Patent ID: 9516633
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of allocating transmission resources in an OFDM wireless telecommunication system configured to communicate data using a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers, the method comprising: allocating transmission resources provided by a first group of the plurality of OFDM sub-carriers within a first frequency band to terminals of a first type; allocating transmission resources provided by a second group of the plurality of OFDM sub-carriers to terminals of a second type within a second frequency band, the second group being smaller than the first group and the second frequency band being selected from within the first frequency band; transmitting control information comprising resource allocation information for terminals of the first type over a first bandwidth corresponding to the combined first and second groups of OFDM sub-carriers in different OFDM symbols to transmission of control information comprising resource allocation information for the terminals of the second type; and transmitting control information comprising resource allocation information for terminals of the second type over a second bandwidth corresponding to the second group of OFDM sub-carriers.