WO2021159490A1

WO2021159490A1 - Method and apparatus for uci repetitions with multiple beams

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Publication number: WO2021159490A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/075337
Authority: WO
Inventors: Wei Ling; Chenxi Zhu; Bingchao LIU; Yi Zhang
Original assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
Priority date: 2020-02-14
Filing date: 2020-02-14
Publication date: 2021-08-19

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for uplink control information (UCI) repetitions with multiple beams. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: receiving information from a BS; determining first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval based on the information, wherein the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources are used for repeatedly transmitting first set of UCI. Embodiments of the present application can increase the reliability and robustness of UCI transmission.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UCI REPETITIONS WITH MULTIPLE BEAMS

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present application generally relate to wireless communication technology, and in particular to a method and an apparatus for uplink control information (UCI) repetitions with multiple beams.

BACKGROUND

To support uplink and downlink data transmission between a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) , the UE may need to transmit UCI to the BS. The UCI may include at least one of: scheduling request (SR) for requesting resources for the uplink data transmission; hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information for downlink data transmission; and channel state information (CSI) for facilitating the BS to perform downlink scheduling.

The UCI may be transmitted in physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and/or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) . In 3GPP new radio (NR) scenario, a new work item regarding how to identify and specify features to improve reliability and robustness of PUSCH and PUCCH using multi-transmit-receive point (TRP) and/or multi-panel is introduced.

At least given the above, the industry desires an improved technology for increasing reliability and robustness of UCI transmission.

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION

Some embodiments of the present application provide a technical solution for increasing reliability and robustness of UCI transmission.

According to some embodiments of the present application, a method may include: receiving information from a BS; determining first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval based on the information, wherein the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources are used for repeatedly transmitting first set of UCI.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first set of UCI may be a subset of all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval, and the all UCIs may include at least one of: one or more periodic CSI reports; one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources; SR; and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink (DL) transmission.

In another embodiment of the present application, the information is radio resource control (RRC) configuration information which indicates two PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval.

In yet another embodiment of the present application, the first set of UCI may at least include HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI.

In yet another embodiment of the present application, the information may include the DCI and RRC configuration information.

According to some other embodiments of the present application, a method may include: transmitting information to a UE; and determining first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval based on the information, wherein the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources are used for repeatedly receiving first set of UCI.

Some embodiments of the present application also provide an apparatus, include: at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored therein, at least one receiver; at least one transmitter; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, the at least one receiver and the at least one transmitter. The computer executable instructions are programmed to implement any method as stated above with the at least one receiver, the at least one transmitter and the at least one processor.

Embodiments of the present application provide a technical solution for UCI repetitions with multiple beams. Accordingly, embodiments of the present application can increase the reliability and robustness of UCI transmission.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to describe the manner in which advantages and features of the application can be obtained, a description of the application is rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended drawings. These drawings depict only example embodiments of the application and are not therefore to be considered limiting of its scope.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary wireless communication system according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow chart illustrating a method for UCI repetitions with multiple beams according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic diagram for CSI report repetitions without multiplexing information according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram for CSI report repetitions with multiplexing information according to some other embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram for UCI repetitions without multiplexing information according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram for HARQ-ACK feedback information repetitions according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram for HARQ-ACK feedback information repetitions according to some other embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 8 illustrates a schematic diagram for UCI repetitions according to some other embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram for UCI repetitions according to some other embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 10 illustrates a flow chart illustrating a method for UCI repetitions with multiple beams according to some other embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 11 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus for UCI repetitions with multiple beams according to some embodiments of the present application; and

FIG. 12 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus for UCI repetitions with multiple beams according to some other embodiments of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description of the appended drawings is intended as a description of preferred embodiments of the present application, and is not intended to represent the only form in which the present application may be practiced. It should be understood that the same or equivalent functions may be accomplished by different embodiments that are intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the present application.

Reference will now be made in detail to some embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary wireless communication system 100 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wireless communication system 100 can include at least one BS 101 and at least one UE 103. Although a specific number of BSs 101 and UEs 103, e.g., only one BS 101 and one UE 103 are depicted in FIG. 1, one skilled in the art will recognize that any number of the BSs 101 and UEs 103 may be included in the wireless communication system 100.

The BS 101 may be distributed over a geographic region, and generally be a part of a radio access network that may include one or more controllers communicably coupled to one or more corresponding BSs 101. In some embodiments of the present application, each BS 101 may also be referred to as an access point, an access terminal, a base, a macro cell, a Node-B, an evolved Node B (eNB) , a gNB, a Home Node-B, a relay node, a device, or described using other terminology used in the art.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the UE 103 may be computing devices, such as desktop computers, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) , tablet computers, smart televisions (e.g., televisions connected to the Internet) , set-top boxes, game consoles, security systems (including security cameras) , vehicle on-board computers, network devices (e.g., routers, switches, and modems) , or the like. According to some other embodiments of the present application, the UE 103 may also be a portable wireless communication device, a smart phone, a cellular telephone, a flip phone, a device having a subscriber identity module, a personal computer, a selective call receiver, or any other device that is capable of sending and receiving communication signals on a wireless network. According to some other embodiments of the present application, the UE 103 may be an industrial sensor, a smart wearable, a video surveillance, or the like.

In addition, the UE 103 may also be referred to as a subscriber unit, a mobile, a mobile station, a user, a terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a fixed terminal, a subscriber station, a user terminal, or a device, or described using other terminology used in the art.

The UE 103 may transmit UCI to the BS 101 to facilitate data transmission between the UE 103 and BS 101. As stated above, the UCI may include at least one of: SR; HARQ-ACK feedback information; and CSI. The UCI may be transmitted in PUCCH and/or PUSCH.

To increase the reliability and robustness of UCI transmission, one method is performing multiple PUCCH repetitions over multiple TRPs. In this method, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the BS 101 may transmit RRC configuration information to the UE 103. The RRC configuration information may indicate a sequence of spatial relation information composed of a plurality of spatial relation information. Each spatial relation information in the sequence of spatial relation information may be associated with one PUCCH repetition (or one TRP) . That is, the spatial relation information for each PUCCH repetition (or each TRP) may be different from each other, and the association relationship between each PUCCH repetition (or each TRP) with the spatial relation information is configured by the BS. According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the spatial relation information together with the PUCCH resource for each PUCCH repetition (or one TRP) may be dynamically indicated by the DCI transmitted from the BS 101. However, regardless of which embodiment of the above method is applied, the latency caused by the method is large since one PUCCH resource is repeated in multiple slots.

To increase the reliability and robustness of UCI transmission, another method is to repeat PUCCH transmission across multiple TRPs. In this method, the BS 101 may transmit information indicating a set of PUCCH resources to the UE 103, each PUCCH resource is associated with different spatial relation information. After receiving the information, the UE 103 may select one or more PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resource to perform PUCCH transmission. How to select the one or more PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resource to perform PUCCH transmission can be up to UE implementation. In this method, the BS 103 cannot know the exact PUCCH resource (s) in which UE may perform PUCCH transmission, and thus the uplink interference cannot not be predicted by the BS 103, which will cause the uplink interference control problem in BS side.

Given the above, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a technical solution of repeatedly transmitting and receiving UCIs in multiple PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval, so as to increase the reliability and robustness of the UCI transmission while hardly increase the latency. More details on the embodiments of the present application will be illustrated in the following text in combination with the appended drawings.

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow chart illustrating a method for UCI repetitions with multiple beams according to some embodiments of the present application. The method may be performed by a UE 103 as shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, in step 202, the UE 103 may receive information from a base station (for example, the base station 101 as shown in FIG. 1) . The information may be used for the UE 103 to determine the PUCCH resource for transmitting one or more UCI in a time interval. Depending on the different UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval, the information from the BS 101 may be different.

After receiving the information, in step 204, the UE 101 may determine first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval based on the information. The first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be used for repeatedly transmitting first set of uplink control information (UCI) . The time interval may be a slot, a sub-slot, a mini-slot, or other time unit for transmitting the UCI. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the overlapped two PUCCH resources may refer to the two PUCCH resources overlap with each other in time domain.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may include at least one of the followings: one or more periodic CSI reports; one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources; SR; and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission. Each CSI report of the periodic CSI reports and semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources may have a corresponding priority. A CSI report with a corresponding priority may be a UCI in the all UCIs.

For example, a CSI report with a priority may be a UCI in the all UCIs, another CSI report with a different priority may be another UCI in the all UCIs, SR may be yet another UCI in the all UCIs, and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission may be yet another UCI in the all UCIs. In these embodiments, the first set of UCI may be a subset of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval. A subset means including less UCIs than the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval or including the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval.

In these embodiments, the information received from the BS 101 may be RRC configuration information which indicates two PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the BS configures two PUCCH resources for each UCI, there is one gap of one or more symbols between the configured two PUCCH resources for each UCI. The gap may be based on a beam/panel switching time of the UE 103. In these embodiments, UE 103 may report the beam/panel switching time to the BS 101 as UE 103’s capability.

Embodiments I

In embodiments I, all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may merely include at least one CSI report. Each CSI report of the at least one CSI report may have a different priority with each other. The RRC configuration information received from the BS 101 may indicate two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each CSI report of the at least one CSI report. After receiving the RRC configuration information, the UE 103 may determine two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each CSI report.

In some embodiments, the RRC configuration information may also include multiplexing information, for example, the multiplexing information may be multi-CSI-PUCCHresource as defined in TS 38.213. The multiplexing information may be used for the UE 103 to determine whether it needs to multiplex all CSI reports to be transmitted in the time interval in one PUCCH resource. The multiplexing information may indicate a set of PUCCH resources, each PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources may be used for multiplexing all CSI reports to be transmitted in the time interval. Each PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources is associated with one PUCCH resource, where each PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource are not overlapped and are configured with different spatial relation information.

Embodiments I-1

In embodiments I-1, the RRC configuration information does not include the above multiplexing information, the UE 103 may not need to multiplex all CSI reports to be transmitted in the time interval in one PUCCH resource. The UE 103 may transmit the CSI report based on the priority of the CSI report. In embodiments I-1, after determining the two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each CSI report, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for the CSI report with highest priority, and repeatedly transmit the CSI report with highest priority in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

For example, the UE 103 may transmit the CSI report with highest priority in one PUCCH resource of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resource based on the spatial relation information associated with the one PUCCH resource via a beam/panel of the UE 103, and transmit the same CSI report with highest priority in the other PUCCH resource of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resource based on the spatial relation information associated with the other PUCCH resource via another beam/panel of the UE 103. For the one or more other CSI reports with lower priorities, the UE 103 may drop them and not transmit the one or more other CSI reports in their corresponding two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

For example, FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic diagram for CSI report repetitions without multiplexing information according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 3, assuming that all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval (for example, a slot) include CSI report 1 with lower priority and CSI report 2 with higher priority, PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 are determined for transmitting CSI report 1, and PUCCH resource 2 and PUCCH resource 3 are determined for transmitting CSI report 2. According to the above embodiments, the UE 103 will repeatedly transmit CSI report 2 in both PUCCH resource 2 and PUCCH resource 3 because CSI report 2 has a higher priority, and not transmit CSI report 1 in the PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 because CSI report 1 has lower priority. That is, UE 103 will drop the CSI report 1.

Embodiments I-2

In embodiments I-2, the RRC configuration information include the above multiplexing information as stated above, the UE 103 may perform CSI multiplexing in one PUCCH resource. In this case, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resources indicated by the multiplexing information and PUCCH resources associated with the set of PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the at least one CSI report to be transmitted in the time interval. For example, in the case that there is any PUCCH resource in the set of PUCCH resources whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select that PUCCH resource from the set of PUCCH resources, and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be that PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource. In the case that there is no PUCCH resource whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select one PUCCH resource having the largest capacity from the set of PUCCH resources, and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be the PUCCH resource with largest capacity and its associated PUCCH resource.

After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resource, the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit one or more CSI reports of the at least one CSI report in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resource. The one or more CSI reports of the at least one CSI report may be determined based on minimal capacity of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the total payload size of the at least one CSI report, and the priority of each CSI report in the at least one CSI report. The minimal capacity of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may refer to smaller capacity in the two capacities of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. That is, in the case that the minimal capacity of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources is lower than the total payload size of the at least one CSI report, the CSI report (s) with higher priority (priorities) may be firstly included in the first set UCI.

For example, assuming that the set of PUCCH resources indicated by the multiplexing information including PUCCH resource 0 to PUCCH resource 7, and the associated PUCCH resources are PUCCH resources 8-15 for PUCCH resources 0-7 respectively. Moreover, assuming that all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval include three CSI reports, i.e., CSI report 1 with highest priority, CSI report 2 with a priority lower than CSI report 1, and CSI report 3 with a priority lower than CSI report 2.

In the case that there is any PUCCH resource (for example, PUCCH resource 0) whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select PUCCH 0 from the set of PUCCH resources, and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be that PUCCH resource 0 and its associated PUCCH resource 8. Although PUCCH resource 0 can be used for transmitting all of the three CSI reports, the CSI report (s) to be actually transmitted in the PUCCH resource 0 and its associated PUCCH resource 8 is determined based on the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resource

0 and 8. If the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resources

0 and 8 merely can be used for transmitting the two CSI reports, then the UE 103 may repeatedly CSI reports 1 and 2 in the

PUCCH resource

0 and 8 because CSI reports 1 and 2 have higher priorities.

In the case that there is no PUCCH resource whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select one PUCCH with largest capacity (for example, PUCCH 1) , and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be PUCCH resource 1 and its associated PUCCH resource 9. The CSI report (s) to be actually transmitted in the PUCCH resource 1 and PUCCH resource 9 is determined based on the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resources

1 and 9. If the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resources

1 and 9 can be used for transmitting two CSI reports, then the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit CSI reports 1 and 2 in the

PUCCH resources

1 and 9 because CSI reports 1 and 2 have the higher priorities. If the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resources

1 and 9 merely can be used for transmitting one CSI report, then the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit CSI report 1 in the

PUCCH resources

1 and 9 because CSI report 1 has the highest priority.

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram for CSI report repetitions with multiplexing information according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 4, assuming that all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval (for example, a slot) include CSI report 1 with lower priority and CSI report 2 with higher priority, PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 are determined for transmitting CSI report 1, and PUCCH resource 2 and PUCCH resource 3 are determined for transmitting CSI report 2. Moreover, assuming that the set of PUCCH resources indicated in the multiplexing information includes PUCCH resource 4 and PUCCH resource 6, and PUCCH resource 4 has an associated PUCCH resource 5 and PUCCH resource 6 has an associated PUCCH resource 7. According to the total payload size of CSI report 1 and CSI report 2, PUCCH resource 4 and its associated PUCCH resource 5 are selected. In the example of FIG. 4, the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resources

4 and 5 is larger than the total payload size of CSI report 1 and CSI report 2, and thus the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit CSI reports 1 and 2 in the

PUCCH resource

4 and 5. For example, the UE 103 may transmit CSI reports 1 and 2 in PUCCH resource 4 based its spatial relation information via a beam/panel of the UE 103 and transmit

reports

1 and 2 in PUCCH resource 5 based its spatial relation information via another beam/panel of the UE 103. The CSI reports 1 and 2 in PUCCH resources 0-3 will be dropped and not be transmitted in PUCCH resources 0-3 anymore.

Embodiments II

In embodiments II, all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may include at least one CSI report and a second set of UCI. The second set of UCI may include at least one of: SR; and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission. In embodiments II, each CSI report of the at least one CSI reports may have a different priority with each other. Each CSI report with different priority may be a UCI in the all UCIs, SR may be another UCI in the all UCIs, and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission may be yet another UCI in the all UCIs. The priority of these UCIs is that HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission > SR >CSI report with higher priority > CSI report with lower priority.

The RRC configuration information received from the BS 101 may indicate two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI in the all UCIs. After receiving the RRC configuration information, the UE 103 may determine two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI in the all UCIs.

In some cases, the RRC configuration information may also include multiplexing information, for example, the multiplexing information may be multi-CSI-PUCCHresource as defined in TS 38.213. The multiplexing information may be used for the UE 103 to determine whether it needs to multiplex all UCIs in one PUCCH resource. The multiplexing information may indicate a set of PUCCH resources, each PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources may be used for multiplexing all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval. Each PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources may be associated with one PUCCH resource where each PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource are not overlapped and are configured with different spatial relation information.

Embodiments II-1

In embodiments II-1, the RRC configuration information does not include the above multiplexing information, the UE 103 may not need to multiplex all UCIs in one PUCCH resource. In embodiments II-1, after determining the two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI, the UE 103 may determine whether any PUCCH resource determined for the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority.

In some embodiments, none of PUCCH resources determined for the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for the UCI with highest priority, and repeatedly transmitting the UCI with highest priority in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

For example, the UE 103 may transmit the UCI with highest priority in one PUCCH resource of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resource based on the spatial relation information associated with the one PUCCH resource via a beam/panel of the UE 103, and transmit the same UCI with highest priority in the other PUCCH resource of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resource based on the spatial relation information associated with the other PUCCH resource via another beam/panel of the UE 103. For the one or more other UCIs with lower priorities, the UE 103 may drop them and not transmit the one or more other UCIs in their corresponding two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

For example, assuming that all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval include CSI report 1 with higher priority, CSI report 2 with lower priority, and the second set of UCI including SR and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission. In the case that none of PUCCH resource determined for the SR and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission overlaps with any PUCCH determined for the CSI report 1 with higher priority, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission, and repeatedly transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources because the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission has the highest priority among the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval.

In some other embodiments, any PUCCH resource determined for at least one UCI in the second set of UCI may overlap any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, and thus the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for transmitting the CSI report with the highest priority, and transmit the first set of UCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

In these embodiments, the first set of UCI is selected from the CSI report with highest priority and at least one UCI in the second set of UCI for which any PUCCH resource overlaps with the any PUCCH resource for the CSI report with highest priority. That is, the first set of UCI may be determined based on the minimal capacity of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, and the priority of the CSI report with highest priority and the at least one UCI in the second set of UCI for which any PUCCH resource overlaps with the any PUCCH resource for the CSI report with highest priority. That is, the UCIs with higher priorities may be firstly included in the first set of UCI.

For example, assuming that all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval include CSI report 1 with higher priority, CSI report 2 with lower priority, and the second set of UCI including SR and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission. Moreover, assuming that any PUCCH resource determined for the SR overlaps any PUCCH resource determined for the CSI report 1 and any PUCCH resource determined for the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission also overlaps any PUCCH resource determined for the CSI report 1. Then the UE 103 may determine that the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for transmitting the CSI report 1. Regarding the first set of UCI to be transmitted in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, it may be determined based on the minimal capacity of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the priorities of CSI report 1, SR, and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission. In the case that the minimal capacity of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources can be used for transmitting CSI report 1, SR, and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission, the all of these UCIs may be repeatedly transmitted in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. Otherwise, if the minimal capacity of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources can only be used for transmitting two UCIs, then the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission and SR may be transmitted in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources and the CSI report 1 will be dropped because the formal two UCIs have higher priorities than the CSI report 1.

FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram for UCI repetitions without multiplexing information according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 5, assuming that all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval include CSI report 1 with higher priority, CSI report 2 with lower priority, and the second set of UCI including SR, and assuming that PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 are determined for transmitting CSI report 1, PUCCH resource 2 and PUCCH resource 3 are determined for transmitting CS2 report 1, and PUCCH resource 4 and PUCCH resource 5 are determined for transmitting SR transmission. Referring to FIG. 5, it can be seen that PUCCH resource 0 is overlapped with PUCCH resource 4 and PUCCH resource 5. According to above embodiments, the UE 103 may determine that the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 for transmitting CSI report 1, regarding the first set of UCI to be transmitted in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, in the example of FIG. 5, the minimal capacity of PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 is larger than the total payload size of CSI report 1 and SR. Therefore, the first set of UCI may include CSI report 1 and SR. The UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the CSI report 1 and SR in PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1. The UCIs to be transmitted in PUCCH resources 2-5 will be dropped.

Embodiments II-2

In embodiments II-2, the RRC configuration information may include the multiplexing information as stated above. In this case, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resources indicated by the multiplexing information and PUCCH resources associated with the set of PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval.

For example, in the case that there is any PUCCH resource in the set of PUCCH resources whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select that PUCCH resource from the set of PUCCH resources and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be that PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource. In the case that there is no PUCCH resource whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select one PUCCH resource having the largest capacity, and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be the PUCCH resource with largest capacity and its associated PUCCH resource.

After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The first set of UCI may be selected from the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval based on minimal capacity of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the total payload size of the all UCIs, and the priority of each UCI in the all UCIs. That is, in the case that the minimal capacity of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources is lower than the total payload size of the all UCIs, the UCIs with higher priority (priorities) may be firstly included in the first set UCI.

For example, assuming that the set of PUCCH resources indicated by the multiplexing information including PUCCH resource 0 to PUCCH resource 7, and the associated PUCCH resources are PUCCH resources 8-15 for PUCCH resources 0-7 respectively. Moreover, assuming that all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval include CSI report 1 with higher priority, CSI report 2 with a lower priority, SR, and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission.

In the case that there is any PUCCH resource (for example, PUCCH resource 0) whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select PUCCH 0 from the set of PUCCH resources and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be PUCCH resource 0 and its associated PUCCH resource 8. Although PUCCH resource 0 can be used for transmitting the all UCIs, the UCI (s) to be actually transmitted in the PUCCH resource 0 and its associated PUCCH resource 8 is determined based on the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resource

0 and 8. If the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resources

0 and 8 merely can be used for transmitting the two UCIs, then the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission and SR in the

PUCCH resource

0 and 8 because CSI reports 1 and 2 have lower priorities.

In the case that there is no PUCCH resource whose capacity is higher than the total payload size, the UE 103 may select one PUCCH with largest capacity (for example, PUCCH 1) and determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be PUCCH resource 1 and its associated PUCCH resource 9. The UCI (s) to be actually transmitted in the PUCCH resource 1 and PUCCH resource 9 is determined based on the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resource

1 and 9. For example, if the minimal capacity of

PUCCH resources

1 and 9 can be used for transmitting three UCIs, then the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission, SR, and CSI report 1 in the

PUCCH resources

1 and 9 and drop CSI report 2 because CSI report 2 has the lowest priority.

According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may at least include HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI, and then the first set of UCI may at least include HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI.

In these embodiments, the information received from the BS 101 may include the DCI and RRC configuration information. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the BS configures and/or indicates two PUCCH resources for each UCI, there is one gap of one or more symbols between the configured two PUCCH resources for each UCI. The gap may be based on a beam/panel switching time of the UE 103. In these embodiments, UE 103 may report the beam/panel switching time to the BS 101 as UE 103’s capability.

Embodiments III

In embodiments III, the first set of UCI may merely include HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI.

Embodiments III -1

In Embodiments III-1, the RRC configuration information may indicate at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set may include two PUCCH resource subsets associated with two antenna group indices of the UE 103 (for example, antenna group index 0 and 1) , respectively. Each of the two antenna group indices may identify a panel/beam of the UE 103. For example, antenna group index 0 may identify a panel/beam of the UE 103, antenna group index 1 may identify another panel/beam of the UE 103. Each of the PUCCH resource subsets may include one or more PUCCH resources. The spatial relation information of PUCCH resources in different PUCCH resource subsets is absolutely different because different PUCCH resource subsets are associated with different UE beams/panels.

After receiving the RRC configuration information, the UE 103 may determine one of the at least one PUCCH resource set based on a payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information.

After determining the one PUCCH resource set, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the two PUCCH resource subsets of the determined one PUCCH resource set based on the PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) in the DCI with or without an index of the first CCE of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for transmitting the DCI.

For example, in the case that the number of the PUCCH resources in each PUCCH resource subset is not larger than 8, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the two PUCCH resource subsets of the determined one PUCCH resource set at least based on the PRI in the DCI. In the case that the number of the PUCCH resources in each PUCCH resource subset is larger than 8, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the two PUCCH resource subsets of the determined one PUCCH resource set based on the PRI in the DCI and the index of the first CCE of the PDCCH transmitting the DCI. The PRI with or without the index of the first CCE may indicate one PUCCH resource from one PUCCH resource subset of the two PUCCH resource subsets and another PUCCH resource from the other PUCCH resource subset of the two PUCCH resource subsets. These two PUCCH resources from the two PUCCH resource subsets may have different spatial relation information and may be the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

For example, FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram for HARQ-ACK feedback information repetitions according to some embodiments of the present application

As shown in FIG. 6, assuming that the UE 103 determines PUCCH resource set 1 from the at least one PUCCH resource set based on the payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI, and the PUCCH resource set 1 is configured with 16 PUCCH resources with indices from 0-15, respectively. Moreover, two antenna group indexes with 0 and 1 are configured for the UE 103. Besides, all PUCCH resources with even indices are associated with antenna group index 0 and all PUCCH resources with odd index are associated with antenna group index 1. Accordingly, the PUCCH resource set 1 may include two

PUCCH resource subsets

0 and 1, the PUCCH resource subset 0 associated with antenna group index 0 may include

PUCCH resources

0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14, PUCCH resource subset 1 antenna group index 1 may include PUCCH

resources PUCCH resource

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15. The PUCCH resources in the PUCCH resource subset 0 and PUCCH resource subset 1 may be non-overlapped between each other and have different spatial relation information.

As shown in FIG. 6, assuming that the PRI in the corresponding DCI for scheduling the HARQ-ACK feedback information is 4, then it indicates the fifth PUCCH resources in the two subsets of PUCCH resource, i.e., PUCCH resource 8 in the PUCCH resource subset 0 and resource 9 in PUCCH resource subset 1 are determined to be first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

PUCCH resource

8 and 9 may be non-overlapped between each other and have different spatial relation information. After that, UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI in the

PUCCH resources

8 and 9.

Embodiments III-2

In Embodiments III-2, the RRC configuration information may indicate at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set may include at least one PUCCH resources, each of the at least one PUCCH resources may be associated with one PUCCH resource, where one PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource may constitute a PUCCH resource pair. Two PUCCH resources in a PUCCH resource pair may be non-overlapped and be configured with different spatial relation information.

After determining the one PUCCH resource set, the PRI in the DCI with/without the first CCE index of the PDCCH can indicate one PUCCH resource in the determined one PUCCH resource set and can simultaneously indicate a PUCCH resource associated with one PUCCH resource. The two PUCCH resources may be the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

For example, FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram for HARQ-ACK feedback information repetitions according to some other embodiments of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 7, assuming that the UE 103 determines PUCCH resource set 1 from the at least one PUCCH resource set based on the payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI, and the PUCCH resource set 1 is configured with 8 PUCCH resources with indices from 0-7, respectively. Moreover, assuming that PUCCH resources 0-7 are associated with PUCCH resources 8-15, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 7, assuming that the PRI in the corresponding DCI for scheduling the HARQ-ACK feedback information is 7, and thus it indicates the eighth PUCCH resource in the PUCCH resource set 1 as well as its associated PUCCH resource, i.e., PUCCH resource 7 and PUCCH resource 15 are determined to be first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

PUCCH resource

7 and 15 may be non-overlapped between each other and have different spatial relation information. After that, the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI in the

PUCCH resources

7 and 15.

Embodiments IV

In embodiments IV, all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may include HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and a third set of UCI which comprises at least one of: one or more periodic CSI reports; one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources; SR; and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission.

In embodiments IV, the UE 103 may determine second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI based on the DCI and the RRC configuration information. For example, the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be determined based on any method in Embodiments III as stated above. Moreover, the UE 103 may also determine third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly transmitting the third set of UCI based on the RRC configuration information. For example, the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be determined based on any method in Embodiments I-II as stated above. Then, the UE 103 may determine whether any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

Embodiments IV-1

In embodiments IV-1, any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the UE 103 may determine one PUCCH resource set of at least one PUCCH resource set based on a total payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the third set of UCI.

The at least one PUCCH resource set may be configured by the RRC configuration information according to any method stated in Embodiments III-1 and Embodiments III-2. For example, as stated in Embodiments III-1, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set may include two PUCCH resource subsets associated with two antenna group indices of the UE 103 (for example, antenna group index 0 and 1) , respectively. Otherwise, as stated in Embodiments III-2, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set may include at least one PUCCH resources, each of the at least one PUCCH resources may be associated with one PUCCH resource, where one PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource may constitute a PUCCH resource pair.

After determining the one PUCCH resource set, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources at least from the determined one PUCCH resource set based on PRI in the DCI with or without the index of the first CCE of the PDCCH. Depending on which kind of PUCCH resource set is configured by the RRC configuration information, the method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be different.

In the case that the one PUCCH set is configured as in Embodiments III-1, the PRI in the DCI with/without the first CCE index of the PDCCH can simultaneously indicate two PUCCH resources in the two PUCCH resource subsets according to the method in Embodiments III-1. In the case that the PUCCH resource set is configured as in Embodiments III-2, the PRI in the DCI with/without the first CCE index of the PDCCH may indicate one PUCCH resource in the determined one PUCCH resource set and simultaneously indicate a PUCCH resource associated with the one PUCCH resource as shown in Embodiments III-2. Regardless of which method is used, the determined two PUCCH resources may the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The first set of UCI may include the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and zero or more UCIs of the third set of UCI. That is, the first set of UCI may be determined based on the minimal capacity of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the total payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the third set of UCI, and the priority of each UCI in the third set of UCI. That is, the UCI (s) with higher priority (priorities) may be firstly included in the first set of UCI.

For example, assuming that third set of UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval include CSI report 1 with higher priority, CSI report 2 with lower priority, SR and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission. Moreover, assuming that the minimal capacity of the determined first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources can merely be used for transmitting two UCIs. Then the first set of UCI may include the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI which has the highest priority in the all UCIs and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission which has the highest propriety in the third set of UCIs.

For example, FIG. 8 illustrates a schematic diagram for UCI repetitions according to some other embodiments of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 8, assuming that the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information determined for HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI is PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1, the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources determined for the third set of UCI is PUCCH resource 2 and PUCCH resource 3, and the third set of UCI merely include CSI report 1. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 8, it can be seen that PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 2 are overlapped and PUCCH resource 1 and PUCCH resource 3 are overlapped.

Therefore, HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI and CSI report 1 should be multiplexed together to be transmitted in a new PUCCH resource pair. As stated above, a new PUCCH resource pair should be determined based on the total payload size of HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and further based on the PRI in the DCI with or without index of the first CCE of the PDCCH for transmitting the DCI. The new PUCCH resource pair may be the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information. Referring to FIG. 8, the first the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be PUCCH resource 4 and PUCCH resource 5, and the minimal capacity of the PUCCH resource 4 and PUCCH resource 5 can be used for transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI and CSI report 1. Therefore, the UE 103 may repeatedly transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI and CSI report 1 in the resource 4 and PUCCH resource 5. The UE 103 may drop other UCIs in PUCCH resources 0-3 and not transmit other UCIs in PUCCH resources 0-3.

Embodiments IV-2

In Embodiments IV-2, none of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources used for transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI, and repeatedly transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources transmit. The UE 103 may drop the third set of UCI and not transmit the third set of UCI in the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. In Embodiments IV-2, the first set of UCI may be the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI.

According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, after the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources and the corresponding first set of UCI are determined according to any method in Embodiments I-IV. The UE 103 may determine whether any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the time interval. In the case that any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps the PUSCH in the time interval, the UE 103 may transmit the first set of UCI excluding SR once in the PUSCH.

For example, FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram for UCI repetitions according to some other embodiments of the present application;

Referring to FIG. 9, assuming that according to the method in Embodiments IV-1, first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources are determined to be PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1, and first set of UCI is determined to be the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and CSI report 1, referring to FIG. 9, PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 overlap PUSCH, and thus the UE 103 may transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and CSI report 1 only once in the PUSCH. The UE 103 may drop the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and CSI report 1 in PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 and not transmit these UCIs in PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1.

FIG. 10 illustrates a flow chart illustrating a method for UCI repetitions with multiple beams according to some embodiments of the present application. The method may be performed by a BS 101 as shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 10, in step 1002, the BS 101 may transmit information to a UE (for example, the UE 103 as shown in FIG. 1) . The information may be used for the UE 103 to determine the PUCCH resource for transmitting one or more UCI in a time interval. The BS 101 itself may also use the information to determine the PUCCH resource for receiving the one or more UCI in the time interval. Depending on the different UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval, the information from the BS 101 may be different.

After transmitting the information, in step 1004, the BS 101 may determine first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval based on the information. The first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be used for repeatedly receiving first set of uplink control information (UCI) . The time interval may be a slot, a sub slot, a mini-slot, or other time unit for transmitting the UCI. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the overlapped two PUCCH resources may refer to the two PUCCH resources overlap with each other in time domain.

In these embodiments, the information transmitted from the BS 101 may be RRC configuration information which indicates two PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may merely include at least one CSI report. Each CSI report of the at least one CSI report may have a different priority with each other. The RRC configuration information transmitted from the BS 101 may indicate two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each CSI report of the at least one CSI report.

In some cases, the RRC configuration information may also include multiplexing information, for example, the multiplexing information may be multi-CSI-PUCCHresource as defined in TS 38.213. The multiplexing information may be used for the UE 103 to determine whether it needs to multiplex all CSI reports to be transmitted in the time interval in one PUCCH resource. The multiplexing information may indicate a set of PUCCH resources, each PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources may be used for multiplexing all CSI reports to be transmitted in the time interval. Each PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources is associated with one PUCCH resource, where each PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource are not overlapped and are configured with different spatial relation information.

In the case that the RRC configuration information does not include the multiplexing information, the BS 101 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for the CSI report with highest priority, and repeatedly receive the CSI report with highest priority in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in Embodiments I-1.

In the case that the RRC configuration information include the multiplexing information, the BS 101 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resources indicated by the multiplexing information and PUCCH resources associated with the set of PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the at least one CSI report to be transmitted in the time interval. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in Embodiments I-2. Then the BS 101 may repeatedly receive one or more CSI reports of the at least one CSI report in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resource. The one or more CSI report may be determined based on the method in Embodiments I-2.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, all the UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may include at least one CSI report and a second set of UCI. The second set of UCI may include at least one of: SR; and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission. Each CSI report of the at least one CSI reports may have a different priority with each other. Each CSI report with different priority may be a UCI in the all UCIs, SR may be another UCI in the all UCIs, and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission may be yet another UCI in the all UCIs. The priority of these UCIs is that HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission > SR > CSI report with higher priority > CSI report with lower priority.

The RRC configuration information transmitted from the BS 101 may indicate two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI in the all UCIs.

In the case that the RRC configuration information does not include the above multiplexing information, the UE BS 101 may determine whether any PUCCH resource for the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource for a CSI report with highest priority.

If none of PUCCH resources determined for the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, the BS 101 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for the UCI with highest priority, and repeatedly receive the UCI with highest priority in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in embodiments II-1.

If any PUCCH resource determined for at least one UCI in the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, the BS 101 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for transmitting the CSI report with the highest priority. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in embodiments II-1. After that, the BS 101 may repeatedly receive the first set of UCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The first set of UCI is selected from the CSI report with highest priority and at least one UCI in the second set of UCI for which any PUCCH resource overlaps with the any PUCCH resource for the CSI report with highest priority as stated in embodiments II-1.

In the case that the RRC configuration information includes the multiplexing information as stated above, the BS 101 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resources indicated by the multiplexing information and PUCCH resources associated with the set of PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in embodiments II-2.

After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the BS 101 may repeatedly receive the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The first set of UCI may be selected from the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval based on minimal capacity of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the total payload size of the all UCIs, and the priority of each UCI in the all UCIs as stated in embodiments II-2.

In these embodiments, the information transmitted from the BS 101 may include the DCI and RRC configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first set of UCI may merely include HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI.

In some embodiments, the RRC configuration information may indicate at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set may include two PUCCH resource subsets associated with two antenna group indices of the UE 103 (for example, antenna group index 0 and 1) , respectively. Each of the two antenna group indices may identify a panel/beam of the UE 103. For example, antenna group index 0 may identify a panel/beam of the UE 103, antenna group index 1 may identify another panel/beam of the UE 103. Each of the PUCCH resource subsets may include one or more PUCCH resources. The spatial relation information of PUCCH resources in different PUCCH resource subsets is absolutely different because different PUCCH resource subsets are associated with different UE beams/panels.

After transmitting the RRC configuration information, the BS 101 may determine one of the at least one PUCCH resource set based on a payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information. After determining the one PUCCH resource set, the BS 101 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the two PUCCH resource subsets of the determined one PUCCH resource set based on the PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) in the DCI with or without an index of the first CCE of a PDCCH for transmitting the DCI. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in embodiments III-1. After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the BS 103 may repeatedly receive the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

In some other embodiments, the RRC configuration information may indicate at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set may include at least one PUCCH resources, each of the at least one PUCCH resources may be associated with one PUCCH resource, where one PUCCH resource and its associated PUCCH resource may constitute a PUCCH resource pair. Two PUCCH resources in a PUCCH resource pair may be non-overlapped and be configured with different spatial relation information.

After transmitting the RRC configuration information, the BS 101 may determine one of the at least one PUCCH resource set based on a payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information. After determining the one PUCCH resource set, the PRI in the DCI with/without the first CCE index of the PDCCH can indicate one PUCCH resource in the determined one PUCCH resource set and can simultaneously indicate a PUCCH resource associated with one PUCCH resource. The two PUCCH resources may be the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in embodiments III-2. After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the BS 101 may repeatedly receive the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval may include HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and a third set of UCI which comprises at least one of: one or more periodic CSI reports; one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources; SR; and HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission.

In these embodiments, the BS 101 may determine second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly receiving the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI based on the DCI and the RRC configuration information. For example, the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be determined based on any method in Embodiments III as stated above. Moreover, the BS 101 may also determine third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly receiving the third set of UCI based on the RRC configuration information. For example, the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be determined based on any method in Embodiments I-II as stated above. Then, the BS 101 may determine whether any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.

In the case that any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the BS 101 may determine one PUCCH resource set of at least one PUCCH resource set based on a total payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the third set of UCI. After determining the one PUCCH resource set, the UE 103 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources at least from the determined one PUCCH resource set based on PRI in the DCI with or without the index of the first CCE of the PDCCH. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in embodiments IV-1.

After determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the BS 101 may repeatedly receive the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources. The first set of UCI may include the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and zero or more UCIs of the third set of UCI as stated in embodiments IV-1.

In the case that none of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the BS 101 may determine the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources used for transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI, and repeatedly receive the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources transmit. The specific method for determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources may be the same as that in embodiments IV-2.

According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, after the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources are determined according to any method in Embodiments I-IV. The BS 103 may determine whether any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps PUSCH in the time interval. In the case that any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps the PUSCH in the time interval, the BS 101 may receive the first set of UCI excluding SR once in the PUSCH. The first set of UCI may include one or more UCIs stated in Embodiments I-IV.

FIG. 11 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus 1100 for reducing operations of monitoring PDCCH according to some embodiments of the present application. The apparatus 1100 may be a UE 103 as shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 11, the apparatus 1100 may include at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium 1102, at least one receiver 1104, at least one transmitter 1106, and at least one processor 1108. In some embodiment of the present application, at least one receiver 1104 and at least one transmitter 1106 and be integrated into at least one transceiver. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium 1102 may have computer executable instructions stored therein. The at least one processor 1108 may be coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium 1102, the at least one receiver 1104 and the at least one transmitter 1106. The computer executable instructions can be programmed to implement a method with the at least one receiver 1104, the at least one transmitter 1106 and the at least one processor 1108. The method can be a method according to an embodiment of the present application, for example, the method shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 12 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus 1200 for reducing operations of monitoring PDCCH according to some other embodiments of the present application. The apparatus 1200 may be a base station 101 as shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 12, the apparatus 1200 may include at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium 1202, at least one receiver 1204, at least one transmitter 1206, and at least one processor 1208. In some embodiment of the present application, at least one receiver 1204 and at least one transmitter 1206 and be integrated into at least one transceiver. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium 1202 may have computer executable instructions stored therein. The at least one processor 1208 may be coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium 1202, the at least one receiver 1204 and the at least one transmitter 1206. The computer executable instructions can be programmed to implement a method with the at least one receiver 1204, the at least one transmitter 1206 and the at least one processor 1208. The method can be a method according to an embodiment of the present application, for example, the method shown in FIG. 10.

The method according to embodiments of the present application can also be implemented on a programmed processor. However, the controllers, flowcharts, and modules may also be implemented on a general purpose or special purpose computer, a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and peripheral integrated circuit elements, an integrated circuit, a hardware electronic or logic circuit such as a discrete element circuit, a programmable logic device, or the like. In general, any device on which resides a finite state machine capable of implementing the flowcharts shown in the figures may be used to implement the processor functions of this application. For example, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for emotion recognition from speech, including a processor and a memory. Computer programmable instructions for implementing a method for emotion recognition from speech are stored in the memory, and the processor is configured to perform the computer programmable instructions to implement the method for emotion recognition from speech. The method may be a method as stated above or other method according to an embodiment of the present application.

An alternative embodiment preferably implements the methods according to embodiments of the present application in a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing computer programmable instructions. The instructions are preferably executed by computer-executable components preferably integrated with a network security system. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium may be stored on any suitable computer readable media such as RAMs, ROMs, flash memory, EEPROMs, optical storage devices (CD or DVD) , hard drives, floppy drives, or any suitable device. The computer-executable component is preferably a processor but the instructions may alternatively or additionally be executed by any suitable dedicated hardware device. For example, an embodiment of the present application provides a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having computer programmable instructions stored therein. The computer programmable instructions are configured to implement a method for emotion recognition from speech as stated above or other method according to an embodiment of the present application.

While this application has been described with specific embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, and variations may be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, various components of the embodiments may be interchanged, added, or substituted in the other embodiments. Also, all of the elements of each figure are not necessary for operation of the disclosed embodiments. For example, one of ordinary skill in the art of the disclosed embodiments would be enabled to make and use the teachings of the application by simply employing the elements of the independent claims. Accordingly, embodiments of the application as set forth herein are intended to be illustrative, not limiting. Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the application.

Claims

A method, comprising:

receiving information from a base station (BS) ; and

determining first two non-overlapped physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval based on the information, wherein the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources are used for repeatedly transmitting first set of uplink control information (UCI) .
The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of UCI is a subset of all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval, and wherein the all UCIs comprise at least one of:

one or more periodic channel state information (CSI) reports;

one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources;

scheduling request (SR) ; and

hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information corresponding to semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink (DL) transmission.
The method of claim 2, wherein the information is radio resource control (RRC) configuration information which indicates two PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval.
The method of claim 3, wherein in the case that all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval merely comprise at least one CSI report, the first set of UCI comprises a CSI report with highest priority among the at least one CSI report, and the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources indicated by the RRC configuration information for the CSI report with highest priority; and

repeatedly transmitting the CSI report with highest priority in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 3, wherein all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval comprise at least one CSI report and a second set of UCI comprising at least one of:

SR; and

HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission.
The method of claim 5, wherein in the case that none of PUCCH resources determined for the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, the first set of UCI comprises the UCI with highest priority among the all UCIs, and the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources indicated by the RRC configuration information for the UCI with highest priority report; and

repeatedly transmitting the UCI with highest priority report in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 5, wherein in the case that any PUCCH resource determined for at least one UCI in the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for transmitting the CSI report with the highest priority; and

transmitting the first set of UCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources;

wherein the first set of UCI is selected from the CSI report with highest priority and at least one UCI in the second set of UCI for which any PUCCH resource overlaps with the any PUCCH resource for the CSI report with highest priority.
The method of claim 3, wherein the RRC configuration information further indicates a set of PUCCH resources, each of the set of PUCCH resources is configured for all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval and is associated with one PUCCH resource, the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resources and its associated PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval; and

repeatedly transmitting the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 8, wherein in the case that all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval merely comprise at least one CSI report, the method comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resources and its associated PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the at least one CSI report to be transmitted in the time interval; and

repeatedly transmitting one or more of the at least one CSI report in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of UCI at least comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI.
The method of claim 10, wherein the information comprises the DCI and RRC configuration information.
The method of claim 11, wherein the first set of UCI merely comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI.
The method of claim 12, wherein the RRC configuration information indicates at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set comprises two PUCCH resource subsets associated with two antenna group indices, respectively, and the method further comprises:

determining one of the at least one PUCCH resource set based on a payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information;

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the two PUCCH resource subsets of the determined one PUCCH resource set at least based on the PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) in the DCI; and

repeatedly transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 12, wherein the RRC configuration information indicates at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set comprises at least one PUCCH resource, each of the at least one PUCCH resource is associated with one PUCCH resource, and the method further comprises:

determining one of the at least one PUCCH resource set based on a payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information;

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the determined one PUCCH resource set and its associated PUCCH resources at least based on the PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) in the DCI; and

repeatedly transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 11, wherein all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and a third set of UCI which comprises at least one of:

one or more periodic CSI reports;

one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources;

SR; and

HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission.
The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI based on the DCI and the RRC configuration information;

determining third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly transmitting the third set of UCI based on the RRC configuration information; and

determining whether any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 16, wherein in the case that any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the method further comprises:

determining one of at least one PUCCH resource set based on a total payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the third set of UCI, wherein the at least one PUCCH resource set is indicated by the RRC configuration information;

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources at least from the determined one PUCCH resource set at least based on PRI in the DCI; and

repeatedly transmitting the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, wherein the first set of UCI comprises the HARQ-ACK feedback information and zero or more UCIs of the third set of UCI.
The method of claim 16, wherein in the case that none of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the first set of UCI is the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI, the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources; and

repeatedly transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the time interval.
The method of claim 19, wherein in the case that any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps the PUSCH in the time interval, the method further comprises:

transmitting the first set of UCI excluding SR once in the PUSCH.
A method, comprising:

transmitting information to a user equipment (UE) ; and

determining first two non-overlapped physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources with different spatial relation information in a time interval based on the information, wherein the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources are used for repeatedly receiving first set of uplink control information (UCI) .
The method of claim 21, wherein the first set of UCI is a subset of all UCIs to be transmitted in time interval, and wherein the all UCIs comprise at least one of:

one or more periodic channel state information (CSI) reports;

one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources;

scheduling request (SR) ; and

hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information corresponding to semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink (DL) transmission.
The method of claim 22, wherein the information is radio resource control (RRC) configuration information which indicates two non-overlapped physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources with different spatial relation information for each UCI of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval.
The method of claim 23, wherein in the case that all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval merely comprise at least one CSI report, the first set of UCI comprises a CSI report with highest priority among the at least one CSI report, and the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources indicated by the RRC configuration information for the CSI report with highest priority; and

repeatedly receiving the CSI report with highest priority in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 23, wherein all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval comprise at least one CSI report and a second set of UCI comprising at least one of:

SR; and

HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission.
The method of claim 25, wherein in the case that none of PUCCH resources determined for the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, the first set of UCI comprises the UCI with highest priority among the all UCIs, and the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources indicated by the RRC configuration information for the UCI with highest priority report; and

repeatedly receiving the UCI with highest priority report in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 25, wherein in the case that any PUCCH resource determined for at least one UCI in the second set of UCI overlaps any one PUCCH resource determined for a CSI report with highest priority, the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources for transmitting the CSI report with the highest priority; and

receiving the first set of UCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources;

wherein the first set of UCI is selected from the CSI report with highest priority and at least one UCI in the second set of UCI for which any PUCCH resource overlaps with the any PUCCH resource for the CSI report with highest priority.
The method of claim 23, wherein the RRC configuration information further indicates a set of PUCCH resources, each of the set of PUCCH resources is configured for all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval and is associated with one PUCCH resource, the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the set of PUCCH resources and its associated PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval; and

repeatedly receiving the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 28, wherein in the case that all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval merely comprise at least one CSI report, the method comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from set of PUCCH resources and its associated PUCCH resources based on a total payload size of the at least one CSI report to be transmitted in the time interval; and

repeatedly receiving one or more of the at least one CSI report in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 21, wherein the first set of UCI at least comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI.
The method of claim 30, wherein the information comprises the DCI and RRC configuration information.
The method of claim 31, wherein the first set of UCI merely comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI.
The method of claim 32, wherein the RRC configuration information indicates at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set comprises two PUCCH resource subsets associated with two antenna group indices, respectively, and the method further comprises:

determining one of the at least one PUCCH resource set based on a payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information;

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from the two PUCCH resource subsets of the determined one PUCCH resource set at least based on the PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) in the DCI; and

repeatedly receiving the HARQ-ACK feedback information in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 32, wherein the RRC configuration information indicates at least one PUCCH resource set, each of the at least one PUCCH resource set comprises at least one PUCCH resource, each of the at least one PUCCH resource is associated with one PUCCH resource, and the method further comprises:

determining one of the at least one PUCCH resource set based on a payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information;

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources from determined one PUCCH resource set and its associated PUCCH resources at least based on the PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) in the DCI; and

repeatedly receiving the HARQ-ACK feedback information in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 31, wherein all UCIs to be transmitted in the time interval comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI and a third set of UCI which comprises at least one of:

one or more periodic CSI reports;

one or more semi-persistent CSI reports configured to be transmitted in PUCCH resources;

SR; and

HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to SPS DL transmission.
The method of claim 35, further comprising:

determining second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI based on the DCI and the RRC configuration information;

determining third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources with different spatial relation information for repeatedly transmitting the third set of UCI based on the RRC configuration information; and

determining whether any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 36, wherein in the case that any one of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the method further comprises:

determining one of at least one PUCCH resource set based on a total payload size of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the third set of UCI, wherein the at least one PUCCH resource set is indicated by the RRC configuration information;

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources at least from the determined one PUCCH resource set at least based on PRI in the DCI; and

repeatedly receiving the first set of UCI in the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, wherein the first set of UCI comprises the HARQ-ACK feedback information and zero or more UCIs of the third set of UCI.
The method of claim 36, wherein in the case that none of the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps any one of the third two non-overlapped PUCCH resources, the first set of UCI is the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by the DCI, the method further comprises:

determining the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources to be the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources; and

repeatedly receiving the HARQ-ACK feedback information scheduled by DCI in the second two non-overlapped PUCCH resources.
The method of claim 21, further comprising:

determining whether any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the time interval.
The method of claim 39, wherein in the case that any one of the first two non-overlapped PUCCH resources overlaps the PUSCH in the time interval, the method further comprises:

receiving the first set of UCI excluding SR once in the PUSCH.
An apparatus, comprising:

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored therein;

at least one receiver;

at least one transmitter; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, the at least one receiver and the at least one transmitter;

wherein the computer executable instructions are programmed to implement a method according to any one of Claims 1-20 with the at least one receiver, the at least one transmitter and the at least one processor.
An apparatus, comprising:

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored therein;

at least one receiver;

at least one transmitter; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, the at least one receiver and the at least one transmitter;

wherein the computer executable instructions are programmed to implement a method according to any one of Claims 21-40 with the at least one receiver, the at least one transmitter and the at least one processor.