# US 2014/0192842 A1 · Transmission of information in a wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192842 A1 - Document ID: US20140192842A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/206,976 - Filed: 2014-03-12 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2009-08-21 - Assignees: BlackBerry Limited - Applicants: BlackBerry Limited - Inventors: Hua Xu; Youn Hyoung Heo; Zhijun Cai; Andrew Mark Earnshaw; Mo-Han Fong; Sean Michael McBeath; Robert Mark Harrison - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192842A1 ## CPC - H04B 7/0678: {using different spreading codes between antennas (code allocation H04J13/16)} - H04B 1/69: Spread spectrum techniques - H04J 13/0077: {Multicode, e.g. multiple codes assigned to one user} - H04J 13/18: Allocation of orthogonal codes - H04L 1/0009: {by adapting the channel coding (H04L1/1812 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/0618: {Space-time coding} - H04L 1/0668: {Orthogonal systems, e.g. using Alamouti codes} - H04L 1/0675: {characterised by the signaling} - H04L 1/1671: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information} - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/003: {Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04J 2013/165: {Joint allocation of code together with frequency or time} - H04J 2211/005: Long term evolution [LTE] - H04L 5/0026: {Division using four or more dimensions, e.g. beam steering or quasi-co-location [QCL]} - H04L 27/2602: {Signal structure} - H04L 27/26025: {Numerology, i.e. varying one or more of symbol duration, subcarrier spacing, Fourier transform size, sampling rate or down-clocking (allocating sub-channels of the transmission path H04L5/003)} - H04B: TRANSMISSION - 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) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-30. (canceled) ### Claim 31 A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored thereon instructions for execution by a wireless device for performing a method, the method comprising: detecting a downlink control channel, wherein said downlink control channel includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of said first control channel element; determining a second index based on said first index; determining a first indicator of a first orthogonal resource using said first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using said second index; spreading an uplink message based on said first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading said uplink message using said second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting said first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting said second spread signal using a second antenna. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein said determining a second index uses the location of a second control channel element of said downlink control channel. ### Claim 33 (depends on 31) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein said determining a second index further comprises: obtaining said second index from another downlink message. ### Claim 34 (depends on 31) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein said determining a second index uses the location of said first control channel element. ### Claim 35 (depends on 31) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein said determining a second index uses said first index. ### Claim 36 A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored thereon instructions for execution by a wireless device for performing a method, the method comprising: detecting a downlink control channel by the wireless device from a base station; determining a plurality of indices using said downlink control channel; determining a plurality of indicators of a plurality of orthogonal resources using said plurality of indices; generating a plurality of orthogonal signals by applying said plurality of orthogonal resources to an uplink message; and transmitting said plurality of orthogonal signals from said wireless device to said base station. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein said transmitting said plurality of orthogonal signals from said wireless device to said base station further comprises: using a plurality of antennas of said wireless device to transmit said plurality of orthogonal signals. ### Claim 38 (depends on 36) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein said determining a plurality of indices using said downlink control channel further comprises: determining a first index of said plurality of indices using the location of a first control channel element of a plurality of control channel elements, wherein said downlink control channel includes said plurality of control channel elements; and determining the other indices of said plurality of indices using another downlink message. ### Claim 39 (depends on 36) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein said determining a plurality of indices using said downlink control channel further comprises: determining a first index of said plurality of indices using the location of a first control channel element of a plurality of control channel elements, wherein said downlink control channel includes said plurality of control channel elements; and determining the other indices of said plurality of indices using the location of said first control channel element of said plurality of control channel elements. ### Claim 40 (depends on 36) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein said determining a plurality of indices using said downlink control channel further comprises: determining a first index of said plurality of indices using the location of a first control channel element of a plurality of control channel elements, wherein said downlink control channel includes said plurality of control channel elements; and determining the other indices of said plurality of indices using said first index of said plurality of indices.