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Arrangement and method for identifying PUCCH format 3 resources

US8954064B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Robert Baldemair · Solna, SE
Jung-Fu Cheng · Fremont, US
Dirk Gerstenberger · Sollentuna, SE
Daniel Larsson · Stockholm, SE
Stefan Parkvall · Bromma, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2011
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L5/001
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a user equipment for a wireless communications system, and to a related method for identifying a resource to use for a transmission of control information on a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, format 3. The method comprises receiving (610) a resource index from a serving radio base station, and identifying (620) the resource to use for the transmission of the control information in a subframe based on the received resource index, wherein the identified resource is within a same confined set of physical resource blocks regardless of if a normal or a shortened PUCCH format 3 is used in the subframe.

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