METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPANDING A MESSAGE COVERAGE
First Claim
1. A method for expanding a message coverage, said method comprising:
- (a) transmitting a message (M) by a first user equipment (UE1) as a transmission sequence (TS) comprising a set of transmissions (T);
(b) decoding by a second user equipment (UE2) at least one transmission (Ti) of a received transmission sequence (TS) and predicting following transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) of said transmission sequence (TS) on the basis of the decoded transmission (Ti) ; and
(c) transmitting the predicted following transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) of the respective transmission sequence (TS) by said second user equipment (UE2).
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Abstract
The method and apparatus for expanding a message coverage are disclosed. One method includes transmitting a message (M) by a first user equipment (UE1) as a transmissions sequence (TS) comprising a set of transmissions. The method further includes decoding, by a second user equipment (UE2) at least one transmission (Ti) of a received transmission sequence (TS) and predicting following transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) of said transmission sequence (TS) on the basis of the decoded transmission (Ti). The method further includes transmitting the predicted following transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) of the respective transmission sequence (TS) by said second user equipment (UE2).
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16 Claims
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1. A method for expanding a message coverage, said method comprising:
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(a) transmitting a message (M) by a first user equipment (UE1) as a transmission sequence (TS) comprising a set of transmissions (T); (b) decoding by a second user equipment (UE2) at least one transmission (Ti) of a received transmission sequence (TS) and predicting following transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) of said transmission sequence (TS) on the basis of the decoded transmission (Ti) ; and (c) transmitting the predicted following transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) of the respective transmission sequence (TS) by said second user equipment (UE2). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A predictor of a user equipment (UE), said predictor being configured to predict transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) following a received and successfully decoded transmission (Ti) within a transmission sequence (TS) on the basis of the decoded transmission (Ti) and on the basis of a specific transmission resource pattern within a time-frequency resource grid of a resource pool allocated to said user equipment (UE).
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13. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
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an encoder having encoding units configured to encode separately a message content (MC) of a message (M) to generate encoded bitstreams; a transmitter configured to transmit the generated encoded bitstreams sequentially in separate transmissions (T) within a transmission sequence (TS); a receiver configured to receive transmissions (T); a decoder having decoding units configured to decode separately any transmission (T) received by said receiver; and a predictor adapted to predict transmissions of a transmission sequence (TS) following a received transmission (Ti) decoded by a decoding unit of said decoder on the basis of the successfully decoded transmission (Ti) wherein the predicted transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) of the respective transmission sequence (TS) following the successfully decoded transmission (Ti) are transmitted by the transmitter of the user equipment (UE). - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A communication system comprising a plurality of user equipment devices (UE) adapted to broadcast messages (M) as transmission sequences (TS), wherein each user equipment device (UE) comprises a predictor configured to predict transmissions (Ti+1, Ti+2 . . . TN) following a received and successfully decoded transmission within a transmission sequence (TS) on the basis of the decoded transmission (Ti) and on the basis of a specific transmission resource pattern within a time-frequency resource grid of a resource pool allocated to the respective user equipment (UE).
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