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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Rapeepat Ratasuk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Gerald Gutowski, Glenview, IL (US);
Weidong Yang, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Rapeepat Ratasuk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Gerald Gutowski, Glenview, IL (US);
Weidong Yang, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Systems and techniques are described for scheduling communication by half-duplex devices. One or more half-duplex devices informs a base station that it is capable only of half-duplex operation. For each such device, the base station configures a transmit/receive pattern comprising sequences of uplink and downlink subframes and applies the pattern to the device. The half-duplex device may receive during a downlink subframe and may transmit during an uplink subframe. Uplink and downlink subframes within a pattern are separated by an offset based at least in part on a number of hybrid automatic repeat request processes.