Patent ID: 8929303
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving control information from a base station by a relay station in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving symbol information of a downlink subframe through which downlink control information for the relay station is received; receiving the downlink control information for the relay station according to the symbol information, wherein the downlink subframe includes a first slot and a second slot and the symbol information includes a location within the first slot of a starting symbol at which the downlink control information in the first slot begins and a location within the second slot of an ending symbol at which the downlink control information in the second slot terminates, wherein the location of the ending symbol within the second slot is based upon whether subframe boundaries of the base station and the relay station are aligned with each other, and wherein the location of the ending symbol is a seventh symbol of the second slot when the subframe boundaries of the base station and the relay station are not aligned with each other.