Patent ID: 8792413
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A relay station for relaying a radio signal between a mobile station and a base station, the relay station comprising: a relay station information generating unit configured to generate relay station information used by the base station to select a switching center to be connected to the relay station; a message generating unit configured to generate a connection setup complete signal including the relay station information generated by the relay station information generating unit; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the connection setup complete signal generated by the message generating unit to the base station, wherein the message generating unit is configured to include the relay station information in a non critical extension of the connection setup complete signal; and wherein at the base station, the switching center to be connected to the relay station is selected based on whether the relay station information is included in the non critical extension of the connection setup complete signal.