Patent ID: 8923274

Claim:
A method for configuring a Time Division Duplex (TDD) Uplink/Downlink (UL/DL) allocation in a user equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, comprising: receiving, at a predefined period, during a connected state, each information block transmitted by an enhanced NodeB in the LTE network, wherein each information block is transmitted in accordance with a fixed schedule having a predefined transmission period and includes information identifying a TDD configuration, wherein each information block comprises a Master Information Block (MIB) and wherein the TDD configuration is transmitted using three bits or less; determining that an updating of the TDD configuration is required for the UE based, at least in part, on the information identifying the TDD configuration in the information block, the information identifying the TDD configuration indicating an updated TDD configuration; and in response to at least identifying the updated TDD configuration, automatically updating the TDD UL/DL allocation of the UE in accordance with the updated TDD configuration.