Patent ID: 7706745
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for relaying packet information from an Out of Range Device (ORD) to a communications tower or other relay device, comprising: receiving a message from the ORD, said message recognizable by a transceiver device as a message to be repeated; storing the message in said transceiver device; measuring, by said transceiver device, a received signal quality of the message; relaying said message from said transceiver device after delaying for a time interval inversely proportional to received signal quality; monitoring at said transceiver device, during said time interval and prior to the relaying, for an acknowledgement from said communications tower or from another transceiver device, said acknowledgement indicating that the message was received by said communications tower or said another transceiver device; and deleting said message from a queue upon receipt of said acknowledgement during said time interval.