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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Mohammad Mozaffari, Fremont, CA (US);
Johan Bergman, Stockholm, SE;
Anders Wallén, Ystad, SE;
Mattias Frenne, Uppsala, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method and network node for flexible indication of resources in LTE-M using bitmaps are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes indicating to the wireless device a set of reserved resources for machine communications in compatibility with a broadband radio access technology sharing resources in a time frame and frequency band that encompasses the set of reserved resources, the indicating using a two level bitmap operating in the time-domain, a first bitmap level of the two level bitmap indicating a first set of subframes containing reserved resources, and a second bitmap level of the two level bitmap indicating reserved symbols within an indicated subframe.