Flexible OFDM/OFDMA frame structure for communication systems
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1. A method of providing a frame for data communication in a communication system, comprising:
- generating a frame comprising a plurality of subframes, each subframe comprising one or more unit subframes, each unit subframe comprising a fixed length duration Tu-sub;
generating and transmitting a frame synchronization signal and a frame control signal for controlling the subframes in the frame, wherein the frame further comprises a plurality of pointers, wherein the plurality of pointers are configured to provide location information corresponding to a plurality of start locations of the plurality of subframes; and
generating directionality information for each subframe in the frame, wherein the frame synchronization signal and the frame control signal are located in a downlink subframe located at the beginning of the frame, wherein the frame control signal comprises the directionality information, a starting time location, and a time duration Tsub for each subframe in the frame, and wherein the directionality information, the starting time location, and the time duration Tsub for each subframe in the frame are selected from a set of predefined settings, and are not individually signaled.
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Abstract
A flexible OFDM/OFDMA frame structure technology for communication systems is disclosed. The OFDM frame structure technology comprises a configurable-length frame which contains a variable length subframe structure to effectively utilize OFDM bandwidth. Furthermore, the frame structure facilitates spectrum sharing between multiple communication systems.
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1. A method of providing a frame for data communication in a communication system, comprising:
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generating a frame comprising a plurality of subframes, each subframe comprising one or more unit subframes, each unit subframe comprising a fixed length duration Tu-sub; generating and transmitting a frame synchronization signal and a frame control signal for controlling the subframes in the frame, wherein the frame further comprises a plurality of pointers, wherein the plurality of pointers are configured to provide location information corresponding to a plurality of start locations of the plurality of subframes; and generating directionality information for each subframe in the frame, wherein the frame synchronization signal and the frame control signal are located in a downlink subframe located at the beginning of the frame, wherein the frame control signal comprises the directionality information, a starting time location, and a time duration Tsub for each subframe in the frame, and wherein the directionality information, the starting time location, and the time duration Tsub for each subframe in the frame are selected from a set of predefined settings, and are not individually signaled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of spectrum sharing between a first communication system and a second communication system, the method comprising:
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transmitting a first frame by the first communication system, the first frame comprising a plurality of subframes, each subframe comprising one or more unit subframes, each unit subframe comprising a fixed length duration Tu-sub, and wherein the first frame comprises directionality information for each subframe that indicates whether the subframe is used for downlink transmission, uplink transmission, or reserved, wherein the first frame comprises a frame synchronization signal and a frame control signal in a downlink subframe located at the beginning of the first frame, wherein the frame control signal comprises the directionality information, a starting time location, and a time duration Tsub for each subframe in the frame, and wherein the directionality information, the starting time location, and the time duration Tsub for each subframe in the frame are selected from a set of predefined settings, and are not individually signaled; and transmitting a second frame by the second communication system, the second frame comprising one or more subframes, wherein the second frame occupies the time durations of the reserved subframes in the first frame, wherein the first frame comprises a first plurality of pointers, wherein the first plurality of pointers are configured to provide location information corresponding to a plurality of start locations of the plurality of subframes in the first frame, and wherein the second frame comprises one or more pointers, wherein the one or more pointers are configured to provide location information corresponding to one or more start locations of the one or more subframes of the second frame. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method of spectrum sharing between a first communication system and a second communication system, the method comprising:
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transmitting a first frame by the first communication system, the first frame comprising a plurality of subframes, each subframe comprising or more unit subframes, each unit subframe comprising a fixed length duration Tu-sub, wherein the first frame comprises directionality information for each subframe that indicates whether regions of frequency-time resources of the subframe are used for downlink transmission, uplink transmission, or reserved, wherein the first frame comprises one or more frame partitions, each frame partition comprising one or more subframes, and wherein the first frame comprises a frame partition control signal for each frame partition, the frame partition control signal comprising one or more pointers that provide location information corresponding to one or more start locations of the one or more subframes within the frame partition, wherein the frame partition control signal is located in a downlink subframe located at the beginning of the frame partition, and the frame partition signal comprises the directionality information, and a time duration Tsub for each subframe in the frame partition, and the pointer comprises a starting time location for each subframe in the frame partition, and wherein the frame partition control signal comprising a starting time location of a succeeding frame partition in the frame; transmitting a second frame by the second communication system, the second frame comprising one or more subframes, wherein the second frame occupies the reserved regions of frequency-time resources of the subframes in the first frame, wherein the first frame comprises a first plurality of pointers, wherein the first plurality of pointers are configured to provide location information corresponding to a plurality of start locations of the plurality of subframes in the first frame, and wherein the second frame comprises one or more pointers, wherein the one or more pointers are configured to provide location information corresponding to one or more start locations of the one or more subframes of the second frame.
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