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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Yun Deng, Shenzhen, CN;
SI Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Assignee:
ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure discloses a method and a system for managing a state of a relay node. The method comprises switching () the state of the relay node from a connection state of serving as a user equipment to a connection state of enabling a relay function, after the relay node acquires () information that a base station schedules the relay node through a relay-node physical downlink control channel, or after the relay node sends () the base station a state-switching request of requiring to switch to the connection state of enabling a relay function.