摘要 |
A method for a requesting cell phone includes (1) generating a request to communicate with a base station, (2) transmitting the request to a repeater cell phone, and (3) upon receiving a response to the request, transmitting data to the repeater phone for relay to the base station. A method for the repeater phone includes (1) upon receiving the request, appending its identifier in a repeater phone list in the request, (2) transmitting the request to the base station or another repeater phone, (4) upon receiving the response to the request, relaying the response to the requesting phone, and (5) relaying data between the requesting phone and the base station. A method for the base station includes (1) upon receiving the request, transmitting the response through the last repeater phone in the list and (2) communicating with the requesting phone through the repeater phones in the list.
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