Abstract
The invention discloses a method for a cellular communications system in which traffic is sent in frames each frame comprising a first number of subframes with a second number of said subframes being available for at least either uplink or downlink traffic. At least one of said second number of subframes is made to comprise at least three parts as follows:
* One part which is utilized for uplink traffic
* One part which is utilized for downlink traffic
* One part which is utilized as a guard period
with said guard period part being scheduled between the uplink and the downlink parts. The duration of at least two of said three parts may be varied to fit the current system need.
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1. A method for use in a cellular communications system, in which system, uplink and downlink traffic is sent in frames, each frame comprising a number of subframes, said subframes being available for at least either uplink or downlink traffic, at least one of said subframes comprising three parts:
an uplink part which is utilized for uplink traffic,
a downlink part which is utilized for downlink traffic,
a guard period part which is utilized as a guard period,
with said guard period part being scheduled between the uplink and the downlink parts, such that a total sum of a duration of the uplink part, the downlink part and the guard period part is a total subframe length, and a duration of at least two of said three parts is variable.', 'an uplink part which is utilized for uplink traffic,', 'a downlink part which is utilized for downlink traffic,', 'a guard period part which is utilized as a guard period,', 'with said guard period part being scheduled between the uplink and the downlink parts, such that a total sum of a duration of the uplink part, the downlink part and the guard period part is a total subframe length, and a duration of at least two of said three parts is variable.
2. The method of claim 1, applied to a TDD-system, Time Division Duplex, which uses an unpaired frequency spectrum, so that uplink and downlink traffic in at least a first plurality of cells in the system occur during different subframes.
3. The method of claim 2, in which the uplink and the downlink traffic occur on the same frequency.
4. The method of claim 1, applied to a half duplex FDD-system, (the acronym FDD meaning Frequency Division Duplex), so that uplink and downlink traffic for one and the same user in at least a first number of cells in the system occur during different subframes, and on different frequencies.
5. The method of claim 1, according to which the guard period is one of said at least two of three parts, and according to which method the guard period is varied in duration with respect to at least one of the following parameters:
interference from or with other cells in the same system, or other cells in other adjoining or co-located systems,
a size of a cell, which determines the maximum propagation round trip time, RTT, in the cell,
a modulation scheme used for traffic in the cell.', 'interference from or with other cells in the same system, or other cells in other adjoining or co-located systems,', 'a size of a cell, which determines the maximum propagation round trip time, RTT, in the cell,', 'a modulation scheme used for traffic in the cell.
6. The method of claim 5, according to which the guard period part is varied with respect to the interference from or with other cells in the system so that a duration of the guard period part is made at least equal to a propagation time of signals from at least one controlling node in another cell in the system.
7. The method of claim 1, according to which the system is one in which an OFDM modulation method, Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation is used in at least one of the uplink traffic and the downlink traffic, and in which at least one of the uplink and downlink parts has a duration which corresponds to an integer number of OFDM symbols in the OFDM modulation method.
8. The method of claim 1, according to which said subframe comprising three parts is interposed after a subframe used for downlink traffic and is followed by a subframe which is used for uplink traffic, with the downlink part being first in said subframe comprising three parts.
9. The method of claim 1, according to which said subframe comprising three parts is interposed after a subframe used for uplink traffic and is followed by a subframe which is used for downlink traffic, with the uplink part being first in said subframe comprising three parts
10. The method of claim 1, applied to an LTE system, Long Term Evolution
11. A transceiver for use as a controlling node in a cell of a cellular communications system, the transceiver being configured to send and receive uplink and downlink traffic in frames, with each frame comprising a number of subframes, said subframes being available for at least either uplink or downlink traffic, at least one of said subframes comprising three parts:
an uplink part which is utilized for uplink traffic, a downlink part which is utilized for downlink traffic, a guard period part which is utilized as a guard period; and
the transceiver being further configured for scheduling said guard period part between the uplink and the downlink parts such that a total sum of a duration of the uplink part, the downlink part and the guard period part is a total subframe length, and for varying a duration of at least two of said three parts of said at least one subframe.', 'an uplink part which is utilized for uplink traffic, a downlink part which is utilized for downlink traffic, a guard period part which is utilized as a guard period; and', 'an uplink part which is utilized for uplink traffic,', 'a downlink part which is utilized for downlink traffic,', 'a guard period part which is utilized as a guard period; and', 'the transceiver being further configured for scheduling said guard period part between the uplink and the downlink parts such that a total sum of a duration of the uplink part, the downlink part and the guard period part is a total subframe length, and for varying a duration of at least two of said three parts of said at least one subframe
12. The transceiver of claim 11, further configured for receiving information from an external source in the system regarding the varying of said three parts
13. The transceiver of claim 11, further configured for transmitting, to users in a cell of the system, information regarding the duration of said three parts
14. The transceiver of claim 11, adapted to be used in a TDD-system, Time Division Duplex, which uses an unpaired spectrum, so that the uplink and the downlink traffic occur during different subframes
15. The transceiver of claim 14, wherein said transceiver is configured to use same frequency for both the uplink and the downlink traffic
16. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein said transceiver is configured to be used in a half duplex FDD-system, (the acronym FDD meaning Frequency Division Duplex), so that said uplink and downlink traffic for one and the same user occur during different subframes, and on different frequencies
17. The transceiver of claim 11, in which the guard period is one of said at least two of three parts, and is configured for varying the guard period in duration with respect to at least one of the following parameters:
interference from or with other cells in the same system, or other cells in other adjoining or co-located systems,
a size of a cell, which determines the maximum propagation round trip time, RTT, in the cell,
a modulation scheme used for traffic in the cell.', 'interference from or with other cells in the same system, or other cells in other adjoining or co-located systems,', 'a size of a cell, which determines the maximum propagation round trip time, RTT, in the cell,', 'a modulation scheme used for traffic in the cell
18. The transceiver of claim 17, wherein said transceiver is configured to vary duration of the guard period part depending on the interference from or with other cells in the system, so that the duration of the guard period part to be at least equal to the propagation time of signals from at least one controlling node in another cell in the system
19. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein the transceiver is configured to be used in a system in which an OFDM modulation method, Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation is used in at least one of the uplink traffic and the downlink traffic, the transceiver further comprising means for giving to at least one of the uplink and downlink parts, a duration which corresponds to an integer number of OFDM symbols in the OFDM modulation method.
20. The transceiver of claim 11, further configured for interposing said subframe comprising three parts after a subframe used for the downlink traffic and before a subframe which is used for the uplink traffic, with the downlink part being first in said subframe comprising three parts.']
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