Patent ID: 8068456

Claim:
A method for receiving signals by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising: allocating a first wireless resource to a first mobile station; allocating a second wireless resource to a second mobile station; receiving a first signal from the first mobile station in a first time interval; receiving a second signal from a relay station in a second time interval; and detecting a third signal transmitted by the second mobile station, from the second signal taking into account interference caused by the first signal, wherein the first mobile station is a mobile station located in a third region, where a first region, which is a region of the base station, overlaps with a second region, which is a region of the relay station, wherein the second mobile station is a mobile station located in a fourth region not overlapping with the first region in the second region, wherein the first wireless resource is used for transmitting the first signal to the base station by the first mobile station in the first time interval, the second wireless resource is used for transmitting the second signal to the relay station by the second mobile station in the first time interval, and wherein the first wireless resource is different from the second wireless resource.