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Multi-user diversity forwarding

  • US 7,545,765 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2003
  • Issued: 06/09/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for forwarding information in a multi-hop network having multiple nodes, said method comprising the steps of:

  • jointly selecting, for at least one transmitting node, i) relay node among multiple relay candidate nodes and ii) at least one of;

    a) destination among multiple destinations represented in the transmit queue of said at least one transmitting node; and

    b) flow among multiple flows represented in said at least one transmitting node;

    selecting a set of information from the transmit queue of said at least one transmitting node based on at least one of selected destination and flow; and

    transmitting the selected set of information to the selected relay nodewherein said method further comprises the steps of;

    said at least one transmitting node transmitting an interrogation message to said multiple relay candidate nodes in the network; and

    each one of said multiple relay candidate nodes replying, in response to said interrogation message, with a response message for said at least one transmitting node; and

    wherein said step of jointly selecting is performed at least partly based on said response messages from said multiple relay candidate nodes.

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