Repeating for low-overhead communication in a network
First Claim
1. A method for communicating between stations over a shared medium, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a destination station, retransmitted plurality of segments of a payload originated from an origin station, the plurality of segments having been transmitted over the shared medium by the origin station and retransmitted by a repeater station to the destination station;
receiving, at the destination station, repeater information indicating a location of a first segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station;
generating, at the destination station, acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information; and
transmitting from the destination station over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information.
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Abstract
Communicating between stations over a shared medium comprises: receiving, at a destination station, a first waveform that includes one or more segments of a payload that originated from an origin station with a sequence of multiple segments, the one or more segments included in the first waveform having been transmitted over the shared medium by the origin station and by each of one or more repeater stations, and the first waveform indicating which of the sequence of multiple segments were not correctly decoded by at least one of the repeater stations; generating, based on the first waveform, acknowledgement information that specifies which of the sequence of multiple segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station; and transmitting a second waveform from the destination station over the shared medium, the second waveform including the acknowledgement information.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for communicating between stations over a shared medium, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a destination station, retransmitted plurality of segments of a payload originated from an origin station, the plurality of segments having been transmitted over the shared medium by the origin station and retransmitted by a repeater station to the destination station; receiving, at the destination station, repeater information indicating a location of a first segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station; generating, at the destination station, acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information; and transmitting from the destination station over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for communicating between stations over a shared medium, the system comprising:
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an origin station configured to transmit a plurality of segments of a payload; a repeater station configured to, retransmit the plurality of segments, and transmit repeater information indicating a location of a first segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station; and a destination station configured to, receive the plurality of segments, receive the repeater information, generate acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information, and transmit from the destination station over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A destination station comprising:
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a receiver configured to, receive retransmitted plurality of segments of a payload originated from an origin station, the plurality of segments having been transmitted over a shared medium by the origin station and retransmitted by a repeater station, receive repeater information indicating a location of a segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station; and a transmitter configured to, generate acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information, and transmit, over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
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receive, at a destination station, retransmitted plurality of segments of a payload originated from an origin station, the plurality of segments having been transmitted over a shared medium by the origin station and retransmitted by a repeater station to the destination station, receive, at the destination station, repeater information indicating a location of a segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station; generate, at the destination station, acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information; and transmit from the destination station over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information.
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