Patent ID: 9736837
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating, by a base station, one or more parameters defining a new special subframe configuration associated with downlink communications, the new special subframe configuration is generated in addition to one or more other special subframe configurations, the new special subframe configuration comprises information indicating a plurality of downlink symbols that exceed a number of downlink symbols of at least one of the other special subframe configurations; and transmitting, from the base station, a message to one or more communication devices, the message including the one or more parameters to enable at least a first subset of the communication devices to detect the new special subframe configuration, wherein, prior to transmitting the message, the method includes designating at least a subset of the generated parameters as spare values reserved for future usage of one or more extension special subframe configurations.