Power control determination for control channel repetitions

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

identifying a configuration for one or more repetitions of an uplink control channel transmission, the configuration indicating a first quantity of repetitions of the one or more repetitions, and each repetition of the one or more repetitions comprising a first quantity of symbols indicated by the configuration;

determining a power level for each repetition of the one or more repetitions based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols;

identifying that a second quantity of symbols available to the UE to transmit a repetition of the one or more repetitions is less than the first quantity of symbols;

determining, for the repetition on the second quantity of symbols, to use the power level determined based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols; and

transmitting, to a base station, the repetition on the second quantity of symbols in accordance with the power level.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, for the repetition, that one or more symbols of the first quantity of symbols have been configured by the base station for downlink transmissions, the second quantity of symbols for the repetition excluding the one or more symbols that have been configured for the downlink transmissions.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, for a first repetition of the one or more repetitions, that the first repetition crosses a slot boundary; and

splitting the first repetition to generate the repetition associated with the identified second quantity of symbols, and zero or more additional repetitions.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, an indication for the UE to use one of a plurality of uplink control channel repetition types; and

determining the power level further based at least in part on the one of the plurality of uplink control channel repetition types.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a quantity of demodulation reference signal symbols associated with the first quantity of symbols, wherein the determining the power level is further based at least in part on the determined quantity of demodulation reference signal symbols.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, an indication for the UE to use one of a plurality of uplink control channel format types; and

determining the power level further based at least in part on the one of a plurality of uplink control channel format types.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining that the UE is to use a uplink control channel format type of the plurality of uplink control channel format types based at least in part on the received indication; and

determining, based at least in part on determining that the UE is to use the uplink control channel format type, the power level using a ratio of the first quantity of symbols indicated by the configuration and a third quantity of symbols associated with a reference signal for an uplink control channel associated with the uplink control channel transmission.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining that the UE is to use a uplink control channel format type of the plurality of uplink control channel format types based at least in part on the received indication; and

determining, based at least in part on determining that the UE is to use the uplink control channel format type, the power level based at least in part on a quantity of resource elements associated with the first quantity of symbols.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of uplink control channel (PUCCH) format types comprise at least one of a PUCCH format 0, PUCCH format 1, PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3, or PUCCH format 4.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, the configuration indicating the first quantity of repetitions and the first quantity of symbols; and

determining the power level based at least in part on the first quantity of repetitions and the first quantity of symbols.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the configuration comprises radio resource control signaling indicating the first quantity of repetitions and the first quantity of symbols.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more repetitions comprise a plurality of repetitions, the method further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, a remaining one or more repetitions of the plurality of repetitions on the first quantity of symbols in accordance with the power level.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one processor,

memory coupled with the at least one processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a configuration for one or more repetitions of an uplink control channel transmission, the configuration indicating a first quantity of repetitions of the one or more repetitions, and each repetition of the one or more repetitions comprising a first quantity of symbols indicated by the configuration;

determine a power level for each repetition of the one or more repetitions based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols;

identify that a second quantity of symbols available to the UE to transmit a repetition of the one or more repetitions is less than the first quantity of symbols;

determine, for the repetition on the second quantity of symbols, to use the power level determined based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols; and

transmit, to a base station, the repetition on the second quantity of symbols in accordance with the power level.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine, for the repetition, that one or more symbols of the first quantity of symbols have been configured by the base station for downlink transmissions, the second quantity of symbols for the repetition excluding the one or more symbols that have been configured for the downlink transmissions.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine, for a first repetition of the one or more repetitions, that the first repetition crosses a slot boundary; and

split the first repetition to generate the repetition associated with the identified second quantity of symbols, and zero or more additional repetitions.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the base station, an indication for the UE to use one of a plurality of uplink control channel repetition types; and

determine the power level further based at least in part on the one of the plurality of uplink control channel repetition types.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine a quantity of demodulation reference signal symbols associated with the first quantity of symbols, wherein the determining the power level is further based at least in part on the determined quantity of demodulation reference signal symbols.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the base station, an indication for the UE to use one of a plurality of uplink control channel format types; and

determine the power level further based at least in part on the one of a plurality of uplink control channel format types.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that the UE is to use an uplink control channel format type of the plurality of uplink control channel format types based at least in part on the received indication; and

determine, based at least in part on determining that the UE is to use the uplink control channel format type, the power level using a ratio of the first quantity of symbols indicated by the configuration and a third quantity of symbols associated with a reference signal for an uplink control channel associated with the uplink control channel transmission.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that the UE is to use an uplink control channel format type of the plurality of uplink control channel format types based at least in part on the received indication; and

determine, based at least in part on determining that the UE is to use the uplink control channel format type, the power level based at least in part on a quantity of resource elements associated with the first quantity of symbols.

21. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of uplink control channel (PUCCH) format types comprise at least one of a PUCCH format 0, PUCCH format 1, PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3, or PUCCH format 4.

22. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the base station, the configuration indicating the first quantity of repetitions and the first quantity of symbols; and

determine the power level based at least in part on the first quantity of repetitions and the first quantity of symbols.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the configuration comprises radio resource control signaling indicating the first quantity of repetitions and the first quantity of symbols.

24. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more repetitions comprise a plurality of repetitions, the method further comprising transmitting, to the base station, a remaining one or more repetitions of the plurality of repetitions on the first quantity of symbols in accordance with the power level.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for identifying a configuration for one or more repetitions of an uplink control channel transmission, the configuration indicating a first quantity of repetitions of the one or more repetitions, and each repetition of the one or more repetitions comprising a first quantity of symbols indicated by the configuration;

means for determining a power level for each repetition of the one or more repetitions based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols;

means for identifying that a second quantity of symbols available to the UE to transmit a repetition of the one or more repetitions is less than the first quantity of symbols;

means for determining, for the repetition on the second quantity of symbols, to use the power level determined based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols; and

means for transmitting, to a base station, the repetition on the second quantity of symbols in accordance with the power level.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 , further comprising:

means for determining, for the repetition, that one or more symbols of the first quantity of symbols have been configured by the base station for downlink transmissions, the second quantity of symbols for the repetition excluding the one or more symbols that have been configured for the downlink transmissions.

27. The apparatus of claim 25 , further comprising:

means for determining, for a first repetition of the one or more repetitions, that the first repetition crosses a slot boundary; and

means for splitting the first repetition to generate the repetition associated with the identified second quantity of symbols, and zero or more additional repetitions.

28. The apparatus of claim 25 , further comprising:

means for receiving, from the base station, an indication for the UE to use one of a plurality of uplink control channel repetition types; and

means for determining the power level further based at least in part on the one of the plurality of uplink control channel repetition types.

29. The apparatus of claim 25 , further comprising:

means for determining a quantity of demodulation reference signal symbols associated with the first quantity of symbols, wherein the determining the power level is further based at least in part on the determined quantity of demodulation reference signal symbols.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor of a user equipment (UE) to:

identify a configuration for one or more repetitions of an uplink control channel transmission, the configuration indicating a first quantity of repetitions of the one or more repetitions, and each repetition of the one or more repetitions comprising a first quantity of symbols indicated by the configuration;

determine a power level for each repetition of the one or more repetitions based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols;

identify that a second quantity of symbols available to the UE to transmit a repetition of the one or more repetitions is less than the first quantity of symbols;

determine, for the repetition on the second quantity of symbols, to use the power level determined based at least in part on the first quantity of symbols; and

transmit, to a base station, the repetition on the second quantity of symbols in accordance with the power level.