Patent ID: 9572133
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting, to at least one communication device, a message comprising an indication of a first configuration and an indication of a second configuration for a sub-frame having a downlink transmission portion and an uplink transmission portion; based on the message, scheduling at least one of transmissions to and transmissions from a communication device of the at least one communication device according to said second sub-frame configuration; and selecting for said first sub-frame configuration a configuration that fulfils at least one predefined condition in relation to the second sub-frame configuration, wherein a predefined condition of said at least one predefined condition is that both uplink and downlink transmission portions of said sub-frame according to said second sub-frame configuration respectively include at least time resources allotted to the uplink and downlink transmission portions of said sub-frame according to said first sub-frame configuration.