Systems and methods for broadcast control channel power boost scheduling for wireless communications base stations

A method for broadcast control channel power boost scheduling, the method comprising:

• transmitting a downlink wireless communication frame from a base station to one or more user equipment (UE) within a coverage area of the base station, wherein the downlink wireless communication frame comprises a first bandwidth divided into a first plurality of resource blocks;
• determining when a slot of the downlink wireless communication frame is scheduled to carry a downlink broadcast control channel;
• when the slot of the downlink wireless communication frame is not scheduled to carry the downlink broadcast control channel, scheduling the first plurality of resource blocks for transmission during the slot;
• when the slot of the downlink wireless communication frame is scheduled to carry the downlink broadcast control channel, scheduling fewer resource blocks than the first plurality of resource blocks for transmission during the slot in a second bandwidth smaller than the first bandwidth;
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• modulating the slot of the downlink wireless communication frame using a number of subcarriers corresponding to a number of scheduled resource blocks.

A wireless communication base station system, the system comprising:

• at least one controller comprising one or more processing units comprising processing circuitry to:
• control a radio unit to transmit a wireless communication frame to one or more user equipment (UE) within a coverage area, wherein the wireless communication frame comprises a first bandwidth divided into a first plurality of resource blocks;
• determine when a slot of the wireless communication frame is scheduled to carry a downlink broadcast control channel;
• when the slot of the wireless communication frame is scheduled to carry the downlink broadcast control channel, schedule fewer resource blocks than the first plurality of resource blocks for transmission during the slot in a second bandwidth smaller than the first bandwidth;
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• control the radio unit to modulate the slot onto a downlink radio frequency (RF) signal using a number of subcarriers corresponding to a number of scheduled resource blocks.