Patent ID: 8483157

Claim:
A method for allocating resources in a communication system including at least one Relay Station (RS), the method comprising: allocating, into a first time region of a subframe, a control channel carrying control information from a Base Station (BS) to a Mobile Station (MS); allocating, into a second time region of the subframe, a data channel carrying data from the BS to the MS, an RS-control channel carrying control information from the BS to an RS, and an RS-data channel carrying data from the BS to the RS, using Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM), such that frequencies associated with the RS-control channel are different from frequencies associated with the RS-data channel, the RS-control channel comprising a first relay-control channel and a second relay-control channel, wherein control information on the first relay-control channel indicates a location of resources to which the second relay-control channel is allocated and control information on the second relay-control channel indicates a location of resources to which the RS-data channel is allocated; and transmitting the subframe into which the control channel, the data channel, the RS-control channel, and the RS-data channel are allocated.