A device and a method automatically redeploys the geographical coverage of a
wireless telecommunications network interconnecting a plurality of
wireless mobile devices and a common back base. The method includes: partitioning an initial geographical coverage area of a
wireless telecommunications network into sub-areas; assigning a
mobile vehicle equipped with a wireless
base station to each sub-area, with each
mobile vehicle equipped with a wireless
base station being connected to the back base via a wireless link, and being positioned in a geographical position offering
wireless network coverage over the sub-area to a set of
wireless mobile devices; monitoring the
tethering of each wireless
mobile device to at least one wireless
base station of the initial geographical coverage area; determining whether a wireless
mobile device is no longer tethered to any wireless base
station of the initial geographical coverage area; determining, if the wireless
mobile device is no longer tethered to any wireless base
station, a geographical position for a
mobile vehicle equipped with a wireless base
station as a function of the geographical position of the untethered wireless mobile device, with the geographical position allowing
wireless network connectivity to be established between the untethered wireless mobile device and the back base; and deploying a mobile vehicle equipped with a wireless base station to the geographical position, with the position defining a new geographical coverage sub-area corresponding to an extension of the initial geographical coverage area.