Apparatus, method and non-transitory, computer readable storage media for transmitting and receiving discontinuous time-frequency operation signals in a communication network

Abstract

Examples relate to a transmit apparatus, a receive apparatus, a method for transmitting, a method for receiving and computer readable storage media for transmitting and/or receiving in a communication network. A transmit apparatus for transmitting discontinuous time-frequency operation, DTFO, signals in a communication network comprises a transmitter configured to transmit a DTFO signal comprising monitoring symbols and regular DTFO symbols in the communication network. The apparatus further comprises processing circuitry, which is coupled to the transmitter and configured to generate at least one monitoring symbol for transmission by the transmitter if a time gap of the DTFO signal between two sub-sequent regular DTFO symbols exceeds a first time threshold, wherein the at least one monitoring symbol is configured to enable frequency-domain equalizer, FEQ, adjustment at a receiver of the DTFO signal; and generate a training sequence for transmission by the transmitter if a time period between a last transmission of a monitoring or regular DTFO symbol and a sub-sequent transmission of a DTFO symbol exceeds a second time threshold, the training sequence comprising at least one monitoring symbol preceding a regular DTFO symbol.