Patent ID: 9078270
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: maintaining, by a relay node, a backhaul link with a base station, the relay node being a relay between the base station and a mobile device, and the base station providing network access to the mobile device; determining, by the relay node, at least one backhaul link resource over which information is received from the base station over the backhaul link; determining, by the relay node, at least one uplink resource over which information is transmitted from the mobile device to the base station; selecting, by the relay node, at least one access link resource for communicating with the mobile device over an access link, the at least one access link resource being different from the at least one backhaul link resource and the at least one uplink resource; and transmitting a resource assignment message to the mobile device based at least in part on the selected at least one access link resource.