Uplink and downlink approvals for narrowband operations

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for wireless communication. In one aspect, a method is provided that may be performed by a wireless device, such as a user equipment (UE), which may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The method generally includes monitoring a control channel in a narrow band of system bandwidth for uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) approval, receiving interlaced UL and DL grants, and received interlaced And transmitting or receiving information in response to UL and DL grants.