Patent ID: 9282565
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a donor radio base station for configuring information associated with radio bearers in a radio communications network, wherein the donor radio base station controls a relay node that serves a cell and controls a number of first radio bearers over a first radio interface between the relay node and at least one user equipment served in the cell, and the donor radio base station further controls a number of second radio bearers over a second radio interface between the donor radio base station and the relay node, wherein the donor radio base station and the relay node are comprised in the radio communications network, the method comprising: receiving characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the relay node, wherein the indicated characteristic includes information about at least one of: configuring bearer information associated with at least one of the first radio bearers or the second radio bearers based on the indicated characteristic in the received characteristic information, wherein the configured bearer information is utilized in the radio communications network during operation, and the configured bearer information includes a mapping scheme based on the indicated characteristic, the mapping scheme indicating at least one of: transmitting the configured bearer information to the relay node, an operation and maintenance node, or a controlling node controlling the relay node.