Patent ID: 9264249
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: dividing a subframe into six partitions, the subframe for transmitting at least one unicast symbol and a plurality of multicast-broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) symbols, each of the at least one unicast symbol and the plurality of MBSFN symbols having an associated cyclic prefix (CP), wherein a length of the CP associated with the at least one unicast symbol is different from a length of each CP associated with the plurality of MBSFN symbols, and wherein a tone spacing of the at least one unicast symbol transmitted in the subframe is different than the tone spacing of each of the plurality of MBSFN symbols transmitted in the subframe; designating a first partition of the subframe for transmitting the at least one unicast symbol; designating a second partition through sixth partition of the subframe for respectively transmitting the plurality of MBSFN symbols; determining the length of each CP associated with the plurality of MBSFN symbols to be at least 33.33 μs; transmitting at least one unicast signal in the first partition, the at least one unicast signal including the at least one unicast symbol; and transmitting at least one MBSFN signal in the second partition through sixth partition, the at least one MBSFN signal including the plurality of MBSFN symbols respectively in the second partition through sixth partition, each MBSFN symbol having the associated CP with the length of at least 33.33 μs; wherein the transmitting the at least one unicast signal comprises transmitting one unicast symbol in the first partition of the subframe, the method further comprising at least one of: refraining from transmission in a gap of a symbol associated with the at least one unicast symbol, the gap being between the at least one unicast symbol in the first partition of the subframe and a first MBSFN symbol in the second partition of the subframe; and transmitting a second unicast symbol in the gap, wherein a length of the second unicast symbol does not occupy an entire length of the gap; or extending, into the gap, a CP length of the first MBSFN symbol in the second partition of the subframe beyond 33.33 μs.