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Method for transmitting a digital signal for a semi-orthogonal MARC system having half-duplex relay, and corresponding program product and relay device

US8948232B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 2010
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2031

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

Abstract

A method and device are provided for transmitting a digital signal intended for a network having at least four nodes including two transmitters, a relay and a receiver separated from one another by non-orthogonal links, except between the relay and the destination, between which the link is orthogonal, implementing a spatially distributed network code. The method includes: encoding, in each transmitter, supplying a code word for every block of K bits of information; transmitting, in the transmitters, the code word during αN transmission intervals, αε[0,1]; jointly, iteratively detecting/decoding, in the relay, in order to separate interfering streams from the transmitters and to determine, for each stream, a vector representing the K bits of information associated with the code word; jointly encoding, in the relay, the two vectors in order to determine redundancy information, and scheduling the relays to transmit the redundancy information during the (1−α)N following transmission intervals.

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