Patent ID: 8842644
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of adaptive uplink/downlink timeslot assignment, implemented in a Node-B, comprising: determining at least one of a potentially interfering cell which potentially interferes with a particular cell; eliminating a timeslot for uplink communication, on a condition that a first one of the potentially interfering cells uses that timeslot for downlink communications; eliminating a timeslot for downlink communication for at least one user on a condition that a dynamic interference measurement in that timeslot as measured exceeds a predetermined threshold for the at least one user; assigning a timeslot to an uplink communication of the particular cell using timeslots not eliminated for uplink communication; and assigning a timeslot to a downlink communication of the particular cell to each user using timeslots not eliminated for downlink communication with respect to that user, on a condition that the dynamic interference measurement in that timeslot as measured does not exceed the predetermined threshold.