Methods and devices for wireless communication

Abstract

The invention relates to a system, method and machine for wireless transmission, and more specifically, to a system for supporting transmission over a network by using broadcast sub-link communication. The base station (BS) can transmit a set of encoded packets to several user equipment (UEs) and receive a response from the UE indicating the set of decoded packets. Based on the response message, the BS can transmit an updated set of encoded packets based on the differences between the encoded and decoded packet sets. The QS can transmit a command to the first UE to transmit a broadcast sub-link communication that includes the missing packet set, which includes one or more decoded packets that were decoded by the first UE but not by the second UE. The first UE can then transmit the broadcast sub-link communication to the second UE.