Patent ID: 9131368
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing coverage in a wireless communication system, the method comprising, at a network element: transmitting a first portion of subframes comprising a number of resource blocks to a first wireless communication unit in a first mode of operation, wherein the number of resource blocks are transmitted at a first power level per resource block; transmitting, a second portion of the subframes to a second wireless communication unit in a second mode of operation at a second power level, wherein the second portion of subframes comprise a lower number of resource blocks than the first portion of subframes and the lower number of resource blocks is transmitted at a second power level per resource block that is higher than the first power level per resource block; scheduling a first control channel region in the first portion of subframes and scheduling a second separate additional control channel region in the second portion of subframes.