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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2011
Yigal Bejerano, Springfield, NJ (US);
Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Edison, NJ (US);
Katherine H. Guo, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Yigal Bejerano, Springfield, NJ (US);
Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Edison, NJ (US);
Katherine H. Guo, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved multicast operation. In one method, a mobile device receives a multicast packet from a station, the mobile device being one of a plurality of mobile devices that includes a group of feedback mobile devices. The mobile device transmits an indication that it is volunteering to become a member of the group of feedback mobile devices and determines whether to begin operating as a member of the group of feedback mobile devices. If the mobile device is to begin operating as a member of the group of feedback mobile devices, the mobile device transmits an indication of channel quality and/or a level of interference observed by the mobile device.