US 2023/0403637 A1Published application

Enhanced wireless transmission system

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsAmer Aref Hassan, David Anthony Lickorish, Edward C. Giaimo, III

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Abstract

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums in which an ad-hoc neighbor group of wireless devices provides a retransmission service to a first wireless device in the neighboring group over an out-of-band wireless protocol. That is, a first transmission from a transmitter to the first wireless device over a first wireless protocol may be received by a second wireless device in a neighboring group of wireless devices. The second wireless device may then retransmit information (e.g., packets) from the first transmission to the first wireless device over a second wireless protocol and/or channel. Thus, for example, a second wireless device may receive a satellite signal sent to the first wireless device and provide a retransmission of the signal or information from the signal to the first wireless device over a Wi-Fi direct protocol.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of enhancing a reliability of a wireless transmission to a receiver, the method comprising:

at a first computing device:
determining that a second computing device is within a wireless communication range of the first computing device based upon one or more wireless messages exchanged over a first wireless protocol;
receiving, a wireless broadcast transmission addressed to the second computing device from a wireless transmitter over a second wireless protocol, the wireless broadcast transmission comprising at least one packet, the wireless transmitter not part of the first computing device or the second computing device;
retransmitting the packet to the second computing device over the first wireless protocol responsive to the second computing device being determined to be within the wireless communication range of the first computing device;
determining that the second computing device is no longer within the wireless communication range of the first computing device;
receiving, a second wireless broadcast transmission addressed to the second computing device from the wireless transmitter over the second wireless protocol, the second wireless broadcast transmission comprising at least one second packet;
and
not retransmitting the packet to the second computing device over the first wireless protocol based upon the second computing device being determined to not being within the wireless communication range of the first computing device.

5 more elements

A computing device for enhancing a reliability of a wireless transmission to a receiver, the computing device comprising:

a processor;
a memory device, storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
determining that a second computing device is within a wireless communication range of the computing device based upon one or more wireless messages exchanged over a first wireless protocol;
receiving, a wireless broadcast transmission addressed to the second computing device from a wireless transmitter over a second wireless protocol, the wireless broadcast transmission comprising at least one packet, the wireless transmitter not part of the computing device or the second computing device;
retransmitting the packet to the second computing device over the first wireless protocol responsive to the second computing device being determined to be within the wireless communication range of the computing device;
determining that the second computing device is no longer within the wireless communication range of the computing device;
receiving, a second wireless broadcast transmission addressed to the second computing device from the wireless transmitter over the second wireless protocol, the second wireless broadcast transmission comprising at least one second packet;
and
not retransmitting the packet to the second computing device over the first wireless protocol based upon the second computing device being determined to not being within the wireless communication range of the computing device.

6 more elements

A device for enhancing a reliability of a wireless transmission to a receiver, the device comprising:

means for determining that a second computing device is within a wireless communication range of the first computing device based upon one or more wireless messages exchanged over a first wireless protocol;
means for receiving, a wireless broadcast transmission addressed to the second computing device from a wireless transmitter over a second wireless protocol, the wireless broadcast transmission comprising at least one packet, the wireless transmitter not part of the first computing device or the second computing device;
means for retransmitting the packet to the second computing device over the first wireless protocol responsive to the second computing device being determined to be within the wireless communication range of the first computing device;
means for determining that the second computing device is no longer within the wireless communication range of the first computing device;
means for receiving, a second wireless broadcast transmission addressed to the second computing device from the wireless transmitter over the second wireless protocol, the second wireless broadcast transmission comprising at least one second packet;
and
means for not retransmitting the packet to the second computing device over the first wireless protocol based upon the second computing device being determined to not being within the wireless communication range of the first computing device.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/837,600Filed 10 Jun 2022
Published: 14 Dec 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04L 1/1867
Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems: arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
H04W 48/16
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: discovering, processing access restriction or access information
H04L 1/1812
Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems: hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
H04L 5/0048
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver