Dynamic configuration of subframes in a radio communications system
US9532369B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/0446
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The technology disclosed provides the ability for a subframe to be dynamically configured in time division duplex (TDD) communications between a UE radio terminal and a radio network node. A frame structure includes one or more subframes preconfigured as a downlink subframe, one or more subframes preconfigured as an uplink subframe, and one or more dynamically configurable subframes. Each dynamically configurable subframe includes a guard time period and at least a downlink part for transporting a dynamically configurable amount of downlink information, and in some embodiments, uplink information. A configuration for dynamically configurable subframes is determined for transmission and/or reception between the UE radio terminal and the radio network node.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.