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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Gillian Huang, Cambridge, GB;
Yue Wang, Cambridge, GB;
Justin Coon, Bristol, GB;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of relaying a signal in a wireless communications network including a plurality of wireless devices is performed by at least one of said wireless devices to relay a signal in a communication path between one of said plurality of wireless devices and another one of said wireless devices, wherein said at least one of said wireless devices includes a power amplifier for amplifying said signal, the method including receiving a signal from said one of said plurality of wireless devices, determining a peak-to-average power ratio of said received signal under a plurality of predetermined relay modes, determining a back-off value associated with said power amplifier, selecting a mode of relaying said signal from said plurality of predetermined relay modes based on said determined peak-to-average power ratio and said determined back-off value, and transmitting said signal to said another one of said plurality of wireless devices using said selected mode.