Patent ID: 9635673
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a base station for allocating radio resources for uplink transmissions in a wireless telecommunications system, the method comprising: receiving a request for an allocation of radio resources from a first terminal device; determining an association between the first terminal device and a second terminal device; and transmitting a radio resource allocation message to allocate radio resources to the second terminal device for an uplink transmission in response to receiving the request for an allocation of radio resources from the first terminal device, wherein the wireless telecommunications system is associated with a radio interface spanning a system frequency bandwidth for supporting radio communications with a first type of terminal device and comprising a restricted frequency bandwidth for supporting radio communications with a second type of terminal device, wherein the restricted frequency bandwidth is narrower than and within the system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the first and second terminal devices are terminal devices of the second type.