Combined frame of two communication protocols on same carrier for machine-to-machine and for broadband communication

摘要

A communication device configured to communicate with a plurality of terminals via a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, wherein both protocols organize communications into a series of frames and the frames of the first protocol are shorter than those of the second protocol, the communication device being configured to impose one or more frames according to the first protocol onto at least part of a frame according to the second protocol to form a single frame for communicating via both protocols.

主权项

1. A communication device comprising:
a processor; a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the processor and having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
communicate with a plurality of terminals via a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, wherein both protocols organize communications into a series of frames and frames of the first protocol are shorter than those of the second protocol;impose two or more frames according to the first protocol onto at least part of a frame according to the second protocol to form a single frame for communicating via both protocols;form the single frame with one or more time slots representing the two or more frames according to the first protocol;allocate the time slots representing a frame according to the first protocol to communications via either the first or the second protocol;create a map in the single frame including a map having information describing an allocation of resources in the single frame to each of the plurality of terminals; andtransmit, within the single frame, data according to the first protocol and the second protocol.