Patent ID: 7292839
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing signals in a communications system, said method comprising: providing a control node with information relating to a designated one of a plurality of second stations; providing at least one other of said plurality of second stations with said information from the control node associated with the designated one of said second stations; forming a connection between said designated one of said second stations and said at least one of said second stations using said information said forming of said connection being controlled by said control node; receiving at said plurality of second stations signals from a first station; sending said received signals from said at least one other of plurality of second stations to the designated one of said plurality of second stations by said connection; and processing in said designated second station the signals received from said at least one other of plurality of second stations and the signals received at said designated second station to provide a single signal, and processing signals in a communications system comprising the first station, the plurality of second stations and the control node.