diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p7_utils.h b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p7_utils.h
index 421d51e77415cd795cb08c3ff1ff0516befcff1e..98a84d370d09e6dce7a384b3c2f41aa1f43b64f2 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p7_utils.h
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p7_utils.h
@@ -38,13 +38,16 @@
 bool eq_dl_tti_request(const nfapi_nr_dl_tti_request_t *a, const nfapi_nr_dl_tti_request_t *b);
 bool eq_ul_tti_request(const nfapi_nr_ul_tti_request_t *a, const nfapi_nr_ul_tti_request_t *b);
 bool eq_slot_indication(const nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *a, const nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *b);
+bool eq_ul_dci_request(const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *a, const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *b);
 
 void free_dl_tti_request(nfapi_nr_dl_tti_request_t *msg);
 void free_ul_tti_request(nfapi_nr_ul_tti_request_t *msg);
 void free_slot_indication(nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *msg);
+void free_ul_dci_request(nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *msg);
 
 void copy_dl_tti_request(const nfapi_nr_dl_tti_request_t *src, nfapi_nr_dl_tti_request_t *dst);
 void copy_ul_tti_request(const nfapi_nr_ul_tti_request_t *src, nfapi_nr_ul_tti_request_t *dst);
 void copy_slot_indication(const nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *src, nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *dst);
+void copy_ul_dci_request(const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *src, nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *dst);
 
 #endif // OPENAIRINTERFACE_NR_FAPI_P7_UTILS_H
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p7_utils.c b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p7_utils.c
index efc38df328ad293387e42741d8f6b8f490d7e5aa..205baf8c493fc087dbd64e670cc9fd5ae74e6e0e 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p7_utils.c
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p7_utils.c
@@ -497,6 +497,29 @@ bool eq_slot_indication(const nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *a, const nfapi_nr_
   return true;
 }
 
+bool eq_ul_dci_request_PDU(const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_pdus_t *a, const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_pdus_t *b)
+{
+  EQ(a->PDUType, b->PDUType);
+  EQ(a->PDUSize, b->PDUSize);
+  // Is the same PDU as the DL_TTI.request PDCCH PDU, reuse comparison function
+  EQ(eq_dl_tti_request_pdcch_pdu(&a->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15, &b->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15), true);
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool eq_ul_dci_request(const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *a, const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *b)
+{
+  EQ(a->header.message_id, b->header.message_id);
+  EQ(a->header.message_length, b->header.message_length);
+
+  EQ(a->SFN, b->SFN);
+  EQ(a->Slot, b->Slot);
+  EQ(a->numPdus, b->numPdus);
+  for (int pdu_idx = 0; pdu_idx < a->numPdus; ++pdu_idx) {
+    EQ(eq_ul_dci_request_PDU(&a->ul_dci_pdu_list[pdu_idx], &b->ul_dci_pdu_list[pdu_idx]), true);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 void free_dl_tti_request(nfapi_nr_dl_tti_request_t *msg)
 {
   if (msg->vendor_extension) {
@@ -523,6 +546,11 @@ void free_slot_indication(nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *msg)
   // Nothing to free
 }
 
+void free_ul_dci_request(nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *msg)
+{
+  // Nothing to free
+}
+
 static void copy_dl_tti_beamforming(const nfapi_nr_tx_precoding_and_beamforming_t *src,
                                     nfapi_nr_tx_precoding_and_beamforming_t *dst)
 {
@@ -991,3 +1019,26 @@ void copy_slot_indication(const nfapi_nr_slot_indication_scf_t *src, nfapi_nr_sl
   dst->sfn = src->sfn;
   dst->slot = src->slot;
 }
+
+void copy_ul_dci_request_pdu(const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_pdus_t *src, nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_pdus_t *dst)
+{
+  dst->PDUType = src->PDUType;
+  dst->PDUSize = src->PDUSize;
+
+  // Is the same PDU as the DL_TTI.request PDCCH PDU, reuse copy function
+  copy_dl_tti_request_pdcch_pdu(&src->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15, &dst->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15);
+}
+
+void copy_ul_dci_request(const nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *src, nfapi_nr_ul_dci_request_t *dst)
+{
+  dst->header.message_id = src->header.message_id;
+  dst->header.message_length = src->header.message_length;
+
+  dst->SFN = src->SFN;
+  dst->Slot = src->Slot;
+  dst->numPdus = src->numPdus;
+
+  for (int pdu_idx = 0; pdu_idx < src->numPdus; ++pdu_idx) {
+    copy_ul_dci_request_pdu(&src->ul_dci_pdu_list[pdu_idx], &dst->ul_dci_pdu_list[pdu_idx]);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c
index 81684d13cb048a6c0aa850c617778f2d71cba27f..bf195ab95984d9a9df1a3d3fc0a98c4add544e4f 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p7.c
@@ -1411,53 +1411,33 @@ static uint8_t pack_ul_dci_pdu_list_value(void *tlv, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg,
     return 0;
   }
   for (int i = 0; i < value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.numDlDci; ++i) {
-    if (!(push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].RNTI, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].ScramblingId, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].ScramblingRNTI, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && push8(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].CceIndex, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && push8(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].AggregationLevel, ppWritePackedMsg, end))) {
+    nfapi_nr_dl_dci_pdu_t *dci_pdu = &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i];
+    if (!(push16(dci_pdu->RNTI, ppWritePackedMsg, end) && push16(dci_pdu->ScramblingId, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
+          && push16(dci_pdu->ScramblingRNTI, ppWritePackedMsg, end) && push8(dci_pdu->CceIndex, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
+          && push8(dci_pdu->AggregationLevel, ppWritePackedMsg, end))) {
       return 0;
     }
     // Precoding and Beamforming
-    // TODO get these values from elsewhere and delete the hardcoded ones
-    value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.num_prgs = 0;
-    value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.prg_size = 0;
-    value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.dig_bf_interfaces = 0;
-    value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.prgs_list[0].pm_idx = 0;
-    value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.prgs_list[0].dig_bf_interface_list[0].beam_idx = 0;
-
-    if (!(push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.num_prgs, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.prg_size, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && push8(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.dig_bf_interfaces, ppWritePackedMsg, end))) {
+    nfapi_nr_tx_precoding_and_beamforming_t *beamforming = &dci_pdu->precodingAndBeamforming;
+    if (!(push16(beamforming->num_prgs, ppWritePackedMsg, end) && push16(beamforming->prg_size, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
+          && push8(beamforming->dig_bf_interfaces, ppWritePackedMsg, end))) {
       return 0;
     }
-    for (int prg = 0; prg < value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.num_prgs; prg++) {
-      if (!push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.prgs_list[prg].pm_idx,
-                  ppWritePackedMsg,
-                  end)) {
+    for (int prg = 0; prg < beamforming->num_prgs; prg++) {
+      if (!push16(beamforming->prgs_list[prg].pm_idx, ppWritePackedMsg, end)) {
         return 0;
       }
-      for (int digInt = 0; digInt < value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.dig_bf_interfaces;
-           digInt++) {
-        if (!push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i]
-                        .precodingAndBeamforming.prgs_list[prg]
-                        .dig_bf_interface_list[digInt]
-                        .beam_idx,
-                    ppWritePackedMsg,
-                    end)) {
+      for (int digInt = 0; digInt < beamforming->dig_bf_interfaces; digInt++) {
+        if (!push16(beamforming->prgs_list[prg].dig_bf_interface_list[digInt].beam_idx, ppWritePackedMsg, end)) {
           return 0;
         }
       }
     }
-    if (!(push8(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].beta_PDCCH_1_0, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && push8(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].powerControlOffsetSS, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
+    if (!(push8(dci_pdu->beta_PDCCH_1_0, ppWritePackedMsg, end) && push8(dci_pdu->powerControlOffsetSS, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
           // DCI Payload fields
-          push16(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].PayloadSizeBits, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
+          push16(dci_pdu->PayloadSizeBits, ppWritePackedMsg, end) &&
           // Pack DCI Payload
-          pack_dci_payload(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].Payload,
-                           value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].PayloadSizeBits,
-                           ppWritePackedMsg,
-                           end))) {
+          pack_dci_payload(dci_pdu->Payload, dci_pdu->PayloadSizeBits, ppWritePackedMsg, end))) {
       return 0;
     }
   }
@@ -4779,41 +4759,32 @@ static uint8_t unpack_ul_dci_pdu_list_value(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *
   }
 
   for (uint16_t i = 0; i < value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.numDlDci; ++i) {
-    if (!(pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].RNTI, end)
-          && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].ScramblingId, end)
-          && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].ScramblingRNTI, end)
-          && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].CceIndex, end)
-          && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].AggregationLevel, end)
-          && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.num_prgs, end)
-          && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.prg_size, end)
-          && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.dig_bf_interfaces, end))) {
+    nfapi_nr_dl_dci_pdu_t *dci_pdu = &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i];
+    if (!(pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->RNTI, end) && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->ScramblingId, end)
+          && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->ScramblingRNTI, end) && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->CceIndex, end)
+          && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->AggregationLevel, end))) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    // Precoding and Beamforming
+    nfapi_nr_tx_precoding_and_beamforming_t *beamforming = &dci_pdu->precodingAndBeamforming;
+    if (!(pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &beamforming->num_prgs, end) && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &beamforming->prg_size, end)
+          && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &beamforming->dig_bf_interfaces, end))) {
       return 0;
     }
-    for (int prg = 0; prg < value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.num_prgs; prg++) {
-      if (!pull16(ppReadPackedMsg,
-                  &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.prgs_list[prg].pm_idx,
-                  end)) {
+
+    for (int prg = 0; prg < beamforming->num_prgs; prg++) {
+      if (!pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &beamforming->prgs_list[prg].pm_idx, end)) {
         return 0;
       }
-      for (int digInt = 0; digInt < value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].precodingAndBeamforming.dig_bf_interfaces;
-           digInt++) {
-        if (!pull16(ppReadPackedMsg,
-                    &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i]
-                         .precodingAndBeamforming.prgs_list[prg]
-                         .dig_bf_interface_list[digInt]
-                         .beam_idx,
-                    end)) {
+      for (int digInt = 0; digInt < beamforming->dig_bf_interfaces; digInt++) {
+        if (!pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &beamforming->prgs_list[prg].dig_bf_interface_list[digInt].beam_idx, end)) {
           return 0;
         }
       }
     }
-    if (!(pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].beta_PDCCH_1_0, end)
-          && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].powerControlOffsetSS, end)
-          && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].PayloadSizeBits, end)
-          && unpack_dci_payload(value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].Payload,
-                                value->pdcch_pdu.pdcch_pdu_rel15.dci_pdu[i].PayloadSizeBits,
-                                ppReadPackedMsg,
-                                end))) {
+    if (!(pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->beta_PDCCH_1_0, end) && pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->powerControlOffsetSS, end)
+          && pull16(ppReadPackedMsg, &dci_pdu->PayloadSizeBits, end)
+          && unpack_dci_payload(dci_pdu->Payload, dci_pdu->PayloadSizeBits, ppReadPackedMsg, end))) {
       return 0;
     }
   }