Patent ID: 9531500
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining a frame structures for frequency bands, the method comprising: partitioning a signal area of an access node into at least a first partition and a second partition, wherein a first antenna is associated with the first partition and a second antenna is associated with the second partition; assigning the first partition a first frequency band and a third frequency band and the second partition a second frequency band and a fourth frequency band; selecting a first frame structure for the first frequency band, a second frame structure for the second frequency band, a third frame structure for the third frequency band, and a fourth frame structure for the fourth frequency band, wherein each frame structure comprises a mix of uplink subframes and downlink subframes, and the first frame structure differs from the third frame structure and the second frame structure differs from the fourth frame structure; and communicating data between the access node and a plurality of devices over each of the first, second, third, and fourth frequency bands using each respective frame structure selected for each frequency band.