CONTROL-LESS OPERATION FOR COVERAGE LIMITED MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to techniques for control-less operation for machine-type communications (MTC). A method and apparatus for performing a random access channel, RACH, procedure by a user equipment (UE) is described, wherein the UE transmits a bundled RACH sequence and receives a RACH response in a bundled physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, wherein a PDCCH or a ePDCCH schedules the PDSCH. A related method and apparatus for a corresponding base station are also described.