Use of the physical uplink control channel in a 3rd generation partnership project communication system

A base station for a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, communication system, the base station comprising:

• a scheduler for allocating communication resource to a User Equipment, UE, the communication resource being a communication resource of at least one of a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel, PUSCH, and a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel, PDSCH, the scheduler being operable to perform a dynamic scheduling wherein a resource allocation for a single frame is provided to the UE or a persistent scheduling wherein a resource allocation for a plurality of frames is provided to the UE;
• a resource allocator for assigning resource of a Physical Uplink Control CHannel, PUCCH, to the UE, the assignment of the PUCCH resource to the UE being dependent on whether dynamic scheduling or persistent scheduling is performed by the scheduler for the UE.

A method of operation for a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, communication system comprising:

• allocating communication resource to a User Equipment, UE, the communication resource being a communication resource of at least one of a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel, PUSCH, and a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel, PDSCH, the allocating of the communication resource being a dynamic scheduling wherein a resource allocation for a single frame is provided to the UE or a persistent scheduling wherein a resource allocation for a plurality of frames is provided to the UE;
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• assigning resource of a Physical Uplink Control CHannel, PUCCH, to the UE dependent on whether dynamic scheduling or persistent scheduling is performed for the UE.