Enhanced Control Signaling For Backhaul Link
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1. A method, comprising:
- composing downlink control information having a format configured to support a presence of a plurality of transport blocks in a single subframe, where the downlink control information comprises, for the plurality of transport blocks, a common resource allocation and modulation/coding scheme field and a single cyclic redundancy check field; and
transmitting the composed downlink control information to a relay node over a wireless link that comprises a backhaul link from the relay node.
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Abstract
A method includes composing downlink control information having a format configured to support a presence of a plurality of transport blocks in a single subframe, where the downlink control information comprises, for the plurality of transport blocks, a common resource allocation and modulation/coding scheme field and a single cyclic redundancy check field. The method further includes transmitting the composed downlink control information to a relay node over a wireless link that comprises a backhaul link from the relay node.
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1. A method, comprising:
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composing downlink control information having a format configured to support a presence of a plurality of transport blocks in a single subframe, where the downlink control information comprises, for the plurality of transport blocks, a common resource allocation and modulation/coding scheme field and a single cyclic redundancy check field; and transmitting the composed downlink control information to a relay node over a wireless link that comprises a backhaul link from the relay node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory including computer program code, where the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform, composing downlink control information having a format configured to support a presence of a plurality of transport blocks in a single subframe, where the downlink control information comprises, for the plurality of transport blocks, a common resource allocation and modulation/coding scheme field and a single cyclic redundancy check field; and transmitting the composed downlink control information to a relay node over a wireless link that comprises a backhaul link from the relay node. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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receiving at a relay node downlink control information having a format configured to support a presence of a plurality of transport blocks in a single subframe, where the downlink control information comprises, for the plurality of transport blocks, a common resource allocation and modulation/coding scheme field and a single cyclic redundancy check field; and interpreting at the relay node the received downlink control information for use in transmitting at least user equipment data to a network access node over a backhaul wireless link. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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