Patent ID: 8515474
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless network comprising a first transceiver configured to operate with a plurality of user devices, the method comprising: determining a first group of slots from a plurality of groups of slots, wherein coordinating a timing of the first TTI of the first group of slots to occur at a same time as a further first TTI of a further group of slots at a second transceiver for a same RB; assigning a first user device to the first group of slots; transmitting the assignment to the first user device; and after transmitting the assignment to the first user device, changing an assignment of the first group of slots from the first user device to a second user device, changing comprising assigning the second user device to the first group of slots beginning at the first TTI of the first group of slots, wherein changing the assignment at the first transceiver is synchronized with an assignment change at the second transceiver.