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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Béla Rathonyi, Lomma, SE;
Magnus Stattin, Upplands Väsby, SE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04L 5/0012 (2013.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method () in a network node () comprises reserving (), within a Narrowband Physical Random Access Channel (NPRACH) resource () comprising a plurality of start subcarriers, a subset of the plurality of start subcarriers for performing a contention-free random access procedure (). The method comprises communicating (), to one or more user equipment (UEs) (), information indicating which of the plurality of start subcarriers within the NPRACH resource are reserved for performing the contention-free random access procedure.