Wireless Communication Device and Transmission Method

Abstract

A wireless communication device, e.g., a mobile station, capable of performing its communication and relay processing for another mobile station, when requested, at the same time without stopping the communication and the relay processing. In the device, an outgoing/incoming call request detection unit (106) detects an outgoing/incoming call request indicating that an outgoing call of the signal of the mobile station or an incoming call is requested from a signal inputted from an upper-layer processing unit (105). A relay request detection unit (108) detects a relay request signal indicating that an MS1 requests an MS2 for relay to a base station from a demodulated relay signal inputted from a relay signal demodulation unit (107). A communication rate determination unit (109) determines the communication rate so as to simultaneously transmit both the signal of the mobile station and the relay signal when a signal indicating that an outgoing/incoming call request is detected is inputted from the outgoing/incoming call request detection unit (106) or a signal indicating that a relay request signal is detected is inputted from the relay request detection unit (108).

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