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US 2008/0165776 A1Published application
Relay Tunneling in Wireless Multi-User Multi-Hop Relay Networks
OwnerZhifeng Tao, Toshiyuki Kuze +1inventors
InventorsZhifeng Tao, Toshiyuki Kuze, Jinyun Zhang
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Abstract
A method communicates packets in a relay network. The packets are communicated from a set of mobile stations to a relay station using a set of connections, there being one connection between each mobile station and the relay station. The packets are communicated between the relay station and a base station using a relay tunnel connection, between the relay station and its adjacent relay station the packets are communicated using the relay tunnel connection.
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A method for communicating packets in a relay network, comprising:
- communicating a plurality of packets from a set of mobile stations to a relay station using a set of connections, there being one connection between each mobile station and the relay station;
- communicating the plurality of packets between the relay station and a base station using a relay tunnel connection;
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- communicating the plurality of packets between the relay station and its adjacent relay station using the relay tunnel connection.
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