Patent ID: 9357559
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A Long Term Evolution (LTE) base station, comprising: a transceiver, being wirelessly connected to a plurality of Machine Type Communication (MTC) apparatuses and configured to receive a transmission period, a tolerable time shift, a start transmission time instant, and a required resource amount from each of the MTC apparatuses; and a processor, being electrically connected to the transceiver and configured to decide a scheduling interval length according to the transmission periods, decide a first scheduling interval according to a start scheduling time instant and the scheduling interval length, and decide at least one transmission time instant within the first scheduling interval for each of the MTC apparatuses according to the transmission periods, the tolerable time shifts, the start transmission time instants, and the required resource amounts; wherein the transceiver transmits each of the at least one transmission time instant to the corresponding MTC apparatus wherein each of the MTC apparatuses transmits a first datum according to the corresponding at least one transmission time instant within the first scheduling interval.