PBCH DESIGN FOR NARROWBAND INTERNET-OF-THINGS (NB-IOT)

摘要

Disclosed herein is an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with an evolved Node B (eNB). The UE may include memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry may be configured to detect a plurality of code blocks received on a Narrowband Physical Broadcast Channel (NB-PBCH) during a Master Information Block transmission time interval (MIB TTI). The processing circuitry may be further configured to partition a code block of the plurality of code blocks into a plurality of subframes. Each of the plurality of subframes includes a bit sequence representing an encoded Narrowband Master Information Block (NB-MIB), and the bit sequence is repeated a number of times within the code block. The bit sequence can be decoded to obtain the NB-MIB.