Patent ID: 9301336
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method in a WLAN (wireless local area network) system, the method comprising: receiving, by a relay, a discovery request frame from a station (STA) for discovering a candidate relay relaying uplink data of the STA to an access point (AP), the discovery request frame including first information related to a first transmission capability for uplink data to be transmitted via a direct link between the STA and the AP; transmitting, by the relay, a discovery response frame to the STA in a response to the discovery request frame, the discovery response frame including second information related to a second transmission capability for uplink data to be transmitted via a relay link configured between the relay and the AP, and relaying, by the relay, a frame transmitted by the STA to the AP, wherein the second transmission capability is determined based on criteria determined by the first transmission capability.