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US 12,512,955 · App. 18/485,954 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Techniques for indicating a dynamic subframe type

Inventors: Peter Pui Lok Ang (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Anurag Vardhan (San Diego, CA); Naga Bhushan (San Diego, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
H04L5/14H04L1/1812H04L5/0055H04L5/0092H04W72/0446H04W72/20H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,512,955
App. No.
18/485,954
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes identifying a traffic condition associated with data to be transmitted between a network access device and at least one user equipment (UE); selecting, based at least in part on the traffic condition, a dynamic subframe type of a time-division duplex (TDD) subframe; and indicating the dynamic subframe type in a TDD header of the TDD subframe. Another method includes identifying, in a TDD header of a subframe, an indication of a dynamic subframe type of the TDD subframe; and transmitting data or receiving data in a data region of the TDD subframe based at least in part on the dynamic subframe type.

Claims (54)

1 . A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

identifying, in a time division duplex (TDD) header of a TDD subframe, an indication of a dynamic subframe type of the TDD subframe; and

transmitting data or receiving data in a data region of the TDD subframe based at least in part on the dynamic subframe type.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is identified within a temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving a downlink control region of the TDD header within at least one of: the temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe, or the temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe and a temporally second symbol period of the TDD subframe.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic subframe type comprises: a downlink-centric dynamic subframe type, or an uplink-centric dynamic subframe type, or a bi-directional dynamic subframe type, or a full-duplex dynamic subframe type, or a dynamic switch dynamic subframe type, or a mixed interference measurement dynamic subframe type, or a distributed scheduling dynamic subframe type.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying at least one of: an allocation of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission period for the TDD subframe at an end of the TDD subframe, or an allocation of at least one HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe in a downlink control region of a subsequent subframe, or an allocation of at least one downlink HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe and at least one uplink HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe in the TDD subframe.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is received in at least one of: broadcast control information, or unicast control information.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the dynamic subframe type in a downlink control region of the TDD subframe; and

refraining from transmitting during a guard period between the downlink control region and the data region when the dynamic subframe type is associated with the data region having an uplink portion.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the dynamic subframe type comprises:

identifying an indication of the dynamic subframe type within a narrow band of frequencies of a system bandwidth.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the dynamic subframe type comprises:

receiving at least one of: a first bit indicating an uplink data transmission direction or a downlink data transmission direction, or a second bit indicating a half-duplex data transmission or a full-duplex data transmission, or a combination thereof.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is identified based at least in part on at least one of: an indication of the dynamic subframe type embedded in a reference signal, or an indication of the dynamic subframe type received in a subframe type indicator channel, or a type of received downlink control information (DCI).

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic subframe type comprises at least one uplink data symbol and at least one downlink data symbol, wherein each of the at least one uplink data symbol and the at least one downlink data symbol is outside of a downlink control region within the TDD subframe.

12 . An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for identifying, in a time division duplex (TDD) header of a TDD subframe, an indication of a dynamic subframe type of the TDD subframe; and

means for transmitting data or receiving data in a data region of the TDD subframe based at least in part on the dynamic subframe type.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is identified within a temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:

means for receiving a downlink control region of the TDD header within at least one of: the temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe, or the temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe and a temporally second symbol period of the TDD subframe.

15 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the dynamic subframe type comprises: a downlink-centric dynamic subframe type, or an uplink-centric dynamic subframe type, or a bi-directional dynamic subframe type, or a full-duplex dynamic subframe type, or a dynamic switch dynamic subframe type, or a mixed interference measurement dynamic subframe type, or a distributed scheduling dynamic subframe type.

16 . The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

means for identifying at least one of: an allocation of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission period for the TDD subframe at an end of the TDD subframe, or an allocation of at least one HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe in a downlink control region of a subsequent subframe, or an allocation of at least one downlink HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe and at least one uplink HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe in the TDD subframe.

17 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is received in at least one of: broadcast control information, or unicast control information.

18 . The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

means for identifying the dynamic subframe type in a downlink control region of the TDD subframe; and

means for refraining from transmitting during a guard period between the downlink control region and the data region when the dynamic subframe type is associated with the data region having an uplink portion.

19 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the means for identifying the dynamic subframe type comprises:

means for identifying an indication of the dynamic subframe type within a narrow band of frequencies of a system bandwidth.

20 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the means for identifying the dynamic subframe type comprises:

means for receiving at least one of: a first bit indicating an uplink data transmission direction or a downlink data transmission direction, or a second bit indicating a half-duplex data transmission or a full-duplex data transmission, or a combination thereof.

21 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is identified based at least in part on at least one of: an indication of the dynamic subframe type embedded in a reference signal, or an indication of the dynamic subframe type received in a subframe type indicator channel, or a type of received downlink control information (DCI).

22 . An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

identify, in a time division duplex (TDD) header of a TDD subframe, an indication of a dynamic subframe type of the TDD subframe; and

transmit data or receiving data in a data region of the TDD subframe based at least in part on the dynamic subframe type.

23 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is identified within a temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe.

24 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the dynamic subframe type comprises: a downlink-centric dynamic subframe type, or an uplink-centric dynamic subframe type, or a bi-directional dynamic subframe type, or a full-duplex dynamic subframe type, or a dynamic switch dynamic subframe type, or a mixed interference measurement dynamic subframe type, or a distributed scheduling dynamic subframe type.

25 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

identify at least one of: an allocation of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission period for the TDD subframe at an end of the TDD subframe, or an allocation of at least one HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe in a downlink control region of a subsequent subframe, or an allocation of at least one downlink HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe and at least one uplink HARQ transmission resource for the TDD subframe in the TDD subframe.

26 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein indicating the dynamic subframe type comprises the one or more processors, individually or collectively, further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:

receive at least one of: a first bit indicating an uplink data transmission direction or a downlink data transmission direction, or a second bit indicating a half-duplex data transmission or a full-duplex data transmission, or a combination thereof.

27 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is identified based at least in part on at least one of: an indication of the dynamic subframe type embedded in a reference signal, or an indication of the dynamic subframe type received in a subframe type indicator channel, or a type of received downlink control information (DCI).

28 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), the code executable by a processor to:

identify, in a time division duplex (TDD) header of a TDD subframe, an indication of a dynamic subframe type of the TDD subframe; and

transmit data or receiving data in a data region of the TDD subframe based at least in part on the dynamic subframe type.

29 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the dynamic subframe type is identified within a temporally first symbol period of the TDD subframe.

30 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the dynamic subframe type comprises: a downlink-centric dynamic subframe type, or an uplink-centric dynamic subframe type, or a bi-directional dynamic subframe type, or a full-duplex dynamic subframe type, or a dynamic switch dynamic subframe type, or a mixed interference measurement dynamic subframe type, or a distributed scheduling dynamic subframe type.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 65216 FRAME 481. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: ANG, PETER PUI LOK; LUO, TAO; VARDHAN, ANURAG; BHUSHAN, NAGA; JI, TINGFANG
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 066597/0640 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: ANG, PETER PUI LOK; LUO, TAO; VARDHAN, ANURAG; BHUSHAN, NAGA; JI, TINGFANG
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 065216/0481 →
Continuity (4)
Division 15256325 · Sep 2, 2016
Provisional Application 62377466 · Aug 19, 2016
Provisional Application 62267903 · Dec 15, 2015
Related Publication 20240039683A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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