Patent ID: 9198058
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for switching a working mode on a relay network, the method comprising: sending, by a donor eNB (DeNB) a relay node (RN) reconfiguration message to a RN in frequency division duplex (FDD) mode, so that the RN switches from the FDD mode to a half-duplex frequency division duplex (H-FDD) mode; receiving, by the DeNB, an acknowledgment message sent by the RN in FDD mode; after receiving the acknowledgment message, verifying, by the DeNB that the RN has already started to switch from the FDD mode to the H-FDD mode according to the RN reconfiguration message and the acknowledgement message; switching, by the DeNB, from the FDD mode to the H-FDD mode; and receiving, by the DeNB in H-FDD mode, an RN reconfiguration completion message sent by the RN in H-FDD mode.