Patent ID: 8885544
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station communicating with a communication terminal via a relay device, the base station comprising: a reception unit for receiving a signal from a first communication terminal communicating with the base station via a relay device; a channel allocation unit for allocating a first communication channel to the first communication terminal; a relay channel designation unit for designating one or more communication channels to be relayed by the relay device, wherein the one or more communication channels comprise the first communication channel allocated by the channel allocation unit; and a transmission unit for transmitting, to the relay device, a notification signal for notifying the relay device of the one or more communication channels designated by the relay channel designation unit, such that the relay device relays, to the base station, only signals received at the relay device on the one or more communication channels designated by the relay channel designation unit.