Patent ID: 8843086

Claim:
A method for transmitting by a device, the method comprising: receiving, from a network, an allocation of a plurality of first timeslots for data reception at the device; receiving, from the network, an allocation of one or more second timeslots for data transmission at the device; performing data reception on one or more of the allocated first timeslots during first time period, the performing of the data reception precluding transmission on a first one of the one or more allocated second timeslots during the first time period; and without further configuration by the network: pausing data reception on a first one of the one or more allocated first timeslots during a second time period subsequent to the first time period to permit transmission on the first one of the one or more allocated second timeslots during the second time period; and transmitting during the second time period on the first one of the one or more allocated second timeslots.