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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Chun-ting Chou, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Monisha Ghosh, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Jun Yang, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Chun-Ting Chou, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Monisha Ghosh, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Jun Yang, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention provides a system (), device () and method () for automatic partner selection in an existing Cooperative MAC (CMAC) protocol, which uses the Ready-to-Send (RTS), Clear-to-Send (CTS) and Partner-Clear-to-Send (PCTS) handshaking to establish cooperation. The present invention enables a 'best' partner/relay (R.k) who is also willing to cooperate to relay information to a destination (D.J) for the transmitting device (i.e., the source), without the source (S.i) making a decision on partner selection. That is, the present invention provides a new mechanism by which the best partner/relay (R.k) that is also willing to cooperate will 'step in' automatically without the source's involvement in selection of the partner/relay (R.k). This mechanism is contention-based and the partner is “selected” using local information only in a fully distributed manner.