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Radio base station and user equipment and methods therein

US8638880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 2011
Grant dateJan 28, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L5/0053
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments herein include a method in a user equipment (UE) for transmitting uplink control information in time slots of a subframe over a radio channel to a radio base station. The uplink control information is comprised in a block of bits.The UE maps the block of bits to a sequence of complex valued modulation symbols. The UE block spreads the sequence across Discrete Fourier Transform Spread-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFTS-OFDM) symbols. This is performed by applying a spreading sequence to the sequence of complex valued modulation symbols, to achieve a block spread sequence of complex valued modulation symbols. The UE further transforms the block-spread sequence, per DFTS-OFDM symbol. This is performed by applying a matrix that depends on a DFTS-OFDM symbol index and/or slot index to the block-spread sequence. The UE also transmits the block spread sequence, as transformed, over the radio channel to the radio base station.

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