Resource allocation design for low cost machine-type communication UE

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a resource configuration module that obtains multiple sets of resources by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network, wherein each set of resources belongs to a narrow sub-band in a wider channel bandwidth, and wherein the narrow sub-band comprises a plurality of contiguous physical resource blocks (PRBs), wherein the resource configuration module also receives a physical layer control signaling from a base station and thereby determining a first set of resources from the one or multiple sets of resources and determines a second set of resources according to a hopping pattern, wherein the first and the second sets of resources belong to different radio subframes, and wherein a frequency shift value for the frequency hopping is a function of the first set of resources and a bundle index corresponding to the sequence of the hopping sequence;
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• a transceiver that transmits or receives radio signals using the first set of resources within a predefined duration.