Method and Apparatus for Discovery of Relay Nodes
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsJames Earl WOMACK, Zhijun CAI, Yi YU
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Abstract
A method for determining a presence of a relay node in a wireless communications system. The method includes receiving, from a network node in the system, information indicating the presence of at least one of an access node and the relay node. The method further includes determining whether the network node is the one of the access node and the relay node based on the information.
Claims26
A method for determining a presence of a relay node in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- receiving, from a network node in the system, information indicating the presence of at least one of an access node and the relay node;
- and
- determining whether the network node is the one of the access node and the relay node based on the information.
A user agent, comprising:
- a processor configured to receive information indicating a presence of at least one of an access node and a relay node, and further configured to analyze the information to determine whether a network node is the one of the access node and the relay node.
A wireless communications system, comprising:
- a network node configured to transmit information indicating the presence of at least one of an access node and a relay node, the information usable to determine whether the network node is the one of the access node and the relay node.
A method for determining that a network node in a wireless communications system is a relay node, comprising:
- receiving from the network node a subset of information that is present in transmissions from an access node;
- and
- determining that the network node is a relay node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.