Patent ID: 9131495
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising receiving a bearer admission request of at least one bearer at one of a relay node and a base station in a relay-enhanced access network, said at least one bearer consisting of a bearer on an access link between a user equipment and said relay node and a bearer on a backhaul link between said relay node and said base station, executing a bearer admission control of said at least one bearer on a first link of said at least one bearer at the one of said relay node and said base station, identifying a set of bearers among said at least one bearer, which are admitted on said first link as a result of said execution of said bearer admission control at the one of said relay node and said base station, and based on the identifying, determining that said identified set of bearers can be supported by a second link of said at least one bearer and transmitting a modified bearer admission request of said identified set of bearers for execution of a bearer admission control on the second link of said at least one bearer to the one of said relay node and said base station when at least one bearer is identified to be admitted on said first link, else if it is determined that said identified set of bearers are not supported by the second link, transmitting a bearer admission request acknowledgment indicating rejection of the bearer admission request of said at least one bearer.