Method, apparatus and computer program for employing a frame structure in wireless communication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- scheduling radio resources according to a frame structure that comprises a first time slot followed by a plurality of other time slots each having a length that is either a second length or a first length that is approximately double the second length; and
sending transmissions in downlink ones of the plurality of other time slots and receiving transmissions in uplink ones of the plurality of other timeslots.
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Abstract
A frame structure for scheduling radio resources includes a first time slot, followed by a plurality of other time slots each having either a second length, or a first length that is approximately double the second length. Transmissions are sent in downlink ones of the other time slots and received in uplink ones of the other timeslots. In various embodiments, the first length is 1.35 ms/19 symbols and the second length is 0.675 ms/9 symbols; the first timeslot is downlink and has length 0.852 ms/12 symbols; there is an additional guard period of 26 microseconds between the first timeslot and the other timeslot that follows the first timeslot which is uplink and has the first length; there may also be a single symbol between the guard period and that uplink timeslot for uplink signaling; and all other timeslots that are downlink are of the second length.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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scheduling radio resources according to a frame structure that comprises a first time slot followed by a plurality of other time slots each having a length that is either a second length or a first length that is approximately double the second length; and sending transmissions in downlink ones of the plurality of other time slots and receiving transmissions in uplink ones of the plurality of other timeslots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to schedule radio resources according to a frame structure that comprises a first time slot followed by a plurality of other time slots each having a length that is either a second length or a first length that is approximately double the second length; and the processor configured to cause transmissions to be sent from a transmitter in downlink ones of the plurality of other time slots and configured to cause transmissions to be received by a receiver in uplink ones of the plurality of other timeslots. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A memory storing a program of computer readable instructions executable by a processor for:
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scheduling radio resources according to a frame structure that comprises a first time slot followed by a plurality of other time slots each having a length that is either a second length or a first length that is approximately double the second length; and causing transmissions to be sent in downlink ones of the plurality of other time slots and transmissions to be received in uplink ones of the plurality of other timeslots. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus comprising:
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processing means for scheduling radio resources according to a frame structure that comprises a first time slot followed by a plurality of other time slots each having a length that is either a second length or a first length that is approximately double the second length; and sending means for sending transmissions in downlink ones of the plurality of other time slots; and receiving means for receiving transmissions in uplink ones of the plurality of other timeslots. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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