Patent ID: 8570915

Claim:
A relay node which wirelessly communicates on a backhaul link over a first interface with a base station node of a radio access technology network and which wirelessly communicates on an access link over a second interface with a wireless terminal, the relay node comprising: a transceiver comprising a transmitter and a receiver and an amplifier; a duplexer section comprising plural transceiver ports; a set of plural switches through which the transmitter and the receiver are selectively connected to the transceiver ports of the duplexer section, the set of plural switches being external to the duplexer section and connected between the duplexer section and the amplifier of the transceiver; wherein the relay node is configured to provide a transmit signal from the transmitter in a manner whereby a backhaul link portion of the transmit signal is conveyed through a different transceiver port of the duplexer section than is an access link portion of the transmit signal.