ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,045, issued on July 21, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Physical downlink control channel repetitions in a slot" was invented by Jae Ho Ryu (San Diego), Xiao Feng Wang (San Diego), Hobin Kim (San Diego) and Liangping Ma (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) repetition of a PDCCH in a slot. The UE may receive a second PDCCH repetition of the PDCCH in the slot. Numerous other aspects are described."

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2023, un...