Uplink transmissions in preconfigured resources for enhanced machine type communication (emtc) and narrow-band internet of things (nb-iot)

An apparatus of an eNodeB operable to decode uplink (UL) transmissions received from a low mobility user equipment (UE) using configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• encode, at the eNodeB, a CG PUSCH resource configuration for transmission to the low mobility UE while the low mobility UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, wherein the CG PUSCH resource configuration indicates CG PUSCH resources for the low mobility UE after the low mobility UE transitions from the RRC connected state to an RRC idle state;
• and
• decode, at the eNodeB, data packets received over a PUSCH from the low mobility UE using the CG PUSCH resources while the low mobility UE is in the RRC idle state;
• and
• memory interface configured to retrieve from a memory the CG PUSCH resource configuration.

At least one machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for performing uplink (UL) transmissions using configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources, the instructions when executed by one or more processors at a low mobility user equipment (UE) perform the following:

• decoding, at the low mobility UE, a CG PUSCH resource configuration from an eNodeB while the low mobility UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, wherein the CG PUSCH resource configuration indicates CG PUSCH resources for the low mobility UE after the low mobility UE transitions from the RRC connected state to an RRC idle state;
• transitioning, at the low mobility UE, from the RRC connected state to the RRC idle state;
• and
• encoding, at the low mobility UE, data packets for transmission over a PUSCH to the eNodeB using the CG PUSCH resources while the low mobility UE is in the RRC idle state.