Patent ID: 8209576

Claim:
A method for dynamic adjustment of downlink/uplink resource allocation ratio in a long-term evolution (LTE) time division duplex (TDD) system, comprising: replacing at least one of an uplink subframe and a downlink subframe in a first subframe pattern with at least one mute subframe to form a second subframe pattern; scheduling a first data transmission in accordance with the second subframe pattern, indicating a first downlink/uplink resource allocation ratio; replacing the at least one mute subframe, within the second subframe pattern, with either the uplink subframe or the downlink subframe to form a predetermined third subframe pattern; and scheduling a second data transmission in accordance with the predetermined third subframe pattern indicating a second downlink/uplink resource allocation ratio, wherein the second subframe pattern is obtained from a lookup table, such that the replacing the mute subframe results in the predetermined third subframe pattern.