Relay communication system

• US 10,750,428 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Issued: 08/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Awad, Yassin Aden
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhry, Samina F
• Application Number:
  US15/293,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20170034764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,404 Days
• Field of Search: 370315
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15542 Selecting at relay station its transmit and receive resources selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02; arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path by two-dimensional division of the resources H04L5/0003, or by allocating sub-channels H04L5/003
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0039 Frequency-contiguous, i.e. with no allocation of frequencies for one user or terminal between the frequencies allocated to another
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0092 Indication of how the channel is divided
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/22 using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A method in a relay station includes communicating with a base station, determining if a control signal is included in a subframe, and decoding data in the subframe if the control signal is included in the subframe. The control signal includes a parameter which is related to a quantity of resource blocks.

Claims

1. A method in a relay node, the method comprising:

communicating with a base station;

detecting a relay physical downlink control channel intended for the relay node in a subframe,

determining a relay physical control channel assignment based on a resource block number configured based on a numeric value representing a number of resource blocks in a set of resource blocks configured for the relay physical downlink control channel transmission; and

decoding a corresponding physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the same subframe.

2. A relay node, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller operable to;

control the transceiver to communicate with a base station;

detect a relay physical downlink control channel intended for the relay node in a subframe;

determine a relay physical control channel assignment based on a resource block number configured based on a numeric value representing a number of resource blocks in a set of resource blocks configured for the relay physical downlink control channel transmission; and

decode a corresponding physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the same subframe.