Patent ID: 7729330
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of scheduling downlink and uplink data in a frame for communication between a radio node station, a plurality of half-duplex radio access terminals, and a plurality of full duplex radio access terminals, comprising the radio node station performing the steps of, in a current frame fr: a) allocating a receive Rx burst in a downlink portion for each i th radio access terminal, where 1≦i≦n+m at a time t i , n being a total number of half-duplex radio access terminals, m being a total number of full-duplex radio access terminals, and t i being a point in the frame marking a start of an Rx data; b) allocating a transmit Tx burst in an uplink portion for each i th radio access terminal, where 1≦i≦n+m; c) allocating the first Rx data in the downlink portion to a half-duplex radio access terminal; d) allocating the last Rx data in the downlink portion to a full-duplex radio access terminal; e) allocating the Tx burst for each i th half-duplex radio access terminal starting at a time t i+1 , corresponding to said time t i increased by the duration of said Rx burst; f) allocating the Tx burst for each i th full-duplex radio access terminal in the first available time interval not allocated to half-duplex radio access terminals or to another full duplex terminal; and g) if the Tx burst for each i th full-duplex radio access terminal does not fit in said first available time interval, allocating only one portion of such Tx burst in said first available time interval and keeping track that a remaining portion of the Tx burst is to be allocated.