Patent ID: 8260202
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a radio communication system with a radio access point and a plurality of radio stations including a terminal radio station, said method comprising: providing, path information about a path formed of at least one further radio station of the plurality of radio stations usable for a message transfer between the radio access point and the terminal radio station, to the radio access point responsive to a requirement from the radio access point prior to the message transfer; learning, at the terminal radio station, about the requirement for the path information that was initiated at the radio access point, said terminal radio station located outside of direct radio transmission range of the radio access point; and initiating, at the terminal radio station, a method to determine the path between the terminal radio station and the radio access point subsequent to said learning of the requirement for the path information and to fulfill the requirement initiated by the radio access point, where the initiating includes sending a request message to at least one station to determine the path.