US 12,261,673 B2
Method and apparatus for resource allocation
Henri Markus Koskinen, Espoo (FI); Dawid Koziol, Glogow (FI); and Esa Mikael Malkamaki, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/295,952
Filed by NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/082650
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/108737, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399789 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04L 45/128 (2022.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04B 7/15528 (2013.01) [H04L 45/1287 (2013.01); H04W 40/248 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A relay node within a network, the network further comprising at least one donor node coupled to the relay node, and a mobile termination comprising another relay node and coupled to the relay node and the at least one donor node, the relay node comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the relay node at least to:
receive a configuration message; and
configure the relay node, based on the configuration message, to perform:
receiving packets from the mobile termination and originating from a donor node of the at least one donor node; and
sending packets to the donor node of the at least one donor node by transmitting them to the mobile termination by establishing an additional path coupling the relay node to the donor node via the mobile termination,
wherein the mobile termination with which the relay node communicates is configured to terminate radio interface layers of a backhaul interface toward the relay node or the at least one donor node.