Determinea channel format for transmitting uplink communications in a slot, where the channel format is based on at least a payload size r Determine whether intra-slot frequency hopping is configured „... 402 404 W O 20 18/ 20 4666 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 08 November 2018 (08.11.2018) WIP0 I PCT 0111111010 0111 °nolo HoloimilmoilioluovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/204666 Al (51) International Patent Classification: H04L 5/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/030916 (22) International Filing Date: 03 May 2018 (03.05.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/502,421 05 May 2017 (05.05.2017) US 15/969,477 02 May 2018 (02.05.2018) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: WANG, Renqiu; c/o QUALCOMM INCOR- PORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Califor- nia 92121-1714 (US). HUANG, Yi; c/o QUALCOMM IN- CORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Cali- fornia 92121-1714 (US). XU, Hao; c/o QUALCOMM IN- CORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Cali- fornia 92121-1714 (US). GAAL, Peter; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: BINDSEIL, James J. et al.; c/o ARENT FOX LLP, 1717 K Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20006-5344 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (54) Title: CHANNEL FORMATS WITH FLEXIBLE DURATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (57) : Aspects herein describe determining a channel format for transmitting uplink communications in a slot, wherein the channel format is selected from multiple channel formats based at least in part on a payload size of the uplink communications, determining a starting symbol and an ending symbol of an uplink channel duration of the slot for transmitting the uplink communications, determining, based at least in part on the starting symbol and the ending symbol, a portion of the channel format to utilize in transmitting the uplink communications in the slot, and transmitting the uplink com- munications in the slot, wherein transmitting the uplink communications is based on the portion of the channel format. Determine a starting symbol and an ending symbol of an uplink channel duration of the slot Determine, based at lent in part on the starting symbol and the ending symbol, a portion of the channel format to utilize k nansmitting the uplink communications rldetermine a user multiplewng scheme. I 410 I spreading factor, or orthogonal cover I set based on the channel format Transmit the uplink communications in the slot based on the portion aloe channel format , ,412 FIG. 4 [Continued on next page] / 408 WO 2018/204666 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIRE101001010IMEHROMEMOIS TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))
CHANNEL FORMATS WITH FLEXIBLE DURATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS