MANAGING DOWNLINK AND UPLINK RESOURCES FOR LOW COST USER EQUIPMENTS

• US 20170034813A1
• Filed: 10/17/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: CHEN, Wanshi, XU, Hao, GAAL, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 10,813,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for assigning resources for low cost user equipments (UEs). A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes determining a first bandwidth, within a second bandwidth, for resources available for downlink data transmissions, wherein the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth, determining a third bandwidth for resources available for uplink transmissions, wherein a bandwidth for resources available for uplink transmissions is different than the bandwidth for resources available for downlink transmissions, wherein the third bandwidth is greater than the first bandwidth, and communicating with a network using the determined downlink and uplink resources.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a first bandwidth, within a second bandwidth, for resources available for downlink data transmissions, wherein the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth;

determining a third bandwidth for resources available for uplink transmissions, wherein a bandwidth for resources available for uplink transmissions is different than the bandwidth for resources available for downlink transmissions, and wherein the third bandwidth is greater than the first bandwidth; and

communicating with a network using the determined downlink and uplink resources.