Patent ID: 8345787
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A multi-hop wireless communication system comprising: a first Base Station (BS) configured to transmit a signal comprising a first common information codeword and a first private information codeword to a first Relay Station (RS) and a second RS, wherein the first common information codeword is a codeword transmitted to all RSs and the first private information codeword is a codeword transmitted only to the first RS; a second BS configured to transmit a signal comprising a second common information codeword and a second private information codeword to the first RS and the second RS, wherein the second common information codeword is a codeword transmitted to all RSs and the second private information codeword is a codeword transmitted only to the second RS; the first RS configured to joint-decode the first common information codeword and the second common information codeword and to decode the first private information codeword, wherein the second private information codeword comprises interference for the first RS; and the second RS configured to joint-decode the first common information codeword and the second common information codeword and to decode the second private information codeword, wherein the first private information codeword comprises interference for the second RS.