US 11,722,250 B2
Uplink repetition enhancement
Srirang A. Lovlekar, Cupertino, CA (US); Murtaza A. Shikari, Mountain View, CA (US); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Haijing Hu, Beijing (CN); Longda Xing, San Jose, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Jose, CA (US); Sree Ram Kodali, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US); and Yuqin Chen, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/849,761.
Claims priority of application No. 201910619137.8 (CN), filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0014002 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 1/08 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0033 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment device (UE), comprising:
at least one antenna;
at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio is configured to perform cellular communication using at least one radio access technology (RAT);
one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processors and the at least one radio are configured to perform voice and/or data communications;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to:
receive, from a base station, an uplink (UL) repetition configuration associated with a transport block, wherein the UL repetition configuration specifies a number of UL repetitions required for transmission of the transport block;
transmit, to the base station, at least a first portion of UL repetitions while monitoring UL channel quality; and
transmit, after transmission of the first portion of UL repetitions, an indication that the UE will not transmit additional UL repetitions, wherein the transmission of the first portion of UL repetition does not complete the number of UL repetitions required for transmission of the transport block, wherein the indication that the UE will not transmit additional UL repetitions is included in an uplink control information (UCI) message, and wherein the indication that the UE will not transmit additional UL repetitions is based, at least in part, on the monitored UL channel quality.