System and method for a long-term evolution (LTE)-compatible subframe structure for wideband LTE

A wireless device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• select a first micro-frame from a plurality of micro-frames in a subframe of a first carrier for a first transmission, wherein the selected first micro-frame having a time duration that covers a first symbol of a second carrier in a time-domain;
• schedule the first transmission in the time duration of the selected first micro-frame in accordance with a signaling carried in the first symbol of the second carrier, wherein the first transmission is scheduled as a downlink transmission when the signaling is a downlink signaling, and wherein the first transmission is scheduled as an uplink transmission when the signaling is an uplink signaling;
• and
• signal scheduling information of the first transmission to a user equipment (UE).

A wireless device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• signaling that schedules a first transmission in a time duration of a first micro-frame selected from a plurality of micro-frames in a subframe of a first carrier, the time duration of the first micro-frame covering a first symbol of a second carrier in a time-domain, wherein the first transmission is a downlink transmission when the first symbol of the second carrier is configured to carry a downlink signaling, and the first transmission is an uplink transmission when the first symbol of the second carrier is configured to carry an uplink signaling.