Systems and methods for timeslot assignment in a wireless network

摘要

A mobile station in a communications system includes hardware and software stored on a tangible computer readable medium that, during operation, cause the mobile station to receive a timeslot assignment from a wireless network and operate based on the received timeslot assignment. The timeslot assignment may be based on whether a timing advance offset is used by the wireless network. The mobile station may also receive an indication from the wireless network, indicating whether a timing advance offset is used by the wireless network. The mobile station may subsequently operate based on the received indication.

主权项

1. A method of a mobile station, comprising:
transmitting device capability information to a wireless network, the device capability information indicating a multi slot class of the mobile station characterized by a switching time based on a timing advance offset; transmitting an indication to the wireless network, the indication indicating that the mobile station supports flexible timeslot assignment (FTA) multislot configurations which do not require a use of a timing advance offset; receiving from the wireless network an assignment of an FTA multislot configuration from a set of multislot configurations, wherein each multislot configuration in the set comprises a total number of assigned downlink and uplink timeslots greater than or equal to a Sum multislot capability parameter and does not require the use of a timing advance offset by the wireless network; and operating the mobile station in the FTA multislot configuration assigned by the wireless network.