	US 12,022,469 B2
	PUCCH repetition to increase the reliability of PUCCH transmission
Haitong Sun, Irvine, CA (US); Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN); Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Sigen Ye, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); and Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,086
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/119780 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/067846, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014328 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)

CPC H04W 72/21 (2023.01) [H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

transmitting N repetitions of a first Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) over one or more slots, wherein the N repetitions of the first PUCCH are partitioned into M segments, with each of the M segments including a corresponding K of the N repetitions, wherein different segments of the M segments are associated with different beams or precodings, wherein, for each segment, the K repetitions within the segment are transmitted with the associated beam or precoding, and

transmitting a preferred value of M and a preferred value of K to a network prior to said transmitting N repetitions of the first PUCCH.