Patent ID: 8693361

Claim:
A method for improved multicast service using feedback mobiles, the method comprising: receiving by a mobile device a multicast packet from a station, the mobile device being one of a plurality of mobile devices that includes a group of feedback mobile devices; transmitting by the mobile device an indication that the mobile device is volunteering to become a member of the group of feedback mobile devices; determining by the mobile device whether to begin operating as a member of the group of feedback mobile devices; if the mobile device is to begin operating as a member of the group of feedback mobile devices, transmitting an indication of at least one of channel quality and a level of interference observed by the mobile device; wherein the method further comprises: receiving by the mobile device an indication of location and channel quality of the mobile devices included in the group of feedback mobile devices and prior to transmitting the indication that the mobile device is volunteering, determining by the mobile device that no members of the group of feedback mobile devices are within a predefined adjacency distance from the mobile device.