Patent ID: 9438401
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for sending uplink control information (UCI) by a multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of operating on multiple component carriers of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) for multi-RAT operation, the method comprising: generating first UCI pertaining to a first RAT, wherein the first RAT is one of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), and second UCI pertaining to a second RAT, wherein the second RAT is one of LTE and LTE-A, wherein the first UCI includes a first channel quality indicator (CQI) and the second UCI includes a second CQI; multiplexing at least part of the first UCI pertaining to the first RAT and at least part of the second UCI pertaining to the second RAT onto a physical layer channel on a component carrier of the second RAT; and sending the physical layer channel, wherein a particular UCI is prioritized over another UCI in accordance with a priority rule.