# US 2023/0056775 A1 · Terminal and communication method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0056775 A1 - Document ID: US20230056775A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/797,604 - Filed: 2020-12-11 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-05 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO; Hongchao LI; Hidetoshi SUZUKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230056775A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - 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 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 5/0058: {Allocation criteria} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - 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 Provided is a terminal comprising: a control circuit which, on the basis of the size of information indicating resource allocation relating to uplink control information, controls allocation of an uplink resource with respect to the uplink control information; and a transmit circuit for transmitting the uplink control information in the uplink resource. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-11. (canceled) ### Claim 12 A terminal, comprising: control circuitry, which, in operation, controls an allocation of a resource relating to uplink control information based on a size of information indicating the resource relating to the uplink control information; and transmission circuitry, which, in operation, transmits the uplink control information in the resource. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, wherein a mapping between values of the information indicating the resource and candidate resources for the resource differs depending on the size. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The terminal according to claim 13, wherein, regardless of whether a number of the values of the information indicating the resource equals a threshold value, the values of the information indicating the resource are related to the candidate resources in a one-to-one manner in a case a number of the candidate resources is equal to or less than the threshold value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The terminal according to claim 14, wherein, the threshold value is 8, and the size of the information indicating the resource is 0, 1, 2 or 3 bits. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The terminal according to claim 14, wherein regardless of the size of the information indicating the resource, the number of the candidate resources relating to one of the values of the information indicating the resource is the same in a case the number of the candidate resources is larger than the threshold value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, wherein a mapping between a combination of a value of the information indicating the resource and a downlink resource used for transmission of the information indicating the resource, and a candidate resource for the resource, differs depending on the size. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, further comprising reception circuitry, which, in operation, receives information on the size. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the information on the size is information indicating a number of variable bits. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, wherein information relating to candidate resources for the resource is indicated by a user dedicated higher layer signaling. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, wherein information indicating the resource relating to the uplink control information is indicated by downlink control information. ### Claim 22 A communication method, comprising: controlling an allocation of a resource relating to uplink control information based on a size of information indicating the resource relating to the uplink control information; and transmitting the uplink control information in the resource. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein a mapping between values of the information indicating the resource and candidate resources for the resource differs depending on the size. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The communication method according to claim 23, wherein, regardless of whether a number of the values of the information indicating the resource equals a threshold value, the values of the information indicating the resource are related to the candidate resources in a one-to-one manner in a case a number of the candidate resources is equal to or less than the threshold value. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The communication method according to claim 24, wherein, the threshold value is 8, and the size of the information indicating the resource is 0, 1, 2 or 3 bits. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The communication method according to claim 24, wherein regardless of the size of the information indicating the resource, the number of the candidate resources relating to one of the values of the information indicating the resource is the same in a case the number of the candidate resources is larger than the threshold value. ### Claim 27 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein a mapping between a combination of a value of the information indicating the resource and a downlink resource used for transmission of the information indicating the resource, and a candidate resource for the resource, differs depending on the size. ### Claim 28 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, further comprising: receiving information on the size. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The communication method according to claim 28, wherein the information on the size is information indicating a number of variable bits. ### Claim 30 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein information relating to the candidate resources for the resource is indicated by a user dedicated higher layer signaling. ### Claim 31 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein information indicating the resource relating to the uplink control information is indicated by downlink control information.