US 12,069,691 B2
Techniques and apparatuses for improving new radio coverage
Yu Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Hao Xu, Beijing (CN); Chao Wei, Beijing (CN); Peng Cheng, Beijing (CN); Wanshi Chen, San Diego, CA (US); Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US); and Durga Prasad Malladi, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,133.
Application 17/938,133 is a division of application No. 16/633,399, granted, now 11,490,413, previously published as PCT/CN2018/104584, filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2017/101015 (WO), filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027172 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment, comprising:
receiving a first grant for a first transmission having a first number of repetitions,
wherein the user equipment is configured to selectively provide an acknowledgment for the first transmission after a second number of repetitions that is less than the first number of repetitions;
attempting to decode the first transmission after the second number of repetitions;
selectively providing the acknowledgment after the second number of repetitions based at least in part on a result of attempting to decode the first transmission; and
receiving, when the acknowledgment is provided, an indication that one or more remaining repetitions are not to be performed, wherein the indication is a dedicated bit of downlink control information or a second grant for transmission for a second transmission.