# US 10,455,560 B2 · Short physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) design for 5th generation (5G) new radio (NR) > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,560 B2 - Document ID: US10455560B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/861,967 - Filed: 2018-01-04 - Published: 2018-07-05 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-05 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha; FG Innovation Company Limited - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha; FG Innovation Company Limited - Inventors: Zhanping Yin; Toshizo Nogami - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455560B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04L 1/1607: Details of the supervisory signal - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to acquire a first higher layer configuration indicating at least a short uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration. The instructions are also executable to acquire a second higher layer configuration indicating multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations, one set of PUCCH resource configurations within the multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations include the short PUCCH resource configuration. The instructions are further executable to select a set of PUCCH resource configurations from the sets of PUCCH resource configurations based on a payload size of uplink control information (UCI). The instructions are additionally executable to transmit the UCI on a PUCCH resource, the PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource configuration within the selected set of PUCCH resource configurations. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor; and memory in electronic communication with the processor, wherein instructions stored in the memory are executable to: acquire a first higher layer configuration indicating at least a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration corresponding to a PUCCH format among a plurality of PUCCH formats which have at least two types of lengths, wherein the PUCCH format consists of one or two symbol(s); acquire a second higher layer configuration indicating multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations; select a set of PUCCH resource configurations from the sets of PUCCH resource configurations based on a payload size of uplink control information (UCI); and transmit the UCI on a PUCCH resource, the PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource configuration within the selected set of PUCCH resource configurations. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the first higher layer configuration comprises at least a number of symbols and a number of resource blocks (RBs). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein, in a case where the PUCCH format consists of two symbols, reference signal (RS) locations on the two symbols are the same. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The UE of claim 3, the RS locations are resource elements indexed with {1,4,7,10}. ### Claim 5 A base station, comprising: a processor; and memory in electronic communication with the processor, wherein instructions stored in the memory are executable to: send a first higher layer configuration indicating at least a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration corresponding to a PUCCH format among a plurality of PUCCH formats which have at least two types of lengths, wherein the PUCCH format consists of one or two symbol(s); send a second higher layer configuration indicating multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations; and receive uplink control information (UCI) on a PUCCH resource, the PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource configuration within a set of PUCCH resource configurations selected from the sets of PUCCH resource configurations based on a payload size of the UCI. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The base station of claim 5, wherein the first higher layer configuration comprises at least a number of symbols and a number of resource blocks (RBs). ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The base station of claim 5, wherein, in a case where the PUCCH format consists of two symbols, reference signal (RS) locations on the two symbols are the same. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The base station of claim 7, the RS locations are resource elements indexed with {1,4,7,10}. ### Claim 9 A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: acquiring a first higher layer configuration indicating at least a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration corresponding to a PUCCH format among a plurality of PUCCH formats which have at least two types of lengths, wherein the PUCCH format consists of one or two symbol(s); acquiring a second higher layer configuration indicating multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations; selecting a set of PUCCH resource configurations from the sets of PUCCH resource configurations based on a payload size of uplink control information (UCI); and transmitting the UCI on a PUCCH resource, the PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource configuration within the selected set of PUCCH resource configurations. ### Claim 10 A method for a base station, the method comprising: sending a first higher layer configuration indicating at least a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration corresponding to a PUCCH format among a plurality of PUCCH formats which have at least two types of lengths, wherein the PUCCH format consists of one or two symbol(s); sending a second higher layer configuration indicating multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations; and receiving uplink control information (UCI) on a PUCCH resource, the PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource configuration within a set of PUCCH resource configurations selected from the sets of PUCCH resource configurations based on a payload size of the UCI.