Patent ID: 11888765
Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
performing, by a first user equipment (UE) with a network controller, initial access to the network controller on a first subset of contiguous subcarriers of a carrier for communications between the first UE and the network controller, wherein the performing of the initial access comprises:
receiving, by the first UE from the network controller, a message including configuration information of the first subset of contiguous subcarriers of the carrier; and
performing, by the first UE, synchronization with the carrier within the first subset of contiguous subcarriers of the carrier and the initial access to the carrier within the first subset of contiguous subcarriers of the carrier; and

after the performing the initial access to the carrier, transmitting an uplink transmission to the network controller or receiving, by the first UE in the carrier, a downlink transmission from the network controller.