Patent ID: 11923918
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An access node comprising:
a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and
one or more processors in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to cause the access node to perform operations including:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), information on a maximum number of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) layers supported by the UE for an operation bandwidth within a system bandwidth operated by the access node, the operation bandwidth being less than the system bandwidth,
scheduling, for the UE, a bandwidth for data communications in accordance with the maximum number of MIMO layers supported by the UE,
sending, to the UE, allocation information related to the bandwidth, and
communicating, with the UE, a data frame on the bandwidth.