Uplink control information transmissions/receptions in wireless networks

For use in a wireless communication network, an apparatus comprising:

• a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a plurality of carrier aggregation (CA) groups with at least a first CA group (CG1) and a second CA group (CG2);
• the UE comprising processing circuitry configured to:
• determine whether the UE is power-limited, wherein the UE is scheduled to transmit acknowledgement information having a first payload in a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to a cell of the CG1 and transmit acknowledgement information having a second payload in a second PUSCH or PUCCH to a cell of the CG2;
• responsive to the UE being power-limited, determine the larger of the first payload and the second payload;
• prioritize, for power allocation, the first PUSCH or PUCCH or the second PUSCH or PUCCH conveying the larger payload;
• and
• transmit the prioritized PUSCH or PUCCH.

For use in a wireless communication network, an apparatus comprising:

• a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a plurality of carrier aggregation (CA) groups with at least a first CA group (CG1) and a second CA group (CG2);
• the UE comprising processing circuitry configured to:
• determine whether the UE is power-limited, wherein the UE is scheduled to transmit first uplink control information (UCI) in a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to a cell of the CG1 and transmit second UCI in a second PUSCH or PUCCH to a cell of the CG2;
• responsive to the UE being power-limited, determine whether the first UCI or the second UCI includes more UCI types, wherein the UCI types include acknowledgement information, channel quality information, and scheduling request information;
• prioritize, for power allocation, the first PUSCH or PUCCH or the second PUSCH or PUCCH conveying the UCI that includes more UCI types;
• and
• transmit the prioritized PUSCH or PUCCH.

A method for prioritizing a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a plurality of carrier aggregation (CA) groups with at least a first CA group (CG1) and a second CA group (CG2), comprising:

• determining whether the UE is power-limited, wherein the UE is scheduled to transmit acknowledged information in the PUSCH to a cell of the CG1 and uplink control information (UCI) to the cell of the CG1, other than the acknowledgement information, in the PUCCH to a cell of the CG2;
• responsive to the UE being power-limited, prioritizing the PUSCH for power allocation;
• and
• transmitting the PUSCH to the cell of the CG2.

A method for prioritizing a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a plurality of carrier aggregation (CA) groups with at least a first CA group (CG1) and a second CA group (CG2), comprising:

• determining whether the UE is power-limited, wherein the UE is scheduled to transmit acknowledgement information having a first payload in a first PUSCH or PUCCH to a cell of the CG1 and transmit acknowledgement information having a second payload in a second PUSCH or PUCCH to a cell of the CG2;
• responsive to the UE being power-limited, determining a larger payload of the first payload and the second payload;
• prioritizing, for power allocation, the first PUSCH or PUCCH or the second PUSCH or PUCCH conveying the larger payload;
• and
• transmitting the prioritized PUSCH or PUCCH.

A method for prioritizing a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a plurality of carrier aggregation (CA) groups with at least a first CA group (CG1) and a second CA group (CG2), comprising:

• determining whether the UE is power-limited, wherein the UE is scheduled to transmit first uplink control information (UCI) in a first PUSCH or PUCCH to a cell of the CG1 and transmit second UCI in a second PUSCH or PUCCH to a cell of the CG2;
• responsive to the UE being power-limited, determining whether the first UCI or the second UCI includes more UCI types, wherein the UCI types include acknowledgement information, channel quality information, and scheduling request information;
• prioritizing, for power allocation, the first PUSCH or PUCCH or the second PUSCH or PUCCH conveying the UCI that includes more UCI types;
• and
• transmitting the prioritized PUSCH or PUCCH.