Method for performing machine type communication for the purpose of coverage improvement, apparatuses and systems for performing the same

An apparatus for transmitting a downlink communication to a terminal, the base station comprising:

• a transceiver that transmits and receives a radio signal;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
• transmit system information, control information and/or data to the terminal using a system bandwidth;
• wherein the system information includes at least one of Master Information Block (MIB) and System Information Block (SIB),
• wherein the system information, the control information and/or the data is transmitted to the terminal repetitively,
• wherein a frame includes a plurality of subframes, and each frame is distinguished by a System Frame Number (SFN),
• wherein the transmission of the Master Information Block (MIB) relates to a transmission of same signal repetitively and a transmission of same data with different types of signal repetitively, and
• wherein the different types of signal is a signal encoded differently.

A method of performing a downlink communication from a base station to a terminal, the method comprising:

• transmitting, by the base station, system information, control information and/or data to the terminal using a system bandwidth,
• wherein the system information includes at least one of Master Information Block (MIB) and a System Information Block (SIB),
• wherein the system information, the control information and/or the data is transmitted by the base station repetitively,
• wherein a frame includes a plurality of subframes, and each frame is distinguished by a System Frame Number (SFN),
• wherein the transmission of the Master Information Block (MIB) relates to a transmission of same signal repetitively and/or a transmission of same data with different types of signal repetitively, and
• wherein the transmission of same signal repetitively and the transmission of same data with different types of signal repetitively includes:
• repetitively transmitting same data with the different types of signal encoded differently during repetitive transmission of the Master Information Block (MIB);
• and
• repetitively transmitting the same signal which is the same as the different types of signal.