Signaling for multi-hop relay in wireless communication systems

S Cai, H Qu - US Patent 8,437,286, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND This application relates to wireless communication sys tems and techniques
for wireless communications using one or more relay stations in addition to base stations …

Techniques for providing efficient transmit diversity and bandwidth segmentation in a wireless communication system

J Hou, D Feng, S Cai, M Chion, J Wang - US Patent 7,415,288, 2008 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND This application relates to wireless communication devices, systems and
techniques. Various wireless communication systems use electromag netic waves to …

Base station coordination through co-located relays

Q Li, WC Wong, H Yin - US Patent App. 12/315,997, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0001. In wireless communications networks, deploying relay stations close
to the cell edges can improve the network performance in terms of throughput and reliability …

System and method for subcarrier allocation in a wireless multihop relay network

F Khan, JR Cleveland - US Patent 8,644,130, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Wireless multihop relay networks enable one node to com municate with
another node via one or more intermediary nodes. The intermediary node, often called a …

Coverage improvement in wireless systems with fixed infrastructure based relays

S Periyalwar, S Wu - US Patent 8,520,569, 2013 - Google Patents
US8520569B2 - Coverage improvement in wireless systems with fixed infrastructure based
relays - Google Patents US8520569B2 - Coverage improvement in wireless systems with …

Dedicated acknowledgement and delivery of management messages in wireless communication systems

HM Chion, JPL Chow, H Qu - US Patent 8,300,663, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND This document relates to wireless communications in wire less
communication systems. Wireless communication systems and apparatuses use …

Local communication between mobile stations via one or more relay stations

K Yu, JTT Chen - US Patent App. 12/419,882, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003. A mobile radio communication system, such as a UMTS (Universal
Mobile Telecommunication System) type system, includes a mobile radio communication …

Spatial reuse techniques with wireless network relays

Q Li, XE Lin, H Yin, JJ Sydir - US Patent 8,243,648, 2012 - Google Patents
In various embodiments of the invention, a relay station in a wireless communications
network may communicate with one or more subscriber stations at the same time and/or on …

Resource sharing in relay operations within wireless communication systems

X Zhuang, RT Love, V Nangia, A Nimbalker… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND [0002] Traditionally in cellular networks, a base station (BS),(eg, Node-B or
eNB) communicates directly With end user equipment (UE) Within the coverage area of the …

Control signaling techniques for wireless networks

K Doppler, L Lindh - US Patent 7,983,302, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The rapid diffusion of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access and the
increasing demand for WLAN cov erage is driving the installation of a very large number of …