Patent ID: 9491741
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of transmitting an uplink signal, which is transmitted by a low-cost machine-type communication (MTC) device, the method comprising: receiving a grant signal containing resource allocation information; and transmitting the uplink signal via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using at least one resource block (RB) determined based on a maximum number of RBs capable of being allocated to the MTC device and the resource allocation information, wherein the resource allocation information indicates one or more RBs for the PUSCH within the maximum number of RBs capable of being allocated to the MTC device, wherein the maximum number of RBs capable of being allocated to the MTC device is smaller than a total number of RBs in a system band supported by an eNode B (eNB), and wherein the maximum number of RBs capable of being allocated to the MTC device has a value identical to one selected from a group consisting of: