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

Claim 15:
16. A first network node 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;
receive, using a backhaul link, a decoded first message transmitted by a second network node that receives 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 second network node to decode the second message from the first 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.