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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2008
Ismail Guvenc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Moo Ryong Jeong, Albany, CA (US);
Fujio Watanabe, Union City, CA (US);
Ismail Guvenc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Moo Ryong Jeong, Albany, CA (US);
Fujio Watanabe, Union City, CA (US);
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for transmitting data in a network (e.g., a relay network). In one embodiment, the method comprises performing pre-transmission of a packet to hops to enable the base station and the plurality of hops to transmit the packet synchronously to one or more mobile stations in the wireless communication system; and performing one or more re-transmissions of the packet at a first set of one or more hops in the system during a delay due to pre-transmissions at a second set of one or more hops in the system.