A method comprising receiving a bearer admission request of at least one bearer, which requests bearer admission control for at least one of handover, bearer setup and bearer modification, at a relay node in a relay-enhanced access network, said at least one bearer consisting of a bearer on a first link, which is an access link between a user equipment and said relay node and a bearer on a second link, which is a backhaul link between said relay node and a base station, characterized by executing by the relay node a bearer admission control of said at least one bearer on said first link of said at least one bearer at said relay node, identifying by the relay node a set of bearers among said at least one bearer, which are admitted on said first link as a result of said execution of said bearer admission control at said relay node, transmitting by the relay node a modified bearer admission request of said identified set of bearers for execution of a bearer admission control on said second link of said at least one bearer to said base station when at least one bearer is identified to be admitted on said first link, or transmitting a bearer admission request acknowledgment indicating rejection of the bearer admission request of said at least one bearer, and upon transmitting by the relay node said modified bearer admission request, receiving a bearer admission request acknowledgment from said base station, including information on bearers among said identified set of bearers, which are admitted on said second link as a result of the execution of said bearer admission control at the said base station, and transmitting by the relay node a bearer admission request acknowledgment indicating admission of bearers on both said first and second links in accordance with said information on bearers. receiving a bearer admission request of at least one bearer, which requests bearer admission control for at least one of handover, bearer setup and bearer modification, at a relay node in a relay-enhanced access network, said at least one bearer consisting of a bearer on a first link, which is an access link between a user equipment and said relay node and a bearer on a second link, which is a backhaul link between said relay node and a base station, characterized by executing by the relay node a bearer admission control of said at least one bearer on said first link of said at least one bearer at said relay node, identifying by the relay node a set of bearers among said at least one bearer, which are admitted on said first link as a result of said execution of said bearer admission control at said relay node, transmitting by the relay node a modified bearer admission request of said identified set of bearers for execution of a bearer admission control on said second link of said at least one bearer to said base station when at least one bearer is identified to be admitted on said first link, or transmitting a bearer admission request acknowledgment indicating rejection of the bearer admission request of said at least one bearer, and upon transmitting by the relay node said modified bearer admission request, receiving a bearer admission request acknowledgment from said base station, including information on bearers among said identified set of bearers, which are admitted on said second link as a result of the execution of said bearer admission control at the said base station, and transmitting by the relay node a bearer admission request acknowledgment indicating admission of bearers on both said first and second links in accordance with said information on bearers.