Control-less operation for coverage limited machine-type-communications

1. A method for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting a bundled RACH sequence, wherein transmitting the bundled RACH sequence comprises transmitting the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

receiving a RACH response in a first bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is received in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a bundled physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on the received bundled PDSCH, wherein transmitting the bundled PUSCH comprises transmitting the bundled PUSCH during a third plurality of TTIs.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a size of the bundled PUSCH is signaled in the first bundled PDSCH.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bundled RACH sequence indicates a coverage limitation of the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bundled RACH sequence is transmitted as a narrowband transmission comprising at least one resource block (RB) in each of the first plurality of TTIs, wherein the location of the at least one RB is a function of a cell ID.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bundled RACH sequence is a function of a cell ID.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein locations of resource blocks (RBs) of the first bundled PDSCH are linked to at least one of a location of an RB of the RACH sequence, the RACH sequence itself, a size of the bundled RACH sequence, or a cell ID.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a size of the first bundled PDSCH is based on a size of the bundled RACH sequence.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a bundled physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH), wherein receiving the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH comprises receiving the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH during a third plurality of TTIs, wherein the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH schedules the first bundled PDSCH, and wherein the size of the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH is based on a size of the bundled RACH sequence.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the first bundled PDSCH is signaled in a system information block (SIB).

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first bundled PDSCH is transmitted using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) selected from a set of MCSs and the UE detects the first bundled PDSCH via blind decoding using the set of MCSs.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving synchronization signals; and

waking up to perform the RACH procedure based on the synchronization signals.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second bundled PDSCH indicating an assignment for one or more subsequent messages, wherein receiving the second bundled PDSCH comprises receiving the second bundled PDSCH during a third plurality of TTIs.

14. A method for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure by a base station (BS), comprising:

receiving a bundled RACH sequence from a user equipment (UE), wherein receiving the bundled RACH sequence comprises receiving the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

transmitting a RACH response to the UE in a first bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is transmitted in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving a bundled physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) from the UE, based on the first bundled PDSCH, wherein receiving the bundled PUSCH comprises receiving the bundled PUSCH during a third plurality of TTIs.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a size of the bundled PUSCH is signaled in the first bundled PDSCH.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the bundled RACH sequence indicates a coverage limitation of the UE.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the bundled RACH sequence is received as a narrowband transmission comprising at least one resource block (RB) in each of the first plurality of TTIs, wherein the location of the at least one RB is a function of a cell ID.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the bundled RACH sequence is a function of a cell ID.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein locations of resource blocks (RBs) of the first bundled PDSCH are linked to at least one of a location of an RB of the RACH sequence, the RACH sequence itself, a size of the bundled RACH sequence, or a cell ID.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein a size of the first bundled PDSCH is based on a size of the bundled RACH sequence.

22. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

transmitting a bundled physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH), wherein transmitting the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH comprises transmitting the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH during a third plurality of TTIs, wherein the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH schedules the first bundled PDSCH, and wherein the size of the bundled PDCCH or ePDCCH is based on a size of the bundled RACH sequence.

23. The method of claim 14 , wherein a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the first bundled PDSCH is signaled in a system information block (SIB).

24. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first bundled PDSCH is transmitted using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) selected from a set of MCSs and the UE detects the first bundled PDSCH via blind decoding using the set of MCSs.

25. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

transmitting synchronization signals, wherein the UE wakes up to perform the RACH procedure based on the synchronization signals.

26. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

transmitting a second bundled PDSCH indicating an assignment for one or more subsequent messages, wherein transmitting the second bundled PDSCH comprises transmitting the second bundled PDSCH during a third plurality of TTIs.

27. An apparatus for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for transmitting a bundled RACH sequence, wherein transmitting the bundled RACH sequence comprises transmitting the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

means for receiving a RACH response in a bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is received in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.

28. An apparatus for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure by a base station (BS), comprising:

means for receiving a bundled RACH sequence from a user equipment (UE), wherein receiving the bundled RACH sequence comprises receiving the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

means for transmitting a RACH response to the UE in a first bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is transmitted in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.

29. An apparatus for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a bundled RACH sequence, wherein transmitting the bundled RACH sequence comprises transmitting the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

receive a RACH response in a first bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is received in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.

30. An apparatus for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a bundled RACH sequence from a user equipment (UE), wherein receiving the bundled RACH sequence comprises receiving the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

transmit a RACH response to the UE in a first bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is transmitted in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.

31. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable code stored thereon for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

code for transmitting a bundled RACH sequence, wherein transmitting the bundled RACH sequence comprises transmitting the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

code for receiving a RACH response in a bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is received in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.

32. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable code stored thereon for performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure by a base station (BS), comprising:

code for receiving a bundled RACH sequence from a user equipment (UE), wherein receiving the bundled RACH sequence comprises receiving the RACH sequence during a first plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and

code for transmitting a RACH response to the UE in a first bundled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein identical data is transmitted in each TTI of a second plurality of TTIs in the RACH response.