MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-HOP NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREFOR
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Abstract
A method and system for wireless communication in which a plurality of media access control (“MAC”) packet data units (“PDUs”) corresponding to a plurality of wireless communication connections are received. The plurality of MAC PDUs is grouped into a relay packet and the relay packet is transmitted. Such grouping and transmission of the relay packet is performed by one or more relay nodes. The traffic control for the transmission can also be based on centralized or decentralized routing control and/or centralized or decentralized QoS control.
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48 Claims
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1-24. -24. (canceled)
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25. A method to pack a plurality of media access control (“
- MAC”
) packet data units (“
PDUs”
) into a relay packet, the method comprising;receiving a plurality of MAC PDUs; grouping the plurality of MAC PDUs into a relay packet; inserting, into the relay packet, a routing header and at least one sub-header, the routing header followed by the at least one sub-header, each sub-header indicating a relay station (“
RS”
); androuting the relay packet to a first RS indicated in a first sub-header. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- MAC”
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37. A system for wireless communication, the system including a base station and at least one relay node, the relay node being located between the base station and a mobile station, the system comprising a processor, the processor configured to:
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receive a plurality of media access control (“
MAC”
) packet data units (“
PDUs”
);group the plurality of MAC PDUs into a relay packet; insert, into the relay packet, a routing header and at least one sub-header, the routing header followed by the at least one sub-header, each sub-header indicating a relay station (“
RS”
); androute the relay packet to a first RS indicated in a first sub-header. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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