Patent ID: 9042410
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for performing communication at a mobile station (MS) using a frequency division duplex (FDD) frame structure that supports two or more wireless communication schemes, the method comprising: receiving control information from a base station (BS), the control information including frame configuration information for the MS, the MS using a first communication scheme, the frame configuration information including information related to a subframe type of each subframe configured for the MS in a frame and a number of each subframe type configured for the MS in the frame, the subframe type being defined based on a number of symbols configured for a subframe; and performing communication with the BS using the FDD frame structure based on the received frame configuration information, wherein the FDD frame structure comprises a first zone for the MS and a second zone for another MS using a second communication scheme, the first communication scheme being different than the second communication scheme, wherein an uplink zone of the first zone is multiplexed with a downlink zone of the second zone by a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme and a downlink zone of the first zone is multiplexed with an uplink zone of the second zone by the FDM scheme, wherein a start point of the uplink zone of the first zone is aligned with a start point of a preamble of the second zone in a time domain, and wherein the downlink zone of the first zone is multiplexed with the downlink zone of the second zone by a time division multiplexing (TDM) scheme and the uplink zone of the first zone is multiplexed with the uplink zone of the second zone by the TDM scheme.