Relaying system and method with partner relays and selective transmission
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsShalini Periyalwar, Koon Hoo Teo, Mo-Han Fong, David Falconer
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Abstract
Partner relay systems and methods are provided in which relaying is performed by a pair of partner relays. Signals received from a base station are translated by a first of the pair of partner relays to a different transmission resource for communication between the pair of partner relays, and then upon reception by a second of the pair of partner relays, the signal is translated back to the original transmission resource and re-transmitted towards the receiver.
Claims20
A partner relay system for use in a communication system allowing for communication between at least one base station transceiver and a plurality of mobile station transceivers, the partner relay system comprising:
- a first relay adapted to:
- receive a first signal from the at least one base station transceiver for transmission to a first mobile station transceiver, wherein the first signal is received on a first wireless transmission resource;
- perform a first signal translation on the first signal to a second transmission resource;
- and
- re-transmit the first signal on the second wireless transmission resource;
- a second relay in a spaced arrangement from said first relay adapted to:
- receive the first signal on the second wireless transmission resource from the first relay;
- perform a second signal translation to re-translate the first signal to the first wireless transmission resource;
- and
- re-transmit the first signal to the first mobile station transceiver on the first wireless transmission resource;
- wherein the first wireless transmission resource is a transmission resource allocated for transmissions between the at least one base station transceiver and a first one or more mobile station transceivers and the second wireless transmission resource is a transmission resource originally allocated for transmissions between the at least one base station transceiver and a second one or more mobile station transceivers, and wherein the first one or more mobile station transceivers comprises the first mobile station transceiver.
A method of relaying a signal in a communication system, wherein the communication system allows at least one first base station transceiver to communicate with a plurality of mobile station transceivers, the method comprising:
- a first relay receiving a first signal from the at least one base station transceiver for transmission to a first mobile station transceiver, wherein the first signal is received on a first wireless transmission resource;
- the first relay performing a first signal translation on the first signal to a second transmission resource;
- the first relay re-transmitting the first signal on the second wireless transmission resource;
- wherein a second relay in a spaced arrangement from said first relay is configured to:
- receive the first signal on the second wireless transmission resource from the first relay;
- perform a second signal translation to re-translate the first signal to the first wireless transmission resource;
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- re-transmit the first signal to the first mobile station transceiver on the first wireless transmission resource;
- wherein the first wireless transmission resource is a transmission resource allocated for transmissions between the at least one base station transceiver and a first one or more mobile station transceivers and the second wireless transmission resource is a transmission resource originally allocated for transmissions between the at least one base station transceiver and a second one or more mobile station transceivers, and wherein the first one or more mobile station transceivers comprises the first mobile station transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.