Telecommunications system and method

A method of communicating data to and from a mobile device in a network which includes a plurality of repeater nodes and a control node, the method comprising

• transmitting the data from each of the repeater nodes with a first transmission power to one or more others of the plurality of repeater nodes within one of a plurality of time slots of a time frame, each repeater node being allocated a different time slot of the time frame by the control node,
• transmitting a pilot signal from each repeater node during a same one of the time slots of the time frame on a same frequency channel with a second transmission power, the second power being less than the first transmission power, the pilot signal including an identifier of the repeater node which transmitted the pilot signal,
• receiving, at the mobile device, one of the pilot signals transmitted from one of the repeater nodes,
• detecting the identifier included in the pilot signal received from the one repeater node for identifying the location of the mobile device, and
• transmitting a message to the one repeater node in the one of the time slots of the time frame.

A repeater node for communicating data in a telecommunications system, the repeater node comprising

• a transceiver unit operable to transmit and receive data to or from one or more others of a plurality of repeater nodes and a mobile device within one of a plurality of time slots of a time frame allocated to the repeater node by a control node, wherein
• the transceiver unit is operable to transmit the data with a first transmission power to the one or more of the repeater nodes within the one of a plurality of time slots of the time frame,
• the transceiver unit is operable to transmit a pilot signal during a second time slot of the time frame with a second transmission power, the second power being less than the first transmission power, the pilot signal including an identifier of the repeater node which transmitted the pilot signal, and
• the transceiver unit is operable to receive a message from the mobile device within the one of the time slots of a time frame, the message indicating a location of the mobile device.

A mobile device for communicating data in a telecommunications system, the mobile device comprising

• a transceiver unit operable to transmit and receive data to or from one or more of a plurality of repeater nodes, wherein
• the transceiver unit is operable to transmit the data to one of the repeater nodes within one of a plurality of time slots of a time frame allocated to the repeater node by a control node,
• the transceiver unit is operable to receive a pilot signal from one of the repeater nodes during a second time slot of the time frame, the pilot signal including an identifier of the repeater node which transmitted the pilot signal, and the mobile device is operable
• to detect the identifier included in the pilot signal received from the one repeater node for identifying the location of the mobile device, and
• the transceiver unit is operable
• to transmit a message to the one repeater node in the one of the time slots of the time frame.