Patent ID: 9155077
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for communication in a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising: providing, by a network element, one of an uplink grant or a downlink grant to at least one user equipment (UE) that the network element has determined, based on information received from a plurality of UEs, is closer to the network element than is another UE, wherein the uplink grant is scheduled such that the UE transmits to the network element only during at least one flexible subframe that is capable of dynamically switching between an uplink subframe and a downlink subframe, and wherein the downlink grant is scheduled such that the network element transmits to the UE only during at least one flexible subframe; transmitting, by the network element, to at least one UE that the network element has determined, based on information received from a plurality of UEs, is closer to the network element than is another UE, only during at least one flexible subframe; and receiving, by the network element, from at least one UE that the network element has determined, based on information received from a plurality of UEs, is closer to the network element than is another UE, only during at least one flexible subframe, wherein the network element determines flexible subframes and static subframes in a radio frame, and wherein the transmission in the flexible subframes is at lower power than transmission in static subframes in the radio frame.