Patent ID: 11895688
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by at least one base station, a strength of a channel to each of a plurality of user equipments in a wireless multi-user network;
scheduling, by the at least one base station, first downlink resources for transmitting first downlink messages to a first group of the plurality of user equipments comprising user equipments having the strongest channels;
transmitting, via broadcasting and by the at least one base station, the first downlink messages to the first group of the user equipments using the first downlink resources;
scheduling, by at least one base station, second downlink resources for transmitting second downlink messages to a second group of remaining user equipments from the plurality of user equipments, wherein the second resources comprise broadcasting resources and cooperative relaying resources;
transmitting, via broadcasting and by the at least one base station, the second downlink messages to the first and second group of the user equipments using the broadcasting resources; and
participating, by the at least one base station, in a cooperative relaying scheme at least by transmitting information about the cooperative relaying resources to be used for relaying the second downlink messages at least by user equipments in the first group that successfully decoded the second downlink messages.