Patent ID: 8611271
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. For use in a wireless network, a processor-implemented method for facilitating the cooperative communication of data from a source node to a destination node via a plurality of relay nodes, the processor-implemented method comprising: a) transmitting, with the source node, a ready to send message; b) transmitting, with the source node, a helper recruiter message; c) responsive to a receipt and successful decoding of the helper recruiter message by at least some of the plurality of relay nodes, transmitting, with at least some of the plurality of relay nodes, a helper ready to send message; d) responsive to the receipt and successful decoding of the helper ready to send message, transmitting, with the destination node, a clear to send message; e) responsive to the receipt and successful decoding of the clear to send message, transmitting, with the source node, data for receipt by the at least some of plurality of relay nodes; f) responsive to the receipt of the data by the at least some of the plurality of relay nodes, retransmitting, with at least some of the plurality of relay nodes, the data for receipt by the destination node, wherein the helper recruiter message is a separate message from the ready to send message and is transmitted after the ready to send message is transmitted.