US 11,902,879 B2
Method for standalone MTC operation
Rapeepat Ratasuk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US); Matthew Baker, Cambridge (GB); Nitin Mangalvedhe, Hoffman Estates, IL (US); David Bhatoolaul, Swindon (GB); and Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/263,646
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Aug. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/098328
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/024219, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0314851 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/10 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
broadcasting a signal, with a base station and in enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC) System Information Block, indicating that at least one time-frequency region, unused by a data transmission in a first radio access technology, is available for a transmission, wherein the first radio access technology comprises Long Term Evolution (LTE), and wherein the transmission comprises:
system information for a second radio access technology, wherein the second radio access technology comprises New Radio (NR),
a wake-up signal,
a synchronization signal, and
an extension of the data transmission; and
transmitting, with the base station, the transmission in the at least one time-frequency region.