OA18318A

OA18318A - Enhanced paging procedures for machine type communications (MTC).

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Publication number: OA18318A
Application number: OA1201700274
Authority: OA
Inventors: Wanshi Chen; Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam; Peter Gaal; Hao Xu; Masato Kitazoe; Miguel Griot
Original assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
Priority date: 2015-01-30
Filing date: 2016-01-29
Publication date: 2018-10-03

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to enhanced paging procedures for devices with limited communications resources, such as machine type communication (MTC) devices and enhanced or evolved MTC (eMTC) devices. An example method generally includes determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for the UE to receive a paging message from a base station (BS), determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband region for receiving the paging message, and monitoring for the paging message in the at least one narrowband region within the set of subframes.

Description

[0001] This application daims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 15/009,739, 5 filed January 28, 2016, which daims benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent

Application Serial No. 62/110,181, filed January 30,2015, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62/113,936, filed February 9, 2015, which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety for ail applicable purposes.

BACKGROUND

Field ofthe Disclosure [0002] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more specifically, to enhanced paging procedures for devices with limited communications resources, such as machine type communication(s) (MTC) devices and enhanced or evolved MTC (eMTC) devices. The tenu MTC generally 15 applies to a broad class of devices in wireless communications including, but not limited to: Internet of Things (IoT) devices, Internet of Everything (loE) devices, wearable devices and low cost devices.

Description of Related Art [0003] Wireless communication Systems are wtdely deployed to provide various 20 types of communication content such as voice, data, and so on. These Systems may be multiple-access Systems capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available System resources (e.g., bandwidth and transmit power). Examples of such multiple-access Systems include code division multiple access (CDMA) Systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) Systems, frequency division multiple 25 access (FDMA) Systems, 3rd Génération Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term

Evolution (LTE) including LTE-Advanced Systems and orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) Systems.

[0004] Generally, a wireless multiple-access communication System can simultaneously support communication for multiple wireless terminais. Each terminal

communicates with one or more base stations via transmissions on the forward and reverse links. The forward lïnk (or downlink) refers to the communication link from the base stations to the terminais, and the reverse link (or uplink) refers to the communication ünk from the terminais to the base stations. This communication link 5 may be established via a single-înput single-output, multiple-input single-output or a multiple-input multiple-output (ΜΙΜΟ) system.

[0005] A wireless communication network may include a number of base stations that can support communication for a number of wireless devices. Wireless devices may include user equipments (UEs). Some UEs may be considered machine-type 10 communication (MTC) UEs, which may include remote devices, that may communicate with a base station, another remote device, or some other entity.

[0006] Machine type communications (MTC) may refer to communication involving at least one remote device on at least one end of the communication and may include forms of data communication which involve one or more entities that do not 15 necessarily need human interaction. MTC UEs may include UEs that are capable of

MTC communications with MTC servers and/or other MTC devices through Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMN), for example.

SUMMARY [0007] The Systems, methods, and devices of the disclosure each hâve several 20 aspects, no single one of which is solely responsible for its désirable attributes. Without limiting the scope of this disclosure as expressed by the claims which follow, some features will now be discussed briefly. After considering this discussion, and particularly after reading the section entitled “Detaîled Description” one will understand how the features of this disclosure provide advantages that include improved 25 communications between access points and stations in a wireless network.

[0008] Techniques and apparatus are provided herein for enhancing pagîng procedures in MTC and eMTC. MTC/eMTC devices include devices such as sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, drones, trackers, robots/robotic devices, etc. To enhance coverage of certain devices, such as MTC devices, “bundling” may be utilized, 30 în which certain transmissions are sent as a bundle of transmissions, for example, with

the same information transmitted over multiple subframes. Certain aspects of présent disclose relate to determining resources used for paging and determining a bundling size for paging.

[0009] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide a method for wireless 5 communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for the UE to receive a paging message from a base station (BS), determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message, and monitoring for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes.

[0010] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes means for determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for the UE to receive a paging message from a BS, means for determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message, and means for monitoring for the paging 15 message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes.

[0011] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes at least one processor configured to détermine a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for the UE to receive a paging message from a BS, détermine, within the set of subframes, at least one 20 narrowband région for receiving the paging message, and monitor for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes. The apparatus may further include a memory coupled with the at least one processor.

[0012] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide a computer readable medium havîng computer exécutable code stored thereon. The computer exécutable 25 code generally includes code for determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for the UE to receive a paging message from a BS, code for determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message, and code for monitoring for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes.

[0013] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide a method for wireless

communications by a BS. The method generally includes determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a paging message to a UE, determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message to the UE, and transmitting the paging message to the 5 UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes.

[0014] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes means for determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a paging message to a UE, means for determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région 10 for transmitting the paging message to the UE, and means for transmitting the paging message to the UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes.

[0015] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes at least one processor configured to détermine a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a 15 paging message to a UE, and détermine, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message to the UE. The apparatus may also Include a transmitter configured to transmit the paging message to the UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes. The apparatus may further include a memory cou pied with the at least one processor.

[0016] Certain aspects of the présent disclosure provide a computer readable medium having computer exécutable code stored thereon. The computer exécutable code generally includes code for determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a paging message to a UE, code for determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging 25 message to the UE, and code for transmitting the paging message to the UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes.

[0017] Numerous other aspects are provided including methods, apparatus, Systems, computer program products, and processing Systems. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or more aspects comprise the features hereinafter 30 fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or

more aspects. These features are indicative, however, of but a few ofthe various ways in which the principles of various aspects may be employed, and this description is intended to include ail such aspects and their équivalents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0018] So that the manner in which the above-recited features of the présent disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate 10 only certain typical aspects of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of ïts scope, for the description may admit to other equally effective aspects.

[0019] FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example wireless communication network, in accordance with certain aspects of the présent disclosure.

[0020] FIG. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of an evolved 15 nodeB (eNB) in communication with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications network, in accordance with certain aspects ofthe présent disclosure.

[0021] FIG. 3 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example frame structure for a particular radio access technology (RAT) for use in a wireless communications network, !n accordance with certain aspects ofthe présent disclosure.

[0022] FIG. 4 illustrâtes example subframe formats for the downlink with a normal cyclic prefix, in accordance with certain aspects of the présent disclosure.

[0023] FIGs. 5 and 5A illustrate an example of machine type communications (MTC) co-existence with in a wideband system, such as long term évolution (LTE), in accordance with certain aspects of the présent disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 6 illustrâtes example operations for wireless communications, by a UE, in accordance with certain aspects of the présent disclosure.

[0025] FIG. 6A illustrâtes example means capable of performing the operations set forth in FIG. 6.

[0026] FIG. 7 illustrâtes example operations for wireless communications, by a BS, in accordance with certain aspects ofthe présent disclosure.

[0027] FIG. 7A illustrâtes example means capable of performing the operations set forth in FIG. 7.

[0028] FIG. 8 illustrâtes an example of transmissions from multiple devices that may be multiplexed together, in accordance with certain aspects of the présent disclosure.

[0029] FIGs. 9-10 illustrate example call flows for determining the bundling size of a paging message transmitted to a UE by a BS, in accordance with certain aspects of the 10 présent disclosure.

[0030] To facilitate understanding, identical référencé numerals hâve been used, where possible, to desîgnate identical éléments that are common to the figures. It is contemplated that éléments dïsclosed in one embodiment may be beneficially utilized on other embodiments without spécifie recitation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0031] Aspects of the présent disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for enhanced paging procedures for devices with limited communication resources, such as MTC devices (e.g., low cost MTC devices, low cost eMTC devices). MTC devices may be implemented as narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) devices. The low cost MTC devices may 20 co-exist with other legacy devices in a particular radio access technology (RAT) (e.g., long term évolution (LTE)) and may operate on one or more narrowband régions partitioned out of an available System bandwidth that is supported by the particular RAT. The low cost MTC devices may also support different modes of operation, such as a coverage enhanced mode (e.g., where répétitions of the same message may be 25 bundled or transmitted across multiple subframes), a normal coverage mode (e.g., where répétitions may not be transmitted), etc.

[0032] Accordîngly, as wîlt be descrîbed in more detail below, the techniques presented herein may allow for low cost devices to détermine, from the available system bandwidth, whtch narrowband region(s) the low cost devices should monitor for a

bundled paging message transmitted from a base station (BS)/network. As wiil also be described in more detail below, techniques presented herein may also allow for the détermination and/or adaptation of the bundlîng size for the paging message based on one or more triggers.

[0033] The techniques described herein may be used for various wireless communication networks such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) networks, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) networks, Orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) networks, Single-Carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) networks, etc. The terms “network” and “system” are often used 10 înterchangeably. A CDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), cdma2000, etc. UTRA includes Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA), Time Division Synchronous CDMA (TD-SCDMA), and other variants of CDMA. cdma2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95 and IS-856 standards. A TDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Global System for 15 Mobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM®, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Télécommunication System (UMTS). 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), în both frequency division 20 duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD), are new releases of UMTS that use E-UTRA, which employs OFDMA on the downlink and SC-FDMA on the uplink. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A and GSM are described in documents from an organization named “3rd Génération Partnership Project” (3GPP). cdma2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named “3rd Génération Partnership 25 Project 2” (3GPP2). The techniques described herein may be used for the wireless networks and radio technologies mentioned above as well as other wireless networks and radio technologies. For clarity, certain aspects of the techniques are described below for LTE/LTE-A, and LTE/LTE-A terminology is used in much of the description below. LTE and LTE-A are referred to generally as LTE.

[0034] FIG. I illustrâtes an example wireless communication network 100 with base stations (BSs) and user equipments (UEs), in which aspects of the présent dîsclosure may be practiced.

[0035] For example, one or more paging procedure enhancements for certain UEs 120 (e.g., low cost machine type communication (MTC) UEs, low cost enhanced MTC (eMTC) UEs, etc.) in the wireless communication network I00 may be supported. According to the techniques presented herein, the eNBs llO and UE(s) 120 in the wireless communication network 100 may be able to détermine, from the avaitable

System bandwidth supported by the wireless communication network 100, which narrowband region(s) the UE(s) 120 should monitor for a bundled paging message transmitted from the eNBs HO in the wireless communication network 100. Also, according to techniques described herein, the eNBs HO and/or UE(s) 120 in the 10 wireless communication network 100 may be able to détermine and/or adapt the bundling size for the paging message based on one or more triggers in the wireless communication network 100.

[0036] The wireless communication network 100 may be a long term évolution (LTE) network or some other wireless network. Wireless communication network 100 15 may include a number of evolved Node Bs (eNBs) 110 and other network entities. An eNB is an entity that communicates with UEs and may also be referred to as a base station (BS), a Node B, an access point (AP), etc. Each eNB may provide communication coverage for a partïcular géographie area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of an eNB and/or an eNB subsystem serving this coverage area, 20 dependîng on the context in which the term is used.

[0037] An eNB may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or other types of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large géographie area (eg·, several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptton. A pico cell may cover a relatively small géographie area 25 and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small géographie area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs having association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). An eNB for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro eNB. An eNB for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico eNB. An eNB for a femto cell may be referred to 30 as a femto eNB or a home eNB (HeNB). In the exemple shown in FIG. I, an eNB 110a may be a macro eNB for a macro cell 102a, an eNB 110b may be a pico eNB for a pico cell 102b, and an eNB 110c may be a femto eNB for a femto cell 102c. An eNB may

support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells. The terms “eNB”, “base station,” and “cell” may be used interchangeably herein.

[0038] Wireless communication network 100 may also include relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream station 5 (e.g., an eNB or a UE) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or an eNB). A relay station may also be a UE that can relay transmissions for other UEs. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a relay (station) eNB llOd may communicate with macro eNB 110a and a UE 120d in order to facilitate communication between eNB 110a and UE 120d. A relay station may also be referred to as a relay 10 eNB, a relay base station, a relay, etc.

[0039] Wireless communication network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes eNBs of different types, e.g., macro eNBs, pico eNBs, femto eNBs, relay eNBs, etc. These different types of eNBs may hâve different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impact on interférence in wireless 15 communication network 100. For example, macro eNBs may hâve a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 W) whereas pico eNBs, femto eNBs, and relay eNBs may hâve lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 W).

[0040] A network controller 130 may couple to a set of eNBs and may provide coordination and contre! for these eNBs. Network controller 130 may communicate 20 with the eNBs via a backhaul. The eNBs may also communicate with one another,

e.g., directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul.

[0041] UEs 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120c) may be dispersed throughout wireless communication network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. A UE may also be referred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station (MS), a subscriber unit, 25 a station (STA), etc. A UE may be a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, a smart phone, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, an entertainment device (e.g., music player, gamîng device, etc.), a caméra, a vehicular device, a navigation device, a drone, a 30 robot/robotic device, a wearable device (e.g., smart watch, smart clothing, smart wristband, smart ring, smart bracelet, smart glasses, virtual reality goggles), etc.

[0042] One or more UEs 120 în the wireless communication network 100 (e.g., an LTE network) may also be low cost, low data rate devices, e.g., such as low cost MTC UEs, low cost eMTC UEs, etc. The low cost UEs may co-exist with legacy and/or advanced UEs in the LTE network and may hâve one or more capabilities that are limited when compared to the other UEs (e.g., non-low cost UEs) in the wireless network. For example, when compared to legacy and/or advanced UEs in the LTE network, the low cost UEs may operate with one or more of the following: a réduction in maximum bandwidth (relative to legacy UEs), a single receive radio frequency (RF) chain, réduction of peak rate, réduction of transmit power, rank l transmission, half 10 duplex operation, etc. As used herein, devices with limited communication resources, such as MTC devices, eMTC devices, etc. are referred to generally as low cost UEs. Similarly, legacy devices, such as legacy and/or advanced UEs (e.g., in LTE) are referred to generally as non-low cost UEs.

[0043] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a design of BS/eNB 110 and UE 120, which 15 may be one of the BSs/eNBs 110 and one of the UEs 120, respectively, in FIG. 1. BS

110 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t, and UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general T £ 1 and Λ S1.

[0044] At BS 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data from a data source 212 for one or more UEs, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) for 20 each UE based on channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based on the MCS(s) selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for ail UEs. Transmit processor 220 may also process System information (e.g., for semî-static resource partitioning information (SRPI), etc.) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, upper layer signaling, etc.) and provide 25 overhead symbols and control symbols. Processor 220 may also generate référencé symbols for référencé signais (e.g., the corn mon référencé signal (CRS)) and synchronization signais (e.g., the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS)). A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (ΜΙΜΟ) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the 30 control symbols, the overhead symbols, and/or the référencé symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t.

Each MOD 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM, etc.)

to obtain an output sample stream. Each MOD 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplîfy, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. T downlink signais from modulators 232a through 232t may be transmîtted via T antennas 234a through 234t, respectively.

[0045] At UE 120, antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signais from BS HO and/or other BSs and may provide received signais to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. Each DEMOD 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) its received signal to obtain input samples. Each DEMOD 254 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM, etc.) to 10 obtain received symbols. A ΜΙΜΟ detector 256 may obtain received symbols from ail

R demodulators 254a through 254r, perform ΜΙΜΟ détection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and décodé) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and System information to a controller/proccssor 280. A channel processor may détermine référencé signal received power (RSRP), received signal strength indicator (RSSI), référencé signal received quality (RSRQ), CQI, etc.

[0046] On the uplink, at UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for reports comprising RSRP, 20 RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, etc.) from controller/processor 280. Processor 264 may also generate référencé symbols for one or more référencé signais. The symbols from transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX ΜΙΜΟ processor 266 if applicable, further processed by MODs 254a through 254r (e.g., for SC-FDM, OFDM, etc.), and transmitted to BS 110. At BS 110, the uplink signais from UE 120 and other UEs may 25 be received by antennas 234, processed by DEMODs 232, detected by a ΜΙΜΟ detector

236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 120. Processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to controller/processor 240.

BS 110 may include communication unit 244 and communicate to network contre lier 30 130 via communication unit 244. Network controller 130 may include communication unit 294, controller/processor 290, and memory 292.

(0047] Controllers/processors 240 and 280 may direct the operation at BS 110 and UE 120, respectively. For example, controller/processor 240 and/or other processors and modules at BS 110 may perform or direct operations 700 illustrated in FIG. 7 and/or other processes for the techniques described herein. Similarly, controller/processor 280 and/or other processors and modules at UE 120 may perform or direct operations 600 illustrated in FIG. 6 and/or processes for the techniques described herein. Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for BS 110 and UE 120, respectively. A scheduler 246 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.

[0048] FIG. 3 shows an exemplary frame structure 300 for FDD in LTE. The 10 transmission timeline for each of the downlink and uplink may be partitioned into units of radio frames. Each radio frame may hâve a predetermined duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)) and may be partitioned into 10 subframes with indices of 0 through 9. Each subframe may include two slots. Each radio frame may thus include 20 slots with indices of 0 through 19. Each slot may include L symbol periods, 15 e.g., seven symbol periods for a normal cyclic prefix (as shown in FIG. 2) or six symbol periods for an extended cyclic prefix. The 2L symbol periods in each subframe may be assigned indices ofO through 2£-l.

[0049] In LTE, an eNB may transmit a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) on the downlink in the center 1.08 MHz of the 20 System bandwidth for each cell supported by the eNB. The PSS and SSS may be transmitted in symbol periods 6 and 5, respectively, in subframes 0 and 5 of each radio frame with the normal cyclic prefix, as shown in FIG. 3. The PSS and SSS may be used by UEs for cell search and acquisition. The eNB may transmit a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) across the System bandwidth for each cell supported by the eNB. The 25 CRS may be transmitted in certain symbol periods of each subframe and may be used by the UEs to perform channel estimation, channel quality measurement, and/or other functions. The eNB may also transmit a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in symbol periods 0 to 3 in slot 1 of certain radio frames. The PBCH may carry some System information. The eNB may transmit other System information such as System 30 information blocks (SIBs) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in certain subframes. The eNB may transmit control information/data on a physical downlink contreI channel (PDCCH) in the first B symbol periods of a subframe, where B may be

configurable for each subframe. The eNB may transmit trafïîc data and/or other data on the PDSCH in the remaining symbol periods of each subframe.

[0050] The PSS, SSS, CRS, and PBCH in LTE are described in 3GPP TS 36.211, entitled Evolved Universal Terrestrîal Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical Channels and 5 Modulation, which is publicly available.

[0051] FIG. 4 shows two example subframe formats 410 and 420 for the downlink with a normal cyclic prefix. The available tîme frequency resources for the downlink may be partit ioned into resource blocks. Each resource block may cover 12 subcarriers in one slot and may include a number of resource éléments. Each resource element may 10 cover one subcarrier in one symbol period and may be used to send one modulation symbol, which may be a real or complex value.

[0052] Subframe format 410 may be used for an eNB equipped with two antennas. A CRS may be transmitted from antennas 0 and 1 in symbol periods 0,4, 7, and 11. A reference signal is a signal that is known a priori by a transmitter and a receiver and 15 may also be referred to as pilot. A CRS is a reference signal that is spécifie for a cell,

e.g., generated based on a cell identity (ID). In FIG. 4, for a given resource element with label Ra, a modulation symbol may be transmitted on that resource element from antenna a, and no modulation symbols may be transmitted on that resource element from other antennas. Subframe format 420 may be used for an eNB equipped with four 20 antennas. A CRS may be transmitted from antennas 0 and 1 in symbol periods 0,4,7, and 11 and from antennas 2 and 3 in symbol periods 1 and 8. For both subframe formats 410 and 420, a CRS may be transmitted on evenly spaced subcarriers, which may be determined based on cell ID. Different eNBs may transmit their CRSs on the same or different subcarriers, depending on their cell IDs. For both subframe formats 25 410 and 420, resource éléments not used for the CRS may be used to transmit data (e.g., traffic data, control data, and/or other data).

[0053] An interlace structure may be used for each of the downlink and uplink for FDD tn LTE. For example, Q interlaces with indices of 0 through Q-l may be defined, where 0 may be equal to 4, 6, 8, 10, or some other value. Each interiace may include 30 subframes that are spaced apart by Q frames. In particular, interiace q may include subframes q, q+Q, q+2Q, etc., where q e {0,...,0-l}.

[0054] The wireless network may support hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) for data transmission on the downlink and uplink. For HARQ, a transmitter (e.g., an eNB 110) may send one or more transmissions of a packet until the packet is decoded correctly by a receiver (e.g., a UE 120) or some other termïnation condition is 5 encountered. For synchronous HARQ, ail transmissions of the packet may be sent in subframes of a single interlace. For asynchronous HARQ, each transmission of the packet may be sent in any subframe.

[0055] A UE may be located within the coverage of multiple eNBs. One of these eNBs may be selected to serve the UE. The serving eNB may be selected based on 10 various criteria such as received signal strength, received signal quality, path loss, etc.

Received signal quality may be quantifîed by a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or some other metric. The UE may operate în a dominant interférence scénario în which the UE may observe high interférence from one or more interfering eNBs.

[0056] As mentioned above, one or more UEs in the wireless communication network (e.g., wireless communication network 100) may be devices that hâve lîmited communication resources, such as low cost UEs, as compared to other (non-low cost) devices în the wireless communication network.

Examnle Low Cost MTC [0057] In some Systems, for example, in LTE Rel-13, a low cost UE may be limited to a particular narrowband assignaient (e.g., of no more than six resource blocks (RBs)) within the available System bandwidth. However, the low cost UE may be able to retune (e.g., to operate and/or camp) to different narrowband régions within the available System bandwidth of the LTE System, for example, in order to co-exist within the LTE 25 System.

[0058] As another example of coexistence within the LTE System, low cost UEs may be able to receive (with répétition) legacy physical broadcast channel (PBCH) (e.g., the LTE physical channel that, ïn general, carries parameters that may be used for initial access to the cell) and support one or more legacy physical random access channel 30 (PRACH) formats. For example, the low cost UE may be able to receive the legacy

PBCH with one or more additional répétitions of the PBCH across multiple subframes (e.g., bundled). As another example, the low cost UE may be able to transmit one or more répétitions of PRACH (e.g., with one or more PRACH formats supported) to an eNB (e.g., eNB 110) in the LTE system. The PRACH can be used to identify the low 5 cost UE. Also, the number of repeated PRACH attempts can be configured by the eNB.

[0059] The low cost UE may also be a lînk budget limîted device and may operate in different modes of operation (e.g., using different numbers of répétitions for messages transmitted to or from the low cost UE) based on its link budget limitation. For example, in some cases, the low cost UE may operate in a normal coverage mode in 10 which there is little to no répétition (e.g., the amount of répétition needed for the UE to successfully receive and/or transmit a message may be low or répétition may not even be needed). Altematively, in some cases, the low cost UE may operate in a coverage enhancement (CE) mode in which there may be high amounts of répétition. For example, for a 328 bit payload, a low cost UE in CE mode may need 150 or more 15 répétitions of the payload in order to successfully transmit and/or receive the payload.

[0060] In some cases (e.g., for LTE Rel-13), the low cost UE may hâve limited capabilities with respect to its réception of broadcast and unicast transmissions. For example, the maximum transport block (TB) size for a broadcast transmission received by the low cost UE may be limited to 1000 bits. Additionally, in some cases, the low 20 cost UE may not be able to receive more than one unicast TB in a subframe. In some cases (e.g., for both the CE mode and normal mode described above), the low cost UE may not be able to receive more than one broadcast TB in a subframe. Further, in some cases, the low cost UE may not be able to receive both a unicast TB and a broadcast TB in a subframe.

[0061] For MTC, low cost UEs that co-exist in the LTE system may also support new messages for certain procedures, such as paging, random access procedure, etc. (e.g., as opposed to conventîonal messages used in LTE for these procedures). In other words, these new messages for paging, random access procedure, etc. may be separate from the messages used for similar procedures associated with non-low cost UEs. For 30 example, as compared to conventîonal paging messages used in LTE, low cost UEs may be able to monitor and/or receive paging messages that non-low cost UEs may not be able to monitor and/or receive. Similarly, as compared to conventîonal random access

response (RAR) messages used in a convention al random access procedure, low cost UEs may be able to receive RAR messages that non-low cost UEs may not be able to receive. The new pagïng and RAR messages associated with low cost UEs may also be repeated one or more times (e.g., bundled). In addition, different numbers of répétitions 5 (e.g., different bundling sizes) for the new messages may be supported.

Example MTC Coexistence within a Wideband System [0062] As mentioned above, MTC and/or eMTC operation may be supported (e.g., in coexistence with LTE or some other RAT) in the wireless communication network (e.g., wireless communication network 100). FIGs. 5 and 5A illustrate an example of 10 how low cost UEs tn MTC operation may co-exist within a wideband System, such as

LTE.

[0063] As illustrated in the example frame structure 500 of FIG. 5, subframes associated with MTC and/or eMTC operation may be time division multiplexed (TDM) with regular subframes associated with LTE (or some other RAT). For example, regular 15 subframe may occurring at time instances 502, 506, and 510 can be TDM with MTC subframes occurring at time instances 504, 508, and 5I2. As shown in FIG. 5, in one example implémentation, the number of subframe associated (e)MTC operation may be relatively small compared to the number of regular subframes.

[0064] Additionally or altematively, as illustrated in the example frame structure 20 500A of FIG. 5A, one or more narrowbands used by low cost UEs in MTC may be frequency division multiplexed (FDM) within the wider bandwidth supported by LTE. Multiple narrowband régions may be supported for MTC and/or eMTC operation, with each narrowband région spanning a bandwidth that is no greater than a total of 6 RBs. In some cases, each low cost UE in MTC operation may operate within one narrowband 25 région (e.g., at 1.4 MHz or 6 RBs) at a time. However, low cost UEs in MTC operation, at any given time, may re-tune to other narrowband régions in the wider System bandwidth. In some examples, multiple low cost UEs may be served by the same narrowband région. In other examples, multiple low cost UEs may be served by different narrowband régions (e.g., with each narrowband région spanning 6 RBs). In 30 yet other examples, different combinations of low cost UEs may be served by one or more same narrowband régions and/or one or more different narrowband régions.

[0065] As shown in FIG. 5A, in a subframe 500A, the low cost UE can monitor a wideband région 508A for legacy control information and wideband régions 502A and 506A for data. The low cost UEs may operate (e.g., monîtor/receive/transmit) within the narrowband régions for various different operations. For example, as shown in 5 FIG. 5A, a first narrowband région 504A (e.g., spanning no more than 6 RB s) of a subframe may be monitored by one or more low cost UEs for either a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), MTC signaling, or paging transmission from a BS in the wireless communication network. As also shown in FIG. 5A, the low cost UE can 10 retune to a second narrowband région 510A (e.g., also spanning no more than 6 RBs of the wideband data) of a subframe to transmit a RAC H or data previously configured in signaling received from a BS. In some cases, the second narrowband région 51 OA may be utilized by the same low cost UEs that utilized the first narrowband région 504A (e.g., the low cost UEs may hâve re-tuned to the second narrowband région to transmit 15 after monitoring in the first narrowband région). In some cases (although not shown), the second narrowband région 51 OA may be utilized by different low cost UEs than the low cost UEs that utilized the first narrowband région 504A.

[0066] Although the examples described hereîn assume a narrowband of 6 RBS, those skilled in the art will recognize that the techniques presented herein may also be 20 applied to different sizes of narrowband régions.

EXAMPLE PAGING ENHANCEMENTS FOR LOW COST EMTC [0067] As mentioned above, in certain Systems (e.g., LTE Rel-13 Systems), narrowband operation for enhanced machine type communications (eMTC) may be supported. Further, as also mentioned above, different modes of operation for low cost 25 devices, such as low cost user equipment (UEs) in eMTC, which may use different amounts of répétition before a message is successfully received and/or transmitted by the low cost UEs, may also be supported. In some situations, due to support for narrowband operation, the base station (BS) and/or the low cost UEs may not know which narrowband région out of the available System bandwidth a paging message 30 should be transmitted (e.g., by the BS) or monitored (e.g., by the low cost UEs).

Further, in some situations, due to the different coverage modes supported, the BS may know how much bundling ofthe paging messages may be needed for the low cost UEs

to successfully receive the paging message.

[0068] Accord ingly, aspects of the présent disclosure provide techniques for determining, from the available System bandwidth, which narrowband region(s) the low cost UEs should monitor for a bundled paging message transmitted from a BS. Further, 5 techniques presented herein may also allow for determining and/or adapting the bundling size of the paging message based on one or more triggers.

[0069] FIG. 6 illustrâtes example operations 600 for wireless communications, in accordance with certain aspects of the présent disclosure. The operations 600 can be performed by a UE, such as a low cost UE, which may be one of the UEs 120 illustrated 10 in FIGs. 1 and 2. The operations 600 may begin, at 602, by determining a set of subframes corresponding to a bundled paging occasion for the UE to receive a bundled paging message from a BS. At 604, the UE détermines, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message. At 606, the UE monitors for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of 15 subframes. FIG. 6A illustrâtes example means capable of performing the operations set forth in FIG. 6.

[0070] FIG. 7 illustrâtes example operations 700 for wireless communications, in accordance with certain aspects of the présent disclosure. The operations 700 can be performed by a BS, such as one ofthe BSs/eNBs 110 illustrated in FIGs. 1 and 2, and 20 may be corresponding network side operations to the operations 600. The operations

700 may begin, at 702, by determining a set of subframes corresponding to a bundled paging occasion for transmitting a bundled paging message to a UE, such as a low cost UE. At 704, the BS détermines, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message to the UE. At 706, the BS transmits the 25 paging message to the UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes.

FIG. 7A illustrâtes example means capable of performing the operations set forth in FIG. 7.

[0071] As mentioned above, in some Systems (e.g., for LTE Rel-13), the paging procedure for low cost UEs may allow for narrowband operation and/or paging 30 répétition (e.g., bundling) with varying bundle sizes (e.g., multiple subframe bundling sizes may be supported). As used herein, the bundling size of a paging message may

refer to the number of subframes in which the paging message is transmitted/repeated to the low cost UE.

[0072] According to certain aspects, in order for devices (e.g., low cost UEs and/or BSs) in the wireless communication network to know which paging resource the low 5 cost UEs should monitor for a paging message transmitted from the BS, the paging resource may first need to be determined. For example, in certain Systems (e.g., LTE Rel-l3 Systems), the paging resource may include the paging frame (PF), paging occasion (PO) and paging narrowband région (PNB) (e.g., as opposed to just the PF and PO in conventional paging procedures).

[0073] The PF, in general, may refer to one radio frame, which may contain one or multiple POs in which a bundled paging message may be transmitted. The PO, in general, may refer to a subframe within a PF în which the BS/network may page the low cost UE. For example, în a PO configured for the low cost UE, the low cost UE may monitor the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH 15 (ePDCCH) for any transmissions of a paging radio network temporary identifier (PRNTI) addressing the paging message. According to certain aspects, a bundled PO may refer to a plurality of subframes in which the BS/network may transmit a bundled paging message to the low cost UE.

Example Paging Resources Détermination [0074] According to certain aspects, the détermination of the PF and bundled PO (which may correspond to a plurality of subframes in which a bundled paging message may be transmitted from the BS) may be determined based on formulas currently used for determining PF and PO in conventional paging procedures (e.g., for legacy LTE). These formulas (for PF and PO) may be based, in part, on a System frame number 25 (SFN) and a UE_ID that uniquely identifies the low cost UE. Aller the détermination of the PF and bundled PO, the low cost UE and/or BS may détermine at least one narrowband (NB) région in which the low cost UE may monitor for a bundled paging message transmitted from the BS (e.g., tuning to an appropriate narrowband région to monitor for the paging message). FIG. 8, for example, is tîme/frequency graph il lustrât i ng an example of how different narrowband régions for low cost UEs may be utilized in a MTC paging cycle.

[0075] As shown in FIG. 8, a legacy paging cycle utilized for legacy UEs and a MTC paging cycle utilized for low cost UEs may co-exist within the same wireless communication system. For example, legacy pages (e.g., that do not use bundling) associated with the legacy paging cycle, however, may be wideband pages restricted to 5 a certain bandwidth, as compared to the MTC page associated with the MTC paging cycle that may be transmitted, with bundling, on one or more narrowband régions partitioned out of the total available bandwidth. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, during the MTC paging cycle one or more low cost UEs may monitor for a MTC page that may be transmitted in narrowband régions 1 (806 and 812), whîle one or more 10 different low cost UEs may monitor for a MTC page that may be transmitted in narrowband régions 2 (804 and 810). During the legacy paging cycle, legacy UEs may monitor for a legacy page transmitted in wideband régions 802 and 808. As shown in FIG. 8, the legacy paging cycle and the MTC paging cycle may overlap.

[0076] According to certain aspects, the MTC pages (shown in FIG. 8) may be 15 bundled paging messages. As mentioned above, the bundled paging message may refer to the number of subframes in which the paging message is transmitted/repeated in one MTC paging cycle. Although not shown, the amount of bundling for MTC page in narrowband régions 1 804 and 810 and for MTC page in narrowband régions 2 806 and 812 may be the same (as shown) or different (not shown). Further, although not shown, 20 the amount of bundling for the MTC pages may vary between paging cycles.

[0077] According to certain aspects, the détermination of the narrowband région may be based on a default narrowband région. For example, in some cases, the default narrowband région may include the center 6 RBs ofthe available system bandwidth and the low cost UE may be configured to always tune to the center 6 RBs. In general, 25 however, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other default narrowband régions may be supported/configured.

[0078] According to certain aspects, the détermination of the narrowband région may be based on an identification (ID) of the low cost UE. For example, in some cases, the UE ID may be simîlar to the UE_ID utilized in the détermination of PF and PO in 30 conventional paging procedures. In some cases, the UE ID may be an ID that uniquely identifies the low cost UE but that is different from the UE_ID utilized in conventional paging procedures. In some aspects, if there are one or more narrowband régions

determined, the UE ID may be utilized to randomize the low cost UEs across the one or more determined narrowband régions.

[0079] According to certain aspects, the détermination of the narrowband région may be based on signaling from the BS. For example, in one case, the low cost UE may 5 receive radio resource contre! (RRC) signaling and/or Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling explicitly indicating which narrowband région the low cost UE should monitor for a bundled paging message transmitted from the BS. In some cases, the low cost UE may împlicitly détermine, based on signaling indicating the size of the bundled paging message, which narrowband région it should monitor for a bundled paging message 10 transmitted from the BS. For example, one or more low cost UEs in the wireless communication system may be grouped together based on bundling sizes (e.g., dependîng on radio conditions for that particular group, etc.) and the different groups of low cost UEs may be assigned to different narrowband régions within the available system bandwidth.

[0080] According to certain aspects, Instead of reusing conventional procedures for the détermination of PF and PO, the détermination of the plurality of subframes corresponding to the (bundled) PO and the one or more narrowband régions may be jointly determined (e.g., determined based on a same algorithm/formula). In certain aspects, the one or more narrowband régions within each subframe of the plurality of 20 subframes may be considered as addîtional PO resources in time and/or frequency. For example, if there are N narrowband réglons, then the devices (e.g., BS and/or low cost UEs) may détermine that there are N times the PO resources. In certain aspects, the joint détermination of the one or more narrowband régions (e.g., the N*PO PO resources) and plurality of subframes may be based on the UE ID and/or signaling from 25 the BS.

[0081] The various techniques described above may be combined in order to détermine which narrowband région, out of the available system bandwidth, the low cost UE should monitor for a bundled paging message transmitted from the BS. For example, in one case, the low cost UE may initîally receive signaling explicitly 30 indicating the narrowband région, however, if the low cost UE détermines that signaling îs not available, the low cost UE may resort to making the détermination based on a UE ID, default value, etc.

Example Pagine Bundlîng Size Détermination [0082] As mentioned above, techniques described herein may also allow for the UE and/or BS to détermine and/or adapt the bundling size for bundled paging messages transmitted by the BS. For example, in some cases, the low cost UE can détermine 5 bundling size based on signaling from the BS. In some cases, the bundling size may be determined based on the narrowband région used by the BS to transmit the paging message to the low cost UE. For example, as mentioned above, each of the one or more narrowband régions partîtioned out of the available System bandwidth may support a partïcular amount of bundling for the transmission of paging messages. Further, as also 10 mentioned above, the amount of bundling supported by some of the narrowband régions may be the same (or different) as the amount of bundling supported by other narrowband régions. Thus, in some cases, upon determining which narrowband région will be used to transmit a paging message, the BS and/or low cost UE may détermine, based on the supported bundling size used in that narrowband région, the partïcular 15 bundling size that will be used for the paging message. In some cases, the low cost UE may then monitor for the paging message in the narrowband région of the plurality of subframes, based on the determined bundling size. Similarly, in some cases, the BS may transmit the paging message to the UE in the narrowband région of the plurality of subframes based on the determined bundling size.

[0083] According to certain aspects, the low cost UE may indicate a connection mode to the network (e.g., Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, etc.). The bundling size for the PF may be determined based on the connection mode. For example, a connection mode (e.g., Mode 1) may indicate that the UE is deployed in non-mobility mode (e.g., the low cost UE is general ly expected to be deployed in a fixed location where the UE is 25 camping/served under the same BS). Another connection mode (e.g., Mode 2) may indicate that the UE is deployed in a regular mobility mode. The connection mode (e.g., Mode 1) may also indicate that the low cost UE is deployed in a normal power préférence mode and another connection mode (e.g., Mode 2) may indicate that the low cost UE is deployed in a low power préférence mode. According to certain aspects, the 30 connection mode of the low cost UE may détermine UE behavior upon cell selection/reselection. For example, if the low cost UE is deployed in one connection mode (e.g., Mode 1), a random access procedure may be triggered/performed. Altematively, if the

low cost UE is deployed in another connection mode (e.g., Mode 2), for example, the low cost UE may détermine bundling size based on a pre-configured value. In aspects, the low cost UE may select a new value for bundling size for paging messages.

[0084] According to certain aspects, the BS may transmit paging messages to the

UE by sending multiple bundled transmissions of the paging message to the UE untîl a response from the UE is detected or untîl an indication is received from the network. According to certain aspects, the multiple bundled transmissions may be of increasing bundling sizes. As one example, a bundling size of each bundled transmission of the multiple bundled transmissions is larger than a bundling size of the previous bundled 10 transmission of the multiple bundled transmissions.

[0085] FIGs. 9 and 10 illustrate example call flows 900 and 1000, respectively, for determining the bundling size of the paging message transmîtted to the low cost UEs by the BS. The eNB and MTC device (e.g., a low cost UE) illustrated in FIGs. 9 and 10 may be any of the BSs/eNBs 110 and UEs 120, respectively, illustrated in FIGs. 1 and 15 2.

[0086] According to certain aspects, as shown in FIG. 9, the bundling size may be determined based on a bundling size of a bundled random access channel (RACH) transmission that is successfully decoded by the BS.

[0087] When performing a RACH (e.g., transmits RACH messages) on the uplink, 20 the low cost UE may attempt multiple bundle sizes of the RACH transmission until the BS is able to successfully décodé the RACH transmission. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, on a first attempt at 902, the low cost UE 120 may attempt a bundling size of two for the first bundled RACH transmission (e.g., two répétitions of the RACH transmission). If the first attempt faîls at 904, on a second attempt at 906, the low cost 25 UE 120 can use a bundling size of three for the second bundled RACH transmission.

Similarly, if the second attempt fails at 908, on a third attempt at 910, the UE can use a bundling size of four for a third bundled RACH transmission, etc. According to certain aspects, the détermination of the bundling size for the bundled paging message may be determined (e.g., by the BS) based on the size of the bundled RACH that is successfully 30 decoded by the BS. For example, as shown, if on the third decoding attempt, the BS successfully décodés the third bundled RACH, the BS may détermine the paging

bundling size based on the third bundled RACH.

[0088] As shown in FIG. 9, if the RACH attempt succeeds, for example at 912 after the third bundled RACH transmission, the eNB 110 can détermine a bundling size for paging based on the bundling size for the third bundled RACH transmission at 914.

[0089] According to certain aspects, as shown in FIG. 10, the bundling size may be determined based on a number of attempts needed to successfully décodé (e.g., early décodé) a bundled transmission from the BS.

[0090] For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the low cost UE 120 may receive a bundled broadcast transmission at 1002 (e.g., with one or more répétitions of the 10 broadcast transmission) and may attempt to early décodé the bundled broadcast transmission (e.g., successfully décodé the broadcast transmission before receiving ail of the répétitions). If the low cost UE 120 is able to early décodé the broadcast transmission, the low cost UE 120 may indicate that the broadcast transmission was early decoded at 1004.

[0091] According to certain aspects, the détermination of the bundling size for the bundling paging message at 1006 may be determined (e.g., by the BS) based on the early décodé indication from the low cost UE 120. In certain aspects, the early décodé indication may also be used to adjust the bundling size. For example, as shown, based on the indication from the low cost UE 120, the BS 110 may transmit a bundled paging 20 message with a bundling size of two.

[0092] According to certain aspects, the bundling size may be determined based on measurement reports transmitted from the low cost UE. For example, the low cost UE may transmit one or more measurement reports to the BS during a transition from RRC idle to RRC connected and the BS can use one or more values in the measurement 25 report to détermine the bundling size for the bundled paging message. The one or more values (e.g., RSRP, signal to noise ratio (SNR), etc.) may be indicative of the radio conditions between the low cost UE and the BS. Based on the one or more values in the measurement report(s), the BS can décidé whether the bundling size for paging should be increased (e.g., if the measurement report(s) indicate poor radio conditions, for 30 example, below some threshold) or decreased (e.g., if the measurement report(s)

indicate radio conditions that are above some threshold).

[0093] According to certain aspects, the bundling size for paging may also be determined based on successfiil decoding of one or more bundled paging messages transmitted by the BS.

[0094] For example, in some cases, the BS may transmit bundled blank paging messages (e.g., paging messages meant for probing) to the low cost UE, where each of the bundled blank paging messages may be transmitted at bundle sizes that are known to the low cost UE. Referring again to FIG. 10, for example, the bundled transmission may be a bundled blank paging transmission with a bundling size of six (known by the 10 low cost UE 120) that is periodically transmitted by the BS 110. The low cost UE 120 may then attempt to décodé the bundled blank paging messages and may inform the BS 110 as to which paging messages were successful. For example, the low cost UE 120 successfully décodés the paging message after two attempts (i.e., the second out of six répétitions), the low cost UE 120 may indicate to the BS 110 that the low cost UE 120 15 was able to successfully décodé the bundled paging message after two attempts. If the low cost UE 120 was not able to successfully décodé the bundled paging message, the low cost UE 120 may indicate to the BS 110 that it was not able to successfully décodé the paging message. The BS 110 may then use the indicated information to détermine an updated bundling size (e.g., a decreased or increased bundling size relative to the 20 previous bundling size) for the bundled paging message. For example, based on the indication from the low cost UE 120, the BS 110 may détermine that the bundling size of two is sufficient for the bundled paging message.

Example Triggers for Determining Bundling Size for Paging [0095] According to certain aspects, détermination of the bundling size (e.g., by the 25 BS) can be triggered. In some cases, these triggers may allow the bundling size of the bundled paging message to be adapted/updated (as mentioned above) when one or more conditions are satisfied.

[0096] According to certain aspects, the détermination of the bundling size may be triggered each RRC connection attempt by the low cost UE. For example, every time 30 the low cost UE makes a transition from RRC Idle to RRC Connected, the BS may

détermine a bundlîng size for the bundled paging message to be transmitted to the low cost UE (e.g., radio conditions, measurement reports from the low cost UE, etc.). The BS can signal an indication of the bundled paging size to the low cost UE.

[0097] Accord in g to certain aspects, the détermination of the bundlîng size can also 5 be triggered during an initia! attachment procedure or during a tracking area update (TAU) by the low cost UE (e.g., which may occur as part of a RRC or NAS procedure). According to certain aspects, the détermination of bundlîng size can be triggered when the low cost UE selects or reselects a new cell. For example, in some cases, when the low cost UE selects or moves to a new cell, the radio conditions between the low cost 10 UE and the new cell can change and the new cell may not hâve knowledge of the updated conditions. To address this, techniques presented herein may allow for the bundlîng size to be determined every tïme the low cost UE selects or re-se!ects the new cell. In an example implémentation, when the low cost UE selects or re-selects the new cell, the low cost UE can initiate an RRC connection to trigger the détermination of the 15 new bundling size.

[0098] According to certain aspects, détermination of bundling size for paging can be triggered by the low cost UE. For example, the low cost UE may détermine that the current bundling size set by the BS is incorrect and should be updated based one or more conditions. In some cases, the low cost UE may détermine that the current 20 bundlîng size should be updated (e.g., trigger the détermination) if the low cost UE has not received a paging message over a certain period of time (e.g., longer than a threshold period). In some cases, the low cost UE may détermine that the current bundling size should be updated if the low cost UE detects that it is capable of acquiring a page with significantly less bundling than the bundling size used by the BS for a 25 previously transmitted bundled paging message (e.g., if the low cost UE early décodés în a similar manner as shown in FIG. 10). In some cases, the low cost UE may détermine that the current bundling size should be updated if the low cost UE détermines, based on one or more measurements (e.g., RSRP, SNR, etc.), that the radio conditions between the low cost UE and the BS hâve significantly changed.

[0099] If the low cost UE détermines that the bundling size should be updated, the low cost UE can trigger the bundling size update by performing an RRC Connection procedure. According to certain aspects, the low cost UE can also trigger the détermination of the bundlîng size periodîcally, for example, by performing the RRC Connection procedure periodîcally to update the bundlîng size for paging.

[0100] According to certain aspects, the low cost UE may be înformed about the determined bundlîng size for the paging message (e.g., implicitly or explicitly by the 5 BS). In one example, the low cost UE may be înformed about the determined bundlîng size semi-statically (e.g., before the low cost UE retums to RRC Idle). In another example, the low cost UE may be înformed about the determined bundlîng size dynamically (e.g., as part of the paging message grant). According to certain aspects, the BS may also inform neighbor BSs/eNBs and/or the MME about the determined 10 bundlîng size for paging.

[0101] The various techniques described above may be combined in order to détermine a bundlîng size for the bundled paging message and/or to détermine when the détermination of the bundlîng size is triggered. For example, in one case, the BS may receive a measurement report with one or more measurements made by the low cost UE 15 while the low cost UE is in RRC Connected mode and/or an early decoding indication from the low cost UE based on early decoding of a bundled broadeast transmission by the BS. In another case, the détermination of the bundlîng size may be triggered periodîcally by the low cost UE and/or every time the low cost UE selects or reselccts a new cell. In general, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other similar 20 techniques described herein may also be combined in order to enhance the paging procedures for low cost UEs.

[0102] Further, the various techniques described herein may be used to cnhance paging procedures for MTC and eMTC. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the techniques presented herein may also be applied to other procedures 25 in MTC and/or eMTC, such as random access procedures, transmission/receptîon of System information, etc.

[0103] As used herein, a phrase referring to “at least one of* a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended to cover: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any 30 combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-oc or any other ordering of a, b, and c).

[0104] As used herein, the terni “identifying” encompasses a wide variety of actions. For example, “identifying” may include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., looking up in a table, a database or another data structure), ascertaining and the like. Also, “identifying” may include receiving 5 (e.g., receiving information), accessing (e.g., accessing data in a memory) and the like.

Also, “identifying” may include resolvîng, selecting, choosîng, establ ishing and the like.

[0105] In some cases, rather than actually communicating a frame, a device may hâve an interface to communicate a frame for transmission or réception. For example, a processor may output a frame, via a bus interface, to an RF front end for transmission. 10 Similarly, rather than actually receiving a frame, a device may hâve an interface to obtaîn a frame received from another device. For example, a processor may obtain (or receive) a frame, via a bus interface, from an RF front end for transmission.

[0106] The methods disclosed herein comprise one or more steps or actions for achieving the described method. The method steps and/or actions may be interehanged 15 with one another without departing from the scope ofthe daims. In other words, unless a spécifie order of steps or actions is specified, the order and/or use of spécifie steps and/or actions may be modified without departing from the scope ofthe daims.

[0107] The various operations of methods described above may be performed by any suitable means capable of performing the corresponding fonctions. One or more 20 processors, circuits, or other devices may execute software. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, exécutables, threads of execution, procedures, fonctions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, mïddleware, microcode, 25 hardware description language, or otherwise. The means may include various hardware and/or software component(s) and/or module(s), including, but not limited to a circuit, an application spécifie integrated circuit (ASIC), or processor. Generally, where there are operations illustrated in Figures, those operations may be performed by any suitable corresponding counterpart means-plus-function components.

[0108] For example, means receiving and/or means for monitoring may include a receiver, such as receive processor 238, ΜΙΜΟ detector 236, démodulâmes) 232a-232t,

and/or antenna(s) 234a-234t of the base station 110 illustrated in FIG. 2 and/or ΜΙΜΟ detector 256, receive processor 258, demodulator(s) 254a-254r, and/or antenna(s) 252a252r of the user equipment 120 illustrated in FIG. 2. Means for determining, means monitoring, means for decodîng, means for indicating, means for selecting, and/or 5 means for performing, may include one or more processors (or a processing system), such as controller/processor 240, scheduler 246, transmitter processor 220, receive processor 238, ΜΙΜΟ detector 236, TX ΜΙΜΟ processor 230, and/or modulator(s)/demodulator(s) 232a-232t of the base station llO illustrâtes in FIG. 2, and/or controller/processor 280, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, ΜΙΜΟ 10 detector 256, TX ΜΙΜΟ processor 266, and/or modulator(s)/demodu!ator(s) 254a-254r of the user equipment 120 illustrated in FIG. 2. Means for signaling, means for transmitting, and/or means for indicating may include a transmitter, such as transmit processor 220, TX ΜΙΜΟ processor 230, modu!ator(s) 232a-232t, and/or antenna(s) 234a-234t of the base station 110 illustrated in FIG. 2, and/or transmit processor 264, 15 TX ΜΙΜΟ processor 266, modulator(s) 254a-254r, and/or antenna(s) 252a-252r of the user equipment 120 illustrated in FIG. 2.

[0109] Those of skîll in the art would understand that information and signais may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signais, bits, symbols, and chips 20 that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or combinations thereof.

[0110] Those of skîll would further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the 25 disclosure herein may be implemented as hardware, software, or combinations thereof.

To clearly illustrate this înterchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps hâve been described above generally in tenus of their fùnctionality. Whether such functionalîty is implemented as hardware or software dépends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the 30 overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionalîty in varying ways for each particular application, but such implémentation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope ofthe présent disclosure.

[0111] The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with a generalpurpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application spécifie integrated circuit (AS IC), a field programmable gâte array (FPGA) or other programmable logic 5 device, discrète gâte or transistor logic, discrète hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A generalpurpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of 10 a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

[0112] The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the disclosure herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or în a combination thereof. A software module may résidé in RAM 15 memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, phase change memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from, and Write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be intégral to the 20 processor. The processor and the storage medium may résidé in an ASIC. The ASIC may résidé in a user terminal. In the alternative, the processor and the storage medium may résidé as discrète components in a user terminal.

[0113] In one or more exemplary designs, the functions described may be implemented în hardware, software, or combinations thereof. If implemented in 25 software, the fonctions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitâtes transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or spécial 30 purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD/DVD or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can

be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properiy termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a 5 website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optîc cable, twîsted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the définition of medium. Disk and dise, as used herein, includes compact dise (CD), laser dise, optical 10 dise, digital versatile dise (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray dise where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while dises reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computerreadable media.

[0114] The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable any person 15 skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the spîrit or scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the 20 principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

l. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising: determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for the UE to receive a paging message from a base station (BS);

5 determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message; and monîtoring for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes.

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2. The method of claim l, further comprising:

determining a bundling size for the monîtoring for the paging message, the bundîïng size corresponding to a number of subframes for réception of the paging message.

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3. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on the determined at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message.
4. The method of claim l, wherein the détermination of the at least one narrowband 20 région îs based at least in part on at least one of: a default narrowband région, an identification (ID) ofthe UE, or signaling from the BS.
5. The method of claîm 4, wherein:

the at least one narrowband région comprises a plurality of narrowband régions;

25 and the signaling comprises an indication of at least a first narrowband région of the plurality of narrowband régions.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

30 the at least one narrowband région comprises a plurality of narrowband régions;

and the set of subframes and the at least one narrowband région are jointly determined.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on signaling from the BS.

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8. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on a bundling size of a bundled random access channel (RACH) transmission, successfully decoded by the BS.
9. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
10 decoding a bundled broadcast transmission from the BS, wherein the bundling size for the monitoring is determined based at least in part on a number of attempts to successfully décodé the bundled broadcast transmission from the BS.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based 15 at least in part on measurements performed by the UE.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting one or more measurement reports to the BS, wherein the bundling size is further determined based on the measurement reports.
12. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

attempting to décodé one or more bundled paging messages, each bundled paging message transmitted from the BS at a known bundling size, wherein the détermination ofthe bundling size is based at least in part on successful decoding ofone 25 or more of the bundled paging messages.
13. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by a radio resource control (RRC) connection attempt by the UE.

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14. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an initial attachment or a tracking area update by the UE.
15. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination ofthe bundling size is triggered by the UE selecting or reselecting a new cell.
16. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an indication that the UE has not received a paging message over a period

5 oftime.
17. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an indication that the UE is capable of acquiring a paging message with a smaller bundling size than a bundling sized used by the BS for a previously transmîtted

10 bundled paging message.
18. The method of claim 2, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered period ically by the UE.

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19. The method ofclaim 2, further comprising:

determining a connection mode of the UE, and wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on the connection mode.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein a first connection mode indicates that the UE 20 is deployed in a non-mobility mode and a second connection mode indicates that the UE is deployed in a mobility mode.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein a first connection mode indicates that the UE is deployed in a normal power préférence mode and a second connection mode indicates

25 that the UE is deployed in a low power prcference mode.
22. The method of claim 19, further comprising: selecting a second BS to communicate with;

performing a random access procedure if the UE is deployed in a first

30 connection mode, and determining the bundling size based at least in part on a preconfigured or selected value if the UE is deployed in a second connection mode.
23. A method for wireless communications by a base station (BS), comprising:

determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a paging message to a user equipment (UE);

determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message to the UE; and

5 transmitting the paging message to the UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes.
24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

determining a bundling size for the paging message, the bundling size

10 corresponding to a number of subframes for transmission of the paging message.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on the determined at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message.
26. The method of claim 23, wherein the détermination ofthe at least one narrowband région is based at least in part on at least one of: a default narrowband région or an identification (ID) of the UE.

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27. The method of claim 23, further comprising sïgnaling an indication of the at least one narrowband région to the UE.
28. The method of claim 27, whereîn:

the at least one narrowband région comprises a plurality of narrowband régions;

25 and the signaling comprises an indication of a first narrowband région of the plurality of narrowband régions.
29. The method of claim 23, wherein:
30 the at least one narrowband région comprises a plurality of narrowband régions;

and the set of subframes and the plurality of narrowband régions are jointly determined.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on a bundling size of a bundled random access channel (RACH) transmission from the UE, successfully decoded by the BS.

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31. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

transmitting a bundled broadcast transmission to the UE;

receiving, from the UE, an indication of a number of attempts by the UE to successfully décodé the bundled broadcast transmission; and determining the bundling size for the paging message based at least in part on the îndicated number of attempts.
32. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving one or more measurement reports from the UE; and determining bundling size based at least in part on the one or more measurement reports.

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33. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

transmitting one or more bundled paging messages, each bundled paging message transmitted at a known bundling size; and determining the bundling size based at least in part on successful decoding of one or more of the one or more bundled paging messages by the UE.
34. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by a radio resource contrat (RRC) connection attempt by the UE.
35. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is

25 triggered by an initial attach or tracking area update by the UE.
36. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by the UE selecting or reselecting a new cell.

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37. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an indication that the UE has not received a paging message over a period of time.
38. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is trîggered by an indication that the UE is capable of acquiring a paging message with a smaller bundling size than a bundling size used by the BS for a previously transmitted bundled paging message.
39. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is trîggered periodically by the UE.
40. The method of claim 24, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based 10 on transmitting bundled paging messages to the UE until a response from the UE is detected or until an indication is received from a network.
41. The method of claim 40, further comprising increasing a bundling size for each successive bundled paging message.
42. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

means for determining a set of subtrames corresponding to a paging occasion for a user equipment (UE) to receive a paging message from a base station (BS);

means for determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband

20 région for receiving the paging message; and means for monitoring for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes.
43. The apparatus of claim 42, further comprising:

25 means for determining a bundling size for the monitoring for the paging message, the bundling size corresponding to a number of subframes for réception of the paging message
44. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is

30 based at least in part on the determined at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message.
45. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the détermination of the at least one narrowband région is based at least in part on at least one of: a default narrowband région, an identification (ID) of the UE, or signaling from the BS.
46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein:

the at least one narrowband région comprises a plurality of narrowband régions; and the signaling comprises an indication of at least a first narrowband région of the plurality of narrowband régions.
47. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein:

the at least one narrowband région comprises a plurality of narrowband régions; and the set of subframes and the at least one narrowband régions are jointly determined.
48. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on signaling from the BS.
49. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination ofthe bundling size based at least in part on a bundling size of a bundled random access channel (RACH) transmission, successfuily decoded by the BS.
50. The apparatus of claim 43, further comprising:

means for decoding a bundled broadcast transmission from the BS, wherein the bundling size for the monitoring is determined based at least in part on a number of attempts to successfuily décodé the bundled broadcast transmission from the BS.
51. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on measurements performed by the UE.
52. The apparatus of claim 51, further comprising:

means for transmitting one or more measurement reports to the BS, wherein the bundling size is further determined based on the measurement reports.
53. The apparatus of claim 43, further comprising:

means for attempting to décodé one or more bundled paging messages, each bundled paging message transmitted from the BS at a known bundling size, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based on successful decoding of one or more of the 5 bundled paging messages.
54. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by a radio resource control (RRC) connection attempt by the UE.

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55. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an initial attachment or a tracking area update by the UE.
56. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by the UE selectîng or reselecting a new cell.
57. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an indication that the UE has not receîved a paging message over a period oftime.

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58. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an indication that the UE is capable of acquiring a paging message with a smaller bundling size than a bundling sized used by the BS for a previously transmitted bundled paging message.

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59. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered period ically by the UE.
60. The apparatus of claim 43, further comprising:

means for determining a connection mode ofthe UE, and wherein the

30 détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on the connection mode.
61. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein a first connection mode indicates that the UE is deployed in a non-mobility mode and a second connection mode indicates that the UE is deployed in a mobility mode.
62. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein a first connection mode indicates that the UE is deployed in a normal power preference mode and a second connection mode indicates

5 that the UE is deployed in a low power preference mode.
63. The apparatus of claim 60, further comprising:

means for selecting a second BS to communicate with;

means for performing a random access procedure if the UE is deployed in a first

10 connection mode; and means for determinîng the bundling size based at least in part on a preconfigured or selected value if the UE is deployed in a second connection mode.
64. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

15 means for determinîng a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a paging message to a user equipment (UE);

means for determinîng, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message to the UE; and means for transmitting the paging message to the UE in the at least one

20 narrowband région of the set of subframes.
65. The apparatus of claim 64, further comprising:

means for determinîng a bundling size for the paging message, the bundling size corresponding to a number of subframes for transmission of the paging message.
66. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on the determined at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message.

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67. The apparatus of claim 64, wherein the détermination of the narrowband région is based at least in part on at least one of: a default narrowband région or an identification (ID) of the UE.
68. The apparatus of claim 64, further comprising means for signaling an indication of the at least one narrowband région to the UE.
69. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein:

5 the at least one narrowband région comprises a pluralîty of narrowband régions;

and the signaling comprises an indication of a fîrst narrowband région of the pluralîty of narrowband régions.
70. The apparatus of claim 64, wherein:

10 the at least one narrowband région comprises a plurality of narrowband régions;

and the set of subframes and the at least one narrowband régions are jointly determined.

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71. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based at least in part on a bundling size of a bundled random access channel (RACH) transmission from the UE, successfully decoded by the BS.
72. The apparatus of claim 65, further comprising:

20 means for transmitting a bundled broadcast transmission to the UE; and means for receiving, from the UE, an indication of a number of attempts by the UE to successfully décodé the bundled broadcast transmission; and means for determining the bundling size for the paging message based at least în part on the indicated number of attempts.
73. The apparatus of claim 65, further comprising:

means for receiving one or more measurement reports from the UE; and means for determining the bundling size based at least in part on the one or more measurement reports.
74. The apparatus of claim 65, further comprising:

means for transmitting one or more bundled paging messages, each bundled paging message transmitted at a known bundling size; and means for determining the bundling size based at least in part on successful decoding of one or more of the bundled paging messages by the UE.
75. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is

5 triggered by a radio resource control (RRC) connection attempt by the UE.
76. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an initial attach or tracking area update by the UE.

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77. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by the UE selecting or reselecting a new cell.
78. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an indication that the UE has not received a paging message over a period

15 oftîme.
79. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered by an indication that the UE is capable of acquïring a paging message with a smaller bundling size than a bundling size used by the BS for a previously transmitted

20 bundled paging message.
80. The apparatus of claim 65 wherein the détermination of the bundling size is triggered periodically by the UE.

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81. The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the détermination of the bundling size is based on transmitting bundled paging messages to the UE until a response from the UE is detected or until an indication is received from a network.
82. The apparatus of claim 40, further comprising means for increasing a bundling 30 size for each successive bundled paging message.
83. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

détermine a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for a user equipment (UE) to receive a paging message from a base station (BS);

détermine, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message; and monitor for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes; and a memory coupled with the at least one processor.
84. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

détermine a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a paging message to a user equipment (UE);

détermine, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message to the UE; and transmit the paging message to the UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes; and a memory coupled with the at least one processor.
85. A computer readable medium having computer exécutable code stored thereon, comprising:

code for determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for a user equipment (UE) to receive a paging message from a base station (BS);

code for determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for receiving the paging message; and code for monîtoring for the paging message in the at least one narrowband région within the set of subframes.
86. A computer readable medium having computer exécutable code stored thereon, comprising:

code for determining a set of subframes corresponding to a paging occasion for transmitting a paging message to a user equipment (UE);

code for determining, within the set of subframes, at least one narrowband région for transmitting the paging message to the UE; and code for transmitting the pagtng message to the UE in the at least one narrowband région of the set of subframes.