Patent ID: 11937241
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method in a wireless device for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) on grant-free resources, the grant-free resources pertaining to Type 1 and Type 2 Uplink (UL) transmission without grant in New Radio (NR), the method comprising:
receiving UCI configuration information from a network node, the UCI configuration information including at least an indication of a subset of time/frequency resources of a grant-free uplink channel to reserve to transmit UCI;
reserving the subset of time/frequency resources of the grant-free uplink channel for transmitting UCI; and
when the wireless device has UCI to transmit on the grant-free uplink channel, transmitting the UCI to a network node in the reserved subset of time/frequency resources.