CPC H04L 27/3863 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 27/345 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method for a base station of a wireless network to communicate with reduced-capability user devices, the method comprising:
a) allocating a low-complexity channel for contention-based messaging with reduced-capability user devices;
b) receiving, on the low-complexity channel, a first message from a particular reduced-capability user device; and
c) transmitting, on the low-complexity channel, a second message to the particular reduced-capability user device;
d) wherein each reduced-capability user device comprises a wireless device that is incapable of performing one or more 5G protocols; and
e) wherein the low-complexity channel is a frequency band comprising subcarriers on which reduced-capability user devices are permitted to transmit messages without requesting an uplink grant from the base station.
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