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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Hyoungju Ji, Seoul, KR;
Joonyoung Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Youngbum Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jinkyu Han, Seoul, KR;
Juho Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seunghoon Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyoungju Ji, Seoul, KR;
Joonyoung Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Youngbum Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jinkyu Han, Seoul, KR;
Juho Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seunghoon Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A flexible Time Division Duplex (TDD) method and apparatus is provided for improving efficiency of communication system. A communication method of a base station supporting TDD includes transmitting, to a terminal, first information including at least one of a flag indicating whether flexible subframes are used and an indicator indicating a candidate flexible subframe set to an uplink subframe; transmitting, to the terminal, second information including a switch flag indicating whether to use the candidate flexible subframe as a downlink subframe; and transmitting, to the terminal, when the candidate flexible subframe is indicated to be used as the downlink subframe, the candidate flexible subframe as the downlink subframe.