QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION (QAM) TRANSMISSION FOR NARROWBAND INTERNET-OF-THINGS (NBIoT)
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting or receiving data for NBIoT supporting 16QAM modulation are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a control signal, wherein the control signal includes a MCS index and a resource assignment index; and receiving a control signal, wherein the control signal includes a MCS index and a resource assignment index, wherein the transport block size is determined by a combination of a transport block size index and the resource assignment index, and the transport block size index is determined by at least one of the MCS index and the resource assignment index.
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17 . A remote unit comprising a transceiver, the transceiver is configured to:
receive a control signal, wherein the control signal includes a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index and a resource assignment index; and
perform one or more of to transmit or receive a coded data on a number of resource units and a set of one or more subcarriers, wherein the coded data is associated with a modulation type and a transport block size,
wherein the transport block size is determined by a combination of a transport block size index and the resource assignment index, and the transport block size index is determined by at least one of the MCS index and the resource assignment index.
18 . The remote unit of claim 17 , wherein the transport block size index is further determined by a scaling factor.
19 . The remote unit of claim 17 , wherein the modulation type is determined by the MCS index and the resource assignment index.
20 . The remote unit of claim 19 , wherein the modulation type is further determined by a scaling factor.
21 . The remote unit of claim 20 , wherein the scaling factor is determined by the resource assignment index.
22 . The remote unit of claim 17 , wherein the number of resource units is determined by the resource assignment index and the modulation type.
23 . The remote unit of claim 17 , wherein the control signal further includes a first field, the first field indicates the modulation type and the set of one or more subcarriers.
24 . The remote unit of claim 23 , wherein the first field includes 6 bits, and wherein at least state values 19 to 25 indicate the modulation type being 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM).
25 . A base unit, comprising a transceiver, the transceiver is configured to:
transmit a control signal, wherein the control signal includes a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index and a resource assignment index; and
perform one or more of to receive or transmit a coded data on a number of resource units and a set of one or more subcarriers, wherein the coded data is associated with a modulation type and a transport block size,
wherein the transport block size is determined by a combination of a transport block size index and the resource assignment index, and the transport block size index is determined by at least one of the MCS index and the resource assignment index.
26 . The base unit of claim 25 , wherein the transport block size index is further determined by a scaling factor.
27 . The base unit of claim 25 , wherein the modulation type is determined by the MCS index and the resource assignment index.
28 . The base unit of claim 27 , wherein the modulation type is further determined by a scaling factor.
29 . The base unit of claim 28 , wherein the scaling factor is determined by the resource assignment index.
30 . The base unit of claim 25 , wherein the number of resource units is determined by the resource assignment index and the modulation type.
31 . The base unit of claim 25 , wherein the control signal further includes a first field, the first field indicates the modulation type and the set of one or more subcarriers.
32 . The base unit of claim 31 , wherein the first field includes 6 bits, and wherein at least state values 19 to 25 indicate the modulation type being 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM).
33 . A method comprising:
receiving a control signal, wherein the control signal includes a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index and a resource assignment index; and
performing one or more of transmitting or receiving a coded data on a number of resource units and a set of one or more subcarriers, wherein the coded data is associated with a modulation type and a transport block size,
wherein the transport block size is determined by a combination of a transport block size index and the resource assignment index, and the transport block size index is determined by at least one of the MCS index and the resource assignment index.
34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the transport block size index is further determined by a scaling factor.
35 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the modulation type is determined by the MCS index and the resource assignment index.
36 . The method of claim 35 , wherein the modulation type is further determined by a scaling factor.