Patent ID: 8204033
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A relay station (RS) for use in a multi-hop network, the RS having a superordinate station and a subordinated RS, the RS comprising: a reception module being configured to receive a first frame from the superordinate station, the first frame comprising a downlink-relay-map (DL-R-MAP) for the RS, and the first frame further comprising one of a DL-R-MAP for the subordinated RS, a downlink-map (DL-MAP) for the subordinated RS, and the combination thereof; a process module being configured to extract the DL-R-MAP for the RS from the first frame and generate a second frame by removing the DL-R-MAP from the first frame, the second frame comprising one of the DL-R-MAP for the subordinated RS, the DL-MAP for the subordinated RS, and the combination thereof; and a transmission module being configured to transmit the second frame to the subordinated relay station in a downlink (DL) relay zone according to the DL-R-MAP for the RS.