USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CG PUSCH

1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for transmitting a Configured Grant (CG) Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), the method comprising:

receiving a CG configuration and a plurality of Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs), each of the plurality of SSBs corresponding to an SSB index in a plurality of SSB indexes;

determining a mapping of the plurality of SSB indexes to PUSCH resources for the plurality of SSBs, each PUSCH resource being configured by the received CG configuration;

identifying an SSB in the plurality of SSBs based on measured Reference Signal Received Powers (RSRPs);

identifying a PUSCH resource in the PUSCH resources based on the identified SSB and the mapping of the plurality of SSB indexes to the PUSCH resources; and

transmitting a PUSCH on the identified PUSCH resource, wherein:

the mapping of the plurality of SSB indexes to the PUSCH resources is configured in a first increasing order of DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) resource indexes and in a second increasing order of CG period indexes within an association period,

the association period comprises one or more times of periodicities of the CG configuration and is determined from a set of time durations as a smallest time duration, and

the set of time durations comprises one time, two times, four times, five times, eight times, ten times, sixteen times, twenty times, forty times, or eighty times of a periodicity of the CG configuration when the periodicity of the CG configuration is 8 milliseconds.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of SSBs is associated with the CG configuration.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the PUSCH resources comprises an associated DMRS resource and a PUSCH Occasion (PO) occupied in a CG period.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each SSB is mapped to the identified PUSCH resource based on a mapping ratio R, the R being a positive integer.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each SSB is mapped to a valid PUSCH resource.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of association periods, including the association period, refers to an association pattern period for periodically transmitting the PUSCH.

7 . A User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system for transmitting a Configured Grant (CG) Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), the UE comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the UE to:

receive a CG configuration and a plurality of Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs), each of the plurality of SSBs corresponding to an SSB index in a plurality of SSB indexes;

determine a mapping of the plurality of SSB indexes to PUSCH resources for the plurality of SSBs, each PUSCH resource being configured by the received CG configuration;

identify an SSB in the plurality of SSBs based on measured Reference Signal Received Powers (RSRPs);

identify a PUSCH resource in the PUSCH resources based on the identified SSB and the mapping of the plurality of SSB indexes to the PUSCH resources; and

transmit a PUSCH on the identified PUSCH resource, wherein:

the mapping of the plurality of SSB indexes to the PUSCH resources is configured in a first increasing order of DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) resource indexes and in a second increasing order of CG period indexes within an association period,

the association period comprises one or more times of periodicities of the CG configuration and is determined from a set of time durations as a smallest time duration, and

the set of time durations comprises one time, two times, four times, five times, eight times, ten times, sixteen times, twenty times, forty times, or eighty times of aperiodicity of the CG configuration when the periodicity of the CG configuration is 8 milliseconds.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of SSBs is associated with the CG configuration.

9 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein each of the PUSCH resources comprises an associated DMRS resource and a PUSCH Occasion (PO) occupied in a CG period.

10 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein each SSB is mapped to the identified PUSCH resource based on a mapping ratio R, the R being a positive integer.

11 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein each SSB is mapped to a valid PUSCH resource.

12 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of association periods, including the association period, refers to an association pattern period for periodically transmitting the PUSCH.