Patent ID: 8345587

Claim:
A method for implementing relay in a relay station in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: forwarding control information from a base station to a mobile station or forwarding control information from the mobile station to the base station according to an instruction from the base station; receiving a communication control message from said base station; regenerating a communication control message for the mobile station based on said communication control message from said base station; sending the regenerated communication control message to said mobile station on a first channel according to said communication control message from said base station; receiving signals from a mobile station on a second channel according to said communication control message from said base station; judging whether the strength of said signals from the mobile station is greater than a predetermined threshold or not; if the strength of said signals from the mobile station is greater than the predetermined threshold, obtaining the status information concerning the mobile station from said signals; and sending a status report message to said base station on a third channel according to said communication control message from said base station, said status report message including said status information concerning the mobile station.