Method and apparatus for resource allocation
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsHenri Markus Koskinen, Dawid Koziol, Esa Mikael Malkamaki
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A relay node within a network, the network further comprising at least one donor node coupled to the relay node, and a mobile termination coupled to the relay node and at least one donor node, the relay node comprising means for: receiving a configuration message; configuring the relay node, based on the configuration message, to perform at least one of: receiving packets from the mobile termination and originating from one of the donor nodes; and sending packets to one of the donor nodes by transmitting them to the mobile termination.
Claims17
A relay node within a network, the network further comprising at least one donor node coupled to the relay node, and a mobile termination comprising another relay node and coupled to the relay node and the at least one donor node, the relay node comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the relay node at least to:
- receive a configuration message;
- and
- configure the relay node, based on the configuration message, to perform:
- receiving packets from the mobile termination and originating from a donor node of the at least one donor node;
- and
- sending packets to the donor node of the at least one donor node by transmitting them to the mobile termination by establishing an additional path coupling the relay node to the donor node via the mobile termination,
- wherein the mobile termination with which the relay node communicates is configured to terminate radio interface layers of a backhaul interface toward the relay node or the at least one donor node.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- determine, via a donor node, a network configuration of a network, the network comprising (i) one or more donor nodes comprising the donor node, (ii) a relay node coupled over a first path to one of the one or more donor nodes and (iii) a mobile termination comprising another relay node and coupled to at least one of the one or more donor nodes;
- and
- configure, via the donor node, based on the determined network configuration, the relay node with an additional path coupling the relay node to one of the one or more donor nodes via the mobile termination,
- wherein the mobile termination is configured to terminate radio interface layers of a backhaul interface toward the donor node or the relay node.
A relay node within a network, the network further comprising a further relay node, at least one donor node coupled to the relay node, and a mobile termination comprising another relay node and coupled to the relay node and the further relay node, the relay node comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the relay node at least to:
- receive a configuration message;
- and
- configure the relay node, based on the configuration message, to receive packets from the mobile termination and originating from the further relay node and to transmit the received packets towards a donor node of the at least one donor node via an additional path coupling the further relay node to the donor node via the mobile termination,
- wherein the mobile termination with which the relay node communicates is configured to terminate radio interface layers of a backhaul interface toward the relay node or the at least one donor node.
A mobile termination within a network, the network further comprising a relay node and at least one donor node, wherein the mobile termination comprises another relay node and is coupled to the relay node, and the relay node is coupled to the at least one donor node, the mobile termination comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the mobile termination at least to:
- receive a configuration message, and
- configure, based on the configuration message, the mobile termination for relaying packets between the relay node and a further relay node via an additional path coupling the further relay node to the at least one donor node via the mobile termination,
- wherein the mobile termination is configured to terminate radio interface layers of a backhaul interface toward the relay node or the at least one donor node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.