Carrier information signaling in a 5g network

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:
• receive carrier information identifying at least one of:
• an initial absolute frequency for a carrier,
• a tone boundary offset value for the carrier,
• a number of resource blocks included in the carrier, or
• a frequency offset from a reference frequency;
• and
• determine a configuration of the carrier based at least in part on the carrier information and a subcarrier spacing of the UE.

A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

• determining a configuration of a carrier for a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on a subcarrier spacing of the UE;
• and
• transmitting carrier information identifying the configuration, wherein the carrier information includes at least one of:
• an initial absolute frequency for the carrier,
• a tone boundary offset value for the carrier,
• a number of resource blocks included in the carrier, or
• a frequency offset from a reference frequency.

A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:
• determine a configuration of a carrier for a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on a subcarrier spacing of the UE;
• and
• transmit carrier information identifying the configuration, wherein the carrier information includes at least one of:
• an initial absolute frequency for the carrier,
• a tone boundary offset value for the carrier,
• a number of resource blocks included in the carrier, or
• a frequency offset from a reference frequency.