SUPPORTING MOVING RELAY NODES

摘要

There is provided support for moving relay nodes in a communications net- work. A node of a backhaul network terminating a connection of user equipment connected to the backhaul network via a relay node is determined at a node terminating a control and management connection of the relay node in the backhaul network. Information identifying the node terminating the control and management connection of the relay node is sent to the node terminating the connection of the user equipment. Switching of a wireless link of the relay node to the backhaul network is performed without connections associated with the user equipment connected by the relay node. After completion of the switching, information defining the connection of the user equipment on the wireless link is transmitted to the new node providing the wireless link to the relay node.