Method for enabling collaboration among terminals in a wireless network

摘要

A method for Mobile Station (MS) collaboration for a Downlink (DL) or Uplink (UL) transmission in a wireless network having MSs in a Base Station (BS) cell is provided. The DL transmission method includes forming a cluster of MSs having a same type of radio interface, receiving, by each MS, a DL transmission including a DL control channel message and a DL data burst, extracting, by the MSs, a DL data assignment included in the DL control channel message and indicating a receiving MS intended to receive the DL data burst, decoding, by the MSs, the DL data assignment and the DL data burst according to a determination to collaborate in the DL transmission, transmitting, by the collaborating MSs, a re-encoded DL data burst to the receiving MS, the receiving MS receiving the re-encoded DL data burst from the collaborating MSs and the DL data burst from the BS.

主权项

1. A method for Mobile Station (MS) collaboration for a Downlink (DL) transmission in a wireless network having a plurality of MSs in a cell corresponding to a Base Station (BS), the method comprising:
forming a cluster including a plurality of MSs, each of the MSs of the cluster having a same type of a radio interface; receiving, by each of the MSs of the cluster, a DL transmission including a DL control channel message and a DL data burst; extracting, by each of the MSs of the cluster, a DL data assignment included in the DL control channel message, the DL data assignment indicating a receiving MS from among the MSs of the cluster, the receiving MS being the intended recipient of the DL data burst; decoding, by each of the MSs of the cluster, the DL data assignment and the DL data burst according to a determination by each of the MSs to collaborate in the DL transmission; transmitting, by each of the collaborating MSs of the cluster, a re-encoded DL data burst to the receiving MS of the cluster; and receiving, by the receiving MS of the cluster, the re-encoded DL data burst transmitted from each of the collaborating MSs and the DL data burst from the BS.