Unlicensed spectrum operation for narrowband internet of things and enhanced machine type communication

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for identifying a narrowband region of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band for communication with a wireless device;
• means for determining a geographic operating region for the wireless device;
• means for selecting a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes for communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band based at least in part on the narrowband region and the geographic operating region for the wireless device, wherein the communication mode indicates that frequency hopping is enabled for the communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, wherein a configurable number of time division duplexed frames are grouped into a hopping frame block;
• and
• means for communicating with the wireless device in the narrowband region of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band using the communication mode.

An apparatus for wireless communication, in a system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• identify a narrowband region of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band for communication with a wireless device;
• determine a geographic operating region for the wireless device;
• select a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes for communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band based at least in part on the narrowband region and the geographic operating region for the wireless device, wherein the communication mode indicates that frequency hopping is enabled for the communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, wherein a configurable number of time division duplexed frames are grouped into a hopping frame block;
• and
• communicate with the wireless device in the narrowband region of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band using the communication mode.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• identify a narrowband region of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band for communication with a wireless device;
• determine a geographic operating region for the wireless device;
• select a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes for communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band based at least in part on the narrowband region and the geographic operating region for the wireless device, wherein the communication mode indicates that frequency hopping is enabled for the communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, wherein a configurable number of time division duplexed frames are grouped into a hopping frame block;
• and
• communicate with the wireless device in the narrowband region of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band using the communication mode.