Patent ID: 8953615
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of frame control in a communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a first frame on a first carrier, the first frame comprising one or more frame partitions, each frame partition comprising a plurality of subframes including one or more subframes of variable length, each subframe comprising one or more unit subframes, each unit subframe comprising a fixed length duration T transmitting a second frame on a second carrier, the second frame comprising one or more frame partitions, each frame partition comprising a plurality of subframes including one or more subframes of variable length, wherein each frame partition in the first frame has a corresponding frame partition in the second frame, and wherein one or more of the subframes of variable length each comprises one or more subframe partitions, wherein the number and length of subframe partitions is dynamically configurable on a subframe by subframe basis to provide a desired subframe configuration based on data traffic conditions at a particular time, wherein each frame partition in the first frame comprises a frame partition control signal for controlling the subframes in the frame partition and corresponds 1:1 to a corresponding frame partition in the second frame in a downlink subframe located at the beginning of the frame partition, wherein the frame partition control signal comprises directionality information, a starting time location, and a time duration T