Supporting random access and paging procedures for reduced capability WTRUs in an LTE system

JA Stern-Berkowitz, MI Lee, P Sadeghi - US Patent 10,306,680, 2019 - Google Patents
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a preamble using a physical random
access channel (PRACH) and determine a location of a random access response (RAR) …

Narrow band partitioning and efficient resource allocation for low cost user equipments

W Chen, H Xu, P Gaal - US Patent 9,622,230, 2017 - Google Patents
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques that may be utilized to perform
communications using narrow bands partitioned from available bandwidth. In some cases, a …

Common synchronization channel design for narrowband communications

H Xu, AR Alvarino, J Montojo, Y Wei, J Lei… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Narrowband communications in a wireless communications system may include a common
synchronization signal, such as a primary synchronization signal (PSS), secondary syn …

System and method for improving spectral efficiency and coverage for user equipments

A Papasakellariou, BL Ng - US Patent 11,057,921, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus are provided to improve spectral efficiency, coverage, and data
rates for communication between a base station and user equipments (UEs). In a first case …

Methods and apparatus for supporting multiple services in wireless communication system

RYU Hyunseok, H Yoo, XUE Peng… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique of fusing a 5G communication
system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with IoT technology …

Method and apparatus for random access configuration in a wireless communication system

M Ou, RLC Kuo, TH Shih - US Patent 10,999,870, 2021 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE),
wherein the UE is configured with multiple Bandwidth Parts (BWPs). In one embodiment, the …

Method and apparatus for performing cell search in wireless communication system

Y Yi, B Kim, H Ko - US Patent 10,673,671, 2020 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for performing a cell search in a wireless communication system is
provided. A narrowband user equipment (NB UE) performs the cell search at a specific …

Method and apparatus for performing random access procedure in NB-IoT carrier in wireless communication system

Y Yi - US Patent 10,728,077, 2020 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for performing a random access procedure in a narrowband
internet-of-things (NB-IoT) carrier in a wireless communication system is provided. A user …

Transmission of common control messages for machine-type communication (MTC) user equipments with reduced bandwidth

G Xiong, S Han, D Chatterjee, JK Fwu - US Patent 11,191,064, 2021 - Google Patents
Embodiments described herein relate generally to a communication between a user
equipment (UE) and an evolved Node B (eNB). The UE and eNB may perform enhanced …

Method, base station, and user equipment for accessing physical random access channel

Y Liang, J Zhang, LIU Kunpeng - US Patent 9,439,222, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method, a base station, and a user equipment for PRACH access are
provided. The method includes: determining a PRACH sequence group used by multiple …