# US 11,909,673 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 11,909,673 B2 - Document ID: US11909673B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/947,741 - Filed: 2022-09-19 - Published: 2023-01-26 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - 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/US11909673B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04B 1/713: using frequency hopping - H04J 13/18: Allocation of orthogonal codes - H04L 5/0016: {Time-frequency-code} - 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 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - 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 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - 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 performed by a terminal for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a higher layer signal 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; and transmitting, to the base station on the PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format, the uplink control information and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), wherein: a first spreading code for a first uplink control information symbol in a first hop is determined based on the first information and a first symbol duration of the first uplink control information symbol, a second spreading code for a first DMRS symbol in the first hop is determined based on the first information and a second symbol duration of the first DMRS symbol, a third spreading code for a second uplink control information symbol in a second hop is determined based on the first information and a third symbol duration of the second uplink control information symbol, and a fourth spreading code for a second DMRS symbol in the second hop is determined based on the first information and a fourth symbol duration of the second DMRS symbol. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the higher layer signal further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format in a slot, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 3 (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 frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS for the uplink control information are mapped to the N symbols, and wherein a number of symbols in the first hop is floor(N/2) and a number of symbols in the second hop is ceil(N/2). ### Claim 5 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 higher layer signal 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, and transmit, to the base station on the PUCCH based on the long PUCCH format, the uplink control information and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), wherein: a first spreading code for a first uplink control information symbol in a first hop is determined based on the first information and a first symbol duration of the first uplink control information symbol, a second spreading code for a first DMRS symbol in the first hop is determined based on the first information and a second symbol duration of the first DMRS symbol, a third spreading code for a second uplink control information symbol in a second hop is determined based on the first information and a third symbol duration of the second uplink control information symbol, and a fourth spreading code for a second DMRS symbol in the second hop is determined based on the first information and a fourth symbol duration of the second DMRS symbol. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the higher layer signal further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format in a slot, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The terminal 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 frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS for the uplink control information are mapped to the N symbols, and wherein a number of symbols in the first hop is floor(N/2) and a number of symbols in the second hop is ceil(N/2). ### Claim 9 A method performed by a base station for receiving an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, a higher layer signal 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 based on N symbols, wherein: a first spreading code for a first uplink control information symbol in a first hop is determined based on the first information and a first symbol duration of the first uplink control information symbol, a second spreading code for a first DMRS symbol in the first hop is determined based on the first information and a second symbol duration of the first DMRS symbol, a third spreading code for a second uplink control information symbol in a second hop is determined based on the first information and a third symbol duration of the second uplink control information symbol, and a fourth spreading code for a second DMRS symbol in the second hop is determined based on the first information and a fourth symbol duration of the second DMRS symbol. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the higher layer signal further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format in a slot, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, 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 frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS for the uplink control information are mapped to the N symbols, and wherein a number of symbols in the first hop is floor(N/2) and a number of symbols in the second hop is ceil(N/2). ### Claim 13 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 higher layer signal 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 signal (DMRS) for the uplink control information which are mapped to N symbols, wherein: a first spreading code for a first uplink control information symbol in a first hop is determined based on the first information and a first symbol duration of the first uplink control information symbol, a second spreading code for a first DMRS symbol in the first hop is determined based on the first information and a second symbol duration of the first DMRS symbol, a third spreading code for a second uplink control information symbol in a second hop is determined based on the first information and a third symbol duration of the second uplink control information symbol, and a fourth spreading code for a second DMRS symbol in the second hop is determined based on the first information and a fourth symbol duration of the second DMRS symbol. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The base station of claim 13, wherein the higher layer signal further comprises second information on a number of symbols for the long PUCCH format, third information enabling frequency hopping for the long PUCCH format in a slot, fourth information on a frequency resource of the first hop and fifth information on a frequency resource of the second hop. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The base station of claim 14, 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 frequency hopping based on the third information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The base station of claim 13, wherein the uplink control information and the DMRS for the uplink control information are mapped to the N symbols, and wherein a number of symbols in the first hop is floor(N/2) and a number of symbols in the second hop is ceil(N/2).