Methods and arrangements for handling a scheduling of a narrowband transmission in a cellular network

A base station for handling a scheduling of a narrowband transmission from a user equipment in a cell served by the base station, which base station and which user equipment are comprised in a cellular network, the base station comprising:

• a processor and a memory, the processor being configured to:
• (a) divide a time resource available for the scheduling into available subframes,
• (b) divide frequency resource available for scheduling in each respective subframe into available resource blocks,
• (c) select, from among the subframes of the time resource available for scheduling, a subframe in which narrowband transmissions are prioritized for scheduling;
• and
• (d) when an indication that the transmission from the user equipment is a narrowband transmission is obtained, schedule the transmission from the user equipment to a subset of contiguous available resource blocks that i) are in the selected subframe which prioritizes narrowband transmissions, and ii) occupy a portion of the available frequency resource that has a better channel quality than other portions of the available frequency resource,
• wherein narrowband transmissions are prioritized for scheduling to the selected subframe based on the number of resource blocks they are to be scheduled to, and
• wherein the scheduling is based on a channel quality variation among available resource blocks in the selected subframe.