Patent ID: 9215002
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting Relay Media Access Protocol (“R-MAP”) information in at least one frame of a series of frames, each frame comprising multiple OFDM symbols, to indicate configuration of a transmission resource and/or assignment of a transmission resource for downlink and uplink communication between a base station and at least one relay station one hop away from the base station, or between a relay station and at least one other relay station one hop away from the relay station, wherein transmitting the R-MAP information comprises: transmitting an indication that the information is R-MAP information, transmitting an indication of a total number of transmission resource assignment information segments included in the R-MAP information; and for each transmission resource assignment information segment, transmitting information defining a particular configuration of a transmission resource or an assignment of the transmission resource for at least one frame of the series of frames, wherein transmitting information defining a particular configuration of a transmission resource or an assignment of the transmission resource comprises transmitting at least one of: configuration information for defining a basic resource unit (BRU) to be assigned; configuration information for defining a region of time-frequency of the at least one frame to be assigned; assignment information for assigning at least one BRU; and assignment information for assigning at least one region of time-frequency of the at least one frame.