US 10,122,437 B2 · Communication system

Abstract

The invention provides a relay node that can relay received data to one or more communications devices served by the relay node. The relay node has transceiver circuitry that transmits signals to and that receives signals from one or more remote transmission points and the one or more communications devices served by the relay node; and a communications control module for controlling the operation of the relay node such that in a first operating state the relay node is configured to receive data to be relayed, from a remote transmission point and such that in a second operating state the relay station is configured to receive data to be relayed, from a plurality of remote and separate transmission points.

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Dependent claims

A mobile relay node configured to relay received data to one or more communications devices served by the mobile relay node, the mobile relay node comprising:

transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals to and configured to receive signals from one or more remote transmission points via an air interface and the one or more communications devices served by the mobile relay node via an RN-Uu interface;
and
communications control circuitry configured to control the operation of the mobile relay node such that in a first operating state the mobile relay node is configured to receive data to be relayed from a remote transmission point and such that in a second operating state the mobile relay node is configured to simultaneously receive data to be relayed from a plurality of remote and separate transmission points,
wherein the communications control circuitry is configured to receive, from a remote transmission point, configuration data that controls configuration of the mobile relay node and that defines whether the communications control circuitry is to operate in said first operating state or said second operating state,
wherein the communications control circuitry is configured to operate the mobile relay node either for the first operating state or for the second operating state, depending on the configuration data.

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A method performed by a mobile relay node that relays received data to one or more communications devices served by the mobile relay node via an RN-Uu interface, the method comprising:

transmitting signals to and receiving signals from one or more remote transmission points via an air interface and the one or more communications devices served by the mobile relay node via the RN-Uu interface;
receiving configuration data that controls configuration of the mobile relay node from a remote transmission point that sets the mobile relay node in a first operating state in which the mobile relay node receives data to be relayed from a remote transmission point, or in a second operating state in which the mobile relay node simultaneously receives data to be relayed from a plurality of remote and separate transmission points;
and
operating the mobile relay node either for the first operating state or for the second operating state, depending on the configuration data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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