System and method for time domain grant-free PUSCH resource allocation

A apparatus comprising:

• a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions;
• and
• at least one processor in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, wherein the at least one processor executes the instructions to cause the apparatus to:
• determine that a transmission resource includes a first orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol that is configured as a downlink (DL) symbol or as flexible with respect to an uplink (UL) or DL direction, wherein the transmission resource is allocated for UL transmissions during a time duration, and wherein the transmission resource comprises K transmission occasions (TOs), K being an integer greater than 1;
• and
• transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition transmission in the transmission resource omitting the first OFDM symbol configured as the DL symbol or as flexible, wherein the PUSCH repetition transmission comprises one or more repetitions to be transmitted in respective one or more TOs of the K TOs, and the one or more repetitions comprises an initial transmission of the PUSCH repetition transmission and at least one retransmission of the initial transmission.