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Acknowledgments or negative acknowledgments by relay stations and subscriber stations

US7984356B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy · FI

Inventors

Aik Chindapol · Washington, US
Nikolaj Marchenko · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2008
Grant date	Jul 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2001/0097
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various example embodiments are discloses. According to one example embodiment, a method may include sending a packet to both a relay station and a destination station in a wireless network, receiving a relay station acknowledgment (ACK) or negative acknowledgment (NACK) from the relay station during an ACK/NACK frame, and receiving a destination station ACK or NACK from the destination station during the ACK/NACK frame. The relay station ACK or NACK may either acknowledge or negatively acknowledge successful receipt of the packet by the relay station. The destination station ACK or NACK may either acknowledge or negatively acknowledge successful receipt of the packet by the destination station.

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