IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,384
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,384 · App. 17/396,319 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Uplink control channel repetition factor indication

Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
H04W72/1268H04L1/1896H04L27/2607H04W72/23H04W72/54
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,108,384
App. No.
17/396,319
Filed
Aug 6, 2021
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Examiner
SHAO, HONG
Art Unit
2461
USPC
370/329
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink transmission for the UE, the DCI comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator (PRI) indicating an uplink resource for the UE to use to transmit feedback information regarding the downlink transmission; and transmitting, repeatedly a number of times, uplink control information different than the feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI.

Claims (29)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors, individually or collectively, being configured to:

receive a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink transmission for the UE, the DCI comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator (PRI) indicating an uplink resource for the UE to use to transmit feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the uplink resource is associated with a first PUCCH resource set; and

transmit, repeatedly a number of times, uplink control information different than the feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI, wherein the uplink control information is associated with a second PUCCH resource set different than the first PUCCH resource set, wherein the PRI further comprises an index value, wherein the index value is associated with the uplink resource in the first PUCCH resource set, and wherein the index value is associated with a second uplink resource for transmitting the uplink control information in the second PUCCH resource set, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI based on the number of times being associated with the second uplink resource.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a same relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a different relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, individually or collectively, are further configured to receive a configuration associating the second uplink resource with the index value.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, individually or collectively, are further configured to apply the number of times for repetition of transmissions for a configured time period or until a new configuration for repetition of transmissions is received.

6. A base station (BS), comprising:

memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors, individually or collectively, being configured to:

transmit a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink transmission for a user equipment (UE), the DCI comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator (PRI) indicating an uplink resource for the UE to use to transmit feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the uplink resource is associated with a first PUCCH resource set; and

receive, repeatedly a number of times, uplink control information different than the feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI, wherein the uplink control information is associated with a second PUCCH resource set different than the first PUCCH resource set, wherein the PRI further comprises an index value, wherein the index value is associated with the uplink resource in the first PUCCH resource set, and wherein the index value is associated with a second uplink resource for transmitting the uplink control information in the second PUCCH resource set, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI based on the number of times being associated with the second uplink resource.

7. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a same relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

8. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a different relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

9. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors, individually or collectively, are further configured to transmit a configuration associating the second uplink resource with the index value.

10. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink transmission for the UE, the DCI comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator (PRI) indicating an uplink resource for the UE to use to transmit feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the uplink resource is associated with a first PUCCH resource set; and

transmitting, repeatedly a number of times, uplink control information different than the feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI, wherein the uplink control information is associated with a second PUCCH resource set different than the first PUCCH resource set, wherein the PRI further comprises an index value, wherein the index value is associated with the uplink resource in the first PUCCH resource set, and wherein the index value is associated with a second uplink resource for transmitting the uplink control information in the second PUCCH resource set, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI based on the number of times being associated with the second uplink resource.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a same relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a different relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving a configuration associating the second uplink resource with the index value.

14. A method for wireless communication by a base station (BS), the method comprising:

transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink transmission for a user equipment (UE), the DCI comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator (PRI) indicating an uplink resource for the UE to use to transmit feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the uplink resource is associated with a first PUCCH resource set; and

receiving, repeatedly a number of times, uplink control information different than the feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI, wherein the uplink control information is associated with a second PUCCH resource set different than the first PUCCH resource set, wherein the PRI further comprises an index value, wherein the index value is associated with the uplink resource in the first PUCCH resource set, and wherein the index value is associated with a second uplink resource for transmitting the uplink control information in the second PUCCH resource set, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI based on the number of times being associated with the second uplink resource.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a same relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first PUCCH resource set comprises a first plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value and the second PUCCH resource set comprises a second plurality of uplink resources ordered by index value, and wherein the uplink resource has a different relative index position in the first PUCCH resource set as the second uplink resource has in the second PUCCH resource set.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising transmitting a configuration associating the second uplink resource with the index value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2021
From: TAHERZADEH BOROUJENI, MAHMOUD; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057606/0472 →
Continuity (1)
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