Apparatus and method for controlling relay mode of base station in communication system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYeong-Moon Son, Kyung-Kyu Kim, Rakesh Taori, Young-Bin Chang, Jae-Hyuk Jang
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for providing a relay service in a Base Station (BS) of a communication system are provided. The method includes detecting a communication state with a backhaul of the communication system, transmitting backhaul error occurrence information to at least one Mobile Station (MS) located in a service coverage area when communication with the backhaul is interrupted, selecting a neighbor BS from among one or more neighbor BSs as a target BS, and providing a relay service by connecting with the target BS.
Claims16
A method for operating a base station (BS) in a communication system, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to at least one mobile station (MS), a first message for notifying that an error occurred in a backhaul;
- transmitting, to a target BS, a second message for notifying that the error occurred in the backhaul;
- receiving, from the target BS, a third message for operating as a relay node;
- and
- generating a path between the at least one MS and the target BS as the relay node.
An apparatus of a base station (BS) in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- a transmitting circuitry configured to:
- transmit, to at least one mobile station (MS), a first message for notifying that an error occurred in a backhaul, and
- transmit, to a target base station BS, a second message for notifying that the error occurred in the backhaul;
- a receiving circuitry configured to receive, from the target BS, a third message for operating as a relay node;
- and
- at least one processor configured to generate a path between the at least one MS and the target BS as the relay node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.