Patent ID: 8837345
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: making a first transmission, during a first time period in a downlink frame, from a network controller to a subscriber station; and making a second transmission, during a second time period in the downlink frame, from the network controller to a first relay station over a first spatial channel and simultaneously making a third transmission from the network controller to a second relay station over a second spatial channel, wherein the first and second spatial channels use the same frequencies, wherein information in the second transmission indicates a first set of sub-channels the first relay station is to use to communicate with subscriber stations and a second set of sub-channels the first relay station is to use to communicate with other relay stations downstream from the first relay station, wherein the first set includes no sub-channels in the second set.