Repeating for low-overhead communication in a network

A system for communicating between stations over a shared medium, the system comprising:

• an origin station configured to transmit a plurality of segments of a payload;
• a repeater station configured to,
• retransmit the plurality of segments, and
• transmit repeater information indicating a location of a first segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station;
• and
• a destination station configured to,
• receive the plurality of segments,
• receive the repeater information,
• generate acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information, and
• transmit from the destination station over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information.

A destination station comprising:

• a receiver configured to,
• receive retransmitted plurality of segments of a payload originated from an origin station, the plurality of segments having been transmitted over a shared medium by the origin station and retransmitted by a repeater station,
• receive repeater information indicating a location of a segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station;
• and
• a transmitter configured to,
• generate acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information, and
• transmit, over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• receive, at a destination station, retransmitted plurality of segments of a payload originated from an origin station, the plurality of segments having been transmitted over a shared medium by the origin station and retransmitted by a repeater station to the destination station,
• receive, at the destination station, repeater information indicating a location of a segment of the plurality of segments that was not correctly decoded by the repeater station;
• generate, at the destination station, acknowledgement information that specifies which of the plurality of segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station, the acknowledgement information based, at least in part, on the repeater information;
• and
• transmit from the destination station over the shared medium, the acknowledgement information.