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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., Ottawa, CA;
CONVERSANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC., Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method is performed by a wireless station. The method includes determining that a wireless network provides relay service. The wireless network includes an access point and one or more relay nodes. The method further includes transmitting a relay-service desirability indication to the access point. The method also includes receiving a relay-service confirmation from the access point. The wireless station is operable to transmit at a first station-transmission power level during a first time period and a second station-transmission power level during a second time period. The second station-transmission power level is a reduced station-transmission power level as compared to the first station-transmission power level. In addition, the method includes transmitting an uplink transmission at the second station-transmission power level responsive to the relay-service confirmation from the access point.