A UNIFIED FRAME STRUCTURE FOR HETEROGENEOUS RADIO ACCESS

Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, a third circuitry, a fourth circuitry, and a fifth circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to generate transactions spanning an initial subframe and subsequent subframes. The second circuitry may be operable to format various Downlink (DL) channels for the initial and subsequent subframes. The third circuitry may be operable to detect various Uplink (UL) channels for the initial and subsequent subframes. The fourth circuitry may be operable to allocate various DL and UL channels for the initial and subsequent subframes. The fifth circuitry may be operable to process various transactions spanning the initial and subsequent subframes.