CENTRALIZED-SCHEDULER RELAY STATION FOR MMR EXTENDED 802.16E SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A multi-hop mobile relay system with a centralized scheduler, comprising a base station and a relay station, in which the centralized scheduler resides on the base station and controls scheduling on the relay station of service flows on the relay station.
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Abstract
Centralized scheduling of service flows from a base station to a plurality of stations in a multi-hop mobile relay system is accomplished by a centralized scheduler disposed in the base station. The centralized scheduler schedules the service flows by determining a frequency and a timeslot in which a relay station may re-transmit service flows that the base station sends to the relay station to be retransmitted to a mobile station or in the other direction, from a mobile station to the base station via a relay station. The centralized scheduler also transmits control messages including the frequency and the timeslot in which the relay station may re-transmit the service flows. The relay station receives the service flows in the form of bursts of data packets from the base station or from a mobile station. The relay station having a physical layer that encodes and decodes the data packets up to a media access control level. The relay station re-transmitting the data packets to the mobile station or to the base station at the frequency and in the timeslot determined by the base station and included in the control messages.
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19 Claims
- 1. A multi-hop mobile relay system with a centralized scheduler, comprising a base station and a relay station, in which the centralized scheduler resides on the base station and controls scheduling on the relay station of service flows on the relay station.
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3. A method of centralized scheduling of a multi-hop mobile relay system from a base station, comprising:
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providing a centralized scheduler on the base station; and centrally scheduling service flows on a relay station using the centralized scheduler on the base station. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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9. The method of claim 31 wherein the centralized scheduling of the service flows includes determining a zone and a segment to be used for the service flows by the relay station and a mobile station using the centralized scheduler on the base station.
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18. A system of centralized scheduling of a multi-hop mobile relay system from a base station, comprising:
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means for scheduling service flows centrally from a base station; and means for controlling the service flows on a relay station according to the scheduling.
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19. A system for centralized scheduling of service flows from a base station to a plurality of stations in a multi-hop mobile relay system, comprising:
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a centralized scheduler disposed in the base station, the centralized scheduler scheduling the service flows by determining a frequency and a timeslot in which a relay station may re-transmit service flows that the base station sends to the relay station to be retransmitted to a mobile station, the centralized scheduler also transmitting control messages including the frequency and the timeslot in which the relay station may re-transmit the service flows; the relay station receiving the service flows in the form of bursts of data packets from the base station, the relay station having a physical layer encoding and decoding the data packets up to a media access control level, and the relay station re-transmitting the data packets to the mobile station at the frequency and in the timeslot determined by the base station and included in the control messages.
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