Patent ID: 8599740

Claim:
A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications system, comprising: performing, by an access node, a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission with a relay node toward a plurality of user equipment (UEs), wherein the access node is configured to provide CoMP control information via a relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH), wherein the access node is further configured to transmit the CoMP control information to the relay node over the R-PDCCH, and wherein the R-PDCCH comprises: a first portion that includes scheduling information for at least one of a relay physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) and a relay physical uplink shared channel (R-PUSCH); and a plurality of second portions, each of the plurality of second portions including CoMP control information for a CoMP transmission to a specific UE of the plurality of UEs, the specific UE being identified in the each of the plurality of second portions based on at least one of: a user identifier; or an order of transmission of the second portions.