NARROWBAND REFERENCE SIGNALS IN NON-ANCHOR RESOURCE BLOCKS
First Claim
1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- deciding that a starting subframe for a paging occasion (PO), a random access response (RAR) transmission, or a single cell point to multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission will occur or has occurred;
determining occurrence of a narrowband reference signal (NRS) in a non-anchor resource block (RB) based on at least one of;
the decision,one or more narrowband transmission parameters, orpresence of one or more other transmissions in a same RB as the PO, the RAR transmission, or the SC-PTM transmission; and
processing the NRS.
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for determining presence of narrowband reference signals (NRSs) in non-anchor physical resource blocks (PRBs). An exemplary method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes deciding that a paging occasion (PO), a RAR transmission, or a SC-PTM transmission will occur or has occurred, determining occurrence of a narrowband reference signal (NRS) in a non-anchor resource block (RB) based on at least one of: the decision, one or more narrowband transmission parameters, or presence of one or more other transmissions in a same RB as the PO, the RAR transmission, or the SC-PTM transmission; and processing the NRS. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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deciding that a starting subframe for a paging occasion (PO), a random access response (RAR) transmission, or a single cell point to multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission will occur or has occurred; determining occurrence of a narrowband reference signal (NRS) in a non-anchor resource block (RB) based on at least one of; the decision, one or more narrowband transmission parameters, or presence of one or more other transmissions in a same RB as the PO, the RAR transmission, or the SC-PTM transmission; and processing the NRS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for wireless communications by a base station (BS), comprising:
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determining whether to schedule one or more transmissions to a user equipment (UE); deciding that a starting subframe for a paging occasion (PO), a random access response (RAR) transmission, or a single cell point to multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission will occur or has occurred; determining to transmit a narrowband reference signal (NRS) in a non-anchor resource block (RB) based on at least one of; the decision, one or more narrowband transmission parameters, or the determination of whether to schedule the one or more transmissions to the UE; and transmitting the NRS in the non-anchor RB. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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a processor configured to; decide that a starting subframe for a paging occasion (PO), a random access response (RAR) transmission, or a single cell point to multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission will occur or has occurred; determine occurrence of a narrowband reference signal (NRS) in a non-anchor resource block (RB) based on at least one of; the decision, one or more narrowband transmission parameters, or presence of one or more other transmissions in a same RB as the PO, the RAR transmission, or the SC-PTM transmission; and process the NRS; and a memory coupled with the processor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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a processor configured to; determine whether to schedule one or more transmissions to a user equipment (UE); decide that a starting subframe for a paging occasion (PO), a random access response (RAR) transmission, or a single cell point to multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission will occur or has occurred; determine to transmit a narrowband reference signal (NRS) in a non-anchor resource block (RB) based on at least one of; the decision, one or more narrowband transmission parameters, or the determination of whether to schedule the one or more transmissions to the UE; and transmit the NRS in the non-anchor RB; and a memory coupled with the processor. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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