CARRIER DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR REDUCED BANDWIDTH MTC DEVICES
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1. A method, comprising:
- overlapping a first carrier band with a second carrier band;
allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the first carrier band to a first channel; and
allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the second carrier band to a second channel, wherein the first carrier band and the second carrier band share at least one time-frequency resource within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared at least one time-frequency resource is allocated to at least one of the first and second channels.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus can be configured to perform the steps of overlapping a first carrier band with a second carrier band. The method may further include allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the first carrier band to a first channel. The method may further include allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the second carrier band to a second channel. The first carrier band and the second carrier band share at least one time-frequency resource within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band. The shared at least one time-frequency resource is allocated to at least one of the first and second channels.
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29 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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overlapping a first carrier band with a second carrier band; allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the first carrier band to a first channel; and allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the second carrier band to a second channel, wherein the first carrier band and the second carrier band share at least one time-frequency resource within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared at least one time-frequency resource is allocated to at least one of the first and second channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to overlap a first carrier band with a second carrier band; allocate at least one time-frequency resource of the first carrier band to a first channel; and allocate at least one time-frequency resource of the second carrier band to a second channel, wherein the first carrier band and the second carrier band share at least one time-frequency resource within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared at least one time-frequency resource is allocated to at least one of the first and second channels. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product, embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product configured to control a processor to perform a process, comprising:
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overlapping a first carrier band with a second carrier band; allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the first carrier band to a first channel; and allocating at least one time-frequency resource of the second carrier band to a second channel, wherein the first carrier band and the second carrier band share at least one time-frequency resource within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared at least one time-frequency resource is allocated to at least one of the first and second channels.
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16. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a receiving device, transmissions via a first carrier band, wherein at least a portion of the first carrier band overlaps a second carrier band, the transmissions comprise at least one time-frequency resource that is allocated to a first channel, the transmissions further comprise at least one time-frequency resource shared by the first carrier band and the second carrier band within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared time-frequency resource is allocated to the first channel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to receive, by a receiving device, transmissions via a first carrier band, wherein at least a portion of the first carrier band overlaps a second carrier band, the transmissions comprise at least one time-frequency resource that is allocated to a first channel, the transmissions further comprise at least one time-frequency resource shared by the first carrier band and the second carrier band within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared time-frequency resource is allocated to the first channel. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product, embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program configured to control a processor to perform a process, comprising:
receiving, by a receiving device, transmissions via a first carrier band, wherein at least a portion of the first carrier band overlaps a second carrier band, the transmissions comprise at least one time-frequency resource that is allocated to a first channel, the transmissions further comprise at least one time-frequency resource shared by the first carrier band and the second carrier band within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared time-frequency resource is allocated to the first channel.
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29. A system, comprising:
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a first apparatus, comprising; at least one first processor; and at least one first memory including first computer program code, the at least one first memory and the first computer program code configured, with the at least one first processor, to cause the first apparatus at least to overlap a first carrier band with a second carrier band; allocate at least one time-frequency resource of the first carrier band to a first channel; and allocate at least one time-frequency resource of the second carrier band to a second channel, wherein the first carrier band and the second carrier band share at least one time-frequency resource within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared at least one time-frequency resource is allocated to at least one of the first and second channels; and a second apparatus, comprising; at least one second processor; and at least one second memory including second computer program code, the at least one second memory and the second computer program code configured, with the at least one second processor, to cause the second apparatus at least to receive, by a receiving device, transmissions via the first carrier band, wherein at least a portion of the first carrier band overlaps the second carrier band, the transmissions comprise the at least one time-frequency resource that is allocated to the first channel, the transmissions further comprise the at least one time-frequency resource shared by the first carrier band and the second carrier band within the overlapping portion between the first carrier band and the second carrier band, and the shared time-frequency resource is allocated to the first channel.
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