Patent ID: 9236975
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmitting information, the method comprising: transmitting a first portion of a message over one or more first uplink sub-frames from among a plurality of uplink sub-frames, the one or more first uplink sub-frames being of a first type including an uplink sub-frame duration and a downlink sub-frame duration; identifying an uplink transmission condition; adjusting, when the uplink transmission condition meets a predetermined condition, the uplink sub-frame duration and the downlink sub-frame duration to provide a second type that has a substantially similar duration as the first type; and transmitting a second portion of the message over one or more second uplink sub-frames from among the plurality of uplink sub-frames, the one or more second uplink sub-frames being of the second type.