US 12,279,268 B2
Dynamic indication of PUCCH repetition factor
Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, San Diego, CA (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/451,385.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,189, filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232616 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/1273 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 72/1273 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:
memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
allocate downlink resources for at least one user equipment (UE), the downlink resources associated with an indication of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition factor within a first downlink control indicator (DCI), wherein the PUCCH repetition factor applies to all subsequent PUCCHs comprising an acknowledgement (ACK) or a non-acknowledgement (NACK) for any scheduled physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) until overwritten by a second indication of a different PUCCH repetition factor within a second DCI; and
transmit the first DCI to the at least one UE.