Enhancement for uplink data transmission

A method at a terminal device, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a network node, a first message indicating at least one parameter for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission;
• and
• transmitting, to the network node, the PUSCH transmission at least partially based on the first message;
• wherein the first message indicates a number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmission;
• wherein before the step of transmitting, to the network node, the PUSCH transmission at least partially based on the first message, the method further comprises:
• measuring downlink channel quality;
• and
• determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage at least partially based on the measured downlink channel quality;
• wherein the method further comprises:
• receiving, from the network node, a threshold;
• and
• wherein the step of determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage at least partially based on the measured downlink channel quality comprises:
• determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage by comparing the measured downlink channel quality with the threshold.

A terminal device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform:
• receiving, from a network node, a first message indicating at least one parameter for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission;
• and
• transmitting, to the network node, the PUSCH transmission at least partially based on the first message;
• wherein the first message indicates a number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmission;
• wherein before the step of transmitting, to the network node, the PUSCH transmission at least partially based on the first message, the method further comprises:
• measuring downlink channel quality;
• and
• determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage at least partially based on the measured downlink channel quality;
• wherein the method further comprises:
• receiving, from the network node, a threshold;
• and
• wherein the step of determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage at least partially based on the measured downlink channel quality comprises:
• determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage by comparing the measured downlink channel quality with the threshold.

A method at a network node, the method comprising:

• transmitting, to a terminal device, a first message indicating at least one parameter for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission;
• receiving, from the terminal device, the PUSCH transmission at least partially based on the first message;
• and
• transmitting, to the terminal device, a threshold for determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage,
• wherein the first message indicates a first number of repetitions for the PUSCH transmission;
• wherein the threshold is used for determining whether the terminal device is in good or poor coverage by comparing a measured downlink channel quality with the threshold.