CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 17/449,789, entitled 'ENCODING FOR UPLINK CHANNEL REPETITION" and filed on October 1, 2021, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly, to a method of wireless communication including an encoding for uplink (UL) channel (CH) repetition.

INTRODUCTION

[0003] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources. Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems.

[0004] These multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level. An example telecommunication standard is 5G New Radio (NR). 5G NR is part of a continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to meet new requirements associated with latency, reliability, security, scalability (e.g., with Internet of Things (IoT)), and other requirements. 5G NR includes services associated with enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine type communications (rnMTC), and ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC). Some aspects of 5G NR may be based on the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. There exists a need for further improvements in 5G NR technology. These improvements may also be applicable to other multi-access technologies and the telecommunication standards that employ these technologies.

BRIEF SUMMARY

[0005] The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

[0006] In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may include user equipment (UE) and a base station. The UE may be configured to encode at least one partial uplink (UL) repetition using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS). A base station may transmit a configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions to the UE, and the UE may encode at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration. The base station may decode the received at least one partial UL repetition based on the configuration. Accordingly, the base station may receive at least one partial UL repetition that does not include the DM-RS and decode at least one partial UL repetition without channel estimation.

[0007] To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or more aspects comprise the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspects may be employed, and this description is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network.

[0009] FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of a first frame, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0010] FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of DL channels within a subframe, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0011] FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating an example of a second frame, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0012] FIG. 2D is a diagram illustrating an example of UL channels within a subframe, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0013] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station and user equipment (UE) in an access network.

[0014] FIGs. 4A and4B are examples of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetitions of a method of wireless communication.

[0015] FIGs. 5A, 5B, and 5C are examples of PUSCH repetitions of a method of wireless communication.

[0016] FIG. 6 is an example of PUSCH repetitions of a method of wireless communication.

[0017] FIG. 7 is an example of uplink (UL) channel (CH) repetitions of a method of wireless communication

[0018] FIG. 8 is a call-flow diagram of a method of wireless communication.

[0019] FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.

[0020] FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.

[0021] FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.

[0022] FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.

[0023] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an example apparatus.

[0024] FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an example apparatus.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of various configurations and is not intended to represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of various concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.

[0026] Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methods will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements”). These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0027] By way of example, an element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems on a chip (SoC), baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other suitable hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.

[0028] Accordingly, in one or more example embodiments, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or encoded as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise a random-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of the types of computer- readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessedby a computer.

[0029] While aspects and implementations are described in this application by illustration to some examples, those skilled in the art will understand that additional implementations and use cases may come about in many different arrangements and scenarios. Innovations described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and packaging arrangements. For example, implementations and/or uses may come about via integrated chip implementations and other non-module-component based devices (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail/purchasing devices, medical devices, artificial intelligence (Al)-enabled devices, etc.). While some examples may or may not be specifically directed to use cases or applications, a wide assortment of applicability of described innovations may occur. Implementations may range a spectrum from chip-level or modular components to non-modular, non-chip-level implementations and further to aggregate, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more aspects of the described innovations. In some practical settings, devices incorporating described aspects and features may also include additional components and features for implementation and practice of claimed and described aspect. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals necessarily includes a number of components for analog and digital purposes (e.g., hardware components including antenna, RF-chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffer, processor(s), interleaver, adders/summers, etc.). It is intended that innovations described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, chip-level components, systems, distributed arrangements, aggregated or disaggregated components, end-user devices, etc. of varying sizes, shapes, and constitution.

[0030] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network 100. The wireless communications system (also referred to as a wireless wide area network (WWAN)) includes base stations 102, UEs 104, an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) 160, and another core network 190 (e.g., a 5G Core (5GC)). The base stations 102 may include macrocells (high power cellular base station) and/or small cells (low power cellular base station). The macrocells include base stations. The small cells include femtocells, picocells, and microcells.

[0031] The base stations 102 configured for 4G LTE (collectively referred to as Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)) may interface with the EPC 160 through first backhaul links 132 (e.g., SI interface). The base stations 102 configured for 5G NR (collectively referred to as Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN)) may interface with core network 190 through second backhaul links 184. In addition to other functions, the base stations 102 may perform one or more of the following functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging, positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations 102 may communicate directly or indirectly (e.g., through the EPC 160 or core network 190) with each other over third backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2 interface). The first backhaul links 132, the second backhaul links 184, and the third backhaul links 134 may be wired or wireless.

[0032] The base stations 102 may wirelessly communicate with the UEs 104. Each of the base stations 102 may provide communication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area 110. There may be overlapping geographic coverage areas 110. For example, the small cell 102' may have a coverage area 110' that overlaps the coverage area 110 of one or more macro base stations 102. A network that includes both small cell and macrocells may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network may also include Home Evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs), which may provide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group (CSG). The communication links 120 between the base stations 102 and the UEs 104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a UE 104 to a base station 102 and/or downlink (DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station 102 to a UE 104. The communication links 120 may use multiple- in put and multiple -output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and/or transmit diversity. The communication links may be through one or more carriers. The base stations 102 / UEs 104 may use spectrum up to F MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, etc. MHz) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Fx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in each direction. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respectto DL and UL (e.g., more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL). The component carriers may include a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers. A primary component carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell (SCell).

[0033] Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communication link 158. The D2D communication link 158 may use the DL/UL WWAN spectrum. The D2D communication link 158 may use one or more sidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2D communications systems, such as for example, WiMedia, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard, LTE, or NR.

[0034] The wireless communications system may further include a Wi-Fi access point (AP) 150 in communication with Wi-Fi stations (STAs) 152 via communication links 154, e.g., in a 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum or the like. When communicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the STAs 152 / AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating in order to determine whether the channel is available.

[0035] The small cell 102' may operate in a licensed and/or an unlicensed frequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the small cell 102' may employ NR and use the same unlicensed frequency spectrum (e.g., 5 GHz, or the like) as used by the Wi-Fi AP 150. The small cell 102', employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage to and/or increase capacity of the access network.

[0036] The electromagnetic spectrum is often subdivided, based on frequency/wavelength, into various classes, bands, channels, etc. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz - 7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz - 52.6 GHz). Although a portion ofFRl is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “sub-6 GHz” band in various documents and articles. A similar nomenclature issue sometimes occurs with regard to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “millimeter wave” band in documents and articles, despite being different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz - 300 GHz) which is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a “millimeter wave” band.

[0037] The frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies. Recent 5G NR studies have identified an operating band for these mid-band frequencies as frequency range designation FR3 (7.125 GHz - 24.25 GHz). Frequency bands falling within FR3 may inherit FR1 characteristics and/or FR2 characteristics, and thus may effectively extend features of FRl and/or FR2 into midband frequencies. In addition, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR2-2 (52.6 GHz - 71 GHz), FR4 (71 GHz - 114.25 GHz), and FR5 (114.25 GHz - 300 GHz). Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.

[0038] With the above aspects in mind, unless specifically stated otherwise, it should be understood that the term “sub-6 GHz” or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may be less than 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include midband frequencies. Further, unless specifically stated otherwise, it should be understood that the term “millimeter wave” or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2, FR2-2, FR4, and/or FR5, or may be within the EHF band.

[0039] A base station 102, whether a small cell 102' or a large cell (e.g., macro base station), may include and/or be referred to as an eNB, gNodeB (gNB), or another type of base station. Some base stations, such as gNB 180 may operate in a traditional sub 6 GHz spectrum, in millimeter wave frequencies, and/or near millimeter wave frequencies in communication with the UE 104. When the gNB 180 operates in millimeter wave or near millimeter wave frequencies, the gNB 180 may be referred to as a millimeter wave base station. The millimeter wave base station 180 may utilize beamforming 182 with the UE 104 to compensate for the path loss and short range. The base station 180 and the UE 104 may each include a plurality of antennas, such as antenna elements, antenna panels, and/or antenna arrays to facilitate the beamforming. [0040] The base station 180 may transmit a beamformed signal to the UE 104 in one or more transmit directions 182'. The UE 104 may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 180 in one or more receive directions 182". The UE 104 may also transmit a beamformed signal to the base station 180 in one or more transmit directions. The base station 180 may receive the beamformed signal from the UE 104 in one or more receive directions. The base station 180 / UE 104 may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for each of the base station 180 / UE 104. The transmit and receive directions for the base station 180 may or may not be the same. The transmit and receive directions for the UE 104 may or may not be the same.

[0041] The EPC 160 may include a Mobility Management Entity (MME) 162, other MMEs 164, a Serving Gateway 166, a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Gateway 168, a Broadcast Multicast Service Center (BM-SC) 170, and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway 172. The MME 162 may be in communication with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 174. The MME 162 is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 and the EPC 160. Generally, the MME 162 provides bearer and connection management. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets are transferred through the Serving Gateway 166, which itself is connected to the PDN Gateway 172. The PDN Gateway 172 provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The PDN Gateway 172 and the BM-SC 170 are connected to the IP Services 176. The IP Services 176 may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, and/or other IP services. The BM-SC 170 may provide functions for MBMS user service provisioning and delivery. The BM-SC 170 may serve as an entry point for content provider MBMS transmission, may be used to authorize and initiate MBMS Bearer Services within a public land mobile network (PLMN), and may be used to schedule MBMS transmissions. The MBMS Gateway 168 may be used to distribute MBMS traffic to the base stations 102 belonging to a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area broadcasting a particular service, and may be responsible for session management (start/stop) and for collecting eMBMS related charging information.

[0042] The core network 190 may include an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) 192, other AMFs 193, a Session Management Function (SMF) 194, and aUser Plane Function (UPF) 195. The AMF 192 may be in communication with a Unified Data Management (UDM) 196. The AMF 192 is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 and the core network 190. Generally, the AMF 192 provides QoS flow and session management. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets are transferred through the UPF 195. The UPF 195 provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The UPF 195 is connected to the IP Services 197. The IP Services 197 may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a Packet Switch (PS) Streaming (PSS) Service, and/or other IP services.

[0043] The base station may include and/or be referred to as a gNB, Node B, eNB, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), atransmit reception point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology. The base station 102 provides an access point to the EPC 160 or core network 190 for a UE 104. Examples of UEs 104 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, amultimedia device, a video device, adigital audio player (e.g., MP3 player), a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor/actuator, a display, or any other similar functioning device. Some of the UEs 104 may be referred to as loT devices (e.g., parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heart monitor, etc.). The UE 104 may also be referredto as a station, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology. In some scenarios, the term UE may also apply to one or more companion devices such as in a device constellation arrangement. One or more of these devices may collectively access the network and/or individually access the network.

[0044] Referring again to FIG. 1, in certain aspects, the UE 104 may include a UL repetition encoding component 198 configured to schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. In certain aspects, the base station 180 may include a UL repetition decoding component 199 configured to receive, from a UE, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and decode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. Although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the concepts described herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as LTE, LTE-A, CDMA, GSM, and other wireless technologies.

[0045] FIG. 2 A is a diagram 200 illustrating an example of a first subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2B is a diagram 230 illustrating an example of DL channels within a 5G NR subframe. FIG. 2C is a diagram 250 illustrating an example of a second subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2D is a diagram 280 illustrating an example of UL channels within a 5G NR subframe. The 5G NR frame structure may be frequency division duplexed (FDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth), subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for either DL or UL, or may be time division duplexed (TDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth), subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for both DL and UL. In the examples provided by FIGs. 2A, 2C, the 5G NR frame structure is assumed to be TDD, with subframe 4 being configured with slot format 28 (with mostly DL), where D is DL, U is UL, and F is flexible for use between DL/UL, and subframe 3 being configured with slot format 1 (with all UL). While subframes 3, 4 are shown with slot formats 1, 28, respectively, any particular subframe may be configured with any of the various available slot formats 0-61. Slot formats 0, 1 are all DL, UL, respectively. Other slot formats 2-61 include a mix of DL, UL, and flexible symbols. UEs are configured with the slot format (dynamically through DL control information (DCI), or semi- statically/statically through radio resource control (RRC) signaling) through a received slot format indicator (SFI). Note that the description infra applies also to a 5G NR frame structure that is TDD.

[0046] FIGs. 2A-2D illustrate a frame structure, and the aspects of the present disclosure may be applicable to other wireless communication technologies, which may have a different frame structure and/or different channels. A frame (10 ms) may be divided into 10 equally sized subframes (1 ms). Each subframe may include one or more time slots. Subframes may also include mini-slots, which may include 7, 4, or 2 symbols. Each slot may include 14 or 12 symbols, depending on whether the cyclic prefix (CP) is normal or extended. For normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols, and for extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. The symbols on DL may be CP orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (CP -OFDM) symbols. The symbols on UL may be CP-OFDM symbols (for high throughput scenarios) or discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbols (also referred to as single carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols) (for power limited scenarios; limited to a single stream transmission). The number of slots within a subframe is based on the CP and the numerology. The numerology defines the subcarrier spacing (SCS) and, effectively, the symbol length/duration, which is equal to 1/SCS.

[0047] For normal CP (14 symbols/slot), different numerologies p 0 to 4 allow for 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 slots, respectively, per subframe. For extended CP, the numerology 2 allows for 4 slots per subframe. Accordingly, for normal CP and numerology p, there are 14 symbols/slot and 2r slots/subframe. The subcarrier spacing may be equal to 2^ * 15 kHz, where g is the numerology 0 to 4. As such, the numerology p=0 has a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz and the numerology p=4 has a subcarrier spacing of 240 kHz. The symbol length/duration is inversely related to the subcarrier spacing. FIGs. 2A-2D provide an example of normal CP with 14 symbols per slot and numerology p=2 with 4 slots per subframe. The slot duration is 0.25 ms, the subcarrier spacing is 60 kHz, and the symbol duration is approximately 16.67 ps. Within a set of frames, there may be one or more different bandwidth parts (BWPs) (see FIG. 2B) that are frequency division multiplexed. Each BWP may have a particular numerology and CP (normal or extended). [0048] A resource grid may be used to represent the frame structure. Each time slot includes a resource block (RB) (also referred to as physical RBs (PRBs)) that extends 12 consecutive subcarriers. The resource grid is divided into multiple resource elements (REs). The number of bits carried by each RE depends on the modulation scheme.

[0049] As illustrated in FIG. 2A, some of the REs carry reference (pilot) signals (RS) for the UE. The RS may include demodulation RS (DM-RS) (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) and channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) for channel estimation at the UE. The RS may also include beam measurement RS (BRS), beam refinement RS (BRRS), and phase tracking RS (PT-RS).

[0050] FIG. 2B illustrates an example of various DL channels within a subframe of a frame. The physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carries DCI within one or more control channel elements (CCEs) (e.g., 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 CCEs), each CCE including six RE groups (REGs), each REG including 12 consecutive REs in an OFDM symbol of an RB. A PDCCH within one BWP may be referred to as a control resource set (CORESET). A UE is configured to monitor PDCCH candidates in a PDCCH search space (e.g., common search space, UE-specific search space) during PDCCH monitoring occasions on the CORESET, where the PDCCH candidates have different DCI formats and different aggregation levels. Additional BWPs may be located at greater and/or lower frequencies across the channel bandwidth. A primary synchronization signal (PSS) may be within symbol 2 of particular subframes of a frame. The PSS is used by a UE 104 to determine subframe/symbol timing and a physical layer identity. A secondary synchronization signal (SSS) may be within symbol 4 of particular subframes of a frame. The SSS is used by a UE to determine a physical layer cell identity group number and radio frame timing. Based on the physical layer identity and the physical layer cell identity group number, the UE can determine a physical cell identifier (PCI). Based on the PCI, the UE can determine the locations of the DM-RS. The physical broadcast channel (PBCH), which carries a master information block (MIB), may be logically grouped with the PSS and SSS to form a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH block (also referred to as SS block (SSB)). The MIB provides a number of RBs in the system bandwidth and a system frame number (SFN). The physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carries user data, broadcast system information not transmitted through the PBCH such as system information blocks (SIBs), and paging messages. [0051] As illustrated in FIG. 2C, some of the REs carry DM-RS (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) for channel estimation at the base station. The UE may transmit DM-RS for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and DM-RS for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The PUSCH DM-RS may be transmitted in the first one or two symbols of the PUSCH. The PUCCH DM-RS may be transmitted in different configurations depending on whether short or long PUCCHs are transmitted and depending on the particular PUCCH format used. The UE may transmit sounding reference signals (SRS). The SRS may be transmitted in the last symbol of a subframe. The SRS may have a comb structure, and a UE may transmit SRS on one of the combs. The SRS may be used by a base station for channel quality estimation to enable frequencydependent scheduling on the UL.

[0052] FIG. 2D illustrates an example of various UL channels within a subframe of a frame. The PUCCH may be located as indicated in one configuration. The PUCCH carries uplink control information (UCI), such as scheduling requests, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) (HARQ-ACK) feedback (i.e., one or more HARQ ACK bits indicating one or more ACK and/or negative ACK (NACK)). The PUSCH carries data, and may additionally be used to carry a buffer status report (BSR), a power headroom report (PHR), and/or UCI.

[0053] FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a base station 310 in communication with a UE 350 in an access network. In the DL, IP packets from the EPC 160 may be provided to a controller/processor 375. The controller/processor 375 implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality. Layer 3 includes a radio resource control (RRC) layer, and layer 2 includes a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control (REC) layer, and a medium access control (MAC) layer. The controller/processor 375 provides RRC layer functionality associated with broadcasting of system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs), RRC connection control (e.g., RRC connection paging, RRC connection establishment, RRC connection modification, and RRC connection release), inter radio access technology (RAT) mobility, and measurement configuration for UE measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression / decompression, security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification), and handover support functions; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer packet data units (PDUs), error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data units (SDUs), re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto transport blocks (TBs), demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

[0054] The transmit (TX) processor 316 and the receive (RX) processor 370 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. Layer 1, which includes a physical (PHY) layer, may include error detection on the transport channels, forward error correction (FEC) coding/decoding of the transport channels, interleaving, rate matching, mapping onto physical channels, modulation/ demodulation of physical channels, and MIMO antenna processing. The TX processor 316 handles mapping to signal constellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binary phase-shift keying (BP SK), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK), M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM)). The coded and modulated symbols may then be split into parallel streams. Each stream may then be mapped to an OFDM subcarrier, multiplexed with a reference signal (e.g., pilot) in the time and/or frequency domain, and then combined together using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to produce a physical channel carrying a time domain OFDM symbol stream. The OFDM stream is spatially precoded to produce multiple spatial streams. Channel estimates from a channel estimator 374 may be used to determine the coding and modulation scheme, as well as for spatial processing. The channel estimate may be derived from a reference signal and/or channel condition feedback transmitted by the UE 350. Each spatial stream may then be provided to a different antenna 320 via a separate transmitter 318 TX. Each transmitter 318 TX may modulate a radio frequency (RF) carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.

[0055] At the UE 350, each receiver 354 RX receives a signal through its respective antenna 352. Each receiver 354 RX recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to the receive (RX) processor 356. The TX processor 368 and the RX processor 356 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. The RX processor 356 may perform spatial processing on the information to recover any spatial streams destined for the UE 350. If multiple spatial streams are destined for the UE 350, they may be combined by the RX processor 356 into a single OFDM symbol stream. The RX processor 356 then converts the OFDM symbol stream from the time-domain to the frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The frequency domain signal comprises a separate OFDM symbol stream for each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on each subcarrier, and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated by determining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted by the base station 310. These soft decisions may be based on channel estimates computed by the channel estimator 358. The soft decisions are then decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data and control signals that were originally transmitted by the base station 310 on the physical channel. The data and control signals are then provided to the controller/processor 359, which implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality.

[0056] The controller/processor 359 can be associated with a memory 360 that stores program codes and data. The memory 360 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 359 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, and control signal processing to recover IP packets from the EPC 160. The controller/processor 359 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

[0057] Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DL transmission by the base station 310, the controller/processor 359 provides RRC layer functionality associated with system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs) acquisition, RRC connections, and measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression / decompression, and security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification); RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer ofupper layer PDUs, error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs, re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto TBs, demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

[0058] Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator 358 from a reference signal or feedback transmitted by the base station 310 may be used by the TX processor 368 to select the appropriate coding and modulation schemes, and to facilitate spatial processing. The spatial streams generated by the TX processor 368 may be provided to different antenna 352 via separate transmitters 354TX. Each transmitter 354TX may modulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.

[0059] The UL transmission is processed at the base station 310 in a manner similar to that described in connection with the receiver function at the UE 350. Each receiver 318RX receives a signal through its respective antenna 320. Each receiver 318RX recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to a RX processor 370.

[0060] The controller/processor 375 can be associated with a memory 376 that stores program codes and data. The memory 376 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 375 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, control signal processing to recover IP packets from the UE 350. IP packets from the controller/processor 375 may be provided to the EPC 160. The controller/processor 375 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

[0061] At least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller/processor 359 may be configured to perform aspects in connection with 198 of FIG. 1. At least one of the TX processor 316, the RX processor 370, and the controller/processor 375 may be configured to perform aspects in connection with 199 of FIG. 1.

[0062] In some aspects, a base station may transmit a grant to a UE to configure a repetition of uplink (UL) transmissions. The UE may receive a grant of the repetition of UL transmissions from the base station, and transmit a plurality of UL repetitions to the base station based on the grant received from the base station. The plurality of UL repetitions may include a plurality of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetitions or a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitions.

[0063] FIGs. 4A and 4B are examples 400 and 450 of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetitions of a method of wireless communication. In some aspects, two types of UL (e.g., PUSCH) repetitions may be defined. The first example 400 may represent a first type (Type-A) of UL repetition. The first type of UL repetition may not provide any optimization other than the number of repetitions that may be indicated dynamically. In one aspect, the number of repetitions K may be greater than 1, and the same start and length value (SLIV) may be applied across K consecutive slots.

[0064] The first example 400 includes a first DCI 410 including a grant for the UEto schedule the plurality of UL repetitions. For example, the first DCI 410 may include the grant for the UE to schedule a first PUSCH 420 and a second PUSCH 430. Here, the first PUSCH 420 may be the first PUSCH repetition, and the second PUSCH 430 may be the second PUSCH repetition.

[0065] The first DCI 410 may indicate the parameters including L=4, K=2, and S=10, where L may refer to the length of each of the UL repetitions, K may refer to the number of repetitions, and S may refer to the starting symbol of the slot. Accordingly, the first example 400 may provide that the first PUSCH 420 is scheduled from the 11 ^th symbol to the 14 ^th symbol of slot n, and the second PUSCH 430 is scheduled from the 11 ^th symbol to the 14 ^th symbol of slot n+1. The four (4) symbols from the 11 ^th symbol to the 14 ^th symbol of slot n may be configured for the uplink transmission, and the four (4) symbols from the 11 ^th symbol to the 14 ^th symbol of slot n+1 may be configured for the uplink transmission, and therefore, the UE may successfully schedule the first PUSCH 420 and the second PUSCH 430.

[0066] The second example 450 may represent a second type (Type-B) of UL repetition. The second type of UL repetition may provide the UL repetition grant that may be within or across slots (i.e., intro/inter slots), crossing the slot boundary, a dynamic indication of the number of repetitions, inter-nominal PUSCH frequency hopping, new U/D symbol interaction, new SLIV, etc. For example, the plurality of PUSCH repetitions configured with K number of repetitions, with the nominal length of L, may be transmitted back-to-back starting from the symbol S, where S and L are given by the SLIV.

[0067] The second example 450 includes a second DCI 460 including a grant for the UE to schedule the plurality of UL repetitions. For example, the second DCI 460 may include the grant for the UEto schedule a third PUSCH 470 and a fourth PUSCH 480. Here, the third PUSCH 470 may be the first PUSCH repetition, and the fourth PUSCH 480 may be the second PUSCH repetition.

[0068] The second DCI 460 may indicate the parameters including L=4, K=2, and S=10, where L may refer to the length of each of the UL repetitions, K may refer to the number of repetitions, and S may refer to the starting symbol of the slot. Accordingly, the second example 450 may provide that the third PUSCH 470 and the fourth PUSCH 480 are continuously scheduled in 8 symbols from the 11 ^th symbol of slot n to the 4 ^th symbol of slot n+1. The absolute length of the PUSCH repetitions may be calculated as K*L = 8 symbols. The eight (8) symbols from the 11 ^th symbol of the slot n to the 4 ^th symbol of slot n+1 may be configured for the uplink transmissions, and the third PUSCH 470 and the fourth PUSCH 480 may not overlap with the slot boundary between the slot n and the slot n+1, and therefore, the UE may successfully schedule the third PUSCH 470 and the fourth PUSCH 480.

[0069] The second type of UL repetitions may include nominal UL repetitions and partial UL repetitions (or actual UL repetitions) that may be a subset of the nominal UL repetitions. That is, in some examples, some of the scheduled nominal UL transmissions may not be transmitted as a whole due to an overlapping slot boundary or DL interruption, and the nominal UL repetition may be broken into one or multiple partial UL repetitions. At least one nominal UL repetition may overlap with a slot border or a DL interruption, and the nominal UL repetition may be segmented. That is, the nominal UL repetition may be segmented into one or more partial UL repetitions around the slot border or the semi-static DL symbols. The UE may also be configured with an invalid symbol pattern (e.g., hi\'alidSymb()ll ⁾ aUern . &n the UE may schedule the partial UL repetition around the invalid symbol pattern. For example, the invalid symbol pattern may be a symbol level bitmap indicating that the corresponding symbol is an invalid symbol for a second type PUSCH repetition transmission.

[0070] In one aspect, one nominal PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions may overlap with the slot boundary, and the overlapping nominal PUSCH repetition may be broken into two partial PUSCH repetitions. In another aspect, one nominal PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions may overlap with symbols configured for DL transmissions (DL interruption), and a subset of the nominal PUSCH repetition scheduled on symbols configured for UL transmissions may be transmitted as the partial PUSCH repetition.

[0071] FIGs. 5A, 5B, and 5C are examples 500, 530, and 560 of PUSCH repetitions of a method of wireless communication. The first example 500, the second example 530, and the third example 560 are examples of the second type of the UL repetition (e.g., FIG. 4B).

[0072] The first example 500 provides the PUSCH repetition grant with parameters S=4, L=4, and K=2. The first example 500 illustrates that a first nominal PUSCH repetition 512 may be scheduled on symbols 4, 5, 6, and 7 of slot n, and a second nominal PUSCH repetition 514 may be scheduled on symbols 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the slot n. Since both the first nominal PUSCH repetition 512 and the second nominal PUSCH repetition 514 do not overlap with the slot boundary, the UE may schedule the first nominal PUSCH repetition 512 and the second nominal PUSCH 514 and transmit the first nominal PUSCH repetition 512 and the second nominal PUSCH 514 as scheduled.

[0073] The second example 530 provides the PUSCH repetition grant with parameters S=4, L=4, and K=4. The second example 530 illustrates that a first nominal PUSCH repetition 532 may be scheduled on symbols 4, 5, 6, and 7 of slot n, a second nominal PUSCH repetition 534 may be scheduled on symbols 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the slot n, and a fourth nominal PUSCH repetition 538 may be scheduled on symbols 2, 3, 4, and 5 of slot n+1. Since the third nominal PUSCH repetition overlaps with the slot boundary between the slot n and the slot n+1, a first partial PUSCH repetition 535 may be scheduled on symbols 12 and 13 of slot n, and a second partial PUSCH repetition 536 may be scheduled on symbols 0 and 1 of slot n+1.

[0074] The third example 560 provides the PUSCH repetition grant with parameters S=4, L=14, and K=l. Since a first nominal PUSCH repetition overlaps with the slot boundary between the slot n and the slot n+1, a first partial PUSCH repetition 562 may be scheduled on symbols 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of slot n, and a second partial PUSCH repetition 564 may be scheduled on symbols 0, 1, 2, and 3 of slot n+1. [0075] FIG. 6 is an example 600 of PUSCH repetitions of a method of wireless communication. In one aspect, the nominal UL repetition may overlap with a DL interruption, and the nominal UL repetition interrupted by the DL symbols may be segmented. That is, one nominal PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions may overlap with symbols configured for DL transmissions (DL interruption), and a subset of the nominal PUSCH repetition scheduled on symbols configured for UL transmissions may be transmitted as the partial PUSCH repetition.

[0076] The example 600 includes the DCI 610 including a PUSCH repetition grant with parameters S=9, L=5, and K=2. The invalid symbol pattern may also indicate that symbol 1 of slot n+1 is an invalid symbol for the second type PUSCH repetition transmission. The example 600 illustrates that a first nominal PUSCH repetition 620 may be scheduled on symbols 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of slot n. Since the second nominal PUSCH repetition overlaps with the symbol 0 of slot n+1, which is configured forDL transmission, and the symbol 1 of slot n+1, which is configured invalid for the second type PUSCH repetition transmission, a first partial PUSCH repetition 630 may be configured for symbols 2, 3, and 4 of slot n+1.

[0077] The plurality of UL repetitions may include a plurality of PUSCH repetitions or a plurality of PUCCH repetitions. The plurality of PUCCH repetitions may be configured with partial PUCCH repetitions in similar manners. Accordingly, multiple PUCCH repetitions may be scheduled within one or more slots. The plurality of PUCCH repetitions may have unequal length cross repetitions. That is, the multiple PUCCH repetitions may include a nominal PUCCH repetition or a partial PUCCH repetition, and the nominal PUCCH repetition and the partial PUCCH repetition may have different symbol lengths. The partial PUCCH repetition may be a subset of the nominal PUCCH repetitions. In one aspect, a slot boundary may break the nominal PUCCH repetition into two partial PUCCH repetitions because the UE may not keep the phase-coherent PUCCH or PUSCH repetitions across the slot boundary. In another aspect, a DL OFDM symbol may break the nominal PUCCH repetition into multiple partial PUCCH repetitions since the UE may not keep phase-coherent with DL symbols within the PUCCH or PUSCH repetitions.

[0078] In some aspects, the nominal UL repetitions may include DM-RS for the base station to estimate the UL repetitions. Since the nominal UL repetition may be broken into one or more partial UL repetitions, at least one partial UL repetition may not include the DM-RS, and the base station may not decode the at least one partial UL repetition that does not include the DM-RS. Accordingly, an encoding scheme may be provided for the partial UL repetitions that do not include the DM-RS signal so that the base station may decode the partial UL repetitions that do not include the DM-RS signal. Particularly, the partial UL repetitions that do not include the DM-RS signal may be encoded using an encoding scheme that does not rely on channel estimation, such as a sequence-based scheme. At the UE side, the UE may encode the partial UL repetition using the sequence-based scheme when the partial UL repetition does not have a DM-RS signal. At the base station side, the base station may decode the partial UL repetition that does not have a DM-RS signal without the channel estimation or DM-RS.

[0079] Particularly, the UE may use two different types of data encoding for different UL repetitions. The first encoding type (Type 1) may include a nominal encoding which may include the channel encoding using the DM-RS, and the second encoding type (Type 2) may include the sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, which may be used when there is no DM-RS signal. In one aspect, the first encoding scheme may be based on the DM-RS and channel coding. That is, the first encoding scheme may include mapping the bits into codewords with certain coding rates and a modulation order and coding technique (LDPC or polar) with data-coherent detection at the base station using the DM-RS. In another aspect, the second encoding scheme may be based on using sequence-based transmissions with non-coherent detection at the base station. That is, the UE may encode the data using orthogonal sequences or non- orthogonal sequences based on a codebook, and the base station may not need to estimate the channel to decode.

[0080] The codebook that may be used for the sequence-base encoding and decoding may be agreed upon between the base station and the UE. In one aspect, the codebook for the sequence-base encoding and decoding may be specified in a specification. In another aspect, the base station may transmit a configuration of the codebook for the sequence-base encoding and decoding to the UE. The configuration may be transmitted via at least one of the RRC signal, the MAC-CE, or the DCI.

[0081] FIG. 7 is an example 700 of UL repetitions of a method of wireless communication. The example 700 provides the UL repetition grant with parameters S=4, L=4, and K=4. The example 700 illustrates that a first nominal UL repetition 710 may be scheduled on symbols 4, 5, 6, and 7 of slot n, a second nominal UL repetition 720 may be scheduled on symbols 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the slot n, and a fourth nominal UL repetition 750 may be scheduled on symbols 2, 3, 4, and 5 of slot n+1. Since the third nominal UL repetition overlaps with the slot boundary between the slot n and the slot n+1, a first partial UL repetition 730 may be scheduled on symbols 12 and 13 of slot n, and a second partial UL repetition 740 may be scheduled on symbols 0 and 1 of slot n+1. The first nominal UL repetition 710 may include a first DM-RS 712, the second nominal UL repetition 720 may include a second DM-RS 722, and the fourth nominal UL repetition 750 may include a fourth DM-RS 752. Also, the second partial UL repetition 740 may include a third DM-RS 742. The first partial UL repetition 730 may not include a DM-RS. Accordingly, the UE and the base station may need to establish an encoding/decoding scheme to communicate the first partial UL repetition 730 without the DM-RS.

[0082] In one aspect, if the partial UL repetition has one or more DM-RS, the UE may use the regular encoding and keep the one or more DM-RS symbols. That is, the UE may be configured to encode the partial UL repetition including DM-RS using the same encoding scheme as the nominal UL repetition. If a partial UL repetition has no DM- RS, the UE may use the sequence-based encoding to encode the partial UL repetition without DM-RS. That is, the UE may be configured to encode the partial UL repetition that does not include the DM-RS using the sequence-based encoding. For example, for every UL repetition that does not have one or more DM-RS, the UE may use the sequence-based encoded data instead of the channel encoding which may be rate matched around the DM-RS and contain DM-RS symbols. For example, the UE may encode the first nominal UL repetition 710 including the first DM-RS 712, the second nominal UL repetition 720 including the second DM-RS 722, the fourth nominal UL repetition 750 including the fourth DM-RS 752, and the second partial UL repetition 740 including third DM-RS 742 using the channel encoding using the corresponding DM-RS. The UE may encode the first partial UL repetition 730 using the sequencebased encoding without any DM-RS.

[0083] In some aspects, the UE may be configured to encode all the partial UL repetitions using sequence-based encoding. That is, the UE may be configured to encode the partial UL repetitions that do not include the DM-RS using the sequence-based encoding. Also, for the partial UL repetitions including DM-RS, the UE may first discard or remove all the DM-RS from the partial UL repetitions and encode the partial UL repetitions that do not include the DM-RS using the sequence-based encoding. For example, the UE may encode the first nominal UL repetition 710 including the first DM-RS 712, the second nominal UL repetition 720 including the second DM-RS 722, and the fourth nominal UL repetition 750 including the fourth DM-RS 752 using the channel encoding using the corresponding DM-RS. The UE may delete the third DM-RS 742 from the second partial UL repetition 740 and encode the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 using the sequence-based encoding without using any DM-RS. Various encoding schemes may be configured for encoding the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740.

[0084] In one aspect, the UE may separately encode each partial UL repetition with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to each repetition size. That is, the UE may separately encode the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to each repetition size. For example, the UE may use the codebook size corresponding to 2 OFDM symbols for both the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740. Accordingly, the UE and the base station may configure different codebooks for each size of the partial UL repetitions.

[0085] In another aspect, the UE may combine the multiple partial UL repetitions to have the same size as the nominal UL transmission repetition, and joint encode the combined multiple partial UL repetitions using a codebook with a size equal to the nominal UL repetition size. That is, the UE may combine the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 and joint-encode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions 730 and 740 with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition, e.g., 4 OFDM symbols.

[0086] In some aspects, the UE may keep the DM-RS in the partial UL repetition, e.g., for the base station to perform channel average and statistical estimation, and use separate or joint sequence-based encoding on the remaining RBs of the partial UL repetition. For example, the UE may keep the third DM-RS 742 in the second partial UL repetition 740 and separately or joint-encode the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 using the sequence-based encoding. The encoding of the second partial UL repetition 740 may be rate matched around the third DM-RS 742.

[0087] In one aspect, the UE may separately encode the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 using the sequence-based encoding. That is, the UE may separately encode the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to each repetition size. For example, the UE may use the codebook size corresponding to 2 OFDM symbols for both the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740.

[0088] In another aspect, the UE may combine and joint-encode the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 using the sequence-based encoding. That is, the UE may combine the first partial UL repetition 730 and the second partial UL repetition 740 and jointly encode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions 730 and 740 with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition, e.g., 4 OFDM symbols.

[0089] The base station may decode each partial UL repetition individually or combine the data collected across the partial UL repetitions before making the final decision on the sent data. That is, the base station may perform preliminary decoding of each partial UL repetition individually or the combined data across the partial UL repetitions to confirm the final decision on the data received from the UE.

[0090] The configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions may be configured by the base station and signaled to UE through the RRC signal, the MAC- CE, or the DCI in the SPS. In one aspect, the base station may send the configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions to the UE through the RRC signal, the MAC-CE, or the DCI. In another aspect, the base station may transmit a set of configurations via the RRC signal, select one configuration or a subset of configurations among the set of configurations via the MAC-CE, or select one configuration among the set of configurations or the subset of configurations via the DCI. Furthermore, the RRC signal and the MAC-CE may configure a set of configurations for the UE, and the DCI configuring the SPS PDSCH grants may include activation or reactivation of the one configuration of the second DM-RS 524 among the set of configurations.

[0091] FIG. 8 is a call-flow diagram 800 of a method of wireless communication. The callflow diagram 800 may include a UE 802 and a base station 804. The UE 802 may be configured to encode at least one partial UL repetition using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The base station 804 may transmit a configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions to the UE 802, and the UE 802 may encode the at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration. The base station 804 may decode the received at least one partial UL repetition based on the configuration.

[0092] At 806, the base station 804 may transmit, to the UE 802, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for a sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. The UE 802 may receive, from the base station 804, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for the sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. The configuration may be transmitted via at least one of an RRC signal, a MAC-CE, or DCI. The plurality of the UL repetition may be one of a plurality of PUSCH repetition or a plurality of PUCCH repetition.

[0093] At 808, the base station 804 may transmit a grant to the UE 802 to configure a repetition of UL transmissions. The UE 802 may receive the grant of the repetition of UL transmissions from the base station 804 and transmit the plurality of UL repetitions to the base station 804 based on the grant received from the base station 804. The grant may indicate the parameters such as a parameter L referring to the length of each of the UL repetitions, a parameter K referring to the number of repetitions, and a parameter S referring to the starting symbol of the slot.

[0094] At 810, the UE 802 may schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. That is, in some examples, some of the scheduled nominal UL transmissions may overlap with at least one of a slot boundary, DL interruption, or an invalid symbol pattern, and the nominal UL repetition may be broken into one or multiple partial UL repetitions.

[0095] At 812, the UE 802 may delete the DM-RS scheduled within the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions. The second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS may be separately encoded at 814 or joint-encoded with the first partial UL repetition at 818.

[0096] At 814, the UE 802 may encode a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions. In one aspect, the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions may be encoded using the channel encoding with the DM- RS, where the second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS. In another aspect, in response to deleting the DM-RS from the second partial UL repetition at 812, the UE 802 may encode the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook. The UE may encode the second partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the second partial UL repetition size.

[0097] At 816, the UE 802 may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. In one aspect, in response to the DM-RS deleted within the second partial UL repetition at 812, the UE 802 may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions having a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. In another aspect, the UE 802 may keep the DM-RS within the second partial UL repetition, and the UE 802 may combine the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. [0098] At 818, the UE 802 may encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The UE 802 may separately encode the first partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the first partial UL repetition size. In response to the UE 802 combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS at 816, the UE 802 may joint-encode, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, the combined first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. In response to the UE 802 combining the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, the UE 802 may joint-encode, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, a combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The UE may joint-encode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition.

[0099] At 820, the UE 802 may transmit, to the base station 804, the plurality of UL repetitions including the first partial UL repetition encoded using the sequence-based encoding. The base station 804 may receive, from a UE 802, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. The plurality of UL repetitions may also include the second partial UL repetition.

[0100] At 830, the base station 804 may decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS. In one aspect, the base station 804 may decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS based on at least one of a coding rate or a modulation order indicated by the DM-RS. In another aspect, the base station 804 may decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The base station may decode the second partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the second partial UL repetition size.

[0101] At 832, the base station 804 may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. In one aspect, the second partial UL repetition may not include the DM-RS, and the base station 804 may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions may have a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. In another aspect, the second partial UL repetition may include the DM-RS, and the base station 804 may combine the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS.

[0102] At 834, the base station 804 may decode the first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The base station 804 may separately decode the first partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the first partial UL repetition size. In response to the base station 804 combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition at 832, the base station 804 may joint-decode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook. In response to the base station 804 combining the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS at 832, the base station 804 may joint-decode, using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, the combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The base station may joint-decode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions with the sequence-based decoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition.

[0103] FIG. 9 is a flowchart 900 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a UE (e.g., the UE 104/802; the apparatus 1302). The UE may be configured to encode at least one partial UL repetition using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The UE may encode the at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration.

[0104] At 902, the UE may receive, from the base station, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for the sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. The configuration may be transmitted via at least one of an RRC signal, a MAC-CE, or DCI. The plurality of the UL repetition may be one of a plurality of PUSCH repetition or a plurality of PUCCH repetition. For example, at 806, the UE 802 may receive, from the base station 804, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for the sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. Furthermore, 902 may be performed by a UL Repetition encoding component 1344.

[0105] At 904, the UE may receive the grant of the repetition of UL transmissions from the base station and transmit the plurality of UL repetitions to the base station based on the grant received from the base station. The grant may indicate the parameters such as a parameter L referring to the length of each of the UL repetitions, a parameter K referring to the number of repetitions, and a parameter S referring to the starting symbol of the slot. For example, at 808, the UE 802 may receive the grant of the repetition of UL transmissions from the base station 804 and transmit the plurality of UL repetitions to the base station 804 based on the grant received from the base station 804. Furthermore, 904 may be performed by a UL repetition scheduling component 1340.

[0106] At 910, the UE may schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions. Here, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. That is, in some examples, some of the scheduled nominal UL transmissions may overlap with at least one of a slot boundary, DL interruption, or an invalid symbol pattern, and the nominal UL repetition may be broken into one or multiple partial UL repetitions. For example, at 810, the UE 802 may schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions. Furthermore, 910 may be performed by the UL repetition scheduling component 1340.

[0107] At 912, the UE may delete the DM-RS scheduled within the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions. The second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS may be separately encoded at 914 or joint-encoded with the first partial UL repetition at 918. For example, at 812, the UE 802 may delete the DM-RS scheduled within the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions. Furthermore, 912 may be performed by a DM-RS component 1342.

[0108] At 914, the UE may encode a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions. In one aspect, the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions may be encoded using the channel encoding with the DM-RS, where the second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS. In another aspect, in response to deleting the DM-RS from the second partial UL repetition at 812, the UE 802 may encode the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook. The UE may encode the second partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the second partial UL repetition size. For example, at 814, the UE 802 may encode a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions. Furthermore, 914 may be performed by the UL Repetition encoding component 1344.

[0109] At 916, the UE may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. In one aspect, in response to the DM-RS deleted within the second partial UL repetition at 912, the UE 802 may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions having a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. In another aspect, the UE may keep the DM-RS within the second partial UL repetition, and the UE may combine the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. For example, at 816, the UE 802 may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. Furthermore, 916 may be performed by the UL Repetition encoding component 1344.

[0110] At 918, the UE may encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The UE may separately encode the first partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the first partial UL repetition size. In response to the UE combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS at 916, the UE may joint-encode, using the sequencebased encoding based on the codebook, the combined first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. In response to the UE combining the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, the UE may joint-encode, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, a combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The UE may joint- encode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition. For example, at 818, the UE 802 may encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. Furthermore, 918 may be performed by the UL Repetition encoding component 1344.

[0111] At 920, the UE may transmit, to the base station 804, the plurality of UL repetitions including the first partial UL repetition encoded using the sequence-based encoding. The base station may receive, from the UE, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. The plurality of UL repetitions may also include the second partial UL repetition. For example, at 820, the UE 802 may transmit, to the base station 804, the plurality of UL repetitions including the first partial UL repetition encoded using the sequence-based encoding. Furthermore, 920 may be performed by a UL repetition component 1346.

[0112] FIG. 10 is a flowchart 1000 of a method of wireless communication. The UE may be configured to encode at least one partial UL repetition using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The UE may encode the at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration.

[0113] At 1010, the UE may schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions. Here, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. That is, in some examples, some of the scheduled nominal UL transmissions may overlap with at least one of a slot boundary, DL interruption, or an invalid symbol pattern, and the nominal UL repetition may be broken into one or multiple partial UL repetitions. For example, at 810, the UE 802 may schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions. Furthermore, 1010 may be performed by the UL repetition scheduling component 1340.

[0114] At 1018, the UE may encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The UE may separately encode the first partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the first partial UL repetition size. In response to the UE combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS at 1016, the UE may joint-encode, using the sequencebased encoding based on the codebook, the combined first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. In response to the UE combining the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, the UE may joint-encode, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, a combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The UE may joint- encode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions with the sequence-based encoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition. For example, at 818, the UE 802 may encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. Furthermore, 1018 may be performed by the UL Repetition encoding component 1344.

[0115] FIG. 11 is a flowchart 1100 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a base station (e.g., the base station 102/180/804; the apparatus 1402). The base station may transmit a configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions to a UE, and the UE may encode the at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration. The base station may decode the received at least one partial UL repetition based on the configuration.

[0116] At 1102, the base station may transmit, to the UE, a configuration of encoding including at least one of an indication of the codebook for a sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. The configuration may be transmitted via at least one of an RRC signal, a MAC-CE, or DCI. The plurality of the UL repetition may be one of a plurality of PUSCH repetition or a plurality of PUCCH repetition. For example, at 806, the base station 804 may transmit, to the UE 802, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for a sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. Furthermore, 1102 may be performed by a UL Repetition decoding component 1444.

[0117] At 1104, the base station may transmit a grant to the UE to configure a repetition of UL transmissions. The grant may indicate the parameters such as a parameter L referring to the length of each of the UL repetitions, a parameter K referring to the number of repetitions, and a parameter S referring to the starting symbol of the slot. For example, at 808, the base station 804 may transmit a grant to the UE 802 to configure a repetition of UL transmissions. Furthermore, 1104 may be performed by a UL repetition granting component 1440.

[0118] At 1120, the base station may receive, from the UE, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions . Here, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions may be a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. The plurality of UL repetitions may also include the second partial UL repetition. The second partial UL repetition may include the DM-RS, or may not include the DM-RS. For example, at 820, the base station 804 may receive, from a UE 802, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions . Furthermore, 1106 may be performed by a UL repetition component 1446.

[0119] At 1130, the base station may decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS. In one aspect, the base station may decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS based on at least one of a coding rate or a modulation order indicated by the DM-RS. In another aspect, the base station 804 may decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The base station may decode the second partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the second partial UL repetition size. For example, at 830, the base station 804 may decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS. Furthermore, 1130 may be performed by the UL Repetition decoding component 1444.

[0120] At 1132, the base station may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. In one aspect, the second partial UL repetition may not include the DM-RS, and the base station may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions may have a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. In another aspect, the second partial UL repetition may include the DM-RS, and the base station may combine the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM- RS. For example, at 832, the base station 804 may combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition. Furthermore, 1132 may be performed by the UL Repetition decoding component 1444. [0121] At 1134, the base station may decode the first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The base station may separately decode the first partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the first partial UL repetition size. In response to the base station combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition at 1132, the base station may joint- decode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook. In response to the base station combining the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS at 1132, the base station may joint-decode, using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, the combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The base station may joint-decode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions with the sequence-based decoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition. For example, at 834, the base station 804 may decode the first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. Furthermore, 1134 may be performed by the UL Repetition decoding component 1444.

[0122] FIG. 12 is a flowchart 1200 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a base station (e.g., the base station 102/180/804; the apparatus 1402). The base station may transmit a configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions to a UE, and the UE may encode the at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration. The base station may decode the received at least one partial UL repetition based on the configuration.

[0123] At 1220, the base station may receive, from the UE, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions . Here, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions may be a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions. The plurality of UL repetitions may also include the second partial UL repetition. The second partial UL repetition may include the DM-RS, or may not include the DM-RS. For example, at 820, the base station 804 may receive, from a UE 802, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions . Furthermore, 1206 may be performed by a UL repetition component 1446. [0124] At 1234, the base station may decode the first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The base station may separately decode the first partial UL repetition using the codebook size equal to the first partial UL repetition size. In response to the base station combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition, the base station may joint-decode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook. In response to the base station combining the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, the base station may joint-decode, using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, the combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM- RS. The base station may joint-decode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions with the sequence-based decoding using the codebook size equal to the nominal UL repetition. For example, at 834, the base station 804 may decode the first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using the sequencebased decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. Furthermore, 1234 may be performed by the UL Repetition decoding component 1444.

[0125] FIG. 13 is a diagram 1300 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus 1302. The apparatus 1302 may be a UE, a component of a UE, or may implement UE functionality. In some aspects, the apparatus 1302 may include a cellular baseband processor 1304 (also referred to as a modem) coupled to a cellular RF transceiver 1322. In some aspects, the apparatus 1302 may further include one or more subscriber identity modules (SIM) cards 1320, an application processor 1306 coupled to a secure digital (SD) card 1308 and a screen 1310, a Bluetooth module 1312, a wireless local area network (WLAN) module 1314, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module 1316, or a power supply 1318. The cellular baseband processor 1304 communicates through the cellular RF transceiver 1322 with the UE 104 and/or BS 102/180. The cellular baseband processor 1304 may include a computer-readable medium / memory. The computer-readable medium / memory may be non-transitory. The cellular baseband processor 1304 is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory. The software, when executed by the cellular baseband processor 1304, causes the cellular baseband processor 1304 to perform the various functions described supra. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the cellular baseband processor 1304 when executing software. The cellular baseband processor 1304 further includes a reception component 1330, a communication manager 1332, and a transmission component 1334. The communication manager 1332 includes the one or more illustrated components. The components within the communication manager 1332 may be stored in the computer- readable medium / memory and/or configured as hardware within the cellular baseband processor 1304. The cellular baseband processor 1304 may be a component of the UE 350 and may include the memory 360 and/or at least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller/processor 359. In one configuration, the apparatus 1302 may be a modem chip and include just the baseband processor 1304, and in another configuration, the apparatus 1302 may be the entire UE (e.g., see 350 of FIG. 3) and include the additional modules of the apparatus 1302. [0126] The communication manager 1332 includes a UL repetition scheduling component 1340 that is configured to receive the grant of the repetition of UL transmissions from the base station, and transmit the plurality of UL repetitions to the base station based on the grant received from the base station, and schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, e.g., as described in connection with 904, 910, and 1010. The communication manager 1332 further includes a DM-RS component 1342 that is configured to delete the DM-RS scheduled within the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions, e.g., as described in connection with 912. The communication manager 1332 further includes a UL Repetition encoding component 1344 that is configured to receive a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for the sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS, encode a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions, combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition, and encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, e.g., as described in connection with 902, 914, 916, 918, and 1018. The communication manager 1332 further includes a UL repetition component 1346 that is configured to transmit, to the base station 804, the plurality of UL repetitions including the first partial UL repetition encoded using the sequencebased encoding, e.g., as described in connection with 920.

[0127] The apparatus may include additional components that perform each of the blocks of the algorithm in the flowcharts of FIGs. 8, 9, and 10. As such, each block in the flowcharts of FIGs. 8, 9, and 10 may be performed by a component and the apparatus may include one or more of those components. The components may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented by a processor configured to perform the stated processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by a processor, or some combination thereof.

[0128] As shown, the apparatus 1302 may include a variety of components configured for various functions. In one configuration, the apparatus 1302, and in particular the cellular baseband processor 1304, includes means for scheduling a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, means for encoding a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequencebased encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS, means for encoding a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using channel encoding with the DM-RS, where the second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and means for transmitting, to a base station, the plurality of UL repetitions including the first partial UL repetition encoded using the sequence-based encoding. The apparatus 1302 includes means for deleting the DM- RS scheduled within the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions, means for encoding the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, means for combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions having a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and means for joint-encoding the combined first and second partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook. The apparatus 1302 includes means for encode, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, means for combining the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, and means for joint-encoding, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, a combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The apparatus 1302 includes means for receiving, from a base station, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for the sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. The means may be one or more of the components of the apparatus 1302 configured to perform the functions recited by the means. As described supra, the apparatus 1302 may include the TX Processor 368, the RX Processor 356, and the controller/processor 359. As such, in one configuration, the means may be the TX Processor 368, the RX Processor 356, and the controller/processor 359 configured to perform the functions recited by the means.

[0129] FIG. 14 is a diagram 1400 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus 1402. The apparatus 1402 may be a base station, a component of a base station, or may implement base station functionality. In some aspects, the apparatus 1302 may include a baseband unit 1404. The baseband unit 1404 may communicate through a cellular RF transceiver 1422 with the UE 104. The baseband unit 1404 may include a computer-readable medium / memory. The baseband unit 1404 is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory. The software, when executed by the baseband unit 1404, causes the baseband unit 1404 to perform the various functions described supra. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the baseband unit 1404 when executing software. The baseband unit 1404 further includes a reception component 1430, a communication manager 1432, and a transmission component 1434. The communication manager 1432 includes the one or more illustrated components. The components within the communication manager 1432 may be stored in the computer-readable medium / memory and/or configured as hardware within the baseband unit 1404. The baseband unit 1404 may be a component of the base station 310 and may include the memory 376 and/or at least one of the TX processor 316, the RX processor 370, and the controller/processor 375.

[0130] The communication manager 1432 includes a UL repetition granting component 1440 that is configured to transmit a grant to the UE to configure a repetition of UL transmissions, e.g., as described in connection with 1104. The communication manager 1432 further includes a UL Repetition decoding component 1444 that is configured to transmit a configuration of encoding including at least one of an indication of the codebook for a sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS, decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS, combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition, and decode the first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using the sequencebased decoding based on a codebook, e.g., as described in connection with 1102, 1130, 1132, 1134. The communication manager 1432 further includes a UL repetition component 1446 that is configured to receive a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, e.g., as described in connection with 1120.

[0131] The apparatus may include additional components that perform each of the blocks of the algorithm in the flowcharts of FIGs. 8, 11, and 12. As such, each block in the flowcharts of FIGs. 8, 11, and 12 may be performed by a component and the apparatus may include one or more of those components. The components may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented by a processor configured to perform the stated processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by a processor, or some combination thereof.

[0132] As shown, the apparatus 1402 may include a variety of components configured for various functions. In one configuration, the apparatus 1402, and in particular the baseband unit 1404, includes means for means for receiving, from a UE, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and means for decoding a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. The apparatus 1402 includes means for decoding the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS based on at least one of a coding rate or a modulation order indicated by the DM-RS, means for combining the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions having a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, means for joint-decoding the combined first and second partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, means for decoding, using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM- RS, and means for joint-decoding, using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, a combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS. The apparatus 1402 includes means for transmitting, to the UE, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for a sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS. The means may be one or more of the components of the apparatus 1402 configured to perform the functions recited by the means. As described supra, the apparatus 1402 may include the TX Processor 316, the RX Processor 370, and the controller/processor 375. As such, in one configuration, the means may be the TX Processor 316, the RX Processor 370, and the controller/processor 375 configured to perform the functions recited by the means.

[0133] A UE may be configured to encode at least one partial UL repetition using a sequencebased encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS. A base station may transmit a configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions to the UE, and the UE may encode the at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration. The base station may decode the received at least one partial UL repetition based on the configuration. Accordingly, the base station may receive at least one partial UL repetition that does not include the DM-RS and decode at least one partial UL repetition without channel estimation.

[0134] It is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts disclosed is an illustration of example approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts may be rearranged. Further, some blocks may be combined or omitted. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in a sample order, and are not meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.

[0135] The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not intended to be limited to the aspects shown herein, but is to be accorded the full scope consistent with the language claims, wherein reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless specifically so stated, but rather “one or more.” Terms such as “if,” “when,” and “while” should be interpreted to mean “under the condition that” rather than imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is, these phrases, e.g., “when,” do not imply an immediate action in response to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply that if a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring a specific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C,” “one or more of A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” “one or more of A, B, and C,” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof’ include any combination of A, B, and/or C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, or multiples of C. Specifically, combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C,” “one or more of A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” “one or more of A, B, and C,” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof’ may be A only, B only, C only, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, where any such combinations may contain one or more member or members of A, B, or C. All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are intended to be encompassed by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether such disclosure is explicitly recited in the claims. The words “module,” “mechanism,” “element,” “device,” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means.” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for.”

[0136] The following aspects are illustrative only and may be combined with other aspects or teachings described herein, without limitation.

[0137] Aspect 1 is an apparatus for wireless communication including at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to schedule a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and encode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS.

[0138] Aspect 2 is the apparatus of aspect 1, where the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to transmit, to a base station, the plurality of UL repetitions including the first partial UL repetition encoded using the sequence-based encoding.

[0139] Aspect 3 is the apparatus of any of aspects 1 and 2, where the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to encode a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using channel encoding with the DM-RS, where the second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS.

[0140] Aspect 4 is the apparatus of any of aspects 1 to 3, where a second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to delete the DM-RS scheduled within the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions, and encode the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook.

[0141] Aspect 5 is the apparatus of any of aspects 1 to 4, where a second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to delete the DM-RS scheduled within the second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions, and combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition without the DM-RS, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions having a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and where, to encode the first partial UL repetition, the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to joint - encode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook.

[0142] Aspect 6 is the apparatus of any of aspects 1 to 5, where a second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to encode, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM- RS.

[0143] Aspect 7 is the apparatus of any of aspects 1 to 6, where a second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to combine the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, and where, to encode the first partial UL repetition, the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to joint-encode, using the sequence-based encoding based on the codebook, a combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS.

[0144] Aspect 8 is the apparatus of any of aspects 1 to 7, where the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to receive, from a base station, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for the sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS.

[0145] Aspect 9 is the apparatus of aspect 8, where the configuration is received via at least one of an RRC signal, a MAC-CE, or DCI.

[0146] Aspect 10 is the apparatus of any of aspects 1 to 9, further including a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, where the plurality of UL repetitions is one of a plurality of PUSCH repetitions or a plurality of PUCCH repetitions.

[0147] Aspect 11 is a method of wireless communication for implementing any of aspects 1 to 10.

[0148] Aspect 12 is an apparatus for wireless communication including means for implementing any of aspects 1 to 10.

[0149] Aspect 13 is a computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, where the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to implement any of aspects 1 to 10.

[0150] Aspect 14 is an apparatus for wireless communication including at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to receive, from a UE, a plurality of UL repetitions including one or more nominal UL repetitions and one or more partial UL repetitions, each of the one or more partial UL repetitions being a subset of one nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and decode a first partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions using a sequence-based decoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a DM-RS.

[0151] Aspect 15 is the apparatus of aspect 14, where a second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to decode the second partial UL repetition including the DM-RS based on at least one of a coding rate or a modulation order indicated by the DM-RS. [0152] Aspect 16 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14 and 15, where a second partial UL repetition does not include the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to combine the first partial UL repetition and the second partial UL repetition, the combined first and second partial UL repetitions having a symbol length equal to a nominal UL repetition of the one or more nominal UL repetitions, and where, to decode the first partial UL repetition, the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to joint-decode the combined first and second partial UL repetitions using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook.

[0153] Aspect 17 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14 to 16, where a second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to decode, using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS.

[0154] Aspect 18 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14 to 17, where a second partial UL repetition includes the DM-RS, and the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to combine the first partial UL repetition and a plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS, and where, to decode the first partial UL repetition, the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to joint-decode, using the sequence-based decoding based on the codebook, a combined first partial UL repetition and the plurality of resources of the second partial UL repetition not allocated with the DM-RS.

[0155] Aspect 19 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14 to 18, where the at least one processor and the memory are further configured to transmit, to the UE, a configuration including at least one of an indication of the codebook for a sequence-based encoding or an encoding scheme for a second partial UL repetition of the one or more partial UL repetitions including the DM-RS.

[0156] Aspect 20 is the apparatus of aspect 19, where the configuration is transmitted via at least one of an RRC signal, a MAC-CE, or DCI.

[0157] Aspect 21 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14 to 20, further including a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, where the plurality of UL repetitions is one of a plurality of PUSCH repetitions or a plurality of PUCCH repetitions.

[0158] Aspect 22 is a method of wireless communication for implementing any of aspects 14 to 21. [0159] Aspect 23 is an apparatus for wireless communication including means for implementing any of aspects 14 to 21.

[0160] Aspect 24 is a computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, where the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to implement any of aspects 14 to 21.