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Fountain code-based cooperative multicast method

US9204262B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 2012
Grant dateDec 1, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2001/0093
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fountain code-based cooperative multicast method comprises: 1) transmitting forwards, by a base station, a code symbol informed by a packet encoded by a fountain code, after receiving a feedback that all users correctly decode, stopping transmitting a data; 2) after completing receiving the data early by a user with good channel conditions, monitoring a “help” signal of other users, when receiving the “help” signal, the user with good channel conditions participates in a cooperation, when receiving the feedback of a cooperative user that has correctly received the data, stopping the cooperation by the user with good channel conditions; and 3) monitoring a feedback signal of remaining users that correctly receive the data by a user that does not complete receiving the data, and deciding whether to transmit a “help” signal, according to a signal intensity of the feedback signal.

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