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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Philippe Sartori, Plainfield, IL (US);
Vipul Desai, Palatine, IL (US);
Lukasz Krzymien, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Carmela Cozzo, San Diego, CA (US);
Qian Cheng, Aurora, IL (US);
Anthony Soong, Plano, TX (US);
Jialing Liu, Palatine, IL (US);
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to technology for a base station to signal user equipment to monitor a narrowband control channel in a wideband system. The base station sends a configuration signaling to configure the user equipment including a designation of subframe(s). The base station then determines whether to signal the user equipment to monitor the subframe(s) using one of a narrowband bandwidth and a system bandwidth. In response to the base station signaling the user equipment to monitor the narrowband bandwidth, the base station communicates with the user equipment using the narrowband bandwidth. In response to the base station signaling the user equipment to monitor the system bandwidth, the base station sends a probe message within the narrowband bandwidth to the user equipment, where the probe message signals to the user equipment to begin monitoring the system bandwidth and to communicate with the user equipment using the system bandwidth.