CPC H04W 72/1268 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An apparatus to be employed as a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
processor circuitry configurable to determine time and frequency resources to be used for transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in an unlicensed spectrum before receipt of a dedicated PUCCH resource configuration based on different PUCCH formats, wherein the receipt of the dedicated PUCCH resource configuration is to take place during an initial access before a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup procedure; and
radiofrequency (RF) circuitry communicatively coupled with the processor circuitry, the RF circuitry operable to transmit the PUCCH using the determined time and frequency resources.
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