Patent ID: 8620302

Claim:
A method for identifying a relay cell serviced by a relay radio node in a radio access network (RAN) of a cellular communications system in which there is a radio connection between the relay radio node and a donor radio base station, where the donor radio base station is identified by a donor radio base station cell identifier, comprising the following steps performed by an operations and maintenance (O&M) node having a connection with the relay radio node: the O&M node receiving, from the relay radio node, donor radio base station information that the relay radio node obtained from the donor radio base station; the O&M node determining a RAN relay cell identifier that uniquely identifies the relay cell within the RAN, the RAN relay cell identifier including a relay cell identifier and the donor radio base station cell identifier; and the O&M node configuring the relay radio node with the RAN relay cell identifier so that the relay radio node can transmit the RAN relay cell identifier to uniquely identify the relay cell to one or more radio terminals in the RAN.