Full duplex support in fifth generation (5g) systems

An apparatus configured to be employed within an Evolved NodeB (eNB), comprising one or more processors configured to:

• schedule a downlink (DL) transmission for a subframe to a first User Equipment (UE) via a DL link comprising a first set of eNB subarrays corresponding to a first set of UE subarrays;
• schedule an uplink (UL) transmission for the subframe from a second UE via an UL link comprising a second set of eNB subarrays corresponding to a second set of UE subarrays;
• encode a first downlink control information (DCI) message that indicates the DL transmission for the first UE and a second DCI message that indicates the UL transmission for the second UE;
• modulate a set of DL data for transmission by transceiver circuitry as the DL transmission to the first UE during the subframe via the first set of eNB subarrays;
• and
• demodulate a set of UL data received as the UL transmission by the transceiver circuitry from the second UE via the second set of eNB subarrays.

A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause an Evolved NodeB (eNB) to:

• encode a first set of downlink control information (DCI) messages that schedule a downlink (DL) transmission to a first user equipment (UE) over a DL link during a subframe in a frequency band, wherein the DL link comprises a first set of eNB subarrays corresponding to a first set of UE subarrays;
• encode a second set of DCI messages that schedule an uplink (UL) transmission from a second UE over an UL link during the subframe in the frequency band, wherein the DL link comprises a second set of eNB subarrays corresponding to a second set of UE subarrays;
• transmit the first set of DCI messages to the first UE;
• transmit the second set of DCI messages to the second UE;
• transmit the DL transmission during the subframe to the first UE via the first set of eNB subarrays, wherein the DL transmission is transmitted via a first subset of the frequency band;
• and
• receive the UL transmission during the subframe from the second UE via the second set of eNB subarrays, wherein the UL transmission is received via a second subset of the frequency band.

An apparatus configured to be employed within a User Equipment (UE), comprising one or more processors configured to:

• decode a set of downlink (DL) control information (DCI) messages that comprises a DL assignment for the UE during a subframe in a frequency band and an uplink (UL) grant for the UE during the subframe in the frequency band, wherein the DL assignment indicates a DL link that comprises a first set of UE subarrays, and wherein the UL grant indicates an UL link that comprises a second set of UE subarrays;
• demodulate a set of DL data received via transceiver circuitry via the first set of UE subarrays, wherein the set of DL data is received from a first Evolved NodeB (eNB) during the subframe via the frequency band;
• and
• modulate a set of UL data for transmission by the transceiver circuitry via the second set of UE subarrays, wherein the set of UL data is output for transmission to a second eNB during the subframe via the frequency band.