Patent ID: 9491747
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for subframe configuration in a time division duplex system, comprising: determining, by a base station, a subframe number of a flexible subframe in a radio frame; determining, by the base station, a feature of the flexible subframe corresponding to the subframe number, wherein the feature indicates that the flexible subframe is an uplink subframe or a downlink subframe; and sending, by the base station, to a user equipment downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel within a common search space, wherein the DCI includes a first signaling that indicates the feature of the flexible subframe corresponding to the subframe number, and a number of information bits of the DCI is the same as that of DCI format 1C.