Considerations on uplink repetitions

A method of wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration indicating resources for a first repetition and a second repetition in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH);
• receiving the first repetition from the UE, wherein the first repetition includes a larger symbol length than the second repetition, the resources for the first repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from first UEs including the UE, the resources for the second repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from second UEs, and a quantity of the first UEs is larger than a quantity of the second UEs;
• and
• configuring the UE to skip transmission of the second repetition, wherein the configuration indicates a threshold number of symbols for skipping repetitions, and the transmission of the second repetition is skipped in response to a symbol length of the second repetition being less than the threshold number of symbols.

A user equipment (UE) configured for wireless communications, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, that when executed by the processor, to cause the UE to:
• receive, from a base station, a configuration indicating resources for a first repetition and a second repetition in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH);
• skip transmission of the second repetition;
• and
• transmit the first repetition, wherein the first repetition includes a larger symbol length than the second repetition, the resources for the first repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from first UEs including the UE, the resources for the second repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from second UEs, and a quantity of the first UEs is larger than a quantity of the second UEs, wherein the configuration indicates a threshold number of symbols for skipping repetitions, and the transmission of the second repetition is skipped in response to a symbol length of the second repetition being less than the threshold number of symbols.

A base station configured for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory that when executed by the processor cause the base station to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration indicating resources for a first repetition and a second repetition in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH);
• and
• receive the first repetition from the UE, wherein the first repetition includes a larger symbol length than the second repetition, the resources for the first repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from first UEs including the UE, the resources for the second repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from second UEs, and a quantity of the first UEs is larger than a quantity of the second UEs;
• and
• configure the UE to skip transmission of the second repetition, wherein the configuration indicates a threshold number of symbols for skipping repetitions, and the transmission of the second repetition is skipped in response to a symbol length of the second repetition being less than the threshold number of symbols.