# US 2014/0153548 A1 · 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 2014/0153548 A1 - Document ID: US20140153548A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/175,468 - Filed: 2014-02-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - 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/US20140153548A1 ## 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 An apparatus comprising: at least one processor configured to obtain full channel quality indication (CQI) reports for multiple forward link (FL) carriers, each full CQI report indicative of received signal quality for one FL carrier, and to send the full CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers in different time intervals on a CQI channel; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cycle through the multiple FL carriers and select one FL carrier at a time for sending full CQI report, and to send a full CQI report for each selected FL carrier in a time interval designated for sending full CQI report. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain differential CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers for a particular time interval, to jointly encode the differential CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers to obtain a codeword, and to send the codeword on the CQI channel in the particular time interval. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to select a block code based on the number of FL carriers, and to jointly encode the differential CQI reports with the selected block code to obtain the codeword. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to channelize each full CQI report with an orthogonal code for a selected base station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to channelize the codeword with an orthogonal code for a selected base station. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiple FL carriers are for a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system. ### Claim 8 A method comprising: obtaining full channel quality indication (CQI) reports for multiple forward link (FL) carriers, each full CQI report indicative of received signal quality for one FL carrier; and sending the full CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers in different time intervals on a CQI channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: channelizing each full CQI report with an orthogonal code for a selected base station. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: obtaining differential CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers for a particular time interval; jointly encoding the differential CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers to obtain a codeword; and sending the codeword on the CQI channel in the particular time interval. ### Claim 11 An apparatus comprising: means for obtaining full channel quality indication (CQI) reports for multiple forward link (FL) carriers, each full CQI report indicative of received signal quality for one FL carrier; and means for sending the full CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers in different time intervals on a CQI channel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising: means for channelizing each full CQI report with an orthogonal code for a selected base station. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising: means for obtaining differential CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers for a particular time interval; means for jointly encoding the differential CQI reports for the multiple FL carriers to obtain a codeword; and means for sending the codeword on the CQI channel in the particular time interval.