Embodiments for boosting coverage of wireless signals are generally described herein. A wireless communication device for boosting coverage of wireless signals may include a processor arranged to configure resource blocks for a sub-frame for transmitting data in a communication session, wherein the sub-frame includes at least one slot formed by a matrix of sub-carriers in the frequency domain and symbols in the time domain and a transceiver, coupled to the processor, the transceiver being arranged to establish communication with entities in a network, the transceiver being further arranged to, under direction of the processor, map modulated symbols to at least a partial resource block to form a coverage boosting resource unit, the coverage boosting resource unit spreading at least one data bit over at least the partial resource block.