Method and Apparatus
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1. A system comprising:
- a base station;
a plurality of relay nodes defining a group, each of said relay nodes having a direct connection with the base station, each of said relay nodes being connected to at least one other relay node, whereby at least one direct connection of one relay node is configured to at least one of receive and send information for another of said relays nodes.
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Abstract
A system includes a base station and a plurality of relay nodes defining a group. Each of said relay nodes has a direct connection with the base station. Each of the relay nodes is connected to at least one other relay node, whereby at least one direct connection of one relay node is configured to at least one of receive and send information for another of said relays nodes.
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1. A system comprising:
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a base station; a plurality of relay nodes defining a group, each of said relay nodes having a direct connection with the base station, each of said relay nodes being connected to at least one other relay node, whereby at least one direct connection of one relay node is configured to at least one of receive and send information for another of said relays nodes.
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2. Apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus at least to perform; defining a group of relay nodes, each of said relay nodes of said group of relay nodes having a direct connection with a common base station; and determining information scheduling for said group of relay nodes, wherein information for one relay node of the group is at least one of sent to and received from at least one other relay node of the group, said at least one other relay node having a direct connection with said node. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18)
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7. Apparatus comprising:
a controller for controlling sending and/or receiving of information directly to and/or from a group of relay nodes by transmitter means and/or receiver means, wherein said controller is configured such that information for one relay node of the group is at least one of sent to and received from at least one other relay node of the group, each node of said group having a direct connection with a common base station. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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19. A relay node in a group of nodes comprising:
transmitter means and/or receiver means for sending and/or receiving information directly to and/or from a base station and at least one other relay node of the group of nodes, wherein information associated with another relay node of the group is at least one of sent to and received from said another relay node, said another relay node having a direct connection with said base station. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method comprising:
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determining if a relay node is to be part of a group of relay nodes or to be treated as an individual relay node, wherein each relay node of said group of relay nodes is arranged to have a direct connection to a common base station; and for those relay nodes in said group of nodes, at least one of causing sending information to one relay node of said group, said information for another relay of said group and causing receiving information from one relay node of the group, said information being received by said one relay node from another relay of the group. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 56)
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48. A method comprising:
determining for a group of relay nodes respective loading for each of said relay nodes, each of said relay nodes having a direction connection to a base station; and
determining data scheduling for said group of relay nodes in dependence on said determined loading wherein said data scheduling is such that information for one relay node of the group is at least one of sent to and received from at least one other relay node of the group, said at least one other relay node having a direct connection with said node.- View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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57. Apparatus comprising;
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means for defining a group of relay nodes, each of said relay nodes of said group of relay nodes having a direct connection with a common base station; and means for determining information scheduling for said group of relay nodes, wherein information for one relay node of the group is at least one of sent to and received from at least one other relay node of the group, said at least one other relay node having a direct connection with said node.
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58. Apparatus comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus at least to control sending and/or receiving of information directly to and/or from a group of relay nodes by a transmitter and/or receiver, such that information for one relay node of the group is at least one of sent to and received from at least one other relay node of the group, each node of said group having a direct connection with a common base station.
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59. A relay node in a group of nodes comprising:
A transmitter and/or receiver configured to send and/or receive information directly to and/or from a base station and at least one other relay node of the group of nodes, wherein information associated with another relay node of the group is at least one of sent to and received from said an-other relay node, said another relay node having a direct connection with said base station.
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60. Apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus at least to perform determining if a relay node is to be part of a group of relay nodes or to be treated as an individual relay node, wherein each relay node of said group of relay nodes is arranged to have a direct connection to a common base station; and for those relay nodes in said group of nodes, at least one of causing sending information to one relay node of said group, said information for another relay of said group and causing at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the at least one processor cause the apparatus at least to perform receiving information from one relay node of the group, said information being received by said one relay node from another relay of the group.
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