METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAY FACILITATED COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

Communications sourced by a remote unit ( 14 ) that is already within reception range of a base site ( 10 ) can nevertheless be further facilitated through allocation of one or more relay resources ( 15, 16 ). Such relay resources, properly employed, then serve to effectively increase the quality of service for the facilitated communication. This, in turn, can permit the use of, for example, increased data rates for communications from a relatively low power remote unit.