Scheduling uplink transmissions

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a receiver configured to receive:

a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein:

the PDCCH provides a downlink control information (DCI) format, and

the DCI format schedules transmission of n puscH ≥1 physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) up to a maximum of N PUSCH PUSCH transmissions;

a decoder configured to decode the DCI format, wherein the DCI format includes:

a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number field that indicates a HARQ process number n HARQ from a maximum of N HARQ HARQ process numbers, wherein,

the HARQ process number n HARQ applies for a first PUSCH transmission, and

when n PUSCH >1, a HARQ process number (n HARQ +j−1)mod N HARQ applies for a j-th PUSCH transmission, wherein 1<j≤n HARQ ,

a redundancy version (RV) field, wherein

when n PUSCH =1, the RV field includes two bits for the PUSCH transmission, and

when n PUSCH >1, the RV field includes one bit for each of the PUSCH transmissions, and

a new data indicator (NDI) field that includes one bit for each of the n PUSCH PUSCH transmissions; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the n PUSCH PUSCHs.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

when n PUSCH >1, the RV field includes a total of N PUSCH bits, and the NDI field includes a total of N PUSCH bits.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

when the RV field includes two bits, the RV field value is one of 0, 1, 2, and 3, and

when the RV field includes one bit, the RV field value is one of 0 and 2.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

a PUSCH transmission is over a maximum number of M I , interlaces, wherein an interlace:

has an index m I , 0≤m I <M I , and

includes a number of equidistant non-contiguous resource blocks of a bandwidth, and

the DCI format includes a resource allocation field of ┌log 2 (M I ·(M I +1)/2)┐ bits that assigns to a PUSCH transmission one of:

a number of consecutive interlace indexes, and

a combination of interlace indexes from a predetermined set of combinations of interlace indexes, wherein ┌ ┐ is a ceiling function that rounds a number to its immediately next larger integer.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the DCI format includes a transmission power control (TPC) command field that provides a PUSCH transmission power adjustment,

n PUSCH >1, and

the PUSCH transmission power adjustment applies to all n puscH PUSCH transmissions.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the DCI format includes a field indicating a time offset between a time of the PDCCH reception and a time of the first PUSCH transmission.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the DCI format includes a field triggering a channel state information (CSI) report,

the DCI format schedules transmission of n puscH =2 PUSCHs, and

the transmitter is further configured to transmit the CSI report in a second PUSCH.

8. A base station, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit:

a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein:

the PDCCH provides a downlink control information (DCI) format, and

the DCI format schedules reception of n PUSCH ≥1 physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) up to a maximum of N PUSCH PUSCH receptions;

an encoder configured to encode the DCI format, wherein the DCI format includes:

a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number field that indicates a HARQ process number n HARQ from a maximum of N HARQ HARQ process numbers, wherein,

the HARQ process number n HARQ applies for a first PUSCH reception, and

when n PUSCH >1, a HARQ process number (n HARQ +j−1)mod N HARQ applies for a j-th PUSCH reception, wherein 1<j≤n HARQ ,

a redundancy version (RV) field, wherein

when n PUSCH =1, the RV field includes two bits for the PUSCH reception, and

when n PUSCH >1, the RV field includes one bit for each of the PUSCH receptions, and

a new data indicator (NDI) field that includes one bit for each of the n PUSCH PUSCH receptions; and

a receiver configured to receive the n PUSCH PUSCHs.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein:

when n PUSCH >1, the RV field includes a total of N PUSCH bits, and

the NDI field includes a total of N PUSCH bits.

10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein:

when the RV field includes two bits, the RV field value is one of 0, 1, 2, and 3, and

when the RV field includes one bit, the RV field value is one of 0 and 2.

11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein:

a PUSCH reception is over a maximum number of M I , interlaces, wherein an interlace:

has an index m i , 0≤m i <M i , and

includes a number of equidistant non-contiguous resource blocks of a bandwidth, and

the DCI format includes a resource allocation field of ┌log 2 (M I ·(M I +1)/2)┐ bits that assigns to a PUSCH reception one of:

a number of consecutive interlace indexes, and

a combination of interlace indexes from a predetermined set of combinations of interlace indexes, wherein ┌ ┐ is a ceiling function that rounds a number to its immediately next larger integer.

12. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the DCI format includes a field indicating a time offset between a time of the PDCCH transmission and a time of the first PUSCH reception.

13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein:

the DCI format includes a field triggering a channel state information (CSI) report,

the DCI format schedules reception of n PUSCH =2 PUSCHs, and

the receiver is further configured to receive the CSI report in a second PUSCH.

14. A method for transmitting one or more physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs), the method comprising:

receiving:

a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein:

the PDCCH provides a downlink control information (DCI) format, and

the DCI format schedules transmission of n PUSCH 1 PUSCHs up to a maximum of N PUSCH PUSCH transmissions;

decoding the DCI format, wherein the DCI format includes:

a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number field that indicates a HARQ process number n HARQ from a maximum of N HARQ HARQ process numbers, wherein,

the HARQ process number n HARQ applies for a first PUSCH transmission, and

when n puscH >1, a HARQ process number (n HARQ +j−1)mod N HARQ applies for a j-th PUSCH transmission, wherein 1<j≤n HARQ ,

a redundancy version (RV) field, wherein

when n PUSCH =1, the RV field includes two bits for the PUSCH transmission, and

when n PUSCH >1, the RV field includes one bit for each of the PUSCH transmissions, and

a new data indicator (NDI) field that includes one bit for each of the n puscH PUSCH transmissions; and

transmitting the n PUSCH PUSCHs.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

when n PUSCH >1, the RV field includes a total of N PUSCH bits, and

the NDI field includes a total of N PUSCH bits.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

when the RV field includes two bits, the RV field value is one of 0, 1, 2, and 3, and

when the RV field includes one bit, the RV field value is one of 0 and 2.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

a PUSCH transmission is over a maximum number of M I , interlaces, wherein an interlace:

has an index m I , 0≤m I <M I , and

includes a number of equidistant non-contiguous resource blocks of a bandwidth, and

the DCI format includes a resource allocation field of ┌log 2 (M I ·(M I +1)/2)┐ bits that assigns to a PUSCH transmission one of:

a number of consecutive interlace indexes, and

a combination of interlace indexes from a predetermined set of combinations of interlace indexes, wherein ┌ ┐ is a ceiling function that rounds a number to its immediately next larger integer.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

the DCI format includes a transmission power control (TPC) command field that provides a PUSCH transmission power adjustment,

n PUSCH >1, and

the PUSCH transmission power adjustment applies to all n PUSCH PUSCH transmissions.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the DCI format includes a field indicating a time offset between a time of the PDCCH reception and a time of the first PUSCH transmission.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

the DCI format includes a field triggering a channel state information (CSI) report,

the DCI format schedules transmission of n PUSCH =2 PUSCHs, and

transmitting the CSI report in a second PUSCH.