Patent ID: 8126007
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising: transmitting a request-to-send (RTS) frame by a source station; in response to the RTS frame, transmitting a clear-to-send (CTS) frame by a destination station; in response to the CTS frame, transmitting, by a partner station, a partner clear-to-send (PTS) frame for informing the source station and the destination station that the partner station operates as a relay station; in response to the PTS frame, transmitting a first portion of a coded data frame by the source station; receiving the first portion of the coded data frame by the relay station and the destination station; re-encoding, by the relay station, a second portion of the coded data frame based on the first portion; and transmitting, by the relay station to the destination station, the re-encoded second portion of the coded data frame.