Relay configured to perform ranging operation with a user equipment
View Patent ↗A relay for use in a communications network, the relay being arranged receive data from and transmit data to at least one user equipment, wherein the relay includes a processor arranged to process received configuration data from the user equipment and to transmit data to the user equipment in dependence of the processed ranging data.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory including computer program code, where the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to,
receive an initial ranging request from a user equipment;
generate an initial ranging response based at least partly on the initial ranging request;
transmit the initial ranging response to the user equipment;
receive, in response to the initial ranging response, a complete ranging request from the user equipment;
transmit the complete ranging request to a base station;
receive a ranging response from the base station associated with the complete ranging request; and
transmit the ranging response received from the base station to the user equipment.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the complete ranging request comprises the MAC address of the user equipment.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the initial ranging response comprises adjustment information of an L1 link between the apparatus and the user equipment.
4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is embodied as a relay station.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user equipment is a mobile station.
6. A method comprising:
receiving, by an apparatus, an initial ranging request from a user equipment;
generating, by the apparatus, an initial ranging response based at least partly on the initial ranging request;
transmitting, by the apparatus, the initial ranging response to the user equipment;
receiving, by the apparatus in response to the initial ranging response, a complete ranging request from the user equipment;
transmitting, by the apparatus, the complete ranging request to a base station;
receiving, by the apparatus, a ranging response from the base station associated with the complete ranging request; and
transmitting, by the apparatus, the ranging response received from the base station to the user equipment.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the complete ranging request comprises the MAC address of the user equipment.
8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the initial ranging response comprises adjustment information of an L1 link between a relay station and the user equipment.
9. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein the apparatus is a relay station.
10. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the user equipment is a mobile station.
11. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program of instructions, execution of which by a processor configures an apparatus to perform the actions of:
receiving an initial ranging request from a user equipment;
generating an initial ranging response based at least partly on the initial ranging request;
transmitting the initial ranging response to the user equipment;
receiving, in response to the initial ranging response, a complete ranging request from the user equipment;
transmitting the complete ranging request to a base station;
receiving a ranging response from the base station associated with the complete ranging request; and
transmitting the ranging response received from the base station to the user equipment.
12. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the complete ranging request comprises the MAC address of the user equipment.
13. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11 embodied with the processor in a relay station, wherein the initial ranging response comprises adjustment information of an L1 link between the relay station and the user equipment.
14. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11 embodied with the processor in a relay station, wherein receiving the initial ranging request comprises receiving the initial ranging request at the relay station.
15. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11 wherein the user equipment is a mobile station.