Patent ID: 8811335

Claim:
A method for dynamically adjusting a transmission time interval in a communications system, comprising: assigning a first transmission time interval having a first window length to at least one user equipment based on one or more wireless communication link conditions; receiving a first indicator related to at least one of the one or more wireless communication link conditions; receiving a request from the at least one user equipment to change from the first transmission time interval to a second transmission time interval based on a second indicator related to at least one of the one or more wireless communication link conditions; determining that the first indicator has exceeded a threshold and has remained over the threshold for a period during at least one established communications event; and instructing the at least one user equipment to change from the first transmission time interval having the first window length to the second transmission time interval having a second window length based on the request and the determination that the first indicator has exceeded the threshold and has remained over the threshold for the period.