US 9,756,617 B2Granted

Simultaneous reporting of ACK/NACK and channel-state information using PUCCH format 3 resources

AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

InventorsRobert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Mattias Frenne, Daniel Larsson

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Abstract

A new uplink control channel capability is introduced to enable a mobile terminal to simultaneously report multiple packet receipt status bits and channel-condition bits. In an example embodiment implemented in a mobile terminal the mobile terminal first determines that channel-state information and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits corresponding to a plurality of downlink subframes or a plurality of downlink carriers, or both, are scheduled for transmission in an uplink subframe. The mobile terminal then determines whether the number of the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits is less than or equal to a threshold number. If so, the mobile terminal transmits both the channel-state information and the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits in physical control channel resources of the first uplink subframe, on a single carrier. In some embodiments, the number of the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits considered in the previously summarized technique represents a number of ACK/NACK bits after ACK/NACK bundling.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A method in a mobile terminal for simultaneous reporting of channel-state information and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK information in uplink subframes, the method comprising:

determining that first channel-state information and first hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits corresponding to a plurality of downlink subframes or a plurality of downlink carriers, or both, are scheduled for transmission in a first uplink subframe;
determining that the number of the first hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits is less than or equal to a threshold number;
and
transmitting both the first channel-state information and the first hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits in physical control channel resources of the first uplink subframe, on a single carrier, in response to determining that the number of hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits to be transmitted in the first uplink subframe is less than or equal to the threshold number;
determining that second channel-state information and second hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits corresponding to a plurality of downlink subframes or a plurality of downlink carriers, or both, are scheduled for transmission in a second uplink subframe;
determining that the number of the second hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits is not less than or equal to the threshold number;
bundling the second hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits to produce a number of bundled ACK/NACK bits that is less than or equal to the threshold number, in response to determining that the number of hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits to be transmitted in the second uplink subframe is not less than or equal to the threshold number;
and
transmitting both the second channel-state information and the bundled ACK/NACK bits in physical control channel resources of the second uplink subframe, on a single carrier.

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A mobile terminal configured for simultaneous reporting of channel-state information and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK information in uplink subframes, the mobile terminal comprising a receiver circuit, a transmitter circuit, and a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is adapted to:

determine that first channel-state information and first hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits corresponding to a plurality of downlink subframes or a plurality of downlink carriers, or both, are scheduled for transmission in a first uplink subframe;
determine that the number of the first hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits is less than or equal to a threshold number;
and
transmit both the first channel-state information and the first hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits in physical control channel resources of the first uplink subframe, on a single carrier, in response to determining that the number of hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits to be transmitted in the first uplink subframe is less than or equal to the threshold number;
determine that second channel-state information and second hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits corresponding to a plurality of downlink subframes or a plurality of downlink carriers, or both, are scheduled for transmission in a second uplink subframe;
determine that the number of the second hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits is not less than or equal to the threshold number;
bundle the second hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits to produce a number of bundled ACK/NACK bits that is less than or equal to the threshold number, in response to determining that the number of hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits to be transmitted in the second uplink subframe is not less than or equal to the threshold number;
and
transmitting both the second channel-state information and the bundled ACK/NACK bits in physical control channel resources of the second uplink subframe, on a single carrier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/884,289Filed 15 Oct 2015 · continuation
Priority: 3 Oct 2011
Published: US 2016/0037507 A14 Feb 2016
Granted: 5 Sep 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04W 72/20
Local resource management: control channels or signalling for resource management
H04L 1/0026
Characterised by the signalling: transmission of channel quality indication
H04L 1/003
Formatting: adaptive formatting arrangements particular to signalling, e.g. variable amount of bits
H04L 1/1621
Details of the supervisory signal: group acknowledgement, i.e. the acknowledgement message defining a range of identifiers, e.g. of sequence numbers

Family

Application61/542,503Us provisional application · filed 3 Oct 2011
PCT/SE2012/050152Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Feb 2012
Application14/459,880Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Aug 2014
US 8,837,410 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Sep 2014
US 2016/0037507 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Feb 2016
US 9,191,162 B2Parent of this continuation
Application13/499,773Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0083742 A1Published application
US 2015/0016389 A1Published application
US 9,756,617 B2This patent

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