Downlink transmission in TDD supporting feNB-IoTs

1. A method comprising:

a user equipment (UE),

decoding, from a base station, a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH), wherein the NPDCCH indicates a number of narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) downlink subframes for a downlink scheduling delay of a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (NPDSCH) in one or more radio frames configured for time-division duplexing (TDD) operation;

determining the downlink scheduling delay based on a count of valid NB-IoT downlink subframes elapsed since an end of the NPDCCH; and

decoding, from the base station and based on the downlink scheduling delay, a system information block type-1 narrowband (SIB1-NB) in the NPDSCH and that is transmitted on every other radio frame, wherein a starting radio frame number for SIB1-NB repetitions is based on a physical cell ID (PCID), a system frame number (SFN), and a number of repetitions, R.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein subframes of the one or more radio frames include uplink subframes, NB-IoT downlink subframes for downlink NB-IoT transmissions, and downlink subframes for other downlink transmissions.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the count excludes uplink subframes and downlink subframes for other downlink transmissions.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the NPDCCH further indicates a number of repetitions of the NPDSCH, and wherein the method further comprises the UE decoding multiple repetitions of the NPDSCH, wherein a first chronological repetition of the NPDSCH is received from the base station in accordance with the downlink scheduling delay.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

the UE,

determining, based on an indicator included in the SIB1-NB received from the base station, a subframe configuration for the one or more radio frames, wherein the one or more radio frames include ten subframes indexed in a range of zero to nine, wherein, in each radio frame, the subframe indexed by five includes a narrowband primary synchronization signal (NPSS), and wherein, in alternating radio frames, the subframe indexed by zero includes a narrowband secondary synchronization signal (NSSS).

6. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the subframe configuration is one of a plurality of candidate subframe configurations, and wherein for each of the candidate subframe configurations, at least the subframes indexed by zero, five, and nine are allocated as downlink subframes.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the PCID, the SFN, and the number of repetitions, R, are according to the table below

Staring radio frame number

R

PCID

for SIB1-NB repetitions

4

PCID mod 4 = 0

SFN mod 256 = 1

PCID mod 4 = 1

SFN mod 256 = 17

PCID mod 4 = 2

SFN mod 256 = 33

PCID mod 4 = 3

SFN mod 256 = 49

8

PCID mod 4 = 0

SFN mod 256 = 1

PCID mod 4 = 1

SFN mod 256 = 17

16

All PCIDs

SFN mod 256 = 1.

8. A method comprising:

a base station,

encoding, from transmission, a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH) that schedules transmission of a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (NPDSCH) in one or more radio frames configured for time-division duplexing (TDD) operation, wherein the NPDCCH indicates a number of narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) downlink subframes for a downlink scheduling delay of the NPDSCH; and

encoding, for transmission, a system information block type-1 narrowband (SIB1-NB) in the NPDSCH and that is transmitted on every other radio frame, wherein a starting radio frame number for SIB1-NB repetitions is based on a physical cell ID (PCID), a system frame number (SFN), and a number of repetitions, R.

9. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein subframes of the one or more radio frames include uplink subframes, NB-IoT downlink subframes for downlink NB-IoT transmissions, and downlink subframes for other downlink transmissions.

10. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the NPDCCH further indicates a number of repetitions of the NPDSCH, and wherein the method further comprises the base station encoding multiple repetitions of the NPDSCH, wherein a first chronological repetition of the NPDSCH is transmitted by the base station in accordance with the downlink scheduling delay.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the SIB1-NB includes an indicator of a subframe configuration, wherein the subframe configuration is one of a plurality of candidate subframe configurations, and wherein for each of the candidate subframe configurations, at least the subframes indexed by zero, five, and nine are allocated as downlink subframes.

12. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the PCID, the SFN, and the number of repetitions, R, are according to the table below

Staring radio frame number

R

PCID

for SIB1-NB repetitions

4

PCID mod 4 = 0

SFN mod 256 = 1

PCID mod 4 = 1

SFN mod 256 = 17

PCID mod 4 = 2

SFN mod 256 = 33

PCID mod 4 = 3

SFN mod 256 = 49

8

PCID mod 4 = 0

SFN mod 256 = 1

PCID mod 4 = 1

SFN mod 256 = 17

16

All PCIDs

SFN mod 256 = 1.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

the base station,

determining the number of repetitions of the NPDSCH based at least partly on a target decoding performance level at a user equipment (UE); and

encoding the NPDCCH to indicate the number of repetitions of the NPDSCH.

14. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor in communication with the memory and configured to cause the UE to:

decode, from a base station, a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH), wherein the NPDCCH indicates a number of narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) downlink subframes for a downlink scheduling delay of a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (NPDSCH) in one or more radio frames configured for time-division duplexing (TDD) operation;

determine the downlink scheduling delay based on a count of valid NB-IoT downlink subframes elapsed since an end of the NPDCCH; and

decode, from the base station and based on the downlink scheduling delay, a system information block type-1 narrowband (SIB1-NB) in the NPDSCH and that is transmitted on every other radio frame, wherein a starting radio frame number for SIB1-NB repetitions is based on a physical cell ID (PCID), a system frame number (SFN), and a number of repetitions, R.

15. The UE of claim 14 ,

wherein subframes of the one or more radio frames include uplink subframes, NB-IoT downlink subframes for downlink NB-IoT transmissions, and downlink subframes for other downlink transmissions.

16. The UE of claim 14 ,

wherein the count excludes uplink subframes and downlink subframes for other downlink transmissions.

17. The UE of claim 14 ,

wherein the NPDCCH further indicates a number of repetitions of the NPDSCH, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to decode multiple repetitions of the NPDSCH, wherein a first chronological repetition of the NPDSCH is received from the base station in accordance with the downlink scheduling delay.

18. The UE of claim 14 ,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

determine, based on an indicator included in the SIB1-NB received from the base station, a subframe configuration for the one or more radio frames, wherein the one or more radio frames include ten subframes indexed in a range of zero to nine, wherein, in each radio frame, the subframe indexed by five includes a narrowband primary synchronization signal (NPSS), and wherein, in alternating radio frames, the subframe indexed by zero includes a narrowband secondary synchronization signal (NSSS).

19. The UE of claim 18 ,

wherein the subframe configuration is one of a plurality of candidate subframe configurations, and wherein for each of the candidate subframe configurations, at least the subframes indexed by zero, five, and nine are allocated as downlink subframes.

20. The UE of claim 14 ,

wherein the PCID, the SFN, and the number of repetitions, R, are according to the table below

Staring radio frame number

R

PCID

for SIB1-NB repetitions

4

PCID mod 4 = 0

SFN mod 256 = 1

PCID mod 4 = 1

SFN mod 256 = 17

PCID mod 4 = 2

SFN mod 256 = 33

PCID mod 4 = 3

SFN mod 256 = 49

8

PCID mod 4 = 0

SFN mod 256 = 1

PCID mod 4 = 1

SFN mod 256 = 17

16

All PCIDs

SFN mod 256 = 1.