Patent ID: 9432975
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A terminal device for use in a telecommunications system comprising: a plurality of base stations; and a plurality of terminal devices arranged to communicate over a radio interface having a radio frame structure comprising radio subframes, wherein each radio subframe comprises a plurality of symbols, and at least one symbol in each radio subframe is used to support a physical shared channel and at least one symbol in each radio subframe is used to support a physical control channel associated with the physical shared channel, and wherein a symbol at the beginning or end of each radio subframe is used in a communication cell supporting terminal devices operating in a full-duplex communication mode to support the physical shared channel and is used in a communication cell supporting terminal devices operating in a half-duplex communication mode to support a different additional physical channel, wherein the terminal device is configured such that it is operable to communicate with a base station using the additional physical channel in a communication cell supporting terminal devices operating in a half-duplex communication mode.