Method and apparatus for machine type communication of system information
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsYuhua Chen, Yassin Aden Awad, Robert Arnott
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Abstract
A communication system is described in which system information is transmitted to communication devices, by a communication apparatus of the system, in system information blocks, in accordance with a system information block transmission scheme. The communication apparatus configures at least one system information block to include control information indicating how the system information blocks will be transmitted.
Claims26
A user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a base station, the UE comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:
- receive a Master Information Block (MIB) including a plurality of bits which represent a value that maps to one of a plurality of Transport Block Sizes (TBSs) for System Information Block 1 (SIB1) and to one of a plurality of numbers of repetitions of the SIB1;
- determine, based on the value, a TBS for the SIB1 and a number of repetitions of the SIB1;
- and
- receive the SIB1 based on the TBS and the number of repetitions.
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with base station, the method comprising:
- receiving a Master Information Block (MIB) including a plurality of bits which represent a value that maps to one of a plurality of Transport Block Sizes (TBSs) for System Information Block 1 (SIB1) and to one of a plurality of numbers of repetitions of the SIB1;
- determining, based on the value, a TBS for the SIB1 and a number of repetitions of the SIB1;
- and
- receiving the SIB1 based on the TBS and the number of repetitions.
A base station configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE), the base station comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:
- transmit a Master Information Block (MIB) including a plurality of bits which represent a value that maps to one of a plurality of Transport Block Sizes (TBSs) for System Information Block 1 (SIB1) and to one of a plurality of numbers of repetitions of the SIB1;
- and
- transmit the SIB1 based on the TBS and the number of repetitions.
A method performed by a base station configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- transmitting a Master Information Block (MIB) including a plurality of bits which represent a value that maps to one of a plurality of Transport Block Sizes (TBSs) for System Information Block 1 (SIB1) and to one of a plurality of numbers of repetitions of the SIB1;
- and
- transmitting the SIB1 based on the TBS and the number of repetitions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.