# US 12,192,914 B2 · Terminal and communication method for uplink control channel transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,914 B2 - Document ID: US12192914B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/746,676 - Filed: 2022-05-17 - Published: 2022-09-01 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-23 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Tetsuya Yamamoto; Hidetoshi Suzuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192914B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/0006: {by adapting the transmission format} - H04W 52/241: {taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR or Eb/lo} - H04L 5/003: {Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path} - H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals} - H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control} - H04W 52/325: {Power control of control or pilot channels} - H04W 52/365: {Power headroom reporting} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - 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} - 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) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract In a terminal, in a slot having allocated thereto both an uplink control channel (PUCCH) and an uplink channel (PUSCH) that includes uplink data, in a case where the difference between the power spectrum density (PSD) of the PUCCH and the PSD of the PUSCH is greater than a threshold value (permitted difference), a control unit drops symbols of the PUSCH in a transmission interval for the PUSCH overlapping with a transmission interval for the PUCCH. A transmission unit transmits at least the PUCCH in the slot. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal comprising: a receiver, which, in operation, receives information associated with a mode where both an uplink control channel (PUCCH) and an uplink channel (PUSCH) are transmitted in a slot; and circuitry, which, in operation, controls a transmission of the PUCCH and the PUSCH in the slot based on a difference between a power spectrum density (PSD) of the PUCCH and a PSD of the PUSCH, wherein, in a case where a transmission interval for the PUCCH and a portion of a transmission interval for the PUSCH are superposed, the circuitry, in operation, sets a transient period in an interval that does not overlap with the transmission interval for the PUCCH, within the transmission interval for the PUSCH. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold value, the circuitry, in operation, drops a symbol of the PUSCH in a transmission interval for the PUSCH overlapping with a transmission interval for the PUCCH. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The terminal according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold value, the circuitry, in operation, drops a portion of resources of frequency resources to which the PUSCH is allocated in a transmission interval for the PUSCH overlapping with a transmission interval for the PUCCH. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The terminal according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold value, the circuitry, in operation, changes a transmission format of the PUCCH. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The terminal according to claim 3, wherein a unit for a frequency resource quantity at which the PUSCH is dropped is defined, and a transport block or a code block included in the PUSCH is mapped to frequency resources in the unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The terminal according to claim 4, wherein, in a case where the transmission format has been changed from a short PUCCH to a long PUCCH, the circuitry, in operation, carries out power scaling for the long PUCCH. ### Claim 7 A communication method comprising: receiving information associated with a mode where both an uplink control channel (PUCCH) and an uplink channel (PUSCH) are transmitted in a slot; and controlling a transmission of the PUCCH and the PUSCH in the slot based on a difference between a power spectrum density (PSD) of the PUCCH and a PSD of the PUSCH, wherein, in a case where a transmission interval for the PUCCH and a portion of a transmission interval for the PUSCH are superposed, the controlling includes setting a transient period in an interval that does not overlap with the transmission interval for the PUCCH, within the transmission interval for the PUSCH. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The communication method according to claim 7, wherein in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold value, the controlling includes dropping a symbol of the PUSCH in a transmission interval for the PUSCH overlapping with a transmission interval for the PUCCH. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The communication method according to claim 7, wherein in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold value, the controlling includes dropping a portion of resources of frequency resources to which the PUSCH is allocated in a transmission interval for the PUSCH overlapping with a transmission interval for the PUCCH. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The communication method according to claim 7, wherein in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold value, controlling includes changing a transmission format of the PUCCH. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The communication method according to claim 9, wherein a unit for a frequency resource quantity at which the PUSCH is dropped is defined, and a transport block or a code block included in the PUSCH is mapped to frequency resources in the unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The communication method according to claim 10, wherein, in a case where the transmission format has been changed from a short PUCCH to a long PUCCH, the controlling includes carrying out power scaling for the long PUCCH. ### Claim 13 A terminal comprising: a receiver, which, in operation, receives information associated with a mode where both an uplink control channel (PUCCH) and an uplink channel (PUSCH) are transmitted in a slot; and circuitry, which, in operation, controls a transmission of the PUCCH and the PUSCH in the slot based on a difference between a power spectrum density (PSD) of the PUCCH and a PSD of the PUSCH, wherein: in a case where the difference is greater than a threshold value, the circuitry, in operation, changes a transmission format of the PUCCH, and in a case where the transmission format has been changed from a short PUCCH to a long PUCCH, the circuitry, in operation, performs power scaling for the long PUCCH.