IP Library Granted Patent US 10,484,127
Granted Patent B2
US 10,484,127 · App. 15/545,458 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Method and apparatus for tranceiving common control message in wireless access system supporting narrow band internet of things

Inventors: Bonghoe Kim (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L1/0026H04L5/0053H04L5/0057H04W72/0413H04L1/0025H04L1/08H04L5/0007H04W4/70H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 10,484,127
App. No.
15/545,458
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are methods for repeatedly transceiving a common control message for a machine-type communication (MTC) terminal in a wireless access system supporting MTC, and apparatuses supporting the methods. A method for receiving a common control message for an MTC terminal in a wireless access system supporting MTC according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS); and receiving a common control message from a subframe in which the CSI-RS is received. Here, the common control message can be configured so as to be repeatedly transmitted from a previously configured number of subframes comprising the subframe.

Claims (21)

1. A method for transmitting a common control message in a wireless access system supporting Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT), the method comprising:

allocating a bandwidth for the NB-IoT; and

transmitting the common control message in the allocated bandwidth,

wherein the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is allocated to be aligned with a boundary of a Physical Resource Block (PRB) used in a legacy system,

wherein a PRB which minimizes an offset between a center frequency of the bandwidth for the NB-IoT and a center frequency of the PRB used in the legacy system is allocated as the bandwidth for the NB-IoT, in consideration of a bandwidth of the legacy system,

wherein the offset has a non-zero value, and the center frequency of the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is not equal to the center frequency of the PRB used in the legacy system, and

wherein the PRB allocated as the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is not used as a Distributed Virtual Resource Block (DVRB) in the legacy system.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein Virtual Resource Blocks (VRBs) which are mapped to the PRB allocated as the bandwidth for the NB-IoT are used for the transmission of the common control message.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is allocated other than a VRB affecting center 6 RBs of the legacy system.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the common control message is transmitted repeatedly a predetermined number of times.

5. An apparatus for transmitting a common control message in a wireless access system supporting Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT), the method comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor for supporting transmission of the common control message,

wherein the processor allocates a bandwidth for the NB-IoT, and transmits the common control message in the allocated bandwidth by controlling the transmitter,

wherein the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is allocated to be aligned with a boundary of a Physical Resource Block (PRB) used in a legacy system,

wherein a PRB which minimizes an offset between a center frequency of the bandwidth for the NB-IoT and a center frequency of the PRB used in the legacy system is allocated as the bandwidth for the NB-IoT, in consideration of a bandwidth of the legacy system,

wherein the offset has a non-zero value, and the center frequency of the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is not equal to the center frequency of the PRB used in the legacy system, and

wherein the PRB allocated as the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is not used as a Distributed Virtual Resource Block (DVRB) in the legacy system.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein Virtual Resource Blocks (VRBs) which are mapped to the PRB allocated as the bandwidth for the NB-IoT are used for the transmission of the common control message.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the bandwidth for the NB-IoT is allocated other than a VRB affecting center 6 RBs of the legacy system.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the common control message is transmitted repeatedly a predetermined number of times.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2017
From: KIM, BONGHOE; YI, YUNJUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 043066/0433 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62109615 · Jan 30, 2015
Related Publication 20180006763A1 · Jan 4, 2018