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AUTOMATIC PARTNER SELECTION IN THE COOPERATIVE MAC PROTOCOL
AUTOMATIC PARTNER SELECTION IN THE COOPERATIVE MAC PROTOCOL
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机译:合作MAC协议中的自动合作伙伴选择
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The present invention provides a system (600), device (500) and method (400) for automatic partner selection in an existing Cooperative MAC (CMAC) protocol, which uses the Ready-to-Send (RTS), Clear-to-Send (CTS) and Partner-Clear-to-Send (PCTS) handshaking to establish cooperation. The present invention enables a ''best'' partner/relay (500.R.k) who is also willing to cooperate to relay information to a destination (500.D.J) for the transmitting device (i.e., the source), without the source (500.S.i) making a decision on partner selection. That is, the present invention provides a new mechanism by which the best partner/relay (500.R.k) that is also willing to cooperate will ''step in'' automatically without the source''s involvement in selection of the partner/relay (500.R.k). This mechanism is contention-based and the partner is ''selected'' using local information only in a fully distributed manner. Fig.
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