Patent ID: 8611275
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying a target node at a communication node of a wireless communication network, the target node being associated with a multi-hop route from the communication node to a destination node; selecting a neighbor node of the communication node to operate as a cooperator node, the cooperator node and the communication node operating cooperatively to communicate with the target node; identifying a first route from the communication node to the target node, wherein the first route does not include any intermediate node between the communication node and the target node; identifying a second route from the communication node to the target node via the cooperator node, the second route including a first link between the communication node and the cooperator node and a second link between the cooperator node and the target node, wherein the second link does not include any intermediate node between the cooperator node and the target node; transmitting a data packet from the communication node to the cooperator node over the first link of the second route and from the communication node directly to the target node over the first route; and controlling a timing of the transmitting of the data packet from the communication node directly to the target node over the first route such that the transmitting of the data packet from the communication node directly to the target node over the first route occurs substantially simultaneously with a transmitting of the data packet from the cooperator node directly to the target node over the second link of the second route.