# US 10,313,086 B2 · Sending full channel quality indication reports on TDM channel in wireless communication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,086 B2 - Document ID: US10313086B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/979,234 - Filed: 2018-05-14 - Published: 2018-09-13 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2005-03-29 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Aleksandar Damnjanovic; Joseph Paul Odenwalder; Stein Arne Lundby; Yongbin Wei - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313086B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI} - H04J 11/00: Orthogonal multiplex systems, {e.g. using WALSH codes}(H04J13/00 takes precedence) - H04J 13/0048: {Walsh} - H04J 13/12: Generation of orthogonal codes - H04L 1/0026: {Transmission of channel quality indication} - H04L 1/0029: {Reduction of the amount of signalling, e.g. retention of useful signalling or differential signalling (power control H04W52/04)} - H04L 5/0016: {Time-frequency-code} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/006: {Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04B 1/707: using direct sequence modulation - H04L 1/0057: {Block codes (H04L1/0061, H04L1/0064 take precedence)} - H04L 1/1607: Details of the supervisory signal - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Multiple full channel quality indication (CQI) reports indicative of received signal quality for multiple carriers in wireless communication are transmitted in multiple time intervals of a CQI channel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for communications, comprising: receiving multiple packets over multiple downlink carriers; generating multiple acknowledgements associated with the received multiple packets; generating a plurality of modulation symbols from the multiple acknowledgements; transmitting a single physical channel acknowledgement message via a control channel of an uplink carrier, the single physical channel acknowledgement message comprising the plurality of modulation symbols. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: spreading the multiple acknowledgements to obtain the plurality of modulation symbols. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of modulation symbols correspond to a predetermined number of modulation symbols irrespective of a number of the multiple downlink carriers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: mapping each of the acknowledgements to a mapped signal point value; and covering each of the mapped signal point values with an orthogonal cover code of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes to obtain a symbol sequence. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: repeating each of the symbol sequences to obtain a repeated symbol sequence. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: summing the repeated symbol sequences associated with each of the acknowledgements. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple packets are received in one time slot. ### Claim 8 An apparatus for communications, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: receive multiple packets over multiple downlink carriers; generate multiple acknowledgements associated with the received multiple packets; generate a plurality of modulation symbols from the multiple acknowledgements; and transmit a single physical channel acknowledgement message via a control channel of an uplink carrier, the single physical channel acknowledgement message comprising the plurality of modulation symbols. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: spread the multiple acknowledgements to obtain the plurality of modulation symbols. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the plurality of modulation symbols correspond to a predetermined number of modulation symbols irrespective of a number of the multiple downlink carriers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: map each of the acknowledgements to a mapped signal point value; and cover each of the mapped signal point values with an orthogonal cover code of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes to obtain a symbol sequence. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the memory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: repeat each of the symbol sequences to obtain a repeated symbol sequence. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the memory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: sum the repeated symbol sequences associated with each of the acknowledgements. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the multiple packets are received in one time slot. ### Claim 15 An apparatus for communications, comprising: means for receiving multiple packets over multiple downlink carriers; means for generating multiple acknowledgements associated with the received multiple packets; means for generating a plurality of modulation symbols from the multiple acknowledgements; means for transmitting a single physical channel acknowledgement message via a control channel of an uplink carrier, the single physical channel acknowledgement message comprising the plurality of modulation symbols. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the means for generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: means for spreading the multiple acknowledgements to obtain the plurality of modulation symbols. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of modulation symbols correspond to a predetermined number of modulation symbols irrespective of a number of the multiple downlink carriers. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the means for generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: means for mapping each of the acknowledgements to a mapped signal point value; and means for covering each of the mapped signal point values with an orthogonal cover code of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes to obtain a symbol sequence. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the means for generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: means for repeating each of the symbol sequences to obtain a repeated symbol sequence. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the means for generating the plurality of modulation symbols comprises: means for summing the repeated symbol sequences associated with each of the acknowledgements.