Control signaling for the relay scenarios

A communication system comprising:

• an origination device comprising a transmitter configured to transmit at least one received signal;
• and
• a signal forwarding device comprising:
• a receiver configured to receive the at least one received signal, the at least one received signal comprising a first set of data, a first set of control information, and a second set of control information, the first set of control information associated with the first set of data and comprising instructions pertaining to the signal forwarding device processing the first set of data, the second set of control information associated with the first set of data and comprising instructions pertaining to a destination device processing the first set of data, and
• a transmitter configured to transmit a forwarded signal to the destination device, the forwarded signal comprising forwarded data, based at least partially on the first set of data, and forwarded control information based at least partially on the second set of control information.