1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
receiver circuitry to receive downlink (DL) subframes and subframes that include a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) in a radio frame;
a processor coupled with the receiver circuitry, the processor to:
identify, based only on DL subframes and subframes that include a DwPTS in a first uplinkdownlink (ULDL) configuration in a plurality of received ULDL configurations, the DL subframes and subframes that include the DwPTS in the radio frame, wherein at least one subframe of the DL subframes or the subframes that include the DwPTS in the first ULDL configuration is identified as a UL subframe in the radio frame based on a second ULDL configuration in the plurality of received ULDL configurations;
base a DRX timer on the DL subframes and subframes that include the DwPTS in the radio frame; and
monitor one of the at least one of the DL subframes and subframes that include the DwPTS in the radio frame for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission or an enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH) transmission.
2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the UE is an enhanced interference mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA)-enabled UE.
3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the DRX timer is a DRX duration timer, a DRX inactivity timer, or a DRX retransmission timer.
4. The UE of claim 1, wherein the receiver circuitry is to receive an indication of the first or second ULDL configurations in a system information block type 1 (SIB1) message from an eNodeB (eNB), a radio resource control (RRC) signal, or a PDCCH message or an ePDCCH message in a first subframe or higher-layer configured subframes of one radio frame.
5. The UE of claim 4, wherein the receiver circuitry is to receive the indication of the first ULDL configuration in the SIB1 message, and wherein the DL subframes and the subframes that include the DwPTS in the radio frame are DL subframes or subframes that include the DwPTS in a plurality of possible ULDL configurations indicated in the SIB1 message.
6. The UE of claim 4, wherein the receiver circuitry is to receive the indication of the first ULDL configuration in the RRC signal.
7. The UE of claim 4, wherein receiver circuitry is to receive the indication of the first ULDL configuration in the PDCCH message or the ePDCCH message in a first subframe or higher-layer configured subframes of one radio frame.
8. The UE of claim 1, further comprising display circuitry coupled with the processor.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the processor is further to identify the first ULDL configuration based on an indication of the first ULDL configuration received from an evolved NodeB (eNB).
10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
identify a plurality of uplinkdownlink (ULDL) configurations applicable to subframes in a plurality of radio frames;
identify an indicated ULDL configuration received in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH) message in a first subframe or higher-layer configured subframes of a radio frame in the plurality of radio frames, the indicated ULDL configuration applicable to a plurality of subframes in the radio frame;
identify DL subframes and subframes that include a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) in the radio frame based only on a first one of the ULDL configurations in the plurality of ULDL configurations and the indicated ULDL configuration, wherein at least one subframe of the DL subframes or subframes that include the DwPTS is a UL subframe in a second one of the ULDL configurations and the indicated ULDL configuration;
increment a running discontinuous reception (DRX) timer based only on the identified DL subframes and subframes that include the DwPTS; and
monitor the identified DL subframes and subframes that include the DwPTS for a PDCCH message while the DRX timer is running.
11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein a ULDL configuration in the plurality of ULDL configurations is received in a system information block type 1 (SIB1) message from an eNodeB (eNB).
12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further to identify the DL subframes and subframes that include the DwPTS that are DL subframes or subframes that include the DwPTS in a plurality of possible ULDL configurations indicated in the SIB1 message.
13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the first one of the ULDL configurations is the ULDL configuration received in the SIB1 message.
14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the first one of the ULDL configurations is a ULDL configuration indicated by radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the first one of the ULDL configurations is the ULDL configuration indicated in the PDCCH or the EPDCCH message in the first subframe or higher-layer configured subframes of the radio frame in the plurality of radio frames.
16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the DRX timer is a DRX duration timer, a DRX inactivity timer, or a DRX retransmission timer.
17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the UE is an enhanced interference mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA)-enabled UE.
18. A method comprising:
receiving, at a UE, respective indications of a plurality of uplinkdownlink (ULDL) configurations applicable to subframes of a radio frame;
identifying, by the UE based only on a first ULDL configuration in the plurality of ULDL configurations, DL subframes and subframes that include a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) in the subframes of the radio frame, wherein the identified DL subframes and the subframes that include the DwPTS are UL subframes in a second ULDL configuration in the plurality of ULDL configurations;
starting, by the UE, a timer related to a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation of the UE;
monitoring, by the UE while the timer related to the DRX operation of the UE is running, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH) for a message only during the identified DL subframes and the identified subframes that include the DwPTS; and
incrementing, by the UE, the DRX timers based only on the identified DL subframes and the subframes that include the DwPTS in the radio frame.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein an indication in the respective indications is received by the UE in a system information block type 1 (SIB1) message from an eNodeB (eNB).
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising identifying, by the UE, the first ULDL configuration based only on the indication received in the SIB1 message.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein the indication is a first indication, and wherein:
a second indication of the respective indications is received by the UE via radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and
a third indication of the respective indications is received by the UE in a PDCCH or an ePDCCH message in a first subframe or higher-layer configured subframes of the radio frame.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising identifying, by the UE, the DL subframes and the subframes that include the DwPTS in the subframes of the radio frame based only on one of the second indication or the third indication.
23. The method of claim 18, wherein the timer is a DRX duration timer, a DRX inactivity timer, or a DRX retransmission timer.
24. The method of claim 18, wherein the UE is an enhanced interference mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA)-enabled UE.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for fixing at least two vertebrae in a spine, comprising the steps of:
(a) advancing a K-wire to a first of said at least two vertebrae;
(b) anchoring a first connector body in said first vertebra, said connector body having an anchor portion and a receiver portion, wherein said anchor portion is cannulated and is advanced to said first vertebra over said K-wire, said K-wire extending from said anchor portion and through an interior space of said receiver portion after said first connector body is anchored into said first vertebra;
(c) anchoring a second connector body in a second of said at least two vertebrae, said second connector body having an anchor portion and a receiver portion;
(d) connecting said first and second connector bodies with a rigid elongated element, said rigid elongated element having a cannulated first end that is advanced over said K-wire into said first receiver portion and a cannulated second ends that is advanced over said K-wire into said second receiver portion; and
(e) fastening said rigid elongated element into said first and second connector bodies.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first end of said rigid elongate element comprises a shaped end.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said shaped end is at least partially spherical.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said first cannulation comprises a cylindrical opening that intersects a longitudinal axis of said rigid elongate element.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein said second end is cylindrical.
6. The method of claim 3, comprising the additional step of advancing a second K-wire to said second vertebra.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said second lower portion of said second connector body is cannulated and is advanced to said second vertebra along said second K-wire.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said second end of said rigid elongate element includes a second cannulation and wherein said second end is advanced to said second upper portion of said second connector body along said second K-wire.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of fastening said rigid elongate element comprises advancing a first cannulated fastener along said K-wire to engage said first upper portion and advancing a second cannulated fastener along said second K-wire to engage said second upper portion.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein said at least partially spherical first end includes a plurality of circumferential ridges.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said first end is cylindrical.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said first cannulation comprises an elongate slot that intersects a longitudinal axis of said elongate element.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein said second end comprises a shaped end.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said shaped end is at least partially spherical.
15. The method of claim 1, comprising the additional step of advancing a second K-wire to said second vertebra and wherein said second lower portion of said second connector body is cannulated and is advanced to said second vertebra along said second K-wire.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein said second end of said rigid elongate element includes a second cannulation and wherein said second end is advanced to said second upper portion of said second connector body along said second K-wire.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of said first end and said second end of said rigid elongate element is at least partially spherical.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first lower portion and said second lower portion comprises a pedicle screw.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein at least one of said first upper and lower portions and said second upper and lower portions are formed as a unitary article such that said at least one of said first upper and lower portions and said second upper and lower portions are fixed relative to one another.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein at least one of said first upper and lower portions and said second upper and lower portions are formed as separate articles coupled together such that said at least one of said first upper and lower portions and said second upper and lower portions are angularly moveable relative to one another prior to being locked in position.