Patent ID: 9584210
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04B

Claim:
1. A communication station which communicates with a plurality of relay stations, the communication station comprising: a transceiver circuit; and a communications control module comprising a memory and a processor which executes operations based on code stored in the memory, the operations comprising selecting one of a first control signal transmission scheme and a second control signal transmission scheme; wherein, the transceiver circuit is configured to transmit control signals, to at least two relay stations of the plurality of relay stations, wherein the control signals are interleaved on at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB), when the communications control module selects the first control signal transmission scheme; wherein, the transceiver circuit is further configured to transmit a control signal to at least one relay station of the plurality of relay stations, in a non-interleaved manner on at least one PRB, when the communications control module selects the second control signal transmission scheme; and wherein the transceiver circuit is further configured to transmit first configuration data defining at least one first subframe configured for transmission of control signals from the communication station to at least one relay station, and the transceiver circuit is further configured to transmit second configuration data defining at least one second subframe configured to transmission of control signals from the communication station to at least one relay station.