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Method and apparatus for performing frequency hopping for MTC UE in wireless communication system

  • US 10,608,696 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2016
  • Issued: 03/31/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a base station (BS) and comprising:

  • configuring a radio frame which consists of N subframes,wherein a first subframe of the radio frame scheduled for a first machine type communication (MTC) user equipment (UE) is used as frequency retuning subframe by a second MTC UE, and a last subframe of the radio frame scheduled for the second MTE UE is used as frequency retuning subframe by the first MTE UE; and

    communicating with the first MTC UE and the second MTC UE based on the radio frame, by using a frequency hopping which is configured in every N subframes,wherein the radio frame is configured based on a period, an offset and a duration of an MTC downlink control information (M-DCI) region, andwherein the offset is configured differently for the first MTC UE and the second MTE UE.

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