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System and method for reducing power consumption in a wireless communications network

  • US 6,996,368 B2
  • Filed: 01/21/2003
  • Issued: 02/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reducing power consumption in a multi-hop wireless communications network including a plurality of nodes, comprising;

  • determining, at a source node, a first power requirement for relaying a signal to a destination node through an intermediate node using an amplification mode;

    determining, at the source node, a second power requirement for relaying the signal to the destination node through the intermediate node using a regeneration mode; and

    transmitting a relay request message to the intermediate node, the relay request message including the first and second power requirements.

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