Patent ID: 9042280
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: defining at least one transmit/receive pattern, wherein the at least one transmit/receive pattern comprises at least one uplink subframe eligible for uplink transmission by at least one half-duplex capable device and at least one downlink subframe eligible for transmission to the at least one half-duplex capable device, wherein for at least one transmit/receive pattern, the at least one uplink subframe comprises four consecutive uplink subframes and the at least one downlink subframe comprises four consecutive downlink subframes, and wherein, for a device to which the at least one transmit/receive pattern is applied, a check is performed on the last downlink subframe n of a downlink burst to determine if the device has transmitted or received data in subframe n−3 and, if so, the device is prevented from using subframe n−3, wherein the first subframe of the at least one uplink subframe and the first subframe of the at least one downlink subframe are separated only by a predefined timing offset, and wherein the predefined timing offset is based on the maximum number of hybrid automatic repeat request processes; applying the transmit/receive pattern to the at least one half-duplex capable device; and scheduling at least one of transmission and receiving by the at least one half-duplex capable device based on the transmit/receive pattern.