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US 12,557,106 · App. 18/002,561 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Method and apparatus for a radio network

Inventors: Matha Deghel (Paris, FR); Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe Laddu (Espoo, FI)
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 12,557,106
App. No.
18/002,561
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a first apparatus ( 102 ) comprising at least one processor ( 118 ), at least one memory ( 120 ) including computer program code, and at least one receiver ( 112 ), the at least one processor ( 118 ), the at least one memory ( 120 ), and the at least one receiver ( 112 ) configured with the computer program code to cause the first apparatus ( 102 ) at least to receive a first configuration and a second configuration or to receive an indication comprising a first configuration and a second configuration, to configure a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, for a PUCCH transmission according to the first configuration for a first PUCCH resource, configure the first PUCCH resource or a second PUCCH resource for the PUCCH repetition according to the second configuration, wherein the PUCCH repetition is a repetition of the PUCCH transmission.

Claims (17)

1 . A first apparatus comprising at least one processor, at least one memory including computer program code, and at least one receiver, the at least one processor, the at least one memory, and the at least one receiver configured with the computer program code to cause the first apparatus at least to;

receive a first indication comprising a first configuration and a second indication comprising a second configuration wherein the first configuration and the second configuration include a PUCCH format configuration;

receive a plurality of parameters of the first configuration and the second configuration that define:

a starting symbol;

consecutive symbols;

Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs);

PUCCH spatial relation information; and

a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state:

configure a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) for a PUCCH transmission according to the first configuration for a first PUCCH resource;

configure the first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource for a PUCCH repetition according to the second configuration, wherein the PUCCH repetition is a repetition of the PUCCH transmission within a repetition bundle having a repetition factor set to four;

receive a third indication comprising a first PUCCH resource index and a second PUCCH resource index;

receive a fourth indication comprising a first number of PRBs and a second number of PRBs;

receive a fifth indication comprising a first element and a second element, wherein the first element is mapped to a first number of symbols and the second element is mapped to a second number of symbols;

determine at least one first parameter of a characteristic of a PUCCH format for the PUCCH transmission according to the first configuration that differs from at least one second parameter of the characteristic of the PUCCH format for the PUCCH repetition according to the second configuration, wherein the first PUCCH resource index is used for a first half of the repetition bundle and the second PUCCH resource index is used for a second half of the repetition bundle;

select the first PUCCH resource for the PUCCH transmission according to the first PUCCH resource index and select the second PUCCH resource for the PUCCH repetition depending on the second PUCCH resource index, wherein the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource are selected from a set of configured PUCCH resources for the first apparatus;

determine the characteristic of the PUCCH format for the PUCCH transmission according to the plurality of parameters of the first configuration; and

determine the characteristic of the PUCCH format for the PUCCH repetition according to the plurality of parameters of the second configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: DEGHEL, MATHA; SALIYA JAYASINGHE LADDU, KEETH
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 062746/0884 →
Continuity (1)
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