Patent ID: 8542630
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: H01Q,H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a cellular wireless communications network comprising a first base station, a second base station, a further base station and a user equipment terminal, the method comprising: configuring said first base station in a first transmission mode to: configuring said second base station in a second transmission mode to: configuring said further base station in the second transmission mode to transceive signals with a user equipment terminal and with the second base station according to the second frame format, wherein the further base station uses a common resource for transceiving signals with the user equipment terminal and the second base station, and wherein the further base station communicates with the outside network via the second base station, in which the first frame format comprises a downlink portion for transmission of signals from the first base station to a user equipment terminal and an uplink portion for transmission of signals from said user equipment terminal to the first base station, and the transceiving of signals between said second and further base stations according to the second frame format occurs wholly within said downlink portion of the first frame format.