RELAY APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

A telecommunication system comprising a control node and one or more relays, wherein at least one of said one of said relays is in a standby mode, and wherein each relay comprises a first aspect comprising the functionality of a user equipment and a second aspect comprising the functionality of a control node. The system further includes a plurality of user equipments, such that each user equipment and the first aspect of the one or more relays are assigned user equipment identifiers by the control node, and that said identifier is used by the control node to activate the first aspect of the relay in the standby mode.