HARQ timing design for a TDD system

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

receiver circuitry to receive, from an eNodeB (eNB), a first indication of a first time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration for a first radio frame and a second indication of a second TDD UL/DL configuration that is same or different than the first TDD UL/DL configuration for a second radio frame that immediately follows the first radio frame; and

Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) circuitry to:

identify, based at least in part on the first and second indications, a first HARQ timing for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) in the first radio frame; and

identify, based at least in part on the second indication, a second HARQ timing for a PDSCH or a PUSCH in the second radio frame that immediately follows the first radio frame.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first indication or the second indication is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) message.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first indication is received in a first subframe or a first set of subframes of the first radio frame and the second indication is received in a second subframe or a second set of subframes of the second radio frame.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first indication is received in a first subframe or a first set of subframes of a third radio frame that immediately precedes the first radio frame, and the second indication is received in a second subframe or a second set of subframes of the first radio frame.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first indication or the second indication are received in a DL subframe or a set of DL subframes of a TDD UL/DL configuration indicated in a SystemInformationBlockType1 (SIB1) message.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the first indication or the second indication are received in subframe 0, subframe 1, subframe 5, or subframe 6 of the TDD UL/DL configuration.

7. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

receiver circuitry to receive, from an eNodeB (eNB), a first indication of a first time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration for a first radio frame and a second indication of a second TDD UL/DL configuration that is same or different than the first TDD UL/DL configuration for a second radio frame that immediately follows the first radio frame; and

Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) circuitry to:

identify based at least in t on the first and second indication, a first HARQ timing for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) in the first radio frame; and

identify, based at least in part on the second indication, a second HARQ timing a PDSCH or a PUSCH in the second radio frame that immediately follows the first radio frame,

wherein the first indication is received in a first subframe or first set of subframes of the first radio frame or a second subframe or a second set of subframes of a third radio frame immediately preceding the first radio frame, and the second indication is received in a third subframe or third set of subframes of the first radio frame or a fourth subframe or fourth set of subframes of the second radio frame.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from an eNodeB (eNB), a first indication of a first time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration for a first radio frame;

receiving, by the UE, a second indication of a second TDD UL/DL configuration for a second radio frame immediately following the first radio frame; and

identifying, by the UE and based at least in part on the first indication and the second indication, a reference TDD UL/DL configuration for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) timing determination associated with a first subframe in the first radio frame.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising identifying, by the UE, the reference TDD UL/DL configuration based at least in part on whether a HARQ acknowledgement signal associated with a data received in the first subframe is to be transmitted by the UE in the first radio frame or the second radio frame in accordance with the first TDD UL/DL configuration.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is the second TDD UL/DL configuration if DL subframes in the first TDD UL/DL configuration of the first radio frame are a subset of DL subframes in the second TDD UL/DL configuration of the second radio frame.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is the first TDD UL/DL configuration if DL subframes in the first TDD UL/DL configuration of the first radio frame are a superset of DL subframes in the second TDD UL/DL configuration of the second radio frame.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first TDD UL/DL configuration has a first configuration of UL subframes and the second TDD UL/DL configuration has a second configuration of UL subframes;

wherein at least a portion of the UL subframes in the first TDD UL/DL are UL subframes in the second TDD UL/DL configuration; and

wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is a third TDD UL/DL configuration having a configuration of UL subframes that only includes the portion of UL subframes.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 4 if the first TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 3 and the second TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 1;

wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 4 if the first TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 1 and the second TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 1;

wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 5 if the first TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 3 or TDD UL/DL configuration 4, and the second TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 2; and

wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 5 if the first TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 2, and the second TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 3 or TDD UL/DL configuration 4.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 0 if the first TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 0;

wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 6 if the first TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 6, and the second TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 3; and

wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is the TDD UL/DL configuration 3 if the first TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 2, and the second TDD UL/DL configuration is TDD UL/DL configuration 3.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting, by the UE, a HARQ acknowledgement signal from the UE in accordance with the reference TDD UL/DL configuration.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising transmitting, by the UE, the HARQ acknowledgement signal on a third generation partnership project (3GPP) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

17. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media comprising instructions to cause a user equipment (UE), upon execution of the instructions by a processor of the UE, to:

receive a first indication of a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration for a first radio frame;

receive, from an eNodeB (eNB), a second indication of a second TDD UL/DL configuration for a second radio frame immediately following the first radio frame;

identify, by the UE and based at least in part on the first TDD UL/DL configuration and the second TDD UL/DL configuration, a reference TDD UL/DL configuration for a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) timing in the first radio frame; and

transmit, by the UE, a UL HARQ acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) message based at least in part on the reference TDD UL/DL configuration.

18. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to receive a HARQ feedback associated with a PUSCH message in the first radio frame based at least in part on the reference TDD UL/DL configuration.

19. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 17 , wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is equal to the first TDD UL/DL configuration.

20. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 17 , wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is equal to the second TDD UL/DL configuration.

21. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 17 , wherein the reference TDD UL/DL configuration is not equal to the first TDD UL/DL configuration or the second TDD UL/DL configuration.

22. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 17 , wherein the indication is a downlink control information (DCI) message.

23. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 17 , wherein the UL HARQ-ACK message is a message on a third generation partnership project (3GPP) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a 3GPP physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).