Applicability of LTE-M subcarrier puncturing in coexistence with NR

A method for communicating in a wireless communication network, comprising:

• receiving a signal carried by a first carrier having a predetermined number of subcarriers within bandwidth of a second carrier, wherein the receiving comprises discarding each of the predetermined number of subcarriers that corresponds to a partial overlap by the first carrier of a resource block of the second carrier when decoding the received signal, wherein resource blocks of the first carrier in first carrier narrowbands are scheduled below a direct current (DC) subcarrier of the first carrier such that a first subset of the scheduled resource blocks of the first carrier below the DC subcarrier are aligned with resources blocks of the second carrier and a second subset of the scheduled resource blocks of the first carrier below the DC subcarrier are not aligned with resource blocks of the second carrier.

A wireless device comprising:

• transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry operatively associated with the transceiver circuitry and configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a signal carried by a first carrier having a predetermined number of subcarriers within bandwidth of a second carrier, wherein the receiving comprises discarding each of the predetermined number of subcarriers that corresponds to a partial overlap by the first carrier of a resource block of the second carrier when decoding the received signal, wherein resource blocks of the first carrier in first carrier narrowbands are scheduled below a direct current (DC) subcarrier of the first carrier such that a first subset of the scheduled resource blocks of the first carrier below the DC subcarrier are aligned with resources blocks of the second carrier and a second subset of the scheduled resource blocks of the first carrier below the DC subcarrier are not aligned with resource blocks of the second carrier.