WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING RELAYED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A wireless communications method comprising:
- receiving first and second wireless communications from a base station at each one of respective first and second radioterminals that are physically distinct and separate therebetween;
relaying information from the second radioterminal to the first radioterminal; and
using the information that is relayed to the first radioterminal from the second radioterminal to process the first and second wireless communications that are received from the base station at the first radioterminal.
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Abstract
Wireless communications are transmitted from at least two radioterminals to a base station co-channel over a return link using a return link alphabet. Wireless communications are also transmitted from the base station to the at least two radioterminals over a forward link using a forward link alphabet that has more symbols than the return link alphabet. The co-channel signals are deciphered at the receiver, while the radioterminals can use a smaller return link alphabet, which can reduce the power dissipation at the radioterminals.
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1. A wireless communications method comprising:
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receiving first and second wireless communications from a base station at each one of respective first and second radioterminals that are physically distinct and separate therebetween; relaying information from the second radioterminal to the first radioterminal; and using the information that is relayed to the first radioterminal from the second radioterminal to process the first and second wireless communications that are received from the base station at the first radioterminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A first radioterminal comprising:
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a receiver that is configured to receive first and second wireless communications from a base station and that is further configured to receive information from a second radioterminal that is physically distinct and separate from the first radioterminal and that also receives the first and second wireless communications from the base station; and a processor that is configured to use the information that is received from the second radioterminal to process the first and second wireless communications that are received from the base station. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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