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Granted Patent B2
US 12,537,632 · App. 17/906,806 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Uplink control communication repetition in multiple slots using different sets of time domain resources

Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA); Fang Yuan (Beijing, CN); Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L1/1858H04L1/1861H04L5/0053H04W72/0446H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 12,537,632
App. No.
17/906,806
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for multiple repetitions of an uplink control information transmission in multiple slots; and transmit one or more of the multiple repetitions using the respective sets of time domain resources, or one or more other resources, in the multiple slots based at least in part on determining the respective sets of time domain resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (84)

1 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving an indication of respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for multiple repetitions of an uplink control information transmission in multiple slots; and

transmitting one or more of the multiple repetitions using the respective sets of time domain resources, or one or more other resources, in the multiple slots,

wherein a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the respective sets of time domain resources is to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots,

wherein a starting symbol and an ending symbol of the PUCCH resource is based at least in part on a set of PUCCH resource parameters, wherein the starting symbol is in a first slot and the ending symbol is in a second slot,

wherein a first set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the starting symbol and a slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot, and

wherein a second set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the ending symbol and the slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple slots are consecutive slots.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a last symbol of the first set of symbols is a last symbol in the first slot and a first symbol of the second set of symbols is a first symbol in the second slot.

4 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on an indication of one or more physical uplink control channel resource parameters.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein multiple PUCCH resources are associated with the respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots.

6 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a first set of time domain resources in a first slot for a first repetition of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on a first set of PUCCH resource parameters, and

wherein a second set of time domain resources in a second slot for a second repetition of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on a second set of PUCCH resource parameters.

7 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a quantity of repetitions of the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on one or more PUCCH resource parameters of the PUCCH resource.

8 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein transmitting one or more of the multiple repetitions comprises:

transmitting a first repetition of the one or more of the multiple repetitions using a first beam; and

transmitting a second repetition of the one or more of the multiple repetitions using a second beam.

9 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein transmitting one or more of the multiple repetitions comprises:

transmitting all repetitions of the one or more of the multiple repetitions in a first slot of the multiple slots using a first beam; and

transmitting all repetitions of the one or more of the multiple repetitions in a second slot of the multiple slots using a second beam.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

dropping one or more of the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in a slot of the multiple slots, or one or more different uplink communications in the slot of the multiple slots, based at least in part on a determination that the one or more different uplink communications are scheduled in one or more resources that overlap in a time domain with at least one of the respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for multiple repetitions.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

multiplexing one or more of the multiple repetitions with one or more different uplink communications, based at least in part on a determination that the one or more different uplink communications are scheduled in one or more resources that overlap in a time domain with at least one of the respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for multiple repetitions.

12 . A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

transmitting an indication of respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used by a user equipment (UE) for multiple repetitions of an uplink control information transmission in multiple slots, a first set of time domain resources for a first repetition of the uplink control information transmission occupying a first set of symbols in a first slot, and a second set of time domain resources for a second repetition of the uplink control information transmission occupying a second set of symbols in a second slot, the second set of symbols being different from the first set of symbols; and

receiving one or more of the multiple repetitions using the respective sets of time domain resources, or one or more other resources, in the multiple slots,

wherein a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the respective sets of time domain resources is to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots,

wherein a starting symbol and an ending symbol of the PUCCH resource is based at least in part on a set of PUCCH resource parameters, wherein the starting symbol is in a first slot and the ending symbol is in a second slot,

wherein a first set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the starting symbol and a slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot, and

wherein a second set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the ending symbol and the slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot.

13 . The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the multiple slots are consecutive slots.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein a last symbol of the first set of symbols is a last symbol in the first slot and a first symbol of the second set of symbols is a first symbol in the second slot.

15 . The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the respective sets of time domain resources are based at least in part on an indication of one or more physical uplink control channel resource parameters.

16 . The method of claim 12 ,

wherein multiple PUCCH resources are associated with the respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots.

17 . The method of claim 12 ,

wherein a first set of time domain resources in a first slot for a first repetition of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on a first set of physical uplink control channel resource parameters, and

wherein a second set of time domain resources in a second slot for a second repetition of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on a second set of PUCCH resource parameters.

18 . The method of claim 12 ,

wherein a PUCCH resource associated with the respective sets of time domain resources is to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots.

19 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to cause the UE to:

receive an indication of respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for multiple repetitions of an uplink control information transmission in multiple slots, a first set of time domain resources for a first repetition of the uplink control information transmission occupying a first set of symbols in a first slot, and a second set of time domain resources for a second repetition of the uplink control information transmission occupying a second set of symbols in a second slot, the second set of symbols being different from the first set of symbols; and

transmit one or more of the multiple repetitions using the respective sets of time domain resources, or one or more other resources, in the multiple slots,

wherein a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the respective sets of time domain resources is to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots,

wherein a starting symbol and an ending symbol of the PUCCH resource is based at least in part on a set of PUCCH resource parameters, wherein the starting symbol is in a first slot and the ending symbol is in a second slot,

wherein a first set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the starting symbol and a slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot, and

wherein a second set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the ending symbol and the slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot.

20 . The UE of claim 19 , wherein a last symbol of the first set of symbols is a last symbol in the first slot and a first symbol of the second set of symbols is a first symbol in the second slot.

21 . The UE of claim 19 ,

wherein multiple PUCCH resources are associated with the respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots.

22 . The UE of claim 19 ,

wherein a quantity of repetitions of the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on one or more PUCCH resource parameters of the PUCCH resource.

23 . A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to cause the base station to:

transmit an indication of respective sets of time domain resources that are to be used by a user equipment (UE) for multiple repetitions of an uplink control information transmission in multiple slots; and

receive one or more of the multiple repetitions using the respective sets of time domain resources, or one or more other resources, in the multiple slots,

wherein a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the respective sets of time domain resources is to be used for the multiple repetitions of the uplink control information transmission in multiple slots,

wherein a starting symbol and an ending symbol of the PUCCH resource is based at least in part on a set of PUCCH resource parameters, wherein the starting symbol is in a first slot and the ending symbol is in a second slot,

wherein a first set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the starting symbol and a slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot, and

wherein a second set of time domain resources of the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on the ending symbol and the slot boundary between the first slot and the second slot.

24 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein at least one symbol of the first set of symbols is a different symbol value than a symbol value of at least one symbol of the second set of symbols.

25 . The method of claim 12 ,

wherein at least one symbol of the first set of symbols is a different symbol value than a symbol value of at least one symbol of the second set of symbols.

26 . The UE of claim 19 ,

wherein at least one symbol of the first set of symbols is a different symbol value than a symbol value of at least one symbol of the second set of symbols.

27 . The base station of claim 23 ,

wherein at least one symbol of the first set of symbols is a different symbol value than a symbol value of at least one symbol of the second set of symbols.

28 . The UE of claim 19 , wherein the multiple slots are consecutive slots.

29 . The UE of claim 19 , wherein the respective sets of time domain resources is based at least in part on an indication of one or more physical uplink control channel resource parameters.

30 . The UE of claim 19 ,

wherein a first set of time domain resources in a first slot for a first repetition of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on a first set of PUCCH resource parameters, and

wherein a second set of time domain resources in a second slot for a second repetition of the uplink control information transmission is based at least in part on a second set of PUCCH resource parameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2022
From: KHOSHNEVISAN, MOSTAFA; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; SUN, JING; LUO, TAO; GAAL, PETER; MONTOJO, JUAN; YUAN, FANG; CHENDAMARAI KANNAN, ARUMUGAM
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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