Patent ID: 8553593
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for performing a half-Frequency division duplex (H-FDD) operation at a H-FDD mobile station (H-FDD MS) using a FDD frame structure that supports the H-FDD operation in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving a superframe header (SFH) or a preamble from a base station (BS) through a first downlink subframe; and transmitting a signal through at least one uplink subframe, except for a first uplink subframe, a second uplink subframe and a last uplink subframe of a FDD frame, wherein the first uplink subframe, the second uplink subframe and the last uplink subframe of the FDD frame are configured as idle subframes for the H-FDD MS, wherein the first uplink subframe is located at a beginning of the FDD frame and is immediately followed by the second uplink subframe in the FDD frame, and wherein the first uplink subframe is aligned with the first downlink subframe in a time domain of the FDD frame.