摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and apparatuses that enable association with relays in a wireless network.SOLUTION: A device selects whether to utilize relay assistance presented based at least in part on measuring one or more determined or projected parameters related to the relay. Where utilizing a relay results in user-plane data channel conditions above a threshold level and control channel conditions below a threshold level, a serving base station determines whether to employ another base station to serve the device, jointly serve a relay with an additional base station, and the like.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 |