Mobile Assisted Relay Selection in a Telecommunications System
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Abstract
A mobile station is operated in a telecommunications system that includes a base station and one or more relay stations. The mobile station communicates directly with the base station via a first channel. To facilitate selection of a suitable relay station, the mobile station broadcasts a burst for receipt by a plurality of relay stations. Relay stations each measure a quality of the received burst and communicate this information to the base station, which uses the information to select a most suitable one of the relay stations for use in carrying on indirect communications between the base station and the mobile station.
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37 Claims
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10. A method of operating a relay station in a telecommunications system, the method comprising:
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scanning for a random access burst that was broadcast by a mobile station; receiving the random access burst; measuring one or more characteristics of the received random access burst that are indicative of a quality of reception; and using a direct link with a base station in the telecommunications system to communicate information indicative of the quality of reception. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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33. An apparatus for operating a relay station in a telecommunications system, the apparatus comprising:
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logic that scans for a random access burst that was broadcast by a mobile station; logic that receives the random access burst; logic that measures one or more characteristics of the received random access burst that are indicative of a quality of reception; and logic that uses a direct link with a base station in the telecommunications system to communicate information indicative of the quality of reception. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37-46. -46. (canceled)
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