This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for narrowband communications using frequency hopping in an unlicensed frequency band. In some implementations, a base station (BS) may transmit downlink (DL) data using a sequence of DL hopping frames on a corresponding sequence of unique hopping channels associated with a DL frequency hopping pattern. In some implementations, each user equipment (UE) of one or more UEs may transmit uplink (UL) data using a sequence of UL hopping frames on a corresponding sequence of unique hopping channels associated with a different UL frequency hopping pattern.

Methods, a terminal device and a base station for random access procedure are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the terminal device determines a frequency hopping configuration for transmission of one or more physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) in a request message for random access. The terminal device transmits the one or more PUSCHs in the request message based on the frequency hopping configuration. The request message at least comprises a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and the one or more PUSCHs.

A system and method for enhanced channel hopping sequence is described. A pseudo random channel hopping sequence is redistributed using certain system specific parameters for separating adjacent transmission channels within a predetermined number of consecutive transmission channel numbers in the random channel hopping sequence to improve inter-channel interference between adjacent transmission channels.

A system and method for enhanced channel hopping sequence is described. A pseudo random channel hopping sequence is redistributed using certain system specific parameters for separating adjacent transmission channels within a predetermined number of consecutive transmission channel numbers in the random channel hopping sequence to improve inter-channel interference between adjacent transmission channels.

Proposed is a controller for a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band that is used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a channel access pattern, wherein the channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify the channel access pattern as a function of individual information of the communication system and as a function of a state of a numerical sequence generator for generating a numerical sequence or a number of a numerical sequence.

Proposed is a controller for a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band that is used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a channel access pattern, wherein the channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify the channel access pattern as a function of individual information of the communication system and as a function of a state of a numerical sequence generator for generating a numerical sequence or a number of a numerical sequence.

Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for pairing multiple devices into a designated group for a communication session are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing, via at least a portion of multiple processing devices, information associated with a network in connection with one or more device pairing requests from one or more of the processing devices; implementing, via at least one the multiple processing devices, a pairing algorithm, wherein the pairing algorithm comprises searching for one or more of the processing devices, in accordance with one or more temporal values associated with the at least one processing device and at least one of the one or more device pairing requests corresponding thereto, and one or more pairing parameters; and automatically pairing, via the network and based on the pairing algorithm, the at least one processing device to one or more of the processing devices.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Transport blocks may be scheduled using a single downlink control information (DCI) message. A wireless device may identify mapping pattern for mapping the transport blocks and repetitions of the transport blocks to communication resources. Mapping the transport blocks, or determining a mapping of the transport blocks, to communication resources may include partitioning the communication resources into subunits, where each subunit includes resources spread across each subband of a frequency hopping pattern and at least one instance of each of the scheduled transport blocks.

A subscriber in a communication system is configured to transmit data to a base station of the communication system. The subscriber is configured to take a quality criterion of at least one previous transmission between the subscriber and the base station as a basis for transmitting the data in a first frequency range or in a second frequency range being different from each other, and/or in a first time interval or in a second time interval being different from each other. A base station, a method for receiving data and a computer program product are also provided.

A subscriber in a communication system is configured to transmit data to a base station of the communication system. The subscriber is configured to take a quality criterion of at least one previous transmission between the subscriber and the base station as a basis for transmitting the data in a first frequency range or in a second frequency range being different from each other, and/or in a first time interval or in a second time interval being different from each other. A base station, a method for receiving data and a computer program product are also provided.