METHOD FOR SCHEDULING OF NETWORK RESOURCES FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY USER EQUIPMENTS

The present invention relates to a method to operate a base station being part of a cellular network, the base station serving a plurality of user equipments, wherein the plurality of user equipments comprises those which are qualified as reduced capability user equipment, and the base station is capable of applying at least one subcarrier spacing to a supported frequency band, wherein for operating a reduced capability user equipment the method comprises the steps of:- ascertaining a capability information from said user equipment including an indication of maximum number of supported subcarriers,- determining the scheduling bandwidth for said user equipment taking into account the indicated maximum number of supported subcarriers and the at least one subcarrier spacing,- transferring information to said user equipment considering said determined scheduling bandwidth.