Patent ID: 9398607
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of configuring subframes in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: receiving frame configuration information from a base station; configuring each of subframes in a frame to any one of a downlink subframe, a special subframe and an uplink subframe based on the frame configuration information, wherein the special subframe includes a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS), a guard period (GP) and an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS); and communicating with the base station using the configured subframes, wherein a subframe configured to the downlink subframe or the special subframe cannot be used as an uplink subframe, and wherein a subframe configured to the uplink subframe can be used as a downlink subframe.