# US 2018/0026770 A1 · Method, System and Device for Providing Uplink Control Information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0026770 A1 - Document ID: US20180026770A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/547,124 - Filed: 2015-01-30 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-30 - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Shaohua Li; Jinhua Liu; Xinghua Song - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180026770A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 1/0026: {Transmission of channel quality indication} - H04L 1/0041: {Arrangements at the transmitter end} - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1829: Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 1/0028: {Formatting} - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - 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 A method, system and device for providing Information elements regarding aggregated carriers in an LTE or LTE advanced telecommunication system. The method enables application of a defined Information channel, such as the Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, previously defined as limited in the number of information elements PUCCH may comprise, into an alternative wherein the limitation is lifted. The encoding of the information elements is applied according to either jointly encoded or segmenting and interleaved encoded, the selection of the encoding scheme depending on the number of information elements and the number of specific information elements the selected PUCCH format may comprise. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-23. (canceled) ### Claim 24 A method for providing feedback elements, regarding carrier signal information, between a Radio Base Station (RBS) and a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless telecommunication network, via a dedicated channel, wherein more than one carrier is applied between the RBS and the UE, the method comprising: determining a number of the feedback elements, M; determining a number of units of the dedicated channel, N; selecting an encoding scheme based on the values of M and N; and encoding the feedback elements according to the selected encoding scheme into the units of the dedicated channel. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein the providing of feedback elements is performed by the UE towards the RBS. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein the feedback elements are bits representing Hybrid Automatic Repeat Requests Acknowledge/non-Acknowledge (HARQ-Ack/NAck) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) or LTE-advanced technology. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method according to claim 26, wherein the number of units of the dedicated channel is M divided by the maximum number of HARQ-Ack/NAcks that one unit of the dedicated channel can comprise or the optimum number of HARQ-Ack/NAcks that one unit of the dedicated channel can comprise. ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein the dedicated channel is a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and the units of the dedicated channel are Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) or LTE-advanced technology. ### Claim 29 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein at the selecting step, a first encoding scheme is selected when M divided by 48*N is lower than ½, and a second encoding scheme is selected when M divided by 48*N is equal or higher than ½. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method according to claim 29, wherein the encoding according to the first encoding scheme is performed by jointly encoding the feedback elements. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The method according to claim 30, wherein the encoded feedback elements are mapped to physical resources of the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) or LTE advanced technology. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The method according to claim 30, wherein the encoding is further decided based on the value of M, and wherein a first type of coding is selected when M is less than a first threshold, and a second type of coding is selected when M is equal or larger than the first threshold. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29) The method according to claim 29, wherein the encoding according to the second encoding scheme is performed by segmenting, interleaving and multiplexing the feedback elements. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The method according to claim 33, wherein the encoding is further decided based on the values of M, wherein a first type of coding is selected when M is less than a second threshold, and a second type of coding is selected when M is equal or larger than the second threshold. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The method according to claim 34, wherein the first type of coding is Reed-Muller code, and the second type of coding is convolution code or turbo code. ### Claim 36 A method in a User Equipment (UE) for providing feedback elements, regarding carrier signal information, between a Radio Base Station (RBS) and the User Equipment (UE) in a wireless telecommunication network, via a dedicated channel, wherein more than one carrier is applied between the RBS and the UE, the method comprising: determining a number of the feedback elements, M; determining a number of units of the dedicated channel, N; selecting an encoding scheme based on the values of M and N; and encoding the feedback elements according to the selected encoding scheme into the units of the dedicated channel. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The method according to claim 36, wherein at the selecting step a first encoding scheme is selected when M divided by 48*N is lower than ½, and a second encoding scheme is selected when M divided by 48*N is equal or higher than ½. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The method according to claim 37, wherein the encoding according to the first encoding scheme is performed by jointly encoding the feedback elements and the encoding according to the second encoding scheme is performed by segmenting, interleaving and multiplexing the feedback elements. ### Claim 39 (depends on 36) The method according to claim 36, wherein the dedicated channel is a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and the units of the dedicated channel are Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) or LTE-advanced technology. ### Claim 40 A method in a Radio Base Station (RBS) for receiving feedback elements, regarding carrier signal information, between the Radio Base Station (RBS) and a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless telecommunication network, via a dedicated channel, wherein more than one carrier is applied between the RBS and the UE, and wherein the number of slots comprising feedback elements in the dedicated channel, composed by the UE, is more than two slots. ### Claim 41 A User Equipment (UE) configured for use in a cellular communication network system, the UE arranged for providing feedback elements, regarding carrier signal information, between a Radio Base Station (RBS) and the UE comprised by the wireless telecommunication network, via a dedicated channel, wherein more than one carrier is applied between the RBS and the UE, and wherein the UE comprises processing circuitry configured to: determine a number of the feedback elements, M; determine a number of units of the dedicated channel, N; select a first or a second encoding scheme to be applied for encoding the feedback elements, based on the values of M and N; and encode the feedback elements according to the selected encoding scheme into the units of the dedicated channel. ### Claim 42 (depends on 41) The UE according to claim 41, wherein processing circuitry comprises: a first encoder circuit configured to encode the feedback elements according to the first encoding scheme applying joint encoding of the feedback elements; and a second encoder circuit configured to encode the feedback elements according to the second encoding scheme applying segmenting, interleaving and multiplexing the feedback elements. ### Claim 43 (depends on 41) The UE according to claim 41, wherein the UE is arranged to operate in an any one or more of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-advanced network, or a Local Access Network (LAN) network, and where the UE is configured to support aggregated carriers. ### Claim 44 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by processor circuitry in a User Equipment (UE), configures the UE to provide feedback elements, regarding carrier signal information, between a Radio Base Station (RBS) and the UE in a wireless telecommunication network, via a dedicated channel, wherein more than one carrier is applied between the RBS and the UE, said computer program comprising program instructions to configure the UE to: determine a number of the feedback elements, M; determine a number of units of the dedicated channel, N; select an encoding scheme based on the values of M and N; and encode the feedback elements according to the selected encoding scheme into the units of the dedicated channel.