Patent ID: 11882082
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. An access node, for connection to a remote transceiver unit via a communication line, the remote transceiver unit being operable in at least two operation modes: a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and a full duplex (FDX) mode, the access node comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the access node to:
a) obtain a channel characteristic derived from channel measurements performed over the communication line, wherein the channel characteristic comprises an updated time gap;
b) determine the operation mode of the remote transceiver unit as the FDX mode or the TDD mode based on the updated time gap; and
c) transmit an indication of the determined operation mode to the remote transceiver unit, wherein the indication of the determined operation mode is transmitted as part of a message from the access node to the remote transceiver unit, said message further containing an indication of the updated time gap, wherein said message is an upstream (US) time gap correction (O-TG-UPDATE) message.