Patent Publication Number: US-8121538-B2

Title: Communication system and handshake method thereof

Description:
This application claims the benefit of priority based on U.S. Ser. No. 60/893,132 filed on Mar. 6, 2007, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. 
    
    
     CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a communication system and a handshake method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a communication system and a handshake method thereof for use in a wireless network. 
     2. Descriptions of the Related Art 
     The IEEE 802.16 is a major technology for broadband wireless access. Relay technology is used to extend the coverage and solve the dead spot problem. Currently, the relay technology in the IEEE 802.16 is defined in the IEEE 802.16j standard. Although the IEEE 802.16j standard already provides the solution for the dead spot, there still exist some defects of service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) addition. A hashed message authentication code/cipher-based message authentication code (HMAC/CMAC) tuple is used to protect a control message not to be stolen and/or altered in IEEE 802.16j standard. For example, if a base station (BS) intends to transmit a control signal with an HMAC/CMAC tuple to a mobile station (MS), the HMAC/CMAC must comprise an MS authentication code for the MS to authenticate whether the control message is stolen and/or altered according to the HMAC/CMAC tuple. 
     Since the HMAC/CMAC tuple only comprises the MS authentication code, a relay station (RS) along the same relay path with the MS can only read the information of the control message but not to authenticate completeness of the control message. If the RS wants to authenticate the information of the control signal, the BS must transmit control signal with HMAC/CMAC comprising an RS authentication code to the RS. That means that the BS must transmit the control message with the same information twice (i.e. to the RS and to the MS), which increases the extra load in the relay path. Transmitting a control signal in the opposite direction, i.e. from the MS to the BS, also faces the same problem. 
     Consequently, how to make the BS/MS transmit the control signal with the HMAC/CMAC tuple only once and make all RSs and BSs along the same relay path can receive the control signal and authenticate completeness of the control message is still an objective for the industry to endeavor. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     One objective of the present invention is to provide a communication system for use in a wireless network. The communication system has a service path and comprises a base station (BS), at least one relay station (RS), and a mobile station (MS). One of the at least one RS is located within a coverage of the BS. The MS is located within a coverage of one of the at least one RS. The BS, the at least one RS, and the MS are configured to build the service path via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the corresponding control signal. At least one of the authentication codes comprises an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. 
     Another objective of the present invention is to provide a handshake method for building a service path for a communication system for use in a wireless network. The handshake method comprises the following steps of: transmitting a BS request signal comprising an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code, wherein the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code are adopted to authenticate completeness of the BS request signal; transmitting an MS response signal comprising the MS authentication code when the BS request signal is complete, wherein the MS authentication code is adopted to authenticate completeness of the MS response signal; and transmitting a BS acknowledgement signal comprising the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code when the MS response signal is complete, wherein the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code are adopted to authenticate completeness of the BS acknowledgement signal. 
     A further objective of the present invention is to provide a handshake method for building a service path for a communication system for use in a wireless network. The handshake method comprises the following steps of: transmitting an MS request signal comprising an MS authentication code, the MS authentication code being adopted to authenticate completeness of the MS request signal; transmitting a BS response signal comprising an RS authentication code and the MS authentication code when the MS request signal is complete, the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code being adopted to authenticate completeness of the BS response signal; and transmitting an MS acknowledgement signal comprising the MS authentication code when the BS response signal is complete, the MS authentication code being adopted to authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal. 
     The present invention builds a service path of a communication system via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals, wherein the communication system comprises a BS, at least one RS, and an MS. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal, wherein at least one of the authentication codes comprises an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. More particularly, the control signal that has the authentication code comprising the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code is generated by the BS. 
     Since the control signal generated by the BS comprises both the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code, the RSs along the transmission path (relay path) can authenticate completeness of the control signal according to the RS authentication code of the authentication code of the very same control signal. That means the BS does not need to transmit the same control message with different authentication codes to the RSs and the MS separately. Hence, the present invention can solve the defects of the convention technique effectively and decrease the extra load in the transmission path. 
     The detailed technology and preferred embodiments implemented for the subject invention are described in the following paragraphs accompanying the appended drawings for people skilled in this field to well appreciate the features of the claimed invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic view of the first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic view of the second embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic view of the third embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic view of the fourth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic view of the fifth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic view of the sixth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic view of the seventh embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic view of the eighth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 9  is a flow chart of the ninth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a flow chart of the tenth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 11   a  is a partial flow chart of the eleventh embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 11   b  is a partial flow chart of the eleventh embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 12   a  is a partial flow chart of the twelfth embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 12   b  is a partial flow chart of the twelfth embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     The wireless networks in the following embodiments are based on the IEEE 802.16 standard; however, wireless networks in other embodiments may be based on the other wireless network standards. In other words, the wireless network standard adopted in the following embodiments is not to limit the present invention. 
     A first preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 1 , which is a communication system  1  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  1  comprises a BS  11 , an RS  15 , and an MS  13 . To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that the RS  15  is located within a coverage of the BS  11 , and the MS  13  is located within a coverage of the RS  15 . The BS  11 , the RS  15 , and the MS  13  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal, and at least one of the authentication codes comprises an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. 
     The BS  11 , the RS  15 , and the MS  13  have a downlink relay sequence from the BS  11  to the MS  13  and an uplink relay sequence from the MS  13  to the BS  11 . Both the downlink relay sequence and the uplink sequence will be referenced later. 
     When the BS  11  attempts to build the service path with the MS  13  actively, it generates a first BS request signal  110  comprising the service path information for building the service path. The first BS request signal  110  is one of the aforementioned control signals, and the authentication code of the first BS request signal  110  comprises the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code, wherein the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code are respectively used by the RS  15  and the MS  13  for authenticating completeness of signals related to the first BS request signal  110 . The BS  11  then transmits the first BS request signal  110  to the RS  15  (i.e. the next RS to the BS  11 ) following the downlink relay sequence, which can be known by the RS according to RS connection identifier (CID) (such as RS basic, primary or multicast management CID, etc.) in the header of the first BS request signal  110  firstly because the MS  13  is not directly connected to the BS  11 . 
     More specifically, since the communication system  1  conforms to the IEEE 802.16 standard, the control signals follow the dynamic service addition (DSA) of the IEEE 802.16 standard, the RS authentication code is a hashed message authentication code/cipher-based message authentication code (HMAC/CMAC) tuple with a group key (such as Security Zone Key in the IEEE 802.16 standard) for the RS based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, and the MS authentication code is an HMAC/CMAC tuple for the MS based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. The group key is a key shared by the BS and a number of RSs within the same group. The RS and MS authentication codes are only parsed by the RS  15  and the MS  13  respectively, and the use of the HMAC/CMAC and the SZK is well-known by those skilled in the art and are not described again. 
     The RS  15  is configured to receive the first BS request signal  110  and to authenticate completeness of the first BS request signal  110  according to the RS authentication code. The last RS in the downlink relay sequence, i.e. the RS  15 , is further configured to remove the RS authentication code from the first BS request signal  110 , generate a second BS request signal  150  comprising the MS authentication code and the service path information, and transmit the second BS request signal  150  to the MS  13  containing the MS CID (such as MS basic, primary or secondary management CID, etc.) in the header of the second BS request signal  150 , wherein the second BS request signal  150  is also one of the aforementioned control signals. Removing the RS authentication code from the first BS request signal  110  has the following benefits: decreasing the extra load in the transmission path (relay path) and removing the information which is not needed by the MS  13 . 
     The MS  13  is further configured to receive the second BS request signal  150  from the RS  15 , and authenticate completeness of the second BS request signal  150  according to the MS authentication code. Up to now, the MS  13  has known that the BS  11  attempts to build the service path actively. The MS  13  then generates and transmits an MS response signal  130  to the RS  15  containing the MS CID in the header of the MS response signal  130  firstly when the second BS request signal  150  is complete. It should be noted that the MS response signal  130  is also one of the control signals and the authentication code of the MS response signal  130  comprises the MS authentication code. 
     The RS  15  is further configured to relay the MS response signal  130  to the BS  11  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID. The RS  15  does not authenticate completeness of the MS response signal  130  because the RS  15  can not parse the MS authentication code. The BS  11  is further configured to receive the MS response signal  130  and to authenticate completeness of the MS response signal  130  according to the MS authentication code therein. Thus, the BS  11  knows that the MS  13  has received the second BS request signal  150 . Then, the BS  11  generates a first BS acknowledgement signal  112  and transmits it to the RS  15  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  when the MS response signal  130  is complete. The BS acknowledgement signal  112  is also one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  comprises the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code. 
     The RS  15  is further configured to receive the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  and to authenticate completeness of the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  according to the RS authentication code. The last RS in the downlink relay sequence, i.e. RS  15 , is further configured to remove the RS authentication code from the first BS acknowledgement signal  112 , generate a second BS acknowledgement signal  152  comprising the MS authentication code, and transmit the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  to the MS  13  containing the MS CID in the header of the second BS acknowledgement signal  152 , wherein the second BS acknowledge signal  152  is also one of the control signals. The MS  13  is further configured to receive the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  from the RS  15  and authenticate completeness of the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  according to the MS authentication code. The service path between the BS  11 , the MS  13 , and the RS  15  is build when the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  is complete. 
     Additionally, the RS  15  has a timer (not shown) which is started after the RS  15  receives the first BS request signal  110  and stopped after the RS  15  receives the first BS acknowledgement signal  112 . If the RS  15  does not receive the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  to stop the timer in a predetermined time period, the timer enables the RS  15  to generate and transmit a retransmitting request signal (not shown) to the BS  11 . After receiving the retransmitting request signal, the BS  11  will retransmit the first BS request signal  110 . It should be noted that the timer within the RS  15  is optional and does not limit the present invention. 
     A second preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 2 , which is a communication system  2  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  2  comprises a BS  11 , a plurality of RSs (i.e. RS  15  and RS  17 ), and a MS  13 , but the number of the RS does not limit the present invention. To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that only one of the RSs (i.e. the RS  17 ) is located within the coverage of the BS  11 , the RS  15  is located within the coverage of the RS  17 , and the MS  13  is located within the coverage of the RS  15 . The BS  11 , the RS  17 , the RS  15 , and the MS  13  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals, each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal, and at least one of the authentication codes comprise an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. The BS  11 , the RS  15 , the RS  17 , and the MS  13  have a downlink relay sequence from the BS  11  to the MS  13 ; in this embodiment, the downlink relay sequence from the BS  11  to the MS  13  is the BS  11 , the RS  17 , the RS  15  to the MS  13 . The BS  11 , the RS  15 , the RS  17 , and the MS  13  have an uplink relay sequence from the MS  13  to the BS  11 ; in this embodiment the uplink relay sequence from the MS  13  to the BS  11  is the MS  13 , the RS  15 , the RS  17  to the BS  11 . 
     More particularly, when the BS  11  attempts to build the service path with the MS  13  actively, it generates a first BS request signal  110  comprising the service path information for building the service path. The BS  110  transmits the first BS request signal  110  to the next RS, i.e. the RS  17 , following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS request signal  110  firstly because the MS  13  is not in the coverage of the BS  11 . The first BS request signal  110  is one of the aforementioned control signals, and the authentication code of the first BS request signal  110  comprises an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. The RS authentication code is used by the RS  15  and RS  17  for authenticating completeness of the first BS request signal, while the MS authentication code is used by the MS  13  for authenticating completeness of signals related to the first BS request signal. It should be noted that the RS authentication code is only parsed by the RS  15  and the RS  17 , and the MS authentication code is only parsed by MS  13 . In other words, the RS authentication code is universal to the RS  15  and the RS  17 . 
     The RS  17  is configured to receive the first BS request signal  110  and authenticate completeness of the first BS request signal  110  according to the RS authentication code. The RS  17  is further configured to relay the first BS request signal  110  to the RS  15  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS request signal  110  when the first BS request signal  110  is complete. The RS  15  is configured to receive the first BS request signal  110  and authenticate completeness of the first BS request signal  110  according to the RS authentication code. The RS  15  is further configured to remove the RS authentication code from the first BS request signal  110  because it is the last RS in the downlink relay sequence. 
     The RS  15  is further configured to generate a second BS request signal  150  comprising the MS authentication code and the service path information and transmit the second BS request signal  150  to the MS  13  containing the MS CID in the header of the second BS request signal  150 . It is noted that the second BS request signal  150  is also one of the control signals. Removing the RS authentication code not parsed by the MS  13  from the first BS request signal  110  has the following benefits: decreasing the extra load in the transmission path (relay path) and removing the information which is not needed by the MS  13 . 
     The MS  13  is further configured to receive the second BS request signal  150  from the RS  15  and authenticate completeness of the second BS request signal  150  according to the MS authentication code. Up to now, the MS  13  has known that the BS  11  attempts to build the service path actively. The MS  13  then generates and transmits an MS response signal  130  to the RS  15  containing the MS CID in the header of the MS response signal  130  firstly when the second BS request signal  150  is complete. It should be noted that the MS response signal  130  is also one of the control signals and the authentication code of the MS response signal  130  comprises the MS authentication code. 
     The RS  15  and the RS  17  are further configured to relay the MS response signal  130  to the BS  11  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS response signal  130 . The RS  15  and the RS  17  do not authenticate completeness of the MS response signal  130  because the RS  15  and the RS  17  can not parse the MS authentication code. The BS  11  is further configured to receive the MS response signal  130  and to authenticate completeness of the MS response signal  130  according to the MS authentication code. Now, the BS  11  knows that the MS  13  has received the second BS request signal  150 , so the BS  11  further generates a first BS acknowledgement signal  112  and transmits the first BS request signal  112  to the RS  17  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS request signal  112  when the MS response signal  130  is complete. The BS acknowledgement signal  112  is also one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  comprises the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code. 
     The RS  17  is further configured to receive the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  and authenticate completeness of the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  according to the RS authentication code. The RS  17  is further configured to relay the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  to the RS  15  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS request signal  112  when the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  is complete. 
     The RS  15  is further configured to receive the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  from the RS  17  and authenticate completeness of the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  according to the RS authentication code. Since the RS  15  is the last RS in the downlink relay sequence, it removes the RS authentication code from the first BS acknowledgement signal  112 . Furthermore, the RS  15  generates a second BS acknowledgement signal  152  comprising the MS authentication code and transmits the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  to the MS  13  containing the MS CID in the header of the second BS acknowledgement signal  152 , wherein the second BS acknowledge signal  152  is one of the control signals. 
     The MS  13  is further configured to receive the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  from the RS  15  and authenticate completeness of the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  according to the MS authentication code. The service path between the BS  117  the MS  13 , and the RS  15 , the RS  17  is built when the second BS acknowledgement signal  152  is complete. 
     In addition to the aforementioned functions, each of the RS  15  and the RS  17  has a timer (not shown). After the RS  15  and the RS  17  receive the first BS request signal  110 , the corresponding timers are started respectively. Furthermore, after the RS  15  and the RS  17  receive the first BS acknowledgement signal  112 , the corresponding timers are stopped respectively. If the RS  15  and/or the RS  17  does not receive the first BS acknowledgement signal  112  to stop the timer in a predetermined time period, the timer enables the RS  15  and/or the RS  17  to generate and transmit a retransmitting request signal (not shown) to the BS  11 . After receiving the retransmitting request signal, the BS  11  will transmit the first BS request signal  110  again. It should be noted that the timers within the RS  15  and the RS  17  are optional and does not limit the present invention. 
     A third preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 3 , which is a communication system  3  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  3  comprises an MS  31 , a BS  33 , and an RS  35 . To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that the RS  35  is located within a coverage of the BS  33 , and the MS  31  is located within a coverage of the RS  35 . The BS  33 , the RS  35 , and the MS  31  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal, and one of the authentication codes comprises an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. 
     The BS  33 , the RS  35 , and the MS  31  have a downlink relay sequence from the BS  33  to the MS  31  and an uplink relay sequence from the MS  31  to the BS  33 . Both the downlink relay sequence and the uplink sequence will be referenced later. 
     When the MS  31  attempts to build the service path with the BS  33  actively, it generates an MS request signal  310  comprising the service path information for building the service path. The MS request signal  310  is one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the MS request signal  310  comprises the MS authentication code so that the BS  33  can authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  310 . Then, the MS  310  transmits the MS request signal  310  to the RS  35  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS request signal  310 . 
     The RS  35  is configured to receive the MS request signal  310  from the MS  31  and relay it to the BS  33  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS request signal  310  directly, which means that the RS  35  does not authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  310 . The BS  33  is further configured to receive the MS request signal  310  and authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  310  according to the MS authentication code. Up to now, the BS  33  has known that the MS  31  attempts to build the service path actively. After authenticating the MS request signal  310  is complete, the BS  33  generates a first BS response signal  330  and transmits the first response signal  330  to the RS  35  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS response signal  330 . The first BS response signal  330  is one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the first BS response signal  330  comprises the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code. 
     After receiving the first BS response signal  330 , the RS  35  is configured to authenticate completeness of the first BS response signal according to the RS authentication code, remove the RS authentication code from the first BS response signal  330 , generate a second BS response signal  350  comprising the MS authentication code, and transmit the second BS response signal  350  to the MS  31  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the second BS response signal  350 . The second BS response signal  350  is one of the control signals. 
     The MS  31  is further configured to receive the second BS response signal  350  from the RS  35  and authenticate completeness of the second BS response signal  350  according to the MS authentication code. By receiving the complete second BS response signal  350 , the MS  31  knows that the BS  33  has received the MS request signal  310 . The MS  31  further generates an MS acknowledgement signal  312  and transmits the MS acknowledgement signal  312  to the RS  35  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS acknowledgement signal  312 . The MS acknowledgement signal  312  is also one of the control signals and the authentication code of the MS acknowledgement signal  312  comprises the MS authentication code. 
     The RS  35  is configured to receive the MS acknowledgement signal  312  and relay it to the BS  33  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS acknowledgement signal  312  directly. It means that the RS  35  does not authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal  312 . The BS  33  is further configured to receive the acknowledgement signal  312  and authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal  312  according to the MS authentication code. 
     In this embodiment, the BS  33  is further configured to generate and transmit a BS confirmation signal  332  comprising the RS authentication code to the RS  35  following the downlink relay sequence when the MS acknowledgement signal  312  is complete. The RS  35  is further configured to receive the BS confirmation signal  332  and to authenticate completeness of the BS confirmation signal  332  according to the RS authentication code. The service path between the BS  33 , the MS  31 , and the RS  35  is built when the BS confirmation signal  332  is authenticated to be complete. It should be noted that the BS confirmation signal  332  is optional. In other words, upon the practical condition, the service path between the BS  33 , the MS  31 , and the RS  35  is also built when the MS acknowledgement signal  312  is authenticated to be complete. 
     In addition to the aforementioned functions, the RS  35  has a timer (not shown) which is started after the RS  35  receives the MS request signal  310  and stopped after the RS  35  receives the MS acknowledgement signal  312 . If the RS  35  does not receive the MS acknowledgement signal  312  to stop the timer in a predetermined time period, the timer enables the RS  35  to generate and transmit a retransmitting request signal (not shown) to the MS  31 . After receiving the retransmitting request signal, the MS  31  will retransmit the MS request signal  110 . It should be noted that the timer within the RS  35  is optional and does not limit the present invention. 
     A fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 4 , which is a communication system  4  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  4  comprises a MS  31 , a BS  33 , and a plurality of RSs. In this embodiment, the communication system  4  has two RSs: the RS  35  and the RS  37 , but the number of the RSs does not limit the present invention. The BS  33 , the RSs  35 ,  37 , and the MS  31  have a downlink relay sequence from the BS  33  to the MS  31  and have an uplink relay sequence from the MS  31  to the BS  33 . 
     To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that the RS  37  is located within a coverage of the BS  33 , the RS  35  is located within a coverage of the RS  37 , and the MS  31  is located within a coverage of the RS  35 . The BS  33 , the RS  35 , the RS  37 , and the MS  31  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal and one of the authentication codes comprises both an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. 
     When the MS  31  attempts to build the service path with the BS  33  actively, it generates an MS request signal  310  comprising the service path information for building the service path. The MS request signal  310  is one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the MS request signal  110  comprises the MS authentication code to so that the BS 1   33  can authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  310 . Then, the MS  31  transmits the MS request signal  310  to the RS  35  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS request signal  310 . 
     The RS  35  is configured to receive the MS request signal  310  from the MS  31  and relay it to the RS  37  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS request signal  310  directly. The RS  37  is configured to receive the MS request signal  310  from the RS  35  and relay it to the BS  33  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS request signal  310  directly. It means that the RS  35 , RS  37  do not authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  310 . The BS  33  is further configured to receive the MS request signal  310  and authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  310  according to the MS authentication code. Up to now, the BS  33  has known that the MS  31  attempts to build the service path actively. After the MS request signal  310  is authenticated to be complete, the BS  33  is further configured to generate a first BS response signal  330  and transmit the first BS response signal  330  to the RS  37  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS response signal  330 . The first BS response signal  330  is one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the first BS response signal  330  comprises the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code. 
     After receiving the first BS response signal  330 , the RS  37  is configured to authenticate completeness of the first BS response signal  330  according to the RS authentication code and relay it to the RS  35  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the first BS response signal  330  if the first BS response signal  330  is complete. The RS  35  is configured to receive the first BS response signal  330  from the RS  37  and authenticate completeness of the first BS response signal  330  according to the RS authentication code. Since the RS  35  is the last RS in the downlink relay sequence, it removes the RS authentication code from the first BS response signal  330  and generates a second BS response signal  350  comprising the MS authentication code. The second BS response signal  350  is also one of the control signals. After generating the second BS response signal  350 , the RS  35  is further configured to transmit the second BS response signal  350  to the MS  31  containing the MS CID in the header of the second BS response signal  350 . 
     The MS  31  is further configured to receive the second BS response signal  350  from the RS  35  and authenticate completeness of the second BS response signal  350  according to the MS authentication code. By receiving the complete second BS response signal  350 , the MS  31  knows that the BS  33  has received the MS request signal  310 . The MS  31  further generates an MS acknowledgement signal  312  and transmits the MS acknowledgement signal  312  to the RS  35  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS acknowledgement signal  312 . The MS acknowledgement signal  312  is one of the control signals and the authentication code of the MS acknowledgement signal  312  comprises the MS authentication code, which can only be parsed by the BS  33 . 
     The RS  35  is configured to receive the MS acknowledgement signal  312  and relay it to the RS  37  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS acknowledgement signal  312  directly. The RS  37  is configured to receive the MS acknowledgement signal  312  from the RS  35  and relay it to the BS  33  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS acknowledgement signal  312  directly. It means that the RS  35 ,  37  do not authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal  312  because they can not parse the MS authentication code. The BS  33  is further configured to receive the acknowledgement signal  312  from the RS  37  and to authenticate completeness of the acknowledgement signal  312  according to the MS authentication code. 
     In this embodiment, the BS  33  is further configured to generate and transmit a BS confirmation signal  332  comprising the RS authentication code to the RS  37  following the downlink relay sequence when the MS acknowledgement signal  312  is complete. The RS  37  is further configured to receive the BS confirmation signal  332  from the BS  33 , authenticate completeness of the BS confirmation signal  332  according to the RS authentication code, and relay the BS confirmation signal  332  to the RS  35  following the downlink relay sequence. 
     The RS  35  is further configured to receive the BS confirmation signal  332  from the RS  37 , authenticate completeness of the BS confirmation signal  332  according to the RS authentication code. The service path between the BS  33 , the MS  31 , the RS  35 , and the RS  37  is built when the BS confirmation signal  332  is authenticated to be complete. It should be noted that the BS confirmation signal  332  is optional. In other words, upon the practical condition, the service path between the BS  33 , the MS  31 , the RS  35 , and the RS  37  is also built when the MS acknowledgement signal  312  is authenticated to be complete. 
     In addition to the aforementioned functions, each of the RS  35  and the RS  37  has a timer (not shown) which is respectively started after the RS  35  and the RS  37  receive the MS request signal  310  and stopped after the RS  35  and the RS  37  receives the MS acknowledgement signal  312 . If the RS  35  and/or the RS  37  does not receive the MS acknowledgement signal  312  to stop the timer in a predetermined time period, the timer enables the corresponding RS to generate and transmit a retransmitting request signal (not shown) to the MS  31 . After receiving the retransmitting request signal, the MS  31  will retransmit the MS request signal  310 . It should be noted that the timers within the RSs are optional and do not limit the present invention. 
     A fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 5 , which is a communication system  5  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  5  comprises a BS  51 , an RS  55 , and an MS  53 . To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that the RS  55  is located within a coverage of the BS  51 , and the MS  53  is located within a coverage of the RS  55 . The BS  51 , the RS  55 , and the MS  53  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal. 
     The BS  51 , the RS  55 , and the MS  53  have a downlink relay sequence from the BS  51  to the MS  53  and an uplink relay sequence from the MS  53  to the BS  51 . Both the downlink relay sequence and the uplink sequence will be referenced later. 
     When the BS  51  attempts to build the service path with the MS  53  actively, it generates a first BS request signal  510  comprising the service path information for building the service path. The first BS request signal  510  is one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the first BS request signal  510  comprises an MS authentication code so that the MS  53  can authenticate completeness of the BS request signal. It should be noted that the MS authentication code is only parsed by the MS  53 . The BS  510  transmits the first BS request signal  510  to the RS  55  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the first BS request signal  510  firstly because the MS  53  is not in the coverage of the BS  51 . 
     After receiving the first BS request signal  510 , the RS  55  just relays it to the MS  53  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the first BS request signal  510 , but does not authenticate completeness of the first BS request signal  510  because the RS  55  can not parse the MS authentication code. The MS  53  is configured to receive the first BS request signal  510  from the RS  55 , authenticate completeness of the first BS request signal  510  according to the MS authentication code, generate an MS response signal  530  comprising the MS authentication code if the first BS request signal  510  is complete, and transmit the MS response signal  530  to the RS  55  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS response signal  530 . Similarly, the MS authentication code in the MS response signal  530  is only parsed by the BS  51 . 
     After receiving the MS response signal  530 , the RS  55  just relays it to the BS  51  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS response signal  530 . The RS  55  does not authenticate completeness of the MS response signal  530  because the RS  55  can not parse the BS authentication code. The BS  51  is further configured to receive the MS response signal  530 , authenticate completeness of the MS response signal  530 , generate a first BS acknowledgement signal  512  if the MS response signal  530  is complete, and transmit the first BS acknowledgement signal  512  to the RS  55  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the first BS acknowledgement signal  512 . The RS  55  does not authenticate completeness of the first BS acknowledgement signal  512  and relays the first BS acknowledgement signal  512  to the MS  53  following the downlink relay sequence. 
     The BS  51  also generates a second BS request signal  514  to the RS  55  containing the RS CID in the header of the second BS request signal  514 . The second BS request signal  514  comprises the service path information for building the service path. The authentication code of the second BS request signal  514  comprises the RS authentication code. The RS  55  is further configured to authenticate completeness of the second BS request signal  514  according to the RS authentication code. 
     The RS  55  is further configured to generate an RS response signal  550  comprising the RS authentication code and transmit the RS response signal  550  to the BS  51  containing the RS CID in the header of the RS response signal  550  when the second BS request signal  514  is complete. The BS  51  is further configured to transmit a BS acknowledgement signal  516  comprising the RS authentication code to the RS  55  containing the RS CID in the header of the BS acknowledgement signal  516  when the RS response signal  550  is complete according to the RS authentication code. The service path is build when the RS  55  receives the BS acknowledgement signal  516  and authenticates the BS acknowledgement signal  516  to be complete according to the RS authentication code. 
     A sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 6 , which is a communication system  6  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  6  comprises a BS  51 , RS  55 , RS  57 , and an MS  53 . To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that the RS  57  is located within a coverage of the BS  51 , the RS  55  is located within a coverage of the RS  57 , and the MS  53  is located within a coverage of the RS  55 . The BS  51 , the RS  55 , RS  57 , and the MS  53  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal. 
     The operations of the BS  51 , the RS  55 , and the MS  53  in the communication system  6  that are the same in the aforementioned communication system  5  are not repeated again. In the following, only the differences between the communication system  6  and the communication system  5  are described. 
     Comparing with the aforementioned communication system  5 , the communication system  6  has the RS  57  between the BS  51  and the RS  55 . The RS  57  is configured to relay the first BS request signal  510  from the BS  51  to the RS  55 , relay the MS response signal  530  from the RS  55  to the BS  51 , relay the first BS acknowledgement signal  512  from the BS  51  to the RS  55 , relay the second BS request signal  514  from the BS  51  to the RS  55 , relay the RS response signal  550  from the RS  55  to the BS  51 , and relay the BS acknowledgement signal  516  from the BS  51  to the RS  55 , when the aforementioned control signals are authenticated to be complete. 
     A seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 7 , which is a communication system  7  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  7  comprises a BS  73 , an RS  75 , and an MS  71 . To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that the RS  75  is located within a coverage of the BS  73 , and the MS  71  is located within a coverage of the RS  75 . The BS  73 , the RS  75 , and the MS  71  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal. 
     The BS  73 , the RS  75 , and the MS  71  have a downlink relay sequence from the BS  73  to the MS  71  and an uplink relay sequence from the MS  71  to the BS  73 . Both the downlink relay sequence and the uplink sequence will be referenced later. 
     More particularly, when the MS  71  attempts to build the service path with the BS  73  actively, it generates an MS request signal  710  comprising the service path information for building the service path. The MS request signal  710  is one of the control signals, and the authentication code of the MS request signal  710  comprises an MS authentication code so that the BS  73  can authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  710 . Then, the MS  71  transmits the MS request signal  710  to the RS  75  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS request signal  710  firstly because the BS  53  is not in the coverage of the MS  71 . 
     After receiving the MS request signal  710 , the RS  75  just relays it to the BS  73  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS request signal  710 . The RS  75  does not authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  710  because the RS  75  can not parse the MS authentication code. The BS  73  is configured to receive the MS request signal  710  from the RS  75 , authenticate completeness of the MS request signal  710  according to the MS authentication code, generate a BS response signal  730  comprising the MS authentication code if the MS request signal  710  is complete, and transmit the BS response signal  730  to the RS  75  following the downlink relay sequence containing the MS CID in the header of the BS response signal  730 . Similarly, the MS authentication code is only parsed by the MS  71 . 
     After receiving the BS response signal  730 , the RS  75  just relays it to the MS  71  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the BS response signal  730 . The RS  75  does not authenticate completeness of the BS response signal  730  because the RS  75  can not parse the MS authentication code. The MS  71  is further configured to receive the BS response signal  730 , authenticate completeness of the MS response signal  730 , generate an MS acknowledgement signal  712  if the BS response signal  730  is complete, and transmit the MS acknowledgement signal  712  to the RS  75  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS acknowledgement signal  712 . The RS  75  does not authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal  712  and relays the MS acknowledgement signal  712  to the BS  73  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the MS CID in the header of the MS acknowledgement signal  712 . 
     The BS  73  also generates a BS request signal  732  and transmits the BS request signal  732  to the RS  75  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the BS request signal  732 . The BS request signal  732  comprises the service path information for building the service path and the authentication code of the BS request signal  732  comprises the RS authentication code. The RS  75  is further configured to authenticate completeness of the BS request signal  732  according to the RS authentication code. 
     The RS  75  is further configured to generate an RS response signal  750  comprising the RS authentication code and transmit the RS response signal  750  to the BS  73  following the uplink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the RS response signal  750  when the BS request signal  732  is complete. The BS  73  is further configured to transmit a BS acknowledgement signal  734  comprising the RS authentication code to the RS  75  following the downlink relay sequence and containing the RS CID in the header of the BS acknowledgement signal  734  when the RS response signal  750  is complete according to the RS authentication code. The service path is build when the RS  75  receives the BS acknowledgement signal  734  and authenticates the BS acknowledgement signal  734  is complete according to the RS authentication code. 
     An eighth preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 8 , which is a communication system  8  for use in a wireless network. The communication system  8  comprises an MS  71 , an RS  75 , an RS  77 , and a BS  73 . To describe this embodiment clearly, it is assumed that the RS  77  is located within a coverage of the BS  73 , the RS  75  is located within a coverage of the RS  77 , and the MS  71  is located within a coverage of the RS  75 . The MS  71 , the RS  75 , the RS  77 , and the BS  73  are configured to build a service path (e.g. FTP, e-mail, and so on) via handshaking according to a plurality of control signals. Each of the control signals has an authentication code adopted to be authenticated completeness of the control signal. 
     The operations of the MS  71 , the RS  75 , the RS  77 , and the BS  73  in the communication system  8  that are the same as those in the aforementioned communication system  7  are not repeated again. In the following, only the differences between the communication system  8  and the communication system  7  are described. 
     Comparing with the aforementioned communication system  7 , the communication system  8  has the RS  77  between the BS  73  and the RS  75 . The RS  77  is configured to relay the MS request signal  710  from the RS  75  to the BS  73 , relay the BS response signal  730  from the BS  73  to the RS  75 , relay the MS acknowledgement signal  712  from the RS  75  to the BS  73 , relay the BS request signal  732  from the BS  73  to the RS  75 , relay the RS response signal  750  from the RS  75  to the BS  73 , and relay the BS acknowledgement signal  734  from the BS  73  to the RS  75  when the aforementioned control signals are complete. 
     A ninth preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 9 , which illustrates a handshake method for building a service path in a communication system for use in a wireless network. First, step  900  is executed to transmit a BS request signal comprising an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code, wherein both of them are adopted to authenticate completeness of the BS request signal. Step  901  is executed to receive the BS request signal. Step  902  is executed to authenticate completeness of the BS request signal according to the RS authentication code. Step  903  is executed to remove the RS authentication code from the BS request signal. In other words, steps  900  to  903  are executed to transmit the BS request signal comprising the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code to an MS. 
     Step  904  is executed to transmit a MS response signal comprising the MS authentication code when the BS request signal is complete, wherein the MS authentication code is adopted to authenticate completeness of the MS response signal. Step  905  is executed to relay the MS response signal according to an uplink relay sequence of the communication system. Step  906  is executed to receive the MS response signal. Step  907  is executed to authenticate completeness of the MS response signal according to the MS authentication code. In summary, steps  904  to  907  are executed to transmit the MS response signal comprising the MS authentication code to the BS which transmitted BS request signal when the BS request signal is authenticated to be complete. 
     Step  908  is executed to transmit a BS acknowledgement signal comprising the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code when the MS response signal is complete, wherein the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code are adopted to authenticate completeness of the BS acknowledgement signal. Step  909  is executed to receive the BS acknowledgement signal. Step  910  is executed to authenticate completeness of the BS acknowledgement signal according to the one of the RS authentication code. Step  911  is executed to remove the RS authentication code from the BS acknowledgement signal. In other words, steps  908  to  911  are executed to transmit the BS acknowledgement signal comprising the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code to the MS when the MS response signal is complete. 
     In addition to the aforementioned steps, the ninth preferred embodiment is able to execute all the functions and operations recited in the first and the second preferred embodiments. 
     A tenth preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 10 , which illustrates a handshake method for building a service path in a communication system for use in a wireless network. First, step  1000  is executed to transmit an MS request signal comprising an MS authentication code, wherein the MS authentication code is adopted to authenticate completeness of the MS request signal. Step  1001  is executed to relay the MS request signal according to an uplink relay sequence of the communication system. Step  1002  is executed to receive the MS request signal. Step  1003  is executed to authenticate completeness of the MS request signal according to the MS authentication code in the MS request signal. In other words, steps  1000  to  1003  are executed to transmit the MS request signal comprising the MS authentication code to a BS of the communication system. The MS authentication code is adopted to authenticate completeness of the MS request signal. 
     Step  1004  is executed to transmit a BS response signal comprising the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code when the MS request signal is authenticated to be complete. Step  1005  is executed to receive the BS response signal. Step  1006  is executed to authenticate completeness of the BS response signal according to the RS authentication code. Step  1007  is executed to remove the RS authentication code from the BS response signal. In other words, steps  1004  to  1007  are executed to transmit the BS response signal comprising the RS authentication code and the MS authentication code to the MS which transmitted the MS request signal when the MS request signal is authenticated to be complete. The RS authentication code and the MS authentication code and are adopted to authenticate completeness of the BS response signal. In other words, step  1004  to step  1007  are executed to transmit the BS response signal to the MS. 
     Step  1008  is executed to transmit an MS acknowledgement signal comprising the MS authentication code to the BS when the BS response signal is complete. Step  1009  is executed to relay the MS acknowledgement signal. Step  1010  is executed to receive the MS acknowledgement signal. Step  1011  is executed to authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal according to the MS authentication code. In other words, steps  1008  to  1011  are executed to transmit the MS acknowledgement signal comprising the MS authentication code to the BS when the BS response signal is complete. The MS authentication code is adopted to authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal. 
     Step  1012  is executed to transmit a BS confirmation signal comprising the RS authentication code when the MS acknowledgement signal is complete. Step  1013  is executed to receive the BS confirmation signal. Step  1014  is executed to authenticate completeness of the BS confirmation signal according to the RS authentication code. In other words, steps  1012  to  1014  are executed to transmit the BS confirmation signal comprising the RS authentication code to the RS when the MS acknowledgement signal is complete. The RS authentication code is adopted to authenticate completeness of the BS confirmation signal. 
     In addition to the aforementioned steps, the tenth preferred embodiment is able to execute all the functions and operations recited in the third and the fourth preferred embodiments. 
     An eleventh preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 11   a  and  FIG. 11   b , which illustrate a handshake method for building a service path in a communication system for use in a wireless network. Please refer to  FIG. 11   a , step  1100  is executed to transmit a first BS request signal comprising an MS authentication code. Step  1101  is executed to relay the first BS request signal according to a downlink relay sequence of the communication system. Step  1102  is executed to receive the first BS request signal. Step  1103  is executed to authenticate completeness of the first BS request signal according to the MS authentication code. 
     Step  1104  is executed to transmit an MS response signal comprising the MS authentication code when the first BS request signal is complete. Step  1105  is executed to relay the MS response signal according to an uplink relay sequence of the communication system. Step  1106  is executed to receive the MS response signal. Step  1107  is executed to authenticate completeness of the MS response signal according to the MS authentication code. 
     Step  1108  is executed to transmit a first BS acknowledgement signal comprising the MS authentication code when the MS response signal is complete. Step  1109  is executed to relay the first BS acknowledgement signal according to the downlink relay sequence. Step  1110  is executed to receive the first BS acknowledgement signal. Step  1111  is executed to authenticate completeness of the first BS acknowledgement signal according to the MS authentication code. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 11   b , step  1112  is executed to transmit a second BS request signal comprising the RS authentication code. Step  1113  is executed to receive the second BS request signal. Step  1114  is executed to authenticate completeness of the second BS request signal according to the RS authentication code. 
     Step  1115  is executed to transmit an RS response signal comprising the KS authentication code when the second BS request signal is complete. Step  1116  is executed to receive the RS response signal. Step  1117  is executed to authenticate completeness of the RS response signal according to the RS authentication code. 
     Step  1118  is executed to transmit a second BS acknowledgement signal comprising the RS authentication code when the RS response signal is complete. Step  1119  is executed to receive the second BS acknowledgement signal. Step  1120  is executed to authenticate completeness of the second BS acknowledgement signal according to the RS authentication code. 
     In addition to the aforementioned steps, the eleventh preferred embodiment is able to execute all the functions and operations recited in the fifth and sixth preferred embodiments. 
     A twelfth preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in  FIG. 12   a  and FIG.  12   b , which illustrate a handshake method for building a service path in a communication system for use in a wireless network. Please refer to  FIG. 12   a , step  1200  is executed to transmit an MS request signal comprising an MS authentication code. Step  1201  is executed to relay the MS request signal according to an uplink relay sequence of the communication system. Step  1202  is executed to receive the MS request signal. Step  1203  is executed to authenticate completeness of the MS request signal according to the MS authentication code. 
     Step  1204  is executed to transmit a BS response signal comprising the MS authentication code when the MS request signal is complete. Step  1205  is executed to relay the BS response signal according to a downlink relay sequence of the communication system. Step  1206  is executed to receive the BS response signal. Step  1207  is executed to authenticate completeness of the BS response signal according to the MS authentication code. 
     Step  1208  is executed to transmit an MS acknowledgement signal comprising the MS authentication code when the BS response signal is complete. Step  1209  is executed to relay the MS acknowledgement signal according to the uplink relay sequence. Step  1210  is executed to receive the MS acknowledgement signal. Step  1211  is executed to authenticate completeness of the MS acknowledgement signal according to the MS authentication code. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 12   b , step  1212  is executed to transmit a BS request signal comprising the RS authentication code. Step  1213  is executed to receive the BS request signal. Step  1214  is executed to authenticate completeness of the BS request signal according to the RS authentication code. 
     Step  1215  is executed to transmit an RS response signal comprising the RS authentication code when the BS request signal is complete. Step  1216  is executed to receive the RS response signal. Step  1217  is executed to authenticate completeness of the RS response signal according to the RS authentication code. 
     Step  1218  is executed to transmit a BS acknowledgement signal comprising the RS authentication code when the RS response signal is complete. Step  1219  is executed to receive the BS acknowledgement signal. Step  1220  is executed to authenticate completeness of the BS acknowledgement signal according to the RS authentication code. 
     In addition to the aforementioned steps, the twelfth preferred embodiment is able to execute all the functions and operations recited in the seventh and eighth preferred embodiments. 
     According to the aforementioned descriptions, when the BS, RS (or RSs), and MS in the same transmission (relay) path have the new service path build via handshaking according to the control signals, they can authenticate completeness of the control signals according to the corresponding authentication code. More particularly, at least one of the authentication codes of the control signals comprises both an RS authentication code and an MS authentication code. By doing so, the BS or MS attempting to build the new service path does not need to transmit the control messages with the same information to the RSs or the MS twice to authenticate. The present invention can effectively solve the problem that the BS, RSs, and MSs along the same transmission (relay) path can not authenticate completeness of the control signal due to lack the right authentication code. 
     The above disclosure is related to the detailed technical contents and inventive features thereof. People skilled in this field may proceed with a variety of modifications and replacements based on the disclosures and suggestions of the invention as described without departing from the characteristics thereof. Nevertheless, although such modifications and replacements are not fully disclosed in the above descriptions, they have substantially been covered in the following claims as appended.