Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System access method and apparatus of a narrowband terminal in a wireless communication system supporting wideband and narrowband terminals
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Application No.: US14708938Application Date: 2015-05-11
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Publication No.: US09603166B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Youngbum Kim , Juho Lee , Joonyoung Cho
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2011-0096206 20110923
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W74/00 ; H04W74/08

Abstract:
Apparatuses (including base stations and terminals), systems, and methods for supporting both wideband and narrowband communications are described. In one aspect, a base station supporting first type terminals operating on a first bandwidth and second type terminals operating on a second bandwidth is described, having an information formatter, a transceiver, and a controller. The information formatter generates a Low-end Master Information Block (L-MIB) and a Low-end System Information Block (L-SIB), which are transmitted by the transceiver to first type and second type terminals. The L-MIB includes control information on an L-subframe configuration for supporting a second type terminal and a sub-band configuration of the L-subframe, while the L-SIB includes information on downlink reception and uplink transmission of the second type terminal. When the base station receives a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble request from one of the terminals, the base station performs the random access procedure.
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