Communications in a wireless network
AssigneeIntellectual Ventures II LLC
InventorPaul Howard
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Abstract
A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive a downlink physical control channel including a transmission parameter in a first time slot, a number of bits sent over the downlink physical control channel is based on fields of control information to be sent to the UE, wherein the first time slot also includes a downlink physical shared channel. Further, the UE is configured to transmit an uplink physical control channel in a second time slot based on the transmission parameter, wherein a plurality of UEs transmit uplink physical control channels in the second time slot.
Claims19
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a receiver;
- a transmitter;
- and
- a processor, operatively coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, wherein:
- the receiver and the processor are configured to receive a downlink physical control channel including a transmission parameter in a first time slot, a number of bits sent over the downlink physical control channel is based on fields of control information to be sent to the UE, the first time slot also including a downlink physical shared channel;
- and
- the transmitter and the processor are configured to transmit an uplink physical control channel in a second time slot based on the transmission parameter, wherein a plurality of UEs transmit uplink physical control channels in the second time slot.
A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving a downlink physical control channel including a transmission parameter in a first time slot, a number of bits sent over the downlink physical control channel is based on fields of control information to be sent to the UE, the first time slot also including a downlink physical shared channel;
- and
- transmitting an uplink physical control channel in a second time slot based on the transmission parameter, wherein a plurality of UEs transmit uplink physical control channels in the second time slot.
A base station (BS) comprising:
- a transmitter;
- a receiver;
- a processor, operatively coupled to the transmitter and receiver;
- and
- wherein:
- the transmitter and the processor are configured to transmit a downlink physical control channel including a transmission parameter in a first time slot, a number of bits sent over the downlink physical control channel is based on fields of control information to be sent to a first user equipment (UE);
- the transmitter and the processor are configured to transmit a downlink physical shared channel in the first time slot;
- and
- the receiver and the processor are configured to receive a plurality of uplink physical control channels in a second time slot from a plurality of UEs including the first UE, the uplink physical control channel from the first UE is based on the transmission parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.