Relay apparatus and relaying method for relaying signals
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
InventorYutaka Murakami
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Abstract
This communication device relays a relay signal to be transmitted to and from a first communication device and a second communication device, and is connected to a first apparatus. The communication device transmits the relay signal using a first transmission slot, and also transmits, using a second transmission slot, a signal having been transmitted from the first apparatus, said signal being transmitted within the transmission period of the first transmission slot in a frequency domain different from that of the first transmission slot.
Claims16
A relay apparatus comprising:
- a receiver which, in operation, receives a first relay signal from a first relay apparatus and receives a first data signal from a first device that is physically or wirelessly connected to the relay apparatus;
- a processor which, in operation, allocates a first transmission slot for the first relay signal in a first time period over a first frequency domain and allocates a second transmission slot for the first data signal within the first time period over a second frequency domain different from the first frequency domain;
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- a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the first relay signal to a second relay apparatus by using the first transmission slot, and transmits the first data signal to the second relay apparatus by using the second transmission slot.
A communication method for a relay apparatus, the communication method comprising:
- receiving a first relay signal from a first relay apparatus;
- receiving a first data signal from a first device that is physically or wirelessly connected to the relay apparatus;
- allocating a first transmission slot for the first relay signal in a first time period over a first frequency domain;
- allocating a second transmission slot for the first data signal within the first time period over a second frequency domain different from the first frequency domain;
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- transmitting the first relay signal to a second relay apparatus by using the first transmission slot and transmitting the first data signal to the second relay apparatus by using the second transmission slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.