Abstract:
Described herein are synchronization and control processes for user equipments (UEs) transmitting and/or receiving machine-to-machine (M2M) traffic. UEs may identify one or more synchronization sequences included in a master machine anchor channel (M-MACH) received from an eNodeB, the M-MACH located in a time-frequency location different from a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). UEs may further determine a time-frequency location of a master evolved physical downlink control channel (M-EPDCCH) based, at least in part, on the identified one or more synchronization sequences included in the M-MACH. At least one of downlink resources or uplink resources allocated for M2M traffic may be identified from one or more information elements (IEs) included in the M-EPDCCH.