Patent ID: 7493080
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting information in a network, the method comprising the steps of: a) transmitting information from at least one predetermined node; b) receiving, at each one of a plurality of receiving nodes the information transmitted from the at least one predetermined node; c) determining at each one of the plurality of receiving nodes whether to retransmit the received information; d) retransmitting, from each one of the plurality of receiving nodes, the received information if retransmitting is determined; e) receiving, at each one of another plurality of nodes in the network, a signal comprising a weighted summation of information transmitted from said each node from the plurality of receiving nodes at which retransmitting was determined; f) determining, at said each one of said another plurality of nodes, whether to retransmit the received signal; and g) retransmitting, from said each one of said another plurality of nodes, the received signal if retransmitting is determined.