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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Wirepas Oy, Tampere, FI;
Hannu Hirvi, Tampere, FI;
WIREPAS OY, Tampere, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of radio devices. Each radio device belongs to one or more radio neighborhoods and is capable of repeating the transmission of the broadcast message regardless of whether the radio device is operating as a router device or as a non-router device. The radio devices belonging to each radio neighborhood are configured to repeat collectively a transmission of a broadcast message a collective target amount of repetitions within each radio neighborhood. Each radio device within each radio neighborhood to which it belongs is arranged to: define a total repetition load value representing a contribution of said radio device to the collective target amount of repetitions of the broadcast message within said radio neighborhood, and decide whether to repeat the transmission of the broadcast message in accordance with the defined total repetition load value. The invention relates also to a method for the wireless communication system, a radio device for the wireless communication system, a method for the radio device, a computer program, and a tangible non-volatile computer readable medium.