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Relay station and method of operating relay station in multi-hop communication system

  • US 8,982,729 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2013
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A relay station comprising:

  • an information receiver configured to receive, from at least one upper relay station performing multi-hop communication with a base station, end-to-end delay information and hop-count information between the base station and the at least one upper relay station;

    a selector configured toin response to the relay station being within a coverage of the base staton, select the base station as the connection target relay station,in response to the relay station being outside the coverage of the base sation, select an upper relay station with minimum hop counts to the base station, as the connection target relay station, from the at least one upper relay station, andin response to the relay station being outside the coverage of the base station and at least two upper relay stations with the minimum hop counts existing among the at least one upper relay station, select an upper relay station with a minimum end-to-end delay to the base station, as the connection target relay station, from the at least two upper relay statons with the minimum hop counts;

    a connection controller configured to control the relay station to connect with the connection target relay station;

    an information generator configured to generate end-to-end delay information and hop-count information between the base station and the relay station; and

    a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast a broadcast message comprising the generated hop-count information and end-to-end delay information.

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