According to an exemplary embodiment, a communications node for use in a communications system wherein the communications node is adapted to: transmit to user equipments (UEs) within a node coverage area a first uplink-downlink configuration within a first time interval; and transmit to selected user equipments (UEs) within the node coverage area secondary uplink-downlink configurations over a plurality of secondary time intervals within the first time interval, wherein the secondary uplink-downlink configurations contain information on reconfigurable subframes within the first uplink-downlink configuration which can be reconfigured by the communications node for use by one or more of the selected UEs.