Patent ID: 8259660
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a quality of service support for a plurality of transmissions having a plurality of quality of service classes, between at least one node of a plurality of nodes and at least one mobile station of a plurality of mobile stations in a communications system having a multihop environment, comprising: checking by said at least one node, of the quality of service class of each one of said plurality of transmissions, prior to transmitting said plurality of transmissions; selecting, by said at least one node, one of a multihop transmission and a direct transmission for each one of said plurality of transmissions depending on said checked quality of service class; transmitting by said at least one node to said at least one mobile station said plurality of transmissions, wherein at least one transmission of said plurality of transmissions having a quality of service class belonging to a first class of said plurality of quality of service classes being transmitted using said direct transmission, and at least one further transmission of said plurality of transmissions having a quality of service class belonging to at least one further class of said plurality of quality of service classes being transmitted using said multihop transmission; and wherein the direct transmission is transmitted with higher power than the further transmission, wherein at least one subcarrier of a plurality of subcarriers being part of an available bandwidth at said node is used for said direct transmission, wherein a number of subcarriers involved for the direct transmission is smaller than the number of subcarriers used for said further transmission.