# US 12,016,017 B2 · Method, device, and system for transmitting physical uplink control channel in wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,016,017 B2 - Document ID: US12016017B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/134,019 - Filed: 2023-04-12 - Published: 2023-08-03 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-12 - Assignees: Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. - Applicants: Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. - Inventors: Kyungjun Choi; Minseok Noh; Geunyoung Seok; Jinsam Kwak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12016017B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/1268: of uplink data flows - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 72/11: Semi-persistent scheduling - 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 The present specification relates to a method, a device, and a system for transmitting a physical uplink control channel in a wireless communication system. The present specification discloses a terminal comprising: a communication module for receiving, from a base station, information on a PUCCH serving cell corresponding to a serving cell on which a PUCCH is to be transmitted, generating the PUCCH, and transmitting the generated PUCCH on the PUCCH serving cell; and a processor for configuring the PUCCH serving cell on the basis of the information on the PUCCH serving cell. The terminal can effectively transmit uplink control information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user equipment (UE) for use in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a processor; and a communication module, wherein the processor is configured to: receive semi-persistent scheduling physical downlink shared channels (SPS PDSCHs) based on SPS configurations, each of the SPS configurations including a respective maximum deferral duration, generate first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for the SPS PDSCHs, determine a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting a first PUCCH for the first HARQ-ACK information, and based on that the first PUCCH resource overlaps with a symbol unavailable for PUCCH transmission, defer a transmission of second HARQ-ACK information to a second PUCCH on an earliest transmittable PUCCH resource after the first PUCCH resource, wherein the second HARQ-ACK information includes HARQ-ACK information from the first HARQ-ACK information, so that the second HARQ-ACK information corresponds to at least one first SPS PDSCH among the SPS PDSCHs, and wherein each of the at least one first SPS PDSCH satisfies: a maximum deferral duration of a corresponding SPS configuration is larger than or equal to a time difference between a slot of the second PUCCH and a slot of a respective first SPS PDSCH reception. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the symbol unavailable for PUCCH transmission includes a configured downlink symbol. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the deferring the transmission of the second HARQ-ACK information includes: if a first earliest PUCCH where the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first PUCCH resource, is transmittable, transmitting the second HARQ-ACK information via the first earliest PUCCH, and if the first earliest PUCCH is not transmitted due to an overlap with a downlink symbol, determining a second earliest PUCCH where third HARQ-ACK information from the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first earliest PUCCH. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the second PUCCH is allocated on either a primary cell or a secondary cell, based on a periodic cell switching pattern configured by a bit-map of a radio resource control (RRC) signal, and wherein each bit of the bit-map corresponds to a respective slot in reference to a numerology of the primary cell, and each bit value of the bit-map indicates either the primary cell or the secondary cell as a cell for PUCCH transmission in a corresponding slot. ### Claim 5 A method for use by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving semi-persistent scheduling physical downlink shared channels (SPS PDSCHs) based on SPS configurations, each of the SPS configurations including a respective maximum deferral duration; generating first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for the SPS PDSCHs; determining a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting a first PUCCH for the first HARQ-ACK information; and based on that the first PUCCH resource overlaps with a symbol unavailable for PUCCH transmission, deferring a transmission of second HARQ-ACK information to a second PUCCH on an earliest transmittable PUCCH resource after the first PUCCH resource, wherein the second HARQ-ACK information includes HARQ-ACK information from the first HARQ-ACK information, so that the second HARQ-ACK information corresponds to at least one first SPS PDSCH among the SPS PDSCHs, and wherein each of the at least one first SPS PDSCH satisfies: a maximum deferral duration of a corresponding SPS configuration is larger than or equal to a time difference between a slot of the second PUCCH and a slot of a respective first SPS PDSCH reception. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the symbol unavailable for PUCCH transmission includes a configured downlink symbol. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the deferring the transmission of the first HARQ-ACK information includes: if a first earliest PUCCH where the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first PUCCH resource, is transmittable, transmitting the second HARQ-ACK information via the first earliest PUCCH, and if the first earliest PUCCH is not transmitted due to an overlap with a downlink symbol, determining a second earliest PUCCH where third HARQ-ACK information from the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first earliest PUCCH. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the second PUCCH is allocated on either a primary cell or a secondary cell based on a periodic cell switching pattern configured by a bit-map of a radio resource control (RRC) signal, and wherein each bit of the bit-map corresponds to a respective slot in reference to a numerology of the primary cell, and each bit value of the bit-map indicates either the primary cell or the secondary cell as a cell for PUCCH transmission in a corresponding slot. ### Claim 9 A base station (BS) for use in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising: a processor; and a communication module, wherein the processor is configured to: transmit semi-persistent scheduling physical downlink shared channels (SPS PDSCHs) based on SPS configurations, each of the SPS configurations including a respective maximum deferral duration, determine a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for receiving a first PUCCH for first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information is HARQ-ACK information for the SPS PDSCHs, and based on that the first PUCCH resource overlaps with a symbol unavailable for PUCCH reception, defer a reception of second HARQ-ACK information to a second PUCCH on an earliest receivable PUCCH resource after the first PUCCH resource, wherein the second HARQ-ACK information includes HARQ-ACK information from the first HARQ-ACK information, so that the second HARQ-ACK information corresponds to at least one first SPS PDSCH among the SPS PDSCHs, and wherein each of the at least one first SPS PDSCH satisfies: a maximum deferral duration of a corresponding SPS configuration is larger than or equal to a time difference between a slot of the second PUCCH and a slot of a respective first SPS PDSCH transmission. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The BS of claim 9, wherein the symbol unavailable for PUCCH reception includes a configured downlink symbol. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The BS of claim 9, wherein the deferring the reception of the first HARQ-ACK information includes: if a first earliest PUCCH where the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first PUCCH resource, is receivable, receiving the second HARQ-ACK information via the first earliest PUCCH, and if the first earliest PUCCH is not received due to an overlap with a downlink symbol, determining a second earliest PUCCH resource where third HARQ-ACK information from the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first earliest PUCCH. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The BS of claim 9, wherein the second PUCCH is allocated on either a primary cell or a secondary cell, based on a periodic cell switching pattern configured by a bit-map of a radio resource control (RRC) signal, and wherein each bit of the bit-map corresponds to a respective slot in reference to a numerology of the primary cell, and each bit value of the bit-map indicates either the primary cell or the secondary cell as a cell for PUCCH transmission in a corresponding slot. ### Claim 13 A method for use by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting semi-persistent scheduling physical downlink shared channels (SPS PDSCHs) based on SPS configurations, each of the SPS configurations including a respective maximum deferral duration; determining a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for receiving a first PUCCH for first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information is HARQ-ACK information for the SPS PDSCHs; and based on that the first PUCCH resource overlaps with a symbol unavailable for PUCCH reception, deferring a reception of second HARQ-ACK information to a second PUCCH on an earliest receivable PUCCH resource after the first PUCCH resource, wherein the second HARQ-ACK information includes HARQ-ACK information from the first HARQ-ACK information, so that the second HARQ-ACK information corresponds to at least one first SPS PDSCH among the SPS PDSCHs, and wherein each of the at least one first SPS PDSCH satisfies: a maximum deferral duration of a corresponding SPS configuration is larger than or equal to a time difference between a slot of the second PUCCH and a slot of a respective first SPS PDSCH transmission. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the symbol unavailable for PUCCH reception includes a configured downlink symbol. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the deferring the reception of the first HARQ-ACK information includes: if a first earliest PUCCH where the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first PUCCH resource, is receivable, receiving the second HARQ-ACK information via the first earliest PUCCH, and if the first earliest PUCCH is not received due to an overlap with a downlink symbol, determining a second earliest PUCCH where third HARQ-ACK information from the second HARQ-ACK information can be multiplexed, after the first earliest PUCCH. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the second PUCCH is allocated on either a primary cell or a secondary cell, based on a periodic cell switching pattern configured by a bit-map of a radio resource control (RRC) signal, and wherein each bit of the bit-map corresponds to a respective slot in reference to a numerology of the primary cell, and each bit value of the bit-map indicates either the primary cell or the secondary cell as a cell for PUCCH transmission in a corresponding slot.