Patent ID: 8014338

Claim:
A method for configuring a subframe in order to support a relay service in a wireless communication system, comprising: configuring at least one of a Base Station (BS)-Mobile Station (MS) link subframe, a primary Relay Station (RS)-MS link subframe, and a BS-secondary RS link subframe in a first period of the subframe, the BS-MS link subframe being a subframe for a link between a BS and an MS, the primary RS-MS link subframe being a subframe for a link between a primary RS that provides a synchronization channel and an MS, and the BS-secondary RS link subframe being a subframe for a link between the BS and a secondary RS that does not provide a synchronization channel; and configuring at least one of a BS-primary RS link subframe, an RS-RS link subframe, and a secondary RS-MS link subframe in a second period of the subframe, the BS-primary RS link subframe being a subframe for a link between the BS and the primary RS, an RS-RS link subframe being a subframe for a link between an RS and another RS, and a secondary RS-MS link subframe being a subframe for a link between the secondary RS and an MS.