User equipment cooperation

An apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to be received by a first plurality of panels and indicating a second plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitions for providing acknowledgment (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) feedback;
• receive the PDSCH through the first plurality of panels;
• and
• transmit ACK/NACK feedback in the indicated second plurality of PUCCH repetitions based on the received PDSCH.

A method of wireless communication of a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to be transmitted to a first plurality of panels and indicating a second plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitions for receiving acknowledgment (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) feedback;
• transmitting the PDSCH to the first plurality of panels;
• and
• receiving ACK/NACK feedback in the indicated second plurality of PUCCH repetitions based on the transmitted PDSCH.

An apparatus for wireless communication of a base station, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to be transmitted to a first plurality of panels and indicating a second plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitions for receiving acknowledgment (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) feedback;
• transmit the PDSCH to the first plurality of panels;
• and
• receive ACK/NACK feedback in the indicated second plurality of PUCCH repetitions based on the transmitted PDSCH.