Patent ID: 8737284

Claim:
A relay station capable of relaying radio communication between a radio communication terminal and a base station, the relay station comprising: a base station communication unit which performs radio communication with one or more radio communication terminals; a terminal communication unit which performs radio communication with the base station; a command transmission unit which transmits a command to the base station though the terminal communication unit, the command instructing the base station to alternate communication and non-communication per a predetermined number of frames; and a communication switching unit which makes the base station communication unit and the radio communication terminal be in communication while the terminal communication unit and the base station are in non-communication based on the command, and makes the base station communication unit and the radio communication terminal be in non-communication while the terminal communication unit and the base station are in communication based on the command, wherein the command transmission unit transmits, as the command, a sleep request command instructing the base station to alternate communication and non-communication per the predetermined number of frames, to the base station.