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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2024
Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 Llc, Carson City, NV (US);
Philip Young, Alton, GB;
Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC, Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
A base station is configured to transmit a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in a first bandwidth portion of a cell having a cell bandwidth. The PBCH having a master information block (MIB), wherein the MIB having a carrier flag and an indication of a second bandwidth portion of the cell and time resources to receive the second bandwidth portion. The base station is further configured to transmit in the indicated time resources, a signal in the second bandwidth portion of the cell based on a first value on the carrier flag and recover control information from the signal in the second bandwidth portion.