摘要 |
A method and an apparatus for a Mobile Station (MS) to control a Relay Station (RS) mode of the MS in a communication system are provided. The method includes sensing a link loss with a serving Base Station (BS), searching for a neighbor BS for network reentry, transmitting to the neighbor BS an Identifier (ID) of the serving BS and an indication indicating network reentry from coverage loss caused by movement out of a service area of the serving BS are, and operating in the RS mode, upon receipt of an indication commanding switch to the RS mode from the neighbor BS, wherein the RS mode is a mode in which the MS operates as an RS.
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