US 11,863,321 B2
Coverage enhancement and system efficiency by UE
Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Cupertino, CA (US); Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Sigen Ye, Cupertino, CA (US); Wei Zeng, Cupertino, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/593,694
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/120010
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/073202, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311547 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 1/1614 (2013.01) [H04L 1/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving a bundle of Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) repetitions from a network node;
attempting to decode a transmission block within the bundle of PDSCH repetitions; and
generating a soft acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) report based on whether the transmission block was successfully decoded,
wherein when the transmission block is not successfully decoded the soft ACK/NACK report comprises a NACK message comprising multiple bits indicating a number of additional repetitions of the PDSCH needed to successfully decode the transmission block.