Apparatus and method for processing bandwidth request in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for processing a bandwidth request in a broadband wireless access communication system using a multi-hop relay scheme. The communication method of a relay station according to the present invention includes a process and the step of reporting the number of bandwidth request ranging codes to a base station for determining a number of bandwidth request ranging codes received from the terminal. The communication method of a base station according to the present invention includes using the resources of the process and, the assignment for assigning to a relay station a resource for a bandwidth request to see the ranging code number of the steps of: receiving a number of the bandwidth request ranging code. Multi-hop relay, bandwidth request ranging codes, RS