SINGLE-FREQUENCY NETWORK (SFN) OPERATION FOR MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS (MTC) COVERAGE ENHANCEMENTS
First Claim
1. A method for wireless communications, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- receiving, in special subframes designated for UEs of a first type, reference signals transmitted from one or more transmission points using at least one entire symbol in a downlink subframe.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to techniques for single-frequency network (SFN) operation for machine-type communications (MTC) coverage enhancements. A method is provided for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes detecting a synchronization signal transmitted from at least one of a plurality of transmission points, wherein each of the plurality of transmission points transmits a synchronization signal at a different offset time relative to a subframe boundary in a synchronized network, determining a subframe occurring a fixed time after detecting the synchronization signal to monitor for system information transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission points, and monitoring for a system information block during the determined subframe.
-
Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A method for wireless communications, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, in special subframes designated for UEs of a first type, reference signals transmitted from one or more transmission points using at least one entire symbol in a downlink subframe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
6. A method for wireless communications, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
-
transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and including, in the PUSCH, pilot symbols, wherein a number of symbols used for pilot symbols varies based on coverage of the UE. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. An apparatus for wireless communications, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
means for receiving, in special subframes designated for UEs of a first type, reference signals transmitted from one or more transmission points using at least one entire symbol in a downlink subframe. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
-
15. An apparatus for wireless communications, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
-
means for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and means for including, in the PUSCH, pilot symbols, wherein a number of symbols used for pilot symbols varies based on coverage of the UE. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
-
Specification