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The cell search process can be subdivided into narrowband primary synchronization signal (NPSS) detection and narrowband secondary synchronization signal (NSSS) detection. We present an NPSS detection method whose timing metric is composed of symbol-wise autocorrelation and a dedicated normalization factor. After the detection of NPSS, the symbol timing and fractional frequency offset estimation is implemented in a resource-efficient way. NSSS detection is conducted in the frequency domain with a calculation-reduced algorithm based on the features of NSSS sequences. To compensate the accumulated frequency offset during uplink transmission, a pilot-aided rapid frequency tracking algorithm is proposed. The simulation results of the proposed cell search scheme are outstanding in both normal coverage and extended coverage NB-IoT scenarios, and the accumulated frequency offset can be estimated with high efficiency.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18103274","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,2]],"date-time":"2018-10-02T08:23:50Z","timestamp":1538468630000},"page":"3274","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["A Joint Low-Power Cell Search and Frequency Tracking Scheme in NB-IoT Systems for Green Internet of Things"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8923-5070","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yu","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China"}]},{"given":"Shuo","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China"}]},{"given":"Wenqiang","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China"}]},{"given":"Fujiang","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"59","DOI":"10.1109\/MCOM.2016.7565189","article-title":"Massive machine-type communications in 5G: Physical and MAC-Layer solutions","volume":"54","author":"Bockelmann","year":"2016","journal-title":"IEEE Commun. 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