METHOD OF RELAYING SOFT INFORMATION FOR COOPERATIVE DIVERSITY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention provides a method of relaying soft information for cooperative diversity. One embodiment of the method may include providing soft information to a destination node over a first air interface. The soft information is formed based on encoded information received from a source node over a second interface. The soft information is also suitable as input to a decoder at the destination node. Another embodiment of the method may include receiving soft information from at least one relay node over a first air interface. The soft information is formed based on encoded information received at the relay node(s) from a source node over at least one second interface. The soft information is also suitable as input to a decoder.