A relay transmission method, cell base station and relay station, for improving the average spectrum efficiency and throughput of a cell, are provided by the present invention. Said relay transmission method includes that when data transmission is performed between Access Points APs and each user, AP identification set groups which consist of the AP identification sets without intersection, are determined from the AP identification sets corresponding to the users, wherein the AP identification set comprises AP identifications of the APs which can provide services for the user; according to the determined AP identification set groups, same resources are allocated to the users corresponding to the AP identification sets in the same AP identification set group, and different resources are allocated to the users corresponding to the AP identification sets in the different AP identification set groups; and each AP in the AP identification set corresponding to each user is informed to provide services for the user by using the resources allocated to the user.