Patent ID: 7760694
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving by a first device among a plurality of devices of a wireless network a transmission map specifying a transmission frame structure shared by the plurality of devices of the wireless network, the transmission frame structure having a first and a second subframe, the first and the second subframe corresponding to a first and a second transmission time interval, respectively, the first transmission time interval ending before or at the start of the second transmission time interval, the first and the second transmission time interval comprising a first set of time increments and a second set of time increments, respectively, and the first subframe for receiving signals transmitted from a base station to the plurality of devices of the wireless network and the second subframe for transmitting signals from the plurality of devices to the base station; and deviating by the first device from the transmission map by switching from a reception mode to a transmission mode during a time increment among the first set of time increments within the first transmission time interval wherein a second device among the plurality of devices is expected to receive a signal from the base station, and transmitting a signal from the first device directly to the second device in the time increment.