Narrowband frequency hopping mechanisms to overcome bandwidth restrictions in the unlicensed frequency spectrum

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

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• transmit information indicating a narrowband frequency hopping pattern to at least one user equipment (UE), the narrowband frequency hopping pattern corresponding to a plurality of frames, the plurality of frames including at least one non-anchor channel and being associated with a plurality of anchor channels, wherein the at least one non-anchor channel in each of the plurality of frames includes M non-anchor channels within a wideband, the M non-anchor channels being grouped into M carriers across the plurality of frames and each of the M carriers occupying a set of adjacent non-anchor channels in each of the plurality of frames;
• and
• communicate with the at least one UE using the narrowband frequency hopping pattern, wherein communication on the plurality of anchor channels occurs during the same frames.

An apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive information indicating a narrowband frequency hopping pattern from a base station, the narrowband frequency hopping pattern corresponding to a plurality of frames, the plurality of frames including at least one non-anchor channel and being associated with a plurality of anchor channels, wherein the at least one non-anchor channel in each of the plurality of frames includes M non-anchor channels within a wideband, the M non-anchor channels being grouped into M carriers across the plurality of frames and each of the M carriers occupying a set of adjacent non-anchor channels in each of the plurality of frames;
• and
• communicate with the base station using the narrowband frequency hopping pattern, wherein communication on the plurality of anchor channels occurs during the same frames.