Device, network, and method for wideband long-term evolution (lte) uplink transmission

A base station configured to receive uplink signals in a wireless network, the base station comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• signal to a first user equipment (UE) a first UE frequency tone assignment that schedules a first set of subcarriers allocated to the first UE, with the first set of subcarriers comprising a plurality of subcarriers evenly spaced in a frequency domain, with a first subcarrier of the first subcarrier set being non-contiguous in the frequency domain from other subcarriers of the first subcarrier set;
• receive a first UE signal from the first UE, with the first UE signal carrying at least a first single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) uplink transmission communicated by the first UE;
• signal to a second UE, a second UE frequency tone assignment that schedules a second set of subcarriers allocated to the second UE, with second UE subcarriers of the second set of subcarriers being contiguously interleaved with first UE subcarriers of the first set of subcarriers;
• and
• receive a second UE signal from the second UE, with the second UE signal carrying at least a second SC-FDMA uplink transmission communicated by the second UE.