Wireless station clustering in cooperative communications
US9173157B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W40/24
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a wireless system. The system including a cluster of wireless stations (STAs), an access point (AP), and at least one cluster lead configured to send and receive data from the STAs and the AP and to retransmit the received data to other cluster leads, or to the AP, or both. The at least one cluster lead includes an STA designated by the AP from the cluster of STAs based at least partially on channel coherence time.
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