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Patent US8848594 - Method and apparatus for discovery of relay nodes - Google Patents
A method for determining a presence of a relay node in a wireless communications system. The method includes receiving, from a network node in the system, information indicating the presence of at least one of an access node and the relay node. The method further includes determining whether the network...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8848594?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8848594 - Method and apparatus for discovery of relay nodes
Publication number US8848594 B2
Application number US 12/331,992
Also published as CA2746635A1, CA2746635C, CN102246562A, CN102246562B, EP2382823A1, US20100142433, WO2010068302A1
Publication number 12331992, 331992, US 8848594 B2, US 8848594B2, US-B2-8848594, US8848594 B2, US8848594B2
Inventors James Earl Womack, Zhijun Cai, Yi Yu
Patent Citations (226), Non-Patent Citations (195), Referenced by (1), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4)
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International Classification H04W8/26, H04W48/16, H04B7/14, H04B7/26, H04W84/04
Cooperative Classification H04B7/2606, H04W8/26, H04W84/047, H04W48/16