Patent ID: 9622166
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A wireless communications system, comprising: a base station; a plurality of intermediate devices; and a terminal device; wherein the base station is configured to wirelessly transmit downlink signals to the terminal device, the downlink signals comprising terminal control signals identifying a first intermediate device as a target device to which the terminal device is to direct uplink signals intended for the base station, wherein the terminal device is configured to wirelessly transmit the uplink signals to the base station via the first intermediate device identified by the terminal control signals, wherein, when the uplink signals from the terminal device to the base station are to be routed via more than one intermediate device, the base station is configured to wirelessly transmit intermediate control signals to the first intermediate device via which the uplink signals are to be routed from the terminal device to the base station, the intermediate control signals indicating a second intermediate device as a target device to which the first intermediate device is to direct the uplink signals, and wherein the first intermediate device is configured to wirelessly transmit the uplink signals received from the terminal device to the second intermediate device identified by the intermediate control signals.