FIELD

The present disclosure relates to wireless technology, and more specifically to paging and essential information block (SIB) transmission in unlicensed internet of things (U-IoT) systems.

BACKGROUND

Wireless mobile communication technology uses various standards and protocols to transmit data between a node (e.g., a transmission station) and a wireless device (e.g., a mobile device), or a user equipment (UE). Some wireless devices communicate using orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) in a downlink (DL) transmission and single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) in an uplink (UL) transmission. Standards and protocols that use orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) for signal transmission include the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 standard (e.g., 802.16e, 802.16m), which is commonly known to industry groups as WiMAX (Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access), and the IEEE 802.11 standard, which is commonly known to industry groups as WiFi.

In 3GPP radio access network (RAN) LTE systems, the access node can be an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Node Bs (also commonly denoted as evolved Node Bs, enhanced Node Bs, eNodeBs, or eNBs) with or without one or more Radio Network Controllers (RNCs), which can communicate with the UE. The DL transmission can be a communication from an access point/node or base station (e.g., a macro cell device, an eNodeB, an eNB, WiFi node, or other similar network device) to the UE, and the UL transmission can be a communication from the wireless network device to the node.

Additionally, the Internet of Things (IoT) is beginning to grow significantly, as consumers, businesses, and governments recognize the benefit of connecting devices to the internet. A significant segment of this industry is intended to operate over vast areas under the initiative low-power wide-area networking (LP-WAN), which is supposed to provide a global solution for both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. The following cellular technologies recently standardized in 3GPP are meant to operate in licensed spectrum: enhanced coverage global system for mobile communication (GSM) based on general packet radio service (GPRS) standard in the context of Rel-13; the evolution of the LTE machine type communication (MTC) solution (commonly called Cat M1) which is based on an evolution of the legacy Cat 0; and narrowband (NB) IoT (NB-IoT), a new non backward compatible radio access technology which is specifically optimized in order to satisfy the requirements required for typical IoT solutions (commonly called Cat NB1). As eMTC and NB-IoT UEs will be deployed in huge numbers, lowering the cost of these UEs is a key enabler for implementation of IoT. Also, low power consumption is desirable to extend the life time of the battery. In summary, eMTC, and NB-IoT techniques are designed to ensure that the UEs have low cost, low power consumption, and enhanced coverage.

IoT is envisioned as a significantly important technology component, which has huge potential, and may change our daily life entirely by enabling connectivity between tons of devices. IoT has wide applications in various scenarios, including smart cities, smart environment, smart agriculture, and smart health systems.

3GPP has standardized two designs to support IoT services—enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC) and NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT). As eMTC and NB-IoT UEs will be deployed in huge numbers, lowering the cost of these UEs is a key enabler for implementation of IoT. Also, low power consumption is desirable to extend the life time of the battery. In summary, eMTC, and NB-IoT techniques are designed to ensure that the UEs have low cost, low power consumption, and enhanced coverage.

