Patent ID: 9320028
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B61L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for implementing an uplink resource grant (UL Grant), comprising: identifying, by a base station, a downlink subframe in a plurality of downlink subframes in a radio frame, wherein each downlink subframe corresponds to an unique uplink subframe set, each uplink subframe set comprises a plurality of uplink subframe groups, each uplink subframe group corresponds to an uplink resource index and is identified by the uplink resource index, each uplink subframe group has an unique uplink subframe grouping specifying at least one uplink subframe in a time domain, and at least one group in the plurality of uplink subframe groups comprises at least two uplink subframes; and sending, by the base station, an UL Grant to a user terminal on the downlink subframe, wherein the UL Grant includes a first uplink resource index corresponding to a first uplink subframe group in a first uplink subframe set, and the first uplink subframe set corresponds to the downlink subframe.