Radio relay communication device, method for relaying data, mobile terminal, and method for determining a sender of a signal

1. A radio relay communication device comprising:

a radio receiver configured to receive data from a radio base station;

a radio sender configured to send data received from the radio base station to at least one mobile terminal;

a changing circuit configured to:

receive a signal from the radio base station, via the radio receiver;

adapt the signal to enable identification of the radio relay communication device by the at least one mobile terminal, wherein to adapt the signal includes phase changing the signal, wherein: the phase changing is specific to the radio relay communication device;

the phase changing the signal includes phase shifting one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes contained within the signal; the phase shifting of the one or more subframes is 180°; and a phase of each subframe of the plurality of subframes indicates a digit of a numerical representation of an identity of the radio relay communication device; and

a controller to control the radio sender to send the adapted signal to the at least one mobile terminal.

2. The radio relay communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the radio relay communication device and the base station are part of a cellular mobile communication network.

3. The radio relay communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the signal is a reference signal broadcast by the base station.

4. The radio relay communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the signal is a positioning reference signal.

5. The radio relay communication device according to claim 1 , wherein to adapt the signal includes the application of the phase change to the signal, wherein application of the phase change to the signal includes a phase shift of one or more symbols of a plurality of symbols contained within a subframe of the signal, and wherein the phase of each symbol indicates a digit of a numerical representation of an identity of the radio relay communication device.

6. The radio relay communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the signal is a first signal and the changing circuit is to receive a second signal from the radio base station; adapt the second signal by adapting a reference symbol sequence contained within the second signal to a changed symbol sequence, wherein the changed symbol sequence is specific to both the radio relay communication device and the radio base station.

7. The radio relay communication device according to claim 6 , wherein the changed symbol sequence is generated based on the identification of the radio relay communication device.

8. The radio relay communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the signal is a first signal in the changing circuit is to receive a second signal from the radio base station; adapt the second signal by applying a mask to resource elements contained within the second signal, wherein application of the mask to the resource elements removes symbols contained within the resource elements at locations specific to the radio relay communication device.

9. A method for relaying data comprising:

receiving, by a radio relay communication device, a signal that includes data from a radio base station;

adapting, by the radio relay communication device, the signal to enable identification of the radio relay communication device by the at least one mobile terminal, wherein adapting the signal includes applying a phase change to the signal, wherein: the phase change is specific to the radio relay communication device; applying the phase change to the signal includes phase shifting one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes contained within the signal; the phase shifting includes phase shifting 180°; and a phase of each subframe of the plurality of subframes indicates a digit of a numerical representation of an identity of the radio relay communication device; and

sending the adapted signal to at least one mobile terminal.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein applying the phase change to the signal includes a phase shift of one or more symbols of a plurality of symbols contained within a subframe of the signal, and wherein the phase of each symbol indicates a digit of a numerical representation of an identity of the radio relay communication device.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the signal is a first signal and the method further comprises:

receiving a second signal from the radio base station; and

adapting the second signal by adapting a reference symbol sequence contained within the second signal to a changed symbol sequence, wherein the changed symbol sequence is specific to both the radio relay communication device and the radio base station.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein adapting the reference symbol sequence includes generating the changed symbol sequence based on an identifier of the radio relay communication device and replacing the reference symbol sequence with the changed symbol sequence.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the signal is a first signal and that the method further comprises:

receiving a second signal from the radio base station; and adapting the second signal by applying a mask to resource elements contained within the second signal, wherein applying the mask to the resource elements removes symbols contained within the resource elements at locations specific to the radio relay communication device.