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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
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);
Chunhai Yao, Beijing, CN;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) may increase the reliability of transmission of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) by transmitting repeated copies of the PUCCH, according to a repetition pattern spanning one or more slots. In an intra-slot mode, more than one copy may be transmitted within each configured slot, with or without frequency hopping. The number of copies as well as a temporal gap between the transmission of successive copies may be configured by the network. The repetition pattern may or may not be interrupted by slot boundaries. In an inter-slot mode, one copy is transmitted per configured slot. Different copies may be transmitted in different directions, according to a spatial consistency pattern. The UE may perform repeated transmission of PUCCHs to different Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs) using respectively different timing advances and/or transmit power levels.