Association and resource partitioning in a wireless network with relays

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for performing resource partitioning to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay;
• and
• means for determining resources allocated to a node in the set of nodes or a relay among the at least one relay based on the resource partitioning;
• means for performing association for at least one station;
• and
• means for determining at least one serving node for the at least one station based on the association,
• wherein association and resource partitioning are performed jointly by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to association and resource partitioning.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to perform resource partitioning to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay,
• code for causing the at least one computer to determine resources allocated to a node in the set of nodes or a relay among the at least one relay based on the resource partitioning;
• code for performing association for at least one station;
• and
• code for determining at least one serving node for the at least one station based on the association,
• wherein association and resource partitioning are performed jointly by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to association and resource partitioning.

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• determining resources allocated to a relay based on resource partitioning to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay, the relay being one of the at least one relay;
• communicating with at least one station by the relay on the resources allocated to the relay;
• and
• determining a station handed out from the relay or handed in to the relay, the station being determined based on association performed jointly with resource partitioning by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to association and resource partitioning.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for determining resources allocated to a relay based on resource partitioning to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay, the relay being one of the at least one relay;
• and
• means for communicating with at least one station by the relay on the resources allocated to the relay;
• and
• means for determining a station handed out from the relay or handed in to the relay, the station being determined based on association performed jointly with resource partitioning by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to association and resource partitioning.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to determine resources allocated to a relay based on resource partitioning to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay, the relay being one of the at least one relay,
• code for causing the at least one computer to communicate with at least one station by the relay on the resources allocated to the relay, and
• code for determining a station handed out from the relay or handed in to the relay, the station being determined based on association performed jointly with resource partitioning by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to association and resource partitioning.

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving an assignment of at least one resource from a node at a user equipment (UE), wherein resource partitioning is performed to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay, and wherein the at least one resource assigned to the UE is from a subset of the available resources allocated to the node by the resource partitioning;
• and
• communicating with the node on the at least one resource by the UE,
• wherein the node is determined for the UE based on association for the UE, and
• wherein the association and the resource partitioning are performed jointly by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to the association and the resource partitioning.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for receiving an assignment of at least one resource from a node at a user equipment (UE), wherein resource partitioning is performed to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay, and wherein the at least one resource assigned to the UE is from a subset of the available resources allocated to the node by the resource partitioning;
• and
• means for communicating with the node on the at least one resource by the UE,
• wherein the node is determined for the UE based on association for the UE, and
• wherein the association and the resource partitioning are performed jointly by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to the association and the resource partitioning.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to receive an assignment of at least one resource from a node at a user equipment (UE), wherein resource partitioning is performed to allocate available resources to a set of nodes and to access and backhaul links of at least one relay, and wherein the at least one resource assigned to the UE is from a subset of the available resources allocated to the node by the resource partitioning, and code for causing the at least one computer to communicate with the node on the at least one resource by the UE,
• wherein the node is determined for the UE based on association for the UE, and
• wherein the association and the resource partitioning are performed jointly by evaluating a plurality of possible actions related to the association and the resource partitioning.