Patent ID: 8045496
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication method in a system in which subscriber stations are each operable for communication with a base station, the base station being capable of performing simultaneous communications with a plurality of the subscriber stations simultaneously by exchange of packets each conforming with a layered protocol of said system, the packets comprising a first portion for defining physical layer (PHY) parameters and a second portion for defining media access layer (MAC) parameters, and communications between the subscriber stations and the base station being performed wholly or partly through at least one relay station, the method comprising steps of, in the relay station: receiving a plurality of packets from the subscriber stations; detecting the second portion of each of the packets; categorizing the detected second portions of the received packets; combining the detected second portions to form a second portion of a new packet for each category used in said categorizing step; and transmitting each new packet to the base station.