Patent ID: 8144641

Claim:
A method for implementing an in-band relay scheme, comprising: establishing a connection between a base station and a relay station using a frequency; establishing a connection between the relay station and a mobile station using the frequency; receiving data from the base station during a frame via the frequency, the frame comprising a downlink sub-frame and an uplink sub-frame, wherein the data is received during a beginning portion of the downlink sub-frame; transitioning from receive to transmit during the downlink sub-frame; transmitting data to the endpoint during a later portion of the downlink sub-frame via the frequency, the data received from the base station during one of a plurality of previous frames; transmitting data to the base station during a beginning portion of the uplink sub-frame via the frequency, the data received from the endpoint during one of the plurality of previous frames; transitioning from transmit to receive during the uplink sub-frame; and receiving data from the endpoint during a later portion of the uplink sub-frame via the frequency.