| CPC H04L 5/1469 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0457 (2023.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A method for variable time division duplex (TDD) data allocation in a communication network including a donor wireless communication node and a plurality of child wireless communication nodes, the method comprising:
determining a highest traffic child wireless communication node of the plurality of child wireless communication nodes,
the highest traffic child wireless communication node having a highest data transmission requirement of the plurality of child wireless communication nodes;
allocating data in first TDD data frames to be transmitted between the donor wireless communication node and
a first child wireless communication node of the plurality of child wireless communication nodes according to a first data frame allocation,
the first data frame allocation including allocating an on-demand portion of the first TDD data frames to data associated with the highest traffic child wireless communication node; and
transmitting data between
(a) a second child wireless communication node of the plurality of child wireless communication nodes and
(b) a third child wireless communication node of the plurality of child wireless communication nodes,
at least partially using unused portions of the first data frame allocation.
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