Method for Transmitting Packets in Relay Networks
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting a packet in a relay network including a source node, a relay node and a destination node, comprising:
- partitioning, in a source node of a relay network, a packet into a first fragment and a second fragment, wherein the packet has L bits and the first fragment has β
L and the second fragment has (1−
β
)L bits, where β
is a splitting ratio;
transmitting the first fragment from the source node to a relay node of the relay network at a first data rate during a first phase;
transmitting the second fragment from the source node to a destination node in the relay network at a second data rate during a second phase;
retransmitting the first fragment from the relay node to the destination node at a third data rate during the second phase; and
optimizing the first, second and third data rates so that a total energy consumption in the network is minimized.
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Abstract
A method transmits an L bit packet in a relay network including a source node, a relay node and a destination node. The source node partitions the packet into first fragment of βL bits and a second fragment of (1−β) bits. The first fragment is transmitted from the source node to the relay node at a first data rate during a first phase. The second fragment is transmitted from the source node to the destination node at a second data rate during a second phase while the first fragment is retransmitted from the relay node to the destination node at a third data rate.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting a packet in a relay network including a source node, a relay node and a destination node, comprising:
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partitioning, in a source node of a relay network, a packet into a first fragment and a second fragment, wherein the packet has L bits and the first fragment has β
L and the second fragment has (1−
β
)L bits, where β
is a splitting ratio;transmitting the first fragment from the source node to a relay node of the relay network at a first data rate during a first phase; transmitting the second fragment from the source node to a destination node in the relay network at a second data rate during a second phase; retransmitting the first fragment from the relay node to the destination node at a third data rate during the second phase; and optimizing the first, second and third data rates so that a total energy consumption in the network is minimized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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