INDOOR PERSONAL RELAY

摘要

The embodiments herein disclose an indoor personal relay which has a wireless interface with the BS, which is effective in both cost and technology terms. The indoor personal relay, as disclosed herein is an estimate and forward relay. The relay 101 as disclosed herein does not perform any additional channel decoding/encoding on the data that it receives from the UE or BS. Embodiments disclosed herein enable the relevant UEs to have a high SINR link with the relay. This, in turn, translates to a better effective link quality between the UE and BS and higher indoor rates, which otherwise may have been not as good as a consequence of poor direct link between the UE and the BS. This relay is effectively transparent to the UE. The deployment of relays also implies minimal impact on UE IOT.

主权项

1. A method for enabling a User Equipment (UE) attached to a BS in a communication network to communicate with said BS via a relay associated with said BS, said method comprising of:
said Base Station (BS) checking if said UE is authorized to associate with said relay, on detecting said UE in coverage area of said relay, wherein said UE is associated with said BS; and said BS instructing said UE to perform measurements on said relay; said BS instructing said relay to transmit a signal comprising of unique identifier of said relay and relevant system information; said UE making measurements on basis of said signal received from said relay; said UE reporting said measurements to said BS; said BS deciding if said relay meets criteria required to serve said UE, based on said measurements received from said UE; said BS associating said UE with said relay, if said relay meets criteria required to serve said UE; and wherein said BS controls schedule of transmissions from said relay to said UE.