System and method for wireless link configuration
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPhilippe Sartori, Zhongfeng Li, Anthony C.K. Soong
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Abstract
A method for operating a relay node during a handoff from a first controller to a second controller includes receiving a first instruction from the first controller to discontinue using a first set of wireless backhaul link resources allocated to the relay node by the first controller and to temporarily use a second set of wireless backhaul link resources dedicated by the second controller. The method also includes receiving a second instruction from the second controller to discontinue using the second set of wireless backhaul link resources and to begin using a third set of wireless backhaul link resources allocated to the relay node by the second controller.
Claims14
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a relay node, a first instruction from a first controller to discontinue using a first set of wireless backhaul link resources between the relay node and the first controller;
- using, by the relay node in response to the first instruction, a second set of wireless backhaul link resources for a handoff procedure from the first controller to a second controller;
- receiving, by the relay node, a second instruction from the second controller to begin using a third set of wireless backhaul link resources allocated to the relay node for communication with the second controller, wherein the second set of wireless backhaul link resources comprises a set of wireless backhaul link resources common to the first set of wireless backhaul link resources and the third set of wireless backhaul link resources;
- and
- using, by the relay node in response to the second instruction, the third set of wireless backhaul link resources for communication between the relay node and the second controller.
A relay node, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the relay node to perform the operations:
- receiving a first instruction from a first controller to discontinue using a first set of wireless backhaul link resources between the relay node and the first controller;
- using, in response to the first instruction, a second set of wireless backhaul link resources for a handoff procedure from the first controller to a second controller;
- receiving a second instruction from the second controller to begin using a third set of wireless backhaul link resources allocated to the relay node for communication with the second controller, wherein the second set of wireless backhaul link resources comprises a set of wireless backhaul link resources common to the first set of wireless backhaul link resources and the third set of wireless backhaul link resources;
- and
- using, in response to the second instruction, the third set of wireless backhaul link resources for communication between the relay node and the second controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.