Mobile communication system, relay control method, relay station apparatus, and base station apparatus

A relay control method for a mobile communication system including a base station, a mobile station, and a relay station relaying radio communications between the base station and the mobile station, the relay control method comprising:

• receiving, by the relay station, a random access response transmitted from the base station in response to a random access request transmitted from the mobile station, and acquiring, by the relay station, transmission information of a connection establishment request to be transmitted by the mobile station out of the received random access response;
• receiving, by the relay station, the connection establishment request from the mobile station based on the transmission information, measuring, by the relay station, a received state of the received connection establishment request, and transmitting, by the relay station, relay information to the base station after receiving the random access response from the base station, the relay information including measurement information of the received state;
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• comparing, by the base station, a received state of the connection establishment request received and measured by the base station with the measurement information of the received state included in the relay information received from the relay station, and determining, by the base station, whether the relay station is used to relay radio communications with the mobile station.

A base station used in a mobile communication system including the base station, a mobile station, and a relay station relaying radio communications between the base station and the mobile station, the base station comprising:

• a relay report receiver configured to receive relay information from the relay station, the relay information including measurement information of a received state of a connection establishment request received by the relay station from the mobile station;
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• a comparison determinator configured to compare a received state of the connection establishment request received and measured by the base station with the measurement information of the received state included in the received relay information, and determine whether the relay station is used to relay radio communications with the mobile station,
• wherein the measurement information is obtained by the relay station by receiving a random access response transmitted from the base station in response to a random access request transmitted from the mobile station, acquiring transmission information of the connection establishment request out of the received random access response, receiving the connection establishment request from the mobile station based on the transmission information, and measuring the received state of the received connection establishment request;
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• wherein the relay report receiver receives the relay information from the relay station after the random access response is transmitted by the base station.