Patent ID: 8665866
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method implemented at a base station in a wireless network comprising first and second user terminals and a relay node configured to relay data transmissions from the first and second user terminals to the base station, the method comprising: determining qualities of links between the user terminals and the base station; selecting a time division scheme from a plurality of time division schemes based on the determined qualities of the links, the time division schemes including time slots assigned to the first and second user terminals and the relay node, wherein the plurality of time division schemes includes: allocating, based on the selected time division scheme, transmission intervals and interval lengths to each of the first and second user terminals and the relay node; notifying the user terminals and the relay node of their respective allocated transmission intervals and interval lengths; and receiving from the relay node network-coded data transmitted to the base station based on the allocated transmission intervals and the interval lengths.