Patent ID: 9474089
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving wireless data respectively and a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured for: receiving through the receiver a first configuration message comprising an uplink configuration for a first subframe of a first radio frame and a downlink configuration for a second subframe of the first radio frame, wherein the first subframe and the second subframe of the first radio frame are both without any uplink configuration and without any downlink configuration before receiving the first configuration message; configuring the first subframe of the first radio frame with the uplink configuration in response to receiving through the receiver the first configuration message and configuring the second subframe of the first radio frame with the downlink configuration in response to receiving through the receiver the first configuration message while leaving the other subframes empty; transmitting through the transmitter an uplink data in the first subframe of the first radio frame, and receiving through the receiver an downlink data in the second subframe of the first radio frame after configuring the first radio frame; and receiving through the receiver a second configuration message to set dormant the first subframe of the first radio frame or the second subframe of the first radio frame, wherein the second configuration message is determined based on a instantaneous traffic information, wherein in response to the processing circuit configuring the first subframe of the first radio frame for uplink and configuring the second subframe of the first radio frame for downlink, the first subframe and the second subframe are dormant after a specific period.