual mobile station information indicative of said route comparison information, andwherein said parameter characterizing route quality is a combination of measured qualities of route sections and fluctuations thereof such that route sections with larger fluctuating quality measurements are devalued due to their unpredictability relative to route sections with smaller fluctuating quality measurements. 2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information received from other radio managers and used to determine whether to reject provided by respectively co-located radio managers via a selected one of: a static base station from among the at least one static base station of the core network; anda moving base station capable of providing service to the individual radio manager's co-located mobile device. 3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information regarding quality of its own connection back to the core network is provided by its own co-located mobile station. 4. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information includes information regarding channel quality which other base stations are able to provide mobile stations in the vicinity of the individual co-located radio manager and which is provided by reports generated by said mobile stations in said vicinity. 5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information regarding quality of service available from its own base station for mobile stations in the vicinity of the individual co-located radio manager is provided by its own co-located mobile station. 6. The system according to claim 1 wherein said individual mobile station is operative to select a base station to be connected to at least partly based on said information indicative of said route comparison information. 7. The system according to claim 6 wherein said parameter is based upon a minimum SNR (signal noise ratio) value, over sections which together compose a route, each section having its own SNR (signal noise ratio) value. 8. The system according to claim 1 wherein at least one individual co-located radio manager includes a mobile-to-mobile direct communication facilitation functionality operative to provide direct communication, not requiring said core network, between a plurality of mobile devices in said individual radio manager's vicinity. 9. The system according to claim 1 wherein said moving base station observes a silence period during which it refrains from transmitting to its own co-located mobile station. 10. The system according to claim 9 wherein at least one characteristic of said silence period is dynamically determined by the moving base station's co-located radio manager. 11. The system according to claim 10 wherein said characteristic comprises a zone in which silence is observed which is defined over at least one of a frequency band and a time window. 12. The system according to claim 1 wherein said network comprises a tactical E-UTRAN network. 13. The system according to claim 1 wherein if a multi-hop communication route is used, in which a relay R that is connected to the core network via another relay A, relay R sends a message to a backhauling relay that R is A's anchor. 14. The method according to claim 13 wherein the backhauling relay becomes aware that another relay is connected to it and finds a location which has a good Quality Grade Result at which to remain. 15. The system according to claim 1 wherein said static base station is co-located with said core device. 16. The system according to claim 1 wherein said physical back-connection comprises an Ethernet back-connection. 17. The system according to claim 1 wherein said radio resource manager comprises an E-UTRAN radio resource manager. 18. The system according to claim 1 wherein users are shown a location which has a good Quality Grade Result (QGR). 19. The method according to claim 18 wherein statistical measurements of a co-located MS in each at least one relay are attached to location results of the relay and wherein said system includes at least one rRM having a functionality that computes and indicates to the user locations with good QGC (quality grade control). 20. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information includes information regarding qualities of other base stations' respective connections back to the core network. 21. The system according to claim 20 wherein said other base stations include all base stations along a route connecting said moving base station and said core, via which route said core serves said moving base station. 22. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information includes information regarding quality of the first radio manager's moving base station's connection back to the core network. 23. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information includes information regarding channel qualities which said first radio manager's own base station, and base stations other than said first radio manager's own base station, are respectively able to provide, to mobile stations in the vicinity of the first radio manager. 24. The system according to claim 1 wherein the information used to determine whether to reject includes location of said at least one moving base station; and statistics regarding measurements of link quality. 25. The system according to claim 24 wherein said at least one moving base station B is operative to reject at least one mobile communication device D if the moving base station B knows other moving base stations are currently better connected back to the core than B whereas B is currently poorly connected back to the core or not connected at all, hence device D can do better elsewhere. 26. The system according to claim 1 wherein at least one radio manager is (a) operative for receiving information from other respectively co-located radio managers regarding: qualities of other respectively co-located radio managers' respective connections back to the core network,quality of the individual co-located radio manager's own connection back to the core networkchannel quality which other base stations are able to provide to mobile stations in the vicinity of the individual co-located radio managerchannel quality which the individual co-located radio manager's own base station is able to provide to mobile stations in the vicinity of the individual co-located radio manager, thereby to provide statistics regarding measurements of link quality,and (b) is also operative for sending the above information to other respectively co-located radio managers. 27. The system according to claim 26 wherein said at least one moving base station B is operative to reject at least one mobile communication device D if the moving base station B knows other moving base stations are currently better connected back to the core than B whereas B is currently poorly connected back to the core or not connected at all, hence device D can do better elsewhere. 28. The system according to claim 1 wherein said at least one moving base station B is operative to reject at least one mobile communication device D if the moving base station B knows other moving base stations are currently better connected back to the core than B whereas B is currently poorly connected back to the core or not connected at all, hence device D can do better elsewhere. 29. A mobile communication networking method comprising: providing a core network including a core device and at least one static base station; a plurality of base stations; and a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations;the base stations including at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and includes base station functionality, a first radio manager and mobile station functionality all co-located with said base station functionality,the base station functionality having a physical back-connection to the first radio manager, the first radio manager having a physical connection with said mobile station functionality, the mobile station functionality communicating via antennae with at least one selectable static base station,wherein said first radio manager comprises a radio resource manager; and functionality for receiving information from, and sending information to, other radio managers, respectively co-located with other moving base stations; andusing said information to determine whether to reject at least one mobile station seeking to be served by an individual base station associated with said first radio managerwherein the information used to determine whether to reject includes at least one of the following: location of said at least one moving base station; andstatistics regarding measurements of link qualitywherein said information received from other radio managers and used to determine whether to reject comprises information regarding qualities of respective connections of respectively co-located radio managers back to the core network,wherein said other radio manager is operative to compute, for at least one individual mobile station, route comparison information including a plurality of routes of base stations via which the individual mobile station can communicate with the core network and at least one parameter characterizing the relative quality of each of said routes and to communicate to said individual mobile station information indicative of said route comparison information, andwherein said parameter characterizing route quality is a combination of measured qualities of route sections and fluctuations thereof such that route sections with larger fluctuating quality measurements are devalued due to their unpredictability relative to route sections with smaller fluctuating quality measurements. 30. The method according to claim 29 wherein said information includes information regarding qualities of other base stations' respective connections back to the core network. 31. The method according to claim 29 wherein said information includes information regarding quality of the first radio manager's moving base station's connection back to the core network. 32. The method according to claim 29 wherein said information includes information regarding channel qualities which said first radio manager's own base station, and base stations other than said first radio manager's own base station, are respectively able to provide, to mobile stations in the vicinity of the first radio manager. 33. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a mobile communication networking method, the method comprising: providing a core network including a core device and at least one static base station; a plurality of base stations; and a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations;the base stations including at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and includes base station functionality, a first radio manager and mobile station functionality all co-located with said base station functionality,the base station functionality having a physical back-connection to the first radio manager, the first radio manager having a physical connection with said mobile station functionality, the mobile station functionality communicating via antennae with at least one selectable static base station,wherein said first radio manager comprises a radio resource manager; and functionality for receiving information from, and sending information to, other radio managers, respectively co-located with other moving base stations; andusing said information to determine whether to reject at least one mobile station seeking to be served by an individual base station associated with said first radio managerwherein the information used to determine whether to reject includes at least one of the following: location of said at least one moving base station; andstatistics regarding measurements of link qualitywherein said information received from other radio managers and used to determine whether to reject comprises information regarding qualities of respective connections of respectively co-located radio managers back to the core network,wherein said other radio manager is operative to compute, for at least one individual mobile station, route comparison information including a plurality of routes of base stations via which the individual mobile station can communicate with the core network and at least one parameter characterizing the relative quality of each of said routes and to communicate to said individual mobile station information indicative of said route comparison information, andwherein said parameter characterizing route quality is a combination of measured qualities of route sections and fluctuations thereof such that route sections with larger fluctuating quality measurements are devalued due to their unpredictability relative to route sections with smaller fluctuating quality measurements. 34. The product according to claim 33 wherein said mobile station seeking to be served by said individual base station includes a mobile station currently being served by said individual base station. 35. The product according to claim 33 wherein said individual base station is co-located with the individual co-located radio manager. 36. The product according to claim 33 wherein said individual base station is served by the individual co-located radio manager. 37. The product according to claim 33 wherein said functionality is also operative to determine a base station other than said individual base station, which is more suitable than said individual base station to serve said mobile station seeking to be served. 38. The product according to claim 33 wherein at least one radio manager is operative to compute, for at least one individual moving base station, route comparison information including a plurality of routes of base stations via which the individual moving base station can communicate with the core network and at least one parameter characterizing the relative quality of each of said routes and wherein said individual moving base station connects to a serving base station selected at least partly based on information indicative of said route comparison information. 39. The product according to claim 33 and also comprising a core device and wherein the core device allocates constant communication session bandwidth between each mobile station functionality and the base station with which it is communicating so as to maintain a constant active mode of communication between each mobile station functionality and the base station. 40. The product according to claim 33 wherein said functionality is operative for detecting the quality of each end-user section and the quality of each backhauling section according to mobile stations' and mobile station functionalities' measurements and for combining said qualities into quality grade results for a current route and for alternative routes for at least one mobile station. 41. The product according to claim 40 and wherein said quality grade results are broadcast to at least one mobile stations. 42. The product according to claim 40 wherein at least one handover decision, to hand over a node from one base station to another, is made by taking into account, for at least one alternative route, the quality grade result of access and backhauling sections. 43. The product according to claim 40 wherein at least one cell admission decision is made by taking into account, for at least one alternative route, the quality grade result of access and backhauling sections. 44. The product according to claim 40 wherein at least one cell reselection decision is made by taking into account, for at least one alternative route, the quality grade result of access and backhauling sections. 45. The product according to claim 40 wherein said mobile stations' and mobile station functionalities' measurements include Reference symbol received power (RSRP). 46. The product according to claim 40 wherein said mobile stations' and mobile station functionalities' measurements include Received Signal Strength Indicator. 47. The product according to claim 40 wherein said mobile stations' and mobile station functionalities' measurements include Reference Signal Received Quality. 48. The product according to claim 40 wherein the Quality Grade Result (QGR) of all alternative routes is distributed to mobile stations using a broadcast message. 49. The product according to claim 48 wherein the broadcast message relating to each individual base station is sent to all mobile stations camping on said individual base station. 50. The product according to claim 33 wherein each radio manager uses measurements from at least one other radio manager over a sub-network, and at least one of Reference symbol received power (RSRP), Received Signal Strength Indicator and Reference Signal Received Quality measurements from at least one of its co-located mobile station functionality and a mobile station, to build a radio resource measurements table. 51. The product according to claim 50 wherein at least one of said measurements is distributed by broadcast message type to all radio managers. 52. The product according to claim 33 wherein said information is transmitted between radio managers via radio. 53. The product according to claim 33 wherein at least one radio manager is operative to masquerade as a base station by sending a request to a mobile station functionality to execute an NMR (Network Measurement Report) measurement. 54. The product according to claim 33 wherein said information includes information regarding quality at which the first radio manager's mobile station functionality would be served by each base station capable of serving the first radio manager's mobile station functionality.