Patent ID: 8340029

Claim:
A method for mapping of resource allocation with data packets in a wireless communication network comprising base stations and relay stations, the method comprising: operating the wireless communication network in a centralized scheduling mode to enable a base station with one or more relay stations to allocate and schedule resource of radio links from the base station to the one or more relay stations, from the one or more relay stations to a mobile station, and from the base station to a mobile station; operating a base station to include mapping references to resource allocations with relay data packets when sending relay data packets to a first relay station, wherein the resource allocations are included in a radio resource allocation message transmitted on a control channel and data packets are transmitted in a data channel that is separate from the control channel; and operating the first relay station to use the mapping references to associate with a resource allocation for the relay data packets by matching a target transmission frame number included in the mapping references and resource allocations, and transmit the relay data packets based on the associated resource allocation.