CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0092 (2013.01); H04L 27/26025 (2021.01); H04L 27/2607 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method for communicating in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
determining candidate locations for a Long Term Evolution-Machine Type Communication (LTE-M) carrier from among multiple LTE carrier locations based on where subcarriers of a New Radio (NR) carrier align with subcarriers of the LTE-M carrier;
determining, from the candidate locations, an LTE-M carrier center such that at least a portion of the LTE-M carrier deploys in a guard band of the NR carrier; and
transmitting or receiving using the LTE-M carrier according to the LTE-M carrier center, wherein the LTE-M carrier center is positioned relative to the center frequency C of the NR carrier represented by:
C=15k+7.5 kHz,
where k is an index of an NR subcarrier on which the LTE-M carrier center is able be placed, and
wherein the minimum L and maximum U frequencies of the LTE-M carrier, relative to the NR carrier center frequency C are given by:
![]() where BLT represents operational bandwidth for LTE-M.
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