User equipment and base stations that achieve mini-slot-based repetitions

A base station apparatus that communicates via mini-slot-based repetitions, the base station comprising:

• transmitting circuitry configured to:
• transmit a radio resource control (RRC) message, the RRC message comprising first information used for configuring a first number of repetitions for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions,
• second information used for configuring a second number of repetitions for PUSCH transmissions, and
• third information used for indicating a repetition type from a set of repetition types, the set of the repetition types comprising a first repetition type and a second repetition type, the first repetition type indicating only one repetition to be transmitted within a slot, the second repetition type indicating more than one repetition to be transmitted within the slot;
• and
• receiving circuitry configured to receive, based on the third information, either the first number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmissions or the second number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmissions, wherein
• the receiving circuitry receives the second number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmissions in a case that the third information indicates the second repetition type.

A communication method of a user equipment (UE) that communicates via mini-slot-based repetitions, the communication method comprising:

• receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message, the RRC message comprising first information used for configuring a first number of repetitions for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions,
• second information used for configuring a second number of repetitions for PUSCH transmissions, and
• third information used for indicating a repetition type from a set of repetition types, the set of the repetition types comprising a first repetition type and a second repetition type, the first repetition type indicating only one repetition to be transmitted within a slot, the second repetition type indicating more than one repetition to be transmitted within the slot;
• and
• transmitting, based on the third information, either the first number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmissions or the second number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmissions wherein
• the UE performs the second number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmissions in a case that the third information indicates the second repetition type