Patent ID: 11956730
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a network node, comprising:
transmitting a power control signal to a User Equipment (UE) to control transmit power of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) signal, the PUCCH signal including a number of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) bits, wherein
in response to the power control signal, the UE selects a value h that depends on a linear function of nHARQ, α and β, wherein α is a non-zero integer constant and |β|<1, and
h is a power control parameter affecting the transmit power of the PUCCH signal, and nHARQ indicates the number of HARQ bits in the PUCCH signal; and
receiving the PUCCH signal with the selected value h applied thereto so as to at least partially control the transmit power of the PUCCH signal.