Cooperative transmission continuous transmission enhancement

A system comprising:

• a plurality of network nodes, two or more network nodes comprising:
• an antenna;
• a transmitter;
• a receiver;
• one or more processors in data communication with the antenna;
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• a memory with instructions stored upon, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• establish a multiple access communication scheme among the plurality of network nodes, wherein the multiple access communication scheme utilizes subslots;
• transmit an initial transmission from an originating node or a retransmitting node in a first subslot to at least one relay node, wherein the initial transmission comprises a first signal that is sufficient to convey a message;
• continue to transmit, by the originating node to the at least one relay node, additional signal comprising at least one of a retransmitted portion of the first signal, a transmission of an algorithmically related signal based on the first signal or a transmission of the algorithmically related signal based on the message, within the first subslot or a beginning of a subsequent subslot, wherein the additional signal is transmitted by the originating node or retransmitting node past a decision point used by the at least one relay node to determine whether to transmit a retransmission of the first signal to convey the message in the subsequent subslot;
• determine by the at least one relay node that the at least one relay node has received the message;
• prepare the retransmission of the first signal conveying the message by the at least one relay node within a future subslot based upon a determination at the decision point that the at least one relay has received the message, wherein preparing the retransmission comprises determining the first signal, the algorithmically related signal based on the first signal, or the algorithmically related signal based on the message, that is coordinated in content between all originating nodes and all relay nodes transmitting the message;
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• transmit the retransmission of the first signal, the algorithmically related signal based on the first signal, or the algorithmically related signal based on the message, in the future subslot, wherein the retransmission is coordinated in time between all relays transmitting the message.

A method comprising:

• establishing a multiple access communication scheme among a plurality of network nodes, wherein the multiple access communication scheme utilizes subslots;
• transmitting an initial transmission from an originating node or a retransmitting node in a first subslot to at least one relay node, wherein the initial transmission comprises a first signal that is sufficient to convey a message;
• continuing to transmit, by the originating node to the at least one relay node, additional signal comprising at least one of a retransmitted portion of the first signal, a transmission of an algorithmically related signal based on the first signal, or the algorithmically related signal based on the message, within the first subslot or a beginning of a subsequent subslot, wherein the additional signal is transmitted by the originating node or retransmitting node past a decision point used by the at least one relay node to determine whether to transmit a retransmission of the first signal to convey the message in the subsequent subslot;
• determining by the at least one relay node that the at least one relay node has received the message;
• preparing the retransmission of the first signal by the at least one relay node within a future subslot, based on a determination at the decision point that the at least one relay has not received the message, wherein the at least one relay node does not retransmit the retransmission of the first signal in the subsequent subslot, wherein the at least one relay node retransmits the first signal conveying the message as the retransmission in the first subslot after a successful reception of the message prior to the decision point, wherein the retransmission of the first signal is based on data transmitted past the decision point by the originating node and/or retransmitting nodes, wherein preparing the retransmission of the first signal comprises:
• continuing to receive additional signal until a next decision point;
• combining the first signal with at least one of the retransmitted portion of the first signal, the algorithmically related signal based on the first signal, or the algorithmically related signal based on the message,
• detecting if the message conveyed by the first signal has been correctly received based on a combination of the first signal and the retransmitted portion of the first signal, the algorithmically related signal based on the first signal, or the algorithmically related signal based on the message, in prior subslots and up to the decision point;
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• generating the retransmission of the first signal conveying the message by the at least one relay node within the future subslot based upon the determination at the next decision point that the at least one relay has received the message, wherein generating the retransmission of the first signal comprises determining the first signal, the algorithmically related signal based on the first signal, or the algorithmically related signal based on the message, that is coordinated in content between the originating nodes and the relay nodes transmitting the message;
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• transmitting the retransmission of the first signal, the algorithmically related signal based on the first signal, of the algorithmically related signal based on the message, in the future subslot, wherein the retransmission is coordinated in time between all relays transmitting the message.