Patent ID: 11929947
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A network comprising:
a first network node;
a second network node; and
a backhaul link between the first network node and the second network node, wherein
the first network node is adapted to:
receive a first combined signal comprising a first message transmitted by a first user equipment (UE) and a second message transmitted by a second UE;
decode the first message; and
use the backhaul link to transmit the decoded first message to the second network node, and

the second network node is adapted to:
receive the decoded first message transmitted by the first network node;
received a second combined signal comprising the first message and a third message transmitted by a third UE that is different than the second UE; and
use the decoded first message transmitted by the first network node to decode the third message from the second combined signal, wherein

the first UE has a buffer size, and
the first network node is further adapted to choose between a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme and an orthogonal multiple access (OMA) scheme based on at least a data rate associated with the first UE's buffer size.