Methods and apparatus for transmitting in resource blocks

An apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver that receives a resource assignment indication, where the resource assignment indication indicates a set of resource blocks for a data transmission;
• and
• a controller coupled to the transceiver, where the controller determines, based on the resource assignment indication, whether the set of resource blocks includes both a first set of resource blocks of a first resource assignment and a second set of resource blocks of a second resource assignment or the set of resource blocks includes only the first set of resource blocks of the first resource assignment,
• wherein the transceiver
• transmits, based on the set of resource blocks including only the first set of resource blocks, the data transmission in only the first set of resource blocks, and
• transmits, based on the set of resource blocks including both the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks, the data transmission in at least one selected from the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks.

A method at a device, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the device, a resource assignment indication, where the resource assignment indication indicates a set of assigned resource blocks for a data transmission;
• determining whether the resource assignment indication indicates both a first resource assignment of a first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks and a second resource assignment of a second set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks or the resource assignment indication indicates only the first resource assignment of the first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks;
• transmitting, based on the resource assignment indication indicating only the first resource assignment of the first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks, the data transmission in only the first set of resource blocks;
• and
• transmitting, based on the resource assignment indication indicating both the first resource assignment of the first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks and the second resource assignment of the second set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks, the data transmission in at least one selected from the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks.