Wireless communication between wideband ENB and narrowband UE

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment, comprising:

• means for transmitting uplink transmissions in a plurality of transmission units to a base station that hops from a first set of narrowband frequency bands for a first channel occupancy to a second set of narrowband frequency bands for a second channel occupancy across frames in a base station hopping pattern, the first set of narrowband frequency bands being different than the second set of narrowband frequency bands;
• and
• means for hopping sets of narrowband frequency bands in a first pattern across frames based on the base station hopping pattern.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication at a user equipment, comprising code to:

• transmit uplink transmissions in a plurality of transmission units to a base station that hops from a first set of narrowband frequency bands for a first channel occupancy to a second set of narrowband frequency bands for a second channel occupancy across frames in a base station hopping pattern, the first set of narrowband frequency bands being different than the second set of narrowband frequency bands;
• and
• hop sets of narrowband frequency bands in a first pattern across frames based on the base station hopping pattern.

A method of wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

• hopping from a first set of narrowband frequency bands for a first channel occupancy to a second set of narrowband frequency bands for a second channel occupancy in a base station hopping pattern across frames, the first set of narrowband frequency bands being different than the second set of narrowband frequency bands;
• and
• receiving uplink transmissions in a narrowband from a user equipment in a plurality of transmission units within a corresponding set of narrowband frequency bands based on the base station hopping pattern.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

• means for hopping from a first set of narrowband frequency bands for a first channel occupancy to a second set of narrowband frequency bands for a second channel occupancy in a base station hopping pattern across frames, the first set of narrowband frequency bands being different than the second set of narrowband frequency bands;
• and
• means for receiving uplink transmissions in a narrowband from a user equipment in a plurality of transmission units within a corresponding set of narrowband frequency bands based on the base station hopping pattern.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication at a base station, comprising code to:

• hop from a first set of narrowband frequency bands for a first channel occupancy to a second set of narrowband frequency bands for a second channel occupancy in a base station hopping pattern across frames, the first set of narrowband frequency bands being different than the second set of narrowband frequency bands;
• and
• receive uplink transmissions in a narrowband from a user equipment in a plurality of transmission units within a corresponding set of narrowband frequency bands based on the base station hopping pattern.