Communication method and apparatus thereof
US10194420B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W16/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a communication method and an apparatus thereof. The method includes: generating a first signal; and sending the first signal to a receiver over a first channel, where the first channel is one of multiple channels in a first band for narrowband communication, and at least a part of the first band is located in a guard band of a radio access network RAN. In the embodiments of the disclosure, a spectrum resource of a guard band of a RAN is used to establish a spectrum resource applicable to narrowband communication, thus improving spectrum utilization.
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