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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Yonghong Zeng, Singapore, SG;
Sumei Sun, Singapore, SG;
Yonghong Zeng, Singapore, SG;
Sumei Sun, Singapore, SG;
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Cooperative communication methods for a wireless communication network () and devices configured to perform such methods are disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the network () includes a first communication device () and a second communication device (), each of the communication devices () being associated with respective users and configured to communicate with a common base station (). The cooperative communication method comprises the first communication device () transmitting a first message to the second communication device () for transmission to the base station () as a first routed message; and receiving a second message from the second communication device () for transmission to the base station () as a second routed message. In this way, the transmission is able to achieve diversity gains at the base station ().