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Relays in a multihop heterogeneous UMTS wireless communication system

  • US 9,584,213 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2015
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a relay for conveying relayed data in a wireless communications network, comprising:

  • employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium to implement;

    utilizing base station protocols to communicate as a base station to a served mobile device and mobile device protocols to communicate with an intermediary base station as a mobile device;

    carrying data transparently across at least one intermediary network element by at least using a relay self-backhaul internet protocol to carry data to or from the mobile device, in response to detecting that the mobile device is associated with the relay, via a relay gateway transparently across the at least one intermediary network element; and

    carrying data, using a pass-through protocol, to or from the mobile device via the relay gateway across the at least one intermediary network element in response to detecting that the mobile device is not associated with the relay.

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