SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT SCHEDULING SYNCHRONIZATION MECHANISM IN A MULTI-HOP ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method is disclosed for commencing distributed scheduling of uplink communication, in a component of a multihop relay system of a wireless network. The component sends information that is related to the scheduling, to a direct downlink neighbor along a multihop path. This information at least indicates a time interval available for the uplink communication, that time interval corresponding to a hop of the path between the neighbor and the component. The time interval is shorter for a hop that is downstream from another hop which corresponds to a longer time interval.