NARROWBAND TIME-DIVISION DUPLEX FRAME STRUCTURE FOR NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20180234169A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-16

    申请号:US15706934

    申请日:2017-09-18

    Abstract: There is a need to support narrowband TDD frame structure for narrowband communications. The present disclosure provides a solution by supporting one or more narrowband TDD frame structure(s) for narrowband communications. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may determine a bandwidth for narrowband communications. The apparatus may determine a narrowband TDD frame structure for the narrowband communications. In one aspect, the narrowband TDD frame structure may include at least one of two or more contiguous downlink subframes, or one or more flexible subframes that can be configured as either a downlink subframe or an uplink subframe. The apparatus may communicate with a UE using the narrowband TDD frame structure determined for the narrowband communications.

    SCHEDULING FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS) IN NARROWBAND-INTERNET OF THINGS (NB-IOT)

    公开(公告)号:US20180097596A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-05

    申请号:US15718447

    申请日:2017-09-28

    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating positioning reference signals (PRSs) for narrowband communication are provided. A first wireless communication device determines a time-frequency PRS pattern based at least in part on a narrowband communication frequency band configuration and a PRS subframe configuration mode associated with a set of subframes. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a plurality of PRSs using the determined PRS time-frequency pattern in the set of subframes. The PRS subframe configuration mode can indicate a first configuration including a bitmap indicating a set of PRS subframes positioned within a group of contiguous subframes, a second configuration indicating a subset of the group of contiguous subframes that may carry the PRSs, or a combination thereof. The first configuration and/or the second configuration can be used to indicate the set of subframes.

    TIME-DIVISION DUPLEX FRAME STRUCTURE FOR NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20190274141A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16415963

    申请日:2019-05-17

    Abstract: There is a need to support TDD frame structure for narrowband communications. The present disclosure provides a solution by supporting one or more TDD frame structure(s) for narrowband communications. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may determine to receive a narrowband physical downlink channel in a first subframe in a TDD frame structure of a plurality of TDD frame structures for narrowband communications. The TDD frame structures may include one or more special subframes, and the first subframe may be a downlink subframe. The apparatus may receive the narrowband physical downlink channel in a special subframe of the narrowband TDD frame structure, if the number of downlink OFDM symbols in the special subframe is greater than a predetermined threshold.

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