Patent ID: 8717966

Claim:
A method for relaying transmissions between a source node and a destination node in wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, in a first time period, a first broadcast comprising a first source transmission from the source node over a first frequency band and a first relay transmission from a first relay node over a second frequency band when a second relay node is not transmitting, wherein the first relay transmission comprises a prior source transmission received from the source node; receiving, in a second time period, a second broadcast comprising a second source transmission from the source node and a second relay transmission from the second relay node when the first relay node is not transmitting, wherein the second relay transmission comprises the first source transmission, wherein the first relay node and the second relay node are configured to alternate with one another; and decoding said first and second broadcasts, wherein the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band, wherein the first and second source transmissions comprise the first frequency band, and the first relay and the second relay transmissions comprise the second frequency band, wherein the first relay node and the second relay node receive in the first frequency band, and wherein the first relay node and the second relay node transmit in the second frequency band.