Patent ID: 8570943

Claim:
A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications system, the method comprising: performing, by an access node, at least one master control function for a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission with a relay node toward a user equipment without performing at least one serving node function, the at least one master control function comprising: determining, by the access node, CoMP control information used for coordinating transmission between the access node and the relay node for the CoMP transmission, the CoMP control information comprising at least one of: a schedule for the CoMP transmission; a modulation and coding scheme for the CoMP transmission; a transmission mode for the CoMP transmission; a multi-antenna function; a pre-coding matrix index; a rank indicator; and allocated resource block information; and transmitting, by the access node, the CoMP control information to the relay node over a relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) associated with a backhaul link in at least one of a medium access control (MAC) control element and a MAC header, wherein the MAC header further comprises non-CoMP control information and CoMP control information; and wherein the at least one serving node function comprises transmitting the CoMP control information to the user equipment.