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Multiple uplink control channel transmission with reduced cubic metric

US9143289B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 2010
Grant dateSep 22, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L5/0055
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is determined that there are X uplink control channel resources available for uplink signaling. Each of those X uplink control channel resources are sub-channelized into a plurality of sub-channels that each defines a unique time instant or point in time. For each of Y units of control information there is selected a unique combination of one of the sub-channels and a modulation (X and Y are each integers greater than one). The Y units of control information are sent on the X uplink control channel resources according to the respectively selected combinations. By example the uplink resources may be an ACK/NAK/DTX bit on a PUCCH. In one example the sub-channels are individual slots of a PUCCH. In another example the sub-channels are the reference-signal part and the data part of a single PUCCH slot.

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