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Title

SINGLE-FREQUENCY NETWORK (SFN) OPERATION FOR MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS (MTC) COVERAGE ENHANCEMENTS

Application Number:

US201414179245

Publication Date:

15-11-2016

Current Assignee:

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Application Date:

12-02-2014

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Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

13-02-2013

Title

SINGLE-FREQUENCY NETWORK (SFN) OPERATION FOR MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS (MTC) COVERAGE ENHANCEMENTS

Application Number:

US201414179245

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

15-11-2016

Application Date:

12-02-2014

Priority Date:

13-02-2013

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and more particularly to techniques for single-frequency network (SFN) operation for machine-type communications (MTC) coverage enhancements. A method is provided for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes detecting a synchronization signal transmitted from at least one of a plurality of transmission points wherein each of the plurality of transmission points transmits a synchronization signal at a different offset time relative to a subframe boundary in a synchronized network determining a subframe occurring a fixed time after detecting the synchronization signal to monitor for system information transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission points and monitoring for a system information block during the determined subframe.

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