Patent ID: 9236938
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a single network node of a communication system applying data transmission in time slots on a same frequency band for uplink and downlink transmissions to and from a user equipment, said single network node supporting access to at least a first and a second co-existing radio access network, the method comprising: assigning, by the network node, to each time slot an attribute distinguishing transmission mode and direction of transmission in said time slot, wherein, for one or more time slots, said attribute comprises at least one value which marks, by the network node, the one or more time slots as discontinuous transmission and reception or inactive, to prohibit the usage of the one or more time slots to user equipments accessing said network node via the first radio access network and not to prohibit the usage of the one or more time slots to user equipments accessing said network node via the second radio access network, wherein the first radio access network is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) and the second radio access network is a Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN), and wherein both the first and second co-existing radio access networks utilize a same carrier frequency.