User equipments, base stations and signaling for uplink support of reduced capability new radio devices

US12507217B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-12507217-B2
Application numberUS-202117924924-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 12, 2021
Priority dateMay 14, 2020
Publication dateDec 23, 2025
Grant dateDec 23, 2025

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A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive downlink control information (DCI) for uplink transmission with reduced capability. The DCI includes a time domain resource assignment field The UE also includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a resource allocation based on the DCI with the time domain resource assignment field.

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What is claimed is: 1 . A user equipment (UE) comprising: receiving circuitry configured to: receive a radio resource control (RRC) configuration used to configure a reduced capability UE to determine whether how to interpret a bit field for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator in a downlink control information (DCI) format is used as the PUCCH resource indicator, wherein the DCI format is used for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and receive the DCI format and the PDSCH; and transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, using a PUCCH, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) for the PDSCH in accordance with a reduced capability UE specific procedure. 2 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration used to configure a reduced capability UE to determine whether a bit field for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator in a downlink control information (DCI) format is used as the PUCCH resource indicator, wherein the DCI format is used for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); receiving the DCI format and the PDSCH; and transmitting, using a PUCCH, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) for the PDSCH in accordance with a reduced capability UE specific procedure. 3 . A base station comprising: transmitting circuitry configured to: transmit a radio resource control (RRC) configuration used to configure a reduced capability user equipment (UE) to determine whether, how to a bit field for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator in a downlink control information (DCI) format is used as the PUCCH resource indicator, wherein the DCI format is used for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and transmit the DCI format and the PDSCH; and receiving circuitry configured to receive, using a PUCCH, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) for the PDSCH in accordance with a reduced capability UE specific procedure. 4 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the RRC configuration is a reduced capability UE specific configuration. 5 . The base station according to claim 3 , wherein the RRC configuration is a reduced capability UE specific configuration.

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  • by switching between different modulation schemes · CPC title

  • in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

  • Manipulation of established connections · CPC title

  • Error detection codes · CPC title

  • Transmission of mode-switching indication · CPC title

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What does patent US12507217B2 cover?
A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive downlink control information (DCI) for uplink transmission with reduced capability. The DCI includes a time domain resource assignment field The UE also includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a resource allocation based on the DCI with the time domain resource assignment field.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Sharp Kk
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W72/0446. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 12 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).