A system and method for time-division duplex multiplexing of sender-receive point to sender-receiver point connections

Abstract

A method for operating a transmit-receive point TRP comprising: determining backhaul communication patterns for a first period of the TRP, wherein each backhaul communication pattern of the first period is associated with a different time period and causing the TRP to use a subset of the communication beams available to the TRP to transmit or receive within an associated time period, selecting the TRP and the adjacent TRP of the TRP to use in each associated time period communication beams to prevent mutual interference, and at least one backhaul communication mode of the first period prompts the TRP to use all available communication beams of the TRP for transmission or reception; the TRP is determined according to the first period The backhaul frame configuration of , wherein the backhaul frame configuration specifies a subframe arrangement of a frame used for backhaul communication.

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[0001] This application claims prior U.S. non-provisional application No. 15 / 289,638, filed October 10, 2016, entitled "A System and Method for Time-Division Multiplexing of Transmitter-Receive Point-to-Transmitter-Receive Point Connections" Priority, and claim to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 341,877, filed May 26, 2016, entitled "A System and Method for Time-Division Multiplexing of Send-Receive Point-to-Send-Receive Point Connections" Priority priority, the content of these two patent applications is incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0002] The present invention relates generally to a system and method for digital communications, and in particular embodiments to a time division duplex (TDD) for a transmission-reception point (TRP) to TRP connection Systems and methods for multiplexing. Background technique [0003] Future wireless communication systems will operate at higher carrier frequencies to increase bandwidth and reduce interference....

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Problems solved by technology

In order to take full advantage of the greater bandwidth available in wireless communication systems, the transmit-receive point TRP may need to provide greater bandwidth and lower latency than existing backhaul and / or fronthaul connections

In addition, the density of TRPs may be much higher than current deployments, and the cost required to lay wired high-capacity backhaul connections across all these TRPs may be prohibitive

Also, in some cases, some TRPs may be temporary or removable and may not support wired connections

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