Method for operating a secondary station

A cellular communication system comprising:

• at least one first cell station, the first cell station serving a first cell;
• at least one relay station served by a second cell station serving a second cell;
• a wireless terminal served by the first cell station;
• wherein the first cell station comprises a first cell station transmitter for transmitting directly to the wireless terminal a first downlink signal and carrying first downlink control information, the first downlink control information including at least an indication of a first configuration parameter to be used by the wireless terminal for transmitting a signal to the relay station,
• wherein the second cell station comprises a second cell station transmitter for transmitting to the relay station a second downlink signal and carrying second downlink control information, the second downlink control information including at least an indication of a second configuration parameter to be used by the relay station for receiving the signal from the wireless terminal, wherein the first and second configuration parameter at least partially overlap, the wireless terminal comprising a wireless terminal controller adapted to generate uplink information, and a wireless terminal transmitter configured by the wireless terminal controller to transmit to the relay station using the first configuration parameter a message carrying the uplink information, and
• wherein the relay station compose a relay station receiver adapted to receive the message using the second configuration parameter.

A relay station operating in a cellular communication network, comprising:

• at least one first cell station, the first cell station serving a first cell and a wireless terminal served by the first cell station,
• wherein the relay station is served by a second cell station serving a second cell,
• wherein the relay station comprises
• a relay station receiver adapted to receive from the second cell station a second downlink signal carrying second downlink control information, and
• wherein the second downlink control information including at least an indication of at least one first configuration parameter for receiving a message from the wireless terminal;
• a relay station controller for controlling the relay station receiver to receive the message including uplink information on the first configuration parameter;
• and
• a relay station transmitter adapted for forwarding the uplink information in a relayed-data message to the second cell station.

A first cell station serving a first cell in a cellular communication system, comprising:

• at least one relay station served by a second cell station serving a second cell,
• a wireless terminal served by the first cell station, wherein the first station cell station comprises:
• a first cell station transmitter for transmitting to the wireless terminal a first downlink signal carrying first downlink control information, the first downlink control information including at least an indication of a first configuration parameter to be used by the wireless terminal for transmitting a message to the relay station,
• a first cell station controller for configuring the relay station with second downlink control information, the second downlink control information including at least an indication of a second configuration parameter to be used by the relay station for receiving the message from the wireless terminal, wherein the first and second resource at least partially overlap.

A method for operating a wireless terminal to communicate in a cellular network, the cellular network comprising at least one first cell station, wherein the said first cell station serves a first cell, and at least one relay station served by a second cell station, wherein the second cell station serves a second cell, comprising:

• the wireless terminal receiving a downlink signal sent by the first cell station and carrying downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information including at least an indication of a first configuration parameter to be used by the wireless terminal for transmitting a message to the relay station;
• the wireless terminal generating uplink information;
• and
• the wireless terminal transmitting to the relay station using the first configuration parameter the message carrying the uplink information, wherein the uplink information is to be forwarded to the second cell station.