Patent ID: 9380565
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: mapping control symbols to a plurality of resource element groups (REGs) which is not assigned to a physical channel format indication channel (PCFICH) or a physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH), the REGs are allocated based on a time first manner, wherein an REG is represented by an index pair (k,l), where k is an integer indicating a subcarrier index on a frequency domain and l is an integer indicating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol index on a time domain; and transmitting the mapped control symbols on a packet dedicated control channel (PDCCH), wherein a number of the REGs in a physical resource block (PRB) on an OFDM symbol depends on the OFDM symbol index and a number of configured reference signals.