# US 11,121,828 B2 · Radio (NR) physical uplink structures and schemes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,121,828 B2 - Document ID: US11121828B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/478,224 - Filed: 2018-05-03 - Published: 2020-02-13 - Granted: 2021-09-14 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-04 - Assignees: Intel IP Corporation - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Gang Xiong; Joonyoung Cho; Lopamudra Kundu; Yongjun Kwak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11121828B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04B 7/0632: {Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]} - H04B 7/0639: {Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection} - H04L 1/0013: {Rate matching, e.g. puncturing or repetition of code symbols} - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/10: with dynamo-electric generation of carriers; with mechanical filters or demodulators - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract New radio (NR) Uplink (UL) transmissions in an NR physical UL channel can be configured for a user equipment (UE) to communicate with a base station (e.g., gNB). The structures and mechanisms for configured these communications different from long term evolution (LTE) in NR specifications. A UE can generate a UL transmission with symbols on the NR physical channel including demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) symbols and uplink control information (UCI) symbols. The UL transmissions comprise a DM-RS symbol located at each first symbol with variable lengths. The UE generates the UL transmission as an NR physical UL channel with about a 50% DM-RS overhead with a same or more DM-RS symbols than UCI symbols in a sequential pattern (e.g., an alternating pattern). The UE further maps HARQ-ACK feedback on a PUSCH based a frequency first operation that initiates following the DM-RS symbol located at the first symbol. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus configured to be employed in a user equipment (UE) comprising: one or more processors configured to: generate an uplink (UL) transmission comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols on a new radio (NR) physical UL channel based on a sequential pattern of at least two different symbol building block configurations, where a first building block has two symbols comprising a first demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) symbol followed by a second uplink control information (UCI) symbol, and a second building block has three symbols comprising a first DM-RS symbol followed by a second UCI symbol and then a third DM-RS symbol, wherein the generated UL transmission contains a greater than 50% DM-RS overhead based on a greater number of DM-RS symbols than UCI symbols of the UL transmission on the NR physical UL channel; and a radio frequency (RF) interface, configured to send, to RF circuitry, data for the UL transmission. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: transmit the UL transmission with a frequency hopping operation based on an OFDM symbol set based on the sequential pattern of at least one of the at least two different symbol building block configurations on a first frequency and an OFDM symbol set based on the sequential pattern of at least one of the at least two different symbol building block configurations on a second frequency of the UL transmission that is different from the OFDM symbol set on the first frequency of the UL transmission. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the OFDM symbol set on the second frequency of the UL transmission comprises a same or more number of OFDM symbols than the OFDM symbol set on the first frequency. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the OFDM symbol set on the second frequency of the UL transmission initiates with a UCI symbol or a DM-RS symbol. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: alter a length of a long NR physical UL control channel (NR PUCCH) on the NR physical UL channel based on a dynamic change of an indication received on a DL scheduling information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the NR PUCCH is configured to vary in duration among UL transmissions based on the dynamic change of the indication. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: configure the long NR PUCCH to dynamically change among UL transmissions from about four OFDM symbols to about fourteen OFDM symbols of the plurality of OFDM symbols based on the indication. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: increase a duration of the UL transmission with respect to a previous UL transmission in response to an indication received via a radio resource control (RRC) or a downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the NR physical UL channel comprises a long NR PUCCH configured based on a variable duration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: map hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback on a PUSCH based on a frequency first operation that initiates following the first DM-RS symbol located at a first OFDM symbol of the plurality of OFDM symbols for the UL transmission, by dispersing the HARQ-ACK feedback in segments distributed across a frequency allocated resource. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive, via a at least one of: an NR minimum system information (MSI), an NR remaining minimum system information (RMSI), an NR system information block (SIB), an RRC, or a downlink control information (DCI), an indication of a mapping operation for HARQ-ACK feedback that indicates whether to map the HARQ-ACK feedback in the UL transmission initially with a frequency first operation or a time first operation; and map the HARQ-ACK feedback on a PUSCH with the frequency first operation or the time first operation based on the indication. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: multiplex DM-RS antenna ports with HARQ-ACK feedback to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback in a same subcarrier as the associated DM-RS antenna ports. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: generate at least one of: a rank indicator (RI), a channel quality indicator (CQI), a pre-coding matrix indicator (PMI), or a beam related information at one or both edges of a PUSCH frequency resource by a time first mapping operation; or generate the at least one of: the rank indicator (RI), the channel quality indicator (CQI), the pre-coding matrix indicator (PMI), or the beam related information by a frequency first mapping and a rate-matching adjacent to HARQ-ACK feedback and RI symbols on PUSCH. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: generate an additional DM-RS symbol and a phase tracking-reference signal (PT-RS) within a same slot as the DM-RS symbol, and rate-matching a UCI symbol around the additional DM-RS symbol and the PT-RS. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to perform operations, comprising: generating an uplink (UL) transmission comprising symbols on a new radio (NR) physical UL channel based on a sequential pattern of at least two different symbol building block configurations, where a first building block has two symbols comprising a first demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) symbol followed by a second uplink control information (UCI) symbol, and a second building block comprises a first DM-RS symbol followed by either a second UCI symbol and then a third DM-RS symbol, or two UCI symbols, wherein the generated UL transmission contains a greater than 50% DM-RS overhead based on a greater number of DM-RS symbols than UCI symbols of the UL transmission on the NR physical UL channel; and providing the UL transmission for transmission via the NR physical UL channel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: generating the UL transmission based on frequency hopping from a first set of symbols on a first frequency of the UL transmission and a second set of symbols that is different from the first set of symbols on a second frequency by generating an alternating pattern as the sequential pattern that comprises alternating between a DM-RS symbol and a UCI symbol; wherein the second set of symbols comprises a same or more number of symbols than the first set of symbols, and wherein the second set of symbols initiates with a UCI symbol, or a DM-RS symbol, at a first symbol on the second set of symbols. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: mapping hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback on a PUSCH based on a frequency first operation, or a time first operation, that initiates following the first DM-RS symbol located at a first symbol for the UL transmission, by dispersing the HARQ-ACK feedback in segments distributed across an allocated resource. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: generating an additional DM-RS symbol and a phase tracking-reference signal (PT-RS) within a same slot as the first DM-RS symbol, and rate-matching a UCI around the additional DM-RS symbol and the PT-RS. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: deriving a number of subcarriers or a number of symbols corresponding to a HARQ-ACK feedback on a PUSCH based on a rate-matching parameter or a higher layer signaling comprising an RRC signaling. ### Claim 19 An apparatus configured to be employed in a base station comprising: one or more processors configured to: process an uplink (UL) transmission comprising orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols on a new radio (NR) physical UL channel based on a pattern including at least two different symbol building block configurations, where a first building block has two symbols comprising a first demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) symbol followed by a second uplink control information (UCI) symbol, and a second building block comprises a first DM-RS symbol followed by either a second UCI symbol and then a third DM-RS symbol, or two UCI symbols, wherein the generated UL transmission contains a greater than 50% DM-RS overhead based on a greater number of DM-RS symbols than UCI symbols of the UL transmission on the NR physical UL channel; and a radio frequency (RF) interface, configured to receive, from RF circuitry, data from the UL transmission on the NR physical UL channel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: process the UL transmission according to a frequency hopping operation based on an OFDM symbol set on a first frequency and an OFDM symbol set on a second frequency of the UL transmission, wherein the OFDM symbol set on the first frequency and the OFDM symbol set on the second frequency comprise seven OFDM symbols, respectively, with an alternating pattern that alternates sequentially between a DM-RS symbol and a UCI symbol, and wherein the OFDM symbol set on the second frequency of the UL transmission initiates with a UCI symbol. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: provide, via a DL scheduling information or a downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), an indication of a length of a long NR PUCCH to dynamically enable a variation in the length based on one or more criteria. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: process hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback on a PUSCH based on a frequency first mapping that initiates following the first DM-RS symbol located at a first OFDM symbol of the OFDM symbols for the UL transmission, wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback is dispersed in segments distributed discontinuously across a frequency. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: process an additional DM-RS symbol and a phase tracking-reference signal (PT-RS) within a same slot, wherein a UCI symbol is rate-matched based on the additional DM-RS symbol and the PT-RS.