Cooperative relay aims to realize the capacity of multi-antenna arrays in a distributed
manner. However, the symbol-level synchronization requirement among distributed relays …

Cooperative relay is a communication paradigm that aims to realize the capacity of multi-
antenna arrays in a distributed manner. However, the symbol-level synchronization …

Theory has shown that letting nodes cooperate to construct a virtual multiple-antenna array
provides significant performance gains in many scenarios. Many cooperative relaying …

We specify and evaluate a protocol for cooperative relay communications in wireless
networks targeted for low-budget and energy-constrained off-the-shelf hardware. The …

Opportunistic Relaying (OR) and Selection Decode-and-Forward (SDF) cooperation
protocols can both substantially improve the performance of wireless networks but …

Mobile users often experience communication outage and low data rate. To efficiently and
economically cope with this problem, cooperative relaying is promising. It exploits wireless …

Cooperative relaying recently emerged as a viable option for future wireless networks. By
simultaneously exploiting path loss savings known from relaying scenarios and the diversity …

Cooperative communication has been shown as an effective way to exploit spatial diversity
to improve the quality of wireless links. The key feature of cooperative transmission is to …

Next-generation wireless networks will go beyond the pointto-point or point-to-multipoint
paradigms of classical cellular networks. They will be based on complex interactions, where …

Collaborative relays achieve the benefits of spatial diversity without requiring physical
antenna arrays at the end devices. Although many studies have demonstrated its …