Transmission scheme for communication systems

A transmission scheme between a plurality of transceiver pairs, each transceiver pair including a respective first transceiver and a respective second transceiver, each transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver, each transceiver pair defining a downlink between the transmitter of said respective first transceiver and the receiver of said respective second transceiver and further defining an uplink between the transmitter of said respective second transceiver and the receiver of said respective first transceiver, the first transceivers of said transceiver pairs being located in a device supporting a plurality of links, each link connecting a respective transceiver pair, each transceiver pair transmitting data over a data transmission frame, said data transmission frame includes a plurality of time slots for transmitting data symbols, said transmission scheme including:

• partitioning said frame in time into three mutually exclusive time zones, said time zones including an downlink zone, followed by a downlink\uplink zone, followed by an uplink zone,
• said downlink zone being for downlink transmission by said transmitter of said first transceiver,
• said uplink zone being for uplink transmission by said transmitter of said second transceiver,
• said downlink\uplink zone being for at least one of providing additional time slots for downlink transmission by said transmitter of said first transceiver and providing additional time slots for uplink transmission by said transmitter of said second transceiver,
• wherein, the allocated uplink time slots in said downlink\uplink zone for each transceiver pair, do not overlap in time with the allocated downlink time slots in said downlink\uplink zone for any other of said transceiver pairs, so as to avoid concurrent transmission of said respective first transceiver of one transceiver pair with said respective second transceiver of another transceiver pair in said downlink\uplink zone.