# US 2025/0097908 A1 · Communication device, 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 2025/0097908 A1 - Document ID: US20250097908A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/576,318 - Filed: 2022-05-06 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-02 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO; Hidetoshi SUZUKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250097908A1 ## CPC - H04L 27/26: Systems using multi-frequency codes (H04L27/32 takes precedence) - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04L 1/0067: {Rate matching (H04L1/0013 and H04L1/08 take precedence)} - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 1/18: Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - 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 This communication device is provided with: a control circuit for determining a read-out position of encoded data of a signal, in a first sector among a plurality of sectors in a time domain resource allocated to transmission of the signal, on the basis of a resource amount that does not depend on the result of a read-out of encoded data in a second sector before the first sector; and a transmission circuit for transmitting the signal on the basis of the read-out position. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -14. (canceled) ### Claim 15 A communication apparatus, comprising: circuitry, which, in operation, determines a starting position of coded data in a first section based on a second section which is a previous section to the first section, the first section and the second section being one of a plurality of sections within a time domain resource assigned for a transmission of a signal; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the signal based on the starting position of coded data, wherein the starting position of coded data in the first section is determined without depending on whether uplink control information (UCI) is multiplexed in the second section. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the starting position of coded data in the first section is determined based on the starting position of coded data in the second section and on a number of coded bits in the second section. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the second section is a first slot of the plurality of sections, and the starting position of coded data in the second section is a position indicated by a redundancy version 0, 1, 2 or 3. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The terminal according to claim 15, wherein a transport block size of the signal is calculated by multiplying an amount of resources of a slot assigned for the transmission of the signal with a scaling factor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the amount of resources of the slot is determined based on information relating to a length of symbols, which is indicated by a base station. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The terminal according to claim 15, wherein information relating to the plurality of sections is indicated from a base station. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the signal is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH). ### Claim 22 A communication method, comprising: determining a starting position of coded data in a first section based on a second section which is a previous section to the first section, the first section and the second section being one of a plurality of sections within a time domain resource assigned for a transmission of a signal; and transmitting the signal based on the starting position of coded data, wherein the starting position of coded data in the first section is determined without depending on whether uplink control information (UCI) is multiplexed in the second section. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein the starting position of coded data in the first section is determined based on the starting position of coded data in the second section and on a number of coded bits in the second section. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The communication method according to claim 23, wherein the second section is a first slot of the plurality of sections, and the starting position of coded data in the second section is a position indicated by a redundancy version 0, 1, 2 or 3. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein a transport block size of the signal is calculated by multiplying an amount of resources of a slot assigned for the transmission of the signal with a scaling factor. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The communication method according to claim 25, wherein the amount of resources of the slot is determined based on information relating to a length of symbols, which is indicated by a base station. ### Claim 27 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein information relating to the plurality of sections is indicated from a base station. ### Claim 28 (depends on 22) The communication method according to claim 22, wherein the signal is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).