# US 11,451,350 B2 · Method and device for transmitting uplink control channel in wireless cellular communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,350 B2 - Document ID: US11451350B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/635,362 - Filed: 2018-07-31 - Published: 2021-05-13 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-10 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seunghoon Choi; Youngbum Kim; Taehyoung Kim; Sungjin Park; Jinyoung Oh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451350B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems} - H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - H04J 13/18: Allocation of orthogonal codes - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/0466: {the resource being a scrambling code} - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. The present invention discloses various methods and devices for transmitting a long PUCCH. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of transmitting an uplink signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a control message comprising first information indicating an orthogonal cover code (OCC) index for a long physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format; generating uplink control information to be transmitted on a PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format; determining N symbols in which the uplink control information is to be transmitted; mapping the uplink control information and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the uplink control information to the N symbols; and transmitting, to the base station on the PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format, the uplink control information and the DMRS, wherein a number of symbols in a first hop is floor(N/2) and a number of symbols in a second hop is ceil(N/2), and wherein sequences to be applied to a first uplink control information symbol in the first hop, a first DMRS symbol in the first hop, second uplink control information symbol in the second hop, and a second DMRS symbol in the second hop are determined among sequences of different lengths identified based on the first information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the control message further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling intra-slot frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 3 A terminal for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and a controller configured to: receive, from a base station, a control message comprising first information indicating an orthogonal cover code (OCC) index for a long physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format, generate uplink control information to be transmitted on a PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format, determine N symbols in which the uplink control information is to be transmitted, map the uplink control information and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the uplink control information to the N symbols, and transmit, to the base station on the PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format, the uplink control information and the DMRS, wherein a number of symbols in a first hop is floor(N/2), and a number of symbols in a second hop is ceil(N/2), and wherein sequences to be applied to a first uplink control information symbol in the first hop, a first DMRS symbol in the first hop, second uplink control information symbol in the second hop, and a second DMRS symbol in the second hop are determined among sequences of different lengths identified based on the first information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The terminal of claim 3, wherein the control message further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling intra-slot frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 5 A method of receiving an uplink signal by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, a control message comprising first information indicating an orthogonal cover code (OCC) index for a long physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format; and receiving, from the terminal on a PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format, uplink control information and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the uplink control information which are mapped to N symbols, wherein a number of symbols in a first hop is floor(N/2), and a number of symbols in a second hop is ceil(N/2), and wherein sequences to be applied to a first uplink control information symbol in the first hop, a first DMRS symbol in the first hop, second uplink control information symbol in the second hop, and a second DMRS symbol in the second hop are determined among sequences of different lengths identified based on the first information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the control message further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling intra-slot frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 7 A base station for receiving an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and a controller configured to: transmit, to a terminal, a control message comprising first information indicating an orthogonal cover code (OCC) index for a long physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format, and receive, from the terminal on a PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format, uplink control information and a demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) for the uplink control information which are mapped to N symbols, wherein a number of symbols in a first hop is floor(N/2), and a number of symbols in a second hop is ceil(N/2), wherein sequences to be applied to a first uplink control information symbol in the first hop, a first DMRS symbol in the first hop, second uplink control information symbol in the second hop, and a second DMRS symbol in the second hop are determined among sequences of different lengths identified based on the first information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The base station of claim 7, wherein the control message further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling intra-slot frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the N symbols is determined based on the second information, and wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS are transmitted by applying the intra-slot frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The terminal of claim 4, wherein the N symbols is determined based on the second information, and wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS are transmitted by applying the intra-slot frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the N symbols is determined based on the second information, and wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS are transmitted by applying the intra-slot frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The base station of claim 8, wherein the N symbols is determined based on the second information, and wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS are transmitted by applying the intra-slot frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein first orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the first uplink control information symbol in the first hop and the first DMRS symbol in the first hop respectively, and second orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the second uplink control information symbol in the second hop and the second DMRS symbol in the second hop respectively. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The terminal of claim 3, wherein first orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the first uplink control information symbol in the first hop and the first DMRS symbol in the first hop respectively, and second orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the second uplink control information symbol in the second hop and the second DMRS symbol in the second hop respectively. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein first orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the first uplink control information symbol in the first hop and the first DMRS symbol in the first hop respectively, and second orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the second uplink control information symbol in the second hop and the second DMRS symbol in the second hop respectively. ### Claim 16 (depends on 7) The base station of claim 7, wherein first orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the first uplink control information symbol in the first hop and the first DMRS symbol in the first hop respectively, and second orthogonal sequences identified based on the first information are applied to the second uplink control information symbol in the second hop and the second DMRS symbol in the second hop respectively.