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Patent US8837303 - System and method for multi-user multiplexing - Google Patents
A relay node is described herein, the relay node comprising a network connectivity device configured to receive a plurality of medium access control layer (MAC) packet data units (PDUs) from a plurality of user agents; a processor configured to multiplex the plurality of MAC PDUs to form a Super-MAC...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8837303?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8837303 - System and method for multi-user multiplexing
Publication number US8837303 B2
Application number US 13/548,817
Also published as CA2747343A1, CA2747343C, CN102318404A, CN102318404B, CN104159257A, EP2377349A1, EP2377349B1, US8311061, US9571179, US20100150173, US20120281549, US20140286234, WO2010077420A1
Publication number 13548817, 548817, US 8837303 B2, US 8837303B2, US-B2-8837303, US8837303 B2, US8837303B2
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U.S. Classification 370/242, 370/252, 370/474
Cooperative Classification H04W28/06, H04B7/15528, H04W74/004