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Claims 1-20 (instant Application 18/810,770) are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-17 of U.S. Patent No. 12,127,219, claims 1-25 of U.S. Patent No. 11, 772,820, claims 1-30 of U.S. Patent No. 11,330,581, claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,497,011, claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 10,925,050, claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 10,904,875, claims 1-23 of U.S. Patent No. 10,834,719. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claims of the cited patents disclose obvious variants of the pending claims as shown in the table below.
Instant Application 18/810,770
US 12, 127,219
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from the base station, wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance based on the DCI; determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of the DCI, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
Difference: The applicant merely broadens the scope of the claim by deleting “Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s).”
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving, from the base station, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s); determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of the second index, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PUCCH transmission is performed using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PUCCH transmission is performed using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
9. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; transmitting a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) to the UE, wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; and receiving, from the UE, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) at a first position of a resource block, wherein the PUCCH includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first position corresponds to the first offset and a second distance which is based on the DCI, wherein the first offset is independent of the DCI, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
Difference: The applicant merely broadens the scope of the claim by deleting “Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s).”
9. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; transmitting, to the UE, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; and receiving, from the UE, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) at a first position of a resource block, wherein the PUCCH includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first position corresponds to the first offset and a second distance which is based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s), wherein the first offset is independent of the second index, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
11. The method according to claim 9, wherein first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the PUCCH is received using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the PUCCH is received using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
17. A user equipment (UE) comprising: a processor configured to control: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from the base station, wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on the DCI; determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of DCI, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
Difference: The applicant merely broadens the scope of the claim by deleting “Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s).”
17. A user equipment (UE) comprising: a processor configured to control: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving, from the base station, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s); determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of the second index, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
18. The UE according to claim 17, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
19. The UE according to claim 17, wherein first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
20. The UE according to claim 17, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
Instant Application 18/810,770
US 11,792,820
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from the base station, wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance based on the DCI; determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of the DCI, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
Difference: The applicant merely broadens the scope of the claim by deleting “Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s).”
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving, from the base station, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s); determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of the second index, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a boundary of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein first position is determined by adding to the boundary of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first offset is in first units of a resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the boundary of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PUCCH transmission is performed using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PUCCH transmission is performed using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH transmission in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
9. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; transmitting a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) to the UE, wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; and receiving, from the UE, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) at a first position of a resource block, wherein the PUCCH includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first position corresponds to the first offset and a second distance which is based on the DCI, wherein the first offset is independent of the DCI, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
Difference: The applicant merely broadens the scope of the claim by deleting claim elements “wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s).”
9. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; transmitting, to the UE, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; and receiving, from the UE, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) at a first position of a resource block, wherein the PUCCH includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first position corresponds to the first offset and a second distance which is based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s), wherein the first offset is independent of the second index, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a boundary of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
11. The method according to claim 9, wherein first position is determined by adding to the boundary of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first offset is in first units of a resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of possible offsets includes discontinuous integer values.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the boundary of the uplink bandwidth part corresponds to a second offset from a boundary of a carrier bandwidth.
15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the uplink bandwidth part is located within a carrier bandwidth.
16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the PUCCH is received using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the PUCCH is received using frequency hopping, and the first position is either a resource block of the PUCCH in a first hop of the frequency hopping or a resource block of the PUCCH in a second hop of the frequency hopping.
17. A user equipment (UE) comprising: a processor configured to control: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from the base station, wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on the DCI; determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of DCI, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a starting position of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
Difference: The applicant merely broadens the scope of the claim by deleting claim elements “wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s).”
17. A user equipment (UE) comprising: a processor configured to control: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including first control information identifying a first index, wherein the first index is mapped to a first offset, from among a plurality of possible offsets, in accordance with a table; receiving, from the base station, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)), wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried in the PDCCH; determining a second distance, based on a second index of a first CCE of the one or more CCE(s); determining a first position of a resource block of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission based on the first offset and the second distance; and performing the PUCCH transmission at the first position of the resource block, wherein the PUCCH transmission includes Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to the DCI, wherein the first position is located within an uplink bandwidth part, wherein the first offset is independent of the second index, wherein the first offset indicates a first distance between a boundary of the uplink bandwidth part and a second position, and wherein the second distance is a distance between the second position and the first position.
18. The UE according to claim 17, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
18. The UE according to claim 17, wherein the first position is located within the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain.
19. The UE according to claim 17, wherein first position is determined by adding to the starting position of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
19. The UE according to claim 17, wherein first position is determined by adding to the boundary of the uplink bandwidth part, the first offset and a value of the second distance.
20. The UE according to claim 17, wherein the first offset is in first units of resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
20. The UE according to claim 17, wherein the first offset is in first units of a resource in a frequency domain, the resource in the first units being defined within the uplink bandwidth part in the frequency domain and being numbered from 0 to (a first value −1), and wherein the first value is a size of the uplink bandwidth part.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 would be allowable if a Terminal Disclaimer is filed to overcome the Double Patenting rejection, set forth in this office action.
Conclusion
5. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
YAMAMOTO et al (US 2019/0380125 A1) discloses a method performed by a base station/UE (fig. 5 to fig. 6, fig. 10, communication between the BS 100 and the terminal 200, section 0081-0082), transmitting (fig. 7, base station 100 which includes Reception unit 116/Transmission unit 114 coupled to RF antenna 115), to a user equipment (UE) (fig. 5 to fig. 8, fig. 8, UE/terminal 200, section 0108-0110), a radio resource control (RRC) message (see, uplink resources via DCI, higher layer-signaling (i.e., RRC) to the terminal from the base station, information relation to the PUCCH, section 0133-0145, 0146-0150) including first control information (see, the base station indicates to the terminal, PUCCH resources via DCI, information relation to position indicating starting to end in relation to PUCCH, section 0133-0150) indicating a first index (see, PUCCH resources via the DCI, section 0146-0150, 0152-0155, see, index relating to start and end for PUCCH transmission, section 0141-015 ), wherein the first index corresponds to a first offset value (noted: multiple offsets in relation to the PUCCH resources and candidate values, section 0295-0296); transmitting, to the UE, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in a resource which corresponds to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s) (see, the indication with respect PUCCH resources using bits of DCI signals of the PDCCH, the PUCCH resources (i.e., CCE) (Section 0064-0065, 0217, 0292), see, terminal identifies PUCCH resources based on indicated higher-layer signals, DCI bits, section 0140-0150, noted: in the PUCCH resources, there are PRBs); wherein a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format is carried in the PDCCH (See, the indication with respect PUCCH resources using bits of DCI signals of the PDCCH, the PUCCH resources (i.e., CCE) (Section 0064-0065, 0217, 0292), see, terminal identifies PUCCH resources based on indicated higher-layer signals, DCI bits, section 0140-0150, noted: in the PUCCH resources, there are PRBs), and the terminal that transmits ACK/NACK (see, terminal transmits ACK/NACK signals using PUCCH resources related to the DCI bits, higher-layer signals, section 0140-0153, noted: the PUCCH resources include PRBs, section 0056, 0060).
Han et al (US 2012/0300741 A1) from a similar field of endeavor (see, transmitting of ACK/NACK for the PDCCH via PUCCH based on allocated resources for control signal, section 0008, 0059) discloses: transmitting of a resource which a PRB for transmitting the physical uplink control channel (see, the UE transmits using PUCCH based on DCIs received from a base station, section 0179, 0185, 0186, 0310-0311, fig. 64-UE 120 that is communicatively coupled to a base station 110, section 0053) in a first hop of frequency hopping (see, PUCCH resource block (RB) pairs location in the frequency domain that is hopped based on slots, the ACK/NACK and PRB given to the UE, section 0073, 0118, noted: the UE transmits using PRB index/resource B, section 0185-0186, 0311-0312), and a PRB for transmitting the physical uplink control channel in a second hop of frequency hopping (see, PRB index/resource B, section 0185-1086, section 0073-frequency that is hopped based on slots, (see, the UE transmits ACK/NACK using PUCCH resources, frequency that is hopped based on slots, section 0073, 0185-0186, 0311-0312).
She et al (US 2015/0271839 A1) discloses: a UE that determines the position of the ACK/NACK information for the HARQ in the PUCCH (section 0007, 0011, 0029, 039-0057).
Wang et al (US 2016/0254878 A1) discloses the assignment of second PDCCH/ePDCCH candidate via second DCI, where the second assignment is determined from the first PDCCH/ePDCCH via first DCI (section 0018-0020). Wang further teaches a UE that gets the information on the second PDCCH after detecting the first DCI, including the offset that is associated from the start of candidates (section 0032-0035, 0085).
Nayeb Nazar et al (US 2011/0243066 A1) discloses mapping or configuring of control channel elements (CCEs) to DCI assignments, determination of PUCCH ACK/NACK location based on decoding of the DCI (section 0160-0235).
Pelletier et al (US 2011/0134774 A1) discloses a WTRU that determines feedback in resource of the control region, location offset from the PUCCH region (section 0060, 0091).
HUANG et al (US 2020/0304271 A1) discloses mapping of control channel element index and offset values based on RRC message (section 0006-0011, 0059-0064, 0072-0094+).
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