Method and architecture for wireless communication networks using cooperative relaying
First Claim
1. A method of performing communication in a wireless communication network using cooperative relaying, wherein a transmitter, a receiver and at least one relay station are engaged in a communication session, and said at least one relay station forwards signals from a first link between the transmitter and the relay station to a second link between the relay stations and the receiver, wherein each at least one relay station forwards the signal with the use of a relative transmission parameter specific for each relay station, and said relative transmission parameter is determined locally in each relay station and at least partly based on a characterization of radio transmission conditions for that relay station.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to wireless networks using cooperative relaying which in a communication session involve more than one relay station. In the method according to the present invention, a transmitter 210′, a receiver 220′ and at least one relay station 215 are engaged in a communication session. The relay station 215 forwards signals from a first link between the transmitter 210′and the relay station 215 to a second link between the relay stations 215 and the receiver 220′. The relay station 215 forwards the signal with the use of a relative transmission parameter and optionally a common transmission parameter. The relative transmission parameter is determined locally in each relay station 215 and based on a characterization of a first link, or the second link or a combination of the first and second link.
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29 Claims
- 1. A method of performing communication in a wireless communication network using cooperative relaying, wherein a transmitter, a receiver and at least one relay station are engaged in a communication session, and said at least one relay station forwards signals from a first link between the transmitter and the relay station to a second link between the relay stations and the receiver, wherein each at least one relay station forwards the signal with the use of a relative transmission parameter specific for each relay station, and said relative transmission parameter is determined locally in each relay station and at least partly based on a characterization of radio transmission conditions for that relay station.
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18. A system adapted for communication in a wireless communication network using cooperative relaying, the system comprises a transmitter, a receiver and at least one relay station, wherein the relay station is adapted to forward signals from a first link between the transmitter and the relay station to a second link between the relay stations and the receiver, said system has a logical architecture wherein:
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at least one relay station has means for performing channel characterization and means for determining relative transmission parameters based on channel characterization and means for adapting the forwarding based on a common transmission parameter and a relative transmission parameter;
the receiver has means for determining a common transmission parameter and means for distributing the common transmission parameter to the relay stations; and
the logical architecture comprises a first control loop between the receiver and the relay stations adapted to feedback the common parameter from receiver to the relay stations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29)
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- 24. A relay station adapted for use in a wireless communication network using cooperative relaying, wherein the relay station is adapted to forward signals from a first link between a transmitter and a relay station to a second link between the relay stations and the receiver, wherein the relay station has means for performing channel characterization and means for determining relative transmission parameters based on channel characterization and means for adapting the forwarding at least partly based on the relative transmission parameter.
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27. A basestation adapted for use in a wireless communication network using cooperative relaying, wherein the basestation comprises a receiver, and the network comprises at least one relay station which is adapted to forward signals from a first link between a transmitter and a relay station to a second link between the relay stations and the receiver, wherein the receiver of the base station, has means for determining a common transmission parameter and means for distributing the common transmission parameter to the relay stations, and wherein the common transmission parameter is at least partly based on a measure of the total communication quality between the transmitter and the receiver of the basestation.
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28. A mobile station adapted for use in a wireless communication network using cooperative relaying, wherein the mobile station comprises a receiver, and the network comprises at least one relay station which is adapted to forward signals from a first link between a transmitter and a relay station to a second link between the relay stations and the receiver, wherein the receiver has means for determining a common transmission parameter and means for distributing the common transmission parameter to the relay stations, and wherein the common transmission parameter is at least partly based on a measure of the total communication quality between the transmitter and the receiver of the mobile station.
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