Patent ID: 8270374

Claim:
A user equipment (UE) for use in a wireless communication network having at least one relay node (RN), the UE comprising: a processor configured to calculate a cell quality ranking criterion for a measured cell by taking into account at least a signal quality of a backhaul link between a RN and an access node, and a memory configured to store instructions for calculating the cell quality ranking criterion by the processor, wherein calculating the cell quality ranking criterion includes using a common RN offset value (Qoffset RN ) wherein the value of (Qoffset RN ) is equal to a value, (Qoffset RN — bh ), when the measured cell is generated by the RN, wherein the value of (Qoffset RN ) is equal to 0 when the measured cell is generated by the access node, and wherein (Qoffset RN — bh ) is a parameter broadcast by at least one of the RN and the access node, and wherein the parameter is received by the UE.