RELAYING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN RADIO NODES

• Main Authors: Thein, Christoph, Hofmann, Frank
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.03.2023
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

An apparatus configured to generate a relay transmission to a second radio node based on observing a transmission attempt from a first radio node. The apparatus includes a radio interface configured to receive data comprising radio channel observations of the environment and to generate data comprising radio transmissions for transmission into the environment, a monitoring interface configured to receive data characterising the physical state of the environment, and a processor communicatively coupled to the radio interface and the monitoring interface. The processor is configured to: update a model characterising the environment occupied by the first radio node and the second radio node; observe an indication of an attempt of the first radio node to communicate with the second radio node; initiate the relaying of the attempt of the first radio node to communicate with the second radio node.